• B.Sc., Statistics Honours (1984): Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
• M.Stat (1986): Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
• Ph.D. in Statistics (1991): The Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.

Thesis Advisor: Bruce G. Lindsay, Distinguished Professor, Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

Thesis Title: Minimum disparity estimation in the continuous case: efficiency, robustness, distributions and algorithms.

• June 2004 to date: Professor, Applied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
• July 1998 to May 2004 : Associate Professor, Applied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
• August 1995 to July 1998: Lecturer, Applied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
• September 1991 to August 1995: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, U.S.A. September 1993 to August 1995: Assistant Graduate Advisor in the same department.
• September 1986 to July 1991: Graduate Assistant and Graduate Lecturer, Department of Statistics, Penn State University, U.S.A.