Curriculum Vitae

Yogesh Wadadekar

Professor (H), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune, India

Galaxy Evolution Radio Astronomy Machine Learning
Contact Google Scholar PhD Thesis
As of 16 Feb 2026

Citations

9,125

h-index

26

i-10 index

44

Contact

  • Email:
    yogesh@ncra.tifr.res.in
  • Phone:
    +91 20 25719238
  • Address:
    National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    Post Bag 3, Ganeshkhind
    Pune 411007, India

Research Interests

  • Galaxy bulge evolution
  • Large area sky surveys
  • Starforming galaxies
  • Radio emission from AGN
  • Software development
  • Machine learning techniques in astronomy

Awards

  • 2000: Best PhD thesis award, Indian Physics Association
  • 1988-1996: National Talent Search Scholarship
  • 1988: National Merit Scholarship

Grants & Funding

  • 2023-26: DAE-STFC Technology and Skills program - Building Indo-UK Collaboration towards the SKA (PI)
  • 2011-15: Indo-French Centre (CEFIPRA) funded project (PI)
  • 2006-07: Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 15 AR Grant (PI)
  • 2005-06: US NVO Research Initiatives (PI)

Personal

  • Citizenship: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married, two children

Education

Academic Appointments

  • Jan 2024 – Present: Professor (H), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
  • Jan 2018 – Dec 2023: Associate Professor (G), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
  • July 2010 – Dec 2017: Reader (F), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
  • Oct 2007 – June 2010: Fellow (E), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
  • July 2006 – Oct 2007: Astronomical Software Scientist, SDSS, Princeton University, USA
  • 2003 – 2006: Postdoctoral Researcher, Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
  • 2001 – 2002: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France

Publications

As of 16 February 2026: Citations = 9125, h-index = 26, i-10 index = 44.

  1. Prasal, V., et al. 2026, ApJ (submitted) – Star formation and morphological properties of massive quiescent galaxies at cosmic noon – arXiv:2605.02493
  2. Biswas, P., Jain, R. & Wadadekar Y., 2026, ApJ (submitted) – Optically Invisible Galaxies at Cosmic Noon and beyond with JWST/UNCOVER – arXiv:2606.16853
  3. Kavin Kumar, N.R. & Wadadekar Y., 2025, JoAA (submitted) Local kinematic outlier MaNGA DR17 galaxies on the SFR-Stellar mass diagram

