Shibesh Kumar Jas Pacif

Professor
Director of Pacif Institute of Cosmology and Selfology (PICS)
President / Managing Trustee of Pacif Educational and Welfare Trust

Jun 2021 – Jun 2023 - Professor, Assistant (Senior Grade)
Centre for Cosmology and Science Popularization (CCSP)
SGT University, Gurugram, Delhi-NCR, Haryana

Nov 2018 – May 2021 - Professor, Assistant (Senior Grade)
Department of Mathematics, School of Advanced Sciences
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore

May 2018 - Nov 2018 - Visiting Scientist
Centre for Theoretical Physics
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

May 2015 - Apr 2018- Post-Doctoral Fellow
Centre for Theoretical Physics
Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Jul 2014 - Apr 2015 - Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
Manipal University Jaipur, Jaipur

Jul 2013 - May 2014 - Associate Professor
Department of Applied Sciences
IEC College of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida

Dec 2012 - Jun 2013 - Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities
ITM University, Gurgaon

Mar 2008 - May 2012 - Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Mathematics
JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida

Distinguished Speaker & Guest at Sultanpur Dialogues: Second round table discussion on The Importance of Polar Science in International Geo-Politics, Global Climate and Knowledge Development, 13 January 2023.

Distinguished Speaker & Guest, at the program on Distinguished Lectures on Life Cycle of Star and Birth of Black hole, Department of Applied Science & Engineering, Tula’s Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, 01 October 2022.

Chief Guest at Dalmia College, Rajgangpur, Odisha at the guest lecture program of Science society of Dalmia College, 16 Dec 2021.

Chief Guest at Vivekananda College, Delhi University at the guest lecture program of Vivekananda College, 29 Jan 2020.

Life member of Indian Association of General Relativity and Gravitation (IAGRG)

Life member of Astronomical Society of India (ASI)

Life member of International Association of Physical Sciences (IAPS)

Life member of The Tensor Society of India (TTSI)

Sessional Member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISC)

2022 – Advisory Committee Member Vratino Technologies: A Space research organization, Gorakhpur, Kolkata, Chandigarh

2022 – Editorial Board Member Academic Editor of Advances in High Energy Physics Journal

2018 - Associate Editor of Physics and Astronomy International Journal

Total Teaching Experience: 13 Years

Specialization: Applied Mathematics, Cosmology, Astronomy

Subjects Taught:

Reviewer of the following peer-reviewed Science Journals
Physics of the Dark Universe (Elsevier)
Classical and Quantum Gravity (IOP Publishing)
Fortschritte der Physik - Progress of Physics (Wiley)
Chinese Physics C (IOP Publishing)
European Physical Journal Plus (Springer)
Modern Physics Letters A (World Scientific)
Physics Scripta (IOP Publishing)
Canadian Journal of Physics (NRC Research Press, Canada)
Galaxies (MDPI Publications)
Universe (MDPI Publications)
New Astronomy (Elsevier)
Advances in High Energy Physics (Hindawi)
Physics and Astronomy International Journal (Med Crave Publishing)

Reviewed over 80 journal articles, conference articles and Books.

Developing Scientific Temper
Unleashing the Curiosity Within
First edition: 2023
Print ISBN: 978-93-5747-354-5
Imprint: IIP Iterative International Publishers, Karnataka

Selfology
Knowing Thyself – a scientific enquiry
First edition: 2023
ISBN: 978-93-5747-808-3
E-ISBN: 978-93-5747-480-1
Imprint: IIP Iterative International Publishers, Karnataka

Cosmology for All
First edition: 2023
ISBN: 978-81-19288-56-4
Imprint: Perfect Writer Publishing, New Delhi

Cosmic Primer
A Beginner’s Guide to Cosmology
First edition: 2023
ISBN: 978-93-5747-846-5
E-ISBN: 978-93-5747-990-5
Imprint: IIP Iterative International Publishers, Karnataka

Director of Pacif Institute of Cosmology and Selfology (PICS)
Established a research institute, Pacif Institute of Cosmology and Selfology (PICS) at Sagara, Sambalpur, Odisha, 2023.

President and Managing Trustee of Pacif Educational and Welfare Trust
Founded the Pacif Educational and Welfare Trust at Sagara, Sambalpur, Odisha, 2023.

Founding Member Played important role in documenting the proposal of Centre for Cosmology and Science Popularization (CCSP) and establishing the Centre as the first founding member. 2021

Coordinator Science Popularization Program, CCSP, SGT UniversityJune 2021
Visitor Program, CCSP, SGT University June 2021

Founder Science Popularization Program Aug 2020

Faculty Coordinator VIT Astronomy Club 2020-2021

Proctor Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore 2019-2021

Asst. coordinatorUniversity Examination, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida May 2012

Assistant Nodal officer, University Examination, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Noida Dec 2008

AS CONVENOR
“Telescope making and Science Toy Workshop” in association with Faculty of Science, SGT University, Gurugram,07 November 2022.

