About me

Hi, I am Dibyendu. Thanks for your interest to know more about me.


I am a second-year graduate student in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. I work in the field of Soft and Active Matter Physics in the Soft & Active Matter Lab under the supervision of Dr. Manas Khan. My current research aims to study the self-propulsion of microorganisms in complex media and environments .

I like to play football although I do not get much time nowadays. Mohun Bagan is my favorite club and I support Manchester United too.

Education

  • Ph.D. (Ongoing)- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur , India

  • M.Sc. (2020)- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati , India

  • B.Sc. (2018)- Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah, India.

Awards and Fellowships

  • Gold medalist in NGPE-2018 conducted by Indian Association of Physics Teachers: 2018

  • DST-INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education (SHE) : 2015-2020

Academic Achievements

  • Prime Minister’s Research Fellow - December,2021

  • Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) with score 610 - 2020

  • Qualified TIFR GS2020, called for interview - 2020

  • AIR 20 (JRF) in Joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) in Physics - December, 2019

  • AIR 80 in Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) - 2018

  • AIR 416 in Joint Admission test for Masters (JAM) - 2018

  • Top 100 in 12th standard (WBCHSE) - 2015

  • Rank 11th in 10th standard (WBBSE) - 2013

You can find my curriculum vitae here .