Academic qualifications:

1. University of Calcutta - B.Sc.
2. JNU, NEW DELHI - M.A.
3. JNU, NEW DELHI - M. Phil.
4. JNU, NEW DELHI - PhD

Positions held/ holding:

• Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata ( since 2011)
• Reader, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata (2009 – 2011)
• Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
• Lecturer, Department of Geography, Rammohan College (affiliated with University of Calcutta) Kolkata, April 1999 – January 2000
• Assistant Teacher, Deshapriya Vidyaniketan, 1994

Papers presented:

“Devotional Folk Music and Social Inclusion: A Case Study of Christian Kirtan Singers of WestBengal”, in National Seminar on Development and Environmental Transformation, University ofCalcutta.

“Space and Culture in Graphic Narratives: A Case Study of Himalayas in Tintin Comics”, inNational Seminar on Himalaya: Environment and Development, Himalaya Samiksha Parishad,Kolkata.

“The Dynamics of Marriage and Society: A Case Study of Matrimonial Advertisements in KolkataNewspapers”, in International Conference on Dimensions of Development and ResourceConservation, University of Calcutta.

“Reinventing Himalayas: A Study of Space and Culture in the Travelogues by RabindranathTagore”, in the International Conference on Universalistic Humanism and Multicultural Society:Tagore’s Contribution, International Society for Studies in Society and Religion (IFSSR), Kolkata.