AWARDS /ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

• ICDP travel grant to attain workshop on Drilling the Deforming Eastern Flank of Mount Etna – FlankEd, Catania, Italy

• Elected as an Associate of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST) 2024

• Received INSA YOUNG SCIENTISTS MEDAL, 2021

• Received Prof. R. C. Misra Gold Medal, 2020 from the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (Dehradun) in recognition of outstanding contribution in the field of Geosciences.

• Selected for Post-Doc position at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany (Not Joined)

• Received K Naha Award for structural Geology from the Geological Society of India, 2018

• Early Career Research Award-DST-SERB 2017

• Selected for the “Best Poster Award” in Research Scholar Day 2013, Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur

• Qualified National Eligibility Test (UGC-JRF) December 2008 and June 2011

• Qualified National Eligibility Test (lectureship) June 2009 and December 2010

• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in 2009

• Qualified UPSC Geologists Examination 2009 (GSI)

• Ranked in Joint Admission test in M.Sc examination (JAM) in 2007

RESEARCH GRANTS

Ongoing/Accepted

1. Understanding permeability through fracture network characterization in the Chitradurga Schist Belt, Western Dharwar Craton, India". As PI. Funded by ANRF, Govt. of India. 

2.  Fracture network characterization of borehole cores from the Koyna Warna seismic zone, Western Maharashtra, India: As PI. Funded by MoES, Govt. of India.

3. Evolution of deformational fabrics in Singhbhum Shear Zone (India) and its implication for hydrothermal mineralization: insights from field investigation, AMS analysis, micro-structural study and experimental approach: As co-PI. Funded by MoES, Govt. of India.

4.  Fracture network characterization in Chitradurga Schist Belt (Dharwar craton, India): Implication in understanding the upper crustal fluid flow: As PI. Funded by ISI Kolkata

Completed

1. Understanding the mechanism of tensile fractures and estimation of paleostress in mechanically rigid layers. Duration 1-year (2021-2022), Status: Completed, ISI Start-Up Grant; Amount: 5 lakh

2. Characterization of fracture network in crystalline rocks. Duration 1-year (2019-2020), Status: Completed, Funded by Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) 2.0; Amount: 2 lakhs

3. Evaluating structural control on mineralization in Greenstone belt. Duration 1-year (2019-2020), Status: Completed, Funded by Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) 2.0; Amount: 2.77 lakhs

4. Fabric analysis and tectonic stress determination in the rocks of Chitradurga region (Dharwar craton, south India)–implications for upper crustal fluid flow. Duration 3-years (2017-2020), Status: Completed, Funded by DST SERB; Amount: 10.68 lakhs

5. Fabric analysis of the granites in and around Chitradurga (Western Dharwar craton)- implication for regional tectonics. Duration 2 years (2014-2016), Status: Completed, Funded by Jadavpur University; Amount: 0.5 lakhs

6.  Fabric analysis and paleostress determination in the supracrustal rocks of Dharwar craton, south India. Duration 1 year (2015-2016), Status: Completed, Funded by UGC innovative research; Amount: 0.5 lakhs