Teaching
Courses taught by Dr. Bharat Kumar at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, NIT Rourkela.
Courses at NIT Rourkela
Nuclear Physics
Postgraduate core course for M.Sc. Physics. Covers nuclear structure, nuclear forces, radioactive decay, nuclear reactions, fission/fusion, and introductory nuclear astrophysics (nucleosynthesis, neutron stars).
Semester: Even · M.Sc. Physics, NIT RourkelaQuantum Mechanics
Core undergraduate/postgraduate course. Topics include the Schrödinger equation, operators and observables, hydrogen atom, angular momentum, perturbation theory, and introduction to scattering theory.
Semester: Odd · B.Tech. / M.Sc. Physics, NIT RourkelaWaves and Optics
Undergraduate engineering physics course on wave mechanics, interference, diffraction, polarisation, and optical instruments. Intended for B.Tech. students across all disciplines.
Semester: Even · B.Tech. (all branches), NIT RourkelaAstrophysics
Postgraduate elective covering stellar structure and evolution, compact objects (white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes), cosmology fundamentals, and multi-messenger astronomy including gravitational waves.
Semester: Odd (elective) · M.Sc. Physics, NIT RourkelaAtomic & Molecular Physics
Upper-undergraduate course on atomic structure, fine and hyperfine structure, multi-electron atoms, molecular bonding, spectroscopy, and lasers. Builds on quantum mechanics and electromagnetism.
Semester: Even · B.Tech. Physics Minor / M.Sc., NIT RourkelaInvited talks & lectures
Resource person — DAE-BRNS National Symposium on Nuclear Physics, NIT Rourkela. Talk: "Neutron Star Oscillations as Probes of Dense Matter."
Invited lecture — DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BHU Varanasi. Talk: "Dark Matter Admixed Neutron Stars: Universal Relations and GW Constraints."
Resource person — SERB School on Nuclear Astrophysics, NIT Rourkela. Lectures on the nuclear equation of state and relativistic mean-field theory.
Invited seminar — Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad. Talk: "Equation of State of Neutron Stars and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics."
Invited talk — Workshop on Gravitational Waves and Multi-Messenger Astrophysics, IUCAA Pune. Talk: "Constraints on Nuclear Matter from GW170817 and Universal Relations."
Online lecture — ICTS Summer School on Gravitational Wave Astronomy. Topic: "Neutron Star EoS and Tidal Deformability."
PhD & thesis supervision
Dr. Kumar currently supervises three doctoral students at NIT Rourkela, with additional MSc/IMSc thesis students each year. Students work on computational astrophysics, nuclear theory, and gravitational wave physics. For supervision inquiries please see the Openings page →
Pinku Routaray
Dark matter in neutron stars, universal relations, GW170817 posteriors.
Sayantan Ghosh
Quasinormal modes, proto-neutron star oscillations, finite-temperature EoS.
Probit J. Kalita
Delta-baryons, exotic composition, and non-radial oscillations of neutron stars.