1) Class topper in school consistently throughout the years.
2) Class leader during three consecutive academic years 1990-93.
3) Double promotion in March 1993, from Class 4 to Class 6, and once again, became the class toper, beating a senior batch from 1995 onwards.
4) Discipline minister in school during 1997-98, selected by teachers, without any voting.
5) Only student in the class to score a '6-points' in ICSE 1998 (all Six subjects with 90+ score), full score in Mathematics.
6) Class leader in De Nobili School, 1998-99.
7) Cracked IIT-JEE 2001 to join IIT Kharagpur for Dual degree B.Tech + M.Tech.
8) Acting skills displayed in six (06) stage plays, all of which won prizes. Won medals in Bengali elocution.
9) Voted as the Best Hall Council member of SN/IG Hall of residence after serving as the General Secretary (Mess) during 2003-04.
10) Worked hard as interns in Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata (Summer 2003) and Bharati Shipyard Ltd (Summer 2004). Showed promise in Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam (Winter 2003).
11) Placed in the Indian Navy in August 2005.
12) Placed in Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai, in February 2006.
13) Full PhD scholarship to University of Michigan, March 2006.
14) Completed PhD in exactly 4 years.
15) Generated quality research publications (without any senior/colleague/collaborator) : all my co-authors were my students.
16) Send all project students abroad for the top-most international conferences, with full funding from IIT.
17) Graduated first PhD student with 7 journal papers, 2nd PhD student with 8 journal papers.
18) Started vibration analysis lab in the Department, including underwater vibration.
19) Students won awards in national and international platform for R&D work.
20) Widely traveled (USA, Europe).
21) Independent, self-sufficient, determined, persevering, hardworking.
22) Self-starter, crusader, leader, inspirer, motivator.
23) Efficient, time management skills, planning and execution skills.
24) Eloquent extempore public speaker with hypnotic oratory skills.
25) Had the insane ability to slay patriatchy repeatedly and and keep my sovereignty intact.
26) Had the guts to quit a cushiony government job.
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