National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Theoretical Physics
Areas of Interest
  • Gravitation
  • Astrophysics and Cosmology

Indrani Banerjee Assistant Professor Grade-I

Physics and Astronomy

banerjeein@nitrkl.ac.in

32

PUBLICATIONS

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

2

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Indrani Banerjee

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Physics and Astronomy

Room Number: CS-422

Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2014

Ph.D.
Physics
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

2010

MS
Physics
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

2007

B.Sc (Hons)
Physics
Presidency College (Calcutta University)

Teaching Experience
  • Physics,  NIT, Rourkela,   12 Oct 2020 - present
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Alternative gravity models, black hole astrophysics, cosmology,  Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata,   29 Jun 2017 - 24 Aug 2020
  • Black hole astrophysics,  S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata,   29 Jun 2015 - 28 Jun 2017
  • Black hole astrophysics,  Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,   27 Sep 2014 - 17 Jun 2015

Exploring strong field gravity with astrophysical observations. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Running   Sponsored

Total Publications: 32

S. K. Sahoo, N. Yadav, and I. Banerjee,"Imprints of Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton-axion gravity in the observed shadows of Sgr A* and M87*", Physical Review D, vol.109, no.4, pp.044008, American Physical Society 2024, View Details       Article

S. C. Mahapatra and I. Banerjee,"Rotating hairy black holes and thermodynamics from gravitational decoupling", Physics of the Dark Universe, ELSEVIER 2023, 10.1016/j.dark.2023.101172       Article

I. Banerjee,"Signatures of regular black holes from the quasar continuum spectrum", The European Physical Journal C, vol.83, no.2, pp.171, Springer, February 2023, 10.1140/epjc/s10052-023-11320-5       Article

I. Banerjee, V. S. Chawan, B. Mandal, S. K. Sahoo, and S. Sengupta,"Quasar continuum spectrum disfavors black holes with a magnetic monopole charge", Physical Review D, vol.105, no.6, pp.064073, American Physical Society 2022, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.064073       Article

I. Banerjee,"Deciphering signatures of Bardeen black holes from the observed quasi-periodic oscillations", Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol.05, pp.020, Iop Publishing 2022, https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1475-7516/2022/05/020       Article

  • PH1001 : Physics - I {Theory}
  • PH1003 : Waves and Optics {Theory}
  • PH3005 : Elements of Quantum Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH4007 : Quantum Mechanics and Applications {Theory}
  • PH6123 : Introduction To General Theory of Relativity {Theory}
  • PH1070 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [2]
Gravitation and Astrophysics
Siddharth Kumar Sahoo
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Gravitation and Astrophysics
Anirban Dasgupta
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Received Visiting Associateship from IUCAA, Pune,   2021
  • Awarded IUPAP Travel Grant to attend the conference COSPAR 2018 held at Pasadena, USA,   2018
  • Awarded CSIR Travel Grant to attend the 27th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, held at Dallas, USA,   2013
  • Qualified IISc Entrance Exam for Integrated PhD Programme (2007), All India Rank 9,   2007
  • Qualified JEST (2007), All India Rank 98,   2007
  • Qualified for JAM (2007), All India Rank 63,   2007
  • Selected Undergraduate Associate at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics,   2004
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Member of Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation,   2022
  • Member of Orissa Physical Society,   2021