Education

• Ph.D. in Geochemistry and Chemical Oceanography, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, May 2016

• M.Sc. in Geology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, June 2010

• B.Sc. in Geology (Honors), Dharanidhar Autonomous College, North Orissa University, June 2008

Honors and Awards

• June 2024: Top Reviewer, Journal of Earth System Science (2023)

• July 2020: Best Poster Award at the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)- American Chemical Society(ACS) NPDF Poster Competition-2020. All India Rank: 001

• January 2014: Lectureship (National Eligibility Test (NET)): Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean and Planetary Sciences; All India Rank: 001

• January 2012: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Geology, All India Rank: 089

• April 2008: Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. (JAM): Geology, All India Rank: 039

• May 2003: All-time best score in the 10th board exam for Ispat High School, Tensa.

Invited Lectures

• April 2026: India Mars Science Workshop, IISc Bangalore, "Jarosites of Kutch: A 40-Year Journey from Mineral Discovery to a Terrestrial Analog for Martian Processes"

Appointments

• 2018 (August)-Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Presidency University, Kolkata

• 2017(January)-2018 (August), National Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Earth Sciences, IISc, Bangalore

• 2016(July)-2017 (January), Research Associate, Center for Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

• 2016 (February)-2016 (June), Research Associate, Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur

• 2010 (December)-2016 (January), Research Fellow, Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur