Binoy Kumar Saikia
Binoy Kumar Saikia | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Debraj Roy College Cotton College North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat |
| Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, 2021[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Tezpur University North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat |
Binoy Kumar Saikia, an eminent scientist and academician at North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat (NEIST), Assam, India. He is also leading the Coal & Energy Research Group of NEIST and a Professor of AcSIR. His research interests span sustainable energy and environment in general and in particular coal-based nanotechnology, carbon and nano-materials, atmospheric chemistry, and energy storage devices. He has developed different chemical processes/technologies towards alternative applications of coal feedstocks presenting a new promising opportunity to reposition coal from a polluting energy source to a value-added material platform in the fight against climate change. He has developed and patented, both in India and the US, a technology for the production of blue-fluorescent carbon quantum dots from Indian coal.[3][4]
Saikia earned his MSc degree in inorganic chemistry from Gauhati University in 2001 and PhD degree from Dibrugarh University in 2008 for a thesis titled "Some aspects of the structural investigation of Assam coal".
Honours and awards
The honours and awards conferred on Saikia include:[5]
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology in 2021 for his contributions to earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciences[6]
- Prof (Dr) MP Singh Memorial Coal Science Award (2019) from the Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI)
- IIME Coal Beneficiation Award (2015) by Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers
- MESA Award (2014) by Mineral Engineering Science Association of India
- Achiever Awards 2021 in Science and Innovation by Asomiya Pratidin
- Associate member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)
- Fellow of Geological Society of India (FGS)
- Member of International X-ray Absorption Society, Italy
- Member of Indian Science Congress Association
- 'Assam Sourav' Award (2022) by the Government of Assam[1]
- Asian Scientist 100, Asian Scientist, 2022
References
- ^ "Names of 11 scientists declared for India's highest science award". Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Assam Scientist Awarded : অসমৰ বিজ্ঞানী ড॰ বিনয় কুমাৰ শইকীয়ালৈ ভাৰতৰ বিজ্ঞান ক্ষেত্ৰৰ সৰ্বোচ্চ সন্মান শান্তি স্বৰূপ ভাটনাগৰ বঁটা". 26 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ Karmakar, Rahul. "Cancer cell detection 'dots' developed from coal in Assam". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Process for the preparation of blue-fluorescence emitting carbon dots (CDTS) from sub-bituminous tertiary high sulfur Indian coals". Google Patents. Google. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Bio-data". CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat. CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. CSIR Human Resource Development Group. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
External links
- Binoy Kumar Saikia publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Low-quality coal to CQDs on YouTube