Outreach

I have a flair for public speaking, science writing and communication, and campaign for gender equality in STEM disciplines. During the past years I participated in public talks, radio interviews and science festivals. I have also been selected as role model/ambassador for international research (Euraxess, Réflexion.s). Currently I am Chair of Education and Public Outreach (EPO) for the mega-science project LIGO-India.

• Public Talk (in German) “Supernova und Tanz der Teilchen”, Kultur Salon, Heidelberg, Germany, Oct 17, 2014
• Ambassador of international research, Euraxess on Tour, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris, Paris, France, Oct 8, 2015
• Participation in Science Expo Fête de la Science, Caen, France, 2016 and 2017
• Interview (in French) for Radio Phénix, Caen, France, May 2017
• Public Talk “L’au delà de la mort des étoiles” (in French), Pint of Science, Caen, France, May 17, 2017
• Interview (in Bangla) for All India Radio FM Rainbow (national Indian radio), Oct 2018
• Ambassador of research for Project « Réflexion.s » conceptualized by CNRS Normandie, Echosciences Université Normandie and Le Dôme, 2019
• Interview (in French) for Radio Tou’Caen, 25 April 2019
• Speaker for Pint of Science, Caen, France, 20 May 2019
• Invited speaker for “Women in Space Sector” organized by Darmstadt Space |Raumfahrt Fans, Darmstadt, Germany, Jan 7 2020
• Invited speaker for Horizon Astronomy Club of IIT Madras, Sept 13, 2020
• Invited speaker for the IIT Gandhinagar Colloquium, March 14, 2021
• Invited talk on the occasion of Women’s Day, “Future opportunities for Indian girl students in Mega-Science projects : LIGO-India”, Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai, March 5, 2021
• “Gravitational Waves : window to an unforeseen Universe” invited (online) talk on National Science Day for NIT Surat, Feb 28, 2022
• Invited talk (online) for the EXPLORE 2022 Workshop: Astrophysical Laboratories of Fundamental Physics, “Neutron Stars : Astrophysical Probes of Extreme Matter”, March 29, 2022
• Invited (virtual) talk for the Physics and Astronomy Club of IIT Delhi, March 11, 2022
• Invited (online) lecture “Probing Extreme Physics with Gravitational Waves” for Basic Astronomy Course organised by Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP), April 20, 2022
• Conceptualised and coordinated a two-day “Star Fest” at the New Model Degree College in Hingoli, 5-6 Aug, 2022.
• Talk delivered (in Hindi) at Toshniwal College of Arts, Science and Commerce in Sengaon, Hingoli, 6 Aug 2022
• Public outreach talk (in Hindi) at a school in Bhosi cluster in Aundha Naganath (Hingoli district), 6 Aug 2022
• Invited talk (online) for the 2nd Electronic Conference on Universe (ECU) “S2. Women Scientists in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology" organised by MDPI on February 27, 2023, titled “Gravitational Waves from Neutron Stars to probe Extreme Physics”
• Talk delivered on “Building a Gravitational Wave Science Community in India” at the ASI-POEC session during the 41st Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India, Indore on March 3, 2023
• Invited talk “LIGO-India: A Gravitational Wave detector on Indian soil” for Frontiers in Physics XVI at Fergusson College, Pune on April 12, 2023
• Invited (online) lecture “LIGO-India: A Gravitational Wave observatory on Indian soil” for Basic Astronomy Course organised by Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP), May 30, 2023
• Talk delivered at the Interdisciplinary School of Science (IDSS) Space Society, Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) on the occasion of World Space Week on October 4 2023, titled “Gravitational Wave Astronomy: a new window to the invisible Universe”