• PhD in Geography, Department of Geography, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA, (2011) . Advisor: Dr. Allan James

Dissertation: Planimetric and Volumetric Analysis of Channel Change in the Post-Hydraulic Mining Period in the Central Valley, California

Committee Members: Dr. L. Allan James (Advisor/Chair), Dr. John R. Jensen, Dr. Michael E. Hodgson, Dr. Venkat Lakhsmi.

• Master of Science Applied Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttaranchal, India, July 2002.

Thesis: Application of Fourier Filtering in Image Processing.

Advisor: Dr. R. P. Gupta

• CSIR-NET Earth, Planetary, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Junior Research Fellow, Council ofScientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India, June, 2002

• Bachelor of Science Major: Geology, Department of Geology, Presidency College, Calcutta,India, July 2000; (Minors: Mathematics and Chemistry)