Academics 

Education: 
 
2013 -  Ph. D (Tech.) Degree, in Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, India. 
          Thesis title: Study on effect of rain on signal propagation and rain related parameters for different zones  of Indian region 
 
2006 - Master of Science, in Physics, with CGPA 8.19 (First Class), IIT Roorkee, India. 
 
2004 - Bachelor of Science, in Physics (Honours), with 64.63% (First class), University of Burdwan, India. 
            (other subjects were Mathematics, Chemistry and English) 
 
2001 - Higher Secondary Examination (10+2) in Science with 84.2% (First Class), West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, India. 
 
1999 - Secondary Examination (10) with 83.75% (First Class), West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, India. 

Teaching and Research Experience: 

November 2022 – till date: Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Engineering, IIT Indore
 
March 2019-  November 2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Engineering, IIT Indore

July 2018 - March 2019: DST- INSPIRE Faculty, Center of Astronomy, IIT Indore, India  

Apr. 2015- June 2018: DST- INSPIRE Faculty, Center for Soft-Computing Research, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India 
 
Oct. 2009-Mar. 2015: Assistant Professor (under ISRO’s Space Science Promotion Scheme), Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India 

Sept. 2006-Oct. 2009: Junior Research Fellow, Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad, India.

Awards and Achievements: 
 
2022 – SERB SIRE Fellowship, Colorado State University, USA

2017 – IEEE Senior Member

2016 - Young Scientist Award, URSI Asia-Pacific Radio Science Conference, Seoul, South Korea. 
 
2014 - DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India 
 
2014 - Young Scientist Award by International Union of Radio Science (URSI) GASS 2014, Beijing, China. 
 
2014 - First prize in ‘Young Scientist award competition’ organized by Indian committee of URSI in Regional conference in Radio Science (RCRS), Pune, India. 
 
2009 - Best paper award in Satellite communication session in ICMARS 2010, Jodhpur, India. 
 
2005 - Qualify National Eligibility Test for “CSIR-NET LS” in Physics, in December-2005.