Academics and Honors

"Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success"- Swami Vivekananda

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Ph.D. (02/2017- 08/2021) – Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER-K), 2021. (26th August 2021)

Thesis Title: Energy and electron transfer dynamics on different metal nanoclusters in homogeneous and bio-mimicking heterogeneous environments

Supervisor: Prof. Pradipta Purkayastha

M. Sc. (Specialization - Physical Chemistry) - Vidyasagar University, 2016.

Percentage Obtained: 84.33%, 1st Class. (8th Sept 2016)

B. Sc. (Chemistry Hons.) - Prabhat Kumar College, Contai, Vidyasagar University, 2014.

Percentage Obtained: 74.87%, 1st Class (3rd Rank in University). (30th June 2014)

Higher Secondary Education [10+2 level] – WBCHSE, Kishorenagar Sachindra Siksha Sadan, 2011. (4th June 2011)

Percentage Obtained: 86.2%

Secondary Education [10th level] - WBBSE, Bhawanichak High School, Purba Medinipur, 2009. (28th May 2009)

Percentage Obtained: 83.25%

ACHIEVEMENTS AND AWARDS:

Review Editor on the Editorial Board of Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry (specialty section of Frontiers in Chemistry and Frontiers in Physics).
ACS Reviewer Lab Completion.
The Hebrew University and Lady Davis Postdoctoral extension Fellowships 2023-2024 (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL)
S. S. Bhatnagar Young Scientist Award-2022 by Indian Chemical Society (Excellent performance in the Oral Presentation on 30-31 July 2022 as a part of 161st Birth Anniversary Celebration of Acharya P C Ray)
The Hebrew University and Lady Davis Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022-2023 (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL)
Best Poster Award (RSC) at Discussion Meeting on Spectroscopy, Photonics and Dynamics (SPD-2020), IISER Kolkata
Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-INDIA) – March 2019
Ranked in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) 2018; All India Rank- 359
Ranked in Joint CSIR – UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship, December 2017; Rank- 36
Ranked in Joint CSIR – UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lectureship, June 2016; All India Rank- 72
Ranked in Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (IIT JAM) 2014; All India Rank- 325
‘INSPIRE-SHE’ scholarship awarded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India; B.Sc. - 2011-2014 and M.Sc. - 2014-2016
Ranked among the top 5% of students in WBJEE – 2011

POSITIONS:

Post-Doctoral Research Experience (01/09/2022 to till) – Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI), Advisor: Prof. Sanford Ruhman.
Post-Doctoral Research Experience (04/10/2021 to 26/08/2022) – Department of Chemistry, IIT Gandhinagar, Advisor: Prof. Saumyakanti khatua.