  1. Dutta, S., et al. 2026, MNRAS, 550, 4 – SuperMIGHTEE : Spectral Ages of Remnant Radio Galaxy Candidates in the XMM-LSS Field – doi:10.1093/mnras/stag1328
  2. Chen, G., Zarb Adami, K., Abela, J., et al. 2027, MNRAS, 549, 3 – Transformer-Based Source Detection and Morphological Classification in LOFAR Deep-Field Continuum Images – doi:10.1093/mnras/stag1013
  3. Burman, S., Malik, S., Singh, S., & Wadadekar, Y. 2026, JCAP 04 (2026), 60 - Unveiling Electron Density Profile in Nearby Galaxies using SDSS MaNGA – doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2026/04/060
  4. Biswas, S., Ghosh, S., Ghosh, A., Wadadekar, Y., Choudhury, A. R., Mukherjee, A., Deshpande, S., & Pal, A. 2026, ApJ, 996, 107 – Photometric Redshift Estimation Using Scaled Ensemble Learning – doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2c75
  5. Jain, R. & Wadadekar, Y. 2025, A&A, 703, A96 – A grand-design spiral galaxy 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang – doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451689
  6. Sule, A., Mohan Ramanujam, N., Maji, M., et al. 2025, JoAA, 46, 23 – Astronomy and Society: The Road Ahead – doi:10.1007/s12036-025-10048-w
  7. Sharma, P., Vaidya, B., Wadadekar, Y., et al. 2025, JoAA, 46, 28 – Computational Astrophysics, Data Science & AI/ML in Astronomy: A Perspective from Indian Community – doi:10.1007/s12036-025-10049-9
  8. Watts, C., Barway, S., Bait, O., Wadadekar Y., 2024, A&A, 691, L13 – A Tale of NGC 3785: The formation of an ultra-diffuse galaxy at the end of the longest tidal tail – doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202452002
  9. Biswas, P. & Wadadekar, Y. 2024, ApJ, 970, 83 – Structure and Kinematics of Star-forming Elliptical Galaxies in SDSS-MaNGA – doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad4ee3
  10. Gupta Y., Bhattacharya D., Choudhury T. R., Wadadekar Y., Prabu T., 2023, JApA, 44, 27 – India and the SKA: An overview – doi:10.1007/s12036-023-09909-z
  11. Gupta Y., Mohile V., Kodilkar J., Uprade R., Wadadekar Y., Chaudhuri S. R., 2023, JApA, 44, 21 – Telescope Manager for the SKA – doi:10.1007/s12036-023-09908-0
  12. Aafreen R., Abhishek R., Ajithkumar B., Vaidyanathan A.M., Barve I.V., Bhattramakki S., Bhat S., et al., 2023, JApA, 44, 11 – High-performance computing for SKA transient search: Use of FPGA-based accelerators – doi:10.1007/s12036-022-09896-7
  13. Wadadekar Y., Bhattacharya D., Datta A., Paul S., Oberoi D., 2023, JApA, 44, 9 – Plans for building a prototype SKA regional centre in India – doi:10.1007/s12036-022-09897-6
  14. Dutta S., Singh V., Chandra C. H. I., Wadadekar Y., Kayal A., Heywood I., 2023, ApJ, 944, 176 – Search and Characterization of Remnant Radio Galaxies in the XMM-LSS Deep Field – doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acaf01
  15. Dutta S., Singh V., Chandra C. H. I., Wadadekar Y., Kayal A., 2022, JApA, 43, 96 – Characteristics of remnant radio galaxies detected in deep radio continuum observations from SKA pathfinders – doi:10.1007/s12036-022-09883-y
  16. Kayal A., Singh V., Chandra C. H. I., Wadadekar Y., Dutta S., 2022, JApA, 43, 84 – Detection of radio-AGN in dust-obscured galaxies using deep uGMRT radio continuum observations – doi:10.1007/s12036-022-09873-0
  17. Rathore H., Kumar K., Mishra P. K., Wadadekar Y., Bait O., 2022, MNRAS, 513, 389 – Star-forming S0 Galaxies in SDSS-MaNGA: fading spirals or rejuvenated S0s? – doi:10.1093/mnras/stac871
  18. Samudre A., George L. T., Bansal M., Wadadekar Y., 2022, MNRAS, 509, 2269 – Data-efficient classification of radio galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stab3144
  19. Taylor, R., Porto, F., Cui, C., Wadadekar Y., Malkov, O., 2021, Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 93 (Suppl 1) – Big Data Research Infrastructure Collaboration Toward the SKA (BRICSKA) – doi:10.1590/0001-3765202120201027
