BIODATA
Academic Qualifications/ Degrees:
Academic Qualification
- Postdoctoral fellow at Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Genova, Italy (2005- 2006).
- Ph.D. from Institute of Physics/ Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.
Work Experience
- Professor, Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, since March-2018.
- Associate Professor, Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (July 2013 to March 2018).
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Meteorology, at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (May 2009 to July 2013).
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (Feb. 2006 to April 2009).
- Member of Executive Council and Court, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi (2019-2021).
- Member of Governing Council, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati (Under DST, Govt. of India) 2019-2021.
Past and Present Activities / Positions:
Professional Recognition/ Awards
- Scientific Visitor at Institut fur Mathematik und Physik, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany in 2018.
- SFB Associate Professor Fellowship to visit DESY, Hamburg in 2016.
- Scientific Visitor at CERN (2014).
- ICTP Junior Associate (2007-2013) (awarded by The Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, ITALY).
- Visiting Scientist (May-July 2007) at Center for Quantum Spacetime (CQUeST), Sogang University, Seoul.
- Awarded a postdoctoral fellowship by the University of Genova, ITALY in 2005.
- Awarded a postdoctoral fellowship in 2003 (by the Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (I.N.F.N.)) by the Government of ITALY to do research in the University of Rome, Italy.
- Qualified for the GATE 98 (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering).
- Qualified for the joint CSIR-UGC NET (Conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) for eligibility of lectureship held on 20-12-1998.
- Senior College Merit Scholarship (1992-1995).
- Junior College Merit Scholarship (1990-1992).