Bio Sketch
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
2024 - Team Leader, Indian Arctic Expedition (Summer, Batch 2)
2023 - Member, Indian Arctic Expedition (Summer, Batch 3)
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.
EXTRAMURAL PROJECTS
| Sr. No. | Funding Agency | Title | Period |
| 1 | VSSC, ISRO | Development of Artificial Intelligence (Al) and Deep Learning (DL) based Algorithms for identifying, characterizing and tracking of Rain Cells embedded in mesoscale convective systems using Doppler Weather Radar observations | 2024-2026 |
| 2 | ANRF | Experimental study of rain microphysics and associated rain integral parameters over central India | 2022-2026 |
| 3 | MoES | Development of a machine learning method for classification and nowcasting of rainfall using Doppler Weather Radar | 2022-2026 |
| 4 | SAC, ISRO | Study of organized mesoscale systems using combined OSCAT-3 scatterometer and ground based Doppler weather radar | 2022-2026 |
| 5 | ANRF | SIRE Fellowship - Precipitation characterization using satellite and ground- based radar | 2022-2022 |
| 6 | ANRF | Modeling of major weather disturbances, especially cyclones, using Deep Neural Networks | 2020-2023 |
| 7 | SAC-ISRO | Retrieval of atmospheric water vapor from IRNSS/GAGAN data and prediction of extreme weather events based on machine learning techniques | 2017-2020 |
| 8 | DST INSPIRE | Integrated studies of cloud-aerosol-precipitation system in the Indian region in a climate change scenario | 2015-2020 |
| 9 | TEQIP Phase III-IIT Indore | Development of A Deep Learning Based Algorithm for Retrieval of Water Vapour from GNSS/NavIC | 2019-2020 |
| 10 | TEQIP Phase II University of Calcutta | Rain attenuation studies in relation to satellite communication | 2014-2015 |