Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata
Organizes

4th Young Astrophysicists of Today’s India (YATI4)

14 - 16 October, 2026

Invited Speakers

  • Banibrata Mukhopadhyay, IISc, Bengaluru, Karnataka
  • Biplob Sarkar, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam
  • Debarati Chatterjee, IUCAA, Pune, Maharashtra
  • Himadri Ghosh, Abhedananda Mahavidyalaya, Birbhum, West Bengal
  • Indrani Banerjee, NIT, Rourkela, Odisha
  • Indranil Chattopadhyay, ARIES, Nainital, Uttarakhand
  • Patrick Das Gupta, University of Delhi, Delhi (Retired)
  • Prasad Subramanian, IISER, Pune, Maharashtra
  • Prasanta Kumar Das, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus, Goa
  • Sabyasachi Pal, Midnapore City College, Midnapore, West Bengal
  • Sandip K Chakrabarti, ICSP, Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Santosh Joshi, ARIES, Nainital, Uttarakhand
  • Saswati Roy, NIT, Agartala, Tripura
  • Sonali Chakrabarti, MMC College (CU), Kolkata, West Bengal
  • Sujay Pal, Srikrishna College, Nadia, West Bengal
  • Swastik Bhattacharya, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Telangana

Contributed Presenters

Sl. No. Name with Affiliation Title
1Abhrajit Bhattacharjee (Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata, WB)Spectral properties of accretion flows around rotating black holes
2Akhilesh M S (ISERC, Visva Bharati, West Bengal)Do Spider and Filament-type Superclusters Occupy Different Large-Scale Environments?
3Ambar Krishna Khaitan (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata)Evolutionary dynamics of rotating Bose-Einstein condensate dark matter halos
4Amit Kumar Shrivas (Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh)RADIO Observations of Hub filament Systems in Star Formation
5Anindya Sundar Chattaraj (Jadavpur University, West Bengal)On Thermodynamic-Gravitational Scalar Couplings and Brans-Dicke Constraints on the Chandrasekhar Mass
6Anjan Paul (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, Karnataka)Electron scattering in realistic solar wind plasma
7Aratrika Ghosh (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai)Understanding low X-ray polarization of HMXB pulsars through atmospheric temperature inversion and vacuum birefringence
8Arghajit Jana (SRM University, Andhra Pradesh)Changing-look AGNs reveal how Eddington ratio regulates the X-ray emission in AGNs
9Arijita Chakraborty (Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata, West Bengal)Toward Sharper Multi-Messenger Triggers: Modelling Atmospheric Gamma-Ray Albedo effect in GRB Localization and Polarimetry
10Ashish Joshi (UPES, Uttarakhand)Universality Class of Black Hole Accretion Across the Mass Scale
11Atharva Shinde (Indian Institute of Science Educatin and Research Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)Investigating Twin Star Equation of States in Light of Recent Astrophysical Observations
12Avijit Chowdhury (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, Karnataka)Black Holes in Dark Matter Environments: Ringdown and Tidal Response
13Ayan Biswas (NCRA-TIFR, Maharashtra)Bridging Low Mass and High Mass Magnetospheres: Radio and Spectropolarimetric Study of the Strongly Magnetic M dwarf CW UMa
14Ayan Das (Salesian college, West Bengal)Planet 9 effect On kuper Belt Object
15Ayan Islam (Salesian College (Autonomous) Siliguri, West Bengal)Dynamical Constraints on a Hypothetical Planet Nine through N-Body Simulations
16Bharti Kaushik (SGT University, Haryana)The Spectator Field Nexus: Connecting Primordial Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Baryogenesis
17Chiranjeeb Singha (IUCAA Pune, Maharashtra)Tidal Deformation of Black Holes in Lovelock Gravity
18Debalina Kar (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Uttarakhand)Integrating Multi-Instrument Data to Improve Gamma Ray Burst Classification and Progenitor Constraints
19Debangan Maji (NCRA-TIFR, Pune, Maharashtra)Unveiling the Galactic Centre with New, Deep, Wide-field Radio Observations
20Debjit Chatterjee (Ariel University, Israel)Long-term Evolution Study of NGC 3516 using X-ray observations
21Devendra Bisht (Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata, WB)Science with the 0.61-m VASISTHA Telescope at IERCOO: Results and Future Prospects
22Hardik Sher Singh (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab)Chromatic noise reverses the band preference of the Indian Pulsar Timing Array: A standalone gravitational wave sensitivity analysis
23Jaskirat Singh (University of Delhi, Delhi)Gaia DR3-based Identification of Extra-tidal Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 5272 (M3)
24Krishna Prasad Khamrai (College of Engineering and Management, Kolaghat)Computational Astronomical Simulation and Dynamics Engine
