I am a structural geologist, and much of my recent works focused on investigating the crust's ductile and brittle deformation processes, from outcrop- to grain-scale. I use the EBSD technique and the open-source Matlab toolbox MTEX extensively for the latter. Although having worked in the Indian Himalaya for nearly seven years, laboratory analyses excite me as much as fieldwork. Over the years, I have acquired proficiency in C++, R, and MATLAB programming languages and finite element modelling through independent training. I intend to integrate these tools into my future research projects. One of my long-term goals is to learn R-/Python-based statistical and big data analytics and promote their utility across various fields of Earth Sciences. Subsequently, I aim to contribute towards advancing the subject as a leading researcher at an academic institute and nurture next-generation geoscientists. 

July 2020 Doctor of Philosophy - Tectonics & Structural Geology (IIT Bombay)
Aug 2014 Master of Science - Applied Geology (IIT Bombay)
July 2012 Bachelor of Science - Geology (Honours)  (Presidency College, University of Calcutta) 

July 2023 - present JSPS Posdoctoral Research Fellow at Okayama University of Science, Japan
Feb 2021 - July 2023 Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at IIT Kanpur (Exp Rock Def Lab)
Aug 2020 - Jan 2021 Postdoctoral Project Scientist at IIT Kanpur
Feb - July 2020 Research Associate at IIT Bombay

May 2022 - present Associate Editor (Tektonika, Diamond open-access Journal)
Mar 2020 - Oct 2022 Guest Editor (International Journal of Earth Sciences, Springer)
Feb 2016 - present Peer-reviewer (Nature Geoscience, Geophysical Research Letters, Tectonophysics, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Journal of Structural Geology, Lithosphere, Geological Journal, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, and Journal of Earth System Science)

Feb 2021 - present Doctoral student (Exp Rock Def Lab, Dept. of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur)
Jul - Aug 2021 INSA Summer Research Fellows  (Exp Rock Def Lab, Dept. of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur)

Sept - Nov 2021 & 2022 Tutor (PG Communication course ES650A, Dept. of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur)
Jan - April 2021 Teaching Assistant (Structural Geology course conducted on NPTEL e-Learning platform) (Certificate)
Jul 2014 - Jul 2020 Teaching Assistant (Structural Geology lab courses GS413, GP420 & GS703, Dept. of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay)

Jun - Jul 2013 Summer Intern (Geology) at Ambuja Cements Limited (Certificate)
May - Jun 2013 Summer Project Fellow (Dept. of Earth Sciences, IIT Bombay) (Certificate) 

Dec 2022 JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Standard) (Okayama University of Science , Japan) [Duration - 24 months]
Dec 2022 Visiting Researcher (Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan) (declined for another offer) [Duration - 12 months]
Feb 2021 Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship (IIT Kanpur, India) [Duration - 29 months]
Feb 2020 Institute Research Associateship (IIT Bombay, India ) [Duration - 06 months]
Jan 2020 International Geological Congress SRSP Award (declined)
Sep 2019 Geological Society of America International Travel Grant
Sep 2019 International Travel Support by the Dept. of Science and Technology - Science Engineering and Research Board (DST-SERB, Govt. of India)
Jul 2019 Institute Research Fellowship (IRCC, IIT Bombay, India ) [Duration - 04 months]
Oct 2017 International Conference Financial Grant (IIT Bombay, India )
Jul 2014 Research Fellowship in Earth & Atmospheric Sciences (University Grants Commission, Govt. of India) [Duration - 60 months]
Jul 2012 Merit-cum-Means Scholarship for M.Sc students (IIT Bombay, India ) [Duration - 24 months] 

Prof. Takeshi Imayama - Associate Professor, Research Institute of Natural Sciences, Okayama University of Science, Japan
Prof. Jun-ichi Ando - Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
Prof. Kaushik Das - Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Hiroshima University, Japan
Prof. Takeshi Hasegawa - Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science, Ibaraki University, Japan
Dr. Dyuti Prakash Sarkar - Postdoctoral Researcher, Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research, JAMSTEC, Japan
Dr. Keewook Yi - Research Scientist, Geochronology Team, Korea Basic Science Institute, Ochang, Republic of Korea

Nov 2022 Mahakoshal belt, Lower Vindhyan unit and Chhotanagpur gneissic complex (Madhya Pradesh, India) [Postdoc project]
Aug 2022 Shergole Blueschist Unit and Karakoram Metamorphic Complex, Ladakh Himalaya (Ladakh, India) [Intl Collab]
July 2019 Tso Morari Complex, Ladakh Himalaya (Ladakh, India) [Intl Collab]
Apr 2016 Tso Morari Complex, Ladakh Himalaya (Ladakh, India) [Doctoral Thesis]
Sep 2015 Zanskar valley along Kargil - Padam transect (Jammu & Kashmir, India) [DST Sponsored Field Camp]
Dec 2013 Siwalik Himalaya near Dehradun (Uttarakhand, India) [M.Sc. Dissertation Project]
Dec 2012 Kutch Basin near Bhuj (Gujarat, India) [M.Sc. Field Camp]
Feb 2012 Bhandara District near Ramtek (Maharashtra, India) [B.Sc. Field Camp]
Dec 2010 Aravalli Fold Belt near Ajmer (Rajasthan, India) [B.Sc. Field Camp]
Jan 2010 Siwalik Himalaya near Kalka (Haryana, India) [B.Sc. Field Camp] 

June 2020 Data Science: Machine Learning (Certificate)
June 2020 Essential Math for Machine Learning: R Edition (Certificate)
May 2020 Data Science Research Methods: R Edition (Certificate)
June 2019 Unconventional Reservoir Geomechanics (Certificate)
June 2019 Reservoir Geomechanics (Certificate)
Dec 2018 Advanced MATLAB for Scientific Computing (Certificate) 

Native - Bengali; Fluent - English & Hindi; Elementary - French & German