TIMELINE
- • Professor-in-Charge,
Physics and Earth Sciences
Division, Indian Statistical
Institute, Kolkata, India (Sept 2024 – Present)
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• Professor
Physics and Applied
Mathematics Unit, Indian
Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India (July 2021 – Present)
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• Head
(July 2021 – June 2023)
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Associate Professor (July 2013 - June 2021)
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Assistant Professor (Aug 2009 - June 2013)
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• Associate
Member, Technology Innovation
Hub on Data Science, Big Data Analytics and Data Curation
(IDEAS-TIH), Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India (Jan
2021
– Present)
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• Alexander
von Humboldt Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut
fuer Astrophysik, Garching, Germany (July – Sept 2016)
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• Honorary
Faculty, Ramakrishna Mission
Vidyamandira, Belur, India (2013 – Present)
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• Alexander von Humboldt Fellow,
Physikalisches
Institut der Universitaet Bonn, Germany (Sept 2010 - Aug 2011)
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• Platinum Jubilee Fellow,
Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute,
Kolkata, India (Jan 2008 - July 2009)
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• Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Inter-University Centre for
Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India (Jan 2007 - Dec
2007)
EDUCATION
- • Ph.D.
(Physics), Jadavpur University,
India (2007) : Work
done at Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur
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• M.Sc.
(Physics), Jadavpur University, India (2001)
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• B.Sc.
(Physics Hons.), Jadavpur University, India (1999)
HONOURS
- • Research
Alumni Strategy Grant, Universitaet Bonn, Germany (2018) (a
prestigious offer to selected research alumni to contribute to
graduate program on 200th convocation of the University)
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• Member
of the Consortium CMBBharat (a
proposed Indian space mission for Cosmic Microwave Background
observations) and Member of Scientific and Engineering team (2018 -
Present)
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• Member
of the Executive Council and Science Sub-Committee, SKA-India
Consortium (a part of the international initiative Square
Kilometer Array telescope) (2015 - Present)
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• Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation Alumni Support Grant, Germany (2016)
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• Review-team
Member, Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration
(SPARC), Ministry of Human
Resource Development, India
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• Proposal
Reviewer, Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research
(CEFIPRA), New Delhi, India
(2015 - Present)
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• Honorary
Faculty, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur, India (2013 –
Present)
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• Guest
Faculty in DST SERC Main School on Theoretical High Energy Physics,
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (2012)
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• Invited
Member, Virtual Institute of
Astroparticle Physics, AstroParticule et Cosmologie, Paris,
France (2011 - Present)
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• Alexander
von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship, Germany (2010 - 2011)
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• Two
of
my papers received Research Highlight in “Nature India”
(2009),
(2024)
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• Life
Member, Indian Association
for General Relativity and Gravitation, India (2009)
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• Platinum
Jubilee Fellowship, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
(2008 - 2009)
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• National
Award as Young Physicist (Ranked 2nd), Indian
Physical Society, India (2005)
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• Merit
Certificate for High Rank in Higher Secondary Examination (12th
standard), West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, India
(1996)
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• Merit
Certificate for High Rank in Madhyamik (10th standard) Examination,
West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, India (1994)
INVOLVEMENT
IN MEGA-PROJECTS
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• Member
of the Consortium CMBBharat (a
proposed Indian space mission for Cosmic Microwave Background
observations) and Member of Scientific and Engineering team (2018 –
Present)
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• Member
of the Executive Council, SKA-India
Consortium (a part of the Square
Kilometer Array telescope) (2015 - Present)
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• Member
and Co-Investigator of Technology
Innovation Hub on Data Science, Big Data Analytics and Data Curation
(2020 - Present)
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PEER
REVIEWER
- • Proposal
