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CONFIDENTIAL
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NOMINATIONS
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Section of Physical Sciences
BOOK - I
EARTH SCIENCES
(Atmospheric Sciences, Geo-Sciences, Oceanography,
Geography-Scientific aspects)
ENGINEERING SCIENCES INCLUDING ENGG. TECH.
(Engineering and Engineering Science, Chemical and Material
Technology, Electronics & Telecommunication,
Information Technology, Instrumentation)
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(Astronomy, Astrophysics, Experimental and
Theoretical Physics, Applied Physics)
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NOMINATIONS
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Section of Physical Sciences
BOOK I
CONTENTS
EARTH SCIENCES
1 - 64
(Engineering and Engineering Science, Chemical and
Material Technology, Electronics & Telecommunication,
Information Technology, Instrumentation)
65 - 168
(Astronomy, Astrophysics, Experimental and Theoretical
Physics, Applied Physics)
169 - 256
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EARTH SCIENCES
AHMED, Shakeel
ALAGAPPAN, Ramanathan
BALA, Govindasamy
BANERJEE, Santanu
BANSAL, Abhey Ram
BEHARA, Daya Sagar Seshadri
BEJUGAM, Nagender Nath
BHATTACHARYA, Ashok Ram
CHAUHAN, Onkar Singh
CHAUHAN, Prakash
DAS, Someshwar
DIMRI, Ashok Priyadarshan
DUGGIRALA, Pallam Raju
FAREEDUDDIN
GAHALAUT, Vineet Kumar
GARGE, Sandhya Kiran
GUPTA, Akhilesh
JAYARAMAN, Achuthan
JOSHI, Anand
JUYAL, Navin Chandra
KAMESH RAJU, Kattoju Atchuta
KOTLIA, Bahadur Singh
KUMAR, Kishor
KUMARAN, K. Menon Palghat Navnith
MADINENI, Venkat Ratnam
MAHAJAN, Ambrish Kumar
MAJUMDAR, Tapan Jyoti
MANDAL, Nibir
MELOTH, Thamban
MISHRA, Biswajit
MISHRA, Om Prakash
MOHAPATRA, Mrutyunjay
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MUDLAPPA, Jayananda
MUKHERJEE, Saumitra
MUTHALAGU, Ravichandra
NIGAM, Rajiv
NITTALA, Rao Venkata Chalapathi
PANDA, Tarini Charan
PANDEY, Avinash C.
PRASAD, Vandana
RAJ KUMAR
RAJAN, Krishnan Sundara
RAJEEVAN, Madhavan Nair
RAMKUMAR, Geetha
RAMSHOO, Shakil Ahmad
RAO, A. Devendra
RAY, Jyotiranjan Srichandan
RAY, Jyotisankar
SAHA, Dipankar
SAHAI, Atul Kumar
SEKAR, Ramanathan
SEN, Mrinal Kanti
SHALIVAHAN
SINGH, Ram Babu
SINGH, Sandeep
SINGH, Satyavir
SINHA, Rajiv
SRIKANTHAN, Ramachandran
SURENDRAN NAIR, Suresh Babu
TIWARI, Raghavendra Prasad
TRIPATHI, Jayant Nath
VAIDYA, Vijaya Rao
VENIGALLA, Purnachandra Rao
VYSETTI, Balaram
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AGARWAL, Avinash Kumar
AGRAWAL, Amit
AGRAWAL, Vinod Kumar
ANGARAI GANESAN, Ramakrishnan
BALAKRISHNAN, A.R.
BANERJEE, Susanta
BASAK, Jayanta
BASU, Rajendra Nath
BHASKAR, Data Ram
BHASKAR, Vidhyacharan
BHATTACHARYYA, Pushpak
BHATTACHERJEE, Ashis
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BISWAL, Bibhuti Bhusan
BOSE, Probir Kumar
CHAKRABARTI, Parthasarathi
CHAKRABORTY, Chandan
CHAKRABORTY, Debasis
CHAND, Navin
CHATTERJEE, Anindya
CHATTERJEE, Dipankar
CHATTERJEE, Subrata
CHINNASWAMY, Anandharamakrishnan
CHOUDHARY, Veena
CHOUDHURY, Deepankar
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DAS, Debabrata
DAS, Swapan Kumar
DEB, Kalyanmoy
DEY, Gautam Kumar
DHARANIPRAGADA, Janakiram
DOBLE, Mukesh
DUTTA, Paramartha
GANDHI, Bhupendra Kumar
GANGULI, Ranjan
GHOSH, Anup Kumar
GHOSH, Ratan Kumar
GOPALAN, Jagadeesh
GUNDRA, Satheesh Reddy
HARI, K.V.S.
JANA, Prasanta Kumar
JAYAKRISHNAN, Athipettah
JONNALAGADDA, Raghava Rao
JOSHI, Shrikant Vishwanath
KALE, Karbhari Vishwanath
KANDASUBRAMANIAN, Balasubramanian
KARAK, Niranjan
KIRAN KUMAR, A.S.
KULKARNI, Ajit Rangnath
KULKARNI, Shrikrishna Vyankatesh
KUMAR, Ashok #
KUMAR, Devendra
MAHAPATRA, Santanu
MALAYATH, Aravindakshan Atmanand
MANDAL, Rajiv Kumar
MAULIK, Ujjwal
MEIKAP, Bhim Charan
MISHRA, Barada Kanta
MISHRA, Prabhat Ranjan
MISHRA, Rabindra Kishore
MISHRA, Subhash Chandra
MISHRA, Suman Kumari
MITRA, Amitava
MITTAL, Ankush
MOHANLAL, P.P.
MOHANTY, Sanghamitra
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NANDA, Karuna Kar
NARAYANAN, Ravishankar
PADHY, Narayana Prasad
PAL, Anjali
PAL, Kaushik
PATHAK, Lokesh Chandra
PRADHAN, Ashok Kumar
PRAKASH, Rajiv
PRATAP, Rudra
RAGHAVARAO, K.S.M.S.
RAHAMAN, Hafizur
RAJA, V.S.
RATHORE, Anurag Singh
RAY, Manas Chandra
ROY, Debasish
ROY, Sukhdev
S, Venkata Mohan
SAHU, Kirti Chandra
SALURU, Krupanidhi Baba
SENGUPTA, Tapan Kumar
SHARMA, Mukat Lal
SINGH, Ashok Kumar
SINGH, S.K.
SINGH, Sri Niwas
SINGH, Vandana
SINGHAL, Rekha S.
SINHA, Ratan Kumar
SINHA, Ravindra Kumar
SRIVASTAVA, Avanish Kumar
SRIVASTAVA, Pradeep
SRIVASTAVA, Rohit
SRIVASTAVA, Suresh Chandra
SUNDERGOPAL, Sridhar
SURYAWANSHI, Hiralal Murlidhar
SUWAS, Satyam
TANDON, Naresh
TIWARI, Manoj Kumar
TYAGI, Vipin K.
UTHANDI, Kamachi Mudali
VINOY, Kalarickaparambil Joseph
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PHYSICAL SCIENCES
ANANTHANARAYAN, Balasubramanian
AWANA, V.P.S.
BACHAM, Eswar Reddy
BANERJEE, Dipankar
BANSAL, Chandrahas
BARMAN, Anjan
BASU, Jaydeep Kumar
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BHORASKAR, Vasant Nagesh
BIRADAR, Ashok M.
BISWAS, Dhruba Jyoti
CHATTERJEE, Ratnamala
CHOPRA, Sundeep
DAS, Debajyoti
DESHMUKH, Mandar Madhukar
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DESHPANDE, Vilas Krishnarao
DHAR, Ravindra
DHARAMVIR, Keya
DUTTA, Amit
GANDHI, Raj
GARG, Nandini
GHOSH, Amit
GOEL, Malti
GUPTA, Vinay
HASAN, Saiyid Sirajul
JAIN, Indra Prabh
JANA, Debnarayan
JATKAR, Dileep Prabhakar
JAYASANKAR, C.K.
JHA, Ratneshwar
KALE, Sangeeta Narendra
KANJILAL, Dinakar
KANT, Rajni
KANTHARIA, Nimisha
KONAR, Swapan
KOTWAL, Ashutosh Vijay
KULKARNI, Dnyaneshwar Keshaorao
KUMAR, Ashok
KUMAR, Janakiraman
KUMAR, Sanjay
KUNDU, Anirban
KUNDU, Anjan
LOKHANDE, Chandrakant Dnyandev
MAITI, Prabal Kumar
MAJUMDAR, Archan Subhra
MAJUMDAR, Parthasarathi
MAJUMDER, Gobinda
MAMIDANNA, Sri Ramachandra Rao
MAMIDIPUDI, Ghanashyam Krishna
MANDAL, Gautam
MISHRA, Hiranmaya
MITRA, Abhas Kumar
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MITTAL, Ranjan
MOHANTY, Bedangadas
MUKHERJEE, Subroto
MUKHOPADHYAY, Banibrata
MUKHOPADHYAY, Ramaprosad
NAIK, Prasad Anant
NANDI, Kamal Kanti
NARAYANASAMY, Madhavan
OJHA, Durga Prasad
PAL, Amlan Jyoti
PAL, Bishnu P.
PAL, Mrinal
PANWAR, O.S.
PARLAPALLI, Venkata Satyam
PATHAK, Anirban
PATRA, Suresh Kumar
PRAKASH, Chandra
PRASAD, S. Krishna
RAI, Shyam Bahadur
RAMOLA, Rakesh Chand
RANA, Jagmohan Singh
RAY, Samit Kumar
RAYCHAUDHURI, Sreerup
ROUT, Sanjeeb Kumar
ROY, Sourov
SAHA, Shyamal Kumar
SAHOO, Naba Kishore
SEN, Anjan Ananda
SENGUPTA, Surajit
SHARMA, Suresh Chandra
SHIVAPRASAD, Sonnada Math
SINGH, Raghvendra
SINGH, Rajender *
TANDON, Ram Pal
VENKATACHALAM, Rajendran
YADAV, Raja Ram
YAJNIK, Urjit Ajitlal
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EARTH SCIENCES
FAREEDUDDIN (b 1955), Editor, Journal of International Geoscience – EPISODES, Geological Society
of India, Bangalore
Member of the NASI: No
(YON 2016, Earth Sciences)
The nominee has made fundamental contribution to Rajasthan stratigraphy-metallogeny, potassicultramafic rocks of India and Himalayan ophiolites. He identified (i) Ajmer Formation that includes North
Delhi Fold Belt as an older orogenic segment to the South Delhi Fold Belt (SDFB) and (ii) tectonic strips
of deep crustal granulite facies rocks in SDFB, quantified their P-T paths and obtained zircon dates to
interpret their formation during Grenvillien and Pan-African events.He worked on metallogenesis of gold-,
basemetals- and tungsten- deposits of Rajasthan, quantified metal resources, identified newer mineral
prospects and produced well acclaimed publications on (i) wall-rock alterations; (ii) regional lineament
and contrasting hydrothermal systems; (iii) IOCG-type metal deposits; (iv) shungitic Aravalli carbon and
(v) tourmaline as metallogenic indicator. His work on diamonds and their source rocks in India fructified in
publications of (i) a monograph and (ii) a petrological atlas and research papers on (a) identification of
lamprophyres in SDFB (b) petrology of diamondiferous Majhgawan lamproite, Kodomali (Mainpur)
orangeite, Undraldoddi and Wajrakarur kimberlites and minette-lamproites of Gondwana coalfields. His
work on the Nagaland–Manipur ophiolites in NE India resulted in (i) publication of
monograph/petrographic atlas and (ii) recognition that the ophiolite mélange represents a typical
subduction channel mélange evolved during the fast subduction of the Neotethyan oceanic lithosphere
beneath Asia–Sundaland. The nominee, recipient of many awards including National Mineral Award1994, has established a state-of-the-art EPMA lab, conducted/convened international training
courses/symposiums and edited national/international earth-science journals.Currently Editor-in-chief of
International Journal Episodes; he has contributed immensely to the field of earth-sciences in the
country.
Proposer: Prof K.S.Valdiya, Seconder:Prof Rajesh K. Srivastava
Ten Best Publications:
1. Fareeduddin and Yildirim Dilek (2015) Structure and Petrology of the Nagaland-Manipur Hill Ophiolitic
Melange Zone, NE India: A Fossil Tethyan Subduction Channel at the India – Burma Plate Boundary.
Episodes, Vol 38, No. 4, pp.298-314. http://doi:10.18814/epiiugs/2015/v38i4/82426. (if=Impact Factor:
2.0)
2. Fareeduddin, I.R. Kirmani and Suresh Chander (2012) Carbonate Hosted ultra-alkaline alterations and
Cu-Au ± Fe-oxide ± U mineralisation in Paleoproterozoic Aravalli Supergroup, India: Evidence for
magmatic source to IOCG-type deposit. Jour Geological Society of India, vol. 80, pp. 5-38. (if=Impact
Factor 0.56.)
3. N. C. Ghosh and Fareeduddin (2010) Textural Finger Prints of magmatic, metamorphic and
sedimentary rocks associated with Naga Hill Ophiolites, Northeast India. Mihir Bose Volume, “ J.Ray et al
(eds). Topics in Igneous Petrology, doi 10.1007/978-90-481-9600-5_13 Springer Verlaag
Science+Business Meia.B.V.2011, pp.321-351. (if=Text Book article)
4. Fareeduddin, Susmita Gupta., I.R. Kirmani (2010) Low- Al tourmalines of oxydravite- povondraite
series from Ghagri Cu-Au deposits of Rajasthan. Current Science, Bangalore. Vol.99, pp. 933938. (if=Impact Factor: 0.93)
5. Fareeduddin, Susmita Gupta., P.R. Golani., I.R. Kirmani and Suresh Chander (2010) Tourmaline as
metallogenic indicators: Examples from Paleoproterozoic Pb-Zn and Cu-Au deposits of Rajasthan, India.
Jour. Geol. Soc. India, V. 76, pp. 215-243. (if=Impact Factor 0.56)
6. R.H. Mitchell and Fareeduddin (2009) Mineralogy of Peralkaline Lamproites from the Ranigang
Coalfield,
India.
Mineralogical
Magazine,
vol.
v.
73
(3),
pp.
457-477.
doi:10.1180/minmag.2009.073.3.457 (if=Impact Factor: 2.03)
7. Fareeduddin (2006) Chondritic features in a Diamondiferous Rock, Majhgawan, Central India:
Implications for Diamond Genesis. Jour. Geological Society of India, Vol. 68, pp.743-760. (if=Impact
Factor 0.56)
8. Fareeduddin, Kirmani, I.R and Basavalingu, B. (2001) Petrology of ocellar lamprophyres in south Delhi
fold belt, near Danva, district Sirohi, Rajasthan. Gondwana Research vol. 4, pp. 497-508.
Doi:10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70349-X (if=Impact Factor: 8.235)
9. Fareeduddin, Reddy, M.S and Bose, U. (1995) Reappraisal of the Delhi stratigraphy in the AjmerSambhar sector, north-central Rajasthan. Jour. Geol. Soc. India, vol. 45, pp. 667-679. (if=Impact Factor
0.56)
10. Fareeduddin, Sharma, A.K and Bose U., (1991) Tectonic slices of high grade rocks in South Delhi
Fold Belt of North-Central Rajasthan. Jour. Geol., Soc., India, V. 38, pp.427-436 (if=Impact Factor 0.56)
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GAHALAUT, VINEET KUMAR (b 1966), Director, National Centre for Seismology, Ministry of Earth
Sciences, New Delhi
The nominee’s contribution has significantly increased the knowledge of crustal deformation due to large
earthquakes in the Indian region, and their processes. His analysis in the Himalayan region has helped in
identification of regions of strain accumulation, convergence rate, rupture zones of great and major
Himalayan earthquake, influence of structural features on the ruptures, etc (Gahalaut and Chander, 1992;
1997; Gahalaut and Kundu, 2012). Studies in the Andaman Nicobar region has led to the identification
and extent of 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake rupture, its complexity and related tectonic processes
of this region. This work additionally resulted in estimating the recurrence interval of such great
earthquakes (Gahalaut et al., 2006; 2008; Gahalaut and Gahalaut, 2007). For the first time in the IndoBurmese arc wedge, he suggested that about 16 mm/year of India-Sunda relative plate motion is
accommodated through dextral motion on the Churachandpur Mao fault in the Indo-Burmese arc
(Gahalaut et al., 2013). In the Kashmir Himalayan region he finds that the convergence rate is 14
mm/year Karakoram fault accommodates 5 mm/year of southern Tibet and Indian plate convergence.