“Conference@CCSP_1”, First Inaugural conference of CCSP,17-19 October 2022

Science Popularization Talks: More than 50 talks organized on various topics of Science & allied areas,2020-2023

AS ORGANIZING COMMITTEE MEMBER
“VIT Mathematical Meet - 2020”, A state level mathematical contest for school students, ‘Theme: Mathematics in Health and Society’ held at VIT,1st February 2020

“VIT Mathematical Meet - 2020”, A state level mathematical contest for school students, ‘Theme: Mathematics in Green Technology’ held at VIT,2 February 2019

“3rd Rajasthan Science Congress” held at Manipal University Jaipur,28 February – 2 March, 2015

School
Participated the Radio Astronomy Winter School, RAWS2022 as a mentor at NCRA-IUCAA, Pune 13-23 Dec 2022

MHRD-GIAN (Global Initiative for Academic Networks) Courses
1.Cosmological Structure Formation, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,09-14 Apr 2018

2.On the Viability of Theories beyond Einstein’s General relativity, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,18-23 Dec 2017

3.Introduction to Cosmological Perturbation Theory, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,16-23 Dec, 2016

4.Origin and Evolution of Perturbations during Inflation and Reheating, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, 25-30 Nov 2016

5.Probing Large Structure of the Universe using Weak Lensing, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 16-23 Dec, 2016

6.Cosmological and Theoretical Applications of Exact Solutions of Einstein’s Equations, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,12-23 Feb, 2016

Soft Skills
1.ASTRONOMY <#CODE> CAMP: Organized by Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi,16-30 June 2018

2.Three-day workshop on “basic programming using PYTHON” offered by FOSSEE project, IIT Bombay, Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi,19-21 June 2018

Faculty Development Programs
At Academic Staff College, VIT, Vellore
1.How to Conduct Online Fall-2020 FAT exam?25 – 25 Dec 2020

2.Role of -- Teaching-Learning Center in Educational Institutions29 – 29 Nov 2020

3.Proctoring and Counselling11 – 11 Nov 2020

4.Research Planning for a University Faculty: Maximize your Research Output 11 – 11 Oct 2020

5.Open-Source Educational Resources (OER) 27 – 27 Sep 2020

6.How to conduct Interesting, Interactive and Effective Online Classes?22 – 22 Sep 2020

7.Beyond PowerPoint Presentations - Using whiteboard and Digipads for Online Classes20 – 20 Sep 2020

8.A Complete Understanding on Machine Learning with Hands on using Scikit-Learn02 – 03 Mar 2020

9.Research Proposal Writing and Approaches for National and International Grants 06 – 06 Mar 2020

10.Prevention of Sexual Harassment @ Workplace 29 - 29 Aug 2019

11.Memory and Mind Dynamics for Peak Performance11 - 11 Apr 2019

12.Faculty Approach to Students-Psychological Dimensions04 - 04 Mar 2019

13.Living your life in the happiest possible way 22 – 22 Jan 2019

14.Digital Online Content Creation in Basic Sciences 19 – 19 Jan 2019

At other Institutes
15.One week online FDP “Modern Strategies is Physics Research: Ensuring Sustainable Development (MSPR-ESD)”organized by Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, SGT University, Gurugram.28 Jun - 2 Jul 2022

16.Five-Day Faculty Development Program on “Applied Mathematical Sciences” at Forum for Interdisciplinary Research in Mathematical Sciences, Manipal University Jaipur25 - 29 June 2021

17.Six-Day Faculty Development Programme on “Applications of Mathematics in Engineering and Sciences” organized by the departments of Humanities and Sciences, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Science and Technology, Kadapa, A.P.20 - 25 Aug 2020

1.“Cosmological Parametrization: Model-Independent approach in Cosmology” at International Conference on Differential Geometry and Relativity, ICDGR-2023, S. S. J. University, Amora, Uttarakhand, 18-20 May 2023.

2.“Cosmological Parametrization: A Model-Independent approach in Cosmological Modelling and Reconstructing Cosmic Evolution” at Star-UBB Seminar Series in Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics, Gurugram,20 April 2023.

3.“Knowing the Universe and Developing Scientific Temper” at Science Day @CCSP SGT University, Gurugram,15 March 2023.

4.“The Physical Universe and its Mathematical Modelling” at Department of Mathematics & Statistics, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur,04 February 2023.

5.“Ram Gopal Vishwakarma Memorial Lecture” at Department of Mathematics & Statistics, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, 03 February 2023.

6.“Knowing the Universe and Developing Scientific Temper” as a guest at the program “Ek Prayash” to support the less privileged children to provide free education by Siddharth Memorial Charitable Trust, Noida,08 January 2023.

