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I was born in Kolkata, West Bengal (India) and was brought up in ancient city of Patliputra (Patna), Bihar (India). I did my schooling from St. Michael’s High School situated on the banks of river Ganges in Patna. Soccer and Science (including Mathematics) were the two areas where I spent the maximum amount of time during my school days. My rendezvous with a few eminent teachers and scientists at the University of Patna made me realize the challenges and possible routes to circumvent those challenges in the field of Physics and Mathematics.

For higher studies, I moved to Delhi and received the degree of B.Sc. (Hons.) majoring in Physics from Hindu College, University of Delhi in the year 2002. The college life gave me a comprehensive exposure to various branches of studies and sometimes, their interdisciplinary nature. I was deeply but positively affected by the multi-ethnic culture prevailing in the capital city of country and immensely enjoyed the freedom of a college environment. I stayed in the Hindu College hostel from 2000 to 2002.

My endeavor to delve deeper into the subject of Physics provided me an opportunity to pursue Masters in Science (Physics) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi,India. It is this place where I learned to question authoritative nature of Science, especially Physics. At IIT Delhi, I came across fellows and teachers who were instrumental in building my reasoning capabilities and my knowledge was always under test during the interaction. In the wider perspective of life, it was a major turning point of my life. I enjoyed my stay at IIT Delhi so much that I continued there as a Ph.D. scholar after finishing Masters. My Ph.D. research area was Fiber Optics, Lasers and Nonlinear Optics and was ably guided by my thesis supervisor Prof. K. Thyagarajan. My doctoral thesis work essentially comprised of studies on nonlinear optical effects in novel waveguiding geometries such as Photonic Crystal waveguides and Bragg reflection waveguides.

After receiving Ph.D. degree from IIT Delhi in 2008, I went on to pursue postdoctoral research at ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences at Barcelona, Spain. The postdoctoral research provided me a firm ground and wide exposure to inherent intricacies of experimental scientific research and the accompanying issues. The research activity essentially involved the experimental realization of high-power, tunable laser sources based on the concept of Optical Parametric Oscillators (OPOs) in combination with recently emerging high-power Fiber Laser technology.

Presently, I'm associated with National Institute of Science Education & Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar, India and working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Physical Sciences. My current research interests include studies on second- and third-order optical nonlinearities in materials, high-power continuous-wave and ultra-short pulsed lasers, photonic crystals and photonic crystal based waveguides, plasmonics and the applications of the above-mentioned components in the field of spectroscopy, communications and sensor-designing. More details about my research credentials could be found by clicking on the following link: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/A-6910-2011

Apart from research, the teaching activities at NISER include taking theory courses in basic and applied physics, laboratories (physics) of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and guiding students towards research. The courses which I have taken till now include:

1) M.Sc. Physics - 1st year laboratory course (PL701/702 of NISER syllabus for Integrated M.Sc. in Physics)

2) M.Sc. Physics - Nonlinear Optics and Lasers (PE805 of NISER syllabus for Integrated M.Sc. in Physics)

The reprints of a few articles co-authored by me can be found by clicking on this link.

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