He has also worked in the Indian shield region and have established GPS networks in various parts. He
finds that the strain rate across the failed rift regions (Mahesh et al., 2012a; 2012b) and in the Koyna
Warna region is very low. To explain the continuous and sustained seismicity in the Koyna-Warna region,
he has given a new concept based on fault interaction for the first time (Gahalaut et al., 2004).
Proposer: Dr Virendra M Tiwari, Seconder:Prof Baldev R Arora
1. V K Gahalaut, Bhaskar Kundu, Sunil Singh Laishram, Joshi Catherine, Arun Kumar, M. Devchandra,
R.P.Tiwari, S.K.Samanta, A Ambikapathy, P.Mahesh, Amit Bansal, M Narsaiah, (2013) Aseismic plate
boundary in the Indo-Burmese wedge, northwest Sunda Arc. Geology, 41, 235-238. (if=4.962, ci=18)
2. P. Mahesh, V.K. Gahalaut, J.K. Catherine, A. Ambikapathy, Bhaskar Kundu, Amit Bansal, R.K.
Chadha, M. Narsaiah (2012) Localized crustal deformation in the Godavari failed rift, India Earth and
Planetary Science Letters, 333-334, 46-51, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.008. (if=4.724, ci=5)
3. Mahesh, J.K. Catherine, V.K. Gahalaut, Bhaskar Kundu, A. Ambikapathy, Amit Bansal, L. Premkishore,
M. Narsaiah, Sapna Ghavri, R.K. Chadha, Pallabee Choudhary, D.K. Singh, S.K. Singh, Subhash Kumar,
B.Nagarajan, B.C. Bhatt, R.P. Tiwari, Arun Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Harsh Bhu, S. Kalita (2012) Rigid
Indian plate: constraints from the GPS measurements, Gondwana Research, 22, 1068-1072,
doi:10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.011 (if=8.122, ci=22)
4. V.K. Gahalaut and Bhaskar Kundu (2012) Possible influence of subducting ridges on the Himalayan
arc and on the ruptures of great and major Himalayan earthquakes, Gondwana Research, 21, 1080-1088,
doi:10.1016/j.gr.2011.07.021. (if=8.122, ci=26)
5. Gahalaut, V.K., S.Jade, J.K.Catherine, R.Gireesh, M.B. Ananda, P. Dileep Kumar, M.Narsaiah,
S.S.H.Jafri, A.Ambikapathy, A.Bansal, R.K.Chadha, D.C.Gupta, B.Nagarajan, S.Kumar, (2008), GPS
measurements of postseismic deformation in the Andaman-Nicobar region following the giant 2004
Sumatra-Andaman
earthquake,
J.Geophysical
Research
(Solid
Earth),
113,
B08401,
doi:10.1029/2007JB005511. (if=3.426, ci=23)
6. Gahalaut, V.K., Kalpna Gahalaut (2007), Burma Plate motion, Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid
Earth). 112, B10402, doi: 10.1029/2007JB004928. (if=3.426, ci=31)
7. Gahalaut, V.K., B.Nagarajan, J.K.Catherine and S.Kumar (2006) Constraints on 2004 SumatraAndaman earthquake rupture from GPS measurements in Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Earth Planetary
Science Letters, 242, 365-374. (if=4.724, ci=114)
8. Gahalaut, V. K., Kalpna, and S. K. Singh, (2004), Fault interaction and earthquake triggering in the
Koyna-Warna region, India, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L11614, doi:10.1029/2004GL019818. (if=4.456,
ci=23)
9. Gahalaut V.K. and Chander, R. (1997): Evidence for an earthquake cycle in NW Outer Himalaya near
78*E longitude from precision levelling observations. Geophysical Research Letters 24, 225228. (if=4.456, ci=23)
10. Gahalaut V.K. and Chander R. (1992): A rupture model for the great earthquake of 1897, Northeast
India. Tectonophysics, 204, 163 174. (if=2.433, ci=30)
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GARGE, SANDHYA KIRAN (b 1961), Head and Professor, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science,
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara.
Dr.G. Sandhya Kiran has made a very significant contribution in the field of biodiversity assessment,
climate change impact, vulnerability of natural resources management, Urbanization, Wasteland
Characterization, Economic valuation of Forest soils, carbon sequestration, eco-city plan generation etc.,
through her systematic studies using Geoinformatics and space base data. The authentic scientific
credibility of her research on assessment of different earth natural resources has been accepted and
implemented in the field with the help of district planners and administrators of Amreli, Kheda, Vadodara,
PanchMahal and Narmada districts. She is always eager in adopting Geomatic applications in meagerly
explored aspects which has widened the utility of this technique proving it to be indispensible for natural
resource management. In this context, it would be good to highlight that monitoring of Joint Forest
Management Plantations of Narmada was for the first time done by her at National level using geospatial
approach. She, for the first time initiated work on Biodiversity Assessment of Central Gujarat using
Microwave Remote Sensing. Research on zero gravity at the behest of United Nation which is also for the
first time in India has added one more feather to her cap in terms of understanding plant growth under
zero gravity conditions. Being an academician she has contributed in capacity building in the field of
Geomatics in the country through guiding doctoral students and adding this topic during designing the
curriculum for students. Her contribution to research is above and beyond the normal expectations of the
nominee’s job.
Proposer: Dr. Ajai , Seconder:Prof. Chamyal Laxman S.
1. R. Sugumaran, G. Sandhya, Rao, K.S., Jadhav, R.N. and Kimothi, M.N. 1994. Delineation of Social
Forestry Plantations under various afforestation programmes using satellite digital data. Journal of Indian
Society of Remote Sensing. Vol. 22(4): pp 245-249 (1994). ISSN: 0255-660 X. Publisher: Springer,
Germany. (if=0.764, ci=3)
2. Jessica P. Karia, M.C. Porwal, P.S. Roy and G. Sandhya. 2001. “Forest change detection in Kalarani
round, Vadodara, Gujarat- A remote sensing & GIS approach"Journal of Indian Society of Remote
Sensing. Vol.29 (3) pp: 129-136 ISSN: 0255-660 X. Publisher: Springer, Germany. (if=0.764, ci=10)
3. Leena Abraham& G. Sandhya Kiran. 2005. “Role of planning strategies in success/failure of JFM
plantation. Current Science, Vol.88 (2) pp 288-291. ISSN: 0011-3891. Publisher: Current Science
Association in collaboration with Indian Academy of sciences, Bangalore.(if=0.962, ci=1)
4. G. Sandhya Kiran. Malhi Ramandeep Kaur M. 2011. Economic Valuation of Forest soils. Current
Science. Vol-100(3): 396-399. ISSN: 0011-3891. Publisher: Current Science Association in collaboration
with Indian Academy of sciences, Bangalore. (if=0.962, ci=4)
5. G. Sandhya Kiran & Usha B. Joshi. 2013. Estimation of variables explaining urbanization concomitant
with land-usechange: a spatial approach. International Journal of RemoteSensing. Vol. 34(3): 824–847.
ISSN: 0143-1161, Online ISSN: 1366-5901 Publisher: Taylor & Francis, UK (if=1.652, ci=12)
6. Nandkeolyar N., Raman M., G. Sandhya Kiran, and Ajai. 2013. Comparative Analysis of Sea Surface
Temperature Pattern in the Eastern and Western Gulfs of Arabian Sea and the Red Sea in Recent Past
Using Satellite Data. International journal of oceanography. Vol. 2013. pp. 1-16. ISSN: 1687-9406.
Publisher: Hindwai Publishing: Egypt. (if=1.8 , ci=1)
7. Manuel Christi and G.Sandhya Kiran. 2014. Biosorption of Lead (II) Ions from Aqueous Solution by
dried leaf of ARDUSI (Adhatoda vasica). International Journal of technology and Engineering Science.
2(11):2553-2555. ISSN: 2320-8007. Publisher: National Science Library (NSL), National Institute of
Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research, New Delhi, India. (if=0.962, ci=-)
8. Deepika B. Singh, Ramandeep Kaur M. Malhi, G. Sandhya Kiran. 2015. Assessing the impact of
agronomic spacing conditions on biophysical and biochemical parameters along with yield and yield
components in cotton. International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research. 6(1):36.44. ISSN:
2223-7054. Publisher: International Network of Natural Sciences, INNSPUB, Bangladesh.(if=1.759, ci=-)
9. G. Sandhya Kiran, Preeti Baria, Ramandeep Kaur M. Malhi, Alpana V. Revdandekar, Ashwini N.
Mudaliar, Usha B. Joshi and Kinnary A. Shah. 2015. Site Suitability Analysis for JFM Plantation Sites
using Geo-Spatial Techniques. International Journal of Advanced Remote Sensing and GIS. 4(1):920930. ISSN: 2320-0243. Publisher: Cloud Publication, New Delhi. (if=2.68, ci=-)
10. Ramandeep Kaur M. Malhi and G. Sandhya Kiran. 2015. Analysis of trends in area, production and
yield of important crops of India. International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural Research. 7(1):86-92.
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GUPTA, AKHILESH (b 1963), SCIENTIST-G, DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, GOVT.
OF INDIA
Dr Akhilesh Gupta worked in the areas of tropical cyclone prediction, Global models, climate change,
glaciology, and crop growth modelling during past 30 years of his career. He worked on impact of El-Nino
on tracks of Tropical Cyclones over Bay of Bengal [Akhilesh Gupta and A.Muthuchami (1991): El-Nino
and tropical storm tracks over Bay of Bengal during post-monsoon season, Mausam, 42, 3, 257-260],
Impact of Synthetic Vortex on the Model prediction of Tropical Cyclones [Akhilesh Gupta, 1999: Tropical
Cyclones in the Indian Seas: Observations and Prediction, Phd Thesis, Indian Institute of Technology,
Delhi]; Structure of tropical cyclones of Indian Seas (Akhilesh Gupta and U.C.Mohanty, 1997,Secondary
convective rings in an intense asymmetric cyclone of the Bay of Bengal, Mausam, 48, 2, 273-282);
Prediction of Cyclogenesis (Akhilesh Gupta, K.J.Ramesh and U.C. Mohanty, 1998, Medium Range
prediction of tropical cyclogenesis of intense vortices over Indian Seas by a Global Spectral Model,
,Mausam, July,49,2.); Climate change and its impact on water resources and agriculture [(i) R.K.Mall,
Akhilesh Gupta, Ranjeet Singh, R.S.Singh and L.S.Rathore, 2006, Water Resources and Climate
Change- An Indian Perspective, Current Science, Vol 90, No 2, 25 June,2006, 1610-1626 and (ii)
R.K.Mall, Ranjeet Singh, Akhilesh Gupta, G.Srinivasan and L.S.Rathore, 2007, Impact of Climate Change
on Indian Agriculture: A Review, Climatic Change, Kluvar Publication, Vol 82, Number 1-2, May,2007, pp
225-231. In addition, Dr Gupta published research papers in the areas of glaciology, crop growth models,
drought monitoring & prediction, weather forecasting, fractal geometry of clouds, etc
Proposer: PROF U.C. MOHANTY, FELLOW, Seconder:PROF P.C.PANDEY, FELLOW
1. P.K.Singh, K.K.Singh, L.S.Rathore, A.K.Baxla, S.C.Bhan, R. Balasubramanian, Akhilesh Gupta,
R.S.Singh and R.K. Mall, 2016, Rice (Oryza sativa L.) yield gap using the CERES- rice model of climate
vaiability for different agroclimatic zones of India, Current Sciences, Vol.110, No 3, 10 February,2016,
405-413. (if=0.926, ci=0)
2. Singh S, Kumar R, Bhardwaj A, Sam L, Shekhar M, Singh A, Kumar R and Gupta A, 2016: Changing
climate and glaciohydrology in Indian Himalayan Region: a review; accepted for publication in Willy
(WIREs Clim Change 2016. doi: 10.1002/wcc.393) (if=3.41, ci=0)
3. Mall RK, Sonkar G, Bhatt D, Singh N, Gupta A, KK Singh, 2015, Impact of Climate Variability and
Change on Rice & Wheat yields in different Agro-Climatic Zones of Uttar Pradesh State, India. I.
Vulnerability due to Temperature. Climatic Change-Springer (Part I) (Communicated)- ISSN: 0165-0009
[IF: (if=4.622, ci=0)
4. Mall RK, Bhatt D, Sonkar G, Sharma N K, Gupta Akhilesh, KK Singh ,2015, Impact of Climate
Variability and Change on Rice & Wheat yields in different Agro-Climatic Zones of Uttar Pradesh State,
India. I. Vulnerability due to Rainfall. Climatic Change-Springer (Part II) (Communicated)- ISSN: 01650009 [IF: (if=4.622, ci=0)
5. PK Singh, KK Singh, SC Bhan AK Baxla, Akhilesh Gupta, , R.Balasubramanian, and LS Rathore,
2015, Potential yield and yield gap analysis of rice (Oryza Sativa L) in eastern and north eastern regions
of India using CERES-rice model, Journal of Agrometeorology, 17(2), 194-198 (December
2015). (if=3.389, ci=0)
6. Singh, PK, Rathore LS, Singh KK, Gupta A, Baxla AK and Athiyaman B.2008. Rainfall probability
analysis using Marko chain model in Sabour region of Bihar and Journal of Agrometeorology 10 (2): 213217. (if=3.389, ci=1)
7. Mall RK, Singh R, Gupta A, Srinivasan G and Rathore LS, 2007, Impact of Climate Change on Indian
Agriculture: A Review, Climatic Change, Kluvar Publication, Vol 82, Number 1-2, May,2007, pp 225231 (if=4.622, ci=144)
8. Akhilesh Gupta, 2006, Current Status of Tropical Cyclone Track Prediction Techniques and Forecast
Errors, Mausam, 57(1), 151-158. . (if=0.152, ci=0)
9. Mall RK, Gupta A, Singh R, Singh RS and Rathore LS, 2006, Water Resources and Climate ChangeAn Indian Perspective, Current Science, Vol 90, No 2, 25 June,2006, 1610-1626. [ IF:0.926] (if=0.926,
ci=173)
10. Singh KK, Baxla AK, J L Chaudhary, Kaushik S and Gupta A, 2005,Exploring the possibility of
Second Crop in Baster Plateau region of Chhattishgarh using DSSAT crop simulation model,
Agrometeorology Jr., Vol. 7 No. 2, 2005. (if=3.389, ci=0)
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ACHUTHAN, JAYARAMAN (b 1957 ), OS, Director, National Atmospheric Reserach Laboratory
Achuthan Jayaraman demonstrated a new technique to derive the vertical profiles of aerosols and their
size distribution using sun photometers fitted in sounding rockets. He also developed a new balloonborne sun tracking and scanning photometer to study the vertical profiles of aerosols and water vapour.
Jayaraman is responsible for the realization of the first Nd:YAG backscatter lidar in the country for aerosol
and temperature profiles retrieval. He was involved in ship cruise experiments over the Indian Ocean and
estimated for the first time aerosol radiative forcing. This work published in the J Geophys Research has
attracted 172 citations and has shown a new direction in the estimation of the aerosol radiative forcing.
Also for the first time, a lidar was deployed in an aircraft and the vertical and horizontal dispersal of urban
aerosols over and around Hyderabad was studied. He also used the lidar technology to understand the
formation and dissipation of fog over Delhi during winter months. After joining the National Atmospheric
Research Laboratory as Director, he initiated several new activities such as Weather Prediction and
Climate Modelling, Atmospheric Chemistry, Clouds and Convective system studies. The research
facilities were also augmented with Lower Atmosphere Wind Profiler, 30 MHz ionospheric radar,
Microwave Radiometer, Gas Chromotography etc. NARL is now a world class facility to probe the entire
atmospheric column from surface layer to the ionosphere and the coupling processes between the layers.
