EDUCATION:
B.Sc. (Chemistry Honors); Vidyasagar University, 2002
M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry Specialization), Vidyasagar University, 2005
Ph.D. (Theoretical Computational Chemistry), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2011
Thesis Title: Density Functional Treatment of Aromaticity, Dynamics and Reactivity
Supervisor: Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India
POSITIONS HELD:
Associate Professor, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, WB, INDIA (Dec-2021-till date)
Assistant Professor, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, WB, INDIA (Jan 2019 - Nov-2021)
DST-INSPIRE Faculty, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, INDIA (Sep 2015 – Dec 2018)
DST-INSPIRE Faculty, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telengana, INDIA (Oct 2014 – Sep 2015)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, USA (May 2013- Oct 2014)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CIMAT, Universidad de Chile and QTC, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (September 2011 – April 2013)
Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (January, 2011 –August 2011)
Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2008-2011)
Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2006 - 2008).
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:
CRSI Bronze Medal for 2024
Fellow of Indian Chemical Society, 2019
DST INSPIRE Faculty Award, 2014
Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists, (Chemical Science) SERB, DST, 2014.
Eli – Lilly & Company Asia Outstanding Thesis Award, by Eli-Lilly Company 2011.
Sir P. C. Ray Research Award by Calcutta University 2009.
Professor Santi Ranjan Palit Memorial Award for the Best Oral Presentation at 46th Annual Convention of Chemist, VIT, Vellore organized by Indian Chemical Society 2009.
GATE: 2004; NET: 2005
Associate Editor : Frontiers in Chemistry
Reviewer: Chemical Communications, Coordination Chemistry Review, PCCP, Molecular Physics, JPCA, Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Sustainable Energy, New Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Modeling; Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids; International Journal of Quantum Chemistry; Chemical Physics Letters; Physica E, RSC Advances, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Frontiers in Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry Account, Journal of Computational Chemistry.
Life Membership: Orissa Chemical Society, 2016; Indian Photobiology Society, 2017, CRSI-2020.