• Selected as Senior Individual Member of Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in Jan' 2025

• Nominated as Member of the Board of Governors (BoG) for Bengal College of Engineering & Technology, Durgapur, since Nov' 2024

• Nominated as Member of the Board of Studies (BoS) for the MCA program of Dr B. C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, since July' 2024

• Nominated as a Member of the Ph.D. Project review committee for evaluating the Ph.D. proposals of Monash University, IIT Mumbai during May-June' 2024

• Appointed as Distinguished Member of TIH Foundation Expert Council for IoT & IoE, IIT Mumbai from December’ 2023

• Nominated as reviewer to review R&D proposals under  CSIR-HRDG-ASPIRE Scheme during the year 2024

• Invited as Judge for evaluating "Advancement in ICT" theme projects submitted under Regional Level Science, Mathematics and Environment Exhibition for NVS Children 2023-24 (coordinated by Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Burdwan) on 27th Aug' 2023 at JNV, Durgapur

• Visiting Scientist to Machine Intelligence Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India to conduct collaborative research on "Adversarial robustness of machine learning models" during 2022-23. 

• Selected for representing CSIR and participating in the fully sponsored DWIH Indo-German Workshop on “Integrated Engineering for Future Mobility” at IIT-Delhi during 20-24 March’ 2023

• Session Chair in 7th IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering (7th IEEE ICRAIE 2022) at NIT, Surathkal (1-3 December' 2022)

• Recognized as and awarded IEEE Young Professionals Membership by IEEE during the year 2021-22

• Nominated by Ministry of Education as Mentor-cum-Jury Member for Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon-2022 (Software Edition) (Senior)

• Received IEEE Senior Member Grade in 2022

• Received INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship Award for 2022-23.

• Selected for the International Young Scientist Award under the category of Best Researcher Award by SciFax (ScienceFather) (Entry Id: 5970) for 2022-23

• Received Best Paper Award for Research Paper on Transfer Learning presented in an International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Information Technology and Data Science (INCETITDS-2020), 2020

• Nominated as Idea Evaluator for Smart India Hackathon (Software Edition) 2020

• Invited to represent the Institute at Sweden-India Innovation Partnership in AI for All Summit in New Delhi on 11th April’ 2019

• Nominated as Idea Evaluator for Smart India Hackathon (Hardware Edition) 2019

• Received Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing from Elsevier in October 2018 for JNCA

• Nominated as Idea Evaluator for Smart India Hackathon (Hardware Edition) 2018

• Received Travel Grant from ACM-India for attending 12th ACM Inter-Research-Institute Student Seminar in Computer Science (IRISS) - 2018 and ACM-India Annual Event-2018

• Selected for showcasing Ph.D. research work in IRISS-2018 at VNIT, Nagpur, India

• Officially listed guide for Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Research Fellowship Program

• Workshop-cum-Training Program for Implementation of e-procurement in CSIR (24-25 April' 2017), CSIR-IICB, Kolkata

• Nominated as Academic Mentor for Smart India Hackathon 2017  (Teams selected for Grand Finale)

• Editorial Advisory Board, Book on Resource Management and Efficiency in Cloud Computing Environments, Editors: Ashok Kumar Turuk, Bibhudatta Sahoo and Sourav Kanti Addya, IGI-Global (2016)

• Selected for inclusion of biography in the "31st Edition of Marquis Who's Who in the World Magazine 2014"

• Awarded Senior Member Award from Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), USA in the year 2013

• Special Award for Poster Presentation during 49th Research Council Meeting (07 Dec' 2013), CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Worked as Training and Research Consultant for UltraTech Cements Ltd (Aditya Birla Group) and Durgapur Steel Plant (Steel Authority of India Limited) in the year 2018 and 2009 respectively

• Vaigyanik Rajbhasha Visistata Samman - 2013 by Bhartiya Rajbhasha Vikas Sansthan, Dehradun

• Nominated as Listed Guide for Summer Research Fellowship awarded by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, India

• Contributed as student researcher in General Motors Collaborative Research Laboratory (GM-CRL) (2010-11) at IIT, Kharagpur

• Nominated as Class Representative by School of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India in the year 2010-11 for attending Peer Review Committee of IIT

