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Dr. JITHESH V

Speciliazation: Physics
Qualifications: MSc, MPhil, PhD
Campus: BANGALORE CENTRAL CAMPUS

Dr. Jithesh V is an observational astronomer with expertise in high-energy astrophysics. His focus is on studying black holes and neutron stars using space-based X-ray telescopes like Chandra, XMM-Newton, NuSTAR, Swift, NICER, and AstroSat. He also applies multi-wavelength astronomy to gain deeper insights into these objects. Dr. Jithesh completed his PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Calicut. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), IUCAA Pune, and ARIES Nainital. He has published over 35 Scopus-indexed papers in international journals. His collaborations include institutes such as IUCAA, IIA, RRI, ARIES, and NCRA. He has contributed to the Whole Earth Blazar Telescope (WEBT) Consortium and worked with both national and international institutions. Dr. Jithesh is a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), COSPAR, and the Astronomical Society of India. He has supervised 3 PhD scholars and over 20 MSc students. His accolades include the prestigious Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) President?s Fellowship.

Educational Details

  • PhD 2014

    PhD

    University of Calicut

  • MPhil 2009

    MPhil

    Bharathiar University

  • PG 2007

    MSc

    Bharathiar University

  • Degree 2005

    BSc

    University of Calicut

  • 2024

    Date Of Publication: 05-Apr-2024

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 530/3/3020 - 3037

    Date Of Publication: 15-Mar-2024

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 529/4/3360 - 3371

    Date Of Publication: 12-Feb-2024

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 528/4/7016 - 7026

  • 2023

    Date Of Publication: 10-Nov-2023

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 958/1/46 - 46

    Date Of Publication: 09-Oct-2023

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 526/3/4502 - 4513

    Date Of Publication: 08-Apr-2023

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 522/2/2065 - 2074

  • 2022

    Date Of Publication: 21-Dec-2022

    Name of Journal: Research In Astronomy and Astrophysics

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 23/1/015015 - 015015

    Date Of Publication: 08-Nov-2022

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 939/2/80 - 80

    Date Of Publication: 23-Sep-2022

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 517/1/801 - 807

    Date Of Publication: 02-Feb-2022

    Name of Journal: Research In Astronomy and Astrophysics

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 22/2/025012 - 025012

  • 2021

    Date Of Publication: 15-Nov-2021

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 509/4/5166 - 5178

    Date Of Publication: 29-Oct-2021

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 921/1/46 - 46

    Date Of Publication: 10-May-2021

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 505/1/713 - 725

    Date Of Publication: 22-Mar-2021

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 504/1/416 - 427

  • 2020

    Date Of Publication: 13-Apr-2020

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 494/3/4026 - 4030

    Date Of Publication: 09-Mar-2020

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 493/4/4845 - 4851

    Date Of Publication: 10-Jan-2020

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 492/2/3041 - 3046

  • 2019

    Date Of Publication: 13-Dec-2019

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 887/1/101 - 101

    Date Of Publication: 07-Feb-2019

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 872/1/25 - 25

    Date Of Publication: 07-Feb-2019

    Name of Journal: Galaxies

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 7/1/31 - 31

    Date Of Publication: 15-Jan-2019

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 484/3/3168 - 3179

  • 2018

    Date Of Publication: 30-Nov-2018

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 868/2/125 - 125

    Date Of Publication: 02-Nov-2018

    Name of Journal: Nature Communications

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 9//4599 - 4599

  • 2017

    Date Of Publication: 07-Nov-2017

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 849/2/121 - 121

    Date Of Publication: 22-Oct-2017

    Name of Journal: Research In Astronomy and Astrophysics

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 18/1/6 - 6

    Date Of Publication: 05-Apr-2017

    Name of Journal: Research In Astronomy and Astrophysics

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 17/7/72 - 72

    Date Of Publication: 07-Feb-2017

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 836 /1/44 - 44

  • 2016

    Date Of Publication: 05-Apr-2016

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 821/1/24 - 24

    Date Of Publication: 09-Feb-2016

    Name of Journal: Research In Astronomy and Astrophysics

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 16/6/97 - 97

  • 2015

    Date Of Publication: 25-Feb-2015

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 448/2/1973 - 1978

  • 2014

    Date Of Publication: 10-Apr-2014

    Name of Journal: Research In Astronomy and Astrophysics

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 14/10/1251 - 1251

  • 2013

    Date Of Publication: 05-Jul-2013

    Name of Journal: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 434/1/639 - 651

