more about myself

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

• 2019 - present: 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

• 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. 

• Swarnajayanti Fellowship, DST India. (2020-2025). 

• Senior Research Fellowship, Durham Institute of Advanced Study, UK (01/2019 to 04/2019). 

• 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).