Born on 11 February 1973 in the village of
Mankar in the Indian state of
West Bengal. P. S. Mukherjee graduated in science (BSc hons) from the
Triveni Devi Bhalotia College, affiliated to the
University of Burdwan, in 1995. He completed his master's degree in inorganic chemistry from
Jadavpur University in 1998. His doctoral studies were done at the
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science under the guidance of Nirmalendu Ray Chaudhuri and he was awarded a PhD for his thesis
Synthesis, crystal structure and low temperature magnetic behaviour of Cu(II) polynuclear complexes of amines and their derivatives using different bridging ligands in 2002. Subsequently, he moved to the US for his post-doctoral studies at the laboratory of
Peter J. Stang of the
University of Utah where he stayed till 2004. Then he obtained an
Alexander von Humboldt fellowship which enabled him to continue his work with
Herbert W. Roesky at the
University of Göttingen. On his return to India, he joined the
Indian Institute of Science as an assistant professor. After serving as an associate professor during 2010–16, he is a professor at the department of inorganic and physical chemistry and the head of P. S. Mukherjee's Research Group. During this period, he had three stints abroad; as a visiting professor at
Ulsan University (2010), as an Alexander von Humboldt visiting scientist at the
University of Heidelberg and as a
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science visiting scientist at the
University of Kyoto. == Legacy ==