FACULTY PROFILE

Dr. Ranajit Mandal

  • Assistant Professor

  • Department of Physics

  • M.Sc, Ph.D.

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  • Research interest
    Canonical Formulation of Higher Order Theory of Gravity, Branched Hamiltonian, Quantum cosmology.

  • Title of the Thesis
    Canonical Formulation of Higher Order Theory of Gravity and The Issue of Branched Hamiltonian.

  • Project
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  • Research publications
    09

                 
  •  Fellowships/Awards/Honours/Achievements
    NET UGC-JRF 2012                      

  • Total number of attending Conference/Seminar/Webinar/Symposium etc.
    National conference: 01
    Workshop: 04
    Webinar: 09
    OP/RC/FDP: 03

                 
  • ORCID iD iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-5265-9822

                 

 

    • Resolving the issue of branched Hamiltonian in modified Lanczos-Lovelock gravity.
      S. N. Ruz, R. Mandal, S. Debnath and A. K. Sanyal, Gen. Relativ. Gravit. 48, 86 (2016).

    • Canonical formulation of Pais-Uhlenbeck action and resolving the issue of branched Hamiltonian.
      K. Sarkar, N. Sk, R. Mandal and A. K. Sanyal, Int. J. Geom. Meth. Mod. Phys. 14, 1750038 (2017).

    • History of cosmic evolution with Gauss-Bonnet-dilatonic coupled term.
      S. Debnath, A. K. Sanyal, S. N. Ruz and R. Mandal, Eur. Phys. J. C 77, 318 (2017).

    • Equivalent and inequivalent canonical structures of higher order theories of gravity.
      R. Mandal and A. K. Sanyal, Phys. Rev. D 96, 084025 (2017).

    • Early universe with modified scalar-tensor theory of gravity .
      R. Mandal, C. Sarkar and A. K. Sanyal, J. High Energy Phys. 05, 078 (2018).

    • Cosmological Lorentzian wormholes via Noether symmetry approach.
      A. K. Sanyal and R. Mandal, Phys Astron. Int. J. 2, 498-506 (2018).

    • Probing early universe with a generalized action.
      R. Mandal, D. Saha, M. Alam, A. K. Sanyal, Annals of Physics 422, 168317 (2020).

    • Early Universe in view of a modified theory of gravity.
      R. Mandal, D. Saha, M. Alam, A. K. Sanyal, Class. Quantum Grav. 38, 025001 (2021).

    • Conflict between some higher-order curvature invariant terms
      D. Saha, M. Alam, R. Mandal, A. K. Sanyal, Nuclear Physics B 973(8):115570 (2021).

 

    • Two-week Faculty Development Programme on “Research Methodology” from October 01 to October 15, 2020. Organized by ‘Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi’ under the aegis of ‘Ministry of Human Resource Development, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching’.

    • Four-week Induction/Orientation Programme for “Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” from November 10 – December 09, 2020. Organized by ‘Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi’ under the aegis of ‘Ministry of Human Resource Development, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching’.

    • Refresher Course on “Astronomy and Astrophysics” organized by the ‘Teaching Learning Centre of IUCCA’ from 16th May to 17th June 2022.

 

    • National Conference on “Current Trends in Particle Physics Research” March 13 -15, 2014. Organized by Department of Physics, University of Kalyani.

 

    • IUCCA sponsored Workshop on “Observational aspects of Astrophysics and Cosmology” November 3-4, 2014. Organized by: ‘IRC Kolkata and Department of Physics, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan’.

    • A one day workshop on CBCS-Physics syllabus, Organized by ‘Department of Physics, Bangabasi College’, Kolkata, in collaboration with U. G. Board of studies in Physics, University of Calcutta.
    • “Python for a cause: Online workshop on python computing” organised by ‘Teach Python’, in association with ‘Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata. 12-24 June, 2020.
    • Web Based Workshop on “Teaching Physics at the UG & PG Level using Python.” Organized by ‘Department of Physics, Victoria Institution(College)’. In collaboration with ‘UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre. 6-10th July, 2020.

 

    • Webinar on “The Enigma of Gravity: From The Apple to The Black Hole”, organized by ‘Department of Physics, Bhawanipur Education Society College’. 17th July, 2020.

    • Webinar on “Electron Spectroscopy: An Undergraduate View”, organised by ‘Department of Physics, Scottish Church College’, 21st July, 2020.
    • Webinar on “Spacetime Mysteries – from Newton to Einstein to Hawking”, organised by ‘Sky Watchers’ Association’ on 1st August, 2020.
    • International Webinar on “Recent Trends in Condensed Matter Physics & Applications – 2020”, organized by ‘Department of Physics, Kulti College’, 22.08.2020. 
    • International Webinar on “Resent astrophysical research in black holes and evolution of galaxies”, organized by ‘Department of Physics, Acharya Prafulla Chandra College’, 20th July, 2020.
    • International webinar on “Impact of Covid – 19 on higher education & a quest for possible alternatives”, 22-24 June, 2020. Organized by ‘Sukanta Mahavidyalaya’, Dhupguri.
    • International webinar on “Mathematical Modelling of Covid – 19 Propagation Kinetics: Herd Immunity to Containment”, 15th July, 2020. Organized by ‘Department of Physics, Prabhu Jagatbandhu College’, Jhorehat, Howrah.
    • International webinar on “Impact of Covid – 19 pandemic on education & socio-economic development: challenges and best practices”, 18-19 July, 2020. Organized by ‘Department of Education, Aliah University’.
    • National webinar on “Covid – 19 pandemic: Defining new normal”, 4th July, 2020. Organized by ‘Rammohan College’, Kolkata.