He received his B.Sc. (Honors) in chemistry from the Presidency College, Kolkata and M.Sc. in organic chemistry from the Burdwan University, West Bengal. He received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in bioorganic chemistry. He got his post-doctoral training at the Medical University of South Carolina, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts General Hospital. His currents research goals are to characterize the presynaptic targets of alcohol in the brain and develop alcohol antagonists. His research projects are funded by National Institutes of Health.