Sumanta Chakraborty is an assistant professor at the School of Physical Sciences in the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. He obtained his PhD from the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in India. Chakraborty works on theoretical as well as semianalytical aspects of gravity, including gravitational-wave astrophysics, black hole thermodynamics, and mathematical relativity. He has received the N. R. Sen Young Scientist Award as well as a Max Planck India Mobility Grant. He is an associate editor for the journal General Relativity and Gravitation and also serves as a member of the Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation (IAGRG) and the International Society on General Relativity & Gravitation (ISGRG).