Dr. Sarasija Das was born and raised in Siliguri, a subdivision of Darjeeling. Sarasija is a bright student starting from the school level and he ranked 13th in the State in the Secondary Examination 2008. In the same year he was invited to visit CSIR Lab under the scheme of highly prestigious “CSIR Programme for Youth on Leadership in Science (CPYLS)” which is aimed to attract the best young school students towards science through a unique ‘hand holding’ experience and encouraging them to discover science as an exciting, rewarding and fulfilling career. Sarasija started his journey through Chemistry at A. B. N. Seal College (Govt.), Coochbehar and obtained his Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from University of North Bengal in 2013. In the same year after qualifying highly competitive “Joint Admission test for Masters” as well as “Integrated PhD written test and interview” he joined Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Kolkata as an Integrated PhD student and he completed his doctoral research there. He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, USA.