Proposer: Prof. U R Rao, Seconder:Dr. K. Krishnamoorthy
1. A. Jayaraman, Koepke, P, 1992, Accounting for multiple scattering effect in radiation intensities at the
top of the atmosphere, Applied Optics, 31(18), 3473-3480. (if=1.78, ci=10)
2. A Jayaraman, BH Subbaraya, 1993, In situ measurements of aerosol extinction profiles and their
spectral dependencies at tropospheric levels, Tellus B 45 (5), 473-478. (if=2.15, ci=12)
3. Jayaraman A, S. Ramachandran, Y.B. Acharya and B.H. Subbaraya , 1995, Pinatubo volcanic aerosol
layer decay observed at Ahmedabad (23 N) India using Nd:YAG backscatter lidar, J Geophysical
Research 100, 23209-23214. (if=3.43, ci=24)
4. Jayaraman, A., Y.B. Acharya, B.H. Subbaraya and H. Chandra, 1995, Nd:YAG backscatter lidar at
Ahmedabad (23 N, 72.5 E) for tropical middle atmospheric studies, Applied Optics 34, 69376940. (if=1.78, ci=14)
5. Jayaraman A, D. Lubin, S. Ramachandran, V. Ramanathan, E. Woodbridge, W.D.Collins and K.S.
Zalpuri, 1998, Direct observations of aerosol radiative forcing over the tropical Indian Ocean during the
Jan-Feb 1996 Pre-INDOEX cruise, J. Geophys. Res. 103, 13827-13836 (if=3.43, ci=172)
6. Jayaraman A, 1999, Results on direct radiative forcing of aerosols obtained over the tropical Indian
Ocean, Current Science 76, 924-930. (if=0.9, ci=26)
7. Jayaraman A, 2001, Aerosol radiation cloud interactions over the tropical Indian Ocean prior to the
onset of the summer monsoon, Current Science 81, 1437-1445. (if=0.9, ci=30)
8. Jayaraman A, S.K. Satheesh, A. P. Mitra and V. Ramanathan, 2001, Latitude gradient in aerosol
properties across the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone: Results from the joint Indo-US study onboard
Sagar Kanya, Current Science 80, 128-137 (if=0.9, ci=44)
9. Jayaraman A, H. Gadhavi, D. Ganguly, A. Misra, S. Ramachandran and T.A. Rajesh , 2006, Spatial
variations in aerosol characteristics and regional radiative forcing over India: Measurements and
modeling of 2004 road campaign experiment, Atmospheric Environment 40, 6504-6515. (if=3.28, ci=45)
10. Jayaraman A, M. Venkat Ratnam, A. K. Patra, T. Narayana Rao, S. Sridharan, M. Rajeevan, H.
Gadhavi, A. P. Kesarkar, P. Srinivasulu, and K. Raghunath, 2010, Study of Atmospheric Forcing and
Responses (SAFAR) campaign: overview, Ann. Geophys., 28, 89–101. (if=1.04, ci=17)
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JOSHI, ANAND (b 1967), PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, IIT ROORKEE,
ROORKEE 247 667, UTTARAKHAND
Prof. Joshi has developed semi empirical technique of simulation of strong ground motion (Joshi and
Patel, 1997; Joshi 2001, 2004; Joshi and Mohan, 2008; Joshi et al. 2012, 2013). Efficacy of this technique
has been confirmed by simulation and comparison of strong motion records of the Tohuku earthquake
(Joshi et al., 2014a, 2014b); Sumatra earthquake (Joshi et al., 2012); Shillong earthquake (Joshi et al.,
2012); Niigata earthquake (Joshi et al., 2015); Uttarkashi earthquake (Joshi 1997, 2000, 2001a, 2004,
Mohan and Joshi 2013, Joshi et al., 2014); Chamoli earthquake (Joshi 2001b, 2003, 2004, Joshi et al.,
2015), Geiyo earthquake (Joshi and Midorikawa, 2004, 2005), Shizuoka earthquake (Joshi and
Midorikawa, 2004, 2005) and the Nantau earthquake (Joshi et al., 2015), respectively. He has presented
a methodology of seismic zonation based on the deterministic modeling of the ruptures in an area (Joshi
and Patel, 1997). This has been used for preparation of seismic hazard map of the Doon valley (Joshi
and Patel, 1997), the Uttarakhand Himalaya (Joshi et al., 2013, Joshi and Mohan 2010, Mohan et al.,
2008) and the North East India (Joshi et al., 2007). Prof. Joshi has developed inversion algorithms and
technique for obtaining three dimensional shear wave attenuation structures and frequency dependent
attenuation using strong motion. This has applied to investigate the three dimensional attenuation
structures of Kumaon Himalaya (Kumar et al., 2015, Joshi et al., 2012), Garhwal Himalaya (Joshi 2006),
Central seismic gap region of Himalaya (2006, 2007) and Central Honshu region (Kumar et al., 2013),
respectively.
Proposer: Prof.D.C. Srivastava, Seconder:Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta
1. Joshi A., Shakti Singh Narwal, and Kavita Giroti, 2001, The simulation of ground motion using
envelope summation, Pure appl. geophys. (PAGEOPH), 158, 877-901 (if=1.618, ci=31)
2. Joshi, A., 2006, Use of acceleration spectra for determining frequency dependent attenuation
coefficient and source parameters(if=2.32, ci=25)
3. Joshi A., and Patel, R.C. 1997, Modelling of active lineaments for predicting possible earthquake
scenario around Dehradun, Gharwal Himalaya, India, Tectonophysics, 283, 289-310. (if=2.872, ci=24)
4. Joshi A., and Midorikawa, S., 2004, A simplified method for simulation of strong ground motion using
rupture model of the earthquake source, Journal of Seismology, 8, 467-484. (if=1.386, ci=23)
5. Joshi A., 2004, A simplified technique for simulating wide band strong ground motion for two recent
Himalayan earthquakes, Pure Appl. Geophys (PAGEOPH), 8, 161. (if=1.618, ci=17)
6. Joshi A., 2001, Strong motion modelling of the source of the Chamoli earthquake of March 29, 1999 in
the Garhwal Himalaya, India, Journal of Seismology, 5, 499-518. (if=1.386, ci=15)
7. Joshi A., and S. Midorikawa, 2005, Attenuation characteristics of ground motion intensity from
earthquakes with intermediate depth, Journal of Seismology, 9, 23 – 37. (if=1.386, ci=13)
8.). Joshi, A. and K. Mohan, 2008, Simulation of accelerograms from simplified deterministic approach for
the 23rd October 2004 Niigata-ken Chuetsu earthquake, Journal of Seismology, 12, 35-51. (if=1.386,
ci=12)
9. Joshi A., 2000, Modelling of the rupture planes for peak ground accelerations and its application to the
isoseismal map of MMI scale in Indian region, Journal of Seismology, (if=1.386, ci=11)
10. Joshi, A. , Kapil Mohan, Patel, R.C., 2007, A deterministic approach for preparation of seismic hazard
map in North East India,(if=1.719, ci=10)
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MANDAL, NIBIR (b 1963), Professor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
The outstanding feature in research work led by Professor Nibir Mandal lies in the quantitative approach
in elucidating the physics of geological processes. Prof. Mandal’s study adopts theories from solid and
fluid-mechanics to explain deformational and flow processes, and validating through laboratory
experiments, numerical, theoretical simulations. His research on superposed buckling built the modern
foundation in understanding the mechanics of superposed folding in single and multi-layered rock. His
research provides mathematical analyses for flow patterns around rigid and deformable inclusions in
rock, deforming in pure and simple shear. This work offered a fresh insight into rotational behavior of
inclusions in rocks with layered anisotropy, opening a new course of research. His research provides
clue to fracture controlled brittle-to-ductile transition in anisotropic rock as a function of inherent crack
geometry and deformation localization in Riedel and associated shear bands. He shifted his research to
geodynamic processes, e.g., collisional tectonics, mid-oceanic ridges, mantle plumes, bubble
hydrodynamics. He is currently engaged in studying physics of such enigmatic geodynamic features by
employing concepts and theories from the two-phase flow through computational fluid mechanics.
Another area where he is engrossed is the elastic behavior of rock-forming minerals at thermodynamics
conditions akin to the planetary interiors. It is noteworthy that Prof. Mandal is perhaps first Indian
geoscientist to pursue computational mineral physics by employing first-principles method within the
framework of the density functional theory. He has been very successful in cultivating such testing
research trends with pure indigenous efforts, keeping a match with international research programmes.
Proposer: Professor Alok Krishna Gupta, Seconder:Professor S. K. Acharyya
1. Mandal, N., Khan, D. 1991. Rotation, offset and separation of oblique-fracture (rhombic) boudins:
theory and experiments under layer-normal compression. Journal of Structural Geology13, 349356. (if=2.884, ci=34)
2. Ghosh, S.K., Mandal, N., Khan, D., Deb, S.K. 1992. Modes of superposed buckling in single layers
controlled by initial tightness of early folds. Journal of Structural Geology14, 381-394. (if=2.884, ci=50)
3. Mandal, N., Deb, S.K., Khan, D. 1994. Evidence for a non-linear relationship between fracture spacing
and layer thickness. Journal of Structural Geology 16, 1275-1281 (if=2.884, ci=54)
4. Mandal, N., Chakraborty, C., Samanta, S.K. 2000. Boudinage in multilayered rocks under layer-normal
compression: A theoretical analysis. Journal of Structural Geology 22, 373-382. (if=2.884, ci=41)
5. Mandal, N., Samanta, S.K., Chakraborty, C. 2001. Numerical modeling of heterogeneous flow fields
around rigid object with special reference to particle paths, strains shadows and foliation drag.
Tectonophysics 330, 177-194. (if=2.872, ci=32)
6. Mandal, N., Chakraborty, C., Samanta, S.K. 2001. Controls on the failure mode of brittle inclusions
hosted in a ductile matrix. Journal of Structural Geology 23, 51-66. (if=2.884, ci=19)
7. Mandal, N., Misra, S., Samanta, S.K. 2004. Role of weak flaws in nucleation of shear zones: An
experimental and theoretical study. Journal of Structural Geology 26, 1391-1400. (if=2.884, ci=14)
8. Mandal, N., Kumar Samanta, S., Bhattacharyya, G., Chakraborty, C. 2005. Rotation behaviour of rigid
inclusions in multiple associations: Insights from experimental and theoretical models. Journal of
Structural Geology 27, 679-692. (if=2.884, ci=21)
9. Misra, S., Mandal, N. 2007. Localization of plastic zones in rocks around rigid inclusions: Insights from
experimental and theoretical models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 112(B9) (if=3.426,
ci=10)
10. Dutta, R., Mandal, N. 2012. Effects of pressure on the elasticity and stability of zircon (ZrSiO 4): Firstprinciple investigations. Computational Materials Science 54, 157-164. (if=2.131, ci=10)
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MELOTH, THAMBAN (b 1970), Scientist F, National Centre for Antarctic and Ocean Research, Goa
Thamban Meloth has significantly contributed to the advancement in the study of climate change using
palaeoclimate archives of ocean sediment and polar snow/ice cores. Dr. Thamban is credited with the
establishment of the Ice core Laboratory, the first and only sophisticated national facility for ice / snow
research in India. His pioneering studies in the field of Antarctic snow and ice cores demonstrated the
ongoing environmental and climatic changes during the past several centuries in Antarctica (e.g.,
Thamban et al., 2006 & 2013; Naik et al., 2010; Laluraj et al, 2011 & 2014; Rahaman et al., 2016). His
studies for the first time revealed that unlike the popular belief, East Antarctica is also warming
significantly since the last few decades. Further, he has contributed significantly to the fundamental
understanding of the glacio-chemical and biogeochemical processes operating in the snow-ice systems
(e.g., Thamban et al., 2010; Thamban and Thakur, 2012; Antony et al., 2010, 2011, 2012, & 2014;
Mahalinganathan et al., 2012: Mahalinganathan and Thamban, 2016). Recently, Thamban has also been
leading an integrated study of six bench mark glaciers of Chandra basin, Himalayas (Khan et al., 2016;
Sharma et al., 2016). Thamban Meloth had also developed, evaluated and applied various reliable
palaeoclimate proxies and deciphered the past changes in the oceanographic conditions and the intensity
of monsoons as well as the mechanistic linkages (e.g., Thamban et al., 2001, 2002, 2005, & 2007; Manoj
et al., 2011, & 2013; Manoj and Thamban, 2015).
Proposer: Dr. S. Satheesh Chandra Shenoi, Seconder:Dr. M. Dileep Kumar
1. Thamban, M., V. P. Rao, R.R. Schneider and P.M. Grootes (2001). Glacial to Holocene fluctuations in
hydrography and productivity along the southwestern continental margin of India. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Vol. 165, Pages: 113-127(if=2.75, ci=81)
2. Thamban, M., V.P. Rao, R.R. Schneider (2002). Reconstruction of late Quaternary monsoon
oscillations based on clay mineral proxies using sediment cores from the western margin of India. Marine
Geology, Vol. 186, Pages: 527-539 (if=2.20, ci=73)
3. Thamban, M., Chaturvedi, A. Rajakumar, A. Naik, S.S. D'Souza, W. Singh, A. Rajan, S. Ravindra, R.
(2006). Aerosol perturbations related to volcanic eruptions during the past few centuries as recorded in
an ice core from the Central Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica. Current Science, vol. 91, no9, pp. 12001207 (if=0.83, ci=16)
4. Thamban, M., Kawahata, H., Rao, V.P. (2007). Indian Summer Monsoon Variability during the
Holocene as Recorded in Sediments of the Arabian Sea: Timing and Implications. Journal of
Oceanography: 2007, vol. 63, no6, pp. 1009-1020 (if=1.46, ci=41)
5. Naik, S. S. Thamban, M., Laluraj, C.M., Redkar, B.L. and Chaturvedi, A. (2010). A century of climate
variability in the central Dronning Maud Land, East Antarctica and its relation to Southern Annular Mode
and El Niño Southern Oscillation. Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 115, D16102,
doi:10.1029/2009JD013268 (if=3.44, ci=16)
6. Antony, R., Thamban, M., K.P. Krishnan, K. Mahalinganathan (2010). Is cloud seeding in coastal
Antarctica linked to biogenic bromine and nitrate variability in snow? Environmental Research Letters, 5:
014009, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/5/1/014009 (if=4.09, ci=10)
7. Thamban, M., C. M. Laluraj, K. Mahalinganathan, B. L. Redkar, S. S. Naik and P. K. Shrivastava
(2010). Glacio-chemistry of surface snow from the Ingrid Christensen Coast, East Antarctica, and its
environmental implications. Antarctic Science, 22(4), 435–441(if=1.42, ci=8)
8. Laluraj, C.M., Thamban, M., S.S. Naik, B.L. Redkar, A. Chaturvedi and R. Ravindra. (2011). Nitrate
records of a shallow ice core from East Antarctica: atmospheric processes, preservation and climatic
implications. The Holocene, 21: 351-356 (if=3.80, ci=15)
9. PAGES 2k Consortium (M. Ahmed, K. J. Anchukaitis, A. Asrat, H. P. Borgaonkar, M. Braida, B. M.
Buckley, U. Büntgen, B. M. Chase, D. A. Christie, E. R. Cook, M. A. J. Curran, H. F. Diaz, J. Esper, Z-X.
Fan, N. P. Gaire, Q. Ge, J. Gergis, J. F. González-Rouco, H. Goosse, S. W. Grab, N. Graham, R.
Graham, M. Grosjean, S. T. Hanhijärvi, D. S. Kaufman*, T. Kiefer, K. Kimura, A. A. Korhola, P. J. Krusic,
A. Lara, A.-M. Lézine, F. C. Ljungqvist, A. M. Lorrey, J. Luterbacher, V. Masson-Delmotte, D. McCarroll.,
J. R. McConnell, N. P. McKay, M. S. Morales, A. D. Moy, R. Mulvaney, I. A. Mundo, T. Nakatsuka, D. J.
Nash, R. Neukom, S. E. Nicholson, H. Oerter, J. G. Palmer, S. J. Phipps, M. R. Prieto, A. Rivera, M.
Sano, M. Severi, T. M. Shanahan, X. Shao, F. Shi, M. Sigl, J. E. Smerdon, O. N. Solomina, E. J. Steig, B.
