BIODATA
Academic Qualifications/ Degrees:
Education
- Post Doctoral research at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, at Université Paris Diderot, France.
- Ph.D from IIT Bombay (2010) as a UGC-JRF with the supervision of Prof. K. Ramasubramanian.
- Graduation and Post-graduation (Shastri & Aacharya) at the R S Vidyapeetha, Tirupati.
Positions held
- Assistant Professor, IIT Kharagpur.
- Research Scientist at IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
- National Co-ordinator at Samskrit Promotion Foundation, Delhi.
- Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Centre de la Nationale Rechearche, Université de Paris - 7 (Université PARIS DIDEROT).
- Research Assistant at IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
Research Areas:
His doctoral
studies as well as post-doctoral research career have focused on the History of Astronomy and Mathematics in India. He has a research experience of almost
eighteen years with skills of editing, translating and analysing Sanskrit
source texts, by carrying out several projects under the aegis of (i)
CNRS France (ii) INSA - National Commission of History of Science (iii) HoMI,
IIT Gandhinagar, (iv) ICHR, Delhi (v) Science & Heritage Initiative, MHRD
(vi) AICTE-IKS division of Ministry of Education.
The research
studies have been based on Classical texts of Siddhanta-jyotisha such as that of Aryabhatta, Bhaskara, etc., as well as the works of medieval astronomers like
Madhava, Nilakantha, etc.
Past and Present Activities / Positions:
Awards/Honours
Young Historian of Science Award (2015) by the Indian National Science Academy.
Nominated Member of Delegation of Indian National Science Academy to 25th International Congress of History of Science & Technology, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 23-29 July 2017.
President of India Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold medal for academics and all- round excellence, 2003.
Varahamihira Prashasti (with Gold medal) in Post Graduation (Acharya), RSV Tirupati, 2003.
Research Guidance
Academic Activities
- Principal Convener: A one day workshop on Geometric Demonstrations in Ancient Indian Mathematics and Astronomy, 3rd May 2023.
- Resource Person - Course on Understanding Classical Scientific Texts of India, offered by IIT Indore and sponsored by AICTE (2020).
- Contributtion to Subhashitam Samskritam, IIT Roorkee, 2020.
- Resource person of Sanskrit, culture and the Indian heritage of Science through the years, by more than 45 presentations in national and international fora.
- Active participation across various organizational platforms with an excellence in literary, dramatics and poetic skills.