Dr.Sathya Narayanan.

K Assistant Professor of Physics

Department of Physics, The Cochin College, Cochin-682 002, Kerala, India
 (+91) 9447-217985 |  sathyanarayank@gmail.com

Education
Ph.D in Astro-Physics Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
2012 - 2018
Thesis title : “Diffuse ultra-violet observations near Taurus Molecular Cloud with GALEX data”.
Supervisors: Prof. Jayant Murthy, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, India & Prof. Narayanankutty Karuppath,
Department of Physics, Amritapuri campus, Amrita Vishwva Vidyapeetham, India.

B.Ed in Physics & Chemistry Mysore University

2009 - 2010
Passed with distinction (80% marks) from Ramakrishna Institute of Moral & Spiritual Education (RIMSE), Mysore University,
Mysore, Karnataka, India

M.Sc in Physics Calicut University

2005 - 2007
Passed post graduation in Physics with 75% marks from Govt. Arts & Science college, Calicut University, Calicut, Kerala, India

B.Sc in Physics Calicut University

2002 - 2005
Passed graduation in Physics with 90% marks from Govt. Arts & Science college, Calicut University, Calicut, Kerala, India

Plus-2 in Science Calicut University

2000 - 2002
Passed the higher secondary examination in Science group with 74% marks from Govt. Higher Secondary School, Kokkallur,
Kozhikode, Kerala, India

S.S.L.C Calicut University

Mar. 2000
Passed the secondary school leaving examination with 88% marks from Poilkave High School, Calicut, Kerala, India

Experience
Assistant Professor The Cochin College, Cochin, India
June. 2019 - Present
Assistant Professor of Physics in the department of Physics, The Cochin College, Cochin-682002 (Govt Aided college affiliated
to MG University, Kerala), since 6th June 2019.

Visiting Associate IUCAA-Pune, Cochin, India

August. 2020 - Present
Collaborating with Prof. Kanak Saha of Inter University center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), as an IUCAA Visiting
associate since 1st August 2020.

Assistant Professor (on-contract) RSM SNDP College, Kerala, India

July. 2018 - March. 2019
Assistant Professor of Physics in the department of Physics, RSM-SNDP Yogam College (Govt Aided college affiliated to Calicut
University, Kerala) from July-2018 to March-2019 (9 months).

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Assistant Professor (on-contract) RSM SNDP College, Kerala, India
December. 2017 - March. 2018
Assistant Professor of Physics in the department of Physics, RSM-SNDP Yogam College (Govt Aided college affiliated to Calicut
University, Kerala) from December-2017 to March-2018 (4 months).

Assistant Professor (on-contract) RSM SNDP College, Kerala, India

July. 2016 - March. 2017
Assistant Professor of Physics in the department of Physics, RSM-SNDP Yogam College (Govt Aided college affiliated to Calicut
University, Kerala) from July-2016 to March-2017 (9 months).

Teaching Assistant (Part time) Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

November. 2012 - June. 2016
Part-time teaching assistant in the department of Physics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri campus, Kerala, India
from November-2012 to June-2016. Duration: 3 years 7 months

Research Associate Amrita Virtual Labs

January. 2011 - May. 2012
Research Associate in the Amrita virtual lab project, an initiative of MHRD of India at Amritapuri campus, Kerala, India from
January-2011 to May-2012. Duration: 1 year 4 months

Guest Lecturer Chinmaya Vidyalaya

July. 2008 - Feb. 2009
Guest lecturer in Physics for higher secondary (PLUS-2, Pre-degree) students at Chinmaya Higher Secondary School, Kerala,
Calicut, India from July-2008 to February-2009. Duration: 8 months

International journals
“Dust scattering from the Taurus Molecular Cloud” published in Monthly Notices of the Royal
2017 M.N.R.A.S
Astronomical Society, Volume 466, Issue 3, p.3199-3205 ,
“Diffuse GALEX Observations Near MBM 12: Preliminary Results” published in International
2018 IJPAM
Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Volume 120, Issue 6, p. 6415-6424,
“Dust-reddening studies near the Taurus molecular cloud” published in International Journal
2019 IJEAT
of Recent Technology and Engineering, Volume 8, Issue-2S2,

