My Journey
Early Years
I came into this world in the early hours of Wednesday, 8 March 1972 in Mumbai. After staying in that metropolis for seven years, I moved to Pune in 1979. There I went to school till 1990. In that year, I returned to Mumbai, to the Indian Institute of Technology, to study Metallurgical Engineering.
Academic Journey
In 1994, I joined the Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics as a Research Scholar, where I completed my masters and doctoral theses. I got married to Sushruti in October 2000. Our son Sunandan was born on 29 September 2002.
International Experience
From July 2001 to December 2002 I was a postdoc at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris in Paris, France. From March 2003 to June 2006, I worked at the Space Telescope Science Institute as a postdoc. From July 2006 to October 2007, I worked at Princeton University as an astronomical software scientist for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.
Photos
In a thoughtful mood on a typical working day at IUCAA
When not working, I look markedly more relaxed!
– The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Get in Touch
Address
National Centre for Radio AstrophysicsTata Institute of Fundamental Research
Post Bag 3, Ganeshkhind
Pune 411007, India