Dr. Sourav Mitra - Teaching Staff at Lodha Genius Programme

2024 Faculty - Sourav Mitra

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Sourav Mitra

Current Designation :

Assistant Professor

Current Affiliation :

Surendranath College (University of Calcutta), Kolkata, India

Education :

Ph.D. (Astrophysics), Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Prayagraj, India, 2008 - 2013
M.Sc. (Physics), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2006 - 2008
B.Sc. (Physics Hons.), Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2003 - 2006

Career :

Organization/Institution	Position	Period
Surendranath College (University of Calcutta), Kolkata, India	Assistant Professor	2017 - Present
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India	Post-doctoral Fellow	2016 - 2017
University of the Western Cape (UWC), Cape Town, South Africa	Post-doctoral Fellow	2013 - 2016

Research Interests/Areas :

Analytic and semi-analytic galaxy formation modeling
Intergalactic medium and Reionization
Structure formation in the Universe
Dark matter and dark energy
Cosmology & Early Universe

Awards and Honors :

Visiting Associateship at IUCAA, Pune, 2018 - present
INSPIRE Faculty Award by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India, 2017
Young Astronomer of the Year 2013 Award by the Astronomical Society of India, 2013
Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship in CSIR-UGC (India) National Eligibility Test, 2008