People
Group Members
We are looking for passionate new PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team. See openings →
Principal Investigator
Lab Head
Principal Investigator
Bharat Kumar
Assistant Professor · Department of Physics & Astronomy, NIT Rourkela · since June 2020
- 🎓 M.Sc. in Physics, AMU Aligarh
- 🎓 Ph.D. with S K Patra, IOP Bhubaneswar
- 🔬 Postdoc — LIGO-India group of Sukanta Bose, IUCAA Pune
- 🔬 Postdoc — Group of Takashi Nakatsukasa, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Research interests: neutron star equation of state, oscillation modes, dark matter in compact stars, multi-messenger astrophysics, gravitational waves, and nuclear structure.
Doctoral Researchers
PhD Students
Sayantan Ghosh
Ph.D. Student
Joined July 2022
M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University
Quasinormal Modes
Joined July 2022
M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University
Probit J. Kalita
Ph.D. Student
Joined July 2022
M.Sc., Tezpur University
NS Composition
Joined July 2022
M.Sc., Tezpur University
Former Members
Alumni — Where are they now?
Pinku Routaray
Ph.D. · 2021–2026 (defended 2026)
Dark Matter in NSs
→ PhD completed; seeking postdoc positions
Yuwang Vyas
MSc Thesis · 2025–2026 (Spring)
Dark Matter Admixed Neutron Stars
Rajesh Behera
IMSc Thesis · 2024–2025 (Spring) & 2025 (Summer)
Neutron Star Parameters
Ratikanta Swain
IMSc Thesis · 2024–2025 (Spring) & 2025 (Summer)
Non-radial Oscillations in NSs
Mayank Chobey
MSc Thesis · 2024–2025 (Spring)
Quarkyonic Matter & NS Structure
→ PhD at IIT Gandhinagar (joined 2025)
Athul K P
MSc Thesis · 2021–2022
f- and p-mode Oscillations
→ PhD at Florida State University, USA (J. Piekarewicz group)
Sailesh Ranjan Mohanty
IMSc Thesis · 2022–2023
Anisotropy & Collapse
→ IIT-JEE Physics Faculty
Khokan Singhao
MSc Thesis · 2022–2023
Delta-Baryons in NSs
→ Senior Physics Faculty, PhysicsWallah
Mrityunjoy Singha
MSc Thesis · 2022–2023
Dark Compact Objects
→ PhD at S. N. Bose, Kolkata
Souhardya Sen
MSc Thesis · 2021–2022
Radial Oscillations
→ PhD candidate in Astrophysics
Soumya Prakash Behera
IMSc Thesis · 2020–2021
GWs from Deformed Pulsars
→ PhD (Biophysics), Johns Hopkins Univ. (defended 2026)
Vikram Singh Khati
MSc Thesis · 2020–2021
Dark Matter in NS Core
→ Senior Staff Engineer, Equinix Bangalore
Pritam Kumar Bishee
IMSc Thesis · 2020–2021
Quark Matter in NS Core