PhD: 
          Physics; Submitted August 2005 -- Awarded February 2006; Submitted August 2005; ARIES/Kumaun University
	 
  Research Interest:
         • Multi-wavelength Astronomy: from X-ray to radio bands → Click here for detail
  Honors and Awards:
         •Reviewer excellence award for the year 2017 for the Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
         •Poster prize finalist of 16th Cambridge workshop on Cool Stars held at University of Washington
         •Young Astronomer Award for the year 2005, by Astronomical Society of India (ASI)
  Membership: 
         •Life member of International Astronomical Union (IAU).
         •Life member of Astronomical Society of India (ASI).    
  Professional employment 
         •2007-Present : Scientist at ARIES, Nainital
         •2006-2007    : Visiting Fellow at TIFR, Mumbai
         •2000-2006    : Research Scholar at ARIES/State Observatory
  Publications
          A list of publications is here
  Refereeing and Reviewing
	 •Refereed papers of ApJ, ApJ Letter, AJ, PASP, AdSpR and JAA
         •Refereed observing proposals for ground and space based telescopes
  Supervision
         •PhD:
            → Mr. Gurpreet Singh     (2020-) ARIES
            → Ms. Nikita Rawat       (2019-) ARIES
            → Ms. Sadhana Singh      (2017-) ARIES
            → Ms. Bharti Arora       (2016-) ARIES
            → Dr. Arti Joshi         (2013-2018) ARIES
            → Dr. Subhajeet Karmakar (2012-2017) ARIES
            → Dr. Manoj Patel        (2009-2013) Gorakhpur University (Collaboration)
            → Dr. Vinod Prasad       (2009-2013) Gorakhpur University (Collaboration)
	 •Short Term
	    → Mr. Jincen Jose (July-August 2019)
	    → Ms. Nikita Rawat (2019)         → Ms. Ayushi Patil (July-August2019) 
   	    → Mr. Aashish Gupta (2018)        → Mr. Vineet Dhiman (2018)
   	    → Mr. Jayadev Pradeep (2017)      → Mr. Shomik Adhicary (2017) 
   	    → Ms. Bharti Arora (2016)         → Mr. Vineet Ojha (2015) 
            → Mr. Rakshit Joshi (2014)        → Mr. Prasanjeet Biswas (2014)
            → Mr. Anshul Kapoor (2013)        → Ms. Arti Joshi (2013)
            → Ms. Aparna Varrier (2012)       → Ms. Vaisali Adya (2012) 
            → Mr. Subhajeet Karmakar (2012)   → Mr. Vaibhav Pant (2011)
            → Mr. Ramkesh Yadav(2008)         → Mr. Sudhir Mourya (2007)
  Participation in meeting/workshop/conferences
	 •Invited:  more than a dozen
	 •Oral and Poster contribution: 12 as a lead author 
	 •Many other oral and poster contribution as co-authors
  Organisation of meeting/workshop/conference/schools
	 •As LOC chair/member
	   → National workshop on Recent Trends in Compact Objects (RETCO)
	   → Indo-UK seminar
	   → A bi-lateral Indo-Russian workshop on Gamma-ray bursts, evolution of massive stars and star formation at high redshifts
	   → Need for Large Indian Optical Astronomical Facilities
	   → ARIES International Workshop on Asteroseisomology
	   → A summer school on "Introductory Astronomy and Astrophysics
	•As SOC member
	   → ASI 2016-2019
	   → National workshop on Recent Trends in Compact Objects (RETCO)
  Research Support
           • PI: Indo Russian ILTP (2008-10)
	   • Co-I: ISRO respond (2009-12)
           • PI: Indo-Russian DST-RFBR (2014-2016)
	   • Co-I: Belgo-Indian newtwork Astronomy and Astrophysics (2016-2019)
           • PI: Indo-Russian DST-RFBR (2017-2019)