Education

  1. Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering)

    Carleton University 
    * Thesis: Learning Algorithms for Data Storage & Retrieval
* Supervisor: Prof. B. John Oommen

  2. M. Sc. (Computer Science)

    McGill University 
    * Thesis: A Communications Controller for Small-Computer Networks
* Supervisor: Prof. Kasi Ananthanarayanan

  3. B. Tech. (Electronics and Electrical Communication)

    Indian Institute of Technology 
    * Undergraduate Project: Symbolic Circuit Analysis
Awards
Infinera Spectrum Award
Infinera CEO ∙ September 2024
Part of the team that solved a 400GE interop issue between customer network router & INFN muxponder
Infinera President’s Award
Infinera President ∙ May 2009
Carleton University Medal for Outstanding Graduate Work at the Ph.D. level
Carleton University ∙ May 1991
Awarded the best thesis of the year
Post-Graduate Scholarship from Nortel
Nortel ∙ September 1987
Awarded for the duration of the Ph.D. program
Post-Graduate Scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
NSERC ∙ September 1987
Awarded for the duration of the Ph.D. program
President of India silver medal
IIT Kharagpur ∙ May 1978
Awarded for best academic performance in the graduating batch of the B. Tech program in the Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE) department
Stood fourth in the state of West Bengal in Higher Secondary Examination
West Bengal HS Board ∙ June 1973
The state recognizes the top ten students who appeared for the Higher Secondary Board Examination every year.