• Post Doctoral Fellow (current): Department of Geography and Environment , Boston University MA, USA.
  • PhD: Department of Geography and Environment / Center for Remote Sensing (CRSA) , Boston University MA, USA.
  • Master of Science: Department of Exploration Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur , India.
  • Bachelor of Science: Department of Exploration Geophysics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
  • Schooling: Kendriya Vidyalaya, I.I.T Kharagpur, India.

  • Courses at Boston University:
    FALL 2004:
    1)  Digital Image Processing. (Instructor: Prof. Curtis Woodcock)
    2)  Advanced Remote Sensing. (Instructor: Prof. Alan Strahler)
    3)  Physical models in Remote Sensing. (Instructor: Prof. Ranga B Myneni)

    SPRING 2005:
    1)  Advanced Signal Processing. (Instructor: Prof. Hamid Nawab)
    2)  Regional Energy Modelling. (Instructor: Prof. Robert Kaufmann)
    3)  Research for PhD studies.

    FALL 2005:
    1)  Geographical Information System (G.I.S). (Instructor: Prof. Sucharita Gopal)
    2)  Physiological Ecology . (Instructor: Prof. Nathan Phillips)
    3)  Research for PhD studies.

    SPRING 2006:
    1)  Remote Sensing of Plants. (Instructor: Prof. Alan Strahler)
    2)  Global Physical Climatology . (Instructor: Prof. Bruce Anderson)
    3)  Research for PhD studies.

    Research: Time Trends in satellite-sensed global vegetation greenness.
    MODIS research. Data Fusion of MODIS and AVHRR sensor to build up long time history of LAI data.
    ( visit for more info at the [cliveg] group site )

  • Relevant Courses that I took at I.I.T Kharagpur:
    1)  Physical Geology and Geomorphology
    2)  General Geophysics: Optical Mineralogy, Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
    3)   Transform Calculus and Partial Differential Equations

    4)   Economic Geology, Structural Geology and Petrology
    5)   Seismology and Seismic Prospecting
    6)   Geophysical Prospecting and Geo-exploration
    7)   Geophysical Signal Processing and advanced seismic prospecting
    8)   Gravity and Magnetic methods
    9)   Nuclear Geophysics and advanced field theory
    10)  Groundwater Geology and Well Logging
    11)  Inversion of Geophysical data
    12)  Electrical and Electromagnetic Methods and Theory of Fields
    13)  Programming and Data Structures
    14)  Electrical and Electronic Measurements
    15)  Remote Sensing in Geophysics

  • Field Trips:
    a)   2nd year (4 weeks): location: Ghatshila, West Bengal ( Sedimentology )
    b)   3rd year (4 weeks): location: Behragora, Bihar ( Metamorphic and Igneous )
    c)  4th year (6 weeks): location: Kharagpur, ( Salua ) - Seismic survey and processing/ interpretation.
    d)  4th year (6 weeks): location: Purulia, West Bengal - Resistivity modeling

  • Activities:
    1)  Secured First Position in Web Page Designing in IDEON 2002 (Tech fest), IIT Kharagpur
    2)   Gold medal for the best technical poster at Hyderabad 2004 SEG International Conference
    3)  Achieved several prizes in Quiz competitions and Music competitions
    4)  Participated in Inter hall music competitions
    5)  General Secretary (2002) and Vice President (2003, 2004) of Earth Science Study Circle (ESSC), Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur
    6)  Faculty Graduate Student representative for the Department of Geography and Environment (2005-2006), Boston University, MA, USA
    7)  Member, IEEE
    8)  Member, AGU (American Geophysical Union)


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