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IIA Past Graduate Students (From 1990)

Sl no	Name	Photograph	Year of PhD	Supervisor	PhD Thesis title	Present Details
1.	G.C.Anupama		Nov,1990	T. P. Prabhu	Studies of Classical and Recurrent Novae	Associate Professor Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
2.	Maiyya Divakara		Feb,1993	T. P. Prabhu	Star Formation in Giant Extragalactic H II Regions	Investigador Titular "B" Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica, Luis Enrique Erro 1, Tonantzintla, Apdo Postal 51 y 216, 72840 Puebla, Pue., MEXICO PHONE: +52-22-472011/472044(Ext.1317); FAX: +52-22-472231
3.	R.T. Gangadhara		Apr, 1993	Vinod Krishan	Nonlinear Propagation of Intense Electromagnetic Waves in Quasar and Pulsar Plasmas	Scientist D Indian Institute of Astrophysics ganga@iiap.res.in
4.	Sujan Kumar Sengupta		Jul, 1996	A. Peraiah	Transfer of Polarized Radiation in Astrophysical Context	Reader Indian Institute of Astrophysics
5.	M.Dikpati		1996	P.Venkatakrishnan	The Evolution of Weak Diffuse Magnetic Fields of the Sun and the Heating of the Quiet Corona	Scientist II High Altitude Observatory National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, Colorado USA 80307 dikpati@ucar.edu
6.	Annapurani Subramanian		Apr,1996	Ram Sagar	Studies of Star Clusters and Stellar Evolution	Reader Indian Institute of Astrophysics purni@iiap.res.in
7.	Uma Gorti		Mar,1996	H. C. Bhatt	Studies of Proto Stars and Young Stellar Objects	Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Berkeley, USA. Email:gorti@ism.arc.nasa.gov.
8.	B.Eswar Reddy		Aug,1996	M. Parthasarathy	Studies of Post-AGB Stars and Proto-planetary Nebulae	Reader Indian Institute of Astrophysics ereddy@iiap.res.in
9.	Dipankar Banerjee		Dec,1996	S. S. Hasan	Magnetohydrodynamic Phenomena in Solar Atmosphere	Reader Indian Institute of Astrophysics dipu@iiap.res.in
10.	R. D. Prabhu		1997	V. Krishan	Exploring Inverse Cascade Scenarios in Astrophysical Turbulence	Research Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering University of Vermont Burlington VT- 05405
11.	R. Ramesh		1998	R. Cowsik	Multi Frequency Observations of the Outer Solar Corona with the Gauribidanur Radioheliograph	Reader Indian Institute of Astrophysics ramesh@iiap.res.in
12.	Charu Ratnam		1998	R. Cowsik	Distribution of Dark Matter in the Galaxy	Deceased
13.	A. V. Thampan		1999	B. Datta	Luminosities of Disk Accreting Non Magnetic Neutron Stars	SISSA, Via Beirut 2-4, 34014 Trieste, ITALY. athampan@yahoo.com
14.	Gajendra Pandey		Sep,1999	N. K. Rao	Investigations of Hydrogen Deficient Stars and Related Objects	Scientist C Indian Institute of Astrophysics
15.	S.P.K.Rajaguru		Jun,1999	S. S. Hasan	Radiative Transfer and the Dynamics of Small-scale Magnetic Structures on the Sun	Reader Indian Institute of Astrophysics
16.	R.Srikanth		Apr,1998	Jagdev Singh	Studies on the Solar Chromospheric Network	Postdoctoral Fellow RAMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE C. V. Raman Avenue, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore - 560 080, India
17.	V.Krishnakumar		Aug,1998	P.Venkatakrishnan	High Angular Resolution Imaging of Sun	Senior Scientist (Adaptive Optics - Vision science), Alcon Research Inc, Orlando, USA, FL 32765, Ph : 407-513-8975 (Work), 407-365-4586 (home) vkk70@hotmail.com
18.	Swara Ravindranath		Jun,1999	T. P. Prabhu	A Study of Star Formation in Nearby Starburst Galaxies	Assistant Professor (Scientist E) Inter - University Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune. (swara@iucaa.ernet.in)
