He received his B.SC. in Zoology (Honors - Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biostatistics, Microbiology, Biochemistry), Chemistry, Botany from the University of Calcutta in India in 2001 and his M.SC. in Zoology, Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology (Special Paper) from the University of Calcutta in 2003. Dr. Mitra went on to complete his Ph.D. from the Central Drug Research Institute (India) at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2009. While completing his education, Dr. Mitra was a Research Associate with the Central Drug Research Institute.