CV

This is a brief overview of my CV. The PDF version of my detailed CV as of (July 2022) - Download File

Education

• M.Ss. in Atmospheric Sciences, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, 2022
• B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics, Amity University, Noida, 2020

Work experience

• Summer Research Fellow (May 2021 - Janurary 2022)
  • at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
  • Selected through the Science Academies’ Summer Research Fellowship Program 2021
  • Supervisor: Dr. Sachin Ghude, Scientist-E at IITM, Pune
  • Co-supervisor : Dr. Gourav Govardhan, Scientist-C at IITM, Pune
  • Title of the Project : Probing into the wintertime meteorology and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10 ) forecast over Delhi.
  • Description : Analysing the performance of high resolution quality and meteorological parameters model data obtained from forecasting system developed at IITM, Pune against observation data from the WIFEX campaign and to calculate statistical performance and skill score of model AQI output against CPCB observation data for major cities of India during winter 2020-2021.
• Summer Trainee (Jun. 2020 - Sept. 2020)
  • at CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam
  • Selected through the CSIR Summer Research and Training Program 2020
  • Supervisor: Dr. Debasis Das Mohanty, Scientist-C at CSIR-NEIST
  • Title of the Project : Frequency-Magnitude relations for Earthquakes and Hazard Estimation
  • Description : Part of a mega-project carried out by CSIR in the Summer Research Training Program (SRTP)- 2020 involving b-value estimation of earthquakes in the Andaman Region using the Gutenberg-Richter relation and hazard estimation using International Seismological Center (ISC) Catalogue data.
• Summer Trainee (Jun. 2019 - Jul. 2019)
  • at IUAC, New Delhi
  • Selected through the IUAC B.Sc. Summer Program 2019
  • Supervisor: Mr. Deepak Kumar Swami, Scientist-D at IUAC
  • Title of the Project : Measurement of Spatial Resolution, Linearity and Optimization of Bias Voltage and Gas Pressure of a Position Sensitive Proportional Counter
  • Description : The project involved the study of design and performance characteristics of a Position Sensitive Proportional Counter.

Skills

• Programming Languages known :
  • Python
  • Fortran
  • Lua
  • Julia
  • Bash
• Tools known :
  • MATLAB
  • LaTeX
  • QGIS
  • GrADS
  • Git
  • Docker
  • GnuPlot
  • RStudio
  • WRF (Numerical Modelling)
• Platforms :
  • Linux
  • MS Windows
• General :
  • MS Office
  • Academic Writing
• Soft skills :
  • Planning and Collaboration in heterogeneous groups
  • Task and Time Management
  • Team-oriented

Publications

Probing into the wintertime meteorology and particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10) forecast over Delhi

Sengupta, A., Govardhan, G., Debnath, S., Yadav, P., Kulkarni, S.H., Parde, A.N., Lonkar, P., Dhangar, N., Gunwani, P., Wagh, S. and Nivdange, S., 2022. Probing into the wintertime meteorology and particulate matter (PM2. 5 and PM10) forecast over Delhi. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 13(6), p.101426.

Seasonal variations in the dynamic and thermodynamic response of precipitation extremes in the Indian subcontinent

Sengupta, A., Vissa, N.K. & Roy, I. Seasonal variations in the dynamic and thermodynamic response of precipitation extremes in the Indian subcontinent. Clim Dyn (2022).

Conferences and Seminars attended

• Maritime Seminar 2020 at Amity University, Noida
  • Student presenter at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF) Seminar 2020 on the topic “Blue Economy & Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean Region” organised jointly by Amity University Uttar Pradesh and National Maritime Foundation.
  • Our team from Amity Institute of Applied Sciences presented a talk on the sub-topic of “Blue Economy Involving Offshore Hydrocarbons and Seabed Minerals”.
• International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials and Devices (ICRTMD) at Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Noida
  • Attended the conference as a student delegate and participated in the Poster Presentation competition to contribute my summer project work carried out at IUAC-New Delhi under the guidance of Mr. Deepak Swami.
• National Science Day, at Inter University Accelerator Centre, IUAC
  • Attended twice as a student representative from my institution, once in February 2019 and in February 2020. Participated in a poster presentation competition presenting a poster on the topic of “Applications of Particle Accelerators for Mankind: A futuristic view”
• India International Science Festival (IISF), DST/MHRD
  • Proudly represented my institution as a Student Delegate twice - in 2015 at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi; and in 2016 at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), Delhi.

Volunteer Experience

• Co-Editor, Journal of the International Association of Physics Students (jIAPS) – Worked as the co-editor in the editing team for jIAPS September 2020 edition, and was responsible for designing the layout of the journal. Worked remotely from Feb. 2020 to August 2020.