The Relativistic Universe: From Classical to Quantum

Dr. Shubhrangshu Ghosh pursued his PhD at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, and obtained his PhD in 2010 from Jadavpur University. He did his initial doctoral studies at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, as a DAAD Fellow. Thereafter he worked as a Post Doctoral researcher at several places in India and abroad, namely Indian Institute of Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Tata Institute of Fundamental research, Bose Institute etc. His research interest primarily lies in theoretical high energy astrophysics, compact objects, black hole astrophysics, accretion and jets, dark matter, gravitational wave astrophysics, modified gravity and cosmology. He is a member of the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) Science Working Group. Dr. Ghosh is currently serving as a Chairperson of Center for Astrophysics, Gravitation and Cosmology (CAGC) & Faculty, Department of Physics, Shri Ramasamy Memorial (SRM) University Sikkim. Prof A R Rao joined the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research as a research trainee and completed his PhD in 1985. During 1987-88 he was a visiting professor at the Danish Space Research Institute, Denmark working on the WATCH instrument launched onboard the Granat satellite of Russia. His primary research interest is in High Energy Astrophysics, X-ray Astronomy, and X-ray Instrumentation, developing X-ray instruments for space observations and configuring space payloads for diverse applications. He was the co-investigator/ Principal Investigator of many space payloads including the highly successful Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment (IXAE) and the CZT- Imager for the ASTROSAT satellite. Professor Rao retired as a Professor from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.