EDUCATION
EDUCATION
PhD in Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (2019-2024)
MSc in Physics, Imperial College London (2017-18)
B Tech in Chemical Engineering & Minor in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2013-17)
Supervisor, University of Cambridge (Feb 2025 - Apr 2025) Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics
Supervisor, University of Cambridge (Oct 2024 - Jan 2025) Electrodynamics & Optics
Teaching Assistant, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (Sep 2021- Jan 2022) Advanced Electrodynamics
Academic Mentor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (July 2014 - April 2015) Introduction to Mechanics
Top 1% Cited Paper, "Constraining primordial black holes as dark matter using the global 21-cm signal with X-ray heating and excess radio background" for India in the Astrophysics & Astronomy subject category, IOP Publishing; Aug 2025
3.13 million CPU hours, PI for Multiple scattering of Lyman-α photons, STFC DiRAC high-performance supercomputing facility (RAC17); April 2025 - March 2026
Co-organised, prepared the conference schedule, and chaired a session in the One-day 21-cm Science Meeting, Cambridge, 3rd July 2025
Organised the weekly State Of The Universe (SOTU) seminars in cosmology and astroparticle physics at TIFR. Made announcements over email, introduced the speakers and handled the logistics for over 30 seminars between September 2022 and September 2023
Volunteered to connect with UK school students through real-time text-based Chats at imascientist.org.uk. This platform gives the students an opportunity to ask questions about careers in STEM. The chats, which last for 30 minutes, are organised regularly. We have the option to accept the chat based on our availability. I have been participating in this activity since June 2025.
Volunteered as an escort in the annual TIFR outreach event, Frontiers of Science (FoS), held on 26 November 2023. I gave a tour of TIFR and guided a group of 16 class-X students to various laboratories for demonstrations. FoS is a full-day event designed to provide a glimpse into the life of a scientist, spark curiosity and motivate high-school students to pursue a research career.
Visiting Student Program, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore (2018) Literature review: Causal Set Theory
1st Term mini-project, Imperial College London (2017-18) Literature review: Quantum Imaging with Entangled Photons
4th year UG, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2016) Literature review: Tidal Forces in Rotating Generalisation of JNW Space-time
Summer Internship, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore (2016) Research project: Age, number and reddening of Small Magellanic Clouds
3rd year UG, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2015-16) Research project: The Motion of a Rotating Circular Cylinder in a Stream of Bingham Plastic Fluid