7.“Understanding the Physical Universe” Expert Talk delivered as a distinguished guest at the program on Distinguished Lectures on Life Cycle of Star and Birth of Black hole organized by Department of Applied Science & Engineering, Tula’s Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand,01 October 2022.

8.“The Universe & Mathematical Modelling” Talk delivered as a resource person at the International Virtual Conference on Recent Trends in Mathematical Sciences (IVCRTMS-2021),29-30 October 2021.

9.“The Physical Universe: Observational Status & Mathematical Modelling”: Talk delivered as a resource person at the International Webinar on “Neoteric Development of Cosmology and Gravitational Theories”, organized by Department of Mathematics and IQAC, Mungsaji Maharaj Mahavidyalaya, Darwha & Department of Mathematics, Government College of Engineering, Nagpur,29 September 2021

10.“Knowing our Universe through mathematics”: Talk delivered in the Webinar of the Cosmic Shala - an online students club,11 July 2021.

11.“Understanding of the Physical Universe & its Mathematical Modelling”: Talk delivered as a resource person at Five-Day Faculty Development Program on ‘Applied Mathematical Sciences’ organized by FIRMS, Manipal University Jaipur, 25 - 29 June 2021

12.“Understanding of the Universe with Mathematics”: Talk delivered as a resource person at a Webinar organized by Tractrix Club, Department of Mathematics & Statistics, Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, 08 Mar 2021.

13.“Application of Mathematics in the Understanding of the Universe”: Talk delivered as a resource person in ‘One day National Webinar on Mathematical Approaches in Science and Engineering (MASE-2021)’ by Departments of Applied Mathematics, Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa, A.P.,01 Mar 2021.

14.“Insight into the Universe”: Talk delivered in the Webinar of the Inaugural program of VIT-Stellar Astronomy Club of VIT, Vellore,26 Feb 2021.

15.“Understanding the Physical Universe with Mathematics”: Webinar talk delivered as a resource person in the Six-Day Faculty Development Programme on ‘Applications of Mathematics in Engineering and Sciences’ organized by the Departments of Humanities and Sciences, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Science and Technology, Kadapa, A.P.,25 Aug 2020.

16.“The Universe & Mathematical modelling”: Webinar talk delivered as a resource person at JSS academy of Technical Education, Noida, 11 June 2020.

17.“The Universe and our Current Understanding”: Talk delivered as an invited speaker at 2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mathematics with Applications, Department of Mathematics, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow,30-31 Jan 2020.

18.“The Universe & Mathematical Cosmology”: Talk delivered as a chief guest in a program at Vivekananda College, Delhi University, Delhi,29 Jan 2020.

19.“Theories of Gravitation and Cosmological Modelling”: Webinar talk delivered as a resource person at Stellar Universe, Delhi, 29 Sept 2019.

20.“Scalar fields models of Dark Energy”: Talk delivered as a resource person at Stellar Universe, Delhi24 Feb 2019.

21.“Cosmological Models and Dark Energy”: Talk delivered as an invited speaker at the National Conference on Recent Trends in Mathematics with Applications, Department of Mathematics, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow,21 - 22 Feb 2019.

Visits
1.“Cosmological Modelling with Dark Energy: Parametrization and Reconstruction”: A talk given during a visit at International Centre for Cosmology, Charusat, Gujarat, 21 Nov 2019.

2.“Science Popularization and Technical Proposal for a Planetarium”: A talk given during a visit at International Centre for Cosmology, Charusat, Gujarat,22 Nov 2019.

3.“An Accelerating Cosmological Model from a Parametrization of Hubble Parameter”: Talk given at 10th Mathematical Physics Meeting: School and Conference on Modern Mathematical Physics in University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia,09-14 Sept 2019.

4.“A Singularity Free Cosmological Model in General Relativity” talk given in the Saha Theory workshop: Cosmology at the Interface, Theory Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 28-30 Jan 2015.

Paper Presentations
1.“Reconstruction of Cosmic History from a Simple Parametrization of H” presented in the National Conference on Differential Geometry and General Relativity, Department of Mathematics, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat,28-29 Nov 2017.

2.“Anisotropic Cosmological Models with a Specific form of Hubble Parameter” presented in the International Conference on General Relativity, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati,25-28 Nov 2015.

3.“On Simultaneous Variation of Some Cosmological Parameters in presence of Interacting Dark Energy” presented in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics, (ICRAM), Rastrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, 20-23 Jan 2014.

4.“On Simultaneous Variation of Some Cosmological Parameters” presented in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications, (ICRAMSA), Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal, 24-26 Dec 2013.

5.“Some FRW Models Filled with Matter and Radiation in Presence of Vacuum Energy” presented in the National Conference on Modern Analysis and Allied Areas, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi,23-24 Feb 2007.

