Chirantan is a final-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in History (Honours) from Presidency University, Kolkata. He has been a part of the student-led organization, 'Voyages Into the Past' since 2023, and is a Citizen Historian Intern for The 1947 Partition Archive’s 2025 Spring cycle. His research interests include oral history, intellectual history, global socio-religious interactions, photography, urban history, food history, and cultural globalisation.