Ankita Sarkar

Project Student at TIFR, Mumbai || Ex - Project Student at University of Groningen, Netherlands ||Ex - LIGO-EPO Intern, IUCAA || An Aspiring Astrophysicist

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

About

I'm currently pursuing M.Sc Physics(Astrophysics) and focusing on making a strong foundation in Physics. I have keen interest in Astrophysics, specifically in Cosmology. I have recently joined TIFR for my Master's thesis. I'm working under Dr. Shadab Alam to build a Galaxy Group Finder for DESI Data. Before this, I worked under Dr. Atrideb Chatterjee on understanding the Epoch of Reionization with a semi-analytical models at University of Groningen, Netherlands. I was also an intern at LIGO-India EPO where I work as a Social Media Designer and Public Outreacher of LIGO India.

Experience

  • Project Student at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    I have recently joined TIFR for my Master's thesis. I'm working under Dr. Shadab Alam on building a Galaxy Group Finder for DESI Data.

  • Intern at LIGO India
    Nov 2024 - Mar 2025 · 5 mos

    I'm LIGO INDIA Outreach Intern. My work includes designing social media posts, content creation, making models and explain LIGO India and Gravitational Waves to general public through fun experiments.

  • Project Student at University of Groningen
    Aug 2024 - Feb 2025 · 7 mos

    I am currently working with Dr. Atrideb Chatterjee, Post Doctoral Fellow at IUCAA. We are working on modeling and studying Epoch of Reionization.

  • Summer School at IUCAA at IUCAA, Pune, India
    May 2024 - Aug 2024 · 4 mos

    I attended "The Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics" organised by IUCAA, Pune. Here, I got introduced to various topics such as Gravitational Waves, General Relativity and Cosmology, Black Holes, Gravitational Lensing and many more by the esteemed professors of IUCAA.

  • Fergusson College (9 mos)
    • Project Student
      Aug 2023 - Apr 2024 · 9 mos

      I was a project student under Mrs. Pallavi Dixit, Assistant Professor, Fergusson College, Pune. I worked in the development and testing of Fiber Optics Displacement Sensor to detect Adulteration in Honey.

    • Introduction to Computational Astrophysics
      Mar 2024 - Mar 2024 · 1 mo

      I attended the 6 hours "Introduction to Computational Astrophysics" workshop by Dr. Parikshit Biswas, organized by Astro Club, Fergusson College. Here we got introduced to different packages and ways to use those to do Astronomical Data Analysis.