CURRICULUM VITAE OF BHUWAN JOSHI

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE OF BHUWAN JOSHI Personal details Surname: Joshi, Given name: Bhuwan Present designation: Associate Professor Date of birth: June 12, 1979 Contact: Udaipur Solar Observatory Physical Research Laboratory Udaipur , Rajasthan India bhuwan/ Phone: Fax: Professional background Associate Professor (July 2017 present) Physical Research Laboratory, Udaipur Solar Observatory, India Reader (January 2012 July 2017) Physical Research Laboratory, Udaipur Solar Observatory, India Research Professor (September 2014 May 2015) School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, South Korea Scientist-SD (August 2008 December 2011) Physical Research Laboratory, Udaipur Solar Observatory, India Post Doctoral Fellow ( May 2007 July 2008) Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute, Daejeon, South Korea Academic qualifications 2007 Ph.D. (Physics, Solar Astronomy) Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India; awarded by Kumaun University, Nainital, India Thesis: Investigations of solar flares associated activities from near-sun to interplanetary medium 2000 Master of Science (Physics) with specialization in Astrophysics; first division Kumaun University, Nainital, India 1998 Bachelor of Science with Physics, Mathematics (major) and Chemistry (supporting subject); first division CSJM Kanpur University, Kanpur, India 1

2 Research interests Solar eruptive phenomena: Multi-wavelength analysis of solar flares and eruptive prominences, hard X-ray imaging and spectroscopy, initiation and propagation of coronal mass ejection, magnetic coupling of solar atmosphere. Cyclic evolution of solar activity: Long and mid term behavior of solar activity, north-south asymmetry, periodic patterns. ADITYA L-1 mission Science Team Lead and Co-Investigator of High Energy L1 Orbiting X-ray Spectrometer (HEL1OS) on board ADITYA L-1 mission. Supervision of PhD students Mr. Prabir Mitra (2016 present) Dr. Upendra Kushwaha ( ) Thesis title: Multi-wavelength investigations of Solar Eruptive Phenomena. PhD awarded in February 2016 by IIT Gandhinagar. Dr. Upendra Kushwaha is currently working as Assistant Professor at B. N. Mandal University, Madhepura. Supervision of M.Sc. students Name: Ms. Aditi Bhatnagar Affiliation: IISER Kolkata Project title: Periodic patterns in solar activity during cycle 24 Year: 2017 Name: Mr. Mirabbos Mirkamalov Affiliation: CSTEEP M.Tech. program in Space and Atmospheric Sciences, Samarkand State University, Samarkand, Uzbekistan Project title: Solar eruptive phenomena: Multi-wavelength observations Year: 2016 Name: Mr. Mirabbos Mirkamalov Affiliation: PRL (Participant of 8 th post-graduate course in Space and Atmospheric Science) Project title: Multi-wavelength studies of solar eruptive phenomena Year: 2013 Name: Ms. Preethi Manoharan Affiliation: Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbartore Project title: Multi-wavelength study of energetic processes in solar flares Year: 2012 Name: Mr. Suvasis Swain Affiliation: Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha Project title: Study of sunspot activity during solar cycle 23 Year:

