I am an Assistant Professor of Physics at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India, with training in statistical mechanics and computational Physics. My research focuses on phase separation, confined fluid dynamics, evaporation, and nonequilibrium phenomena near phase transitions, using large-scale simulations and theoretical modeling.
Ph.D (Statistical Mechanics, Theory): Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India.
M.Sc (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
B.Sc (Physics Honours): St. Xavier's College Kolkata, under University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Employment:
Assistant Professor : Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India (2024- now)
Researcher : University of Milan, Milan, Italy (2024)
Visiting Scientist : International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy (2023)
Visiting Scientist : Freie University Berlin, Germany (2023)
Assistant Professor : Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India (2020-2023)
Research Scientist : Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, (2015-2020)
Visiting Scientist : Freie University Berlin, Germany (2018 Dec- 2019 Feb)
Postdoctoral Fellow : Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, (2014-2015)
Awards:
National Scholarship for securing 18th rank in the State in Secondary School Final Examination (Madhyamik Pariksha), from West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, India (2001).
Governor’s Proficiency Certificate for ranking 1st among the girls in the District in Secondary School Final Examination, from the Governor of West Bengal, India (2001).
Recognition for securing 1st position in the District among the girls in the Higher Secondary Examination, from West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, India (2003).
Shivaji Dutta Gupta Silver Medal for securing highest marks in English in the State in Higher Secondary Examination, from the State Board ‘West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education’, India (2003).
IIT-Madras Merit Scholarship throughout M.Sc, IIT-Madras, India (2006-2008).
JEST (AIR 90, 2006), JAM (2006), GATE (2008), CSIR JRF and SRF (2008).
International travel support from Science and Engineering Research Board, India (2012).
Max-Planck Institute Fellowship, Germany (2014).
Best Poster prize at the conference “Wetting in Complex Systems”, Germany (2019).
Excellence Research Scholarship from Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India (2020).
External Grants:
PI, Advanced Research Grant, ANRF, India, 2025.
PI, DAAD Bilateral Grant, Germany, 2020.
Co-PI, Germany-Poland collaborative Harmonia grant, 2016.
Invited Talks at International Conferences:
“FRAC MEET: Collective Phenomena in Disordered Systems II”, India, 2025.
"International Conference on Emerging Trends in Complex Systems, Advanced Materials and Photonics", India, 2025.
"Structure and Dynamics of Chemical and Biomolecular Systems", India, 2023.
"International Conference on Soft Materials", Jaipur, India, 2022.
“Soft Matter at Interfaces”, Germany, 2019.
“International Conference on Complex Fluids and Soft Matter COMPFLU 2019”, Bhopal, India, 2019.
“CECAM International Conference: Statistical mechanics of interfaces: dynamic phenomena”, Berlin, Germany, 2018.
“3rd International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM)”, Jaipur, India, 2018.
Invited Talks at National Conferences:
"Hyderabad Soft Matter Day", India, 2025.
"Smart Magnetic Materials: Enabling Technologies for Intelligent Devices", India, 2025.
"Soft Matter Young Investigators Meet-2025", India, 2025.
“Condmat@2023” workshop at Ashoka University, India, 2023.
“Annual Theory Discussion Days”, Physical Research Laboratory Ahmedabad, India, 2023.
“Current Trends in Statistical Physics”, JNCASR Bangalore, India, 2022.
“Statistical Physics Discussion Meeting”, IIT Kharagpur, India, 2022.
Conference: “TSU@25”, JNCASR, India, 2021.
Five invited lectures at a summer school “Theoretical Physics School”, India, 2021.
Invited Talks at Institutes:
University of Vienna, Austria, 2023
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, 2023
Indian Institute for Science Education and Research Kolkata, India, 2023.
Discipline of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, 2023.
Indian Institute for Science Education and Research Tirupati, India, 2023.
Indian Institute of Technology Dharvad, India, 2022.
Centre for Complex Systems and Dynamics, IIT Madras, India, 2022.
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2021.
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, India, 2019.
TIFR Centre for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Hyderabad, India, 2019.
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, 2019.
Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India, 2019.
Indian Institute of Science, India, 2019.
Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India, 2018.
Freie University Berlin, Germany, 2016.
Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, 2013 (Department Julicher)
Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany, 2013.
Institute of Physics, Johanes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany, 2012.
(Kurt Binder group)
The Insitute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai, India, 2012.
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India, 2012.
