Biography:
1971: Higher Secondary from Ballygunge Govt. High School, Kolkata under West Bengal Board of Sec. Education (1st Division Ranked 30th)
1974: B.Sc. (Chemistry Honours, Physics, Mathematics) from Presidency College, under Calcutta University (Results in 1975)
1977: M.Sc (Chemistry) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1st class, Ranked 3rd)
1978: Joined Chemical Engg. Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre as Scientific Officer (SC) after completion of 21st batch training School
1982: Joined Variable Energy Cyclotrn Centre, as Scientific Officer (SC).
1998: PhD (Physics) from Jadavpur University. Title of Thesis:"Charged Particle Irradiation Studies on Copper Oxide Superconductors"
Post Doctoral fellow: Atomic Institute of Austrian Universities, Vienna, 2000.
Title : Studies on multifunctional nanostructured materials