  20. Singh V., Dutta S., Wadadekar Y., Ishwara-Chandra C. H., 2021, Galax, 9, 121 – Remnant Radio Galaxy Candidates of Small Angular Sizes – doi:10.3390/galaxies9040121
  21. George L. T., Kale R., Wadadekar Y., 2021b, MNRAS, 507, 4487 – Imaging results from the legacy Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Galaxy Cluster Key Project – doi:10.1093/mnras/stab2309
  22. Grover H., Bait O., Wadadekar Y., Mishra P. K., 2021, MNRAS, 506, 3313 – Predicting bulge to total luminosity ratio of galaxies using deep learning – doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1935
  23. Jurlin N., Brienza M., Morganti R., Wadadekar Y., Ishwara-Chandra C. H., Maddox N., Mahatma V., 2021, A&A, 653, A110 – Multi-frequency characterisation of remnant radio galaxies in the Lockman Hole field – doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040102
  24. George L. T., Kale R., Wadadekar Y., 2021a, ExA, 51, 235 – An upper limit calculator (UL-CALC) for undetected extended sources with radio interferometers: radio halo upper limits – doi:10.1007/s10686-020-09692-7
  25. Panwar M., Prabhakar, Sandhu P.K., Wadadekar Y., Jain P., 2020, MNRAS, 499, 1226 – Alignment of radio galaxy axes using FIRST catalogue – doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2975
  26. Mazumder A., Chakraborty A., Datta A., Choudhuri S., Roy N., Wadadekar Y., Ishwara-Chandra C.H., 2020, MNRAS, 495, 4071 – Characterizing EoR foregrounds: a study of the Lockman Hole region at 325 MHz – doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1317
  27. Surana S., Wadadekar Y., Bait O., Bhosale H., 2020, MNRAS, 493, 4808 – Predicting star formation properties of galaxies using deep learning – doi:10.1093/mnras/staa537
  28. Bait O., Kurapati S., Duc P.-A., Cuillandre J.-C., Wadadekar Y., Kamphuis P., Barway S., 2020, MNRAS, 492, 1 – Discovery of a large HI ring around the quiescent galaxy AGC 203001 – doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2972
  29. Mishra P. K., Wadadekar Y., Barway S., 2019, MNRAS, 487, 5572 – Connecting galaxy structure and star formation: the role of environment in formation of S0 galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1621
  30. Nandi, S., Saikia D. J., Roy R., Dabhade P., Wadadekar Y., Larsson J., Baes M., et al., 2019, MNRAS, 486, 5158 – A low-frequency study of recently identified double-double radio galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1184
  31. Bait O., Wadadekar Y., Barway S., 2019, MNRAS, 485, 428 – Outlying Hα emitters in SDSS IV MaNGA – doi:10.1093/mnras/stz433
  32. Bridger A., Gupta Y., Chaudhuri S. R., Di Carlo M., Le Roux G., Natarajan S., Smareglia R., et al., 2018, SPIE, 10707, 1070703 – SKA telescope manager: a status update – doi:10.1117/12.2313649
  33. Mishra P. K., Wadadekar Y., Barway S., 2018, MNRAS, 478, 351 – Why are classical bulges more common in S0 galaxies than in spiral galaxies? – doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1107
  34. Narayanan A., Savage B.D., Mishra P.K., Wakker B.P., Khaire V., Wadadekar Y., 2018, MNRAS, 475, 3529 – Detection of low-metallicity warm plasma in a galaxy overdensity environment at z ∼ 0.2 – doi:10.1093/mnras/sty042
  35. Sebastian, B., Ishwara-Chandra C.H., Joshi, R. & Wadadekar Y., 2018, MNRAS, 473, 4926 – Discovery of a new, 2.2 Mpc Giant Radio Galaxy at a redshift of 0.56 – doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2631
  36. Mishra, P.K., Barway, S. & Wadadekar Y., 2017, MNRAS Letters, 472, 89 – Age bimodality in the central region of pseudobulges in S0 galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slx142
