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I am delighted that I.I.T. Kanpur has recently established the department of Space, Planetary & Astronomical Sciences & Engineering. Given the rapid pace of development in this field and the fascination it holds for students, I personally feel that this is a welcome step. India is currently pushing for a very ambitious space program and has established several major astronomical observatories. It is also participating in several international astronomical mega-science projects. We aim to create a stimulating environment in the department so that students can participate and effectively contribute to such research and development programs.
Prof. Amitesh Omar
Head, Department of Space, Planetary & Astronomical Sciences & Engineering
IIT Kanpur
Kanpur-208016
Email: head_spase@iitk.ac.in , aomar@iitk.ac.in
- Evidence of a Hardening in the Cosmic Ray Proton Spectrum at around 166 TeV Observed by the GRAPES-3 Experiment, Phys. Rev. Lett., F. Varsi et al. (GRAPES-3 collaboration), 2024, 132, 051002
- Probing atmospheric effects using GRAPES-3 plastic scintillator detectors, European Physical Journal C, M. Zuberi et al. (GRAPES-3 collaboration), 2024, 84, 255
- A study of dipolar signal in distant Quasars with various observables, European Physical Journal C, R. Kothari, M. Panwar, G. Singh, P. Tiwari and P. Jain, 2024, 84, 75
- Small-scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy Observed by the GRAPES-3 Experiment at TeV Energies, Astrophysical Journal, M. Chakraborty et. al. (GRAPES-3 collaboration), 2024, 961, 87
- Indentation of geometrically exact adhesive beams. Suryanarayanan, K., T. Bhuvana, I. Sharma, and S. L. Das 2023. Int. J. Solids Struct. 279, 112348:1-19.
- Equilibria of liquid drops on pre-stretched, nonlinear elastic membranes through a variational approach. Nair, V. and I. Sharma 2023. Phys. Fluids. 35, 047111:1-14.
- Equilibrium shapes of liquid drops on pre-stretched, nonlinear elastic membranes. Nair, V., I. Sharma, and V. Shankar 2023. J. Fluid Mech.. 961, A28:1-27.
- Indentation of geometrically exact beams. Suryanarayanan, K., I. Sharma, and S. L. Das 2022 Int. J. Struct. Solids 254, 111905.
- Correlations between QPO frequencies and spectral parameters of GRS 1915+105 using AstroSat observations,
Ruchika Dhaka, Ranjeev Misra, J.S. Yadav, Pankaj Jain, MNRAS, 524 (2023) 2, 2721-2732 - The comptonizing medium of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1535−571 through type-C quasi-periodic oscillations,
Rawat et al, MNRAS, 520 (2023) 1, 113-128 - Probing cosmology beyond LCDM using SKA,
Shamik Ghosh, Pankaj Jain, Rahul Kothari, Mohit Panwar, Gurmeet Singh, Prabhakar Tiwari
J.Astrophys.Astron. 44 (2023) 1, 22 - A toy model for low-energy nuclear fusion, Kaanapuli Ramkumar, Harishyam Kumar, Pankaj Jain
Pramana 97 (2023) 3, 109 - Validating the improved angular resolution of the GRAPES-3 air shower array by observing the Moon shadow in cosmic rays,
D. Pattanaik et al (GRAPES-3 collaboration), Phys.Rev.D 106 (2022) 2, 022009 - Dipole anisotropy in gravitational wave source distribution, Gopal Kashyap, Naveen K. Singh, Khun Sang Phukon, Sarah Caudill, Pankaj Jain,
JCAP 06 (2023) 042 - Image plane detection of FRB121102 with the MeerKAT radio telescope
J C Andrianjafy, N Heeralall-Issur, A A Deshpande, et al MNRAS 518, 3462 (2023) - A minimal space interferometer configuration for imaging at low radio frequencies
