Research projects

  1. 2026 – (2030)ongoing

    PhD in Statistics and Data Science, National University of Singapore

    Long-read transcriptomics and DNA/RNA language models with the Göke Lab at A*STAR GIS.

    with Dr. Jonathan Göke (A*STAR GIS), Dr. Alexandre Thiéry (NUS)

  2. Aug 2025 – present ongoing

    Semi-supervised annotation approaches for scRNA-seq data

    Addressing the reliability, robustness, and interpretability of single-cell RNA-seq annotation pipelines with semi-supervised learning. The resulting package, scAICME, identifies canonical marker expression patterns on top of the scverse ecosystem. Manuscript in preparation.

    with Prof. Raghunath Chatterjee (ISI Kolkata), Dr. Jayant Jha (ISI Kolkata)

    Part of this work formed my Master of Statistics thesis.

  3. May 2023 – Oct 2025 completed

    Extending joint location-scale tests to multivariate phenotypes

    with Dr. Arunabha Majumdar (Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad)

  4. Jun – Dec 2022 completed

    Emotional responses to Hindustani classical music from cognitive data

    An exploratory analysis of EEG recordings of listeners.

    with Dr. Shankha Sanyal (Jadavpur University)

  5. Jun – Aug 2022 completed

    Reading project on Bayesian statistics

    Hierarchical modelling, the Gibbs sampler, and MCMC.

    with Prof. Kiranmoy Das (ISI Kolkata)

Graduate coursework projects

M.Stat. semester 2

Dropout rates and education indicators in northeastern India

Patterns across Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura against All-India trends, from 75th Round NSS data on household social consumption (education).

Sample Surveys · Dr. Kajal Dihidar

Undergraduate coursework projects

B.Stat. semester 6

Severe COVID-19 risk factors have Neanderthal ancestry

A literature review of genetic risk factors and ancestral inheritance in COVID-19 severity.

Statistical Genetics · Prof. Partha P. Majumder

B.Stat. semester 6

Voter sentiments before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections

From our own survey data. No political questions were asked.

Statistics Comprehensive · Prof. Debasis Sengupta & Dr. Jayant Jha

report ↗

Class project for the B.Stat. class of 2024. I led it.

B.Stat. semester 5

Bike sharing and rental data in Seoul

AIC-based backward selection with ANCOVA.

Linear Statistical Models · Prof. Debashis Paul

B.Stat. semester 5

Linguistic dynamics and private coaching in Manipur and India

From 71st Round NSS data.

Sample Surveys · Dr. Kajal Dihidar

B.Stat. semester 5

Demographic and economic patterns in Manipur and India

Dependency ratios and Engel curves from 68th Round NSS data.

Economic Statistics & Demography · Dr. Nachiketa Chattopadhyay

B.Stat. semester 5

Literature review: "Panel Attrition: How Important Is Interviewer Continuity?"

Lynn, Kaminska & Goldstein.

Official Statistics · Dr. Sandip Mitra

B.Stat. semester 4

Projection pursuit and projection indices

A presentation on the work of John W. Tukey and Jerome H. Friedman.

Statistical Methods IV · Dr. Arnab Chakraborty

B.Stat. semester 4

Applied psychometrics reports

Value assessment, item-response-based evaluation, and memory span testing.

Psychology · Dr. Debdulal Dutta Roy

B.Stat. semester 3

Death due to heart failure

Associations between death by heart failure and common chronic comorbidities.

Statistical Methods III · Dr. Shyamal Krishna De

B.Stat. semester 2

Eigenface: facial recognition with clustering

Multi-class linear discriminant analysis.

Vectors & Matrices II · Dr. Arnab Chakraborty