Binoy Kumar Saikia is a Principal Scientist at North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat (NEIST), Assam, India. He is also the Head of Coal & Energy Division of NEIST. His research interests span energy and environment in general and in particular chemistry and technology of coal, carbon and nano-materials, atmospheric aerosols, and air pollution. He has developed different chemical processes towards alternative applications of coal feedstocks leading to value addition and possibility for minimizing conventional coal combustion in the future. 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]
Binoy Kumar Saikia | |
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| 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 |
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
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ "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
edit- Binoy Kumar Saikia publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Low-quality coal to CQDs on YouTube