19.	Angom Dilip Kumar Singh		Aug,1998	B. P. Das	A Study of the Electric Dipole Moment of Atoms	Reader Room No - 468, Physical Research Laboratory, Navarangapura, Ahmedabad 380 009 INDIA Phone : 90 - 079 - 630 2129 angom@prl.ernet.in
20.	T.Sivarani		Mar,2000	M. Parthasarathy	A and F stars with circumstellar dust	Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University, USA. thirupathi@pa.msu.edu
21.	S.G.Bhargavi		Mar,2001	R. Cowsik	An Investigation into the Nature of Sources Associated with the Gamma Ray Burst Phenomena	visiting scientist/project consultant Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore
22.	Pavan Chakraborthy		Feb,2001	R. Vasundhara	Investigations of Dust from Selected Comets	Lecturer Assam University
23.	Sonjoy Majumder		Mar,2001	B. P. Das	Study of Atomic and Molecular Many Body Processes in Astrophysics	Reader Indian Institute of Technology, Madras , Chennai- 600 036 India. majumder@physics.iitm.ac.in
24.	Rajesh K.Nayak		2000	C.V.Vishveshwara	Some Rotational Effects in Black Hole Spacetimes	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata. rajesh@phys.utb.edu, k.r.nayak@gmail.com
25.	K.Sankara Subramanian		Aug,2000	P.Venkatakrishnan	Solar polarimetry: techniques and applications	Scientist D ISRO Statellite Centre,Bangalore sankark@isac.gov.in
26.	Mangala Sharma		Jul,2002	T. P. Prabhu	Effects of the Poor Cluster Environment on Galaxies	Postdoctoral Fellow Astrophysical Institute, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
27.	R.Sridharan		Jul,2001	P.Venkatakrishnan	Techniques for Achieving Higher Spatial Resolution	Postdoctoral Fellow Space Telescope Science Institute (StScI, Baltimore, USA)
28.	K. P. Geetha		May,2001	B. P. Das	Relativistic many-body studies of Parity Non-Conservation (PNC) in heavy atomic ions	Postdoctoral Fellow Hirao Laboratory 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656 Department of Applied Chemistry geetha@qcl.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
29.	D. Suresh		2004	R. Cowsik	Measurement of the Casimir-Polder Force at Sub-micro Distance Scales using an Atomic Beam
30.	Dharam Vir Lal		Apr,2001	Prajval Shastry	Seyfert Galaxies: Nuclear Radio Structure and Unification	Postdoctoral Fellow Max - Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany.
31.	G. Rajalakshmi		May,2004	R. Cowsik	Torsion Balance Investigation of the Casimir Effect
32.	B.S.Ramachandra		Mar,2003	C.V.Vishveshwara	Black Holes in Cosmological Background
33.	Sudip Bhattacharyya		2002	B. Datta and P. Bhattacharjee	Temperature Profiles and Spectra of Accretion Disks Around Rapidly Rotating Neutron Stars	Reader , Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. Email (sudip@tifr.res.in)
34.	Subhabrata Majumdar		Jun,2001	Pijush Bhattacharjee	Probing Our Universe with Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect	Fellow Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics, TIFR, India E-mail (subha@cita.utoronto.ca)
35.	P. Manoj		Feb,2004	H. C. Bhatt	Star Formation: Circumstellar Environment around Young Stellar Objects	Institute of Astron. & Astrophysics, Taiwan.
36.	Preeti Kharb		2004	Prajval Shastry	A Pc-scale Study of Radio-loud AGN: The Fanaroff-Riley Divide & Unification	Post-Doctoral Fellow Rochester Institute of Technology. Office: (585) 475-5665 Fax: (585) 475-5988 pxkpcia@cis.rit.edu 54 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623
37.	Geetanjali Gauba		Aug,2003	M.Partha Sarathy	Study of Hot Post-AGB Stars	Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
38.	C. Kathiravan		2006	K.R.Subramanian		Fellow Indian Institute of Astrophysics
39.	Maheshwar Gopinathan		2005	H.C.Bhatt	Galactic Star Forming Regions and Young Stellar Objects	Scientist ARIES & Korea Astron. Sp. Sci Institute, Nainital.