  37. Bait, O., Barway, S., & Wadadekar, Y., 2017, MNRAS, 471, 2687 – On the interdependence of galaxy morphology, star formation, and environment in massive galaxies in the nearby Universe – doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1688
  38. Singh V., Wadadekar, Y. et al., 2017, MNRAS, 470, 4956 – On the nature of infrared-faint radio sources in the SXDF and VLA-VVDS fields – doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1536
  39. Mishra P.K., Wadadekar, Y and Barway S., 2017, MNRAS, 467, 2384 – Pseudo bulges in galaxy groups: the role of environment in secular evolution – doi:10.1093/mnras/stx247
  40. Pol, N., & Wadadekar, Y., 2017, MNRAS, 465, 95 – A composite Seyfert 1 spectrum from the Sloan digital sky survey – doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2763
  41. Kharb, P. et al., 2017, Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics – From nearby low luminosity AGN to high redshift radio galaxies: science interests with SKA – doi:10.1007/s12036-016-9411-z
  42. Singh, V., Ishwara-Chandra, C.H., Sievers, J., Wadadekar Y. et al., 2015b, MNRAS, 454, 1556 – Discovery of rare double-lobe radio galaxies hosted in spiral galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2071
  43. Tamhane, P., Wadadekar Y., Basu, A., et al., 2015, MNRAS, 453, 2438 – J021659-044920: a relic giant radio galaxy at z ≃ 1.3 – doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1768
  44. Basu, A., Wadadekar Y., Beelen, A., et al., 2015, ApJ, 803, 51 – Radio-Far-infrared Correlation in "Blue Cloud" Galaxies with 0 < z < 1.2 – doi:10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/51
  45. Singh, V., Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Wadadekar Y., Beelen, A., & Kharb, P. 2015a, MNRAS, 446, 599 – Kiloparsec-scale radio emission in Seyfert and LINER galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2124
  46. Singh, V., Beelen, A., Wadadekar Y., et al. 2014, A&A, 569, A52 – Multiwavelength characterization of faint ultra steep spectrum radio sources: A search for high-redshift radio galaxies – doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423644
  47. Barway, S., Wadadekar Y., Vaghmare, K., & Kembhavi, A. K. 2013, MNRAS, 432, 430 – Luminosity-dependent star formation history of S0 galaxies: evidence from GALEX-SDSS-2MASS-WISE colours – doi:10.1093/mnras/stt478
  48. Basu, A., Mitra, D., Wadadekar Y., & Ishwara-Chandra, C. H. 2012, MNRAS, 419, 1136 – GMRT 333-MHz observations of six nearby normal galaxies – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19764.x
  49. Abraham, S., Philip, N. S., Kembhavi, A., Wadadekar Y. G., & Sinha, R. 2012, MNRAS, 419, 80 – A photometric catalogue of quasars and other point sources in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19674.x
  50. Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Sirothia, S. K., Wadadekar Y., & Pal, S. 2011, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 32, 609 – High-Redshift Radio Galaxies from Deep Fields – doi:10.1007/s12036-011-9100-x
  51. Drake, A. J., Djorgovski, S. G., Mahabal, A., et al. 2011, ApJ, 735, 106 – The Discovery and Nature of the Optical Transient CSS100217:102913+404220 – doi:10.1088/0004-637X/735/2/106
  52. Barway, S., Wadadekar Y., & Kembhavi, A. K. 2011, MNRAS, 410, L18 – Bar fraction in lenticular galaxies: dependence on luminosity and environment – doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00970.x
  53. Vikram, V., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A. K., & Vijayagovindan, G. V. 2010, MNRAS, 409, 1379 – PYMORPH: automated galaxy structural parameter estimation using PYTHON – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17426.x
