Areas of Specific Research Interest:

Space Physics and Atmospheric Science: Ionospheric Modeling using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) based algorithms, ,  Space Weather studies :Effect of  Geomagnetic Storms and Solar Flares over low/equatorial latitude Upper atmosphere, Optical Remote Sensing, Aeronomy, Airglow-photochemical modeling, Optical Instrumentation, Sudden Stratospheric Warming and its Equatorial/Low Latitude Effects, Vertical Coupling through atmospheric waves and tides, Geophysical processes such as Equatorial Electrojet (EEJ), Equatorial Ionization Anomaly (EIA), Equatorial Spread-F (ESF), Neutral and Electrodynamical Coupling Processes in the ionosphere-thermosphere system, Astronomical Observations and Astrophysics.

Major/Minor Projects

• ISRO Sponsored Project -Installation of GPS Receivers (PI) : 30 Lakh (Completed)
• DST FIST Project (co-PI)                                                                : 1.1 Crore  (Ongoing)
• Indian Knowledge System (IKS), MoE, Govt. of India (PI)   : 25 Lakh (Ongoing)
• Sacred Heart Seed Money (PI)                                                     : 1.43 Lakh (Completed)
• Consultancy generated                                                                   :1.93  Lakh

Research Collaborations:

• International :

(1) MIT, USA

(2) Nagoya University, Japan

(3)  UNIVAP, Brazil

• National :

(1) SPL, VSSC, ISRO, Trivandrum

(2) NARL, Tirupathi, Gadanki

(3) IIST, Trivandrum

(4) Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad

(5) IIT, Roorkee