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”
• Delivered a talk “Cosmic Symphony: Listening to the Universe with LIGO” as the Chief guest for the National Astronomy Challenge felicitation event organised by STEM and Space, Pune, India, April 25, 2024
• Invited public lecture for Basic Astronomy Course titled “Current and future Gravitational Wave detectors”, JyotirVidya Parisanstha (JVP), India, May 15, 2024
• Invited to deliver a popular talk “Probing Extreme Physics with Gravitational Waves” by Space Technology Students’ Society (spAts), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, August 24, 2024
• Delivered a talk in Hindi on “Gravitational Waves: a new Era in Astronomy” on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India, September 20, 2024
• Delivered an invited public lecture “Unravelling cosmic mysteries with Gravitational Waves” during the “Meet an Astronomer” webinar
organised by STEM and Space, January 9, 2025
• Gave a public talk “A new Era in Astronomy with LIGO-India” during Star Fest 2025 in Hingoli, February 5, 2025
• Delivered an invited talk on “Gravitational Wave Astronomy” during the Frontiers in Physics XVIII at Fergusson College Pune on February 11, 2025
• Invited by Celestia Explora, Astronomy Club of Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence, to deliver the Astrophysics Colloquium on 7 April, 2025
• Invited to deliver a lecture on “Gravitational Waves and LIGO-India” for the Basic Astronomy course organised by Jyotirvidya Parisanstha (JVP) on 23 May 2025
• Invited talk “Communicating Gravitational Wave Science in India” at the International Symposium on Teaching Einsteinian Physics, Perth, Australia on 12 July 2025
• Invited to deliver a lecture “Probing Fundamental Physics with Gravitational waves & LIGO-India” at MIT World Peace University Pune on 11 Sept, 2025
• Invited speaker at the event “Science at the Sabha” organised by IMSc Chennai at the Madras Music Academy on 29 March 2026