Academic Profile

• B.Sc: Midnapore College, West Bengal,India.

• M.Sc: University of Kalyani, West Bengal,India.

• Ph.D: Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU), Indian Institute of Science (IISc),Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

• Post Doctoral Fellow:  University of California, Davis, California, USA.
                                      Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. 

Awards and Honors

•  J. C. Bose National Fellowship

• J. C. Bose National Fellowship, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2024-2029.

• J. C. Bose National Fellowship, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2018-2023.

• J. C. Bose National Fellowship, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2013-2018.

• Elected Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA), 2018.

• Elected Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), 2015.

• The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Prize, awarded by TWAS, 2013.

• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award by Govt. of India, 2010.

• Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in India (NASI), 2010.

• Elected Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), 2009.

• Distinguished Lectureship Award Chemical Society of Japan (Asian Symposium) - 2009 

• Swarnajayanthi Fellow, Dept. of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2008-2013.

• B. M. Birla Science Prize, Birla Foundation, 2008.

• Young Affiliate, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), 2007.

• The Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India, 2007.

• The Materials Research Society of India Medal, 2006.

• Junior Associate Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 2003

Affiliation with Other Institutes

• Appointed as a member of the Research and Academic Council (RAAC) and Honorary visiting Professor of Institute of Nanoscience and Technology (INST), Mohali, Punjab for three years from 2024-2027.

• Appointed as a member of the Research and Academic Council (RAAC) of Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata for three years from 2024-2027. 

• Appointed as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay at Mumbai for one year from 2024-2025.

• Appointed as Adjunct Professor of Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata for two years from 2023- 2025.

•  Appointed as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay at Mumbai for two years from 2021-2023.

Editorial Activities

•  Editorial Advisory Board Member, Chemistry Select, Published by Wiley, Wiley-VCH Verlag & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany, 2022-2024.

•  Editorial Board Member, Ann. Rev. on Graphene, Published by World Scientific Publishing, Singapore, 2010-2012.

• Editorial Board Member, J. Sci. and Ind. Res., Published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, New Delhi, India,

2010-2012.

• Editorial Advisory Board Member, J. Phys. Chem., American Chemical Society Publications, 2009-2011.

•  Advisory Board Member, J. Mater. Chem., Royal Society (London) Chemistry Publications, 2009-2011.

• Guest Editor, J. Mater. Chem., Royal Society (London) Chemistry Publication, on “Themed Issue on Materials”, April, 2009.

Member of Scientific Committees

• Member, Programme Advisory Committee - Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Science and Engineering Research Board, DST, Govt. of India (2018 - 2021 and 2022-2025).

• Member, Programme Advisory Committee - Mines, Minerals and Materials Engineering, Science and Engineering Research Board, DST, Govt. of India (2018 -2021).

• Member, Programme Advisory Committee - MAThematical Research Impact Centric support Scheme (MATRICS), Science and Engineering Research Board, DST, Govt. of India (2018 - 2021)