Stenni, Thamban, M., Valerie Trouet, C. S.M. Turney, M. Umer, T. van Ommen, D. Verschuren, A. E.
Viau, R. Villalba, B. M. Vinther, L. von Gunten, S. Wagner, E. R. Wahl, H. Wanner, J. P. Werner, J. W.C.
White, K. Yasue, E. Zorita), 2013. Continental-scale temperature variability during the last two millennia,
Nature Geoscience, 6: 339-346 (if=11.74 , ci=216)
10. Manoj, M.C., and Thamban, M. (2015). Shifting frontal regimes and its influence on bioproductivity
variations during the late Quaternary in the Indian sector of Southern Ocean. Deep Sea Research II, 118:
261-274 (if=2.76, ci=3)
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MOHAPATRA, MRUTYUNJAY (b 1965), SCIENTIST – G, CYCLONE WARNING DIVISION INDIA
METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT, NEW DELHI
Dr Mrutyunjay Mohapatra worked primarily on tropical cyclones. His contribution led to modernization of
an End to End Cyclone Warning System of IMD. His work helped in planning of cyclone observational
system and analysis procedure (M. Mohapatra, B.K. Bandyopadhyay, Ajit Tyagi; 2012; Best track
parameters of tropical cyclones over North Indian Ocean: A review; Natural Hazards; 63; 1285-1317). His
pioneering work on hazard proneness (M. Mohapatra, G. S. Mandal, B.K Bandyopadhyay, Ajit Tyagi, U.C.
Mohanty; 2012; Classification of cyclone hazard prone districts of India. Natural Hazards; 63; 1601-1620)
is used in planning/preparedness measures. His contribution in numerical modeling led to customization
of high resolution meso-scale model (Krishna K. Osuri, U.C. Mohanty, Ashish Routray and M. Mohapatra;
2013; Real-Time Track Prediction of Tropical Cyclones over North Indian Ocean Using the ARW Model;
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology; 52, 2476-2492). Introduction of technology and scientific
methods for forecasting track, intensity and storm surge improved forecast accuracy and caused
minimum loss of life (M. Mohapatra, DP Nayak, RP Sharma, BK Bandyopadhyay; 2013; Evaluation of
official tropical cyclone track forecast over north Indian Ocean issued by India Meteorological
Department; Journal of Earth System Science; 122; 589-601; Srinivasa et al; 2015; Modeling Storm
Surge…, Marine Geodesy; 38; 345-360; U.C. Mohanty, M. Mohapatra, etal; 2015; A Great Escape from
Bay of Bengal “Super Sapphire-Phailin” Tropical Cyclone: A Case of Improved Weather Forecast and
Societal Response for Disaster Mitigation; Earth Interactions).
Proposer: Prof. U.C. Mohanty, Seconder:Prof. P. C. Pandey
1. M. Mohapatra, B. K. Bandyopadhyay, Ajit Tyagi; 2012; Best track parameters of tropical cyclones over
the North Indian Ocean: A review; Natural Hazards; 63(3); 1285-1317; DOI:10.1007/s11069-011-99350, (if= : 1.72 , ci=: 17)
2. ii. M. Mohapatra, G. S. Mandal, B. K. Bandyopadhyay, Ajit Tyagi, U. C. Mohanty; 2012; Classification of
cyclone hazard prone districts of India. Natural Hazards; 63(3); 1601-1620; DOI:10.1007/s11069-0119891-8 (if=: 1.72, ci=: 15)
3. iii. Krishna K. Osuri, U. C. Mohanty, A. Routray, Makarand A. Kulkarni, M. Mohapatra; 2012;
Customization of WRF-ARW model with physical parameterization schemes for the simulation of tropical
cyclones over North Indian Ocean; Natural Hazards; 63(3); 1-23; 1337-1359; DOI:10.1007/s11069-0119862-0 (if=: 1.72, ci=: 29)
4. iv. Krishna K. Osuri, U. C. Mohanty, A. Routray, M. Mohapatra; 2012; The impact of satellite-derived
wind data assimilation on track, intensity and structure of tropical cyclones over the North Indian Ocean;
International Journal of Remote Sensing; 33(5-5); 1627-1652; DOI:10.1080/01431161.2011.596849 (if=:
1.65, ci=: 22)
5. v. Krishna K. Osuri, U. C. Mohanty, Ashish Routray and M. Mohapatra; 2013; Real-Time Track
Prediction of Tropical Cyclones over the North Indian Ocean Using the ARW Model; Journal of Applied
Meteorology and Climatology; 52(11), 2476-2492 (if=: 2.54, ci=: 16)
6. vi. M. Mohapatra, B K Bandyopadhyay, D P Nayak; 2013; Evaluation of operational tropical cyclone
intensity forecasts over north Indian Ocean issued by India Meteorological Department; Natural Hazards;
68(2); 433-451; DOI:10.1007/s11069-013-0624-z (if=: 1.72, ci=: 14)
7. vii. M. Mohapatra, D P Nayak, R P Sharma, B K Bandyopadhyay; 2013; Evaluation of official tropical
cyclone track forecast over north Indian Ocean issued by India Meteorological Department; Journal of
Earth System Science; 122(3); 589-601; DOI:10.1007/s12040-013-0291-1 (if=: 1.04, ci=: 16)
8. viii. U.C. Mohanty, Krishna K. Osuri, Vijay Tallapragada, Frank D. Marks, Sujata Pattanayak, M.
Mohapatra, L. S. Rathore, S. G. Gopalakrishnan, Dev Niyogi; 2015; A Great Escape from the Bay of
Bengal “Super Sapphire-Phailin” Tropical Cyclone: A Case of Improved Weather Forecast and Societal
Response for Disaster Mitigation; Earth Interactions; pp; 19(17):151104123042003. DOI:10.1175/EI-D14-0032.1 (if=: 1.84, ci=: 01)
9. ix. T. Srinivasa Kumar, P.L.N. Murty, M. Pradeep Kumar, M. Krishna Kumar, J. Padmanabham, N.
Kiran Kumar, S.C. Shenoi, M. Mohapatra, Shailesh Nayak, Prakash Mohanty; 2015; Modeling Storm
Surge and its Associated Inland Inundation Extent Due to Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Phailin; Marine
Geodesy; 38(4); 345-360; DOI:10.1080/01490419.2015.1053640 (if=: 1.31, ci=: 0)
10. x. D.R. Pattanaik, M. Mohapatra; 2016; Seasonal Forecasting of Tropical Cyclogenesis over the North
Indian Ocean; Journal of Earth System Science; DOI:10.1007/s12040-016-0663-4 (if=: 1.04, ci=: 0)
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PANDEY, AVINASH CHANDRA (b 1964), Professor & Head, Nanotechnology Application Centre,
University of Allahabad, Allahabad
Prof Avinash Chandra Pandey has made several unique contributions to the field of climate research
such as application of dynamical system theory in the context of atmospheric flows providing meaningful
insight to meteorologists besides Mathematical Modeling of Atmosphere and Ocean, Predictability,
Regime Transitions, Monsoon Variability, Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall, Chaos and
Non-linear Dynamics, Nonlinear Time Series Analysis, Low order Ocean-Atmosphere Models. His
impresive theoretical research of a non-linear dynamical system casts a powerful and predictive light on
the system's behaviour and has deepened our understanding of climate phenomena e.g. the return maps
could be used to characterize the transitions between different types of attractors more reliably.
Prof Pandey explored the importance of Southern Indian Ocean in influencing the Indian Summer
Monsoon and vice versa by employing state-of-the art statistical techniques. His work shows the
exclusive impact of extreme high latitude SST on Indian Monsoon Rainfall variability and if these findings
are used in conjunction with other empirical predictive schemes, the early prediction of Indian Monsoon
could be improvised. Prof Pandey has worked to understand the effect of oceanic system memory on
regional climate by "modeling, observational and data diagnostic" study on entire Southern Indian Ocean
to simulate large scale ocean circulation using Ocean General Circulation Models. He has been
contributing to Seasonal Prediction Science by Multi Model Ensembles in the areas of predictability from
non linear dynamical perspectives, data diagnostics, oceanic system memory with special reference to
cryo sphere and its role in climate change.
Proposer: PROF ALOK KRISHNA GUPTA, Seconder:PROF JAYANTA KUMAR BHATTACHARJEE
1. S. Dwivedi and A. C. Pandey, 2011, “Forecasting Indian summer monsoon intraseasonal oscillations
using genetic algorithm and neural network, Geophys Res. Letts, DOI: 10.1029/2011GL048314., I.F.:
4.196, Citation:4 (if=4.096, ci=4)
2. A. Rai, M. K. Joshi, A. C. Pandey, 2012, “Variations in diurnal temperature range over India: Under
global warming scenario” J GEOPHYS RES-ATMOS, 117, D02114, IF: 3.426, Citation: 10. (if=3.426,
ci=10)
3. D.K. Naik, R. Saraswat, N. Khare, A. C. Pandey, R. Nigam, 2014, “Hydrographic changes in the
agulhas recirculation region during the late quaternary” Climate of the Past, 10 (2), pp. 745-75810, IF:
3.382, Citation: 2 (if=3.382, ci=2)
4. M.K. Joshi and A C Pandey, 2011, “Trend and spectral analysis of rainfall over India during1901-2000”,
J. Geoph. Res., 116, D06104, 10.1029/2010JD014966., I.F.: 3.021 Citation: 17 (if=3.021, ci=17)
5. M. K. Joshi, A. Rai and A. C. Pandey, 2012, “Validation of TMPA and GPCP 1DD against the ground
truth rain-gauge data for Indian region”, Int. J. Climatol, DOI: 10.1002/joc.3612., I.F.: 2.906. Citation:
8 (if=2.906, ci=8)
6. Ravi P Shukla, K C Tripathi, A C Pandey, IML Das Prediction of Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall
using
Nino
Indices:
a
Neural
Network
Approach,
Atmospheric
Research(2011),
10.1016/j.atmoosres2011.06.013,I.F.: 2.884. Citation:4: 8 (if=2.884, ci=4)
7. Sudhir Kumar Singh, Prashant Kumar Srivastava, Avinash Chandra Pandey, Sandeep Kumar Gautam,
2013 Integrated Assessment of Groundwater Influenced by a Confluence River Syatem: Concurrence
with Remote Sensing and Geological Modelling: Water Resourc Manage 2013, 27:4291-4313,I.F. 2.6,
Citations : 13 (if=2.6, ci=13)
8. V.K. Pandey, and A. C. Pandey, 2008, “ITF and Pole ward Heat Transport of Indian Ocean”, Mar.
Geodesy, 31(3),I.F.:1.329(if=1.329)
9. “Effect of averaging time scale on forced Lorenz model”, S. Dwivedi, A.K. Mittal and A. C. Pandey,
Atmosphere-Ocean, 45(2) 71-79, doi:10.3137/ao.450201 (2007)., I.F.: 1.667, Citation:6. (if=1.66, ci=6)
10. Siddhartha Sankar Das, Ajai K Rai, Vaseem Akaram, Dhananjai Verma, A. C. Pandey, Koushik Dutta
and G V Ravi Prasad, 2013, “Paleoenvironmental significance of clay mineral assemblages in the
southeastern Arabian Sea during last 30k yr” J. Earth Syst. Sci., 122, 173–185. IF: 1.040, Citation: 9; 9.
V.K. Pandey, and A. C. Pandey, 2008, “ITF and Pole ward Heat Transport of Indian Ocean”, Mar.
Geodesy, 31(3),I.F.:1.32910. (if=1992, ci=10)
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RAMKUMAR, GEETHA (b 1960), Scientist SG & Head, Atmospheric Dynamics Branch, Space Physics
Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation
Dr. Geetha Ramkumar has immensely contributed to the science of dynamics and energetics of Earth's
middle atmosphere through her investigations on the role of atmospheric waves and wave-mean flow
interactions in vertical coupling. She has conceived and led the major multi-instrumental (involving lidars,
radars, balloons and rockets) and multi-institutional long-term (5 to 8 years) experimental campaigns; the
MIDDLE ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS "MIDAS" (2002-2007), and the CAWSES-INDIA programs (20042012), taking clue from the Equatorial Wave Studies (1999 & 2000) campaigns. Synthesizing these
unique data, Geetha quantified the contribution of gravity waves, equatorial waves/planetary waves
towards the generation of Quasi-Biennial (QBO) and Semi-Annual Oscillations (SAO) in the stratospheremesosphere, leading to improved parameterization of them in General Circulation Models. Her estimates
of 10-60% forcing from gravity waves towards Stratospheric QBO, 30-80% towards Stratospheric SAO
and 20-70% to the Mesospheric SAO remain very important (GRL, 2008; JGR, 2007; JGR,
2008). Analyzing the radio echoes from Meteor Radar, she derived vertical winds and momentum flux in
the mesospheric region and quantified the planetary wave forcing to Mesospheric SAO & QBO (JASTP,
2012). Synthesizing multi-decadal balloon and rocket data with radar observations she has derived
climatology of horizontal winds from ground to 100 Km. She has characterised migrating and nonmigrating tides (JASTP, 1997; JGR, 1998) and the modulation of tropical tropopause by equatorial waves
(QJRMS, 2002). She has played pivotal roles in installing Meteor radar and vertical profiling (wind,
temperature, ozone and water vapour) using balloons from tropics as well as from Antarctica.
Proposer: Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, Seconder:Dr. K. Krishanmoorthy
1. CR Reddi, G Ramkumar, 1997, Climatologies of tidal winds in the radio-meteor region over Trivandrum
(8 N), Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 59 (14), 1757-1777 (if=1.751, ci=15)
2. MN Sasi, G Ramkumar, V Deepa, 1998, Nonmigrating diurnal tides in the troposphere and lower
stratosphere over Gadanki (13.5 N, 79.2 E), Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 103 (D16),
19485-19494 (if=3.426, ci=21)
3. MN Sasi, G Ramkumar, V Deepa, BV Murthy, 2000, Inertia‐gravity waves associated with the tropical
easterly jet over the Indian subcontinent during the South West Monsoon Period, Geophysical research
letters, 27 (19), 3201-3204 (if=4.196, ci=18)
4. K Parameswaran, MN Sasi, G Ramkumar, PR Nair, V Deepa, BVK Murthy, 2000, Altitude profiles of
temperature from 4 to 80 km over the tropics from MST radar and lidar, Journal of Atmospheric and SolarTerrestrial Physics, 62 (15), 1327-1337 (if=1.751, ci=40)
5. G Ramkumar, TM Antonita, YB Kumar, HV Kumar, DN Rao, 2006, Seasonal variation of gravity waves
in the Equatorial Middle Atmosphere: results from ISRO's Middle Atmospheric Dynamics (MIDAS)
program, Annales Geophysicae, 24 (10), 2471-2480 (if=1.709, ci=21)
6. V Deepa, G Ramkumar, M Antonita, KK Kumar, MN Sasi, 2006,Vertical propagation characteristics
and seasonal variability of tidal wind oscillations in the MLT region over Trivandrum (8.5 N, 77 E): First
results from SKiYMET meteor radar, Annales Geophysicae, 24 (11), 2877-2889 (if=1.709, ci=26)
7. TM Antonita, G Ramkumar, KK Kumar, KS Appu, KVS Nambhoodiri, 2007, A quantitative study on the
role of gravity waves in driving the tropical Stratospheric Semiannual Oscillation, Journal of Geophysical
Research: Atmospheres, 112, doi:10.1029/2006JD008250 (if=3.426, ci=22)
8. KK Kumar, TM Antonita, G Ramkumar, V Deepa, S Gurubaran, R Rajaaram 2007, On the tropospheric
origin of Mesosphere Lover Thermosphere region intraseasonal wind variability, Journal of Geophysical
Research-Atmospheres, 112 , D07109, doi:10.1029/2006JD007962 (if=3.147, ci=12)
9. TM Antonita, G Ramkumar, KK Kumar, V Deepa 2008, Meteor wind radar observations of gravity wave
momentum fluxes and their forcing toward the Mesospheric Semiannual Oscillation, Journal of
Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 113, D10115, doi:10.1029/2007JD09089 (if=3.147, ci=42)
10. TM Antonita, G Ramkumar, K Kishore Kumar, SV Sunil Kumar 2008, Quantification of gravity wave
forcing in driving the stratospheric Quasi‐Biennial Oscillation, Geophysical Research Letters, 35 (9),
L09805, doi:10.1029/2008GL033960 (if=4.196, ci=6)
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ROMSHOO, SHAKIL AHMAD (b 1964 ), Professor and Head, Department of Earth Sciences, University
of Kashmir, Srinagar (J&K State , India-190006
The nominee has more than 28 years of academic experience in the field of geomatics applications to
earth and environmental sciences. At the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), his research
focus was on the use of remote sensing for developing hydrological, vegetation and climate change
applications. He used Polarimetric (PolSAR) interferometric (InSAR) for assessing the soil moisture under
varied field conditions [54][56][59]. Using remotely sensed soil moisture in the hydrological models, he
researched the better characterization and quantification of the hydrological processes using distributed
hydrological model [53]. Extending the approach for SAR-based soil moisture estimation to plant
moisture, he demonstrated the use of SAR for biomass estimation [49][50][51][52][57] and for the
implementation of Kyoto protocol to the UNFCCC [55][58] In India, he has made an extensive use of
geomatics for watershed characterization in order to understand and model the land surface processes in
the mountainous western Himalaya [1][6][9][13][15][16][17][22][26][28][29][35][36][37][40][44][45][47] [46]
and for vegetation studies [3][7][11][12][24][34][43]. He has quantified the sources of nutrient loading to
the mountainous high altitude lakes and wetlands in the Kashmir Himalayan region using geospatial
modelling approach [3][27] [30][31][33][38][39][48] [62]. Under the collaborative research on climate
change and its impacts on various sectors, the nominee has come out with significant research findings
[8][10][14][21][23][25][42] [60][61][63]. His research on understanding the glacier dynamics and assessing
the impacts of climate change on cryosphere in the Indian Himalaya indicates that the Himalayan glaciers
are responding differently to the climate change [4][5][19][20].
