Rashi Jain
Rashi Jain | |
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राशी जैन | |
| Born | Namak Katra, Bharatpur, Rajasthan |
| Citizenship | Indian |
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| Known for | Discovery of Alaknanda Galaxy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
| Institutions | National Centre for Radio Astrophysics |
| Doctoral advisor | Yogesh Wadadekar |
Rashi Jain (Devanagari: राशी जैन) is an Indian astronomer associated with the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR).[1] She is known for the discovery of the Alaknanda Galaxy in the universe. She is a PhD student under the guidance of the professor Yogesh Wadadekar at NCRA-TIFR in the city of Pune.[2] She is 27 years old.[3] She has studied the images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to analyze the process of formation of galaxies in the universe. During her studies on the images taken by JWST, she spotted and identified a new grand design spiral galaxy behind the huge galaxy cluster Abell 2744 also known as Pandora's Cluster. After the identification of the new galaxy, she named it Alaknanda Galaxy after the name of Himalayan river Alaknanda flowing in the Indian subcontinent.[4][5]
Early life
Rashi Jain was born at Namak Katra[3] in the Bharatpur district of the Rajasthan state in India.[5] She completed her primary education at her native place in Rajasthan. Her mother is a science teacher there. According to Rashi Jain, her mother inspired her to study science. She guided Rashi to pursue a career in the field of science.[6]
Education
She was admitted in Bachelor of Technology (B-Tech) at IIT-BHU in the year 2016. She completed her degree of B-Tech in 2020. There she was specialised in Metallurgical Engineering. She studied physics by her own self in free time after her academic class at IIT-BHU in Varanasi. [6][7]
After completing B-Tech from IIT-BHU, she was enrolled in the integrated PhD program at the National Center for Radio Astrophysics in Pune of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Initially she felt a little difficulty in the integrated PhD program, since not being from a physics background but in the guidance of her PhD guide professor Yogesh Wadadekar, she together with him discovered the new galaxy Alaknanda in the universe.[6]
Research career
According to her interview with Dainik Bhaskar, she was interest in science since her childhood. During her childhood, she was always curious to learn how the stars look up from close and about the sun. Due to her curiosity about the formation of the galaxies in sky, she started her research career on the theories of the formation of distant galaxies, in the guidance of her advisor professor Yogesh Wadadekar, during the course of the Integrated PhD program at NCRA-TIFR, Pune.[6]
References
- ^ "Alaknanda: Indian researchers find galaxy like Milky Way from 12 billion years ago". www.bbc.com. 4 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ "Pune researchers find spiral galaxy like Milky Way from early universe". The Indian Express. 3 December 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ a b "भरतपुर की 27 वर्षीय राशि पुणे में कर रही शोध, बोलीं- महाविस्फोट के 1.5 अरब वर्ष बाद विकसित हुई अलकनंदा, जेडब्ल्यूएसटी से खोजी". Dainik Bhaskar.
- ^ Research, Tata Institute of Fundamental (7 December 2025). "Milky Way Twin Found Shockingly Soon After the Big Bang". SciTechDaily. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Galaxy Alaknanda: Ancient spiral discovered by Pune scientists; Milky Way-like structure; 12 billion light-years away". The Times of India. 3 December 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ a b c d "इंडियन साइंटिस्ट राशि जैन ने खोजी नई गैलेक्सी:कहा- 10 अरब साल से भी पुरानी है, 'अलकनंदा' नदी पर नाम रखा; पढ़ें खास बातचीत". Dainik Bhaskar.
- ^ "Rashi JAIN | Research scholar | Bachelor of Technology | National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune | RAP | Research profile". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 15 May 2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.