Doctor of Philosophy

Major: Atmospheric Physics and Chemistry
Institute: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Thesis: Investigation of Atmospheric Ozone Evolution in Antarctica using Measurements and Statistical Learning
Graduation Year: 2022

Master of Technology

Major: Earth System Science & Technology
Institute: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India
Thesis: Accuracy of satellite total column ozone measurements in polar vortex conditions
Graduation Year: 2017

Bachelor of Engineering

Major: Mechanical Engineering
Institute: Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, India
Thesis: Optimization of Wind Turbine Blades using CFD
Graduation Year: 2012

Data Analysis

• Bayesian Analysis and Parameter Estimation (MLE, MAP, MCMC)
• Time-series Modeling and Analysis (state space models, MLR, DLM)
• Machine Learning (MLP, CNN, RNN, AutoEncoder, Transformer, GAN)
• Trajectory Modeling and Analysis
• Causal Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing

Programming Languages

• Python
• MATLAB
• Fortran
• JavaScript

Natural Languages

• Hindi (Native)
• English (Proficient)
• German (A1 level)

Libraries / Frameworks

• Statistical Learning: Pandas, Statsmodels, Scikit-learn, NLTK, Networkx, Tensorflow, Keras
• Visualization: Matplotlib, Seaborn, Arviz, Basemap, Cartopy, Folium
• RADAR Analysis: wradlib
• Geospatial Data Analysis: gdal, rasterio, xarray, geopandas, Google Earth Engine
• Parallel Programming: dask, joblib

Physical Modeling

• Trajectory Modeling: HySPLIT
• Atmospheric modeling: WRF, GEOS-Chem, ICON-ART
• Radiative Transfer Modeling: RRTMG

Other Computer related skills

• Version control with git
• Shell scripting in Linux
• Conversant with Markdown, HTML/CSS and LaTeX
• Experience of working on supercomputer

Research Associate, Aerosol and Reactive Tracer Modelling, KIT Germany, 2022 - Present

• Developed MieAI, a neural network for emulating the calculation of optical properteis of mixed mode aerosols.


• Coupled ICON-ART modeling system with Machine Learning model for faster and better parameterization of aerosol optics.


• Developed mineral dust pre-processor for ICON modeling system.


• Authoring user-friendly post-processing library for ICON-ART in python.

Research Scholar, ATMOS Lab, IIT Kharagpur, 2017 - 2022

• Merged and bias-corrected long term data record of vertical profiles of rainfall, ozone and related trace gases using various correction techniques like quantile mapping and scaled distribution mapping.


• Analysed Polar vortex based stratospheric ozone for detection of ozone hole saturation using ground-based and satellite based measurements in Antarctic region.


• Developed Receptor models based on airmass trajectories generated with HySPLIT in python for air pollution source detection studies and clustered them using Hierarchical agglomerative clustering (HAC) and wavelet transform based K-Means clustering for transportation pathways analysis.


• Investigated Land Use Land Cover (LULC) change over North-East India using Google Earth Engine and Random Forest based classification.


• Performed Self-organising map (SOM) based clustering of tropospheric ozone profiles for Antarctic region and their long-term analysis using Multivariate Linear Regression (MLR) and Bayesian Dynamic Linear Model (DLM).


• Conducted Causal Effect Network (CEN) analysis of tropospheric ozone in Antarctica for determination of geophysical drivers responsible for observed variability.


• Developing a causal inference framework using attention based temporal convolution network (TCIF) for performing causal effect estimation.


• Carried out radiative transfer modeling using RRTMG for radiative forcing estimation.


• Simulated and analysed global atmospheric chemistry using GEOS-Chem at Pratyush, India's fastest supercomputer.

Research Assistant, ATMOS Lab, IIT Kharagpur, 2016 - 2017

• Compared long term total column ozone datasets from various ground based instruments with satellite based observations in Antarctic region.


• Estimated rainfall using preliminary data from Doppler Weather radar in Kolkata region using wradlib radar data analysis package in python.


• Investigated freezing of water droplet and subsequent transformation of its shape numerically using MATLAB.

Undergraduate Project, BIT Mesra, 2011 - 2012

• Carried out numerical investigation of natural convection in Bingham fluids within a square enclosure with differentially heated sidewalls using Fluent, a CFD package.


• Performed optimization of Wind Turbine Blades using Fluent in Ansys.

• Received full funding for attending European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly held during 23–28 April 2017 in Vienna, Austria.