Academic qualification:Â Post Graduate Diploma in Direction from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
Professional experience:Â Has been working for 15 years as an independent filmmaker based in Kolkata; directed critically acclaimed feature films like Prohor and Clerk.
Award:Best short Fiction National Award in 1995 for his diploma film Still Life, Best First Film of a Director National Award in 2003 for Prohor; prestigious Jury Award in Asian competition in IFFI 2003 for Prohor; Clerk (2010) has been selected for the Pusan Film Festival.