Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) Father s name: Late Subhash Deb Date of Birth: November 1, 1979 Citizenship: Indian Marital status: Married Sex: Male Category: General Place of Birth: Mariani, Jorhat (Assam) Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/sukantodeb Present Address: Cotton College State University College Hostel Road Opposite KKH Hostel Panbazar, Guwahati 781001 Assam (India) T: (+91) 9810362087 k: sukantodeb@gmail.com Permanent Address: Sukanta Deb C/O: Smt. Anita Deb Word No - 4, Opposite Mariani Art s College Natun Mati, Mariani, Dist - Jorhat, Assam Pin 785634, Phone: 09957663684 Current Position: Assistant Professor (Permanent), Department of Physics, Cotton College State University, Panbazar, Guwahati 781001, Assam with effect from October 16, 2015. Languages known: Fluent in English, Assamese, Bengali & Hindi Teaching Experience: 06 years 04 months (UG courses of University of Delhi, Delhi and PG courses of CCSU, Guwahati) Research Experience: 10 years (Astronomy & Astrophysics) Determination of variable star parameters, distance and galactic structures. Subjects I am teaching this semester (M.Sc (Physics) of Cotton College State University, Guwahati): Astronomy & Astrophysics, Numerical Analysis for M.Sc (Physics) IV th Semester Mathematical Physics, Quantum Mechanics for M.Sc (Physics) II nd Semester. Subjects I have already taught: Classical Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Mathematical Physics, Heat & Thermodynamics, Waves & Oscillations, Digital Electronics, Microprocessor & Computer programming in C++ for Honours courses, Numerical Analysis using C++ for undergraduate courses of University of Delhi, Condesed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics of CCSU, Guwahati. Thermal Physics, Mechanics, Optics, Eletronics for B.Sc (Physical Sciences) Courses of University of Delhi.
Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) 2 Education Ph.D (Physics), Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi (2011). Thesis Topic: Study of Light Curves of Some Variable Stars Supervisors: Prof. Harinder P. Singh and Prof. T. R. Seshadri Area of Research: Astronomy & Astrophysics M.Sc (Physics), Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi (2003) Specialization: Astrophysics & General Theory of Relativity. General Subjects: Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Solid State Physics, Mathematical Physics, Radiation Theory, Electronics, Electromagnetic Theory, Computational Numerical analysis, Nuclear & Particle Physics B.Sc (Physics) Honours, Cotton College, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam (2000) Fellowships I have cleared NET (National Eligibility Test) for Lectureship in 2003 and J.R.F (NET) in 2005 and joined Ph.D with the following fellowship: Junior Research Fellowship (NET), CSIR, Govt. of India (2006-2008) Senior Research Fellowship (NET), CSIR, Govt. of India (2008-2011) Fields of Interest Numerical analysis using Computer, Computer Programming, Astronomical Photometry & Spectroscopy, Light curve modelling in Astronomy & Astrophysics, Monte-Carlo Methods & Simulations, Quantum Variational Monte Carlo Techniques, Automated data analysis, Bayesian Data Analysis, Machine Learning Techniques, Astronomy with Virtual Observatories (VO), Machine Learning Tools such as Support Vector Machines (SVM), Artificial Neural Network (ANN), k Nearest Neighbour (knn), Decision Trees, etc. Instrumentation Experience Photometric observations using the ARIES three channel fast photometer and CCD attached to the 104-cm Sampurnanand telescope Optical imaging and spectroscopy with IUCAA Girawali 2-m telescope Optical imaging and spectroscopy with Himalayan Chandra 2-m telescope (HCT) of Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) remotely controlled through a satellite from CREST, Hoskote near Bangalore
Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) 3 High resolution Echelle spectroscopic observations using 2.30 metre VBO telescope of IIA Worked in Delhi University observatory setup in the Physics Department and astronomical observations using the 11-inch telescope Research & Teaching Publications in Refereed Journal 1. Light Curve analysis of variable stars using Fourier Coefficients and Principal component analysis Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb and Harinder P. Singh, 2009, A&A, 507, 1729 2. Physical parameters of the Small Magellanic Cloud RR Lyrae stars and the distance scale Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb and Harinder P. Singh, 2010, MNRAS, 402, 691 3. Photometry of the δ Scuti star HD 40372 Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb, S. K. Tiwari, Harinder P. Singh, T. R. Seshadri and U. S. Chaubey, 2009, BASI, 37, 109 4. A CCD photometric study of the late type contact binary EK Comae Berenices Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb, Harinder P. Singh, T. R. Seshadri and Ranjan Gupta, 2010, New Astronomy, 15, 662 5. A CCD photometric study of the newly