Working on detached eclipsing binaries and stellar evolution through precise stellar parameter determination. Supervisor: Dr. Krzysztof Helminiak.
International Exchange Program (Master's Thesis)
Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
Search for B/Be stars in open cluster Trumpler 11 using photometric and spectroscopic data from Gemini Observatory. Skills: Stellar Astrophysics, Photometry, Spectroscopy.
Summer Intern
AstroParticule et Cosmologie (APC) laboratory, Université Paris Cité
Supervisor: Prof. Sylvain Chaty. Worked on the catalogue of Low-mass X-ray Binaries (LMXBs). Skills: Intense literature review and X-ray binaries spectral study.
B.Tech Final Year Project (Bachelor's Thesis)
Delhi Technological University
Analysis of machine learning algorithms to determine membership probability of stars in clusters using Gaia DR3 data. Skills: GMM, DBSCAN, and pyUPMASK in Python, scientific writing and group management.
Summer Intern
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
Simulated populations of repeating Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) sources across the sky. Determined observation patterns of RFRBs by CHIME and its hypothetical variants over a two-year observation run. Skills: Simulations in Python and radio observations.
Krittika Summer Project 3.0
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Photometric analysis using SExtractor and PSFEx to obtain a color-magnitude diagram and determine the age of the star population of globular clusters using PanSTARRS data. Skills: Photometry.
Educator (Experimental Science) and Subject Matter Expert
SciComm
Taught Science and Astronomy to students at schools and Astrocamps. Night sky observation using telescopes and astrophotography. Authored a high-school-level computer science book for CUET entrance exam (May 2022). Skills: Science communication.
Education
PhD Astronomy
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Poland
Supervisor: Dr. Krzysztof Helminiak
MS Astrophysics and Cosmology
Università degli Studi di Padova
Grades: 108/110. Thesis: Spectro-photometric study of the population of B/Be stars in the open cluster Trumpler 11. Supervisors: Prof. Lydia Cidale (UNLP) and Dr. Antonino Milone (UniPd).
B.Tech Engineering Physics
Delhi Technological University (Formerly DCE)
Minor in Computational Intelligence. Final Grade: 8.87/10.
Skills & Hobbies
Programming Languages
Python (AstroPy, scikit-learn)
C/C++
SQL
R
Software & Tools
IRAF
MATLAB
LaTeX
Linux
Research & Communication
Academic Writing
Conference Presentations
Awards
Ulisse Exchange Program 2024
Università degli Studi di Padova ∙
January 2024
For master thesis at Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), Argentina. Benefits include travel expenses (up to 1500 Euros) and 700 Euros per month.
Regione Veneto Scholarship
Regione Veneto, Italy ∙
January 2024
Full tuition fee waiver and 7655 Euros (in 2024) / 8068 Euros (in 2025) per annum.
Charpak Lab Scholarship 2023
French Embassy in India ∙
June 2023
To pursue a research internship in France. Benefits include 700 Euros per month.
Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship
Delhi Technological University ∙
July 2019
Benefits of 50,000 INR per annum from 2019 till 2022.