Reviewer, Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF), Govt. of
India
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• Proposal
Reviewer, National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM), India
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• Review-team
Member, Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration
(SPARC), Ministry of Human Resource Development, India
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• Proposal
Reviewer, Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research,
India
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• Proposal
Reviewer, National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa
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• Proposal
Reviewer, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India
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• Monthly
Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press,
UK
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• Physics
Letters B, Elsevier Publication, Netherlands
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• Classical
and Quantum Gravity, Institute of Physics Publication, UK
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• European
Physical Journal C, Springer Publication, Netherlands
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• European
Physical Journal Plus, Springer Publication, Netherlands
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• Physica
Scripta, Institute of Physics Publication, UK
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• Modern
Physics Letters A, World Scientific, Singapore
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• General
Relativity and Gravitation, Springer Publication, Netherlands
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• Advances
in Astronomy, Hindawi, USA
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• Journal
of Astrophysics and Astronomy, Springer Publication, Netherlands
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• International
Journal of Theoretical Physics, Springer Publication, Netherlands
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• Pramana
- Journal of Physics, Indian Academy of Sciences Publication, India
ORGANIZATIONAL
WORK
- • Organizing
Committee, Cosmic Adventures: Celebrating the Life and Legacy of
Prof. J. V. Narlikar (A One-Day Public Outreach Event), ISI Kolkata
(Sep 22, 2025)
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• Organizing
Committee, CosmoMingle: A Cosmology Working Group Meeting, ISI
Kolkata (Jan 15-16, 2024)
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• Coordinator,
Workshop
on 21 cm Cosmology in the Square Kilometre Array Era, TIH, ISI
Kolkata (jointly with SKAIC) (Oct 31 - Nov 04, 2022)
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• Coordinator,
School-cum-Workshop
on Data Analysis in Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, TIH,
ISI Kolkata (Aug 23 - Sept 04, 2021)
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• Joint
organizer, Majorana-Raychaudhuri Seminars : Kolkata-Salerno
Joint Activities, (Every Friday Nov 6, 2020 onwards)
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• Co-organizer,
Astro-Scope for the Youngsters: A Space Odyssey, ISI Kolkata (Nov
11, 2019)
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• Convener
(jointly with Dr. Dibakar Ghosh), School on Programming with Python:
Applications to Cosmology and Nonlinear Dynamics, ISI Kolkata (March
18-23, 2019)
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• Organising
Committee, 7th Topical Conference on Gravity, Cosmology, Astronomy
and Astrophysics -- Eastern Region (TCGCA-ER7),
IACS Kolkata (Mar 25, 2017)
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• Local
Organising Committee, Saha Theory Workshop: Aspects of Early
Universe Cosmology, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (Jan
16-20, 2017)
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• Convener,
5th Topical Conference on Gravity, Cosmology, Astronomy and
Astrophysics -- Eastern Region (TCGCA-ER5),
ISI Kolkata (Mar 19, 2016)
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• Coordinator
(jointly with Prof. Pinaki Roy), ISI-sponsored Workshop on
Mathematical Methods in Physical Sciences, NIT Silchar (Jan 29-31,
2016)
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• Convener
(jointly with Dr. Ujjaini Alam), Winter School on Cosmology (WSC15),
ISI Kolkata (Dec 28, 2015 - Jan 06, 2016)
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• Coordinator
(jointly with Prof. Tarun Souradeep), IUCAA-ISI Workshop on
Statistical Applications to Cosmology and Astrophysics
(STATCOSMO15),
ISI Kolkata (Feb 10-13, 2015)
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• Scientific
Committee, 1st Topical Conference on Gravity and Cosmology
(TCGC-ER1),
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (Dec 13, 2013)
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• Scientific
Committee, Dark Energy Discussion Meeting, HRI Allahabad (Nov 05-07,
2012)
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• Convener
(jointly with Prof. Banasri Basu), International Conference on
Modern Perspectives of Cosmology and Gravitation (COSGRAV12),
ISI Kolkata (Feb 07-11, 2012)
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• Organizing
Committee, National Workshop on Observational Astronomy, ISI Kolkata
(Aug 17-24, 2009)
INSTITUTIONAL
ADMINISTRATIVE WORK
- • Serving
as
the Professor-in-Charge of Physics and Earth Sciences Division, ISI
Kolkata (2024 - Present)
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• Served