discovered contact binary ASAS 134738+0410.1 Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb, Harinder P. Singh, T. R. Seshadri & Ranjan Gupta, 2010, BASI, 38, 77 6. Physical parameters of 62 eclipsing binary stars using the All Sky Automated Survey-3 data I Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb, Harinder P. Singh, 2011, MNRAS, 412, 1787 7. Physical parameters of eclipsing binary stars using the ASAS-3 data Journal-Ref: Harinder P. Singh, Sukanta Deb, 2011, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series (ASPC), 448, 937 8. Chemical and structural analysis of the Large Magellanic Cloud using the fundamental mode RR Lyrae stars Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb and Harinder P. Singh, 2014, MNRAS, 438, 2440 9. Variational Monte Carlo Technique: Ground State Energies of Quantum Mechanical Systems Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb, 2014, Resonance, 19, 713 10. Morphology and metallicity of the Small Magellanic Cloud using RRab stars Journal-Ref: Sukanta Deb; Harinder P. Singh; Subhash Kumar; Shashi M. Kanbur, 2015, MNRAS, 449(3), 2768, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv358
Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) 4 11. Light curve modeling of eclipsing binaries towards the constellation of Carina Journal-Ref: Aniruddha Dey, Sukanta Deb and Subhash Kumar et al., DU Journal of Undergraduate Research and Innovation, 2015, volume 1, Issue 1, pp 60-78 In conference Proceedings Principle Component Analysis of Cepheid Variable Stars (Poster presentation) Journal-Ref: Wysocki D., Schrecengost Z., Bellinger E., Kanbur S. M., Deb S., Singh H. P., 2014, in American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts Vol. 224, p.219.07 Papers in preparation Morphology of the Small Magellanic Cloud and Large Magellanic Cloud using Fundamental mode Cepheidss (To be submitted) Journal-Ref: Daniel Wysocki, Sukanta Deb, Shashi M. Kanbur, Harinder P. Singh, 2016, MNRAS Teaching Experience Currently working as an Assistant Professor (Permanent), Department of Physics, Cotton College State University, Panbazar, Guwahati 781001, Assam with effect from October 16, 2015. Worked as a Guest Faculty, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi from Auguest 12-October 1, 2015. Worked as an Assistant Professor (ad-hoc), Physics Department in Acharya Narendra Dev College, University of Delhi for a period of 4 years and 07 months (2011-2015). Worked as an Assistant Professor (ad-hoc), Physics Department in Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi for a period of 8 months (2005-2006). Worked as an Assistant Professor (ad-hoc), Physics Department in Kalindi College, University of Delhi for a period of 8 months (2004-2005). Projects I am actively engaged in research on astronomical big data analysis. Currently, I am working on the following projects: DST SERC Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists I have been approved with the Department of Science & Technology s (DST) SERC Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists in Physical Sciences, the details of which are given below: Title of the Project: Analysis of Light Curves of Variable stars. Cost of the Project: INR. 6, 60, 000.
Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) 5 Principal Investigator: Dr. Sukanta Deb. DO Number: SB/FTP/PS-209/2013. Status: Ongoing. DU Innovation project 2013-2014 (Code - ANDC 203) This project has been shortlisted by the University for collaboration with Foreign Universities/Institutes. Title of the Project: Astronomy using archival data. Cost of the Project: INR. 4, 50, 000. Principal Investigators: Dr. Subhash Kumar (Dept. of Physics), Dr. Sharanjit Kaur (Dept. of Computer Science), Dr. Sukanta Deb (Dept. of Physics) of Acharya Narendra Dev College. Status: Completed. Indo-US Knowledge R & D Joint Networked Center for the Analysis of Variable Star Data I am working as a post-doctoral fellow in this project. The participating institutes in this project are University of Delhi, Delhi and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IU- CAA), Pune from Indian side and State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, University of Florida, and Texas A& M University from the United States of America (USA). The principal investigators of this project are: Indian Side Prof. H. P. Singh, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007, India. Prof. Ranjan Gupta, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune 411007, India. USA Partners Prof. Shashi M. Kanbur, Department of physics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, NY 13126, USA. Prof. Lucas Macri, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 4242 TAMU, Texas A& M University, College Station, TX 77843-4242, USA. Prof. Ata Sarajedini, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Science Center PO Box 112055 Gainesville, FL 32611-2055, USA. Nodal Host Institution of the Centre: Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007.
Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) 6 Other innovative projects undertaken/accomplished I have done a project titled Surface photometry of elliptical galaxies at Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune (2007). I have developed a suite of IDL routines for visualization and animation of various physical phenomena using computer-based numerical methods. These animations based on IDL routines have been utilized in the class room teaching. I have developed a set of C++ and IDL routines to simulate quantum mechanical systems in order to determine their ground state energies using the Variational Monte Carlo technique. The work has been been accepted for publication in a refereed science education journal Resonance published by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. Mr. Aniruddha Dey (a former student of ANDC) has worked under my guidance in a astronomy project entitled Light Curve Modeling of Eclipsing Binary Stars using archival data (VLT/NASA s Kepler mission data). The work has been published in DU Journal of Undergraduate Research and Innovation" which is a refereed scientific journal. Invited talks/reviews Invited as a resource person for a IUCAA-sponsored workshop on Astrophysical Data Analysis, organized by the Department of Physics, Assam Donbosco University, Guwahati, during March 21-23, 2016 Invited as a resource person for a IUCAA-sponsored workshop on Workshop on Astronomical Data Analysis, organized by the Department of Physics, Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat, Assam during March 17-19, 2016 Invited as a speaker for Astronomical Telescope Making Workshop at Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala., jointly organized by Vigyan Prasar (DST), Govt. of India, ARIES (Nainital) and IUCAA (Pune) during October 5 16, 2015 Invited as a resource person to teach Scilab programming language for the physics undergraduate students of the University Delhi through hands-on session in the Summer Program organized by the Department of Physics & Astrophysics during June 29 - July 22, 2015. The lecture was dedicated to problem solving and visualising various algorithms of numerical analysis through animation Invited as a speaker and a resource person for Workshop on Variability of Astronomical Sources, organized by St. Thomas College, Thiruvalla, Kerala during January 22 24, 2014 Invited as a resource person for a workshop on Astrophysical Observations and Data Analysis, organized by the Department of Physics, Tezpur University (Central University, Assam) during June 5-7, 2012 Invited as a resource person for IUCAA Introductory workshop on Astronomy & Astrophysics, organized by the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh during November 19-23, 2009
Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) 7 Invited as a speaker at International workshop: Earth and the Sky, Astrophotography and Image Processing, organized by the Nehru Planetorium, New Delhi during October 3-6, 2008 Served as a reviewer of the The Astronomical Journal (AJ), USA Served as a reviewer of the Publication of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ), Japan Workshop/Conferences Conducted Coordinator of the workshop titled CCSU School on Recent Trends and Developments in General Relativity and Cosmology organized by the Department of Physics, Cotton College State University, Guwahati Assam, during March 11-12, 2016 Foreign countries visited Visit to SUNY (Oswego), NY, USA for collaborative work with Prof. Shashi M. Kanbur of Department of physics during Dec 15-31, 2014. Scientific Software I have expertise with the following Programming Languages/Softwares and used them extensively in my research for many research problems. Astronomical Image Processing Softwares: IRAF, MIDAS, DAOPHOT. Programming languages: Interactive Data Language (IDL), Scilab, C, C++, Fortran, R statistical package and awk. Plotting softwares: IDL, Supermongo (SM), gnuplot. Schools/Conference attended Indo-French Training school in Optical Astronomical Observations, Pune, organized by the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) during Feb 12-26, 2007 Workshop on Astronomy with Virtual Observatories, Pune, organized by IUCAA during October 15-19, 2007 International workshop: Earth and the Sky, Astrophotography and Image Processing, organized by the Nehru Planetorium, New Delhi during October 3-6, 2008 Synthesis of elements in stars, Kodaikanal, organized by Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) during April 29-May 13, 2008
Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) 8 IIA-PENNSTATE Astrostatistics School, Kavalur, organized by IIA during July 9-16, 2008 IUCAA Introductory workshop on Astronomy & Astrophysics, organized by the Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh during November 19-23, 2009 International Workshop on Stellar Spectral Libraries, Delhi, organized by Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi during December 5-9, 2011. I was also a member of the local organizing committee (LOC) IUCAA sponsored workshop on Astrophysical Observations and Data Analysis, organized by the Department of Physics, Tezpur University during June 5-7, 2012 IUCAA sponsored workshop on Variability of Astronomical Sources, organized by St. Thomas College, Thiruvalla, Kerala during January 22 24, 2014 Indo-US Joint Netwoked Center on the Analysis of Variable Star Data meeting sponsored by the Indo-US Science & Technology Forum and IUCAA from January 12 16, 2015 held at the Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi. Computational Skills Programming and Computer Languages: IDL (Interactive Data Language), Fortran 90/95, C, C++, L A TEX, R Statistical Software, Scilab, bash scripting, SQL. Operating Systems: Linux/Unix (Advanced), Windows & Networking (Advanced) References Dhrubajyoti Saikia Vice Chancellor, Cotton College State Univerity, Guwahati, Assam and Senior Professor of Physics, National Center for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Pune. T(+91) 9435141327 kvc.ccsu@gmail.com, vc@ccsu.ac.in Harinder P. Singh Professor of Physics Department of Physics & Astrophysics University of Delhi, Delhi 110007 T(+91) 9810248042 khpsingh@physics.du.ac.in, singh@associates.iucaa.in T. R. Seshadri Professor of Physics Department of Physics & Astrophysics University of Delhi, Delhi 110007 T(+91) 9971954775 ktrs@physics.du.ac.in, trs@associates.iucaa.in
Dr. Sukanta Deb M.Sc, Ph.D in Physics (University of Delhi) 9 Ranjan Gupta Senior Professor of Physics Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) Ganeshkhind, Pune University Campus Pune 411 007, India T(+91) 9423582545 krag@iucaa.in Shashi M. Kanbur Professor of Physics State University of New York (Oswego), Oswego, NY 13126, USA T(+315) 3122679 kkanbur@oswego.edu Declaration I do hereby declare that all the above information are true to the best of my knowledge. Sukanta Deb Date: May 28, 2016 Place: Guwahati