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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