Other:

• NET (CSIR-UGC) 2001, GATE 2001, JEST 2001, 2002

Primary Research Interest:

• Compact objects in strong magnetic field
• X-ray astronomical data analysis
• Timing studies of Black hole and neutron star binaries
• High energy emission from blazars

Research Grant:

• Theoretical investigation of exotic structure of neutron star matter in presence of strong quantizing magnetic field. (2010-2011) No. F PSW-133/10-11(ERO) Dated 20th October,2010 (Funding Agency: University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India) Status: Completed
• Energy dependence of X-ray variability of neutron star and black hole binaries (2012-2015)
  Collaborator: Prof Ranjeev Misra, IUCAA, Pune; Funding Agency: Department of Space, Government of India, Indian Space Research Organisation, Sanction Lett. No. ISRO/RES/2/382/12-13 dated: 26.10.2012 Status: Completed
• Multiwavelength temporal study of Blazar flares: A probe to understand jet physics (2016-2019)
  Collaborator: Prof. Ranjeev Misra, IUCAA, Pune and Dr. S. Sahayanathan, BARC, Mumbai
  Funding Agency: Department of Space, Government of India, Indian Space Research Organisation, Sanction Lett. No. ISRO/RES/2/404/15-16 dated: 21.01.2016 Status: Completed
• Broadband spectral timing studies of X-ray binaries using AstroSat and NICER (2019-2022)
  Collaborator: Prof. Ranjeev Misra, IUCAA, Pune; Funding Agency: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, CRG/2019/001112 Status: Completed
• Study of X-ray timing properties of neutron star low mass X-ray binaries (01.03.2021-), AstroSat data utilization AO, Space Science Programme, Department of Space, Indian Space Research Organisation. DS_2B-13013(2)/10/2020-Sec. 2 Date 19.01.2021, Status: Ongoing

Project Student at Master’s Level:

• Sumita Biswas A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics, 2014-2016
• Tumpa Sarkar A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics, 2014-2016
• Ankit Sinha, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics, 2015-2017
• Sudeshna Paul, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2016-2018
• Priyanka Chakraborty, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2016-18
• Subhasree Saha, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2017-19
• Soumita Singha Roy, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2018-20
• Sayan Ghosh, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2019-21
• Sayoni Das, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2019-21
• Meghna Dasgupta, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2019-21
• Moitreyee Halder, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2019-21
• Protoy Saha, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2019-2021
• Dona Dalal, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2020-2022
• Megha Ghosh, A.P.C College, M.Sc. Physics 2020-2022

Junior Research Fellow (JRF):

• Rukaiya Khatoon, JRF (11.05.2016 – 09.02.2017) ISRO RESPOND Project

Ph.D. Student Supervision

• Suchismito Chattopadhyay, JRF (01.03.2021-) AstroSat AO Project

• Astronomy and Astrophysics

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• Orientation Programme 92,UGC- ASC, University of Calcutta, December 26, 2011-January 21, 2012
• Refresher Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, India, May 6-June 7, 2013
• Science Academics Refresher Course, Goa University, November 11-26, 2014
• Special Winter School 2018 UGC-HRDC CU, 26.02.2018 to 21.03.2018
• Refresher Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, India, May 13-June 14, 2019
• Online workshop on Python Computing, Teach Python, IISER Kolkata, 12-24June, 2020 3-6 p.m.
• Advanced Course on Pulsar Astrophysics (Online), Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) of IUCAA, PMMMNMTT of MoE, Govt. of India, January 25, 2021- April 8, 2021
• Workshop on E-Content Development and Online Pedagogy (Online), UGC-HRDC-NEHU, January 24-31, 2022

Attended:

• Introductory School on Astronomy and Astrophysics (Sponsored by IUCAA & IUCAA reference center NBU, West Bengal), Department of Physics, Siliguri College, Siliguri, Darjeeling, WB, Nov, 16-20, 2002
• Workshop on Mesons and Quarks, BARC, Homi Bhabha Centre for Science and Education, Mumbai, 28th Jan-1st Feb, 2003
• Fourth DAE-BRNS workshop on Hadron Physics, Department of Physics Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Feb18-23, 2008
• National Seminar on New Era in Nuclear and Particle Physics, Department of Physics, The University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India, Nov 28-29, 2008
• Workshop on Astrophysics and Cosmology, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta, India, January 13-14, 2010
• Advanced workshop on Astronomy: Theory, Observation and Interpretation, Department of Physics, North Bengal University, India, April 5-9, 2010
• Introductory Workshop in Astrophysics, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal, India, November 26-28, 2010
• Workshop on X-ray Astronomy, Tezpur University, Assam, India, March 3-7, 2011
• Advanced Research workshop on X-ray Timing, Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India, January 23-28, 2012
• International Meeting on Transients and Timing: A Multi-wavelength Approach, IUCAA, Pune, India, March 4-8 , 2013
• Refresher Course in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, India, May 6-June 7, 2013
• Jayant@75, IUCAA, Pune, July 18-19, 2013
• MIT-IUCAA workshop on “X-ray studies of Transient Astronomical Sources”, IUCAA, 13-24 January 2014.
• Observational aspects of Astrophysics and Cosmology, November 3-4, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan
• Science with LAXPC/ASTROSAT, December 15-17, 2014, TIFR Baloon Facility, Hyderabad.
• Satellite workshop on Multiwavelength Astronomical data, Analysis, Visualization and the Virual Observatory, February 16, 2015, IUCAA, Pune
• Regional Meeting on Recent trends and Challenges in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta, September 10-12, 2015
• Extragalactic relativistic Jets: Cause and effect, ICTS, Bangalore October 12-20, 2015
• Workshop on AstroSat AO proposal submission: guidelines and technical issues, IUCAA, July 13- 14, 2016
• Wide band spectral and temporal studies of cosmic X-ray sources, January 10-13, 2017, Tata Institute of Fundamental research, Mumbai
• One day Gender Sensitisation workshop 29.03.2019, Govt. Girls’ General Degree College
• Inter-College One-Day Seminar on “Way to a Green World” 20.09.2019, Govt. Girls’ General Degree College
• Some selected topics on DSE Physics course under CBCS, CU 23.09.2020-24.09.2020, Maulana Azad College
• Two-Day international webinar on “Adventures with black hole: Unfolding the Nobel Prize winning discoveries in Physics 2020, October 18-19, 2020
• Online Workshop on Career Advancement Scheme (CAS), Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Gokhale Memorial Girls’ College, Kolkata on 28 June 2021 from 5:00 pm t0 7:00 pm
• ‘Gravity, Cosmology and Raychaudhuri’s Equation’ on the occasion of the birth centenary of late Professor Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri, Jadavpur University, March 13-14, 2024.

Presentation in Seminars/Symposia/Conferences/Workshops:

• National
  • DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Manonmanium Sundarnar University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, Dec, 26-30, 2002
  • VIII Young Astronomers’ Meeting 2003, ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, Feb, 20-22, 2003
  • Workshop on data analysis: X-Ray pulsars and compact objects December 1-3, 2011,
    Department of Physics, North Bengal University, Siliguri, Darjeeling,West Bengal
  • X-ray view of cosmos, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, April 23-25, 2012
  • ISRO RESPOND Meeting, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahemedabad, 8-9 February, 2013
  • IUCAA sponsored workshop on X-ray Astronomy, March 23-25, 2013, North Bengal University, Siliguri, West Bengal
  • Workshop on Astronomy and astrophysics, March 28-29, 2013, IUCAA node for Astronomy and Astrophysics Development, Sikkim Govt. College, Sikkim
  • Conference on High Energy Emission from AGN, October 7-9, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
  • ISRO RESPOND Meeting, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 20-21 February, 2014
  • ISRO RESPOND Meeting, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 12-13 March, 2015
  • TMT Science and Instrumentation Meeting, Tezpur University,1-3 December, 2015
  • ISRO RESPOND Meeting, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, 3-4 March, 2016
  • 5th Topical conference on Gravitation Cosmology and Astrophysics, ISI, Kolkata, March 19, 2016
  • Workshop on Data analysis, NBU March 18-19, 2017
• International
  • Conference on Wideband X-ray Astronomy: Frontiers in Timing and Spectroscopy, Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India, January 13-16, 2011
  • JSPS-DST Asia Academic Seminar – CPS 8th International School of Planetary Sciences, Hyogo, Japan, September 26-October 3, 2011
  • 39th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on COSPAR 2012: Space Research and Associated Events , Mysore, India, July 14-22, 2012
  • COSPAR Capacity Building Workshop on High Energy Astrophysics: An Advanced School for Asian Astronomers, September 2-13, 2013, Xuyi, China
  • XXXIII meeting of Astronomical Society of India, February 17-20, 2015, NCRA-TIFR, India
  • 38th meeting of Astronomical Society of India, February 13-17, 2020, IISER- Tirupati, India
  • International conference on 5 years of AstroSat, January 19-21, 2021, Indian Space Research Organisation.
    (online )
  • TIMP 2021, Springer International Conference on Trends in Modern Physics, Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati, India, February 26-27, 2021
  • 39th meeting of Astronomical Society of India, ICTS-TIFR, IISER Mohali, IIT Indore, IUCAA (Online), February 18-23, 2021
  • 40th meeting of Astronomical Society of India, IIT Roorkee & ARIES, Naintal, India, March 25-29, 2022
  • The First Biennial Conference on Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Space Science, ‘Exploring the Universe: From Near to Far’, ICSP, Kolkata, February 16-21, 2024

Organised:

• Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics for College Faculties, November 17-18, 2022, Govt. Girls’ General Degree College, Funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India
• Organized National Science Day Celebration 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023, 2024 as a part of the Physics Department Activities

Paper Presented:

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Conference Proceedings:

