Education

Teaching

Courses taught by Dr. Bharat Kumar at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, NIT Rourkela, from first-year wave physics to graduate nuclear astrophysics, plus invited lectures and student supervision.

5Courses
UG · PGLevels
28Lecture PDFs
6Invited talks
Current & Recent Courses

Courses at NIT Rourkela

PH 5202 M.Sc. Physics Even semester

Nuclear & Particle Physics

Postgraduate core course. Covers nuclear structure, nuclear forces, radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, fission and fusion, and introductory nuclear astrophysics (nucleosynthesis, neutron stars).

  • Nuclear forces
  • Decay
  • Reactions
  • Fission & fusion
  • Nucleosynthesis
  • Neutron stars
Course homepage → Lectures Assignments
PH 3101 B.Tech. / M.Sc. Odd semester

Quantum Mechanics

Core course. The Schrödinger equation, operators and observables, hydrogen atom, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and an introduction to scattering theory.

  • Operators
  • Hydrogen atom
  • Angular momentum
  • Perturbation theory
  • Scattering
PH 2102 B.Tech. (all branches) Even semester

Waves and Optics

Engineering physics course on wave mechanics, interference, diffraction, polarisation and optical instruments, for B.Tech. students across all disciplines.

  • Interference
  • Diffraction
  • Polarisation
  • Optical instruments
PH 5301 M.Sc. elective Odd semester

Astrophysics

Stellar structure and evolution, compact objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes), cosmology fundamentals, and multi-messenger astronomy including gravitational waves.

  • Stellar evolution
  • Compact objects
  • Cosmology
  • Gravitational waves
PH 4014 B.Tech. minor / M.Sc. Even semester

Atomic & Molecular Physics

Atomic structure, fine and hyperfine structure, multi-electron atoms, molecular bonding, spectroscopy and lasers. Builds on quantum mechanics and electromagnetism.

  • Fine structure
  • Multi-electron atoms
  • Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
Course materials

Course homepages

Dedicated pages with lectures, assignments and resources, structured like a standard course site.

Nuclear & Particle Physics

PH 5202 / PH 5001 · lectures & full notes password-protected · assignments open
Open course page → Lectures Assignments
Outreach & Schools

Invited talks & lectures

  1. 2024
    Resource person

    DAE-BRNS National Symposium on Nuclear Physics, NIT Rourkela.
    Talk: “Neutron Star Oscillations as Probes of Dense Matter.”

  2. 2023
    Invited lecture

    DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BHU Varanasi.
    Talk: “Dark Matter Admixed Neutron Stars: Universal Relations and GW Constraints.”

  3. 2022
    Resource person

    SERB School on Nuclear Astrophysics, NIT Rourkela.
    Lectures on the nuclear equation of state and relativistic mean-field theory.

  4. 2022
    Invited seminar

    Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad.
    Talk: “Equation of State of Neutron Stars and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics.”

  5. 2021
    Invited talk

    Workshop on Gravitational Waves and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics, IUCAA Pune.
    Talk: “Constraints on Nuclear Matter from GW170817 and Universal Relations.”

  6. 2021
    Online lecture

    ICTS Summer School on Gravitational Wave Astronomy.
    Topic: “Neutron Star EoS and Tidal Deformability.”

Graduate Supervision

PhD & thesis supervision

Dr. Kumar currently supervises two doctoral students at NIT Rourkela, with additional M.Sc./IM.Sc. thesis students each year. Students work on computational astrophysics, nuclear theory and gravitational-wave physics. For supervision inquiries please see the Openings page →

Ongoing PhD

Probit J. Kalita

Delta-baryons, exotic composition, and non-radial oscillations of neutron stars.

Ongoing PhD

Subha Mitra

Joined August 2026. M.Sc., University of Calcutta.

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See current openings for PhD, project and thesis students →