School of Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science

Professor Goswami is a professor in Mathematics and the Dean of Research in the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science. He received his BSc Honours and MSc degrees in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT – Kharagpur), and his PhD in Gravitational Physics from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR-Mumbai). This was followed by postdoctoral training from the University of Alberta, Canada, and the University of Cape Town from 2006 to 2012.

Since the onset of his research career in 2002, Goswami has conducted ground-breaking research in the fields of Astrophysics, Gravitation and Cosmology. He has 77 peer-reviewed publications in high impact international peer-reviewed journals to date, with a citation count of 2 271 and an h-index of 25. Goswami holds a C1 rating from the National Research Foundation and was inaugurated as a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) in 2022.

Since 2017, he has chaired the Academic Subcommittee of the National Astrophysics and Space Science Programme (NASSP), and from 2018 has acted as national coordinator of the South African Mathematics Team Competition (SAMTC). He is the UKZN node leader for the University Capacity Development Programme, National Collaborative Project (UCDP-NCP), NGA-MaSS and also the Centre of Excellence, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, CoE-MaSS.

Professor Goswami is committed to advancing science education. Apart from organising the interprovincial Mathematics Olympiad, he assists UKZN students by setting problems and organising workshops, seminar series and popular talks within the School. He also participates actively in UKZN Science outreach programmes.