• Professional Experience

    2023-present : Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur;
    2018-2022 : Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur;
    2014-2018 : Post doctoral researcher, Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology, University of Cologne, Germany.


  • Academic Qualification

    2014 : PhD Thesis (Docteur es Sciences) with distinction (top 10%), Universite Paris-Sud, France;
    2011 : Master of Research (M2R) in plasma physics (2nd rank holder), Ecole Polytechnique, France;
    2010 : Masters (Diplôme d’ingénieur) in theoretical physics, Ecole Polytechnique, France;
    2007 : B.Sc. Honours in physics (1st class 3rd), Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India;


  • Honours and Awards

    P. K. Kelkar young faculty research fellowship for 3 years (2024-2027).
    Director's compliment for excellent teaching of PHY102AA at IITK (2021).
    Director's compliment for excellent teaching of PHY651A at IITK (2018).
    Inspire Faculty Award in Physical sciences from Indian National Science Academy (2017).
    Prix de These (Best thesis award) from Ecole Doctoral Ondes et Matiere (2015)
    Qualified for applying for a post of full time lecturer in french universities (2015)
    AMX fellowship for Ph.D. with teaching responsibility (2011-2014)
    Full UG scholarship of Ecole Polytechnique (2007-2011)
    Gold Medalist in National Graduate Physics Examination (2007)