About Me

Career Trajectory

• Research Associate at Polymers and Microfluidic Group, Imperial College London (Oct 2023 - Sept 2026) [with Prof. Joao Cabral].

• Visiting Researcher at Takeuchi Lab in The University of Toyo, Japan (Sept 2023 - March 2024) [hosted by Prof. Kazumasa A. Takeuchi].

• Researcher at Takeuchi Lab, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Dec 2020 - Sept 2023) [with Prof. Kazumasa A. Takeuchi].

• Senior Researcher at IBS Centre for Soft and Living Matter, Ulsan in South Korea (Nov 2019 - Nov 2020) [with Prof. Hyuk Kyu Pak and Prof. Steve Granick].

• PhD. from  Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (2014 - 2019) [under Prof. Dillip K. Satapathy and Prof. M.G. Basavaraja]. 

• Visiting Research Scholar @ Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud 11, Orsay, Île-de-France, France  (Feb 2018 - June 2018) [with Dr. Francois Boulgne and Prof. Ludovic Pauchard].

• MSc. from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (2011 - 2013) [with Prof. S. Kasiviswanathan].

• BSc. (Hons.) in Physics from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (2007-2010).

Research Grants

1. KAKENHI Start-up Grant of 3 Million JPY by Japan Society for the Promotional of Science (JSPS) for 2021-2024 (Japan) [Principal Investigator].    

Project title: "Spatiotemporal dynamics of elastic artificial membrane" 

Awards

1. Best Poster Award in Artificial and Living Matter Conference 2022, sponsored by Communication Physics, Nature at Ettore Majorana Center, Erice (Italy).

2. Institute Research Award 2019 by IIT Madras in recognition for doing quality and quantity research work at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai (India).

3. Raman Charpak Fellowship 2017 by CEFIPRA/Indo-French Center at New Delhi (India and France).

4. Skinner Prize for best poster presentation in Faraday's Discussion 2016, organized at IIT Bombay, Mumbai (India).

5. National Eligibility Test (NET) - Lecturership (LS) 2013 (India).

6. Institute Merit Prize from 2012-2013 during MSc. by IIT Madras, Chennai (India). 

7. Dr Manoranjan Biswas Memorial Award 2011 for scoring highest in BSc Physics (Honours) by New Alipore College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata  (India).

8. Highest Proficiency Certificate award 2007 for scoring highest in Chemistry in 10+2 by Khalsa English High School,  West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, Kolkata (India).