• Founder member of Information Technology Departmental Society, IIT, Kharagpur, India in the year 2010

• Received Travel Grant for visiting Beijing, China to present the research paper at IEEE/ACM/IFAC/TRB International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo-2012

Invited Talks & Presentations

• Invited as Chief Guest and Resource Person for AICTE ATAL-Faculty Development Program entitled "CloudEd: Navigating the Digital Sky" at Dr. B. C. Roy Polytechnic on 04th August 2025

• Invited as a Distinguished Speaker and Chief Guest by Eastern Coalfield Limited (SB Area) to deliver a talk entitled "The Application of AI Tools (Neural, Fuzzy and Generative AI for Efficient Implementation of the Official Language" on 20th September 2024

• Invited as Chief Guest and a Resource Person for the inaugural technical session of the AICTE-ATAL Faculty Development Program on "Design of IoT Solutions for Sustainable Environment" at the Department of Computer Science, Dr. NGPASC, Coimbatore on 2nd September 2024

• Conducted Students-Scientist Connect Programme named "Jigyasa 2.0" on "The Challenges of Ethics, Responsibility and Biasness in Modern AI methods" for ~200 School Children and 38 Teachers participated from different states of India on 27th July' 2024 at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Invited Member of Progress Review Committee for Chanakya Faculty Fellow and Chanakya UG Projects funded by TIH-IoT, IIT-Mumbai during July' 2024

• Invited as Chief Guest and a Jury member for evaluation of projects at Science Innovation Exhibition (Anusandhan) organised by TSS, Durgapur on 07th July' 2024

• Invited Keynote speaker to deliver a talk on "Enhancing Robustness of Machine Learning Models for Realizing Sustainable AI Applications" (25th April 2024) in "Faculty Development Program on "Machine Learning Applications for Sustainable Society" conducted by Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, West Bengal

• Invited speaker to deliver a talk on "Modelling Self-Organization Systems using Modern Machine Learning Approach" (06th April' 2024) in "IEI All India Seminar on Machine Learning and Soft Computing Applications in Science and Engineering (MLSC-ES 2024)" held during 06-07th April' 2024  at IEI, Durgapur, West Bengal

• Invited speaker to deliver a talk on "Research Scope & Challenges in Internet of Things" (21st March' 2024) at "Online Workshop on Industrial Approach to Internet of Things and its Research Challenges" held during 20-26th March' 2024  at VIT-AP University, Amravati, Andhra Pradesh

• Invited speaker to deliver a talk on "Neural Cellular Automata: A New Frontier of AI" (29th February' 2024) at 3rd Asian Symposium on Cellular Automata Technology (ASCAT-2024) held during 29 February' 2024 to 02 March' 2024  at NIT, Durgapur

• Invited talk on "Data Analytics, Visualization & Recommendation-  A Cloud Based System" (27th February' 2024) at A-ESDP on Precision Agriculture organized during 26 February' 2024 to 01 March' 2024  at CoEFM, Ludhiana

• Invited talk on "Practical challenges of modern AI approached and their practical applications in various domains of engineering" (07th February 2024) at MSME Advanced Entrepreneurship SDP on AI & ML in Agriculture organized during 5-9 February' 2024  at CoEFM, Ludhiana

• Invited Keynote Speaker to deliver a talk on "Machine Learning & Deep Learning in Practical Perspectives" at Interactive Workshop on Recent Trends in Computational Intelligence (IWRTCI-2024) organized during 30th Jan - 01st Feb' 2024 by Bengal College of Engineering & Technology, Durgapur

• Invited Speaker at EASCON 2024 (Eastern Regional Conference) to deliver a talk on "Enhancing Productivity using IIoT: Sustainable development approach" on 13th January' 2024 at Hotel Park Prime, Kolkata

• Invited as Special Guest in State Level Camp of Vidyarthi Vigyan Manthan-2023 (India's Largest Talent Search Exam in Science) for West Bengal South (Region 2), organized at DAV Public School, Durgapur on 03rd December' 2023

• Conducted Students-Scientist Connect Programme named "Jigyasa 2.0" for 46 School Children and 6 Teachers (Nutandanga High School, Laudoha) on "Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence" during 12th October' 2023 at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Served as Jury member for final evaluation and selection of top-performing teams from Asansol Engineering College, West Bengal for their nomination in Smart India Hackathon 2023 (to be organized by Ministry of Education) on 19th September' 2023

