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Dr. Kalpesh Ghag

Dr. Kalpesh Ghag
Dr. Kalpesh Ghag
Research Associate I
H.Q Panvel
Email: 
Kalpesh.g@iigm.res.in
Contact Number: 
91-022-2748 4000
Academic Record: 

PhD: University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India (2021-2026)

MSc in Physics: University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India (2019-2021

Research Area: 

Magnetosphere – Ionosphere Coupling, Space Weather, Heliosphere

Professional Appointments: 

RA-I – IIG, New Mumbai (September 2026- present)

DST – INSPIRE Fellow – University of Mumbai, Mumbai (2022-2026)

Reseach Related information: 

My research combines global MHD simulations, spacecraft observations, and ground-based measurements to understand how solar-wind structures drive magnetosphere–ionosphere dynamics. My PhD research focused on charged-particle acceleration associated with interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs), using spacecraft observations to investigate particle dynamics during major solar-wind disturbances

Scientific Honours: 
  • URSI – RACRS 2026, Young Scientist Award
  • Newkirk Fellowship 2024, High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, Boulder, CO
  • Selected for NASA’s Heliophysics Summer School (HSS) Program, August 14-22, 2024
  • COSPAR award for Outstanding Article by Young Scientist 2024 in Advances in Space Research
  • Travel Award for NASA’s 4th Eddy cross-disciplinary Symposium (2023)
  • Selected for the award of DST- INSPIRE FELLOWSHIP from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for pursuing a research career
Publications: 
  • Ghag et al. Exploring Particle Acceleration Dynamics in the vicinity of ICME Shocks: Insights from Superposed Epoch Analysis, MNRAS, 2025.
  • Ghag et al. Impact of ICME sheath planarity on Earth’s outer radiation belt, Scientific Reports, 2025.
  • Ghag et al. A Current Sheet Formation in a Turbulent ICME Sheath and Associated Particle Enhancement, Solar Physics, 2026.
  • Ghag et al. Universal time influence on storm-time magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, AGU Advances, 2026.
  • Ghag et al. Distinct polytropic behavior of plasma during ICME-HSS Interaction, Advances in Space Research, 2025.
  • Ghag et al. Quasi-planar ICME sheath: a cause of two-step severe storm of 25th solar cycle observed on 23 April 2023, Advances in Space Research, 2024.
  • Ghag et al. Polytropic study of ICME with Multi-spacecraft observation using STEREO-A, STEREO-B and Wind, Advances in Space Research, 2024.
  • Ghag et al. The role of extreme geomagnetic storms in the Forbush decrease profile using neutron monitors, JASTP, 2023.
  • Ghag et al. Statistical Study of Geo-effectiveness of Planar Magnetic Structures Evolved within ICME’s, Universe, 2023.

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& https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kalpesh-Ghag?ev=hdr_xprf