D.Phil in Physiology:                                                                                            Oct 2006-April 2010 
Neuronal Oscillations Group, Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford
Felix Scholar, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
Advisor:   Dr. Ole Paulsen 
Thesis title: ‘Timing- and Pattern-dependent Long-term Depression during Mouse Barrel Cortex Development’ (Thesis Examiners: Professor Kevin Fox & Dr. Colin Akerman)
Summary & Projects: 
•    Spike timing-dependent plasticity during mouse barrel cortex development
•    Presynaptic NMDA receptors and mechanisms of anti-Hebbian self-depression
•    Optogenetic probing of astrocytic regulation of synaptic plasticity

M.Sc in Biochemistry:                                                                                          Sept 2003-June 2005
(Specialisation: Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics)
Department of Biochemistry, University of Calcutta, India.
Supervisor: Professor Dhrubojyoti Chattopadhyay, Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Calcutta
72.5% First Class, Ranked 5th in order of merit (Top 1 %)

B.Sc in Zoology (with Honours):                                                                                   Sept 2000-June 2003
Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India
69.5% First Class, Ranked 3rd in order of merit (Top 0.1 %)