Indu Kalpa Dihingia

Associate Professor (Research)

Institute of Fundamental Physics and Quantum Technology & School of Physical Science and Technology, Ningbo University, China

Black Hole Physics GRMHD Simulations Accretion Flows EHT Science

Education & Qualifications

2014-2020
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

Thesis: "Relativistic advective accretion flow around black hole"
Supervisor: Prof. Santabrata Das

2012-2014
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India

CGPA: 8.89/10
Thesis: "Mass ejection from accretion disk around a black hole"
Supervisor: Prof. Santabrata Das

2007-2012
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Physics DHSK College Dibrugarh, Dibrugarh University, India

Percentage: 82.33%
Major: Physics, Minor: Mathematics & Chemistry


Professional Experience

01/2026-Present
Associate Professor (Research) Ningbo University, China

Institute of Fundamental Physics and Quantum Technology & School of Physical Science and Technology

08/2022-01/2026
TDLI Prize Postdoctoral Fellow Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Mentor: Prof. Yosuke Mizuno
Research Topic: General relativistic magnetically driven flows from thin accretion disk

04/2022-07/2022
Academic Visitor ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru, India

Host: Prof. Pallavi Bhat

03/2020-03/2022
Postdoctoral Fellow IIT Indore, India (DAASE)

Mentor: Prof. Bhargav Vaidya
Research Topic: General relativistic magnetically driven flows from thin accretion disk


Awards, Fellowships & Grants

Overseas Talent Program

China (01/2023-01/2026)

TDLI Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship

Tsung-Dao Lee Institute, China (04/2022-01/2026)
Research Grant: 50,000 RMB/year

Best Thesis Award

Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati (2020)

Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)

IIT Guwahati, India (2016-2019)

Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)

IIT Guwahati, India (2014-2016)

GATE Qualification

Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (2015)

Research Grants (As Participant)

Grant Title Agency Amount Period
The National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2023YFE0101200) Chinese Government 600,000 RMB 07/2023-06/2026
Shanghai Municipality orientation program (No. 22JC1410600) Shanghai Government 1,000,000 RMB 12/2022-11/2024
National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12273022) NSFC 550,000 RMB 01/2023-12/2026

Memberships

Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (EHTC)

Member since 2022


Research Interests

Black hole accretion, GRMHD simulations, relativistic jets, EHT science, and naked singularity accretion.

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Computational Expertise

Programming Languages
FORTRAN C JULIA PYTHON MATHEMATICA
Simulation Codes
BHAC RAPTOR BHOSS ipol

Skills & Expertise

Mentoring
PhD Students Graduate Students Undergraduate Research
Languages
English (Fluent) Hindi (Fluent) Assamese (Native) Chinese (Basic)

Publications

Experience in publishing in high-impact journals including MNRAS, ApJ, ApJL, A&A, PRD, JCAP, and Nature Astronomy.

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Conferences & Invited Talks

Actively perticipated in Iternational, National conferences and invited talks worldwide.

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Contact Information

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