Conference presentations
INTERNATIONAL
“Modeling the Dust Scattered Radiation Near the Taurus Region” in the conference “From
2022 Sweden
Stars to Galaxies II” at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden,
“Dust reddening in the Taurus molecular cloud and modeling dust-scattered radiation” in the
2018 14th Rencontres du Vietnam: Cosmic Cycle-2018 conference at International Centre for Viet Nam
Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in the city of Quy Nhon, Central Vietnam,
“Dust Reddening studies in the Taurus region” in the 10th COSMIC DUST conference at
2017 Japan
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka Campus, Tokyo,
“Diffuse GALEX observations near Taurus Cloud” in the international symposium on UV SKY
2017 Israel
SURVEYS: THE NEEDS & MEANS’ at Tel-Aviv university, Tel Aviv,
“Diffuse Ultraviolet Radiation near Taurus Molecular Cloud” in the 13th Asia Pacific Regional
2017 Taiwan
IAU Meeting (APRIM) at Taipei international convention center, Taipei,
“Diffuse Ultra-Violet Radiation from Taurus Molecular Cloud” in the 34th Meeting of the
2016 India
Astronomical Society of India (ASI) at university of Kashmir at Srinagar,

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NATIONAL
“Study of Molecular Clouds with GALEX” in the workshop on ASTRONOMY RESEARCH at
2013 Kerala, India
Macfast, Thiruvalla,
“UV emission from Taurus Molecular Cloud” in the 23rd Swadeshi Science Congress at MG
2013 Kerala, India
University, Kottayam, Kerala,

Events participation
2017 Workshop on Astrosat data analysis, IUCAA, Pune
2017 10th COSMIC-DUST conference, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Intenational symposium on UV sky-surveys, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2017 13th Asia-Pacific regional IAU meeting, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 Refresher course in Astronomy & Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune
2017 Workshop on Data Intensive Science, IUCAA, Pune
2016 34th meeting of Astronomical Society of India, Kashmir, India
2016 International School for Young Astronomers, Tehran, Iran
2015 CLOUDY workshop, IUCAA, Pune
2014 Workshop on Python programming in Astronomy, IUCAA, Pune
2014 Workshop on Galaxies & Cosmology, NCRA-TIFR, Pune
2013 Workshop on Astronomy research, Thiruvalla, Kerala
2013 23rd Swadeshi Science Congress, Kottayam, Kerala
2012 Workshop on Advanced data analysis techniques in Astrophysics, Calicut, Kerala
2012 Winter school on Astronomical & Cosmological surveys, TIFR, Mumbai

Computer literacy

Proficiency in C, PYTHON and IDL programming-languages.

Proficiency in basic LINUX commands and LINUX based operating systems.
Basic knowledge in MATLAB, LATEX.

Communication skills

English (read, write, speak), Hindi (read, write, speak)

Malayalam (read, write, speak), Sanskrit (read, write)
Kannada (speak), Thamil (speak)

Extra-curricular
National Cadet Corpse (NCC) 29&30 Kerala Battalion
1998-2000; 2002-2005
• C certificate with B grade
• B certificate with A grade

Hobbies

• Playing Violin, Singing

• Yoga, Meditation
• Travelling alone
• Listening famous discourses/discussions

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Reference

• Prof. Kanak Saha

IUCAA - Pune
India 411007
E-mail: kanak@iucaa.in
Phone: +91-20-25604 124

• Dr. Anand Narayanan

Associate Professor
IIST Trivandrum 695547
E-mail: anand.narayananr@gmail.com
Phone: 0471-2568543, +91-9495960960

• Dr. Jayant Murthy

Senior Scientist
IIA Bengaluru 560034
E-mail: jmurthy@yahoo.com
Phone: +91 8022 541263

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above information is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. In case any
of the above information is found incorrect my candidature/application is liable to be cancelled/terminated.

November 23, 2023 Dr. Sathya Narayanan K

Kerala, India

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