My Resume

GW Analysis in Deci-hertz Domain with Dr Apratim Ganguly, IUCAA Pune and Dr Shabnam Iyyani, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Will begin in Jan 2023
I will be working with Dr Ganguly, Dr Iyyani and Kanchan Soni to explore the underlying population distribution of compact binary parameters in the decihertz band. This will involve predictive analysis, which will be important for future observatories like DECIGO. I will be undertaking this to fulfill the requirement for my minor degree in data science.  

Tests of General Relativity with Dr Frank Ohme, Albert Einstein Institute Hannover
July 2022 - Sept 2022
In this remote internhip, I worked in collaboration with Dr Krishnendu Nair from Dr Ohme's group to conduct tests of general relativity using gravitational-wave observations from binary mergers. We analysed the effect of mass and distance on the SNR of inspiralling binaries and on the mass of the graviton.

Higher-Order Modes in GW Analysis with Prof. Sanjit Mitra, IUCAA Pune
Apr 2021 - June 2021
I worked with Kanchan Soni from Prof. Mitra's research group to study the inclusion of higher-order modes in gravitational-wave analysis to improve the estimation of parameters. I learned to use the bilby_pipe pipeline and the Vim editor in this internship.

Reading Project with Dr Mamta Gulati, Thapar University Patiala
July 2020 - Sept 2020
Under Dr Gulati's guidance, I studied introductory concepts of astronomy using the books  Fundamental Astronomy by Hannu Karttunen and Astrophysics for Physicists by Arnab Rai Choudhari.

Integrated MS, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
2019 - Present
Currently in my fourth year of this 5-year-long program, I am majoring in physics and minoring in data science. I will be beginning semester 8 in January 2023. The courses I will be taking are Numerical Methods, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Particle Physics. I plan to audit Machine Learning II and Fluid Dynamics. In my last semester, some of the courses I studied were Statistical Methods in Physical Sciences, General Relativity and Cosmology, Nuclear and Particle Physics and Machine Learning I .

Grade 12, West Point School Kotkapura
2018
I graduated at the top of my class with a percentage of 93.2. I studied physics, chemistry and mathematics here. 

A Star is [Un]Born: Understanding Stellar Collapse
I worked with Shubham Chury and Aadi Chaturvedi in this semester project for General Relativity and Cosmology in semester 7. We conducted a review of the metrics and the Tollmann-Oppenheimer-Volkhoff (TOV) equations of different stellar bodies. You can find our report here. 

Interferometer Noise in LIGO
In this project under the supervision of Dr Joy Mitra, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Rtihika Ganesan and I conducted a literature survey to analyse the sources of thermal noise in LIGO interferometers and the feasibility for its reduction by change in mirror coatings. 

SCUDEM 2020
SCUDEM is an international mathematical modelling challenge organised by SIMIODE, a non-profit community of practice focused on a modeling first approach to teaching differential equations. Under the supervision of Dr Zehor Belkhatir, University of Leicestor England, I worked with Rithika Ganesan and Balaram Vishnu S to model the decay of oil agglomerates from the Deepwater Horizon Accident using differential equations. 

LISC Continuous Gravitational Waves Workshop
I participated in this online workshop organised by ICTS Bangalore in collaboration with LIGO India to learn the basics of CGW data analysis. This included matched filtering, F-statistic and parameter space metric. I also learned to use PyFstat to analyse CGW data. 

LIGO Gravitational Waves Science Communication Workshop 
This workshop was organised by IUCAA Pune and IISER Pune in collaboration with LIGO India where I participated in interactive sessions and assignments on effective science communication within and without academia. 

Social Media Strategist, Dreamscape Media 
2021 - Present
I am employed by Dreamscape Media, an advertising company based in Mumbai to analyse social media trends and data for different clients. I currently work with the Gandhi Fellowship, an initiative by the Piramal Group. 

Managing Editor, Inventa Science Magazine 
2021 - 2022
I represented IISER Thiruvananthapuram in this inter-IISER collaboration with NISER, IISc and CEBS. In addition, I was also the member of the Operational Committee of the team during my term. We published the second edition of this magazine in 2022.

Editor and Designer, Exhibit A
2019-2022
Exhibit A is the official monthly science newsletter of IISER Thiruvananthapuram. I was a part of the editorial and design team from the inception of the newsletter. I learned to use Adobe InDesign with this role and also conducted interviews for the newsletter. 

Editor and Designer, Ether 
2020 - 2022
Ether is the monthly literature and arts magazine of IISER Thiruvananthapuram. I assumed the role of editor and designer for the magazine during my time there.

Club Coordinator, CMIT 
2020 - 2021
CMIT is the club for mathematics at IISER Thiruvananthapuram. I formed an integral part of the core team and helped devise the club constitution.

• Recipient of the DAAD WISE fellowship for the year 2022
• Recipient of Gold Honor in the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition 2020
• Winner of national-level physics research competition Researchathon 2020 by NIT Surat