Academic Background
- Bachelor of Science with Honours in Chemistry, Presidency College, Kolkata. As an undergraduate, he won the Ashutosh Mukherjee Award of Presidency College, Calcutta for scoring the highest mark in the introductory examination, a feat usually achieved by a mathematics student.
- Masters in Chemistry, University of Calcutta
- Ph.D in Chemistry, University of Calcutta. He began his PhD work under the supervision of Professor Mihir Chowdhury, a fine spectroscopist and an inspirational teacher. He obtained his PhD from Calcutta University.
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