Research Group - BITS Pilani

Prof. Pradyumn Kumar Sahoo

Professor,
Department of Mathematics

Astrophysical Objects, Modified Theories of Gravity, Theoretical Cosmology

Ph. D. & Project Students

Ph. D. Students

Sl. No.	Name & ID	Topic of Research	Year of award	Present Position
1	Dr. Parbati Sahoo 2015PHXF008H, Institute Fellow	Study of accelerated expansion of the universe in the framework of f(R,T) gravity	2019	PDF, UKZN Asst. Professor Bhadrak Auto College, (OES)
2	Dr. Sankarsan Tarai 2014PHXF411H, RGNF	Study on the dynamics of anisotropic cosmological models in a modified theory of gravity	2019	Asst. Professor VIT, Chennai
3	Dr. Pratik P Ray 2015PHXF009H, Institute Fellow	Study on late time cosmic dynamics and some anisotropic dark energy models	2019	Asst. Professor VIT, Andra Pradesh
4	Dr. Sanjay Mandal 2018PHXF0444H, DST-INSPIRE	Accelerated expansion of the universe in non-minimally coupled gravity	2022	Postdoc Transilvania Fellowship JSPS Postdoc Fellow
5	Dr. Simran Arora 2019PHXF0438H, CSIR-Project	Late time acceleration with observational constraints in modified theories of gravity Symmetry 2023 Best PhD Thesis Award	2023	JSPS Postdoc Fellow
6	Dr. Zinnat Hassan 2019PHXF0463H, DST-INSPIRE	Exploring wormholes in modified theories of gravity	2025	Asst. Professor SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur
7	Dr. Raja Solanki 2020PHXF0003H, UGC-JRF	Accelerating expansion of the Universe in modified symmetric teleparallel gravity	2025	Asst. Professor VIT, Andra Pradesh
8	Dr. Gaurav Gadbail 2020PHXF0401H, UGC-JRF	Accelerated expansion of the Universe in nonmetricity-based modified gravity	2025	Asst. Professor SR University, Warangal
9	Dr. Moreshwar Tayde 2021PHXF0065H, UGC-JRF	Study of wormholes in symmetric teleparallel theories of gravity	2025	Asst. Professor SR University, Warangal
10	Dr. Jaybhaye Lakhan Valmik 2020PHXF0477H, UGC-JRF	Study of curvature-matter coupling in modified gravity	2025	Thesis defended on 30/05/2025
11	Aaqid Mohi Ud Din Bhat 2021PHXF0456H, UGC-JRF	Accelerating expansion of the Universe in modified gravity with quadratic term	Thesis submitted (23/05/2025)	Joined June, 2022
12	Sayantan Ghosh 2021PHXF0066H, CSIR-JRF	Qualitative analysis of cosmological models using dynamical system perspective	Continuing	Joined Nov, 2021
13	Dheeraj Rana 2021PHXF0451H, UGC-JRF	Study of cosmic acceleration of the Universe in the presence of bulk viscous matter	Continuing	Joined April, 2022
14	Sai Swagat Mishra 2021PHXF0458H, CSIR-JRF	Cosmological evolution of the Universe in torsion based modified gravity	Continuing	Joined July, 2022
15	Sneha Pradhan 2022PHXF0026H, NBHM-Project	Astrophysical objects in modified theories of gravity	Continuing	Joined Sept, 2022
16	Debasmita Mohanty 2022PHXF0043H, Institute Fellow	Study of gravastars in modified theories of gravity	Continuing	Joined Sept, 2022
17	Ameya Kolhatkar 2022PHXF0436H, ANRF-Project	Study of late-time cosmic acceleration in non-metricity based theories of gravity with recent observations	Continuing	Joined March, 2023
18	Soumya Kanta Bhoi 2024PHXP0472H, CSIR-JRF	To be decided	Continuing	Joined Jan, 2025
19	KM Suchita Patel 2024PHXP0489H, CSIR-JRF	To be decided	Continuing	Joined June, 2025

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Project Students:

1. Mr. Snehasish Bhattacharjee, Ph. D. scholar at Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, 32001 Taoyuan, Taiwan