3 Contributions to the graduate students programme of PRL 2017: Course on solar activity and solar eruptions as a part of Advanced Solar Physics coursework. 2013: Course on solar structure, solar activity and magnetohydrodynamics as a part of basic Solar Physics coursework. 2012: Lectures on IDL and data analysis tools as a part of advanced Solar Physics course. 2010: Introductory course on solar structure and processes as a part of Astronomy and Astrophysics coursework. Contributions to the general management aspects of PRL Member of PRL academic committee from August 2017 to present. Member of PRL library committee from April 2014 to present. Member of PRL safety and security committee from July 2016 to present. In-charge of USO library. Member of JRF interview committees in 2012 and Member of computer and official language committees of USO. Member of purchase and public outreach committees of USO during Awards and recognitions Principal Investigator of Indo-Austrian DST- BMWFW joint research project entitled Onset of solar flares and flare-cme associations which has been awarded for 2 years ( ). Dr. Astrid Veronig, Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Austria is the Principal Investigator from Austrian side. Working group member for ADITYA L-1 mission constituted by ISRO in February Awarded Research Professorship at School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, South Korea for the academic year Visiting scientist at Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Daejeon, South Korea during the years 2011, 2013, 2014, and Delivered invited talks at several international and national conferences. Best paper awards First best paper award in Astronomy and Astrophysics session of 18 th National Space Science Symposium (NSSS-2014) held in Dibrugarh, India during 29 January 1 February 2014 for the paper Contraction and disruption of coronal magnetic fields during the failed eruption of a filament and associated M6.2 flare by Bhuwan Joshi, Upendra Kushwaha and Astrid Veronig. 3

4 Best poster paper award in the category of Space and Astrophysical Plasma in 28th National Symposium on Plasma Science & Technology (PLASMA-2013) held during 3 6 December 2013 in Bhubaneswar, India for the paper Evidence of magnetic reconnection during the evolutionary phases of a solar prominence eruption by Upendra Kushwaha and Bhuwan Joshi. Invited talks/lectures/colloquia 1. HEL1OS and its science objectives, Workshop on Science with Aditya L1 mission organized by Astronomical Society of India (ASI), Jaipur, 6 March Multi-wavelength signatures of magnetic reconnection and energy release processes in solar eruptive phenomena, Astrophysics Colloquium, Institute of Physics, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, 1 August Lectures on Active and eruptive Sun, Short Course on Space Weather organized by CSSTEAP at PRL, Ahmedabad during 9 May 8 June Lectures on Solar structure and processes, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 4 5 April Solar activity and its effect in the interplanetary medium: Current research and future prospects, Research Orientation Workshop sponsored by Directorate of Higher Education, Uttarakhand State Government, M.B. Govt. P. G. College, Haldwani, Nainital, Uttarakhand, 22 January Destabilization and eruption of active region prominences, Seminar at School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, South Korea, 10 November Observational aspects of magnetic reconnection and energy release in solar flares: The RHESSI perspective, Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting (APSPM), Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 3 6 November Multi-wavelength overview of solar flares, International Conference on Space and Plasma Sciences, Maihar, M.P., September Signatures of magnetic reconnection in solar flares: A multi-wavelength perspective, Colloquium at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, 9 October Solar flares: observations and interpretations, Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Daejeon, South Korea, 13 September HXR emission from solar flares: A perspective, Seminar at School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University, Suwon, South Korea, 10 September Solar eruptive phenomena: A multi-wavelength perspective, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India, February 25, Eruptive phenomena on the Sun: An overview, RKMUV-IUCAA Introductory workshop on solar physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University, Howrah, India, 5-7 February Solar flares: A multi-wavelength perspective, Solar radio workshop, National Centre for Radio Astronomy (NCRA-TIFR), Pune, India, November

5 15. Observational aspects of magnetic reconnection and energy release in solar eruptive phenomena, Workshop on Physics of the solar transition region and corona, IUCAA, Pune, India, September 5 7, Multi-wavelength signatures of magnetic reconnection in solar flares: The RHESSI perspective, International astrophysics forum Alpbach IAFA frontiers in space environment research, Alpbach, Austria, June 24, The dynamic Sun, UGC sponsored national Seminar on recent advances in helio-physics, D.B.F. Dayanand College of Arts and Science, Solapur, India, 5 6 February RHESSI, Radio and Hα investigations of an X-class flare and associated CME near the Sun and in the interplanetary medium, International conference on challenges for solar cycle 24, PRL, Ahmedabad, India, January Solar flares: what multi-wavelength observations tell us?, Workshop for physics teachers and researchers, 11 November 2006, Kumaun University, Nainital, India. 20. Periodic behavior of solar flare activity: the intermediate-term periodicities, Indo-Chinese workshop on recent advances in solar physics, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 7 11 November Organization of scientific events Member of Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of 32 st National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology (PLASMA-2017) organized by Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) to be held during 7 10 November 2017 in the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Member of National Advisory Committee of National Conference in Recent Trends in Interdisciplinary Research in Astrophysics and Space Science (Sponsored by Uttarakhand state government and ARIES, Nainital), Haldwani, Nainital, 3 4 November Membership of professional bodies Life member of Astronomical Society of India (ASI). Life member of Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI). Life member of Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) 5

