Education

Professional Experience

• Jan 2019-Feb 2021, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India

• March 2021-present, Assistant Professor, North Gauhati College, Assam, India

Awards

• Gold medal for academic excellence, Integrated MSc in Physics (2010-15), Tezpur University

Professional Society Memberships

• Life member, Astronomical Society of India (ASI), since 2019.

• Life member, Assam Physical Society (APS), since 2021.

Selected List of Talks/Posters/Meetings (International)

• Talk titled ‘Study of gas-dust correlations in a sample of nearby galaxies’ presented at ‘The Rise of Metals and Dust in Galaxies through Cosmic Time’, October 26 - 30, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), France, 2020.

• Invited Talk titled ‘Correlation studies to investigate dust properties in the Magellanic Clouds’ presented at the ‘Meeting on Magellanic System’, February 19 - 20, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, India, 2020.

• Talk titled ‘Study of gas-dust correlations in NGC 3184 and NGC 7793’ presented at the international conference on ‘Infrared Astronomy and Astrophysical Dust (IRAAD)’, October 22 - 25, IUCAA, Pune, India, 2019.

• Talk titled ‘Correlation studies to investigate the PAH abundance in the Small Magellanic Cloud’ presented at the workshop ‘A Synoptic View of the Magellanic Clouds: VMC, Gaia and Beyond’, September 09 - 13, European Southern Observatory (ESO) - HQ, Garching near Munich, Germany, 2019.

• Talk titled ‘Modelling 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud using AKARI observations’ presented at the 4th AKARI international conference, October 17 - 20, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2017.

• Poster titled ‘Study of diffuse dust characteristics around Orion’ presented at the workshop ‘Preparing TMT Future Science and Technology Leaders’, August 22 - 29, University of California Santa Cruz, California, USA, 2017.

• Poster titled ‘Modelling the diffuse ultraviolet emission around Orion’ presented at the 9th Meeting on Cosmic Dust, August 15 - 19, Tohoku University (Aobayama Campus), Sendai, Japan, 2016.

• Poster titled ‘Infrared counterparts of diffuse far UV sources’ presented at the international conference on ‘Interstellar Dust, Molecules and Chemistry’, December 15 - 18, Tezpur University, Assam, India, 2014.

Selected List of Talks/Posters/Meetings (National)

• Invited Talk titled ‘Exploring the life and times of Cosmic Dust in our local universe’ presented at a webinar organised by ‘IUCAA Centre for Astronomy Research & Development (ICARD)’, November 5, Tezpur University, India, 2020.

• Talk titled ‘Study of dust characteristics in the Milky Way and nearby galaxies’ presented at the 38th Meeting of Astronomical Society of India, February 13 - 17, IISER, Tirupati, India, 2020.

• Poster titled ‘Probing the PAH abundance in the Small Magellanic Cloud’ presented at the 37th Meeting of Astronomical Society of India, February 18 - 22, Christ University, Bengaluru, India, 2019.

• Resource person at IUCAA sponsored workshop on ‘Introductory Astronomy & Astrophysics’, November 30 - December 01, Digboi College, Assam, India, 2018.

• Talk titled ‘Mid-infrared polarization in dust around young stars’ presented at the North-East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA) IV, November 26 - 28, Assam University, Silchar, India, 2018.

• Talk titled ‘Dust characteristics in Orion: A case study’ presented at the Southampton IUCAA Training for Astronomical Research and Education (SITARE), May 02 - 04, Tezpur University, Assam, India, 2018.

• Poster titled ‘A study of HII regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud using Spitzer and AKARI observations’ presented at the 36th Meeting of Astronomical Society of India, February 05 - 09, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India, 2018.

• Talk titled ‘Probing the infrared counterparts of diffuse far-ultraviolet sources in the Galaxy’ presented at the North-East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA) III, October 05 - 07, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, India, 2017.

• Poster titled ‘Infrared polarization of Circumstellar Dust’ presented at the 35th Meeting of Astronomical Society of India, March 06 - 10, Birla Institute of Scientific Research (BISR), Jaipur, India, 2017.

• Talk titled ‘A comparative study of diffuse dust emission in the Large Magellanic Cloud’ presented at the North-East Meet of Astronomers (NEMA) II, December 12 - 14, Tezpur University, Assam, India, 2016.

• Poster titled ‘Probing the source of FUV diffuse emission in Orion’ presented at the 34th Meeting of Astronomical Society of India, May 09 - 13, Kashmir University, Srinagar, India, 2016.

• Tutor at IUCAA sponsored ‘Workshop on Astrophysical Data Analysis’, March 21 - 23, Assam Don Bosco University, Assam, India, 2016.

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Last Updated

• June 1, 2021

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