He earned his Masters degree from Calcutta University, a Ph.D. degree in Molecular Biology at famous Jadavpur University, India and did a Post Doctoral training with renowned molecular biologists Professor Pierre Chambon at Institute of Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology (IGBMC) in Strasbourg, France. He was later a Research Scientist in Pierre’s group working on collaborative projects with Deltagen Inc. for generating genetically engineered mouse models, came to OSU in 2005 in a tenure track position and to OHSU in 2010.