• Keynote Speaker during 56th Engineers Day at Institution of Engineers (India), Durgapur Chapter for delivering a talk on "Attack-resilient AI-Systems: Some Scientific Insights" organized on 15th September' 2023

• Invited as Distinguished Speaker at Sonepur Bazaari Area, Eastern Coalfield Ltd. (Coal India) to deliver a talk and training session on AI-enabled (Neural Machine, Fuzzy Logic & Generative-AI) software tools for Official Language Implementations during 12th September 2023

• As a Guest of Honour, addressed the students of District Level Science Competitions in 31st National Children Science Congress organized during 03rd September' 2023 at DAV Model School, Durgapur

• Conducted Student-Scientist Connect Programme named "Vigyan Jyoti" for School Children and Teachers (Burnpur Riverside School, Burnpur) on "Introduction to the Science behind Artificial Intelligence" on 10th Aug' 2023 at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Invited Speaker to deliver talk on "Role of Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning for prediction from IoT generated big data" in SDP programme on "IoT based Environmental Monitoring and Management" during July 31, 2023 at CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur

• Conducted Student-Scientist Connect Programme named "Jigyasa" for School Children and Teachers (Army Public School, Panagarh) on "Introduction to the Fascinating World of Artificial Intelligence" on 27th July' 2023 at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Invited Speaker for delivering talk on "Attacking Deep Learning-based Surveillance Systems: Threats & Defenses" in DST-SERB sponsored High-End Workshop on "Artificial Intelligence (AI) Assisted Surveillance and Security: Accelerating Collaborative Public Safety" during July 22-29, 2023 at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Conducted Student-Scientist Connect Programme named "Jigyasa" for School Children and Teachers (Nadiha High School, Durgapur) on "Introduction to the Fascinating World of Artificial Intelligence" on 28th June' 2023 at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Invited Talk on "Data Analytics, Visualization & Recommendation – Cloud-based Systems" in "Advanced Entrepreneurship Skill Development Programme on Precision Agriculture" at CoEFM, Ludhiana (20-24th Feb' 2023)

• Invited Keynote Speaker for delivering tutorial on "Can the Intelligent machine be fooled in practice? Necessity of achieving robustness before deployment of AI models" in 7th IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering (7th IEEE ICRAIE 2022) at NIT, Surathkal (1-3 December' 2022)

• Invited Keynote Speaker for delivering talk on "Practical challenges in deploying deep learning systems in Healthcare domain" in AICTE Atal Faculty Development Program on "Deep Learning for Healthcare Management" at IIT Patna (5-10 September' 2022)

• Program Committee Member, Doctoral Symposium, ICDCN-2023 (4-7 January' 2023) at IIT, Kharagpur

• Invited Keynote Speaker for delivering talk on "IoT in Agriculture- Fundamentals, applications and case studies" in DST-SERB sponsored High-End Workshop on "Scientific Equipment towards Design, Development, and Testing of Agricultural Machinery with Industry approach'' during July 22-28, 2022 at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Member of Expert Panel for M.Tech. Course Syllabus Review on Cyber Security and Data Science (8th June' 2022)  for IIIT, Una

• Invited Speaker and Panelists at IEEE DATACON-2022, mainly focusing on AI & IoT topics, organized by IEEE Student Branch NIT Durgapur (June' 2022)

• Invited Plenary Talk (Online) on  "Technology-Enabled Learning Assessment & Examination Management" at International Conference on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Education for Sustainable Development at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, New Delhi (29th March' 2022)

• Role of Internet of Things for Sustainable Development Goals, Workshop on Innovations in IoT for Emerging Applications at ABV-IIITM Gwalior, Morena Link Road, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh-474015,India (16 February' 2022)

• Research Challenges in Internet of Things Paradigm, Mrs. Sushama Basu Memorial Lecture, Digital Education Hub, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (IIESTS), Howrah 711103, WB, India.  (2 February' 2022)

• Practical Security Challenges in Cloud Computing, National Institute of Technology, IEEE Chapter, Surathkal, Karnataka (31 December' 2021)

