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She did her B. E. and M. Tech. from Jadavpur University and worked in a Government Press as Manager. She taught at Jadavpur University as visiting  faculty and later joined Sahitya Academi. She left her lucrative career for the passion of writing.

She started writing at very early age. Her first prose was a drama written at the age of eight.Till date, She has several books of poetry, short stories, novel and essays to her credit. She regularly writes science fiction for children and translates from original Hindi and Maithili. She has also edited anthology of stories of Indian literature.

Recipient of several prestigious awards, like Ila Chanda Smriti Puraskar from Bangiya Sahitya Parishat, she has recently received from Paschimbanga Bangla Academy, Government of West Bengal ‘Somen Chanda Smarak Samman’ as an young writer for her overall contribution to Bengali Literature.

She  also received Karigar Kriti Sahitya Samman, 2019.