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Employment
2022 - today
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Statistics, Pennsylvania State University
Education
2017 - 2022
Ph.D. in Statistics
University of California, Davis
2015 - 2017
M.Sc. in Statistics
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
2012 - 2015
B.Sc. in Statistics
St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India
2010 - 2012
High School Diploma, South Point High School, Kolkata, India
1999 - 2010
High School Diploma, RKSM Sister Nivedita Girls’ School, Kolkata, India
Honors and Awards
Peter Hall Graduate Research Award, Department of Statistics, UC Davis - 2022
Given to one advanced Ph.D. student to recognize overall excellence in statistical research during their doctoral degree.
Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Service Award, Department of Statistics, UC Davis - 2022
Recognition for overall excellence in teaching throughout graduate career.
Best Student Paper Award, Americal Statistical Association (ASA) - 2022
Section on Nonparametric Statistics for the manuscript “Single Index Fréchet Regression”.
Summer Graduate Student Research Award by Graduate Studies, UC Davis - 2021
Alan Fenech Outstanding Student Award, Department of Statistics, UC Davis- 2020
Given to graduate students for their outstanding service to the department.
Graduate Student Travel Award, UC Davis - 2020
Teaching Recognition Award, Department of Statistics, UC Davis - 2019- 2021
Excellence in graduate student teaching, either as a TA or Instructor.
Julius Blum Award, Department of Statistics, UC Davis - 2018
Given to a junior Ph.D. student recognizing extraordinary academic achievements.
Special Summer Scholarship, Department of Statistics, UC Davis - 2018–2019
Departmental Fellowship and Graduate Assistantship, Department of Statistics, UC Davis - 2017–2022
Ranked 12 in All India Entrance Examination, Joint Admissions Test (IIT-JAM)- 2015
Out of 62,654 candidates who appeared for the exam.
Recipient of INSPIRE Scholarship Award, Ministry of Science and Technology- 2015
Government of India for Being among the top 1% students in 12th Standard Exam out of 714,144 candidates who appeared for the exam.
Academic Excellence Award, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India- 2015
Given to students of IIT Kanpur having a CPI of 9.0 and above.
Referee Services
- Journal of American Statistical Association (JASA) (3)
- Annals of Statistics (2)
- Electronic Journal of Statistics (2)
- Biometrika
- Scandinavian Journal of Statistics
- Sankhya, Series A
- Scientific American
Academic Participation
- Postdoctoral representative for Climate and Diversity Committee, Department of Statistics, Penn State, 2023 -- present
- Student representative for Educational Policy and Curriculum Committee, Department of Statistics, UC Davis, 2020-- 2022
- Literacy and teaching campaign for underprivileged children at the village Paikhala, West Bengal, organized by National Service Scheme, India, 2015-- 2017