• The use of AI in the assessment of learning outcomes and management of large-scale examinations, International Conference on Hybrid, Blended and e-Learning organised by Educational Technology and Management Academy, Gurugram, Haryana (India) (3-5 December' 2021)

• Introduction to Internet of Things and its Architecture, C. V. Raman Global University, Odisha, India-752054 (23-27 August' 2021)

• Society 5.0 and Innovative IoT Applications with research challenges,  AIIT, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh (23-27 August' 2021)

• Cloud Security, Vulnerabilities and Integrity, Invited Lecture at Faculty Development Program SCMS SET, Kerala (19-24 July' 2021)Link: https://youtu.be/XRaKzF4S5fs

• CSIR Jigyasa Program on Internet of Things, Kendriya Vidyala, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar (23 Mar' 2021)Link: https://www.facebook.com/CSIRCMERIDgp/videos/192765892332117/

• IoT Cloud Architecture for geographically distributed applications, at ATAL FDP program on IoT, NIT, Durgapur (5-9 Jan' 2021) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_W1aR_wmiY

• Data preparation and Selection of ML Algo for Artificial Intelligence Projects, (Keynote Lecture) during 5-Days Workshop on “Process Modelling and Simulation using Aspen Plus and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Process Industries  at NIT Durgapur (17-21 February' 2020) 

• Microsoft Teams Familiarization Online Programme for CSIR Scientists, Technologists & Admin Staffs (2020)

• Machine-to-Machine Communications in Industry-4.0 at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur (2019)

• Internet of Things vis-a-vis Smart Cities Applications at IIIT, Guwahati (2019)Part-1 Link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFaQeSQeVA  Part-2 Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ARSXPqz7s

• Internet of Things Protocols at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur (2019)

• Hands-on Training on Internet of Things at IIT (ISM), Dhanbad (2019)

• Effective use of Office Productivity Tools at NIT, Durgapur (2018)

• R Programming and Image Processing  at NIT, Durgapur (2017)

• Deep Learning for Biometrics  at NIT, Durgapur (2017)

• Cyber-Physical Systems at Indo-Global Education Summit & Expo, Kolkata (2017)

Workshop, Seminar, Conferences

Organized:

• SERB (DST) Sponsored High-end Workshop (KARYASHALA) on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science (DS) for Industrial Applications (16-22 January' 2023), CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur (Role: Event Organizer)

• DST Sponsored National Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Industry 4.0 (07-09 November' 2019), CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur (Role: Coordinator)

• Workshop Series on IoT Applications and Robotics (Internet of Things (IoT) and AI for Precision Agriculture: Technologies and Applications ), (6-7 Feb' 2020) (Role: Convener)

Attended:

• Attended NVidia AI Summit 2024 at Mumbai (23-25 October 2024)

• Represented CSIR-CMERI at India International Science Festival 2023 (17-20 January 2024) at Regional Biotechnology Center, Faridabad

• Championship Program on Industry 4.0, IMTMA Bangalore & IISc, Bangalore (25-28 April' 2023)

• Postdoc Indo-German workshop on ‘Integrated Engineering for Future Mobility’/ Indo-German Design Thinking Workshop targeting Green Mobility (20-24 March' 2023), IIT, Delhi & CSIR Science Centre, New Delhi

• Indo-German Forum on Sustainable Urban Mobility (22-23 March' 2023), The Claridges, New Delhi

• 6th Joint International Conference on Data Science & Management of Data (10th ACM IKDD CODS and 28th COMAD) (04-07 January' 2023), IIT, Mumbai

• 7th IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering  (7th IEEE ICRAIE 2022) (01-03 December' 2022) NIT, Surathkal

• Five Days  Deep-drive Training on "Quantum Computing and Communication" held during 27 June - 01 July 2022 at C-DAC Electronics city, Bangalore

• International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology & Data Science (04 Jul' 2020)

• One-week Training Course on Data Science (27-31 May' 2019), CSIR-NISCAIR, New Delhi

• Workshop on Effective Science Communication in Digital Age (21-23 August' 2019), CSIR-HRDC, Ghaziabad

• Sweden-India Partnership Conference on “AI for All : Applied AI to Address Social Needs" (11 April' 2019), Hotel Taj Man Singh, New Delhi