Invited Short-term Visits to Institutes:
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, Feb 2022. Nov 2025.
Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, Dec 2021.
International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, India, December 2019.
Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India: Feb 2018, Feb 2021, May2022.
SISSA, Italy, December 2016.
Freie University Berlin, Germany, May 2016, September 2016.
University of Duesseldorf, Germany, June 2015.
University of Mainz, Germany, July 2012.
Contributed Presentations/participation at International Conferences:
28. 10th International Conference on the Micromechanics of Granular Media, India, 2025. Poster.
27. 9th International Soft Matter Conference, Greece, 2025. Poster .
26. Career Development Workshop for Women in Physics, ICTP, Italy, 2023. Talk.
25. International conference `Transport in Narrow Channels’, Cargese, 2020. Talk
24. Soft Matter at Interfaces, Germany, 2020. Talk
23. STATPHYS 27, Argentina, 2019. Talk
22. Soft Matter at Interfaces 2018, Ringberg, Germany, 2018. Poster
21. DPG Spring Meeting, Berlin, Germany, 2018. Talk
20. Liquid Matter Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 2017. Poster
19. Soft Matter at Interfaces 2017, Ringberg, Germany, 2017.
18. STATPHYS 26, Lyon, France, 2016. Poster
17. 6th Warsaw School of Statistical Physics, Sandomierz, Poland, 2016.
16. Soft Matter at Interfaces 2016, Ringberg, Germany, 2016.
15. Conference of the Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics, Vienna, Austria, 2016. Poster
14. Conference on Complex Fluids-COMPFLU-2016, India, 2016. Talk
13. Conference on Growing Length Scale Phenomena, India, 2015. Talk
12. Soft Matter at Interfaces 2015, Ringberg, Germany, 2015. Poster
11. Lattice Boltzmann 2015 COST Training School, Madrid, Spain, 2015.
10. Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft Meeting DPG, Berlin, Germany, 2015. Talk
9. Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM 2014), India, 2014. Poster
8. Liquids 2014: the 9th Liquid matter Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2014. Poster
7. Soft Matter at Interfaces 2014, Ringberg, Germany, 2014. Poster
6. Cambridge-JNCASR Winter School on Frontiers in Materials Science, India, 2013. Poster
5. Conference on Condensed Matter and Biological Systems, India, 2013. Poster
4. School on Heterogeneous Nucleation and Microstructure Formation: Steps towards system and scale bridging understanding, Bayreuth, Germany, 2012. Poster
3. Conference on Dynamics of Phase Transformations, Bangalore, India, 2011. Poster
2. JNCASR- UCL Workshop on Multi-scale Modeling and Simulations of Materials, Bangalore, India, 2011. Talk
1. Conference on Disorder, Complexity and Biology (DISCOMB II), Banaras, India, 2009.
Contributed Presentations/participation at National Conferences:
12. A short summer school on "Nonlinear Physics and Statistical Physics", IIT KGP, India, 2022.
11. Colloquium for Young Physicists, organized by Indian Physics Association, Kolkata, 2013. Talk.
10. JNC Research Conference on Chemistry of Materials, Trivandrum, India, 2012. Poster
9. Conference on Current Trends in Condensed Matter Physics, Bhubaneswar, India, 2010. Poster
8. RRI school on Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics, Bangalore, India, 2010.
7. SERC School cum Symposium on Molecular Simulations: Applications in Engineering Sciences, Bangalore, India, 2009.
6. 2nd Bangalore Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Bangalore, India, 2009.
5. School on Understanding Molecular Simulation, Bangalore, India, 2009.
4. DST SERC School on Computational Statistical Physics, IIT Guwahati, India, 2008.
3. DST SERC School on Nonlinear Dynamics, IISc Bangalore, India, 2008.
2. Basic Workshop: Sun and Stars, St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, India, 2005.
1. CSIR Program on Youth for Leadership in Science (CPYLS), held for the toppers in Secondary School Final Examination in West Bengal and Sikkim, Kolkata, India, 2001.
Memberships of Scientific Societies:
Indian Physics Association (since 2023)
DCMP Asia Pacific Physical Society (since 2022)
The Indian Physical Society (since 2013)
Conference Organization:
Co-organizer, "Soft Matter Young Investigators Meet 2026", Goa, India, 2026.
Co-organizer of the international conference “Mathematics and Physics of Fluids 2021”, India, 2021.
My reviewer profile can be found at Web of Science