Proposer: Prof. P. S. Roy, Seconder:Prof. B.L. Deekshatulu
1. Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, Reyaz A. Dar, Irfan Rashid, Asif Marazi, Nahida Ali and Sumira Zaz (2015).
Implications of Shrinking Cryosphere under Changing Climate on the Stream flows of the Upper Indus
Basin. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 47(4): 627-644 (if=1.67, ci=4)
2. Reyaz A Dar, Rakesh Chandra, Shakil A Romshoo, and Nazia Kousar (2015). Micromorphological
investigations of the Late Quaternary loess-paleosol sequences of Kashmir Valley, India. Journal of Asian
Earth Sciences. 111: 328:38 (if=2.741, ci=5)
3. Irfan Rashid, Shakil Ahmad Romshoo, Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, NH Ravindranath, Raman Sukumar,
Mathangi Jayaraman, Thatiparthi Vijaya Lakshmi and Jagmohan Sharma (2015). Projected Climate
Change Impacts on Vegetation Distribution over Kashmir Himalaya. Climatic Change, 132(4): 601613 (if=4.62, ci=3)
4. Reyaz A. Dar, Shakil A. Romshoo; Rakesh Chandra and Ishtiaq Ahmad (2014). Tectono-geomorphic
study of the Karewa Basin of Kashmir Valley. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 92: 143-156 (if=2.741,
ci=14)
5. Bazigha Baddar, Shakil A. Romshoo and M. A. Khan (2013). Integrating biophysical and socioeconomic information for prioritizing watersheds in the Kashmir Himalayan lake: a remote sensing and
GIS approach. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 185(8): 6419-6445 (if=1.679, ci=10)
6. Irfan Rashid, Shakil A Romshoo and T. Vijaya Lakshmi (2013). Geospatial landscape modelling for
identifying disturbance regimes and biodiversity rich areas in western Himalayas. Biodiversity
Conservation Biodiversity, 22(11): 2537-2566 (if=2.36, ci=7)
7. Shakil A. Romshoo, Shakeel A. Bhat and Irfan Rashid (2012): Geoinformatics for assessing the
geomorphological control on the hydrological response at watershed scale in Upper Indus basin. Earth
System Science, 121(3): 659-686 (if=1.045, ci=28)
8. Shakil A. Romshoo and Mohammad Muslim (2011). Geospatial Modeling for Assessing the Nutrient
load of a Himalayan Lake, Environmental Earth Sciences, 64 (5): 1269:1282 (if=1.765, ci=13)
9. Watanabe, M., M. Shimada, Rosenqvist, Shakil, A. Romshoo Kazuo Ohta, T. Tadono, M. Matsuoka
and R. Furuta, (2006) Forest structure dependency of the relation between L-band σ0 and biophysical
parameters. IEEE Transactions on Geosciences and Remote Sensing (TGRS), 44(11): 31543165 (if=3.514, ci=65)
10. Shakil A. Romshoo (2004). Geostatistical Analysis of Soil Moisture Measurements and Remotely
Sensed Data at Different Spatial Scales, Environmental Geology, 45(3): 339-349 (if=1.765, ci=22)
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SHALI, VAHAN (b 1971), Professor, Department of Applied Geophysics, Indian School of Mines,
Dhanbad 826004, Jharkhand
He has been instrumental in developing the department as an innovative center for researches in all
aspects of geophysics. The contributions are marked by i) imaginative selection of significant outstanding
questions, ii) intellectual rigor, iii) a personal commitment to scholarship and high scientific purpose,
manifestly exhibited in the quality of scientific contributions mainly in international journals cited under
“significant contribution”. Shalivahan has made fundamental contributions to the experiment design
and interpretation in magneto-tellurics that constitute an extremely important geophysical technology for
probing the deep earth, notably, a quantitative definition of the remote reference designed to
enhance signal information that seeded new conceptual explorations of 4-dimensional, magneto-tellurics.
His imaginative applications of the paradigm of social behaviour of birds to nonlinear inversion is a piece
of his creative approach to both research and academic issues which marks him as one of the very few
earth scientists in the country identifiable for originality and adventure of ideas. Receipent of National
Geoscience Award -2010 and Associate Indian Academy of Science, Bangalore The paper on Particle
Swarm Optimization (PSO): A new tool to invert geophysical data was the twenty most downloadable
paper of Geophysics in March 2007 In 2014-15, his one of the student was selected as the top ranked
candidate of the IAGA Working Group I.2 and the other was awarded best PhD thesis in India by
Association of Exploration Geophysicist
Proposer: Prof V P Dimri, Seconder:Dr Kalachand Sain
1. Shaw, R. K., and Shalivahan Particle swarm optimization: A new tool to invert geophysical data
Geophysics: 72, 2007, F75-F83, 10.1190/1.2432481 (if=1.759, ci=67)
2. Shalivahan, Srivastava, and Agarwal, B. N. P. Inversion of the amplitude of the analytic signal of the
magnetic anomaly by particle swarm optimization technique: Geophysical Journal International, 182,
2010, 652-662, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04631.x(if=2.420, ci=11)
3. Rajib K. Sinharay, Shalivahan, and Bimalendu B. Bhattacharya, Audio magnetotelluric studies to trace
the hydrological system of thermal fluid flow of Bakreswar hot spring, Eastern India: A Case History
Geophysics, SEG, USA, 75, 2010, B187-B195; DOI: 10.1190/1.3431532. (if=1.759, ci=9)
4. Bhattacharya, Bimalendu B., and Shalivahan The electric moho underneath Eastern Indian Craton
Geophysical Research Letters (American Geophysical Union), 2002, 29, No. 10, 14/1-14/4. (if=4.456,
ci=12)
5. Shalivahan and Bimalendu B. Bhattacharya, Electrical anisotropy of asthenosphere in a region of
window to mantle underneath Eastern Indian Craton Physics Of The Earth And Planetary Interiors
(Elsevier), 2005, 152, 43-61. (if=2.319, ci=5)
6. Shalivahan, and Bhattacharya, Bimalendu B How remote can be the far remote reference site for
magnetotelluric measurements? Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth- American Geophysical
Union), 2002, 107, ETG1-1 – 1-8. (if=3.426, ci=2)
7. Shalivahan, Sinharya, Rajib K., and Bhattacharya, Bimalendu B Remote reference (RR)
Magnetotelluric (MT) Impedance Estimation of Wideband data using hybrid algorithm Journal of
Geophysical Research – Soild Earth, 111, 2006, doi:10.1029/2006JB004330(if=3.426, ci=2)
8. Bhattacharya, B. B., Shalivahan, and Sen, M. K. Use of VFSA for resolution, sensitivity and uncertainty
estimates for 1D DC resistivity and IP inversion Geophysical Prospecting, 2003, 51, 393-408. (if=1.467,
ci=23)
9. Bhattacharya, Bimalendu B., Gupta, D., Banerjee, B. and Shalivahan Mise-a-la-masse survey over an
auriferous sulfide deposit: a case study Geophysics (SEG, USA), 2001, 66: 70-77 (if=1.759, ci=12)
10. Shalivahan, Bimalendu B. Bhattacharya, N.V. Chalapathi Rao, and V.P. Maurya Thin lithosphere–
asthenosphere boundary beneath Eastern Indian craton Tectonophysics, 612-613, 2014, 128133 (if=2.433, ci=7)
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SINGH, RAM BABU (b 1955), PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, DELHI, SCHOOL OF
ECONOMICS, UNIVERSITY OF DELHI, DELHI - 110007
Prof. Singh contributed substantially in identification of urban land use based heat islands, climate change
analysis and hydrological prediction, eco-hydrology and disaster risk reduction in Himalaya using Remote
Sensing and GIS Technology supplemented by People’s Perception. He has to his credit several quality
research papers published in high impact factor journals (i.e. Climate Dynamics, Atmospheric Science
Letters, Environmental Science and Policies, Energies, Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Physical
Geography, Advances in Meteorology, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Agriculture, Ecosystem and
Environment, Hydrological Processes, Mountain Research and Development, Journal of Mountain
Science). He has been invited to serve as Special Issue Editor of famous International Journals like
Advances in Meteorology. He has completed international collaborative research projects as PI/Co-PI (i)
ICSSR-IDPAD with Univ. of Groningen on Environmental Degradation and its Socio-economic
Implications in the Rural-Urban Fringe of Delhi; (ii) CIDA-SICI with Univ. of Manitoba on Sustainable
Development of Mountain Environments and Urban Development and Environmental Impacts (iii) SHARP
on Role of Public, Private and Civil Sectors in Environmental Management; (iv) DFID with Imperial
College on Enhancing Food Chain Integrity: Air Pollution Impacts on Vegetable Systems; (v) Finish
Academy of Sciences with University of Turku, Finland on Livelihood Security in Changing SocioEconomic Environment in Himachal Pradesh. He was one of the contributors in the famous-The World
Atlas-Earth Concise, Millennium House Ltd. He is collaborating with IAP–Global Network of Science
Academies and UNISDR on Sendai Framework of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2015-2030, and for Science
Advise in Times of Disaster Emergencies.
Proposer: Dr. Om Prakash Pandey, Seconder:Dr. Ajay Manglik
1. Singh, R.B., Janmaijaya, Dhaka,S.K. and Kumar, V. (2015). Study on the association of green house
gas (CO2) with monsoon rainfall using AIRS and TRMM satellite observations, Physics and Chemistry of
Earth, 89-90 dx.doi.org./10.1016/j.pce.2015.04.004, 65-72. (if=1.477 , ci=01)
2. O’Shea, P. M., Roy, S. S., & Singh, R. B. (2015). Diurnal variations in the spatial patterns of air
pollution across Delhi. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s00704-015-1441y (if=1.759, ci=00)
3. Singh, R.B., Grover, Aakriti and Zhan, Jinyan (2014). Inter-Seasonal Variations of Surface
Temperature in the Urbanized Environment of Delhi Using Landsat Thermal Data, Energies 7,
doi:10.33901en7031811 (if=2.072, ci=12)
4. Singh, R.B. and Shi, C. (2014). Advances in Observation and Estimation of Land Use Impact on
Climate Changes: Improved Data, Upgraded Models and Case Studies, Advances in Meteorology DX.
DOI.org/10.1155/2014/748169. (if=0.946, ci=07)
5. Singh, R.B. and Suraj Mal: Trends and Variability of Monsoon and other Rainfall Seasons in Western
Himalaya, Atmospheric Science Letters, DOI: 10.1002/asl2.494, 2014. (if=1.512, ci=02)
6. Sahu, N., Behera, S.K., Ratnam, J.V., Da Silva, R.V., Parhi, P., Duan, W., Takara, K., Singh, R.B. and
Yamagata, T.: El Nino Modoki Connection to Extremely-Low Streamflow of the Paranaiba River of Brazil,
Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-013-2006-3, 2014. (if=4.673, ci=03)
7. Ma, Maohua, Haapanen, Toni, Singh, R.B. and Hietala, R.: Integrating Ecological Restoration into
CDM Forestry Projects, Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 30, 2013. (if=3.98, ci=04)
8. Singh, R.B.: Environmental Consequences of Agricultural Development: A Case study from the Green
Revolution State of Haryana, India, In Agriculture, Ecosystem and Environment, 1637, 2000, 17. (if=3.402, ci=177)
9. Duffield, C., Gardner, J.S., Berkes, F. and Singh, R.B.: Local Knowledge in the Assessment of
Resource Sustainability: Case Studies in Himachal Pradesh, India and British Columbia. Canada,
Mountain Research and Development, vol.18, No.1, 1998, pp. 35-49.(if=1.021, ci=48)
10. Singh, R.B.: Land Use/Cover Changes, Extreme Events and Ecohydrological Responses in the
Himalayan Region, in Hydrological Processes, 12, 1998. (if=2.677, ci=35)
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SINHA, RAJIV (b 1965), Professor and Head, Department of Earth Sciences, IIT Kanpur
For two decades, Rajiv Sinha has contributed to the building of highly significant datasets on the river
systems of northern India. He has made a series of significant contributions which include (1) source area
based classification of the Himalayan rivers111, (2) recognition of profound geomorphic diversity in large
alluvial terrains such as the Ganga plains as a consequence of controls driven by hinterland tectonics and
rainfall, (3) Late Quaternary palaeoclimatic reconstruction from the stratigraphic records of alluvial basins
with reference to variations in monsoonal strength, (4) developmental history of large megafans such as
the Kosi and Gandak with reference to their subsurface stratigraphy as well as sediment filtering along
the mountain front, (5) integrated analysis of avulsion and connectivity for understanding the flood hazard
in the highly dynamic fan channel systems, and lastly, (6) groundwater structure and dynamics specially
the geomorphic controls on aquifer distribution in alluvial terrain1. He led the fluvial geomorphology group
of the Ganga River Basin Environmental Management Plan a large consortium of 7 IITs constituted for
preparing a comprehensive plan for river ecosystem management. Earlier, Sinha worked on a 23m-deep
core from the Sambhar playa in Thar Desert and reconstructed paleoclimatic data for the past 30,000
years. His ongoing research includes a detailed analysis of the process dynamics of the Kosi fan
including upstream-downstream controls on sediment transport, human transformation of river systems
and studies on wetland processes for management.
Proposer: Prof. S.K. Tandon, Seconder:Prof. Sandeep Verma
1. Sinha, R. and Friend, P. F. (1994) River systems and their sediment flux, Indo-Gangetic plains,
northern Bihar, India. Sedimentology, 41, 825-845 (if=2.295, ci=160)
2. Jain, V. & Sinha, R. (2004). Fluvial dynamics of an anabranching river system in Himalayan foreland
basin, Baghmati river, north Bihar plains, India, . Geomorphology, 60, 147-170 (if=2.520, ci=55)
3. Sinha R., Jain V., Prasad Babu G., and Ghosh S. (2005) Geomorphic characterization and diversity of
the fluvial systems of the Gangetic plains. Geomorphology, 70 (1-2), 207-225. (if=2.577, ci=60)
4. Gibling, M.R. Tandon, S.K.,Sinha, R. and Jain, M. (2005). Discontinuity-bounded alluvial sequences of
the southern Gangetic plains, India: aggradation and degradation in response to monsoonal strength.