  54. Gupta, N., Srianand, R., Bowen, D. V., York, D. G., & Wadadekar Y. 2010, MNRAS, 408, 849 – GMRT mini-survey to search for 21-cm absorption in quasar-galaxy pairs at z ~ 0.1 – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17198.x
  55. Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Sirothia, S. K., Wadadekar Y., Pal, S., & Windhorst, R. 2010, MNRAS, 405, 436 – Deep GMRT 150-MHz observations of the LBDS-Lynx region: ultrasteep spectrum radio sources – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16452.x
  56. Vikram, V., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A. K., & Vijayagovindan, G. V. 2010, MNRAS, 401, L39 – Quantitative measure of evolution of bright cluster galaxies at moderate redshifts – doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00782.x
  57. Abazajian, K. N., Adelman-McCarthy, J. K. et al. 2009, ApJS, 182, 543 – The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey – doi:10.1088/0067-0049/182/2/543
  58. Yanny, B., Rockosi, C., Newberg, H. J., et al. 2009, AJ, 137, 4377 – SEGUE: A Spectroscopic Survey of 240,000 Stars with g = 14-20 – doi:10.1088/0004-6256/137/5/4377
  59. Barway, S., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A.K., & Mayya, Y.D. 2009, MNRAS, 394, 1991 – Near-infrared bulge-disc correlations of lenticular galaxies – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14440.x
  60. Rawat, A., Wadadekar Y., & De Mello, D. 2009, ApJ, 695, 1315 – Rest-Frame UV Versus Optical Morphologies of Galaxies Using Sérsic Profile Fitting: The Importance of Morphological K-Correction – doi:10.1088/0004-637X/695/2/1315
  61. Adelman-McCarthy, J. K., Agueros, M. A., et al. 2008, ApJS, 175, 297 – The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey – doi:10.1086/524984
  62. Barway, S., Kembhavi, A., Wadadekar Y., Ravikumar, C. D., & Mayya, Y. D. 2007, ApJ Lett, 661, L37 – Lenticular Galaxy Formation: Possible Luminosity Dependence – doi:10.1086/518422
  63. Wadadekar Y., Casertano, S., & de Mello, D. 2006, AJ, 132, 1023 – Faint U-Band Dropouts in the WFPC2 Parallels of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field – doi:10.1086/505747
  64. Wadadekar Y., Casertano, S., Hook, R., et al. 2006, PASP, 118, 450 – The WFPC2 Archival Pure Parallels Project – doi:10.1086/499499
  65. de Mello, D. F., Wadadekar Y., Dahlen, T., Casertano, S., & Gardner, J. P. 2006, AJ, 131, 216 – Star-forming Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts: Morphology, Ages, and Sizes – doi:10.1086/498681
  66. Blaizot, J., Wadadekar Y., Guiderdoni, B., et al. 2005, MNRAS, 360, 159 – MoMaF: the Mock Map Facility – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09019.x
  67. Wadadekar Y. 2005, PASP, 117, 79 – Estimating Photometric Redshifts Using Support Vector Machines – doi:10.1086/427710
  68. Wadadekar Y. 2004, A&A, 416, 35 – Radio emission from AGN detected by the VLA FIRST survey – doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034244
  69. Philip, N. S., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A., & Joseph, K. B. 2002, A&A, 385, 1119 – A difference boosting neural network for automated star-galaxy classification – doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020219
  70. Khosroshahi, H. G., Wadadekar Y., & Kembhavi, A. 2000, ApJ, 533, 162 – Correlations among Global Photometric Properties of Disk Galaxies – doi:10.1086/308654
  71. Khosroshahi, H. G., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A., & Mobasher, B. 2000, ApJL, 531, L103 – A Near-Infrared Photometric Plane for Elliptical Galaxies and Bulges of Spiral Galaxies – doi:10.1086/312547
  72. Wadadekar Y., & Kembhavi, A. 1999, AJ, 118, 1435 – A Study of Quasar Radio Emission from the VLA FIRST Survey – doi:10.1086/301046
  73. Wadadekar Y., Robbason, B., & Kembhavi, A. 1999, AJ, 117, 1219 – Two-dimensional Galaxy Image Decomposition – doi:10.1086/300754