2. Mr. Subhrat Praharaj, Ph.D. student at Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

3. Mr. Oleksii Sokoliuk, Master Student, Main Astronomical Observatory of NAS of Ukraine, Ukraine

Internship Students:

Dr. N S Kavya, Assistant Professor, CHRIST University, Bangalore
Ms. Chaitra Chooda Chalavadi, Research Scholar, Dept. of PG Studies and Research in Mathematics, Kuvempu University, Shivamogga
Mr. Ayush Hazarika, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam
Mr. Aishikk Sengupta, Loyola College, Chennai
Mr. Swapnil Kumar Singh, BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore
Mr. Preet Dalal, P.D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, CHARUSAT, ANAND, Gujarat
Mr. Hazael Hanuk Robson, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT, Vellore
Ms. Saveen Khatoon, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur
Mr. Sachin Kumar, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur

Positions are available for own fellowship candidates (CSIR-UGC-JRF, CSIR-SRF, RGNF, NFOBC) seeking for PhD at BITS-Hyderabad. Please send CV at pksahoo@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

Collaborators:

Dr. P.H.R.S. Moraes

Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Sciences

University of Sao Paulo, 05508-090 Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Eamil: moraes.phrs@gmail.com

http://buscatextual.cnpq.br/buscatextual/visualizacv.do?id=K4237736U6

Prof. J. R. L. Santos

UFCG -Universidade Federal de Campina Grande

UnidadeAcademicadeFısica,58429-900, Campina Grande, PB, Brazil

Email: joaorafael@df.ufcg.edu.br

Prof. Genly León

Departamento de Matematicas, Universidad Catolica del Norte, Avda. Angamos 0610,

Casilla 1280 Antofagasta, Chile

Email: genly.leon@ucn.cl

Prof. Kazuharu Bamba

Cosmology Group

Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science

Fukushima University, Fukushima 960-1296, Japan

Email: bamba@sss.fukushima-u.ac.jp

Website: https://www.ad.ipc.fukushima-u.ac.jp/~s048/eng/index.html

Prof. Tiberiu Harko

Department of Theoretical Physics, National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 077125, Bucharest, Romania

Department of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University, 1 Mihail Kogalniceanu Street, 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Email: tiberiu.harko@aira.astro.ro

Prof. I. Radinschi

Gheorghe Asachi Technical University, Department of Physics, Iasi, 700050, Romania,

Email: radinschi@yahoo.com

http://alegeri2016.tuiasi.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Radinschi-Irina.pdf

Prof. R. Myrzakulov

Director, Ratbay Myrzakulov Eurasian International Centre for Theoretical Physics,

Nur-Sultan 010009, Kazakhstan

Email: rmyrzakulov@gmail.com

Prof. S. S. Xulu

University of Zululand, Department of Computer Science, 3886 Kwa-Dlangezwa, South Africa,

Email: ssxulu@pan.uzulu.ac.za

Dr. Sezgin Aygun

Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department

of Physics, Terzioglu Campus, 17020, Turkey,

Email: saygun@comu.edu.tr, http://aves.comu.edu.tr/saygun/

Prof. Xin-he Meng

School of Physics, Nankai Univ, P.R. China

Email: xhm@nankai.edu.cn

Dr. Can Aktas

Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Arts and Sciences Faculty, Department of Mathematics, Terzioglu Campus, 17020, Turkey,

Email: canaktas@comu.edu.tr, http://members.comu.edu.tr/canaktas/

Prof. Theophanes Grammenos

University of Thessaly, Department of Civil Engineering, 383 34 Volos, Greece,

Email: thgramme@civ.uth.gr

Prof. Deng Wang

National Astronomical Observatories,

Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China

Email: cstar@nao.cas.cn

Dr. Tee-How Loo

Institute of Mathematical Sciences,

University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Email: looth@um.edu.my

Dr. Avik De

Institute of Mathematical Sciences,

University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Email: de.math@gmail.com

Dr. Zeeshan Yousaf

Department of Mathematics,

University of the Punjab,

Quaid-i-Azam Campus,

Lahore-54590, Pakistan

Email: zeeshan.math@pu.edu.pk

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