25Kuldeep Belwal (Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata, WB)Time-series Photometric Detection and Physical Characterization of Variable Stars in Four Intermediate- to Old-age Galactic Open Clusters
26Md Washimul Bari (Indian Centre for Space Physics, Malda Branch, WB)A TCAF Model-Based Analysis of Spectral State Transitions in GRO J1655–40 during the 2005 Outburst
27Meghanil Sinha (National Institute of Technology, Manipur)Durgapal Gravastar solutions
28Mohit S Bisht (Indian Centre For Space Physics, West Bengal)A Dusty Nova in the LMC: Unraveling Its Evolution Through Lightcurve and Spectra
29Pankaj Sharma (Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University, West Bengal)Accretion Disc and Reflection probes during the 2025 Outburst of 4U 1630-472
30Palla Venkat Sai Ganesh (M.S.Ramaiah University Of Applied Sciences, Karnataka)Experimental detection of the neutral hydrogen 21-cm line using a low-cost SDR-based radio telescope
31Pranav R Iyengar (Imperial College london, Karnataka)Spatial analysis of PAH molecules in the Pillars of Creation using JWST
32Prantik Nandi (Indian Centre For Space Physics, West Bengal)Multiwavelength Evidence for a Changing-look Event Triggered by a Tidal Disruption Event in NGC 3822
33Prerana Biswas (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Maharastra)Investigating the Spectral Properties of Dual Nuclei in Galaxy Mergers from the GOTHIC survey: Supermassive Black Hole Growth, metal enrichment and Dual AGN
34Pritam Banerjee (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, Karnataka)Relativistic Tidal Disruption of Stars: Significance, Tools and Outcomes
35Rahul Thakur (BITS Pilani, Maharashtra)Physics-Informed Machine Learning for Anomaly Detection and Candidate Transit Identification in TESS Light Curves
36Rakhi Suklan (University of Delhi, Delhi)Investigating Closed Coronal Structures Through J- and U-Type Solar Radio Bursts
37Rudrani Kar Chowdhury (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Maharashtra)TDEs on FIRE: Co-Evolution of Tidal Disruption Event Rates and Host Galaxies across Cosmic Time
38Sayak Chakraborty (Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Uttarakhand)Study of Coronal Loop Structures during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse: Preliminary Results
39Sayantan Bhattacharya (TIFR, Mumbai, Maharashtra)Short Thermonuclear Bursts at High Accretion Rates: Curious Case of Cygnus X-2
40Shayak Barh (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra)Accretion flow variability in SAX J1808.4-3658 with X-ray spectral-timing
41Shatanik Bhattacharya (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra)Physics with SPANDA: A Rapid Automated Pipeline for Seismic Inference of Red Giants
42Shibotosh Biswas (Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC, ISRO, Kerala)Pinching of ICME Flux Rope: Unprecedented Multipoint Observations of Internal Magnetic Reconnection during Gannon's Superstorm
43Shubhajit Saha (NISER, Odisa)Toward Improved Drag-Force Models during Common-Envelope Evolution
44Somnath Dutta (Indian Centre For Space Physics, West Bengal)Witnessing the dawn of a new solar system through jets and outflows to reveal early planet formation
45Soumyaneal Banerjee (Space Physics Laboratory, VSSC, Kerala)Study on the Venusian atmospheric thermal structure: A comparative analysis between observations and models
46Sourav Palit (Indian Centre For Space Physics, West Bengal)Multi-Layer Studies of the Near-Earth Environment: Gravity Waves, Ionosphere, and Solar Radiation
47Sourav Sutradhar (Tezpur University, Assam)Nonlinear Waves in Baryonic Gas Clouds under Quantum Dark Matter Effects
48Sridhar Gajendran (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Maharashtra)Overview and Initial Results from the LIGHT project
49Subhankar Kar (Indian Centre For Space Physics, West Bengal)A century of the study of Accretion processes around stars and compact objects
50Sutirtha Sengupta (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Karnataka)Dense and Dusty environments around Type IIP supernova: recent advances and future directions with AI/ML
51Swarnendu Jana (Visva-Bharati, West Bengal)Unveiling 4U 1812−12: Spectral and Timing Insights from NICER and NuSTAR
52Tamal Basak (Indian Centre For Space Physics, West Bengal)Sub-ionospheric VLF Science @ ICSP: Resent results
53Tanmay Das (National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR), Maharashtra)Direction-Dependent Ionospheric RM/FR Modelling for GMRT
54Taraknath Bera (Indian Centre For Space Physics, West Bengal)Detection of Pre-Seismic Ionospheric Perturbations over the Indian Plate in November 2025 Using VLF Signals
55Toushif Alam (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, UP)Shaping the Galactic Centre: Hydrodynamical Simulations of Sgr A* Feedback