• Quasi-Periodic Oscillations: Energy dependent Time-lags, Misra R; Mandal, S. The X-ray Universe 2014, Edited by Jan-Uwe Ness. 2014Xru..confE.143M, 07/2014
• Proceedings of the DAE BRNS workshop on Mesons and Quarks. Editors: A.B. Santra et al ISBN 81¬7319¬589¬7 Copyright@2004 Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India Neutron and Quark Stars (II) Sutapa Ghosh, Soma Mandal and Somenath Chakrabarty
• Proceedings of the International Workshop on Strong Magnetic Fields and Neutron Star. Collapse and Flattening of Nucleon Bags in Ultra-Strong Magnetic Field. page 51-62 S. Mandal, S. Chakrabarty

Journal:

• Spectral and Timing evolution of GX 340+0 along its Z-track, Suchismito Chattopadhyay, Yashpal Bhulla, Ranjeev Misra, Soma Mandal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2024;, stae389, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae389
• Hidden non-n-locality in linear networks, Kaushiki Mukherjee, Soma Mandal, Tapaswini Patro, Nirman Ganguly, Phys. Rev. A 108, 032416, 2023
• Revealing hidden steering nolocality in a quantum network, K Mukherjee, B Paul, S. Mandal, The Europen Physical Journal D, 76(8), 1-16, 2022
• The flux distribution of individual blazars as a key to understand the dynamics of particle acceleration, Atreyee Sinha, Rukaiya Khatoon, Ranjeev Misra, Sunder Sahayanathan, Soma Mandal, Rupjyoti Gogoi, Nilay Bhat MNRAS Letters, 480, 1, L116-L120 (2018)
• Alternating lags of QPO harmonics : A Generic model and its application to the 67 millihertz QPO of GRS 1915+105 , Ranjeev Misra & Soma Mandal, ApJ , 779,71 (2013)
• The kilo-second variability of X-ray sources in nearby galaxies, Soma Mandal, Ranjeev Misra & Gulab C. Dewangan ,Res. Astron. Astrophys. 13 (2013) 1445-1454
• Chiral properties of the QCD vacuum in ultra strong magnetic fields: A Nambu-Jona Lasinio Model with a Semi-Classical approximation, Sutapa Ghosh, Soma Mandal and Somenath Chakrabarty, Phys. Rev. C 75, 015805 (2007).
• Neutron star equation of state and the possibility of complex self-energy in Landau theory of Fermi liquid in presence of a strong quantizing magnetic field, Soma Mandal, Roni Saha, Sutapa Ghosh and Somenath Chakrabarty, Phys. Rev. C 74, 015801 (2006)
• Relativistic version of Landau theory of Fermi liquid in presence of strong quantizing magnetic field – An exact formalism, Sutapa Ghosh, Soma Mandal and Somenath Chakrabarty, Ann. Phys. 312 (2004) 398.
• Collapse/Flattening of nucleonic bags in ultra strong magnetic field, Soma Mandal and Somenath Chakrabarty, IJMPD Vol. 13 No.6 (2004) 1157-1166.
• Impossibility of spin polarized states for neutron star / proto-neutron star matter in beta equilibrium condition, S. Ghosh, S. Mandal and S. Chakrabarty, Modern Physics Letters A18 (2003) 1297.

• Mandal, S. (2021). Relation Between the Variability of the Kilo-Hertz Quasi-Periodic Oscillations and the Low-Frequency Noise in 4U1608−52. In: Sengupta, S., Dey, S., Das, S., Saikia, D.J., Panda, S., Podila, R. (eds) Selected Progresses in Modern Physics. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 265. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5141-0_31
• Mandal, S. (2021). Transport Coefficients of Dense Stellar Plasma in Strong Magnetic Field. In: Sengupta, S., Dey, S., Das, S., Saikia, D.J., Panda, S., Podila, R. (eds) Selected Progresses in Modern Physics. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 265. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5141-0_43

• Astronomical Society of India L2155
• Visiting Associate of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune ; August 1, 2011- July 31, 2014, August 1, 2014 – July 31, 2017, August 1, 2017 – July 31, 2020, August 1, 2020- July 31, 2023, August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2026

• Paper Setting, External Examiner for Practical, Moderation & Evaluation Experience at Undergraduate Level: University of Calcutta, West Bengal State University, Visva-Bharati
• Paper Setting, Moderation & Evaluation Experience at Post Graduate level: Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, Barasat Govt. College & West Bengal State University
• Teaching at Post Graduate Level
  • Acharya Prafulla Chandra College, under West Bengal State University, Semester IV- Astrophysics and Cosmology (2015-2020)
  • Barasat Government College, Under West Bengal State University, Semester IV- Astrophysics (2017-2022)
  • West Bengal State University, Semester IV Astrophysics II (2020-21)
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee in the workshop ‘Gravity, Cosmology and Raychaudhuri’s Equation’ at Jadavpur University, Kolkata from 13-14 March 2024.