hiː wʌz ɐn ˈɑːnɚɹˌɛɹi fˈɛloʊ ʌvðə ɹˈɔɪəl ˌeɪʒɪˈæɾɪk səsˈaɪəɾi ʌv bˌɛŋɡˈɔːl, ðə bᵻhˈɑːɹ ænd ɔːɹˈɪsɚ ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ səsˈaɪəɾi, ðə mˈɑːdɚn lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ɐsˌoʊsɪˈeɪʃən, lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪk səsˈaɪəɾi ʌv ˈɪndiə, ænd ðə bˈæŋɡlə sˈæhɪɾɪə pˈæɹɪʃˌæd.
He was an honorary fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, the Bihar and Orissa Research Society, the Modern Language Association, Linguistic Society of India, and the Bangla Sahitya Parishad.