Soumen Pachal is seeking to combine mathematics and computer science. He has an M.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata with a percentage of 77.8% in his first semester. He received his Master of Science in Mathematics from the University of Calcutta with a percentage of 76.5% and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics (Hons) from Amta Ramsaday College under the University of Calcutta with a percentage of 76.87%. His areas of interest include cryptology, theoretical algorithms, and data mining.