• Hands-on Training on Internet of Things (24-28 Sept. 2018), Engg. Staff College of India, Hyderabad

• ACM Inter-Research-Institute Students Symposium (16 Feb' 2018), VNIT, Nagpur

• International Conference on Sustainable Manuf., Automation & Robotics Technologies (15-16 Dec.' 2017), CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS-2011) at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

• Short-term Course on Wireless Communication & Networks (17-22 May' 2010), IIT, Kharagpur

• Intellectual Property Rights and Patents - IPRP 2009 (21 Feb' 2009) at Dr B.C. Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, India

• Training Programme on Science Communication: The Emerging Scenario (20-22 May' 2009), CSIR-HRDC, Ghaziabad

• National Seminar on Engineering of Software Products: Perspectives of Research & Applications (19-21 Jan' 2009), National Institute of Technology, Durgapur

• Induction Training Programme for Scientists (15-20 Dept' 2008), CSIR-HRDC, Ghaziabad

• All India Seminar on Advances in Computer and Information Technology (11-12 March' 2006), CSIR-CMRI, Dhanbad

• National Seminar on Role of IT in the present scenario of Globalization, (1-2 Feb' 2003), CSIR-CMRI, Dhanbad

• International Seminar on Testing & Certification of Ex-Equipment (4-5 December' 2003), CSIR-CMRI, Dhanbad

Reviewer 

• Guest Editor: International Journal of Distributed Sensor Network (Impact Factor: 1.787) 

• Nature Scientific Reports (Springer)

• International Journal on Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

• Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications

• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 

•  IEEE Systems Journal

• IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine

• IEEE Communication Surveys and Tutorials

• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

• Wiley International Journal of Communication Systems 

• Journal of Information Technology and Politics

• Reviewer, IEEE ANTS 2011

• Reviewer, International Conference on Advance Manufacturing Technology, (ICAMT-2007)

• Reviewer, National Conference on Farm Mechanization (Feb 22-23, 2008)

Session/ Track Chair

• Track Chair (IoT), ICDCN Workshop (Society-2025)

• Session Chair, ICRAIE-2022

• Session Chair, ACITY-2012

• Session Chair, ACM/IEEE ICCVE-2012

TPC Member

• Core Committee Member, International Conference, TECEX-2003

• APACE2012

• ISWTA2012

• ICWiSe2013

• RFM2013

• ISCI2013

• ISWTA2013

• ISCAIE2014

• NECO-2014

• ICOCOE2014

• ISTMET2014

• CSNT2014

• ICACCI2016

• IEEE TENSYP2017 

• Member, Advisory Committee for Knowledge Resource Center, CSIR-CMERI since August 2025

• Member, CSIR's Inter-Lab eOffice Implementation Committee for all labs since August 2025

• Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur since August 2024

• Member,  Cyber CMG (Crisis Management Group) of CSIR Hq since August 2024

• Head of Department, Information Technology Group, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur since 1st September 2023

• Member, CSIR's Empowered Committee for Procurement of Microsoft Licenses for all 37 National Labs 

• Nodal Officer, iGoT Karmayogi Mission of DoPT, Govt. of India for implementation at CSIR-CMERI

• Nodal Officer, Implementation of eOffice Systems at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Member, Executive Committee, Computer Society of India, CSI-Durgapur Chapter (2008-09)

• Member, Standing Purchase Committee, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur (From    to   )

• Nodal Officer, National Knowledge Network Implementation Project, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Nodal Officer, OASIS Project, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• IT Nodal Officer, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur (2008-2010)(2012-Continue)

• Student-in-charge, Departmental Library, School of Information Technology, IIT-Kharagpur

• Founder Member, Information Technology Departmental Society, IIT-Kharagpur

• Member, Telecom Committee, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur (2006-2010)

• Member, 70th CSIR Foundation Day Celebration Committee-2012

• Member, Advisory Committee, Knowledge Resource Centre (KRC), CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur

• Member, Arrangement Committee, 49th Research Council Meet-2013

• Convener, Stage Management Committee, 71st CSIR Foundation Day Celebration Committee-2013

• Elected as Member Chairman to the Board of Directors, CSIR-CMERI Employees' Co-operative Credit Society Ltd., Durgapur (2017-2022)