1. Passed Secondary Examination (1994)
under West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Purulia
securing 86% marks.
2. Passed Higher Secondary Examination (1996)
under West Bengal Board of Higher Secondary Education
from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekanada Centenary College, Rahara
securing 78% marks.
3. Graduated with Hons. in Chemistry (1999)
from Presidency College, under Calcutta University, Calcutta
securing 69% marks (2nd position in college).
4. M.Sc. in Chemistry (2001)
from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
with 8.7 point(in a 10.0 point scale).
M.Sc. thesis topic:
A MONONUCLEAR IRON(III) COMPLEX WITH A POTENTIALLY PHENOXO-BRIDGING
DINUCLEATING LIGAND: SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY.
5. Presently (2001- )Graduate Student in the Department of Chemistry,
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Current GPA 4.04/4.00
Awards and Research Credentials:
1. National Academy of Science Fellowship 2000
to work with Prof. Kankan Bhattacharyya
on "Time resolved pico-second LASER spectroscopy: study of Biological Water";
Indian Association for the Cultivation Sciences, Calcutta.
Term Papers:
a.Al-77 cluster:largest known main group cluster system known.
b.Hypercarbon Chemistry: Carbon with 5,6 and 7 valency.
c.Phalate dehydrogenase: A closer look.
d.Kinetics of folding and unfolding: Cytochrome c
e.Chemical Modeling of Enzymes: Tyrosinase Modeling.
f.Application of in-vivo NMR in Biology;
Presidency College,Calcutta.