I am working on the operational weather forecast services associated with agrometeorology for the northeast Indian region. Medium-range forecast for various weather parameters e.g., rainfall, temperature, and relative humidity, is provided for the preparation of bi-weekly Agrometeorological Advisory Service (AAS) Bulletin. I am also actively involved in various activities (e.g., Farmers' Awareness Programme) driven by RMC Guwahati related to the AAS Unit. Besides operational activities, I am researching on the impacts of climate change on agricultural practices in the northeast. I assessed the technological impacts of utilising geospatial-derived products and model-derived climate data for the marine fishery sector in the Bay of Bengal (BoB) region adjacent to Odisha, India.
Journey to be an academician...
I am a geographer with about seven years of research and teaching experience in various interdisciplinary domains. I completed my BSc (Hons) and MSc in Geography followed by MTech in Remote Sensing and GIS with the specialisation in Marine and Atmospheric Sciences from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), ISRO, Dehradun in 2018. I also qualified for the UGC-NET Lectureship (LS) in the subject of Geography for four times during 2016-18. As a part of my MTech Thesis, I compared CMIP5 and CORDEX-SA models with respect to IMD rainfall data in order to project rainfall patterns under various warming scenarios. After completed MTech, I was associated with the Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and analysed several climate data i.e., rainfall, sea surface temperature, soil moisture, wind speed and wind direction etc using various data analysis softwares and programming languages to understand ENSO-Monsoon relationship in changing climate under a DST-funded project during 2018-19. I investigated the impacts of space-based technology on the marine fishery sector e.g., Marine Fishery Advisories (MFAs) etc for Odisha through ground-based observation under a MoES-sponsored project during the association with the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), IISc Campus, Bengaluru during 2019-22. I was also a Teaching Assistant (TA) at NIAS and handled several classes for Masters and Doctoral students for the course titled, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – A Primer. My doctoral research was associated with the utilisation of MFAs for sustainable marine fishing through the development of geospatial models for the northern BoB region and carried out under the affiliation of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). At present, I am working as a Research Associate (RA) in the India Meteorological Department (IMD) at the RMC Guwahati office. Besides, the operational weather forecast services, I am also involved in various research activities under the Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS) scheme rendered by IMD. My research outputs have been communicated as several research articles and published in highly reputed peer-reviewed journals, books, magazines etc.
Major achievements
Received Best Oral Presentation Award in AGMET-2025 held at AAU Jorhat during Feb 13-15, 2025.
Empanelled as Academic Counsellor in IGNOU (Date of Acceptance: Jan 03 2023).
Secured sixth position in Manipal Marathon 2023 under MAHE student category in 5K timed run.
Awarded international students scholarship at 3rd ESP Asia Conference – 2021 during Dec 14-17, 2021 (virtual).
Qualified UGC-NET Lectureship (LS) in Geography (Dec 2015, Jan 2017, Nov 2017 and Jul 2018)
Qualified Upper Primary TET – 2015 conducted by the West Bengal School Service Commission.
Work experience
[2023] - [Till date]
[India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India]
[Research Associate]
[2022] - [2023]
[Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) - Bengaluru Campus]
[PhD Scholar]
[2019] - [2022]
[National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), IISc Campus, Bengaluru]
[JRF and SRF]
[2018] - [2019]
[Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore]
[Project Assistant]
Education
[2020] - [2023 ]
[Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)]
[PhD]
[2016] - [2018 ]
[Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, ISRO]
[MTech]
[2011] - [2014 ]
[Chandernagore College, The University of Burdwan]
[BSc (H)]
[2009] - [2011]
[Arambagh High School (HS), WBCHSE]
[10+2 (Science)]
I am passionate about sports with special interests in cricket, badminton and athletics. I have participated in various Marathon/Cyclothon competitions and completed within the timeline. I am a YouTube content creator and also work as a Google Local Guide. I am a fact-finder and act as a truthseeker of various contemporary issues.