40.	G. A. Shanmuga Sundaram		2005	K. R. Subramanian	Imaging and spectral studies of solar type-I noise storms at metric wavelengths
41.	S.Ambika		Jul,2004	M. Parthasarathy	Chemical Composition of Selected Metal Poor Stars
42.	K. V. P. Latha		Submitted	B. P. Das	Many-body theory of Electric Dipole Moments and it's Implications for the Standard Model of Particle Physics.(submitted)
43.	R.K.Banyal		Oct,2005	B. R. Prasad	Data Storage and Retrieval using Photorefractive Crystals (Holographic Memories)	Scientist C Indian Institute of Astrophysics
44.	P. Shalima		Aug,2005	J. Murthy	Studies of Interstellar Dust	Post Doctoral Fellow Indian Institute of Astrophysics
45.	M. Nayak		Aug,2005	R. Choudhury
46.	Bijaya Kumar Sahoo		Sep,2005	B. P. Das	Coupled-Cluster Theory of Parity Nonconservation in Atoms	Postdoctoral Fellow Max - Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Germany. E-MAIL : gkrsahoo@yahoo.com
47.	Reji Mathew C. Thomas		Feb 2007	R. T. Gangadhara	Emission of Radiation in Pulsar Magnetosphere owing to charged Particle Acceleration	Post Doctoral Fellow NCRA, Pune E mail:mathew002007@gmail.com
48.	Malay Maiti		2008	S. K. Sengupta	Theoretical and Obervational Study of Sub Stellar Mass Object	-
49.	M. Sampoorna		2008	K.N. Nagendra	Polarized Line Formation in Turbulent and Scattering Media	Chandrasekhar Post-doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Astrophysics
50.	H. S. Nataraj		2009	B. P. Das	Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron & its Cosmological Implications	Post Doctoral Fellow Budapest University, Hungary E-MAIL : hsnataraj@gmail.com
51.	MATHEW, BLESSON		July, 2010	Annapurni Subramaniam	Study of Emission-line stars In Young Open Clusters	Post Doctoral Fellow PRL Ahamedabad, India
52.	Tapan Mishra		2010	B. P. Das	Quantum Phase Transition in Mixture of Ultracold Atoms	Post Doctoral Fellow Department of Physics Georgetown University Washington, DC USA email: tapan at physics.georgetown.edu
53.	KARNATAKI, ABHAY		September, 2010	Jayant Murthy	Studies of diffuse Ultraviolet Radiation.	Email : abhay.physics@gmail.com
54.	Nagaraju Krishnappa		2010	K. E. Rangarajan	Spectropolarimetry of Active regions on Sun	Post Doctoral Fellow Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research Katlenburg-Lindau Phone(O): +49 5556 979 217 Phone(R): +49 5556 979 249 Mobile : +49 15783581622
55.	G. Vigeesh		2010	S. S. Hasan	Structure, dynamics and heating in magnetized region of solar atmosphere	Post Doctoral Fellow IIA, Bangalore
56.	SINGH, VEERESH		2011	Prajwal Shastri	Multiwavelength Study of Active Galaxies and their Unification Schemes	-
57.	GIRJESH R. GUPTA		2011	Dipankar Banerjee	On the Nature of Propagating MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere	Post Doctoral Fellow Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau Germany E-mail: gupta@mps.mpg.de Phone(O): +49 5556 979 445 Phone(R): +49 5556 979 137 Mobile : +49 15782726163
58.	RUMPA CHOUDHURY		2011	H. C. Bhat	Young Stellar Objects (YSOs), Triggered Star Formation	Post Doctoral Fellow University of cologne cologn Germany.
59.	RAMYA S.		2011	T. P. Prabhu	Study of Star formation in Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies	Post Doctoral Fellow.
60.	Ananta Charan Pradhan		April, 2011	Jayant Murthy	Gas and Dust in the Magellanic Clouds	Post Doctoral Visiting Scientist, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
61.	BHARAT KUMAR YERRA		August, 2011	B. Eswar Reddy	Study of Li-Rich K Gaints	Post Doctoral Fellow ARIES , Nainital.
62.	VYAS A		March, 2012	B. Raghavendra Prasad	Astronomical Adaptive Optics	Advanced Optical Imaging Group, University College, Dublin.
63.	SUMANGALA RAO S.		April, 2012	Sunetra Giridhar	Spectroscopic Investigation of Post AGB & related objects	-
64.	Madhulita Das		April, 2012	R. K. Chaudhuri	Applications of Relativistic Coupled Cluster Methods to Atomic systems	Neheru Post Doctoral Fellow, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
65.	ANUSHA L. S.		April,2012	Prof. K. N. Nagendra	Advanced numerical methods for polarized line radiative transfer	Max Plank Institute for Solar System Research, Germany
66.	SUBRAMANIAN, SMITHA		July, 2012	Annapurni Subramaniam	Stellar Populations in the Magellanic Clouds	Post Doctoral Fellow Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bangalore.

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