Journal of Sedimentary Research, 75(3), 373-389. (if=1.786, ci=137)
5. Sinha, R., W. Smykatz-Kloss, D. Stueben, S.P. Harrison, Z. Berner & U. Kramar (2006). Late
Quaternary palaeoclimatic reconstruction from the lacustrine sediments of the Sambhar playa core, Thar
Desert margin, India. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 233/3-4, 252-270. (if=2.339,
ci=44)
6. Sinha, R., Bhattacharjee, P., Sangode, S.J.,Gibling, M.R. and Tandon, S.K., Jain, M. Godfrey, D.
(2007). Valley and interfluve sediments in the southern Ganga plains, India: exploring facies and
magnetic signatures. Sedimentary Geology, 201, 386-411.(if=2.665, ci=46)
7. Sinha, R., Gibling M.R. and Y. Kettanah, S.K. Tandon, P.S. Bhattacharjee, and A.S. Dasgupta, P.
Ghazanfari (2008). Craton-derived alluvium as a major sediment source in the Himalayan Foreland Basin
of India. GSA Bulletin, 121(11/12), 1596-1610. (if=3.870, ci=33)
8. Roy, N.G., R. Sinha and M.R. Gibling (2012). Aggradation, incision and interflive flooding in the Ganga
valley over the past 100, 000 years: testing the influence of monsoonal precipitation. Palaeogeography
Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 356-357, 38-53. (if=2.339, ci=17)
9. Sinha, R., Gaurav Kumar, S. Chandra and S.K. Tandon (2013). Exploring the channel connectivity
structure of the August 2008 avulsion belt of the Kosi River, India: Application to flood risk assessment.
Geology, 41; no. 10, 1099 – 1102. (if=4.962, ci=9)
10. Sinha, R; Ahmad, J; Gaurav, K; Morin, G (2014). Shallow subsurface stratigraphy and alluvial
architecture of the Kosi and Gandak megafans in the Himalayan foreland basin, India. Sedimentary
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AHMED, SHAKEEL
Hyderabad
(b 1958), Chief Scientist, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute,
Dr. Ahmed has contributed to groundwater hydrology from the beginning of his carrier. The most
significant impact of his contribution is setting up of a center of excellence at NGRI, “Indo-French Centre
for Groundwater Research” that he is heading since last 16 years. Development of a Decision Support
Tool for Groundwater Management is one of the most important contributions. The results have shown
how efficiently groundwater can be managed in over-exploited areas, by changing the cropping pattern or
with efficient irrigation practices (Dewandel et al, 2010). He is leading a large number of International
projects on groundwater with direct societal impacts. He was awarded, National Mineral Award,
International Prize for Water Sciences, and MAAS Young Scientist Award in Physical Sciences. He is
elected Fellow of the NESA. His academic contribution includes supervising 30 students of which 15 got
PhD degree awarded including 3 French students. He developed important methodologies in applying
geostatistics to groundwater (Ahmed and Marsily, 1987 & 1993, Ahmed et al, 1988). Dr. Ahmed took an
important lead and coordinated the Aquifer mapping program delivering excellent and unexpectedly
useful results. He has made a break-through achievement in 3D geophysical mapping of aquifers in
different geological formation of the country and set the guidelines for carrying out National Aquifer
Mapping. The results are beneficial in tackling the Arsenic contamination in Ganga basin, searching
potable water in desert in Rajasthan and sea-water intrusion in coastal aquifers. Clear delineation of
various lava flows, structures and Basalt-Gondwana contact has been significant achievements.
Proposer: Prof. V.P. Dimri, Seconder:Dr. V.M. Tiwari
1. Dewandel, B., J. Perrin, Ahmed, S., S. Aulong, Z. Hrkal, P. Lachassagne, M. Samad, S. Massuel
(2010) Development of a tool for managing the groundwater resources in semi-arid hard rock regions:
Application to a rural watershed in South India. Hydrological Processes, 24(19): 2784–2797 DOI:
10.1002/hyp.7696 (if=2.677, ci=31)
2. Chandra, S., Ahmed, S., Avadh Ram and B. Dewandel (2008) Estimation of Hard Rock Aquifers
Hydraulic Conductivity from Geoelectrical Measurements: A theoretical development with field application,
Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 357:218-227 (if=3.053, ci=42)
3. Sreedevi, P.D., Ahmed, S., B. Made, E. Ledoux and JM Gandolfi (2006) Association of
Hydrogeological factors in temporal variations of fluoride concentration in a crystalline aquifer in India,
Environmental Geology, 50(1):1-11 (if=1.765, ci=57)
4. Maréchal, J.C., Dewandel, B., Ahmed, S., L. Galeazzi and Faisal K. Zaidi (2006) Combined estimation
of specific yield and natural recharge in a semi-arid groundwater basin with irrigated agriculture, Jour. of
Hydrology, Vol. 329: 281-293. (if=3.053, ci=124)
5. Saxena, VK and Ahmed, S. (2003) Inferring the chemical parameters for the dissolution of Fluoride in
groundwater, Environmental Geology, 43(6):731-736. (if=1.765, ci=178)
6. Kumar, D. and Ahmed, S. (2003) Seasonal behavior of spatial variability of groundwater levels in a
granite aquifer in monsoon climate, Current Science, 84(2):188-196. (if=0.926, ci=59)
7. Saxena, V.K. and Ahmed, S. (2001) Dissolution of Fluoride in groundwater: A water-rock interaction
study, Environmental Geology, 40(9):1084-1087. (if=1.765, ci=197)
8. Ahmed, S. and G. de Marsily (1993) Cokriged Estimation of Aquifer Transmissivity as an Indirect
Solution of Inverse Problem: A Practical Approach, Water Resources Research, 29(2):521-530 (if=3.549,
ci=32)
9. Ahmed, S., G. de Marsily and Alain Talbot (1988) Combined use of hydraulic and electrical properties
of an aquifer in a geostatistical estimation of transmissivity, Ground Water, 26(1):78 86 (if=2.307, ci=90)
10. Ahmed, S. and G. de Marsily (1987) Comparison of Geostatistical methods for Estimating
Transmissivity using data on Transmissivity and Specific Capacity, Water Resources Research,
23(9):1717 1737 (if=3.549, ci=369)
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BALA, GOVINDASAMY (b 1966), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Prof. Bala has made several novel contributions to the understanding of factors that influence global
climate change. When the amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere is increased suddenly,
there is an immediate decrease in global mean rainfall followed by an increase as the climate system
warms. This mystery was resolved in 2009-2010 by Prof. Bala through the concept of fast and slow
response of the global climate system. In the short-time scale the decrease in rainfall was attributed to the
atmospheric adjustment to the larger absorption by carbon dioxide in the lower atmosphere while the
subsequent increase in rainfall was attributed to the slow increase in sea surface temperature. Prof. Bala
has also examined, in 2011-2012, the impact of geo-engineering schemes that have been proposed to
counteract climate change by artificially increasing the planetary albedo. He showed for the first time that
the mean rainfall and runoff over land would increase for the marine cloud albedo enhancements and
decrease for land albedo enhancements. More recently, in 2014-2015, Prof. Bala and his research team
investigated the effects of deforestation on rainfall in the monsoon regions. In contrast to the dominant
role of local effects on temperature changes, Prof. Bala showed that the remote effects have a larger
influence than local effects on shifting the Inter tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and hence precipitation
in all the monsoon regions of the world: a new intriguing result. Prof. Bala used the concepts from
atmospheric heat transport to explain the ITCZ shifts.
Proposer : Prof. Rengaswamy Ramesh, Seconder : Prof. Utpal Sarkar
1. B. Govindasamy and Ken Caldeira, 2000: Geoengineering earth's radiation balance to mitigate CO2induced climate change, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, No. 14, p. 2141 (if=4.456, ci=158)
2. B. Govindasamy, Phil Duffy, and Ken Caldeira, 2001: Land use change and Northern Hemisphere
cooling, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28 , No. 2, p. 291 (if=4.456, ci=117)
3. G. Bala,, K. Caldeira, M. Wickett, T. J. Phillips, D. Lobell, C. Delire, and A. Mirin, 2007: Combined
climate and carbon cycle effects of large scale l deforestation, Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, USA 104(16), 6550-6555. (if=9.809, ci=459)
4. G. Bala, P. B. Duffy, and K. E. Taylor, 2008: Impact of geoengineering schemes on the global
hydrological cycle, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105(22), 7664-7669 (if=9.809,
ci=143)
5. G. Bala, K. Calderia, R. Nemani, 2010: Fast versus slow response in climate change: Implication to the
global hydrological cycle, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-009-0583-y (if=4.619, ci=66)
6. L. Cao, G. Bala, K. Caldeira, R. Nemani, George Ban-Weiss, 2010: Importance of carbon dioxide
physiological forcing to future climate change, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
107 (21) 9513-9518. (if=9.809, ci=83)
7. G. Bala, K. Caldeira, R. Nemani, L. Cao, G. Ban-Weiss, and H. Shin, 2011: Albedo-enhancement of
marine clouds to counteract global warming: Impacts on hydrology, Climate Dynamics, DOI
10.1007/s00382-010-0868 (if=4.619, ci=39)
8. Cao, L., G.Bala, K. Caldeira, 2012: Climate response on the time scale of days to changes in
atmospheric carbon dioxide, Env. Res. Letters, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034015 (if=4.09, ci=28)
9. G. Bala, Jaideep Joshi, R. Chaturvedi, H.V. Gangamani, Hirofumi Hashimoto R. Nemani, 2013: Trends
and Variability in AVHRR-derived NPP in India, Remote Sens. 2013, 5, 810-829;
doi:10.3390/rs5020810 (if=2.623, ci=8)
10. N. Devaraju, G. Bala and A. Modak, 2015: Effects of large scale deforestation on precipitation in the
monsoon regions: Remote versus local effects, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA
doi.10.1073/pnas.1423439112 (if=9.809, ci=Published in March 2015)
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DUGGIRALA, PALLAM RAJU (b 1967), Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Prof. D. Pallam Raju has made pioneering contributions in advancing our understanding of aeronomical
processes, in general, and during daytime conditions, in particular. He brought out new insights into the
wave dynamics of neutrals/plasma-neutral interactions in the daytime upper atmosphere by carrying out
investigations using the naturally occurring optical emissions called, airglow. In the daytime, as the solarscattered background continuum overwhelms these (dayglow) intensities, by evolving innovative ‘first of
their kind’ methods using Fabry-Perot etalons and high-resolution echelle gratings (Sridharan et al., 1998,
Pallamraju et al., 2002, 2013, 2014), he successfully retrieved dayglow signals buried in the background
brightness. The work initiated in his thesis has now evolved into a new field of research of daytime optical
aeronomy. Several new and insightful results, such as obtaining precursors to the enigmatic occurrence
of equatorial plasma irregularities (Sridharan et al., 1994; Pallamraju et al., 2002), resolving controversies
pertaining to scattering of light in the atmosphere (Pallamraju et al., 2000), ground-based detection of
magnetospheric cusp boundary (Pallamraju et al., 2004), quantification of auroral magnitudes that
reached mid-latitudes during disturbed space weather event (Pallamraju and Chakrabarti, 2005;
Pallamraju et al., 2011), magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling by experiments he personally conducted
from Antarctica & Arctica (Pallamraju et al., 1995; 2001; 2004), characterizing gravity waves that are
responsible for the formation of plasma irregularities (Pallamraju et al., 2014) by carrying out experiments
on-board balloon, and discovering a new circulation pattern in global winds during sudden stratospheric
warming events (Laskar and Pallamraju, 2014), have emanated from his investigations.
Proposer : Prof. R. Sridharan, Seconder : Prof. Shyam Lal
1. Sridharan, R., D. Pallam Raju, R. Raghavarao (1994), Precursor to equatorial spread‐F in OI 630.0 nm
dayglow, Geophysical Research Letters 21 (25), 2797-2800 (if=4.456, ci=75 )
2. Pallamraju, D., J. Baumgardner, S. Chakrabarti, (2000), A multiwavelength investigation of the Ring
effect in the day sky spectrum, Geophysical Research Letters 27 (13), 1875-1878 (if=4.456, ci=26)
3. Pallamraju, D., J. Baumgardner, S. Chakrabarti, (2002), HIRISE: A ground-based high-resolution
imaging spectrograph using echelle grating for measuring daytime airglow/auroral emissions, Journal of
Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 64 (12), 1581-1587(if=1.751, ci=24)
4. Pallamraju, D., S. Chakrabarti, R. Doe, T. R. Pedersen, (2004), First ground‐based OI 630 nm optical
measurements of daytime cusplike and F‐region auroral precipitation, Geophysical Research Letters, 31
(8), L08807, doi:10.1029/2003GL019173 (if=4.456, ci=9)
5. Pallamraju, D., and S. Chakrabarti, (2005), First ground‐based measurements of OI 6300 Å daytime
aurora over Boston in response to the 30 October 2003 geomagnetic storm, Geophysical Research
Letters, 32 (3) L03S10, doi:10.1029/2004GL021417 (if=4.456, ci=21)
6. Das, U., D Pallamraju, S Chakrabarti, (2010), Effect of an X‐Class solar flare on the OI 630 nm
dayglow emissions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 115 (A8) A08302,
doi:10.1029/2010JA015370 [Selected as AGU Editor's Choice "Space Weather" August 2012] (if=3.44,
ci=4)
7. D. Pallamraju, F. I. Laskar, R. P. Singh, J. Baumgardner, S. Chakrabarti, (2013), MISE: A
multiwavelength imaging spectrograph using echelle grating for daytime optical aeronomy investigations,
Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 103, 176-183(if=1.751, ci=5)
8. Laskar, F. I., D. Pallamraju, T. V. Lakshmi, M. A. Reddy, B. M. Pathan, and S. Chakrabarty, (2013),
Investigations on vertical coupling of atmospheric regions using combined multiwavelength optical
dayglow, magnetic, and radio measurements, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 118 (7),
4618-4627, doi:10.1002/jgra.50426 (if=3.44, ci=7)
9. Pallamraju, D., J. Baumgardner, R. P. Singh, F. I. Laskar, C. Mendillo, T. Cook, S. Lockwood, R.
Narayanan, T. K. Pant, and S. Chakrabarti (2014), Daytime wave characteristics in the mesosphere lower
thermosphere region: Results from the Balloon-borne Investigations of Regional-atmospheric Dynamics
experiment,
Journal
of
Geophys.
Res.
Space
Physics,
119,
2229–2242,
doi:10.1002/2013JA019368 (if=3.44, ci=3)
10. Laskar, F. I., and D Pallamraju, (2014), Does sudden stratospheric warming induce meridional
circulation in the mesosphere thermosphere system?, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
119, 10,133–10,143, doi:10.1002/2014JA020086 (if=3.44, ci=4)
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MAHAJAN, AMBRISH KUMAR (b 1961), Dean, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Central
University of HP, Dharamshala
Nomination of Prof. Ambrish Kumar Mahajan for the fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad is
being made on account of his substantive and highly focused contribution in the field of earthquake and
landslide hazard. Having Diploma in Disaster Management from Ganeva University, Switzerland
Prof Mahajan had contributed significantly in the said field. He has been accredited as Incident Manager
for disaster risk reduction by Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy, Mussoorie. He has published seismic hazard
map of northwest Himalaya and developed a methodology for seismic microzonation using Multichannel
Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW). He is the first to use MASW technique extensively for the benefit of
the society and now he is regarded as one of the expert in India on MASW methodology. He has further
extended his effort for site characterization using seismic methods, which is of great significance for
geotechnical industries. He has initiated number of international and national project namely with
Netherlands and Norway, DST and MoES in India. He has published more than 50 research papers in
referred journal with citation index more than 275 and delivered more than 30 invited talks at national and
International conference and to disaster managers. He has traveled widely in India and abroad for
attending national and international conferences. He has generated awareness among school children by
proposing an innovative project named “HIMSELP” among school children, teachers and masses in
general by providing training to teachers and exposure of students to earthquake preparedness.
