Ashif Akram

IIT NEET Foundation Physics

Contact :

Physics & Math Olympiad Trainer and JEE Advanced
Physics Instructor

SKILLS

Advanced Programming Skills in Wolfram Mathematica & Fortran 77. Proficient in creating advanced Maths & Physics numericals with insightful knowledge in physical systems.

Language Proficiency:

Bengali – Advanced
English – Advanced
Hindi – Proficient

EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:

NIH Postdoctoral Fellow:
Department of Physics, K-State University, Manhattan, KS, America.
Subject: Theoretical BioPhysics and Advanced Statistical Mechanics.

Doctor of Philosophy:
IIT Bombay.
Subject: Theoretical BioPhysics

Master of Science:
IIT Bombay.
Subject: Physics (Quantum Field Theory-I (PH 523), Advanced Statistical Mechanics (PH 413),
Quantum Information and Computing (PH 534), Astrophysics (PH 426), General Theory of
Relativity (PH 544), Group Theory Methods (PH 520), Special Topics in Particle Physics (PH
806), Soft Matter Physics (PH 550), Light Matter Interaction (PH 454), Elementary Particle
Physics (PH 540))

Bachelor of Science:
Presidency College, Kolkata.
Subjects: Physics (Hons.), Maths & Statistics.

Higher Secondary:
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Vidyamandir, Malda.
Subjects: Maths, Physics, Chemistry & Statistics.

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP

Worked as Teaching Assistant (TA) in Electronics Lab for B.Tech Students, EP-212,
IIT Bombay, Autumn 2013.
Worked as Teaching Assistant in Quantum Mechanics-I, EP 307, (Instructor: P.
Ramadevi).
Worked as Teaching Assistant in the Programming Lab for M.Sc. Physics Students,
PH-413, Fall 2014.
Also worked as a TA in the Electronics Lab for M.Sc. Students, PH 414, Autumn
2014, Autumn 2016.
Worked as Teaching Assistant in B.Tech 1st year Physics Lab (PH 117), Fall 2015,
Autumn 2015, Fall 2016 and Autumn 2017.
Worked as TA in General Physics Lab (EP 213), Fall 2017.
Worked as TA in Quantum Mechanics-I, PH-403, Autumn 2017.

PROJECT GUIDE

I mentored Team LUMIERE (ID The 86) for ITSP 2019. The project was on
‘Intelligent Street Light System’. The four people who worked under me are
(bsahasriya@gmail.com, poco20102018@gmail.com,
rohithjanjanam2001@gmail.com, nehajahnavi01@gmail.com).
I mentored Devanshu Sharma (Undergraduate Student of NIT Surat, Gujarat),
Summer Intern of 2019, Department of Physics, IIT Bombay. His topic was on
geodesics in Schwarzschild & Kerr Metric. I again mentored him on his winter
internship, (December 2019 – January 2020) on “Topics in Cosmology”.
I mentored Vijay V & Asawari Keskar, both undergraduate students of EP, IIT
Bombay as part of Summer of Science 2019, organised by Math & Physics Club, IIT
Bombay.
Summer of Science 2020: Mentored Gaurav Badre & Hemant Kumar on
“Fundamentals of QFT”, Mentored Neeraj Chandani on “Mathematical Biology” and
Sanaa Sharma on “String Theory in Black Holes”.
Summer of Science 2021: Mentored Rathindra Nath Das & Chinmay Talegaonkar on
“Differential Geometry”, Aaryan Gupta & Vipin Singh on “Financial Mathematics”
and Faizal Aziz on “Special & General Relativity”

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Volunteer Teacher (2013-2019) in “Logic Center and Community Welfare
Association”, Mumbai.
Taught Class V Mathematics, Class VI Mathematics, Class VII Mathematics, Class
VIII Mathematics etc.
Taught Class IX General and Advanced Algebra & Geometry, Class IX Information
and Computer Technology (ICT), Class IX English, Class IX History, Class IX
Science of Maharashtra State Board (Marathi, Hindi & English Medium).
Taught Class IX Algebra, Geometry, Physics and Chemistry of CBSE Board.
Taught Class X General and Advanced Algebra, Class X Physics of Maharashtra State
Board (Marathi, Hindi & English Medium).
Taught Class X Advanced Algebra and Geometry of Maharashtra State Board (Hindi
& English Medium).
Taught Class X Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Energy Science, Mathematics of CBSE
Board.
Taught Class X Physics of Maharashtra State Board (Marathi, Hindi & English
Medium).
Taught Class XI Physics Maharashtra State Board (English Medium), July 2019 –
October 2019