IMPRS Max Planck Fellow| Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich, Germany
Apr 2021 - Apr 2024
Highly coveted 3-year scholarship/salary offered for a select number of students enrolled in the Ph.D. program after qualifying the IMPRS EPP (Internation Max Planck Research School on Elementary Particle Physics).
INSPIRE Scholarship| Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Aug 2015 - Aug 2020
5-year scholarship offered for the top 1% of students enrolled in an Integrated Master's program in India for a period of 5 years from 2015-2020.
Monthly stipend of rupees 5000 for the stipulated period of 5 years along with an additional 20,000 upon succesful completion of every summer project.
Max Planck Institute for Physics
Apr 2021 - Apr 2024
Ph.D. Program with a focus on Astro-Particle Physics | Munich, Germany, India
Integrated Science Education and Research Centre, Visva Bharati University| GPA: 8.5/10
Aug 2015 - Aug 2020
5 year Integrated Master's degree majoring in Physics | Santiniketan, WB, India
RV Pre-University College| Percentage: 96.1
June 2013 - May 2015
PCM+Electronics | Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Indian Space Research Organization| Dissertation Project| Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Jan 2020 - May 2020
Title: Realization of a Silicon Carbide based Dosimeter for Space Based Applications
Involved in the design and development of the front-end electronic systems necessary for data aquisition and analysis.
Verified the opto-electronic properties of the 4H-SiC detector fabricated at the Detector Development Lab at ISRO.
Presently involved in the design and development of the front-end electronic systems necessary for data acquisition and analysis.
Further aim is to characterize the detector response to ionizing radiation from different sources and fluence.
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research| Dissertation Project| Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Title: Reconstruction of Air Shower Parameters for the GRAPES-3 Experiment
Dissertation Project towards partial fulfillment of Master’s degree.
Developed a ROOT based framework to extract, read and fit the data using the lateral NKG function.
Preliminary investigations showed that the program developed was found to be much more optimized than the present algorithms being used.
Obtained first-hand experience in handling data and implementing the codes off of remote high-performance computing clusters.
Developed a deeper understanding of how to classify and distinguish Hadronic and γ-induced air shower arrays using a combination of Plastic Scintillators and Proportional Counters in specified configurations respectively.
University of South Dakota| PIRE-GEMADARC Summer School| Vermillion, SD, USA
June 2019 - Aug 2019
Title: Impact of Charge Trapping on the Energy Resolution of HPGe detectors for Rare-Event Physics Searches
Main goal of the project was to study the effect of deep-level trapping within Ge-detectors which are caused due to the impurities that are present within the crystals used.
Co-developed a theoretical model to estimate various charge trapping parameters associated with planar HPGe detectors.
Using the above model and data available from 9 planar HPGe detectors which had been fabricated at the University of South Dakota(USD), calculated the associated parameters for each detector to assess their overall performance, and found an upper impurity level limit below which no deep-level trapping is observed.
Additionally, also had some hands-on experience with all the steps involved in the various stages of detector development, right from the initial zone refining and crystal growth processes all the way to the fabrication of the Planar HPGe detectors.
Studies presented in the PIRE-GEMADARC collaboration meeting held on August 2019 and has been published in the Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics.
Banaras Hindu University| Summer Research Intern| Varnasi, UP, India
May 2018 - Aug 2018
Title: Simulations and Studies of Novel Detectors for the Detection of WIMPs
Was involved in the development of 2 novel Detectors to detect rare physics events.
Carried out Field Simulations within a Point Contact Germanium detector and A Spherical Gas detector for different parameters of the respective detectors.
Optimised various parameters like size, shape and impurity concentrations so as to ensure optimal field variation in order to carry out internal amplification of signals generated by rare physics events.
Was involved in the initial setup of the electronic circuitry responsible for future operation of the spherical gas detector.
Studies presented by Lab mate in the PIRE-GEMADARC collaboration meeting held in July 2018.
Indian Institute of Astrophysics| Summer Research Intern| Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
May 2017 - July 2017
Title: Automated Detection and analysis of Sunspots
Created an automised Python routine for analysis of solar white light images from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory.
Learnt about the various advantages of measuring different parameters of the Sun and its applications in our everyday life.
Learnt about the various modules and processes involved during the course of writing the code in python.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre| Summer Research Intern| Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
June 2016 - July 2016
Title: Multi- elemental detection and analysis using Proton Induced Gamma ray Emission(PIGE) technique
Learned the working, efficiency and resolution measurements of particle detectors ,namely Silicon surface barrier detector and High purity Germanium detectors.
Main aim was to use these detectors in conjunction with a proton beam to detect and analyse unknown samples by studying their characteristic gamma rays.
Also was exposed to First hand knowledge of fabrication and working of a Multi Wire Proportional Chamber along with visits to TIFR.
Machine Learning, Deeplearning.ai (Coursera specialization, ongoing)
Computer Science for Artificial Intelligence, Harvard University (EdX course, ongoing)
Leonard Susskind Lecture Collection on Classical Mechanics and Statistical Mechanics (staggered throughout '18 and '19)
Quantum Mechanics and Applications, IIT Delhi (NPTEL Course, 2018)
From the Big Bang to Dark Energy, University of Tokyo (EdX course, 2018)
Differential Equations, MIT (MIT OpenCourseWare, 2018)
Introduction to Research, IIT Madras (NPTEL Course, Fall, 2017)
Learning how to Learn, McMaster University (Coursera course, 2016)
Organizer and principle Laboratory Demonstrator| DST INSPIRE CAMP - 2018
September 2018
Was part of a 9 member group that demonstrated the theory and working of important experiments in the field of physics for distinguished students studying in class 11 with the main objective of inspiring them to take up research as their field of interest upon completion of 12th.
Set up involved a list of experiments oriented primarily towards the fundamentals of electromagnetism, optics and their uses in everyday life.
This was also accompanied by a small DIY project for the students followed by a small quiz based on the experiments previously explained.
Organizer and Laboratory Demonstrator| DST INSPIRE CAMP - 2017
September 2017
Was part of a 5 member group that demonstrated the theory and working of important experiments in the field of physics for distinguished students studying in class 11 with the main objective of inspiring them to take up research as their field of interest upon completion of 12th.
Set up involved a list of experiments oriented primarily towards the fundamentals of electronics and optics.
Laboratory Demonstrator| DST INSPIRE CAMP - 2016
September 2016
Was part of a 5 member group that demonstrated the theory and working of important experiments in the field of physics for distinguished students studying in class 11 with the main objective of inspiring them to take up research as their field of interest upon completion of 12th.
Was personally responsible for a set-up of experiments dealing with the fundamental electronic circuits which are used in our day-to-day lives and the physics behind their operation and working.