as
the Head of Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, ISI Kolkata (2021-
2023)
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• Member
of the Academic Council, ISI Kolkata (2016- Present)
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• Chairperson,
Research Fellow Advisory Committee, Physics and Applied Mathematics,
ISI Kolkata & Bangalore (2021-2024)
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• Institute
Course Work Rules Fixation Committee, ISI Kolkata (2021)
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• Institute
Externally Funded Research Fellow Selection Rules Fixation
Committee, ISI Kolkata (2021)
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• Chairman,
JRF Admission Committee, Physics and Applied Mathematics, ISI
Kolkata (2015-16)
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• Research
Fellow Advisory Committee, Physics and Applied Mathematics, ISI
Kolkata (2014- Present)
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• Convener,
JRF Admission Committee, Physics and Applied Mathematics, ISI
Kolkata (2014-15), (2019-20)
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• JRF
Admission Committee, Computer Science, ISI Kolkata (2014-15),
(2017-18), (2020-21)
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• JRF
Admission Committee, Physics and Applied Mathematics, ISI Kolkata
(2013-14), (2017-18), (2020-21), (2021-22), (2022-23)
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• M.Tech.
Computer Science Admission Committee, ISI Kolkata (2013-14) ,
(2018-19)
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• Internal
Moderator, 2nd Semester Examination, ISI Kolkata (2012-13),
(2013-14)
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• Convener,
Sub-Committee, M.Tech. Computer Science Admission, ISI Kolkata
(2010-11)
OTHER
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
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• Faculty
Selection Committee, IIIT Bhubaneswar (2025)
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• PhD
Viva-voce Examiner of Sanghati Saha, Amity University, Kolkata,
India (2025)
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• PhD
Thesis Examiner of Ronit Karmakar, Dibrugarh University, Assam,
India (2024)
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• PhD
Thesis Examiner of Chandrachud Bijay Vaswar Dash, BITS Pilani, India
(2024)
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• PhD
Thesis Examiner of Kathleen A. Sellick, UKZN, South Africa (2024)
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• PhD
Thesis and Viva-voce Examiner of Urvashi, IIT-BHU, India (2024)
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• PhD
Thesis Examiner of Angshuman Baruah, Assam University, India (2024)
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• External
Reviewer for applications for Scientist positions, Aryabhatta
Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital,
India (2023)
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• Session
Chair for Public Lecture, 10th International Conference on Pattern
Recognition and Machine Intelligence, ISI Kolkata (Dec 12-15, 2023)
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• PhD
Thesis and Viva-voce Examiner of Ankita Bera, Presidency University,
Kolkata (2023)
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• PhD
Thesis Examiner of Urvashi, IIT-BHU, India (2023)
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• PhD
Thesis Examiner of Ranbir Sharma, IISER Mohali, India (2022)
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• External
Expert for a meeting on setting up a Centre for Astronomy and Space
Technology at Ujjain, IIT Indore (2022)
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• External
Expert for Postdoctoral Fellow Selection Committee, Aryabhatta
Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital
(2022-23)
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• External
Examiner for Shaashank Sekhar Pandey, S.N Bose National Centre for
Basic Sciences, Kolkata (2022-33)
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• External
Examiner for MSc Physics project dissertations and viva-voce, IIT
Kharagpur (2021-22)
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• External
Expert for Postdoctoral Fellows Selection Committee, Indian
Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (2021-22)
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• External
Expert for 2 applications for Promotions, University of
KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa (2021)
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• External
Expert Committee Member for MSc/PhD thesis and viva-voce, Central
University of Himachal Pradesh (2020-Present)
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• Advisory
Committee, International Conference on Advanced Physics, IEM Kolkata
from (Apr 1-3, 2021)
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• External
Expert for two Postdoctoral Fellows, Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (2020-21)
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• External
Expert for Postdoctoral Fellow Selection Committee, S.N Bose
National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata (2020-21)
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• Session
Chair, Less Travelled Path of Dark Matter: Axions and Primordial
Black Holes (online), ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru (Nov 09-13, 2020)
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• Session
Chair, Physics of the Early Universe - An Online Precursor,
ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru (Aug 31 - Sept 03, 2020)
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• External
Expert for Dr. Indrani Banerjee, Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian
Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (2020-21)
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• Doctoral
Committee of Khursid Alam, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics,
Kolkata (2019-Present)
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• External
Examiner of Indranil Chatterjee, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur (2019-20)
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• External
Expert for Postdoctoral Fellow Selection, Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (2019), (2020)
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• Research
Advisory Committee of three students, Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science, Kolkata (2019)
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• PhD
Thesis and Viva-voce Examiner of Satadru Bag, Inter-University
Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India (2018)
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• External
Expert for JRF selection, Indian Association for the Cultivation of
Science, Kolkata (2018)
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• External
Examiner, PhD Thesis of Suman Sarkar, Visva-Bharati University,
Santiniketan (2018)
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• PhD
Thesis and Viva-voce Examiner of Awanish Kumar Bajpeyi, RGIPT,
Amethi, India (2018)
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• Member
of Judges Panel for Scientific Creativity Test, Jagadis Bose
National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS)
(2014), (2015), (2017)
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• External
Examiner of Bhaswati Mandal, Indian Association for the Cultivation
of Science, Kolkata (2017-18)
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• Moderator
of MSc Course, St Xaviers' College (Autonomous), Kolkata (2017),
(2018)
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• PhD
Thesis Viva-voce Examiner of Arpita Mitra, S.N Bose National Centre
for Basic Sciences, Kolkata (2017)
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• Session
Chair, 7th Topical Conference on Gravity, Cosmology and Astrophysics
-- Eastern Region (TCGCA-ER7), IACS Kolkata (Mar 25, 2017)
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• Session
Chair, Thirty Meter Telescope's Science Meet: “Planning for
science with TMT: challenges and capabilities-III”, University of
Tezpur (Dec 01-03, 2015)
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• Session
Chair, International workshop on Advances in Astroparticle Physics
and Cosmology, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (Oct
12-17, 2015)
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• Session
Chair, 4th Topical Conference on Gravity and Cosmology, IISER
Kolkata (Sept 19, 2015)
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• Doctoral
Committee of Sukannya Bhattacharya, Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics, Kolkata (2015-Present)
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• External
Examiner of Suman Chatterjee, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur (2015- 16)
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• Session
Chair, Workshop on Cosmology at the Interface, Saha Institute of
Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (Jan 28-30, 2015)
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• External
Expert for Postdoctoral Fellow Selection Committee, S.N Bose
National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata (2014-15)
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• Session
Chair, 2nd Topical Conference on Gravity and Cosmology, Presidency
University, Kolkata (Aug 9, 2014)
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• Member
of Interview Board, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)
(2014), (2016)
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• Doctoral
Committee of Kumar Das, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata
(2014-17)
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• External
Examiner of Rajibul Shaikh, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
(2014-15)
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• Doctoral
Committee of Debabrata Adak, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics,
Kolkata (2013- 14)
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SCIENCE
POPULARIZATION/EDUCATION
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•Involved
in Bigyan Patrika (a popular
science magazine in Bengali) in different capacities
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•Regularly
writing popular science articles in Bengali and English (details can
be found here)
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•Regularly
giving popular science talks for school/college students, both in
Bengali and English (details can be found in my CV)
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•Member
of Vigyan Samagam, a
science popularization event by DST and DAE, Govt of India, Science
City, Kolkata (Dec 10-14, 2019)
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•Organizing
science popularization events in Kolkata, suburbs and rural Bengal
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My
detailed CV in downloadable format
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