Mukund Bharadwaj

About Me

I'm Mukund, a Ph.D. student with a deep passion for understanding the principles and decoding the processes that govern the workings of the cosmos.

My primary research interest presently focuses on:

Development and optimization of Novel cryogenic detectors using NaI scintillating crystals for the direct detection of dark matter.

Astroparticle Physics

You can find more about my technical skills, interests, and experience in the Skills section while I go into more detail about the various projects I've carried out in the Research section. For help and information regarding various topics, I've compiled a list of all the resources I personally used and hope it may help you too:)

Skills

Research

Coursework

Hobbies and other Interests

Speedcubing

In highschool I used to think that the Rubik's cube is the hardest puzzle to solve.....Then I met life!

Originally kicked off by the invention of Ernö Rubik, a professor of architecture in 1974, speedcubing is among my favourite pass time hobbies! Spending endless hours on end trying to perfect my CFOP method and learning the slight variations to solve the 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, pyramix, and skewb cubes.

Some of my personal bests include a sub-30 second solve of the 3x3 and a sub-10 second of the 2x2.

Philately

Originally started off by my grandfather and continued by my father (and now me :D), collecting vintage stamps is sort of like reading a mini history lesson behind the release of every stamp release. Presently, I maintain a comprehensive collection of Indian Stamps and First Day Covers Post Independence. Additionally, I also have a vast array of stamps from neighbouring countries as well.

Travel

Travel Diaries

As a child, I used to hate going out ( still do sometimes), but as time progressed I've come to learn that visiting new places, engaging and interacting with local cultures that are very different from my own almost always helps provide a fresh new perspective of life.

And of course, adapting to new and foreign places without feeling overwhelmed is a life skill that I'm sure is going to come in handy, and well, the best way to sharpen this tool is to travel :)

Here are some of the places I've visited so far (in no particular order)

L'Aquila and the Gran Sasso mountains, Abruzzo (Italy)
Punakha, Paro and Timphu (Bhutan)
The quaint city of Hampi, a UNESCO world Heritage site (Ballari, Karnataka, India)
Marine drive (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
Elephanta Caves and Gateway of India (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India)
The World Famous chaat streets of Mumbai, Varnasi and Kolkata!
The holy ghats of banaras ( Varnasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Sarnath and BodhGaya ( Varnasi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Santa Monica (Los Angeles, CA)
Mount Doom (Mordor, East of Gondor)

Omaha, Nebraska (USA)
California Science Center (Los Angeles, CA)
The hill stations of Darjeeling and Gangtok (West Bengal and Sikkim, India)
Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles, CA)
Hollywood and Universal Studios!(Los Angeles, CA)
The temple town of Madurai (Tamil Nadu, India)
The steel city of Eastern India (Durgapur, West Bengal, India)
The quaint town of Pondicherry.
The Pink city of Jaipur (Rajasthan, India)
Downtown LA & Irvine(Los Angeles, CA)
Schloss Rinberg, Tegernsee (Bayern, Germany)
Vivekananda Rock Memorial, the southernmost tip of India (Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India)
Santiniketan, the famous University town founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore (West Bengal, India)
The renowned Backwaters of Alleppey (Kerala, India)
The beautiful valleys of Kashmir (Kashmir, India)
Castle Black (Westeros) :P

Other Hobbies

Photography

DIY Home Makeover

New Technology Modder and Enthusiast

Hotwheels collector (Yes, Don't judge me)

Gardening

Gaming (Mainly Console and Mobile based)

And Finally, here's a small collection of stuff you definitely should watch when free:)

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