  1. Dutta, S., Singh, V., Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., et al. 2024, IAU General Assembly, 1144 – Spectral Ages of Remnant Radio Galaxies with MIGHTEE and SuperMIGHTEE Radio Surveys in the XMM-LSS Field
  2. Salgado, J., Kitaeff, S., Bolton, R., et al. 2024, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXI, 535, 399 – Designing the SKA Regional Centre Network
  3. Wadadekar, Y., Tendulkar, S., Mitra, S., et al. 2024, arXiv:2402.14841. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2402.14841 – Large Projects in Astronomy: An Indian Endeavour
  4. Kayal, A., Singh, V., Dutta, S., et al. 2024, 42nd meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI), 42, O77 – Unveiling a new population of obscured Active Galactic Nuclei in deep field surveys
  5. Mahabal, A., Sharma, P., Adhikari, R., et al. 2024, arXiv:2401.04623. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2401.04623 – AstroInformatics: Recommendations for Global Cooperation
  6. Waller W. H., et al., 2020, IAUGA. doi:10.1017/S1743921319005283 – FM14 Session 2: Communicating Astronomy in our Changing World
  7. Surana S., Wadadekar Y., Oberoi D., 2020, ASPC, 527, 205 – Machine Learning for Scientific Discovery – doi:10.48550/arXiv.2102.12712
  8. Bait O., Wadadekar Y., Barway S., 2019, IAUS, 344, 265 – Outlying Hα blobs in SDSS IV MaNGA
  9. Deshpande S., Wadadekar Y., Intema H., Ratnakumar B., George L., Desai R., Sakhadeo A., et al., 2019, ASPC, 523, 167 – GMRT Archive Processing Project – doi:10.48550/arXiv.1812.02358
  10. Bridger A. et al., 2018, SPIE, 10707, 1070703
  11. Wadadekar Y., Valame S., Chengalur J., Ratnakumar B., Kshirsagar A., Das S., 2018, pstw.conf, 9. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1292809 – GMRT Proposal Tools
  12. Wadadekar, Y., Sirothia, S., Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., et al. 2014, Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, 13, 243 – Probing obscured, high redshift galaxies using deep P-band continuum imaging with GMRT – doi:10.48550/arXiv.1403.7974
  13. Singh, V., Beelen, A., Wadadekar, Y., et al. 2014, Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, 13, 249 – Unveiling the population of high-redshift radio galaxies using centimeter GMRT survey – doi:10.48550/arXiv.1402.3996
  14. Barway, S., Wadadekar, Y., Vaghmare, K., & Kembhavi, A. 2013, Proc. of the IAU: Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies, 292, 153 – Clues from star-formation histories - does the formation scenario of S0 galaxies depend on their luminosities? – doi:10.1017/S1743921313000835
  15. Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Sirothia, S. K., Wadadekar Y., Pal, S., & Windhorst, R. 2010, ISKAF2010 Science Meeting, 69 – Deep GMRT 150 MHz observations of LBDS – doi:10.22323/1.112.0069
  16. Gharote, M. S., Deshpande, A. M., Lodha, S. P., et al. 2009, The Low-Frequency Radio Universe, 407, 438 – Automated Telescope Scheduling
  17. Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Sirothia, S. K., Pal, S., & Wadadekar Y. 2009, The Low-Frequency Radio Universe, 407, 43 – A Program to Search for Ultra-Steep Spectrum Radio Sources with GMRT
  18. Rawat, A., Wadadekar Y., & de Mello, D. 2009, Proc. of the IAU: The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context, 254, 57 – Rest frame UV vs. optical morphologies of galaxies: Important implications to high-z results
  19. Wadadekar, Y., Casertano, S., Ferguson, H. C., & Fruchter, A. S. 2005, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 37, 142.06 – Cosmic shear on small angular scales from the WFPC2 Archival Parallels
  20. Wadadekar, Y., & Casertano, S. 2005, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 37, 10.05 – Faint U-band dropouts in the GOODS-CDFS field
  21. de Mello, D., Wadadekar, Y., Casertano, S., & Gardner, J. P. 2004, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 36, 94.09 – The deepest Near-Ultraviolet images taken with HST
  22. Philip, N. S., Wadadekar, Y., Kembhavi, A., & Joseph, K. B. 2003, Statistical Challenges in Astronomy, 469 – A new tool for automated classification of astronomical images
  23. Philip, N. S., Joseph, K. B., Kembhavi, A., & Wadadekar, Y. 2002, Automated Data Analysis in Astronomy, 125 – Bayesian Approach for Star-Galaxy Classification
  24. Kembhavi, A., Wadadekar, Y., & Khosroshahi, H. 2000, Constructing the Universe with Clusters of Galaxies, IAP 2000 Meeting – The Near-Infrared Photometric Plane of Galaxies

Academic and pedagogical talks

  • 22 Jun 2026 to 26 Jun 2026, Ensemble machine learning photometric redshifts for the Rubin/LSST Era, Meeting of the Galaxies Science collaboration of Rubin/LSST, Paris Universite Cite, France
  • 16 May 2026 to 19 May 2026, Ensemble Machine Learning Photometric Redshifts for the Rubin/LSST Era: Performance and Readiness for Precision Cosmology, ASI 2026 Meeting, IIT Guwahati, INDIA
  • 18 Apr 2026 to 20 Apr 2026, AI for Science megaprojects, DAE‑STFC Programme Finale, ITC Grand Central hotel, Mumbai, India
  • 14 Mar 2026, Discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy, Ashoka Student Astronomy Conference 2026, Dept. of Physics Ashoka University, INDIA
  • 13 Mar 2026, Galaxy evolution during the first three billion years with JWST, Physics colloquium, Dept. of Physics, Ashoka University, INDIA
  • 09 Mar 2026 to 11 Mar 2026, SKA Software Development, Workshop on 21cm cosmology, TIFR Main campus, INDIA
  • 21 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026, Science and Techniques of Radio Astronomy, Frontier of Astronomy ‑ New Challenges in Radio Astronomy, Nehru Centre, Mumbai, INDIA
  • 20 Feb 2026, Alaknanda - the spiral galaxy that shouldn't exist, XIX Frontiers in Physics, Ferguson College, Pune, INDIA
  • 13 Feb 2026, Developments in India for SRCNet, Asia Pacific SKAO regional meeting 2026, Chiang Mai (but I gave my talk online), Thailand
  • 22 Jan 2026 to 24 Jan 2026, Audio Overviews in NotebookLM as a tool for making Multi-Lingual Podcasts, ASI Symposium 006: Communicating Astronomy in India - 2026, IUCAA, INDIA. Video
  • 11 Oct 2025, Galaxy evolution using Big Data and AI, Workshop on AI in Space as part of the International workshop on AI-ML Systems, Bengaluru, India
  • 07 Oct 2025 to 10 Oct 2025, AI in Astronomy Research (3 lectures), IUCAA Workshop on Data Analytics and AI in Physics and Astronomy, Kashmir University Srinagar, INDIA
  • 28 Jul 2025 to 01 Aug 2025, Galaxy Evolution from Cosmic Dawn (z ∼ 14) to Cosmic Noon (z ∼ 3) with JWST, Conference titled "Cosmic Connections: Bridging the Early and Late Universe", IMSc Chennai, INDIA. Video
  • 18 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025, Impact of AI on Teaching and Research in Fundamental Science, National Scientist Round Table Conference 2025, MIT-WPU Pune, INDIA
  • 16 Jul 2025, Careers in Radio Astronomy in the SKA Era, SKA India Summer Training Program 2025, IIT Indore, INDIA
  • 10 Jul 2025, Harnessing Big Data in Radio Astronomy: AI/ML and Advanced Algorithms for SKA and Beyond, RPL-GMRT Summer School, GMRT Khodad, INDIA
  • 09 Jun 2025, Galaxy Evolution, VSRP 2025 Lecture Series, NCRA, INDIA
  • 01 May 2025, A Grand-Design Spiral Galaxy at z ∼ 4 - 1.5 Billion Years After the Big Bang, Seminar during collaborative visit, University College London, UK
  • 06 Jan 2025, Writing astronomy codes using GenAI, AI/ML applications to Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA Pune, India
  • 18 Nov 2024, Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Radio Astronomy School, NCRA-TIFR, INDIA
  • 22 Oct 2024 to 25 Oct 2024, Plans for Building a prototype SKA Regional Centre in India, 6th URSI Regional Conference on Radio Science, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, INDIA
  • 17 May 2024, Supermassive Black Holes at the Centres of Galaxies, Basic Astronomy Course organised by Jyotirvidya Parisanstha, Online, INDIA
  • 05 Apr 2024, The SKA Observatory: exciting possibilities for Engineers, FDP on Advances in Astronomy: Integrating Technology in Astronomy Research, Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology, Pune (online), INDIA
  • 21 Mar 2024 to 23 Mar 2024, Understanding the SRCNet Development Project, SRCNet Development Workshop organised by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with the support of the SKA Observatory (SKAO) and SRCNet Program Team, SRCNet Development Workshop organised by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), with the support of the SKA Observatory (SKAO) and SRCNet Program Team, MAXX hotel, Shanghai bund, CHINA
  • 23 Nov 2023, Rubin-LSST observations and multi-messenger science, GW-EM-Nu-2023 Conference, TIFR Mumbai, INDIA
  • 25 Jul 2023, Observational signatures of galaxy evolution, NIUS Physics Camp 2023 during the visit of the students to NCRA, NIUS Physics Camp 2023, INDIA
  • 17 May 2023, Supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies, Basic Astronomy Course organised by Jyotirvidya Parisanstha, online, INDIA
  • 15 May 2023, The Multicolour Universe, Visit by students of the IOAA Junior OCSC to NCRA and GMRT, NCRA-TIFR, Pune, INDIA
  • 13 May 2023 to 15 May 2023, Galaxies (2 lectures), IUCAA Refresher course for Teachers, IUCAA Pune, INDIA
  • 12 May 2023, Opportunities for cosmologists in scientific and technical activities of SKA India, Largest cosmological surveys and big data science, ICTS-TIFR, India
  • 08 May 2023, Galaxies (2 lectures), Astronomy OCSC, HBCSE-TIFR, INDIA
  • 01 Mar 2023, Applications of ML to problems in the astronomy domain, Machine Learning in Astronomy - ASI 2023 workshop, IIT-Indore, INDIA
  • 01 Mar 2023, Galaxy and their evolution, RUBIN LSST: INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP at ASI 2023, IIT-Indore, INDIA
  • 31 Oct 2022 to 02 Nov 2022, Big data, AI and ML in Astronomy, The Future of Indian Astronomy, ICTS-TIFR, INDIA
  • 25 Mar 2022, Indian SKA Regional Centre, HPC Workshop on Radio Astronomy Data Analysis in the SKA Era, Online, INDIA. Video
  • 20 Dec 2021, Observational Signatures of galaxy evolution, NIUS Physics Camp 18.1, NIUS Physics Camp 18.1, December 2021, INDIA
  • 24 Mar 2021, On the interdependence of morphology, environment and star-formation in massive galaxies in the nearby Universe, Conference, Galactic and extragalactic universe in the era of new-generation radio (SKA and pathfinders) and Optical/IR facilities., India
  • 23 Feb 2021, Teaching machines to study galaxies, ASI Annual Meeting 2021, Online, INDIA
  • 18 Feb 2021, Specific plans and prospects for software & data analysis work packages, ASI Workshop, SKA in India: Preparing for building the SKA, INDIA. Video
  • 18 Feb 2021, Indian participation in software & data processing based packages, ASI Workshop, Workshop SKA in India: Preparing for building the SKA, INDIA. Video
  • 18 Feb 2021, Plans for an Indian SKA Regional Centre, ASI Workshop, SKA in India: Preparing for building the SKA, INDIA. Video
  • 09 Jan 2021, Astronomy using archival data, Winter School, Radio Astronomy Winter School 2020, INDIA. Video

