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Institute for Theoretical Physics (LUH), Hannover
Awarded Magna cum Laude. Supervised by Olaf Lechtenfeld, funded by DAAD. Thesis: “Solutions of Yang–Mills theory in four-dimensional de Sitter space.”
Indian Institute of Science Education & Research, Kolkata
Integrated PhD programme at the Department of Physical Sciences. Intensive course-work in Physics and Mathematics, with research in Noncommutative geometry at S.N. Bose National Centre, Kolkata.
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Five-year integrated programme at the School of Biochemical Engineering. A parallel passion for theoretical physics, pursued independently alongside, eventually won out — and a pivot to mathematical physics followed.
Spring 2020 — Intensive revision course (lectures + exercises): Introduction to Quantum Theory.
Fall 2019 — Intensive revision course (lectures + exercises): Mathematical Methods of Physics.
Spring 2019 — Teaching assistant (exercises + 2 lectures): Lie Groups, Algebra and their Representations, taught by Olaf Lechtenfeld.
Fall 2017 — Teaching assistant (assignments): Advanced Mathematical Methods of Physics, taught by Sunandan Gangopadhyay.
Spring 2017 — Teaching assistant (exercises + assignments): Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism, taught by Ananda Dasgupta.
DFG Walter-Benjamin Fellowship (2024–2027) — funding my current position at QMUL London with Shahn Majid on “Particle physics from Quantum Riemannian Geometry.” Details here.
DAAD Doctoral Fellowship (2018–2022) — funded the PhD in Hannover via the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, including a pre-doctoral German language course in Berlin.
CSIR Junior Research Fellowship (2016–2018) — awarded after qualifying the NET, funding research at IISER-K.
Super-30 (2009–10) — intensive IIT-JEE preparation programme founded by mathematician Anand Kumar; one of thirty students selected nationally.
Dakshana Foundation (2008–09) — participated at JNV, Ranchi. The spark of fascination for physics was lit here.