6 PUBLICATIONS h-index: 11 i-10 index: 12 Total citations: 340 (Based on Google Scholar 1 ) Refereed journals 1. Observational and model analysis of a two-ribbon flare possibly induced by a neighbouring blowout jet. Bhuwan Joshi, Julia K. Thalmann, Prabir K. Mitra, Ramesh Chandra, and Astrid M. Veronig, The Astrophysical Journal, 2017, in press (arxiv: ). 2. Formation and eruption of a flux rope from the sigmoid active region NOAA and associated M6.5 flare: A multi-wavelength study. Bhuwan Joshi, Upendra Kushwaha, Astrid Veronig, Sajal Dhara, A. Shanmugaraju, and Yong- Jae Moon, The Astrophysical Journal, 2017, vol. 834, 42 (16pp). 3. X-ray Spectrometers onboard Aditya L-1 for solar flare studies. K. Sankarasubramanian, Manju Sudhakar, Anuj Nandi, Ramadevi M. C., Abhijit Avinash Adoni, Ankur Kushwaha, Anil Agarwal, Arjun Dey, Bhuwan Joshi, et al. (+18 co-authors), Current Science, vol. 113, no. 4, Trigger of successive filament eruptions observed by SDO and STEREO. Sajal Kumar Dhara, B. Ravindra, Pankaj Kumar, R. Banyal, Shibu Mathew, Bhuwan Joshi, Solar Physics, 2017, vol. 292, 145 (22pp). 5. Blowout jets and impulsive eruptive flare in a bald-patch topology. R. Chandra, C.H. Mandrini, B. Schmieder, Bhuwan Joshi, G.D. Cristiani, H. Cremades, E. Pariat, F.A. Nuevo, A.K. Srivastava, and W. Uddin, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2017, vol. 598, A41 (15pp). 6. Pre-flare coronal jet and evolutionary phases of a solar eruptive prominence associated with M1.8 flare: SDO and RHESSI observations. Bhuwan Joshi, Upendra Kushwaha, Astrid Veronig, and Kyung-Suk Cho, The Astrophysical Journal, 2016, vol. 832, 130 (15pp). 7. On the role of repetitive magnetic reconnections in evolution of magnetic flux-ropes in solar corona. Sanjay Kumar, R. Bhattacharyya, Bhuwan Joshi, P. K. Smolarkiewicz, The Astrophysical Journal, 2016, vol. 830, 80 (12pp). 8. Evolutionary aspects and north-south asymmetry of soft X-ray flare index during solar cycles 21, 22, and 23. Bhuwan Joshi, R. Bhattacharyya, K. K. Pandey, U. Kushwaha, and Y.-J. Moon, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2015, vol. 582, A4 (11pp)

