2024-present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Dept.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA.
Research supervisor: Prof. Philippe Sautet
2018-2023
PhD student
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India
Thesis Title: Computational Studies on the Photo-Electrocatalytic Activity and Selectivity in Renewable Energy Conversion Processes
Research supervisor: Prof. Swapan K Pati
2016-2018
M. Sc in chemistry (specialization in physical chemistry)
Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, Birbhum, India
M.Sc project: Additive-Free Cobalt-catalysed hydrogenation of Esters to Alcohols
Research supervisor: Prof. Pranab Sarkar
2013-2016
B. Sc in chemistry
Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, Birbhum, India
Best poster award in Current Trends in Theoretical Chemistry (CTTC), 2020. After the poster session I was selected for an oral presentation and got best poster prize.
Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry, 2018.
Joint five years research fellowship and lifetime lectureship award (all India rank 28) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, 2017.
UGC-JRF with AIR-88 rank in CSIR UGC NET in Chemical Science held on Dec 2016.
Scholarship from WEST BENGAL Govt. named as MERIT-CUM MEANS SCHOLARSHIP. (State Level)
Five years INSPIRE scholarship awarded by Department of Science and Technology, India, 2013. Awarded to only the top 1% student in the country pursuing a career in basic science. (National Level)
District Topper during the Higher Secondary Examination, 2013.
Designing Catalysts on Computers (DCC) IACS, India (December 2022) (poster)
'Chemistry of Materials' conference in Kerala, India, (October 2022) (poster)
'Novel design of single transition metal atoms anchored on C6N6 nanosheet for electrochemical and photochemical NRR', Theoretical Science Unit Day, JNCASR (May 2022) (oral presentation)
Theoretical Chemistry Symposium, IISER-Kolkata, India (December 2021) (poster)
Theoretical Science Unit Day, JNCASR (May 2021) (poster)
'Tetrazine Based Covalent Organic Framework as a Promising Metal-Free Photo and Electro-Catalyst for HER', Current Trends in Theoretical Chemistry (CTTC), BARC, Mumbai, India (October 2020) (poster + oral presentation)
JNCASR Annual In-House Symposium, Bangalore, India, 2020 (poster)
International Winter School on "Frontiers in Materials Science” (December 2019)