Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India

Welcome to my research page! I specialize in solar astrophysics, with a focus on radio polarization studies of the solar corona and density turbulence of solar wind. My other research interests include radio instrumentation and space intrumentation. Below is a brief overview of my academic and professional journey.

Past Research Experience

• Project Scientist-II, Aditya-L1/VELC Project (IIA, India)
  May 2020 – January 2024: Worked on integration and calibration of the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) onboard India’s Aditya-L1 mission.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Observatoire de Paris (France)
  January 2019 – March 2020: Sponsored by CNES, the French space agency, under the mentorship of Dr. Milan Maksimovic.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory (India)
  July 2018 – November 2018; Mentor: Prof. Janardhan Padmanabhan.

• National Postdoctoral Fellowship (SERB, India), IISER Pune (India) 
  June 2016 – June 2018; Mentor: Prof. Prasad Subramanian

• Postdoctoral Fellow, IISER Pune (India)
  April 2015 – June 2016; Mentor: Prof. Prasad Subramanian

• Visiting Fellow, National Astronomical Observatories (China)
  December 2016 – March 2017: Under SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar program; Mentor Dr. Yihua Yan.

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (India)
  November 2014 – April 2015: Worked with Prof. R. Ramesh on solar radio studies.

• Research Trainee, CREST Campus (IIA, India)
  May 2007 – August 2008; Mentors: Prof. T. P. Prabhu and Prof. Padmakar Singh Parihar.

Education

• Ph.D. (Technology), Indian Institute of Astrophysics & University of Calcutta (India)
  Thesis: Radio Polarization Studies of the Solar Corona at Low-frequencies
  Mentor: Prof. R. Ramesh

• M.Tech. in Astronomical Instrumentation, Indian Institute of Astrophysics & University of Calcutta (India)
  Thesis: Development of Cross-polarized Log-periodic Dipole Antenna for Low Frequency Radio Spectral Observations
  Mentor: Prof. R. Ramesh

• M.Sc. in Physics (Electronics), Sri Krishnadevaraya University (India)
  2006

• B.Sc. in Maths, Physics, and Chemistry, Sri Venkateswara University (India)
  2004