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