Proposer : Prof S.K. Nath, Seconder : Prof B.R. Arora
1. AK Mahajan, JJ Galiana-Merino, C Lindholm, BR Arora, AK Mundepi, 2011. Characterization of the
sedimentary cover at the Himalayan foothills using active and passive seismic techniques.Journal of
Applied Geophysics 73 (3), 196-206. (if=1.301 , ci=05)
2. AK Mahajan, VC Thakur, ML Sharma, M Chauhan, 2010. Probabilistic seismic hazard map of NW
Himalaya and its adjoining area, India, Natural hazards 53 (3), 443-457 (if= 1.958, ci=32)
3. AK Mahajan, 2009. NEHRP soil classification and estimation of 1-D site effect of Dehradun fan
deposits using shear wave velocity, Engineering Geology 104 (3), 232-240 (if= 1.757, ci=08)
4. AK Mahajan, S Slob, R Ranjan, R Sporry, CJ van Westen, 2007. Seismic microzonation of Dehradun
City using geophysical and geotechnical characteristics in the upper 30 m of soil column, Journal of
seismology 11 (4), 355-370 (if=1.386, ci=18)
5. AK Mahajan, N Kumar, BR Arora, 2006. Quick look isoseismal map of 8 October 2005 Kashmir
earthquake, Current science 91 (3), 356-361 (if= 0.833, ci=12)
6. S Kumar, AK Mahajan, 2001. Seismotectonics of the Kangra region, Northwest Himalaya,
Tectonophysics 331 (4), 359-371 (if= 2.866, ci=16)
7. AK Mahajan and NS Virdi, 2001. Macroseismic field generated by 29 March, 1999 Chamoli Earthquake
and its seismotectonics, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 19 (4), 507-516 (if= 2.831, ci=12)
8. SK Paul, SK Bartarya, P Rautela, AK Mahajan, 2000. Catastrophic mass movement of 1998 monsoons
at Malpa in Kali Valley, Kumaun Himalaya (India) Geomorphology35 (3), 169-180 (if=2.577, ci=43)
9. S Kumar, AK Mahajan, 1994. The Uttarkashi earthquake of 20 October 1991: field observations,Terra
Nova 6 (1), 95-99 (if= 2.321, ci=12)
10. S Kumar, AK Mahajan, 1991. Dharamsala Seismotectonic zone-Neotectonic and state of stress in the
area, Journ. Him. Geol, 2(1), 53-57. (if= 0.314, ci=11)
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MUTHALAGU, RAVICHANDRAN (b. 1965) Scientist-G, Indian National Centre for Ocean Information
Services (INCOIS), Hyderabad.
Dr. Ravichandran has contributed in building in-situ Ocean observing system in India, especially Moored
data buoy (Premkumar et al., 2000) and Argo profiling floats (Ravichandran et al., 2004). These two insitu platforms not only enabled to bring out many new insights in the Indian Ocean, but also facilitate
operational services, such as Global Ocean analysislNowcast. He is instrumental and leading in
designing and implementing a comprehensive Ocean Observing system for the Indian Ocean "IndOOS"
along with other lead National/International scientists to understand ocean influence on monsoon and
climate research (McPhaden, et al., 2009). Using moored buoy observations, he along with co-authors
has documented the intraseasonal variability of sea surface temperature (Sengupta and Ravichandran,
2001), Barrier layer variability in the Bay of Bengal (Girishkumar et al., 2012) and its causative
mechanism. Also, using Argo observations, he has demonstrated the variability· of mixed layer depth,
Chlorophyll-a and thermo-haline structure in the Arabian Sea (Uday Bhaskar et al., 2006 and
Ravichandran et al., 2012) and intraseasonal variability of mixed layer temperature and salinity in the Bay
of Bengal (Parampil et al., 2010). Using satellite derived ocean observations, documented the ocean
response to the Bay of Bengal cyclones (Girishkumar and Ravichandran, 2012). These observations are
also used for assimilation in ocean models to provide
Global ocean analysis (Ravichandran et al., 2013), which is the initial condition for the seasonal prediction
of monsoon by coupled ocean-atmosphere models.
Proposer: Dr. S.S.C. Shenoi, Seconder: Prof. P.C. Pandey
1. Premkumar, K., M. Ravichandran, S.R. Kalsi, D. Sengupta, S. Gadgil, (1999), First results from a new
observational system over the Indian Seas. Current Science, 78,323-330. IF=0.833 GS=73 S=63
2. Sengupta, D. and M. Ravichandran, (2001), Oscillations of Bay of Bengal sea surface temperature
during the 1998 summer monsoon. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 10,2033-2036. IF=4.456 GS=108
S=80
3. Bhat G. S., S. Gadgil, P. V. Hareesh Kumar, S. R. Kalsi, P. Madhusoodanan, V. S. N. Murty, C. V. K.
Prasada Rao, V. Ramesh Babu, L. V. G. Rao, R. R. Rao, M . Ravichandran, K. G. Reddy, P. Sanjeeva
Rao, D. Sengupta, D. R. Sikka, J. Swain and P. N. Vinayachandran, (2001), BOBMEX - The Bay of
Bengal Monsoon Experirrient, Bull. Am. Met. Soc., 82, 10, 22'17-2243. IF=11.574 GS=147 S=126
4. M. Ravichandran, P. N. Vinaya chandran, Sudheer Joseph and K. Radhakrishnan, (2004), Results
from the First Argo float deployed by India, Current Science, Vol. 86, No.5, 651-659. IF=0.833 GS=25
S=24
5. T. V. S Uday Bhaskar, D. Swain, M. Ravichandran, (2006), Inferring mixed-layer depth variability from
Argo observations in the western Indian Ocean, Journal of Marine Research, 64, 393-406 IF=0.986
GS=18 S=13
6. M. J. McPhaden, G. Meyers, K. Ando,Y. Masumoto, V. S. N. Murty, M. Ravichandran, F. Syamsudin, J.
Vialard, L. Yu, and W. Yu, (2009), RAMA: The Research Moored Array for African-AsianAustralian
Monsoon Analysis and Prediction, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 90, No.4, 479459. IF=11.574 GS=246 S=178
7. Sindu Raj Parampil, Anitha Gera, M. Ravichandran, and Debasis Sengupta, (2010), Intraseasonal
response of mixed layer temperature and salinity in the Bay of Bengal to heat and freshwater flux, J.
Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 115, C05002, doi: 1 0.1 029/2009JC005790. IF=3.44 GS=14 S=11
8. Girish Kumar, MS, Ravichandran, M, McPhaden, M J and Rao, RR, (2011), Intraseasonal variability in
barrier layer thickness in the south central Bay of Bengal. J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans), 116 (C03009). pp.
1-9. ISSN 0148-0227. IF=3.44 GS=30 S=21
9. Girishkumar, M. S., and M. Ravichandran, (2012), The Influences of ENSO on tropical cyclone activity
in the Bay of Bengal during October-December, J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans)., 117, C02033, doi: 10.1
029/201IJC007417. IF=3.44 GS=21 S=11
10. M. Ravichandran, M. S. Girishkumar and Stephen Riser, (2012), Observed variability of chlorophyll-a
using Argo profiling floats in the south eastern Arabian Sea, Deep-Sea Res. Part I: Oceanographic
Research, 65, pp'15-25, DOI.I0.10161 j.dsr.2012.03.003. IF=2.825 GS=7 S=5
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NIGAM, RAJIV (b 1954) Chief Scientist, Geological Oceanography Div., National Institute of
Oceanography, Goa
Dr. Nigam proposed conceptual framework with benthic foraminiferal morpho-groups as a novel proxy for
the quick and easy assessment of past monsoon precipitation. He discovered that the relative abundance
of rounded-symmetrical benthic foraminifera increases during periods of higher rainfall. Additionally, he
reported that the size of the first chamber of a few benthic foraminiferal shells is inversely proportional to
temperature and salinity variations thus developed an additional tool for paleoclimatic studies. He used
these techniques to reconstruct past climate especially to infer 200±50 and 80±10 years cycles in salinity
fluctuations, which indicates a cyclic changes in runoff from rivers due to the monsoonal precipitation over
catchment area. He suggested that the 77 year cycle in monsoon precipitation was linked with the
Gleissberg solar cycle. He established the first of its type in Asia, laboratory for culturing of benthic
foraminifera to study paleoclimates, pollution and ocean acidification. He has proved that stunted and
abnormal tests (shells) as well as decreases abundance in any area indicate pollution. The work helped
in detecting and monitoring pollution in coastal areas despite the lack of previous physico-chemical baseline data. The findings have been extensively used to infer past monsoon precipitation and pollution
history of the coastal areas. Besides his own research contributions and establishing foraminifera culture
lab in India, Dr. Nigam took active interest in excellent human resource development. He successfully
guided 11 Ph.D. students, large number of master’s dissertations and summer/winter trainees. At moment
5 NET qualified students are registered with him for doctoral research.
Proposer: Dr. S.W.A. Naqvi, Seconder: Prof. Anil K. Gupta
1. M.G.A.P. Setty, R. Nigam (1984) benthic foraminifera as pollution indices in the marine environment of
west coast of India. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 89 (3), 421-436p. IF=0.934, CI=58
2. R Nigam (1986) Dimorphic forms of Recent foraminifera: an additional tool in paleoclimatic studies,
Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology 53 (2), 239-244p. IF=2.75, CI=23
3. R Nigam, AS Rao (1987) proloculus size variation in recent benthic foraminifera: implications for
paleoclimatic studies, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 24 (5), 649-655p. IF=2.25, CI=26
4. R Nigam (1993) Foraminifera and changing pattern of monsoon rainfall. Current Science 64 (11-12),
935-937p. IF=0.833, CI=26
5. NH Hashimi, R Nigam, RR Nair, G Rajagopalan (1995) Holocene sea level fluctuations on western
Indian continental margin: an update. Journal of the Geological Society of India 46, 157-162p. IF=0.513,
CI=89
6. R Nigam, N Khare, RR Nair (1995) Foraminiferal evidences for 77-year cycles of droughts in India and
its possible modulation by the gleissberg solar cycle. Journal of coastal research, 11(4), 1099-1107.
IF=0.75, CI=24
7. R Nigam, N Khare (1999) Spatial and temporal distribution of foraminifera in sediments off the central
west coast of India and use of their test morphologies for the reconstruction of paleomonsoonal
precipitation. Micropaleontology 45 (3), 285-303. IF=0.706, CI=30
8. R Saraswat, R Nigam, S Weldeab, A Mackensen, PD Naidu (2005), A first look at past sea surface
temperatures in the equatorial Indian Ocean from Mg/Ca in foraminifera. Geophysical research letters 32
(24),1-4. IF=4.456, CI=46
9. R Nigam, R Saraswat, R Panchang (2006) Application of foraminifers in ecotoxicology: retrospect,
perspect and prospect, Environment International 32 (2), 273-283. IF=5.664, CI=55
10. R Nigam, VN Linshy, SR Kurtarkar, R Saraswat (2009) Effects of sudden stress due to heavy metal
mercury on benthic foraminifer Rosalina leei: Laboratory culture experiment. Marine pollution bulletin 59
(8), 362-368. IF=2.793, CI=18
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RAJ KUMAR (b 1962), Scientist 'H'& Group Director, Atmospheric &Oceanic Science SAC/ISRO,
Ahmedabad
Dr. Raj Kumar has contributed significantly towards the effective utilization of space technology for the
studies of ocean, atmosphere and climate for societal benefits. The main focus of his research has been
on Satellite data applications for ocean state predictions with data assimilative numerical models and
algorithms development (Kumar et al., 2009; Chakraborty et al., 2014). His contributions are
predominantly towards Altimeter, Scatterometer and Synthetic Aperture Radar and also towards System
Definition studies forming key inputs for sensor design definitions. Dr. Kumar has made very prominent
contributions by developing algorithm for value added parameters and Data adaptive approaches (Remya
et al., 2011). He has uniquely contributed to the challenging problem of Electromagnetic bias, which
enhances Sea Level monitoring accuracy (Kumar et al., 2003). He lead the calibration and validation
activities of ISRO’s first Scatterometer, which provided surface winds, being used globally for weather
forecast and other applications (Kumar et al., 2011). He was instrumental in developing data assimilative
Ocean State Forecast schemes for Indian Ocean, being used by Indian Navy for their fleet operations.
Considering his research contributions to the Indian Science and excellent publications in reputed
journals, he has been awarded the prestigious national awards, Hariom Ashram Prerit Vikram Sarabhai
Award by PRL, Ahmedabad, P R Pisharorty Award by Indian Society of Remote Sensing, and ISRO
Team excellence award. He has also supervised several students for their Ph.D. Dr Kumar is also playing
pivotal role in propelling collaborations with international space agencies, NASA, JAXA and CNES.
Proposer: Prof Shyam Lal, Seconder:Dr Ajai
1. Abhisek Chakraborty, Rashmi Sharma, Raj Kumar, and Sujit Basu, 2014, “An OGCM assessment of
blended OSCAT winds”, JGR: OCEANS, Vol. 119, 1–14, doi:10.1002/2013JC009406 (if=3.4, ci=6)
2. Raj Kumar, Suchandra A. Bhowmick, K N Babu, Rahul Nigam and Abhijit Sarkar, 2011, Relative
calibration using natural terrestrial targets: A preparation towards Oceansat-2 Scatterometer”, IEEE
Transactions Geosciences & Remote Sensing, Vol 49, No 6, 2268-2273 (if=3.4, ci=13)
3. Remya P G, Raj Kumar, Sujit Basu, and Abhijit Sarkar, 2011, “Altimeter-Derived Ocean Wave Period
Using Genetic Algorithm” IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, Vol. 8, No. 2, 354-358 (if=1.8,
ci=16)
4. Sujit Basu, Rashmi Sharma, Neeraj Agarwal, Raj Kumar, and A Sarkar, 2009, “Forecasting of
scatterometer-derived wind fields in the north Indian Ocean with a data-adaptive approach”, Journal of
Geophysical Research, Vol 114, C09004 (if=3.4, ci=8)
5. Raj Kumar, SA Bhowmick, S Ray, V Bhatt, S Surendran, Sujit Basu, A Sarkar and V K Agarwal,
2009,“Improvement in Predictability of Waves over the Indian Ocean”, Natural Hazards, Volume 49, Issue
2, 275-291, doi:10.100/s11069-008-9310-y. (if=1.9, ci=17)
6. Rashmi Sharma, Abhijit Sarkar, Neeraj Agarwal, Raj Kumar and Sujit Basu, 2007,“Predicting wind field
in the Bay of Bengal from scatterometer observations using genetic algorithm”, Geophysical Research
Letters, Vol 34, L03603 (if=4.4, ci=7)
7. Kalra Ruchi, M. C. Deo, Raj Kumar and Vijay K. Agarwal, 2005,“Artificial neural network to translate
offshore satellite wave data to coastal locations”, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 32, 1917-1932. (if=1.3, ci=31)
8. Bhatt V., Raj Kumar, S. Basu and V. K, 2005,“Assimilation of Altimeter Significant Wave Height into a
Third Generation Global Spectral Wave Model”, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem Sens., 43, 110-117. (if=2.9,
ci=7)
9. Raj Kumar, Detlef Stammer, W. Kendall Melville and P Janssen, 2003, “Electromagnetic bias estimates
based on TOPEX, buoy, and wave model data”, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 108, No. C11,
3351. (if=3.4, ci=12)
10. Raj Kumar, A Sarkar and P C Pandey, 1999,"Estimation of Ocean depths off Goa coast using ERS-1
SAR", Continental Shelf Research, Vol. 19, No.2, 171-181. (if=2.1, ci=5)
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SEKAR, RAMANATHAN (b 1957), Senior Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Prof. Sekar has uniquely blended theory and experiments pertaining to plasma irregularities in the
ionosphere that are very relevant to radio and satellite communications/navigation. He developed linear
theories (Sekar and Raghavarao 1987; Sekar and Kherani 1999) for F region plasma instabilities based
on rocket results from India, which were verified through subsequent experiments. He had pioneered the
development of a complex nonlinear numerical model (Sekar etal 1994) ‘first of its kind’ in India to
investigate the evolution of plasma bubbles by solving a set of plasma fluid equations and by employing a
special technique to control numerical shocks. Prof. Sekar’s explanation (Sekar and Kelley 1998) to the
long standing problem of variability on the occurrence of plasma irregularities/plasma bubbles, in terms of
the day–to-day variation of zonal electric field pattern associated with the pre-reversal enhancement of
the electric field, was later verified by others. His contributions (Sekar 2003) towards understanding the
variability in the evolution of plasma bubbles, their size and velocities, the role of heavier ambient ions in
addition to topside gradients, are considered mile-stones. His theoretical predictions were confirmed
through his own innovative measurements of atmospheric airglow by employing narrow band and narrow
field-of-view photometers (Sekar etal 2004). The above technique has opened up new vistas of
successfully gleaning out space weather signatures (Sekar and Chakrabarty 2011) in airglow. He also
conducted rocket experiments exploring plasma irregularities in the E-region and unambiguously
demonstrated the control of geo-dynamo variations (Sekar etal 2013) on their generation.
