Profile
Education:
- Bachelor’s Degree: Physics, Cotton College
- Master’s Degree: Physics, IIT, Delhi
- M.Tech: Optical Electronics and Communication, IIT Delhi
- Ph.D : Physics, Dibrugarh University
- Other: Six Sigma green belt
Professional Experience:
- Teaching and Research in the department of Physics Dibrugarh University since 2007
- Member of sub-committee on ionosphere impact Aditya-L1 Space Weather monitoring and Predictions Plan (ASWMP) of ISRO.
- Member of Panel on Solar Terrestrial Physics, IPSTRA programme, Institute for Advanced Research in Science (IARSc), Bangalore since 2021
- Co-ordinator of the NE region GNSS receiver chain (Aizwal, Kohima/Dimapur, Dibrugarh) since 2014
- Adjunct Faculty, Centre for Atmospheric Studies, Dibrugarh University since 2014.
- Software Consultancy and project management in Tata Consultancy Service (2002-2005) and Headstrong, India (2005-2007).
- Teaching in Department of Electronics, Guwahati University as contractual lecturer in 1999-2000
Areas of Interest/Specialization:
- Space Physics, Instrumentation and Computation
Courses Takes:
- Digital and Optical Electronics (M.Sc 3rd Semester)
- Space Physics (M.Sc 4rth Semester)
- Research Methodology-1 (Pre-PhD course work)
Research Gate Link:
Bitap Raj Kalita on ResearchGate
Research Projects (Completed):
- Observational and modelling study of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA) along 95ºE meridian (~30 Lakhs). Funding Agency: ISRO RESPOND (2019-2023)
- Design and Development, of Digital Ionosonde RADAR with ionospheric data analysis software and collection and analysis of ionospheric data in North East region for ionospheric studies in collaboration with Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research(SAMEER), 128.73 lakhs (Dibrugarh University Share-19 Lakhs).MeitY,GOV (as Co-PI, 2012-2017)
- Investigation of the structure and dynamics of the Equatorial Ionization Anomaly along 95°E through a network of GNSS receivers. Rs. 98 lakhs. DST SERB (as Co-PI, 2014-2017)
Ph. D. Scholars:
Sl.No |
Name |
Topic |
Status |
1 |
Miss. Prantika Nath |
A Study of the Structure and the Dynamics of the Low Latitude Ionosphere with special reference to the India-East Asia sector
|
Ongoing |
2 |
Mr.Anirban Singha |
A study on GNSS based integrated water vapour measurement in North East India |
Ongoing |
3 |
Mr.Mayur Chaoudhury |
A study of ionospheric spatial gradients in low latitudes |
Ongoing |
4 |
Tapon Buragohain |
Study of low latitude ionospheric variations around 90-95E longitude (Co-Supervisor ) |
Ongoing/Mizoram University |
Administrative Assignments:
- Co-ordinator, Departmental Placement Cell
Consultancy:
- Solar Terrestrial Physics, IPSTRA programme, Institute for Advanced Research in Science (IARSc), Bangalore since 2021
- Enterprise Application server/software for TCS, India, US and Denmark (2002-2005)
- Public Wealth Management (PWM) division of Morgan Stanley for Headstrong , India (2005-2007)