My path into mathematical physics runs from engineering training at IIT-BHU through physics at IISER Kolkata and doctoral work in theoretical physics at Leibniz University Hannover, followed by postdoctoral positions in Hannover, HU Berlin, ESI Vienna, and QMU London.
Leibniz University Hannover
Doctoral work at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, awarded Magna cum Laude. Supervised by Olaf Lechtenfeld, with DAAD doctoral-fellowship support. 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.
Teaching experience includes quantum theory, mathematical methods, Lie groups and representations, advanced mathematical methods, and electromagnetism.
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 Research Fellowship (2024–2027) — funding my current position at Queen Mary University of 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.