    Date Of Publication: 26-Jun-2013

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Letters

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 771/2/37 - 37

  • 2011

    Date Of Publication: 09-Feb-2011

    Name of Journal: The Astrophysical Journal

    Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 729/1/67 - 67

  • 2024

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Exploring the Spectro-Timing Properties of BHXRBs Using AstroSat and NICER

    Date: 2024-02-26

    Organising Institution: Goa University and ISRO

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Broadband Spectral Variability of Ultra-Luminous X-ray Source Holmberg IX X-1

    Date: 2024-01-31

    Organising Institution: IISc, ISRO and JNP

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Keynote Speaker

    Title: Exploring the broadband spectral and timing characteristics of BHXRBs

    Date: 2024-01-10

    Organising Institution: MCNS, Manipal

    Level: Regional

  • 2023

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2023-12-18

    Organising Institution: ISRO

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Spectro-timing properties of the black hole X-ray binary MAXI J1348?630 using AstroSat Observations

    Date: 2023-04-03

    Organising Institution: Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Organizer

    Title:

    Date: 2023-02-17

    Organising Institution: RSET (Autonomous)

    Level: Regional

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Coordinator

    Title:

    Date: 2023-02-13

    Organising Institution: Christ University

    Level: National

  • 2022

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: AstroSat and NICER view of blackhole transient MAXI J1348-360

    Date: 2022-09-28

    Organising Institution: ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2022-08-12

    Organising Institution: Farook College and IUCAA

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Keynote Speaker

    Title: An Introduction to X-ray Astronomy

    Date: 2022-05-09

    Organising Institution: IUCAA & Government College, Madapally, Vatakara, Kerala

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Evidence for the Super-Critical Outflow from NGC 55 ULX1

    Date: 2022-03-25

    Organising Institution: ARIES & IIT Roorke

    Level: National

    Type of the Program: Symposium

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Broadband X-ray Spectral and Temporal Properties of NGC 55 ULX1

    Date: 2022-01-31

    Organising Institution: IISER, Kolkata

    Level: National

  • 2021

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Organizer

    Title:

    Date: 2021-09-08

    Organising Institution: Departments of Physics at Mar Thoma College, Chungathara and Providence Women?s College, Calicut

    Level: Regional

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Participant

    Title: Broadband Spectro-Timing Properties of the new Galactic X-ray transient MAXI J1348-630

    Date: 2021-06-28

    Organising Institution: EAS

    Level: International

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Detection of Type-1 Bursts from NS LMXB 4U 1705-44 using Simultaneous AstroSat and NICER observations

    Date: 2021-02-18

    Organising Institution: ICTS-TIFR Bengaluru, IISER Mohali, IIT Indore and IUCAA Pune

    Level: National

  • 2020

    Type of the Program: Seminar

    Role: Keynote Speaker

    Title: Overview of X-ray Astronomy and X-ray Binaries

    Date: 2020-02-01

    Organising Institution: St. Thomas College, Ranni

    Level: National

  • 2019

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: Long-term spectral variability and searching the pulsating nature of ULX M81 X?6

    Date: 2019-11-17

    Organising Institution: The Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS) and Institut Fizik Malaysia

    Level: International

  • 2018

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Presenter

    Title: X-ray Spectral studies of the Ultraluminous X-ray source M81 X-6

    Date: 2018-10-01

    Organising Institution: INAF, Italy

    Level: International

  • 2017

    Type of the Program: Conference

    Role: Participant

    Title:

    Date: 2017-06-26

    Organising Institution: European Astronomical Society

    Level: International

  • 2021

    Name of the Program: Institute Colloquium

    Date: 2021-06-16 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: NISER Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Name of the Program: Institute Colloquium

    Date: 2021-04-27 00:00:00

    Name of the Institutions: Fudan University, Shanghai, China

  • 2024

    Name of Student: MARY BOSCO

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: March 2024

  • 2023

    Name of Student: RIKAME KETAN BHASKAR

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: May 2023

    Name of Student: SUDHEESH T P

    Institutions: Christ University

    Month & Year: May 2023

  • 2024

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Science of Exercise

    Name of the Organiser: Coursera MOOC program

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-08-26 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: The 2024 Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory Proposers Workshop,

