Education and Training

• Primary School: Shantalal Vidyapith, Dainhat, West Bengal

• High School: Dainhat High School, West Bengal

• P.U. & B.Sc. (with Hons. in Physics): Krishnagar Government College, University of Calcutta, 1993

• M.Sc. (in Physics): Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta, 1995

• Ph.D. (in Statistical Physics): Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2002
  Advisor: Sanjay Puri

• Research Associate: Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, 2002-2005
  Advisor: Kurt Binder and Juergen Horbach

• Research Associate: Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, 2005-2007
  Advisor: Michael E. Fisher

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

November 2007 - April 2013

• Associate Professor, Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

April 2013 - September 2018

• Professor, Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

September 2018 - Present

Administrative Responsibilities

• Head, CompLab (e-facility division), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

June 2018 - July 2021

• Chair, Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, India

August 2021 - Present

Others

• Buti Foundation Award, Indian Physics Association, 2010

• Ramanujan Fellow, Department of Science and Technology, India, 2010-2015

• Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 2011-2017

• Visiting/Invited Scientist/Professor:

Institute of Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany

September - October 2007; May - July 2009; May - July 2010; June - July 2011;

May - July 2012; June 2013; May - June 2019

Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Università di Salerno, Italy

May 2011

Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Duesseldorf, Germany

May - July 2014; June - July 2015; September - October 2018

Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Leipzig, Germany

For brief periods between 2015 - 2019

• Invited Institute Professor, Ecole Normale Superieure, Lyon, France

May 2017; October 2019

• Nodal Head, Marie Curie Action Plan Research Project from European Union

2014-2018

• Editorial Board Member, Soft Materials, Taylor & Francis

2021-Present