Conversation with Sanjit Mitra

Sanjit Mitra is a Senior Professor at IUCAA, Pune, and explores gravitational wave astronomy. Serving as the science spokesperson, Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)-India and project coordinator, his research focuses on stochastic backgrounds, detector noise, and CMB analysis.

In this episode, we discuss the science and technology behind LIGO and its Indian expansion.

References:

‘Sanjit Mitra – IUCAA’ Accessed 26 March 2026. https://www.iucaa.in/en/faculty-research/sanjit.

‘Sanjit Mitra’. n.d. Accessed 26 March 2026. https://web.iucaa.in/~sanjit/home/About_Me.html.

GW @ IUCAA. Accessed 26 March 2026. https://www.gw.iucaa.in/.

LIGO-India. Accessed 26 March 2026. https://www.ligo-india.in/.

‘‪Sanjit Mitra‬ – ‪Google Scholar‬’. n.d. Accessed 26 March 2026. https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=1LVFYJ0AAAAJ&view_op=list_works.

‘LISA: Laser Interferometer Space Antenna’. n.d. Accessed 26 March 2026. https://lisa.nasa.gov/.

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Author: G.V. Pavan Kumar

Namaste, Hola & Welcome from G.V. Pavan Kumar. I am a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India. My research interests are : (1) Optics & Soft Matter: Optically Induced Forces – Assembly, Dynamics & Function; (2) History and Philosophy of Science – Ideas in Physical Sciences. I am interested in the historical and philosophical evolution of ideas and tools in the physical sciences and technology. I research the intellectual history of past scientists, innovators, and people driven by curiosity, and I write about them from an Indian and Asian perspective. My motivation is to humanize science. In the same spirit, I write and host my podcast Pratidhvani – Humanizing Science.

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