:EXPERIENCE:

December 2020 – present:

Head of the Department and Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Institute of Psychiatry-COE, Kolkata

• Supervising and conducting research studies on prevention, early detection and advanced treatment methods of neuropsychiatric diseases focusing on pathophysiology, psychopathology and cognitive functions to limit the progression of the mental diseases
• Professor and lecturer of three courses on Preventive Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology and research methodology for the postgraduate trainees.
• Conducts Research Studies focussing on psychosis, mood disorders and OCD both in inpatient and outpatient units.
• Providing research guidance to students pursuing postgraduation in Neuropsychiatric medicine, clinical psychology and psychiatric social work at the Institute of Psychiatry-COE, Kolkata
• Leading psychiatric epidemiological research and guiding fellow epidemiologists in the field of psychiatric epidemiological research with focus on prevention and eradication of mental illness.

Responsible for strategic planning, development and implementation of mental health programs on mental awareness and aid across the state of West Bengal.

August 2018 – November 2020:

Medical Officer in  Psychiatric Epidemiology, IOP-COE

• Conducting awareness programme, outreach activities for promoting mental health awareness and prevention against mental health diseases.
• Attending out OPD services for data collection for conducting research studies.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

• Paper published on “Cognitive impairment in Long COVID patients presenting with Psychiatric sequelae – A cross sectional study”
• Paper published on “Psycho-social intervention for reducing relapse and improving treatment adherence in bipolar affective disorder with poor social occupational functioning and high expressed emotion in the family – A case report”
• Paper Published on “Effectiveness of psycho-social intervention in the management of alcohol dependence and syndrome with poor marital adjustment”
• Paper Published on “Asymptomatic COVID – 19 infection induced first episode psychosis – A case series”
• Paper published on “Combined Cyproheptadine and Dexamethasone dependence, is it rare or under-reported? – A case series”
• Paper published on “Study of validity and reliability of state trait Anxiety Inventory, Expected Benefits of denture scale, burden of tooth loss scale based on regional language and cultural difference”.

Principal Investigator in ongoing research projects named :

• Serum magnesium level and severity of Schizophrenia, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in a tertiary care hospital in eastern India.
• Study of antidepressants and its metabolic effects and its increased risk to obesity.
• Emerging addiction and the need to prioritize Internet Gaming Disorder in India.
• Stigma, Burden and Expressed Emotion in Caregivers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Cross Sectional from Mental Health Setting.
• Perceived Social Support, Coping and Resilience: A Comparative Study on the Persons Living with and Without HIV/AIDS.
• Family Attitude, Quality of Life, and Peer Relationships in Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Awards and Achievement :

• Chairperson at the EFICON (Epidemiological Foundation of India) Conference for 2024 and 2025 for two consecutive years.
• Second position in best oral scientific presentation in EFICON 2025.