About me
I work on research problems centered around solar eruptive phenomena and its geomagnetic impact.
Present Research Interests
- Evolution of AR magnetic non-potential parameters
- Helicity and energy flux transport from Emerging ARs
- Flux rope formation and CME initiation
- Sun-Earth connection of flux rope CMEs
- Quasi-static evolution of AR magnetic structure and topological study
- Data driven MHD simulations of AR magnetic structure
- Data driven MHD simulations of Global magnetic structure
Academic Profile
- Jan 2025--present Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- Aug 2019--Dec 2024 Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- Nov 2014--Aug 2019 DST Inspire Faculty Fellow, Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- Apr 2013--Oct 2014 Post Doctoral Fellow, Physical Research Laboratory
- Aug 2008--Apr 2013 Research Scholar, Physical Research Laboratory
- Aug 2006--Apr 2008 MSc student, University of Hyderabad
Awards
- Zirin studentship Award, AAS-SPD-2013, Bozeman, USA,
- K.D. Abhyankar Best Thesis Presentation Award, ASI-2014, Mohali, India
- Justice Oak Best Thesis Award, ASI-2015, NCRA, Pune
Membership
- Astronomical Society of India (ASI)
- International Astronomical Union (IAU)
- Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
In the News
- Nature India press release (20 December 2012): Rotating sunspots shape solar flares
- RHESSI Science Nugget (19 March 2018): Homologous CME/flares from AR 12371
- HMI Science nugget (March 11, 2019): Very fast helicity injection and large eruptive activity in AR 12673
- HMI Science nugget (Sep 1, 2020): Finding the critical decay index in solar prominence eruptions
- RHESSI Science nugget (Oct 1, 2020): Relation of non-neutralized electric currents and the activity in active regions
- HMI Science nugget (October 14, 2020): Recurring homologous solar eruptions in NOAA AR 11429
- DST press release (October 19, 2021): Clue to mystery of solar flares & CMEs in regions on Sun with disturbed magnetic field can help improving solar weather predictions
- IndiaToday Science news (October 20, 2021): Indian astronomer reveals the hidden clue that could help predict violent eruptions from Sun
- DST press release Tracking a solar burst with multiple telescopes gives clues about source region characteristics affecting space weather
- The Hindu article (Dec 18, 2023) IIA scientists trace the source of solar burst which occurred in 2013
- DST Press release (Mar 1, 2024) Tracking the solar source of the most intense geomagnetic storm last year
- IndiaToday news article (Mar 1, 2024) Auroras seen in Ladakh: We finally know what triggered it
- HMI Science Nugget (January 15, 2025): Simulating the formation and eruption of magnetic flux ropes in the solar atmosphere
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