Santosh Joshi - Professional Experience
Faculty Position
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I Joined Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India in August, 1997.
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| Jul, 1997 - Jul, 2000 | Research Fellow, ARIES, Nainital, India |
| July, 2005 - Jun, 2007 | Post-doctoral Fellow, IUCAA, Pune, India |
| Jul, 2005 - Jun, 2007 | April 2007 – September 2010 |
| Jul, 2007 - Jan, 2009 | Scientist `B' ARIES, Nainital, India |
| Jan, 2009 - Jul, 2013 | Scientist `C' ARIES, Nainital, India |
| Jul, 2013 - Dec, 2017 | Scientist `D' ARIES, Nainital, India |
| Jan, 2018 - July, 2023 |
Scientist `E' ARIES, Nainital, India |
| July, 2023 - Continue | Scientist `F' ARIES, Nainital, India |
Professional Experience
Research Interests:
- Photometric and spectroscopic studies of chemically peculiar stars.
- Photometric and polarimetric studies of open star clusters.
- Asteroseismology of pulsating variables.
- Multi-wavelength studies of star formation.
- Intra-night optical variability of Blazars.
- Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for classifying variable stars.
- Instrumentation to study the stellar variability
Significant Academic Accomplishments:
- Discovery of the first chemically peculiar heartbeat star using the Kepler telescope (Joshi et al. 2022, MNRAS, 501, 5854).
- Discovery of seismic quakes in dozens of chemically peculiar stars using ground-based telescopes (Joshi et al. 2016, A&A, 590, 116).
- Contributed in discovery of the first giant double radio relic PLCKG287.0+32.9 in a galaxy cluste (Bagchi et al. 2011, ApJ, 736, 8)
- Contributed in siscovery of the largest, unusual, highly asymmetric radio galaxy jet (Bagchi et al. 2007, ApJ, 61, L85)
- Part of the member for development of a three-channel PMT fast photometer for the 1.04-m telescope in collaboration with ISRO (Ashoka et al. 2001, 22, 131).
- Commissioning of a fast CCD photometric system for 1.3-m telescopes at Devasthal, ARIES (Mannaday et al. 2020, AJ, 160, 47)
International and National Research Grants:
1. As a Principle Investigator
1. BRICS project “Search and Follow-up Studies of Time-domain Astronomical Sources using Sky Surveys, BRICS Telescopes, and Artificial Intelligence” funded by BRICS consortium (DST Govt. of India, MSHE, Govt of Russia and NSFC, Govt of China (DST/ICD/BRICS/Call-5/SAPTARISI/2023(G)) (Amount: Rs. 42,89,660/-)
2. Indo-Belgium bilateral project entitled “Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy and Astrophysics (BINA)-2” funded by DST Govt. of India and BELSPO, Govt. of Belgium (DST/INT/Belg/P- 09/2018) (Amount: Rs. 33,70,690/-)
3. Indo-Belgiun bilateral project “Belgo-Indian Network for Astronomy & Astrophysics” supported by DST, Govt. of India and BELSPO, Govt. of Belgium (DST/INT/Belg/P-02/2014) (Amount: Rs. 19,84,600/-).
4. Indo-Russian bilateral project “Time Resolved Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of the Chemically Peculiar Stars” funded by DST, Govt. of India and Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Govt. of Russia (INT/RFBR/P-118/2013) (Amount: Rs. 15,00,000/-).
5. Indo-South African bilateral project entitled “Search and Study of Variability in Ap and Am Stars” funded by DST, Govt. of India and National Research Foundation (NRF), Govt. of South Africa (INT/SAFR/P(3)/5/2009) (Amount: Rs. 8,76,000/-).
6. Indo-Russian bilateral project entitled “Studies of CP and RoAp Stars” funded by DST Govt of India and Russian Academy of Science, Govt. of Russia (INT/ILTP/B-3.19/2008) (Amount: 3,00,000/-).
2. As a Co-Investigator
1. “Study of Instability and outburst in luminous blue variables LBVs” funded by SERB, DST, Govt. of India (CRG/2021/007772/2022).
2. Indo-Thai bilateral project entitled “Indo-Thai Collaboration for Studying Pulsating Variables at Different Evolutionary Stages” funded by DST Govt. of India and Govt. of Thailand (DST/INT/Thai/P-16/2019).
3. Indo-Russian bilateral project entitled “Investigation of the structure and kinematics of the young population of the Galactic disk in the solar neighborhood” funded by DST, Govt. of India and Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Govt. of Russia (INT/RUS/RFBR/P-219/2015).
4. Indo-Russian RFBR bilateral project entitled “Magnetic Activity in low-mass stars” funded by DST, Govt of India and Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Govt. of Russia (INT/RFBR/P-167/2014).
5. Indo-South African bilateral project entitled “Nainital-Cape Survey for roAp stars” funded by DST, Govt of India and NRF, Govt of South Africa (INT/SAFR/2001).
Teaching and Outreach Activities:
- Taught courses on various astronomy-related topics, including Stellar Variability, Helioseismology, Radiative Processes, Stellar Atmosphere, Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Astronomical Techniques, and more.
- He has been involved in public outreach programs, delivering lectures on topics like "The Solar System and Universe," "Life Cycle of Stars and Human Development," and "Music of Stars" in various educational and public platforms.