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1 Faculty Profile Name: Designation: Department: Phone Numbers: HIMADRI SEKHAR DAS Assistant Professor Physics (O) (M) id: Educational Qualifications: M.Sc in Physics, Assam University (1999); PhD in Astrophysics, Assam University (2005); Post-doctorate, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA (2013). Areas of Interest: (i) Light scattering, space and planetary physics. Numerical methods to compute scattering of radiation by particulate surface and grains, numerical modelling to study the photopolarimetric characteristics of comets. (ii) (iii) Interstellar dust: Extinction and polarization. Star formation: Photopolarimetric studies of star forming clouds (both observation and modelling). Work Experience: Name of the Organization Kokrajhar Govt. Kokrajhar, Assam Assam University, Silchar Designation Period Nature of Post From To (permanent/temporary/adhoc/ contractual etc.) Lecturer Aug Sept Permanent Assistant Professor October 2007 Till date Permanent 1

2 Awards and Honours: Award Details Awarding Agency Year Remark (if any) Research Fellowship Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of Worked as a Research Fellow (RF) in the Dept of Physics, Assam University, Silchar under the guidance of Dr. Asoke Kr. Sen, for PhD, in a project entitled Photopolarimetric Indo-US Research Fellowship Paragon Excellence Award-2015 Inspired teachers In- Residence Programme at Rashtrapati Bhavan Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) in association with Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. Of. Paragon, an NGO in Badarpur (Assam), Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi. studies of comets 2013 Conducted advanced research in Astrophysics for duration of 3 months (September 15 - December 15, 2013) with Prof. Ludmilla Kolokolova at University of Maryland, Maryland, USA Honored for the service rendered in the field of Education and Nation building Honored by Hon'ble President of Shri Pranab Mukherjee in the Inspired Teachers' In- Residence Programme at Rashtrapati Bhavan held during 6th to 12th June,

3 Projects: Project Title Study of light scattering properties of cosmic dust using cluster computation Awarding Agency Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt of Period July 2012 to March 2016 Amount Sanctioned Rs. 16,75,000/- Ongoing/ Completed Completed Consultancy/International Collaboration: Details Year Remark (if any) February till date Research Collaboration with Prof. Sebastian Wolf, University of Kiel, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, Leibnizstr, Kiel, Germany Research Collaboration with Prof. Ludmilla Kolokolova, University of Maryland, MD, USA. September till date Published two papers with Prof. Sebastian Wolf. Published a paper with Prof. Ludmilla Kolokolova. Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals/Book Chapters: Authors Title of the Paper/Chapter P. Deb Roy, H. Imaging S. Das and B. J. Polarimetry of Medhi Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR) P. Deb Roy, P. Halder, H. S. Das and B. J. Medhi A. Das, H. S. Das and A. S. Devi, 2015 Imaging polarimetry of comets C/2013 V1 (Boattini) and 290P/Jager before and after perihelion. Distance estimation of some selected small Bok globules Name of the Journal/Book Icarus Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS) Journal/Book details 245, p 241 (2013 Factor = 2.840). 450, p 1770 (2013 Factor = 5.226). 452, p 389 (2013 Factor = 5.226). ISSN/ISBN ISSN: ISSN: ISSN:

4 A. Barman and H. S. Das L. Kolokolova, H. S. Das, O. Dubovik, T. Lapyonok, and P. Yang Study of grain alignment efficiency and a distance estimate for small globule CB4 Polarization of Cosmic Dust Simulated with the Rough Spheroid Model Research in Astronomy & Astrophysics (RAA) Planetary and Space Science (PSS) 15, p 953 (2014 Factor = 1.64). 116, p 30 (2014 Factor = 1.875). ISSN: ISSN: Books Authored/Edited Books: Authors P. Deb Roy, A. Chakraborty, H. S. Das, B. J. Medhi, S. Wolf and G. Bertrang C. Bhattacharjee, H. S. Das and A. K. Sen Title of the Book Emerging Areas of Research and Development in Chemical and Physical Sciences in North East Contemporary Trends of Research in Physical Sciences ISBN Publisher Details Authored/ Edited Department of Authored Physics and Chemistry, S. S. Hailakandi, Assam,. Year Department of Physics, Gurucharan Silchar , Assam,. Year-2012 Authored 4

5 Peer Reviewed Publications in Proceedings of National/International Conference/Workshop/ Symposium: Authors H. S. Das and A. Barman Title of the Paper Extinction map of a small globule CB 224 Name of the Program and Organizer A special issue on Constituents of Interstellar Medium Publisher Details Asian Journal of Physics (AJP), Vol. 24, No 8, pp ISBN/ISSN ISSN: Year-2015 H. S. Das Polarimetric studies of five small Bok Globules P. Deb Roy, H. S. Das and B. J. Medhi A. Das, H.S. Das and B. J. Medhi A. Chakraborty, H. S. Das and D. Paul, Polarimetric studies of Comet C/2012 L2 (LINEAR). Photopolarimetri c studies of CB34 Bok globule Polarimetric study of some star forming clouds., Assam,, Assam,, Assam,, Assam, 5

6 Patents (if any): Nil Patent Details Awarding Agency Year Remark (if any) Details of Ph.D degree awarded (Under the supervision of the faculty): Name of the Scholar Title of the Thesis Year of Remark (if any) award Abinash Suklabaidya Modeling of light scattering properties of cometary dust Department of Physics, Ph. D./1114/10 dtd Chinmoy Bhattacharjee Dipankar Paul Sujit Ranjan Das Study of Light Scattering properties of cosmic dust Polarisation properties of comets and other objects Modelling of Optical characteristics of cometary dust by fractal aggregates (as a Supervisor) 2013 Department of Physics, Ph. D./719/2009/ dtd (as a Co-supervisor) 2012 Department of Physics, Ph. D./718/09/ Dtd (as a Co-supervisor) 2011 Department of Physics, Ph. D./650/08 dtd (as a Co-supervisor) ******************************** 6