Education:

• Ph.D. (Physics): Indian Institute of Science (Joint Astronomy Programme), Bangalore, India (2006) & National Centre for Radio Astrophysics - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (NCRA-TIFR), Pune, India
• M.Sc. (Physics): Sambalpur University, Odisha, India (1997)
• B.Sc. (Physics Hons.) Sonepur College, Sambalpur University (1995)

Positions:

• Faculty (Reader-F, UGC Asst. Prof.): UM-DAE Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences since December 2012 Visiting Astronomer: NCRA-TIFR, Pune (August-December 2012)
• Visiting Post-doc: IUCAA, Pune (June-August 2012)
• Post-doctoral Research Fellow: Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy & Astrophysics (ASIAA), Taipei, Taiwan (March 2007 to March 2012)
• Visiting Fellow: Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (NCRA-TIFR), Khodad, Pune, India (September 2006 - March 2007)

Research:

• Multi-wavelength (UV, optical, IR, radio) observational investigation of black hole-galaxy co-evolution in the Cosmic web. Special emphasis on Indian competitiveness like Giant Meterwave Radio telescope (GMRT) and citizen-science research using large population of science-educated Indians (Reference:  RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory, India, #RADathomeindia #ABCDresearch

Selected Publications:

• New results on the exotic galaxy `Speca' and discovering many more Specas with RAD@home network : Hota, Ananda; Croston, Judith H.; Ohyama, Youichi; Stalin, C. S.; Hardcastle, Martin J.; Konar, Chiranjib; Aravind, R. P.; Agarwal, Sheena M.; Dharmik Bhoga, Sai Arun; Dabhade, Pratik A.; Kamble, Amit A.; Mohanty, Pradeepta K.; Mukherjee, Alok; Pandey, Akansha V.; Patra, Alakananda; Pechetti, Renuka; Raut, Shrishail S.; Sushma, V.; Vaddi, Sravani; Verma, Nishchhal. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014arXiv1402.3674H
• Discovery of a spiral-host episodic radio galaxy : Hota, Ananda; Sirothia, S. K.; Ohyama, Youichi; Konar, C.; Kim, Suk; Rey, Soo-Chang; Saikia, D. J.; Croston, J. H.; Matsushita, Satoki (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011MNRAS.417L..36H) (Press-releases/news links:http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=121556 http://www.ncra.tifr.res.in/ncra/for-public/gmrt-discovers-an-exotic-galaxy-revealing-tantalizing-tale http://www.ras.org.uk/news-and-press/217-news2011/2003-exotic-galaxy-reveals-tantalising-tale)
• NGC 3801 caught in the act: a post-merger star-forming early-type galaxy with AGN-jet feedback Hota, Ananda; Rey, Soo-Chang; Kang, Yongbeom; Kim, Suk; Matsushita, Satoki; Chung, Jiwon (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.422L..38H) (Press-releases/News links: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/galex20120403.html http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2111311,00.html http://www.nature.com/nindia/2012/120411/full/nindia.2012.49.html)
• Discovery of a Possibly Single Blue Supergiant Star in the Intra-cluster Region of Virgo Cluster of Galaxies Ohyama, Youichi; Hota, Ananda (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJ...767L..29O)
  (Press-release/News links: http://www.naoj.org/Pressrelease/2013/04/10/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDSS_J1229+1122 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Mumbai-University-astronomer-spots-star-55-million-light-years-away/articleshow/19504295.cms)
• Mega parsec relativistic jets launched from an accreting supermassive blackhole in an extreme spiral galaxy Bagchi, Joydeep; Vivek, M.; Vikram, Vinu; Hota, Ananda; Biju K., G.; Sirothia, S. K.; Srianand, Raghunathan; Gopal-Krishna; Jacob, Joe (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...788..174B)