7 9. Large-scale contraction and subsequent disruption of coronal loops during various phases of the M6.2 flare associated with the confined flux rope eruption. Upendra Kushwaha, Bhuwan Joshi, Astrid Venonig, and Yong-Jae Moon, The Astrophysical Journal, 2015, vol. 807, 101 (18pp). (Citations: 8) 10. Impulsive energy release and non-thermal emission in a confined M4.0 flare triggered by rapidly evolving magnetic structures. U. Kushwaha, Bhuwan Joshi, K.-S. Cho, and A. Veronig, S. K. Tiwari, and S. K. Mathew, The Astrophysical Journal, 2014, vol. 791, 23 (16pp). 11. RHESSI and TRACE observations of multiple flare activity in AR and associated filament eruption. Bhuwan Joshi, Upendra Kushwaha, Kyung-Suk Cho, and Astrid Veronig, The Astrophysical Journal, 2013, vol. 771, 1 (14pp). 12. Pre-flare activity and magnetic reconnection during the evolutionary stages of energy release in a solar eruptive flare. Bhuwan Joshi, Astrid Veronig, Jeongwoo Lee, Su-Chan Bong, Sanjiv K. Tiwari, and Kyung- Suk Cho, The Astrophysical Journal, 2011, vol. 743, 195 (13pp). 13. Magnetic reconnection during the two-phase evolution of a solar eruptive flare. Bhuwan Joshi, A. Veronig, K.-S. Cho, S.-C. Bong, B. V. Somov, Y.-J. Moon, J. Lee, P. K. Manoharan, and Y.-H. Kim, The Astrophysical Journal, 2009, vol. 706, A coronal mass ejection and Hard X-ray emission associated with the Kink Instability. K.-S. Cho, J. Lee, S.-C. Bong, Y.-H. Kim, Bhuwan Joshi, and Y.-D. Park, The Astrophysical Journal, 2009, vol. 703, Multi-wavelength signatures of magnetic reconnection of a flare associated coronal mass ejection. Bhuwan Joshi, P. K. Manoharan, Astrid Veronig and P. Pant, Solar Physics, 2007, vol. 242, Observations of total solar eclipse of March 29, 2006 and related atmospheric measurements. Wahab Uddin, Bhuwan Joshi, T. S. Kumar, Saurabh Sharma and Ram Sagar, Current Sciences, 2007, vol. 93, no. 7, North-south distribution of solar flare during cycle 23. Bhuwan Joshi, P. Pant and P. K. Manoharan, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 2006, vol. 27, Periodicities of sunspot activity during solar cycle 23. Bhuwan Joshi, P. Pant and P. K. Manoharan, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2006, vol. 452, Distribution of Hα flares during solar cycle 23. Bhuwan Joshi and P. Pant, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2005, vol. 431, Intermediate-term periodicities in soft X-ray flare index during solar cycles 21, 22 and 23. Bhuwan Joshi and Anita Joshi, Solar Physics, 2005, vol. 226,

8 21. The north-south asymmetry of soft X-ray flare index during solar cycles 21, 22 and 23. Bhuwan Joshi and Anita Joshi, Solar Physics, 2004, vol. 219, Dynamics of limb flare and associated primary and secondary post flare loops. Wahab Uddin, Bhuwan Joshi, Ramesh Chandra and Anita Joshi, Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 2003, vol. 31, Review article Signatures of magnetic reconnection in solar eruptive flares: A multi-wavelength perspective. Bhuwan Joshi, Astrid Veronig, P. K. Manoharan, and B. V. Somov, Book title: Multi-scale Dynamical Processes in Space and Astrophysical Plasmas, ISBN , Springer- Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2012, p. 29. Conference proceedings 1. Signatures of magnetic reconnection during the evolutionary phases of a prominence eruption and associated X1.8 flare. Bhuwan Joshi, Upendra Kushwaha, Kyung-Suk Cho, and Astrid Veronig, Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 300, North-south asymmetry of solar activity during cycle 23. Bhuwan Joshi, P. Pant, P. K. Manoharan and Kavita Pandey, ASP Conference Series, 2007, vol. 368, Multi-wavelength analysis of an X2.7 Flare on 3 November 2003 from active region NOAA Bhuwan Joshi, P. K. Manoharan, Astrid M. Veronig and P. Pant, Sun and Geosphere, 2006, vol. 1(2), 17. 8