Sambit Kumar Panda Flat No. 103,KamalaVilla Appartments, Patrapada,Bhubaneswar 751019, OdishaMobile: (+91) 9789279742/8984161330email: pandasambit15@gmail.com

PERSONAL Date of Birth: July 15th, 1992Place of Birth: Jajpur, Odisha, IndiaCitizenship: IndianReligion: HinduCategory: General

OBJECTIVE Position as Scientist/Scientific Officer at Space Science Research Organizations and Research Institutes

EMPLOYMENT 1. CSIR- Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bangalore February 3, 2016 - present

Position held: Project Assistant - II Scientific Data processing and Analysis related to Carbon Emissions

from different GHG stations set up across India. Field work comprising of instrumentation and Air sampling at the

GHG stations. Technical documentation of the data processing and analysis work.

2. BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, Rajasthan August 20, 2015 - December 3, 2015

Position held: Junior Research Fellow(DST-SERB Project) Literature review related to Cosmology, with special focus on Dark

energy modelling of the accelerating expansion of the universe. Scientific and Technical documentation and initial training in

COSMOMC package for Cosmological Data analaysis. Supervising final year M.Sc. Students for the thesis related work and

taking tutorials.

EDUCATION Pondicherry University, PondicherryM.Sc. in Astrophysics(Gold Medalist)June, 2015CGPA : 9.57Thesis: ANALYSING THE SPECTROSCOPIC EVOLUTION OF SUPERNOVAE

Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, OdishaB.Sc.(Hons.) in Physics with Distinction in Maths and ChemistryJune, 2013Percentage : 80.6

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Cuttack, Odisha AISSCE(class 12th) in Science May, 2010 Percentage : 90.6

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Cuttack, Odisha AISSE(class 10th) May, 2008 Percentage : 91.6

SKILLS Language - Fluent in English, Hindi and Odia

Computer Skills - Microsoft Office, Libre Office, Windows, Linux

Programming Skills - C, C++, Fortran, Octave, LATEX

Software Packages/Modules used - HEASOFT, XSPEC, SYNNAPS, Syn++, SYNOW, NETCDF

Research Skills - Astrophysical and Astronomical Data Analysis(Worked on X-Ray data from RXTE satellite and Optical Spectroscopic Data from HCT, Hanle), GHG data analysis including CO2, CH4, N2O,CO measurements

Personal Interests – Science Outreach Programs, Astronomy, Music, Movies

Scholarship and Awards 1. Pondicherry University Gold Medal for M.Sc. Astrophysics, 2015 2. P.G. Merit Scholarship from Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of Odisha 3. P.G. Merit Scholarship from Pondicherry University 4. U.G. Merit Scholarship from Dept. of Higher Education, Govt. of Odisha

Trainings and Workshops 1. THINK PARALLEL(April,2016): Workshop on Parallel Programming using OpenMP and MPI at CDAC, Bangalore

2. Introductory School on Astronomy and Astrophysics(May,2014): Kodaikanal Solar Obseravatory, IIA

3. Summer Internship(May-July, 2014): IIA, Bangalore Project Title : Spectral Analysis of Supernova using SYNOW

4. Radio Astronomy Winter School(Dec,2012): NCRA, Pune

5. Summer Research Fellowship Program(May-July, 2012): IUCAA, Pune Project Title: To estimate the magnetic field strength of X-ray Binary Systems(LMXB)