Public Outreach and Service

  • 01 Jun 2026, Galaxies at the dawn of time, Talk at the online Basic Astronomy Course conducted by Jyotirvidya Parisanstha Pune
  • 16 May 2026, Galaxies at the Dawn of Time, Public talk at the Guwahati Planetarium jointly organised by the planetarium and the ASI-POEC as part of the "Astronomy Festival - 2026"
  • 04 May 2026, Discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy, Muktangan Exploratory, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan Pune Kendra. Lecture for students participating in the Summer Science Workshop.
  • 24 Apr 2026, Discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy, Public lecture
  • 24 Apr 2026, Discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy - online webinar, Inaugural online webinar, part of "Celestial Hour" organised by Starscapes. Web link
  • 28 Feb 2026, Discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy, Public talk at the culmination of the IUCAA Science Day held on 28 Feb 2026
  • 25 Feb 2026, Q&A session with students of the Parbhani Astronomical Society, Q&A session on astronomy for middle and high school students from the Parbhani district of Maharashtra
  • 15 Feb 2026, Alaknanda - the spiral galaxy that shouldn't exist, Lecture at Abhinav English Medium School, Pune, for students of Classes 5–8 who are members of the school's astronomy club
  • 25 Jan 2026, Visit to GMRT for participants of SCAI 2026 meeting at IUCAA, Visit to GMRT with about 70 participants of the Symposium on Communicating Astronomy in India 2026; talk on Introduction to Radio Astronomy and interaction with participants
  • 09 Jan 2026, Star gazing at NCC premises in Pune, Star-gazing activity for cadets from the Air squadron from across Maharashtra at an NCC camp
  • 06 Jan 2026, Discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy, Public talk at the Wynkk restaurant in Aundh, Pune
  • 03 Dec 2025, Interview with BBC on the discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy, Interview with BBC English, Hindi and Marathi editions. Video link
  • 03 Dec 2025, Interview with DD India on the discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy, Interview with DD India news. Video link
  • 03 Dec 2025, Interview about the discovery of the Alaknanda galaxy by ABP Majha (in Marathi), Interview with ABP Majha TV channel. Video link
  • 07 Sep 2025, Hindi program on Total Lunar Eclipse live on Hindi news channel NDTV India, Live program on Lunar Eclipse (in Hindi) on NDTV India news channel. Video link
  • 06 Aug 2025, Careers in Astronomy, Lecture to students of New English Tilak Rd Pune and other schools run by Deccan Education Society (in Marathi)
  • 18 Apr 2025, Careers in Science and scientific temper (in Marathi), Talk organised by Vidyadhan program of the Sarojini Damodaran Foundation
  • 15 Dec 2024, First galaxies since the Big Bang at the 13th Maharashtra Khagol Sammelan, Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park, Talk (in Marathi)
  • 19 Apr 2024, Careers in Science Interaction program with high school students, Indian Institute of Education, Pune. Two hour interaction with Class 11 students from various districts of Maharashtra supported by the Vidyadhan program of the Sarojini Damodaran Foundation
  • 14 Mar 2024, Astronomy for Sailors, Tolani Maritime Institute, Talegaon, Pune. Talk to about 100 students studying nautical science, followed by a star-gazing session using NCRA telescopes
  • 31 Oct 2023, Our colourful Universe, Talk organised as part of the Cosmos Calling program by Siemens Digital Industries Software, Pune
  • 30 Jul 2023, Discovery of the stochastic gravitational wave background using Pulsar Timing Arrays (in Marathi), Ranade Institute, Ferguson College Road, Pune. News link
  • 19 Jul 2023, Building the SKA observatory, Online talk to employees of HELLA as part of their Collective Wisdom Lecture Series
  • 21 May 2023, Careers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Indian Institute of Education, Pune
  • 02 Aug 2022, The multicolour Universe, Talk to software engineers at ThoughtWorks India
  • 21 Jul 2022, Q&A webcast on JWST first image release, Live online session streamed on YouTube. Video link
  • 06 Jan 2022, Introduction to Radio Astronomy, One hour talk to students of Ferguson College Pune
  • 28 Feb 2021, Introduction to Radio Astronomy, Online talk to members of the Parbhani Astronomical Society in Marathi on Science Day 2021. Video link

Teaching