Education
PhD+MA in Physics - Harvard University (2005-2011) (Advisor: Prof. Subir Sachdev; Mentor: Prof. Bert Halperin)
Graduate program (Physics) - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (2003-2005)
B Sc. (Physics Honors) 1st Division, 1st Class - Presidency College, Calcutta University (2000-2003)
PhDs supervised
Dr. Guodong Jiang, Purdue (2021)
Dr. YingKang Chen, Purdue (2021)
Dr. Dewan Woods, Purdue (2022)
Dr. Rishabh Khare, Purdue (2022)
Awards/Honors
Outstanding referee of the year 2012, Applied Physics Letters
Harvard Center for Energy and Environment Fellowship (2009 Spring onwards; returned in Fall 2009)
James Mills Pierce Fellowship Award - Harvard University (2005)
Purcell Fellowship - Harvard University (2005-2006)
Graduate Fellowship - UIUC (2005-2006; declined)
Kanwal Rekhi Career Development Award - Tata Institute (Mumbai, India) (2003-04)
Ranked 1st in Graduate course-work, Tata Institute, (2003-04)
Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST), All-India Rank - 1st, 2003
Indian Institute of Science Entrance Test, All-India Rank - 1st, 2003
KVPY Fellowship - Govt of India (2001-2003)
JBNSTS Scholarship - Kolkata, India (2001-2003)
Ranked in the top 99.9 percentile in the All India IIT Joint Entrance Examination (2000)
Service
Elected condensed matter/AMO physics representative, Physics Advisory Committee, Purdue Physics
Faculty search committee member, Purdue Physics
Chair, Condensed Matter Seminar series, Purdue Physics
Ad-hoc reviewer for research journals
Reviewer of federal level research grants
Organizer, CMT Kids Seminar '08-'09 and '10-'11, Physics Department, Harvard University