Jaini, A., Deshpande, A. A., and Bitragunta, S. 2021, PASA, 38, e040. - A Comparison of Multi-Phase Magnetic Field Tracers in a High-Galactic Latitude Region of the Filamentary Interstellar Medium
Campbell, J. L., SE Clark, S. E., Gaensler, B. M., Marchal, A., Van Eck, C. L., Deshpande, A. A., George, S. J., Gibson, S. J., Ricci, R., Stil, J. M., Taylor, A. R. 2022, ApJ, 927, 49. - Time-resolved spectroscopy on the heartbeat state of GRS 1915+105 using AstroSat, D. Rawat, R. Misra, P. Jain and J.S. Yadav. Published in: Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 511 (2022) 2
- Superhorizon Perturbations: A Possible Explanation of the Hubble–Lemaître Tension and the Large-scale Anisotropy of the Universe, P. Tiwari, R. Kothari and P. Jain, Astrophys. J. Lett. 924 (2022) 2, L36
- Explaining excess dipole in NVSS data using superhorizon perturbation, K. K. Das, K. Sankharva, P. Jain, JCAP 07 (2021) 035
- Testing evolution of LFQPOs with mass accretion rate in GRS 1915+105 with Insight-HXMT, H. Liu, L. Ji, C. Bambi, P. Jain, R. Misra et al., Astrophys. J. 909 (2021) 1, 63
- General Treatment of Reflection of Spherical Electromagnetic Waves from a Spherical Surface and its Implications for the ANITA Anomalous Polarity Events, P. Dasgupta and P. Jain, Astroparticle Physics 128 (2021) 102530
- Granular flow on a rotating and gravitating elliptical body 2021, K Gaurav, D Banik, I Sharma, P Dutt, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 916, A40:1-40, 2019.
- Structural integrity of rubble asteroidal satellites, I Sharma, Icarus 319, 770-784
- Rings of non-spherical, axisymmetric bodies, A Gupta, S Nadkarni-Ghosh, I Sharma, Icarus 299, 97-116, 2018.
Departmental Committees: 2024-2025
DPGC Committee:
Dr. Kunal P Mooley, (Convenor)
Dr. Pankaj Jain, HOD (Committee Member)
Dr. Ishan Sharma (Committee Member)
Dr. Sharvari Nadkarni Ghosh (Committee Member)
Dr. Rohit Sharma (Committee Member)
DUGC Committee:
Dr. Amitesh Omar (Convenor)
Dr. Pankaj Jain, HOD (Committee Member)
Dr. Sharvari Nadkarni Ghosh (Committee Member)
Dr. Prashant Pathak (Committee Member)
Dr. Rohit Sharma (Committee Member)
Student Placement:
Dr. Soumyabrata Chakrabarty
DORA Committee:
Dr. Amitesh Omar
Space Allocation Committee:
Dr. Pankaj Jain (Head)
Dr. Prashant Pathak (Member)
Dr. Ishan Sharma (Member)
Dr. Amitesh Omar (Member)
Mr. Uma Shankar Sharma (Office Staff/Technical Staff)
Budget Committee:
Dr. Pankaj Jain (Head)
Dr. Prashant Pathak (Member)
Dr. Ishan Sharma (Member)
Dr. Amitesh Omar (Member)
DFAC:
Dr. Pankaj Jain (Head)
Dr. Sanjay Kumar (Member)
Dr. Manoj Kumar Harbola (Member)
Dr. P. Venkitanarayanan (Member)
Dr. Ishan Sharma (Member)
To be updated soon...
Experiment modules consist of experiments related to electromagnetic wave detection and analyses in X-ray/optical/IR/radio bands, observing fundamental principles (interference, diffraction, coherence etc.), setting up spectroscopy and polarimetry experiments, and carrying out related measurements applicable in the field of astronomy, planetary sciences.
We are developing an Adaptive Optics (AO) test bench based on the Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor, which will be used to train students on AO and wavefront control techniques.
Workshop on satellite based particle detector to search for dark matter was held at IIT Kanpur on 27 and 28 January. The meeting was aimed at proposing a space observatory which will search for the hypothetical dark matter particle. Scientists from many institutes within India attended this workshop which was held in hybrid mode.
