Teaching & Mentoring

1. Assistant Professor, Tenure Track (25/09/2025 to present):

Department of Civil Engineering,

National Institute of Technology, Agartala, India

2. Adjunct Assistant Professor (01/09/2024 to present):

Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering,

National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan

Assigned subjects:

(i) Undergraduate course: Open Channel Flow

(ii) Graduate course: Mechanics of Sediment Transport

3. Assistant Professor (16/07/14 - 01/02/17):

Department of Civil Engineering,

National Institute of Technology, Agartala, India

Key responsibilities:

I took theoretical and laboratory classes, including River Engineering, Hydraulics, Surveying, Disaster Management, and Water Resources Engineering, at the undergraduate level.
Taught ‘Fluvial Geomorphology’ and ‘Seminar’ at the postgraduate level in Water Resources Engineering.
Academic PG Coordinator

Research Experiences

1. Postdoctoral Research Fellow (15/09/2024 - 14/12/2025):

Developing rainfall-based landslide hazard assessment frameworks
Evaluating return periods of rainfall triggering mass movements
Integrating field observations, statistical models, and physics-based approaches

2. Postdoctoral Research Fellow (01/09/2022 - 31/12/2024):

Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering,

National Cheng Kung University; Taiwan

Major projects:

Funded projects by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan

(i) Indirect methods for identifying rheological parameters of debris-flow material mixtures (2022-2023)

(ii) Study on the movement of debris flow propagating over an array of groundsills (2024-2026)

Key responsibilities:

Conducted laboratory studies and numerical simulations
Collaborate with PhD and Masters’ candidates
Writing proposals for funded projects, preparing progress reports each year, and submitting the final report
Publish international journal papers and attend international conferences

3. Research Assistant (01/08/2019 – 23/06/2022):

Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering,

National Cheng Kung University; Taiwan

Key responsibilities:

Participating in research projects involving data collection, analysis, and interpretation
Conducting experiments in the laboratory, setting up equipment, and ensuring data accuracy.
Assisting in field data collection, including site visits, measurements, and observations
Contribution to writing of research papers, reports, and presentations for conferences and journals.
Collaborated with other faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and fellow graduate students.

Invited as a special speaker; delivered a talk on “Reviving Traditional Water Sources in Tripura” at the World Water Day (2026) program organized by the Institution of Engineers (India), Tripura State Centre, in association with Tripura Institute of Technology, on 27 March 2026

Invited speaker; delivered a talk on “Riverbank Restoration and Ecological Balance” at Teliamura Degree College, Tripura, India, 11 March 2026.

Invited Lecture: Delivered a talk on “Numerical Analysis of Mudflow Behavior over an Array of Groundsills” for the PhD course in Land, Environment, Resources, and Health, TESAF Department, University of Padova, Italy, 11 November 2024.