Dr. Sachindra Naik Professor Astronomy and Astrophysics Division Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad - 380 009, INDIA Phone : +91-79-2631-4603 E-mail : snaik AT prl.res.in

Academic Qualification

• Ph. D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics (2003). Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
• M.Sc. (Physics - 1996) : Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
• B.Sc. (Physics - 1994) : S. V. M. College, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India

Professional Experience

• Professor (Since 2020 January) : Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
• Associate Professor (2014 July - 2019 December) : Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
• Reader (2009 July - 2014 June) : Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
• Scientist-SD (2007 October - 2009 June) : Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
• Post Doctoral Fellow (2005 - 2007) : Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA, Japan
• Post Doctoral Fellow (2003 - 2005) : University College Cork, Ireland

Honors and Awards:

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship in 2005
Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology post doctoral fellowship in 2003
Cleared Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) national test in 1996
National Scholarship during intermediate

Scientific Interests

• Accretion powered X-ray Binary Pulsars
• X-ray, Infrared, Optical Studies of Be/X-ray Binary Systems
• Anomalous X-ray Pulsars, Radio Pulsars, Gamma-ray Pulsars
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
• Microquasars, X-ray Transients
• Black hole binaries, White Dwarfs

List of Publications

A complete list of my publications can be found at "List of Publications" or
• In NASA ADS
• In Google Scholar
• In Scopus
• ORCID

Ph. D. Students and PDFs

• Mr. Priyadarshee P. Dash
• Mr. Narendranath Layek
• Dr. Birendra Chhotaray
• Dr. Manoj Mandal

Former Ph. D. Students and PDFs

• Dr. Nazma Husain (2024 July - 2024 December)
• Dr. Prantik Nandi (2022 January - 2024 January. Now a faculty at Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata, India)
• Dr. Neeraj Kumari (Ph.D. Awarded in 2022 November. Now a Post Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore)
• Dr. Arghajit Jana (2020 January - 2021 October. Now a Fondecyt Post Doctoral Fellow at Instituto de Estudios Astrofisicos, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago, Chile)
• Dr. Shivangi Gupta (Ph.D. Awarded in 2021 February . Now a Post Doctoral Fellow in The Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences, Chile)
• Dr. Subhajeet Karmakar (2018 June -- 2020 July. Now a Post Doctoral Fellow in Monterey Institute for Research in Astronomy, California, USA)
• Dr. Arti Joshi (2019 May -- 2019 December. Now a Post Doctoral Fellow in School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, China)
• Dr. Prahlad Rameya Epili (Ph.D. Awarded in 2018 June. Now a Post Doctoral Fellow in School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, China)
• Dr. Gaurava Kumar Jaisawal (Ph.D. Awarded in 2017 January. Now a Marie Curie PDF, National Space Institute Elektrovej, Denmark)
• Dr. Main Pal (2017 March -- 2018 October. Now, an Assistant Professor in Department of Physics, Ramjas College, Delhi University Enclave, New Delhi.)
• Dr. Nilkanth D. Vagshette (2016 January -- 2016 December. Now, a Faculty in Maharashtra Udayagiri Mahavidyalaya, Udgir, India)

Visiting/Project Students

List of Ph.D./M.Sc. students who completed projects with me

Collaborators

• Prof. A. R. Rao (TIFR, Mumbai, India)
  
• Prof. Biswajit Paul (RRI, Bangalore, India)
  
• Prof. Tadayasu Dotani (ISAS/JAXA, Japan)
  
• Dr. Yukikatsu Terada (Saitama University, Japan)
  
• Prof. Paul J. Callanan (UCC, Cork, Ireland)
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Professional Services

I serve as a regular reviewer for the following International Journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
• Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
• Publication of Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ)
• Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA)
• Advances in Space Research (AdSpR)
• Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy (JApA)
• Journal of Astrophysics
  
  Letters of Recognition for being a regular reviewer of MNRAS (2020, 2024)
  

  I serve as a Ph.D. Thesis examiner for TIFR/IISc/JNU/IITs and several Universities in India.
  

Memberships:

• Member of International Astronomical Union
• Member of Astronomical Society of India (L 2039)
• Member of Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)

Conferences/Workshops/Public Events Organized:

Member : Scientific Organizing Committee, Conference on Astrophysical Jets and Observational Facilities : National Perspective : April 05-09, 2021, ARIES, Nainital
Member : Scientific Organizing Committee, Conference on 5 years of AstroSat : January 19-21, 2021
Member : National Organizing Committee, DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics Symposium : December 14-18, 2020
X-ray View of Cosmos : A Conference on Observational X-ray Astronomy
2012 Venus Transit : Public Viewing at Physical Research Laboratory

Astronomy and Astrophysics Groups in India :

• Astronomy and Astrophysics Division, PRL, Ahmedabad
• Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, TIFR, Mumbai
  
• Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune
  
• Raman Research Institute, Bangalore
  
• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
  
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore
  
• National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune
  
• Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital
  
• S. N. Bose Institute, Calcutta

Useful Links in Astronomy :

AstroSat    NuSTAR    NICER    Suzaku    Chandra    XMM-Newton    RXTE    BeppoSAX    HEASARC    RXTE/ASM    SIMBAD


ADS Journal Query Page     Astrophysics arxiV (astro-ph)     IAU Circulars      The Astronomer's Telegram     CBET     GCN Circulars Archive


Astronomy Picture of the Day     International Astronomy Meetings      Handbook of Astronomy and Astrophysics     Jobs in Astronomy and Astrophysics     Physical Constants

Be/X-ray binaries and candidates      Swift/BAT Hard X-ray Transient Monitor     Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI)

Journals in Astronomy and Astrophysics :

ARAA       AA Review        ApJS        ApJ        PASJ        MNRAS        AJ        A&A        PASP       ICARUS        GRL        Solar Physics        JGR       Exp. Astr.       New Astr.        NIMPR A        Astr. Lett.        AdSpR        RAA        JApA        BASI Glossary Send queries to Sachi at [email protected] ........... Life may be tough at a few points, but DESTINY is not created by the SHOES we wear, rather by the STEPS we take ............