Education

Academic degrees

• Ph.D. (Tech.) in Bioinformatics (2012 - 2017)
  Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (Formerly known as West Bengal University of Technology)
  Keywords: Computational Biology, Human Diseases, Molecular Evolution, MicroRNAs.
  Thesis title: In-silico studies of MicroRNA Regulations in higher eukaryotes from the perspective of Molecular Evolution. (PDF Link)
  Supervisor: Prof. Tapash C Ghosh, Ph.D., Bose Institute, India.

• Master of Technology in Biotechnology (2008 -2010)
  West Bengal University of Technology, India.
  Main subject: Biotechnology
  Dissertation title: Identification and evaluation of Intron Length Polymorphism (ILP) marker in Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and to study evolutionary relationship between species by cross-species transferability.
  Supervisor: Prof. Manoj Prasad, Ph.D., NIPGR, India.
  Prof. Nandan Bhattacharyya, Haldia Institute of Technology, West Bengal.

• Master of Science in Biotechnology (2006 – 2008)
  Bangalore University, Karnataka, India
  Main subject: Biotechnology

• Bachelor of Science (2003 – 2006)
  Main Subjects: Biotechnology, Chemistry, Computer Applications
  University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India
  Project 1: Drug designing: evaluation of iron chelation through blood in phytic acid treated thalassemai patients
  Project 2: Study of ecological diversity in Sundarbans, especially on kingfishers
  Supervisors: Prof. Amit Chakravorty, Dr. Sudipa Chakravorty, Institute of Genetic Engineering, Kolkata, India.

Courses & Certificates

• 2020: Research Supervision, Pedagogy course, Linköping University, Sweden
  

• 2019: Becoming a Teacher in Higher Education, Pedagogy course, Linköping University, Sweden
  

• 2015: Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life: The origin and evolution of life and the search for life beyond earth, Coursera e-Learning, (link to certificate)

• 2015: Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python), Coursera e-Learning, (link to certificate)

Awards & Fellowships

• 2012: DST-INSPIRE fellowship, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India for pursuing Ph.D.

• 2010: Institute Scholarship, Bose Institute (Department of Science & Technology; Govt. of India)

• University Gold Medal in Master of Technology (BioTechnology) from West Bengal University of Technology, India.

• 2008: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) from Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India. Success rate: ~10 - 12%