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
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 32

I. Banerjee, B. Mandal, and S. Sengupta,"Signatures of Einstein-Maxwell dilaton-axion gravity from the observed jet power and the radiative efficiency", Physical Review D, vol.103, no.4, pp.044046, American Physical Society 2021, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.044046       Article

I. Banerjee, T. Paul, and S. Sengupta,"Bouncing cosmology in a curved braneworld", Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol.2021, no.02, pp.041, Iop Publishing 2021, https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2021/02/041       Article

I. Banerjee, B. Mandal, and S. Sengupta,"Does black hole continuum spectrum signal f (R) gravity in higher dimensions?", Physical Review D, vol.101, no.2, pp.024013, American Physical Society 2020, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.024013       Article

I. Banerjee, S. Chakraborty, and S. Sengupta,"Silhouette of M87*: A new window to peek into the world of hidden dimensions", Physical Review D, vol.101, no.4, pp.041301, American Physical Society 2020, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.041301       Article

I. Banerjee, S. Sau, and S. Sengupta,"Implications of axionic hair on the shadow of M87*", Physical Review D, vol.101, no.10, pp.104057, American Physical Society 2020, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.104057       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