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EDUCATION

  • 2022, M.A, Composition and Creative Music Practice,
    Irish World Academy, University of Limerick, Ireland

  • 2015, B.Tech, Chemical Engineering,
    Heritage Institute of Technology, MAKAUT

  • 2012, B.Sc, Chemistry,
    Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, University of Calcutta

 

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS 

  • Visiting Faculty at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore, India 

  • Completed 4-week artist residency (Spatial Sound Synthesis Residency) at the Institute for Computer  Music and Sound Technology (ICST) of the Zurich University of the Arts 

  • Completed a 4-week artist residency at ZKM Karlsruhe as part of Bangalore Residency Expanded  supported by Goethe Institute Bangalore 

  • Completed a 3 month at The Indian Sonic Research Organisation, Bangalore on Acoustic Ecology and  spatial sound, 2023 

  • Working on an ongoing acoustic ecology project at Valparai, Tamil Nadu with a research team from  CNRS (France), IRD (France), French Institute of Pondicherry, 2023 

  • Selected as an artist in the Polar Sounds project. Polar Sounds is a limited-edition project reimagining the  little-heard sounds of the Arctic and Antarctic regions, with 50 artists selected from across the world.  August-November 2022 

  • Selected and presented a project “The Liminal Sense” at Forecast Forum, Berlin. Forecast is an  interdisciplinary network for knowledge transfer. The Liminal Sense was amongst the 18 projects  selected from a total of 600 applications from 100 countries. May-July 2022 

  • Self-published a poetry book “Countless Mirrors” in Limerick, Ireland with the assistance of a publication  house ‘Revival Press’ based in Limerick. February 2022

  • Curated multiple radio shows and live performances in Kolkata, India focusing on Contemporary music  practices 

  • Received Stepping Stones Scholarship from Irish World Academy, University of Limerick, Ireland for the  M.A. in Composition and Creative Music Practice. 2021-2022 

  • Winner of Sangeet Sitara organized by RPSG Group. 2019 

  • Selected and presented a research paper “Role of Music Activism (IPTA) in the Indian Freedom  Movement – Colonialism to a Post-Colonial Context” at IsaScience – Participatory Approaches to Music  & Democracy, ISA – MDW (University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna), Austria. August 2018  

  • Professionally worked as a composer and sound artist in various critically acclaimed documentaries,  short films, and theatre productions which have received multiple awards both in India and abroad.  (2017-2021) 

  • Selected and presented at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Mumbai) on “The relevance of nuclear  energy” and won third prize. 2011 

  • Interviews and music reviews published in several leading newspapers – Dainik Statesman, Telegraph,  Bartaman, Ganashakti, Sukhobor; TV channels – Doordarshan, Tara Muzik, R Plus; and radio channels  – 91.9 Friends FM, Radio New Town. 

 

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY 

  • Founder, Surokahon, a cultural platform, 2017-Present 

  • Co-Founder, Kothabriksha, a cultural web bilingual web magazine, 2019-2021 

  • Adjunct Faculty, Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBNSTS), 2017 

  • Assistant Manager, International Markets, Philips Carbon Black Ltd. (PCBL), 2017-2021 

  • Executive – Marketing, Minchem Impex India Pvt. Ltd., 2015-2017 

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