Experience & Credentials

PAST POSITIONS (Research and Teaching)

• DST-SERB National Post-Doctoral Fellow (NPDF): 2022 - 2023 - Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit, Biological Sciences Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata

• Dr D S Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellow: 2018-2021 - Department of Mathematics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

• Guest Lecturer: 2018 - in Zoology - Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan

• Visiting Scientist: 2018 - Agricultural and Ecological Research Unit (A.E.R.U.), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata

• Senior Research Fellow: 2014-2017 - Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan

• Young Scientist: November 2014 - January 2015 - Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis

• Junior Research Fellow: 2012-2014 - Department of Zoology, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan

• Guest Lecturer in Zoology - Department of Biological Sciences, Presidency University, Kolkata

ACADEMIC DISTINCTION

Peer Reviewer in Journal: 

• Ecological Modelling, (Elsevier)

• Regional Studies in Marine Science, (Elsevier) 

• African Journal of Aquatic Science, (Taylor and Francis) 

• Journal of the Indian Society for Remote Sensing, (Springer) 

• Regional Environmental Change, (Springer) 

• Oceanologia, (Elsevier) 

• Ecological Informatics, (Elsevier) 

• Resources, Conservation & Recycling, (Elsevier) 

• Indian Journal of Science and Technology, (Thomson Reuters) 

• Pest Management Science, (Wiley Online Library) 

• Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, (MDPI) 

• Water, (MDPI) 

• Sustainability, (MDPI) 

• Diversity, (MDPI) 

• Scientific Reports, (Springer Nature)

• Journal of Cleaner Production, (Elsevier)

AWARDS

1. Recipient of AWSAR DST Competitive writing in PDF category, 2021.

2. Recipient of International Travel Grant from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy for attending the “Recent advances in Analysis of Multivariate Ecological Data: Theory and Practice”, held at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 2016.

3. Recipient of International Travel Fellowship from The Centre for International Co-operation in Science (CICS) for attending International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) Global Conference – 2016”, held at Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2016.

4. Recipient of International Travel Grant from the International Society of Ecological Modelling (ISEM) for attending the International Society for Ecological Modelling (ISEM) Global Conference – 2016”, held at Towson University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 2016.

5. Best Oral Presentation - at the Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program (SA-YSSP) 2014-15, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2015. 

6. Best Poster Presentation - at India Biodiversity Meet (IBM) – 2015, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, 2015. 

7. Recipient of International Travel Grant from Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for attending the “Southern African Young Scientists Summer Programme (SAYSSP – 2014-15)” held at The University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 2014.

8. Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship, National Eligibility Test (CSIR/UGC-NET) examination, 2011, securing rank – 67 in Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) category.

9. Ramchandra Sahu Memorial Award - Higher Secondary Examination, 2005.

10. Sudharani Memoroial Award - Higher Secondary Examination, 2005.

11. Nandagopal Memorial Award - Higher Secondary Examination, 2005.

12. Nalanda Scholarship - Madhyamik Examination, 2003.