6.“String Cosmological Model in LRS-Bianchi Type-I Space-time” presented in Thirty First Annual Conference of Orissa Mathematical Society (OMS), Bhubaneswar,7-8 Feb 2004.

7.“Non-existence of String Cosmological Model in Kink Space-time” presented in the Second National Conference on Applicable Mathematics in Wave Mechanics and Vibrations (WMVC), Jalpaiguri, 15-16 Mar 2003.

Workshops
1.Horn Antenna Workshop, for Teachers at Teaching and Learning Centre, Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, 03-06 April 2023.

2.International Webinar on Relativity & Cosmology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Bodoland University, Kokrajhar, India on09 Aug 2020.

3.Indo-South Africa Workshop on Gravitation and Cosmology, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,03-04 Mar 2018.

4.Workshop on Statistical Analysis in Cosmology, Department of Physics, CUSAT, Kochi, Kerala, 12-14 Jan 2017.

5.Introductory Workshop on Astrophysics and Cosmology, Aliah University and IUCAA Resource Centre, Kolkata, West Bengal, 27-28 Sept 2016.

6.General Relativity Centennial, Centre for Theoretical Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Delhi, 10-12 Dec 2015.

7.Saha Theory workshop: Cosmology at the Interface, Theory Division, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal, 28-30 Jan 2015.

8.2nd National Workshop on Scientific Computational Techniques (SCT-2014), Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, 18-19 Dec 2014.

9.Gravitational Wave Physics and Astronomy Workshop (GWPAW) and Astronomy and physics with LIGO India meeting, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, Maharashtra, 17-20 Dec 2013.

10.Workshop on Geometry, Gravity and Cosmology, Sardar Patel University (SPU), Gujarat, 18 Feb 2006.

Conferences / Symposiums
1.International Conference on Differential Geometry and Relativity, Jointly Organized by Department of Mathematics, SSJ University, Almora, Department of Applied Sciences, BTKIT, Dwarahat and The Tensor Society, Lucknow,18-20 May 2023.

2.International Conference on Cosmology & Gravity (CosmoGrav22) hosted by IUCAA Center for Astronomy Research & Development (ICARD) and Gurukul Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, 23-24 March 2022.

3.2nd National Conference on Recent Trends in Mathematics with Applications, Department of Mathematics, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow, 30-31 Jan 2020.

4.National Conference on Recent Trends in Mathematics with Applications, Department of Mathematics, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow,21-22 Feb 2019.

5.The first symposium of the BRICS Association of Gravity, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Center of Gravity and Cosmology,Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China, 18-20 Oct 2017.

6.National Conference on Differential Geometry and General Relativity, Department of Mathematics, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, 28-29 Nov 2017.

7.29th meeting of Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation, Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati, Assam,18-20 May 2017.

8.XXII DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics Symposium, Dept. Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, 12-16 Dec 2016.

9.International Conference on General Relativity, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra, 25-28 Nov 2015.

10.3rd Rajasthan Science Congress, Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan,28 Feb-2 Mar 2015.

11.3rd International Conference on “Innovative Approach in Applied Physical, Mathematical/Statistical, Chemical Sciences and Emerging Energy Technology for Sustainable Development”, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi,28 Sept 2014.

12.International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematics, Rastrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 20-23 Jan 2014.

13.International Conference on Recent Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh,24-26 Dec 2013.

14.National Conference on Modern Analysis and Allied Areas, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 23-24 Feb 2007.

15.Twenty Second Annual Conference of the Mathematical Society, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 15-16 Dec 2006.

16.Twenty First Annual Conference of the Mathematical Society, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh,23-24 Jan 2006.

17.Thirty First Annual Conference of Orissa Mathematical Society, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 7-8 Feb 2004.

18.National Conference on Applicable Mathematics in Wave Mechanics and Vibrations, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, 15-16 Mar 2003.

Sports, Cultural & Leadership
First position in 400-meter relay race, 2001-2002, Sambalpur University.
Second position in 400-meter relay race, 1999-2000, Sambalpur University.
Runners up in Carom Doubles, 2001-2002, Inter-Hostel, Sambalpur University.
Third position in Instrumental Competition, 2000-2001, Sambalpur University.
Third position in Sushma Memorial Quiz, 2001-2002, SMS, Sambalpur University.

Worked as Seminar secretary, Mess secretary, Cultural secretary during my Masters at Sambalpur University, 2000-2003 and organized several programs.

I have won several prizes & recognitions at various other sports & cultural activities since my schools.

Meditation & Yoga Courses
Attended three 10 Days Vipassana meditation courses and one short-term course.
Attended a 9 days meditation camp at Tushita Meditation Centre, Himachal Pradesh
Attended several other Meditation camps at Oshodham.
Attended a Yoga course to learn Yogasanas.