    Name of the Organiser: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Astroparticle Laboratory

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-08-20 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Programming for Everybody Getting Started with Python

    Name of the Organiser: Coursera MOOC program

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-08-17 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Joint NICER/IXPE Workshop 2024

    Name of the Organiser: George Washington University

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-07-29 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Being a researcher (in Information Science and Technology)

    Name of the Organiser: Coursera

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-07-14 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: IOP Peer Review Excellence Training

    Name of the Organiser: IOP Publishing

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-07-02 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Mastering Innovative Online Course Development

    Name of the Organiser: Centre for Digital Learning in collaboration with Centre for Concept Design

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-03-11 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP on Revisiting UG - Physics experiments

    Name of the Organiser: CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2024-01-16 00:00:00

  • 2023

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Empowering educators: Course planning and ICT tools for effective teaching

    Name of the Organiser: Departnent of Physics and Electronics, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)?Empowering educators: Course planning and ICT tools for effective teaching?

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-12-05 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 5th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education

    Name of the Organiser: The Office of Astronomy for Education, International Astronomical Union

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-11-29 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 4th China-India Workshop on High Energy Astrophysics

    Name of the Organiser: Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Level: International

    Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

    Date: 2023-10-21 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Development Program-I 2023

    Name of the Organiser: Centre for Education Beyond Curriculum (CEDBEC)

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-06-26 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: American Astronomical Society Peer Review Excellence Workshop

    Name of the Organiser: IOP Publishing

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2023-02-07 00:00:00

  • 2022

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Development Program on Curriculum Design and Revision with specific focus on OBE

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-12-05 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 3rd China-India Workshop on High Energy Astrophysics

    Name of the Organiser: Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Level: International

    Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

    Date: 2022-11-28 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Orientation Program

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-10-10 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Induction Program

    Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College, CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

    Level: Institutional

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2022-07-28 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Workshop on High-Energy Astrophysics

    Name of the Organiser: IUCAA

    Level: National

    Role: Invited Resource Person/Trainer

    Date: 2022-05-09 00:00:00

  • 2017

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Astrosat Data Analysis Workshop

    Name of the Organiser: IUCAA

    Level: National

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2017-11-13 00:00:00

    Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Chandra/CIAO Workshop

    Name of the Organiser: NCRA

    Level: International

    Role: Participant

    Date: 2017-10-23 00:00:00

  • 2024

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Member, International Astronomical Union (IAU)

    Description: Elected as a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)

    Organisation: International Astronomical Union (IAU)

    Month/Year: 21 June 2024

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Early Career Researcher With Impact

    Description:

    Organisation: CHRIST (Deemed to be University)

    Month/Year: 05 September 2024

  • 2023

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: IUCAA Visiting Associateship

    Description: Visiting Associate of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune for the period of three years from August 1, 2023 to July 31, 2026

    Organisation: Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune

    Month/Year: 01 August 2023

  • 2021

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: European Astronomical Society 2021 Meeting Registration Fee Waiver Program

    Description:

    Organisation: European Astronomical Society

    Month/Year: 23 March 2021

  • 2019

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Astronomical Society of India (ASI) Life Member

    Description:

    Organisation: Astronomical Society of India

    Month/Year: 16 February 2019

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: International Astronomical Union (IAU) Junior Member

    Description:

    Organisation: International Astronomical Union (IAU)

    Month/Year: 11 June 2019

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: APPC2019 Financial Assistance Program Award

    Description:

    Organisation: The Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies

    Month/Year: 02 September 2019

  • 2015

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Chinese Academy Of Science (CAS) PREsident International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI)

    Description:

    Organisation: CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (CAS)

    Month/Year: 01 January 2015

  • 2014

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Serb International Travel Grant

    Description:

    Organisation: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)

    Month/Year: 07 July 2014

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Committe On Space Research Travel Award

    Description:

    Organisation: Committe On Space Research (COSPAR)

    Month/Year: 13 March 2014

  • 2012

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: CSIR Senior Research Fellow

    Description:

    Organisation: CSIR

    Month/Year: 30 March 2012

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Committe On Space Research Travel Award

    Description:

    Organisation: Committe On Space Research (COSPAR)

    Month/Year: 08 March 2012

  • 2008

    Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: ISRO Respond Junior Research Fellow

    Description:

    Organisation: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

    Month/Year: 01 December 2008