Education and Qualifications:
2005-2011 : PhD, IUCAA-Gauhati University
2005 : CSIR-UGC (NET)
2004 : GATE (MHRD)
2004 : JEST (SERB)
2003 : M.Sc (G.U)
Teaching Experience:
- 2010-2011: Asst. Prof. (On substitute) Arya Vidyapeeth College, Guwahati
- 2011- onwards: Asst. Prof., Dept. of Physical Science, G.U which got renamed as Dept. of Applied Sciences in the year 2014
Peer Reviewer:
- Astrophysics and Space Science (Springer Publication)
- Indian Journal of Physics (Springer India Publication)
- New Astronomy (Elsevier)
- Engineering Fracture Mechanics (Elsevier)
- Advanced Engineering Materials (Wiley)
- Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics (CSIR-NIScPR)
Awards:
- PANE Young Researchers Award 2021
- IUCAA (Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune) Visiting Associate, 2014-2017
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Research Interest:
Astronomy and Astrophysics (Stellar Physics, X-ray Astronomy); Machine Learning; Data Science; Material Informatics
Invited Talks/Lecture Series:
- "21st Century's Longest Lunar Eclipse" at Guwahati Planetarium, 2018.
- Astronomy and Astrophysics Summer School, 2014 (Cotton College State University)
- Workshop on Recent Trends in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2009 (Tezpur University (Tezpur))
- Introductory Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010, (North-East Center for Research and Development (NECRD), IGNOU Guwahati.)
Seminar/Conference Presentation:
- Looking for spectral evolution of a borderline narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxy using XMM-Newton observation", XIII Biennial National Conference of Physics Academy of North East (PANE 2022), organised by Dept. of Physics, Manipur University.
- "Detection of Soft Excess emission in the X-ray spectrum of NLS1 as observed by the XMM Newton“, National Seminar on Recent Trends in Physics Research 21-22 February 2022, Department of Physics, Manipur University as a part of the UGC sponsored Special Assistance Program of the Department.
- "Application of Artificial Neural Network to determine the thickness profile of thin film samples", XII Biennial National Conference of Physics Academy of North East (PANE 2021), organised by Dept. of Physics, Tripura University.
- "Investigation on the Classification Accuracy of Harmonic Signals in Artificial Neural Netowrk (ANN) using Training Sets of Randomised Amplitude and Phase", Second International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronic and System Engineering, ICAEESE2019 ; organized by Gauhati University in collaboration with the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.
- "A numerical investigation on relative advantages and limitation of surface roughness measurement of mechanical parts using interferometric methods", Recent Advances in Applied Sciences (RAAS 2019), organised by Department of Applied Sciences, Gauhati University, in association with NIT Silchar.
Journal Publications:
- M K Adhikary, Archana Bora, "Material Informatics and Impact of Multicollinearity on Regression Model for Fatigue Strength of Steel" International Journal of Fracture (2024): 1-10, (Springer Nature), Journal Impact Factor: 2.7
- Bora, Archana. "Investigation on the Classification Accuracy of Harmonic Signal Detection by Artificial Neural Network". Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP) 2022, CSIR-NIScPR, Journal Impact Factor: 0.923
- Bora, Archana. "Application of artificial neural network to determine the thickness profile of thin film." Materials Today : Proceedings (2022) , Elsevier
- Misra, Ranjeev, Archana Bora, and Gulab Dewangan. "Estimation of error on the cross-correlation, phase and time lag between evenly sampled light curves." Astronomy and computing 23 (2018) Journal Impact Factor: 2.010
- Bora, Archana, Ranjan Gupta, Harinder P. Singh, and K. Duorah. "Automated star-galaxy segregation using spectral and integrated band data for TAUVEX/ASTROSAT satellite data pipeline." New Astronomy 14, no. 8 (2009): 649-653. Journal Impact Factor: 1.784
- Bora, Archana, Ranjan Gupta, Harinder P. Singh, Jayant Murthy, Rekhesh Mohan, and K. Duorah. "A three-dimensional automated classification scheme for the TAUVEX data pipeline." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 384, no. 2 (2008): 827-833. Journal Impact Factor: 5.185
Courses:
- M.Tech
- MST 3076 (Numerical tools and data analysis)
- MST 2035 ( Electronics and Instrumentation)
- MST 2015 (Numerical Analysis)
- MST 3116 (Numerical tools and data analysis -OPen elective Under CBCS)
- B.Tech
- AS112 (Introduction to Mechanics)
- AS114 (Semiconductor Physics)
- AS311 (Computation and Simulation) (2023, 2024)
- MS
- PH 511 Computatinal Physics I: (I) Numerical Techniques and Mathematical Modelling (2015)
- PH 512(I) (Mathematical Physics and Non-linear Dynamics)(2015, 2016)
- PH 526 (Elementary Astro & Particle Physics)
- PH 521 (Engineering Physics)
- PH 614-V (III) Astronomy and Space Science (2015)
- BS
- PH - 312-V (Classical Mechanics)
- PH411 -VII (Atomic Physics) (2016)
- PH111 (Physical Science -I)(2016
- PH 413(i) VII Astrophysics and Cosmology
- Pre-PhD Course work-
- PH324 (Numerical analysis and Computational physics) ( 2013, 2014)
- ASCW 003 FUNDAMENTALS OF ASTRO & PARTICLE PHYSICS (2023-24, 2024-25)
- ASCW 004 PROGRAMING, NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, & ASTRO-STATISTICS (2023-24, 2024-25)
- FYIMP (Four Year Integrated M.Sc. Program under NEP 2020)
- APP 0100304 Physical Science-I (2023)
- APP 0200304 Physical Science-II (2024)
- APP0300503 (MDC-3) Applications and Prospects of Natural and Physical Sciences (2024)
- APP 0300304 Basic Elelctronics (2024)
- APP 060404 Thermodynamics of Materials (2025)
- APP 0200304 Physical Science-II (2025)
PhD Students
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- Mrinal Kumar Adhikary (2023 - )
- Kaushik Karjee (2024- )
- Sajida Begum (2025- )
Project Students/Internship
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- Alisha Das (4th Sem, 2025 Pandu College)
- Kapil Bhuyan (4th Sem, 2025 Pandu College)
- Manab Jyoti Phukan (Even Semester 2023)
- Mrinal Kumar Adhikary (Even semester 2022)
- Tapan Talukdar (Even semester 2022)
- Tapan Talukdar (Odd semester 2021)
- Bhayolina Barman (Even semester 2020)
- Bhayolina Barman (Odd semester 2020)
Administrative Responsibilities:
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- Member of Band arrangement committee of 32 nd convocation of GU- 2025
- Member of Varsity Week Monitoring committee (Medical committee) 2025
- Member (App Sceicnes) of GUIST, Research and Development cell for 2025-28
- Faculty advisor of FYIMP 4th Semester 2025
- Dept. of Applied Sciecnce - PhD course work and examination co-ordinator (2024-25)
- Faculty advisor of FYIMP 2nd and 3rd Semester 2024
- Member of Band arrangement committee of 31 st convocation of GU- 2024
- Dept. of Applied Sciecnce - PhD course work and examination co-ordinator (2023-24)
- Faculty advisor of 1st sem FYIMP (2023), Dept. of Applied Sciences, GU
- Faculty advisor of MTech Material Science (2023), Dept. of Applied Sciences, GU
- Member of DRC and CCS (UG and PG), Dept. of Applied Sciences, GU
- Member of Gender Equity Commitee- 2021-22, Dept. of Applied Sciences, GU
Hobbies:
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- Reading books
- Bird watching
- Gardening, Getting acquinted with different herbs and plants
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