Since the introduction was hasty, here is a bit more about me and my academic trajectory for those of you who may be interested.
Academic Career
2024 - present: Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.
2020 - 2024: Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.
2016 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India.
2015-2016: Fulbright Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
2014: Lise Meitner Fellow, Vienna University of Technology, Austria.
2013-2015: Junior Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India.
2010-2013: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Edinburgh, UK.
Education
2010: PhD (Theoretical High Energy Physics). Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India.
2004: Master of Science (Theoretical Physics). Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India.
2002: Bachelor of Science (Physics). Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Recent Grants/Awards
Swarnajayanti Fellowship, DST and SERB India. (2020-2026).
International Exchanges, Royal Society of London (2024-26): With A Lipstein (Durham U).
Visiting Professorship, NORDITA Stockholm, Sweden 2023.
Visiting Professorship, Ecole Polytechnique Paris, France 2022-23.
International Exchanges, Royal Society of London (2022-24): With J Hartong (U Edinburgh).
Research-in-groups grant, Erwin Schrodinger Institute, Vienna, Austria 2022.
CNR Rao Faculty Award, IIT Kanpur 2020.
PK Kelkar Faculty Research Fellowship, IIT Kanpur 2020.
Senior Research Fellowship, Durham Institute of Advanced Study, UK 2019.
International Exchanges, Royal Society of London (2018-20): With Marika Taylor (Southampton U).
Mathematical Centric Research Grant, SERB India (2018-2021).
Early Career Research Award, SERB, India (2018-2021).
Max Planck Visiting Fellowship, Max Planck Society, Germany (2015-2019).