Proposer : Prof. R. Sridharan, Seconder : Prof. Shyam Lal
1. Sekar, R., and R. Raghavarao, “Role of vertical winds on the Rayleigh-Taylor mode instabilities of the
nighttime equatorial ionosphere”, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 49, 981-985, 1987. (if=1.680, ci=56)
2. Raghavarao, R., S. P. Gupta, R. Sekar, R. Narayanan, J. N .Desai, R. Sridharan, V. V. Babu, and V.
Sudhakar, “In-situ measurements of winds, electric fields and electron densities at the onset of equatorial
spread-F”, J. Atmos. Terr. Phys., 49, 485-492, 1987. (if=1.680, ci=56)
3. Sekar, R., R. Suhasini, and R. Raghavarao, “Effects of vertical winds and electric fields in the nonlinear
evolution of equatorial spread-F”, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 2205-2213, 1994. (if=3.44, ci=59)
4. Sekar, R., R. Suhasini R., and R. Raghavarao, “Evolution of plasma bubbles in the equatorial F-region
with different seeding conditions”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 885-888, 1995. (if=4.456, ci=27)
5. Sekar, R., and M. C. Kelley, “On the combined effects of vertical shear and zonal electric field patterns
on nonlinear Equatorial Spread-F Evolution, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 20735-20747, 1998. (if=3.44, ci=50)
6. Sekar, R., E. A. Kherani, P. B. Rao, and A. K. Patra, “Interaction of Two Long Wavelength Modes in
the Nonlinear Numerical Simulation Model of Equatorial Spread F”, J.Geophys. Res, 106, 24,765,
2001. (if=3.44, ci=15)
7. Sekar, R., “Plasma Instabilities and their Simulations in the Equatorial F Region – Recent Results”,
Space Sci. Rev., 107, 251-262, 2003. (if=5.874, ci=9)
8. Sekar, R., D. Chakrabarty, R. Narayanan, S. Sripathi, A. K. Patra, and K. S. V. Subbarao,
Characterization of VHF radar observations associated with equatorial Spread F by narrow-band optical
measurements, Ann. Geophys., 22, 3129-3136, 2004.(if=1.676, ci=11)
9. Sekar, R., D. Chakrabarty, S. Sarkhel, A. K. Patra, C. V. Devasia and M. C. Kelley,” Identification of
active fossil bubbles based on coordinated VHF radar and airglow measurements”, Ann. Geophys., 25,
2099-2102, 2007. (if=1.676, ci=20)
10. Sekar, R., S. P. Gupta, Y. B. Acharya, D. Chakrabarty, D. Pallamraju, B. M. Pathan, Diwakar Tiwari,
and R. K. Choudhary, Absence of streaming plasma waves around noontime over Thumba in recent
times: Is it related to the drift of the dip equator? J. Atmos and Sol- Terr.Phys., 103, 8-15, 2013. (if=1.680,
ci=1)
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VAIDYA, VIJAYA RAO (b 1952), Chief Scientist, National Geopphysical reseaerch Institute, Hyderabad.
Dr.Vijay Rao contributed significantly to understand structure, composition, dynamics and evolution of
continental crust by conducting a large number of deep-seismic reflection and refraction experiments. He
is instrumental in developing expertise in a new field - “Deep Continental Seismic Reflection Profiling” in
India. Major contribution involves in understanding the evolution and collapse of orogenic belts - orogenic
cycle. He delineated complex structures, namely crustal-scale thrust faults, collision signatures, Moho
geometry, crust-mantle detachment, reequilibrated younger Moho and delamination of crustal roots and
developed evolutionary models for Southern Granulite terrain, Dharwar craton and Aravalli-Delhi &
Sausar orogenic belts (Tectonophysics, 2000; Tectonics, 2013; Gondwana Research, 2006; EPSL,2006).
Some of the crustal-scale faults are identified as paleo-subduction, collision and suture zones. He
identified for the first time Paleoproterozoic “Ulleri-Wangtu” orogenic belt in the sub-Himalaya and
contributed in understanding the Kangra recess and earthquake hazard (EPSL, 2011). Identified paleocollision zones as metallogenic provinces and locales for seismicity; the crustal evolution is related to
orogenic activity (JGSI, 2009); India was a part of Columbia, Rodinia and Gondwana supercontinents
(Gondwana Research, 2002, Tectonophysics. 2013). Delineated basin configuration and provided
sedimentary thickness of west Bengal, Narmada, Siwalik, Vindhyan and Kutch basins. He suggested SWextension of sediments in Kutch basin. Delineated huge-thickness of Mesozoic and Gondwana sediments
below Deccan and Rajmahal traps (ESS, 2006; GJI,1996, 2005). Developed new approaches to derive
crustal velocity models (JGR, 2011; GJI, 2005, 2007). He demonstrated that the mantle plumes played an
important role on the evolution of crustal structure (JGSI, 2007).
Proposer : Dr. Kalachand Sain, Seconder : Dr.K.Gopalan
1. Vijaya Rao,V., Damodara,N., Kalachand Sain, Mrinal K. Sen, Murthy,ASN, Dipankar Sarkar, 2014.
Upper crust of the Archean Dharwar craton in southern India as revealed by seismic refraction
tomography and its geotectonic implications. Geophysical Journal International, v.200, 652-663 (if=2.72)
2. Vijaya Rao, V. and Krishna, V.G., 2013. Evidence for the Neoproterozoic Phulad Suture Zone and
Genesis of Malani Magmatism in the NW India from Deep Seismic Images: Implications for assembly and
breakup of the Rodinia. Tectonophysics, v.589, 172-185. (If=2.866)
3. Reddy, P.R. and Vijaya Rao, V., 2012. Seismic images of the continental Moho of the Indian shield In :
Artemieva, I., Brown, L., Kennett, B.L.N. and Thybo, H. (Eds.), Moho: 100 years after Andrija Mohorovicic,
Special volume on Moho. Tectonophysics, 609, 217-233. (If=2.866)
4. Krishna, V.G. and Vijaya Rao, V., 2011. Velocity modelling of a complex deep crustal structure across
the Meso-Proterozoic south Delhi fold belt, NW India, from joint interpretation of coincident seismic wideangle and near-offset reflection data – An approach by utilizing unusual reflections in wide-angle records.
Journal Geophysical Research (JGR), doi: 10.1029/ 2009JB006660. (If=3.1, ci=4)
5. Rajendra Prasad, B., Simon Klemperer, Vijaya Rao, V., Prakash Khare, Tewari, H.C., 2011. Crustal
structure beneath the Sub-Himalayan fold-thrust belt, Kangra recess, northwest India, from seismic
reflection profiling: implications for Proterozoic orogenesis and modern earthquake hazard. Earth and
Planetary Science Letters, v.308, pp.218-228, doi: 10.1016/ j.epsl.2011.05.052. (If=4.724, ci=13)
6. Vijaya Rao, V., Kalachand Sain and Krishna, V.G., 2007. Modelling and inversion of single-ended
refraction data from the shot gathers of multifold deep seismic reflection profiling – an approach for
deriving the shallow velocity structure. Geophysical Journal International v.169, pp.507-514, doi:
10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03219.x. (if=2.72, ci=4)
7. Vijaya Rao, V. and Rajendra Prasad, B., 2006. Structure and evolution of the Cauvery shear zone
system, Southern Granulite Terrain, India: evidences from the deep seismic and other geophysical
studies. In: T.R.K. Chetty, I. Fitzsimons, L.D.Brown, V.P. Dimri and M. Santosh (Eds.), Crustal Structure
and Tectonic Evolution of the Southern Granulite Terrain, India. Gondwana Research, v.10, pp.29-40.
(if=8.122, ci=22)
8. Vijaya Rao, V., Kalachand Sain, Reddy, P.R. and Mooney, W.D., 2006. Crustal structure and tectonics
of the northern part of the Southern Granulite Terrain, India. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.251,
pp.90-103. (If=4.724, ci=26)
9. Vijaya Rao, V. and Reddy, P.R., 2002. A Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent: Evidence from the Indian
Shield, In: J.J.W.Rogers and M.Santosh (Eds.), Special volume on Mesoproterozoic Supercontinent,
Gondwana Research, V.5, pp. 63-74. (if=8.122, ci=26)
10. Vijaya Rao, V., Rajendra Prasad, B., Reddy, P.R. and Tewari, H.C., 2000. Evolution of Proterozoic
Aravalli Delhi fold belt in the northwestern Indian shield from seismic studies, Tectonophysics, v.327, 109130. (If=2.866, ci=47)
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BANERJEE, SANTANU (b 1969), Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076
Member of the NASI: Yes
The insightful works of the nominee covering wide spectrum of sedimentology from Precambrian to recent
are based on innovative integration of detailed field investigations and laboratory analysis of both clastic
and carbonate rocks. He has made significant contributions in sedimentology, stratigraphy and basin
evolution of Vindhyan, Kutch and Gulf of Cambay. The nominee has made outstanding contributions in
the field of microbially originated structures in Precambrian clastic rock record which has opened up a
new chapter in the subject of Sedimentology (Banerjee and Jeevankumar, 2005; Banerjee et al.,
2006,2010;2014; Banerjee, 2012,2013; Sarkar et al., 2005,2006,2014). He proposed microbial origin for
many of the purported trace fossil reports of the Precambrian (Sarkar and Banerjee, 2007; Banerjee et
al., 2010, 2014). His works on stratigraphy and sedimentation history of Vindhyan has received
tremendous attention. The nominee attempted correlation of Precambrian sedimentary successions
across the world along with his collaborators (Eriksson et al., 2007,2009,2010,2013; Sunder Raju et al.,
2014). He has made significant contributions in provenance studies of clastic rocks while considering the
overall depositional and tectonic setting and palaeocurrent direction (Paikaray et al., 2008; Saha et al.,
2010). In Recent years the nominee has made significant contributions to find out the influence of
depositional environment and stratigraphic context on glauconite mineralogy and geochemistry on the
basis of integrated sedimentological, micropalaeontological and geochemical investigations (Banerjee et
al., 2008,2012a,b, 2015, 2016a,b). He has demonstrated the differences between Precambrian and
Phanerozoic glauconite and their palaeo-environmental implications (Banerjee et al., 2015, 2016a,b).
Proposer: Prof. Alok K. Gupta, Seconder:Prof. Shyam Sundar Rai
1. Banerjee, S. and Jeevankumar, S., 2005. Microbially originated wrinkle structures on sandstone and
their stratigraphic context: Palaeoproterozoic Koldaha Shale, central India. Sedimentary Geology 176,
211-224. (if=2.6, ci=56)
2. Distinctive compositional characteristics and evolutionary trend of Precambrian glaucony: example
from Bhalukona Formation, Chhattisgarh basin, India. Precambrian Research 271, 33–48. (if=5.6, ci=1)
3. Mg-rich ferric illite in marine transgressive and highstand systems tracts: examples from the
Paleoproterozoic Semri Group, central India. Precambrian Research 162, 212–226. (if=5.6, ci=15)
4. Banerjee, S., Chattoraj, S.L., Saraswati, P.K., Dasgupta, S. and Sarkar, U., 2012. Substrate control on
formation and maturation of glauconites in the Middle Eocene Harudi Formation, western Kutch, India.
Marine and Petroleum Geology 30, 144-160. (if=2.9, ci=17)
5. Banerjee, S., Bansal, U. Pande, K, Meena, S.S., 2016. Compositional variability of glauconites within
the Upper Cretaceous Karai Shale Formation, Cauvery Basin, India: implications for evaluation of
stratigraphic condensation. Sedimentary Geology 331, 12-29(if=2.6, ci=1)
6. Banerjee, S. and Jeevankumar, S., 2005. Microbially originated wrinkle structures on sandstone and
their stratigraphic context: Palaeoproterozoic Koldaha Shale, central India. Sedimentary Geology 176:
211-224. (if=2.6, ci=51)
7. Sarkar, S., Banerjee, S., Samanta, P. and Jeevankumar, S., 2006. Microbial mat-induced sedimentary
structures and their implications: examples from Chorhat Sandstone, M.P., India. Journal of Earth
Systems Science 115, 49-60. (if=1.0, ci=51)
8. Paikaray, S., Banerjee, S., Mukherjee, S., 2008. Geochemistry of shales from the Paleoproterozoic to
Neoproterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup: implications on provenance, tectonics and paleoweathering.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 32: 34-48 (if=3.1, ci=43)
9. 69. Bose, P.K., Banerjee, S. and Sarkar, S., 1997. Slope-controlled seismic deformation and tectonic
framework of deposition of Koldaha Shale, India. Tectonophysics 269: 151-169. (if=3.1, ci=38)
10. Banerjee, S., Dutta, S., Paikaray, S. and Mann, U., 2006. Stratigraphy, sedimentology and bulk
organic geochemistry of black shales from the Proterozoic Vindhyan Supergroup (central India). Journal
of Earth Systems Science 115: 37-48. (if=1.0, ci=29)
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BHATTACHARYA, ASHOK RAM (b. 1949), Retired Professor and former Head, Department of Geology,
University of Lucknow, Lucknow-226007
Nominee’s significant contributions to structural geology include: two new parameters of fold geometry
and a new classification of folds (Tectonophysics 212, 1992), mathematical modelling of fold development
with progressive deformation (Geoinformatics 8, 1997) and quantitative modelling of shear zones
(Geoinformatics 9, 1998). He worked out strain patterns, mechanisms of internal deformation (Neues
Jahrb. Geol. Palaont. Mh. 1983, Tectonophysics 135, 1987) and thrust geometries of Kumaun-Garhwal
Himalaya that explain how deeper level ductile deformation was successively overprinted by shallower
level, brittle deformation processes, as explained by nominee’s “Expanding Mountain Front Hypothesis”
(Palaeont. Soc. India Spl. Publ. 2, 2005). He thus developed deformation and evolutionary models that
are of pioneering nature for Himalaya with far-reaching implications for evolution of mountain belts. His
work on c- and a- axis fabrics from Himalayan Main Central Thrust (MCT) zone throwing newer light on
deformation mechanisms of shear zones was included in “Top 25 Hottest Papers” and was ranked 15 th
(Tectonophysics 387, 2004). In Himalayan region, he is the first to quantitatively demonstrate a low
scatter of lineation orientation near the MCT as assigned to progressive increase of ductile shear strain
towards MCT (JESS 124, 2015). In Bundelkhand complex, quantification of deformation, identification of
various fold generations through a newly developed quantitative, graphical method (Tectonophysics 128,
1986), identification of crustal scale vertical shear zones (Earth Sci. India 3,2010), and explaining the
quartz reefs to represent a Proterozoic crustal scale shear system (Jour. Geol. Soc. India 82, 2013) are
first of their kinds for this Complex.
Proposer : Prof. D. Mukhopadhyay, Seconder : Prof. D.C. Srivastava
1. Bhattacharya, A. R. 1983. On the nature of the Main Boundary Fault in Kumaun-Garhwal Himalaya
with special reference to measurement of flattening in folds. Neues Jahrb. Geol. Palaontologie Mh. 1983,
pp. 193-204. Impact Factor - 0.923 (2012)
2. Bhattacharya, A.R. 1983. Record of the stromatolite Plicatina from India. Geological Magazine, vol.
120 (6), pp. 543-548. Impact Factor – 2.27 (2012)
3. Bhattacharya, A.R. and Siawal, A. 1985. A phenomenon of unusual flattening in natural folds
associated with a Himalayan thrust. Geol Mijnbouw, vol. 64, pp. 159-165. Impact Factor – 0.87 (5-year
average)
4. Bhattacharya, A.R. and Agarwal, K.K. 1985. Mylonites from the Kumaun Lesser Himalaya. Neues
Jahrb. Mineralogie Abh. ,vol 152 (1) , pp. 65-77. Impact Factor – 0.755 (2012)
5. Bhattacharya, A. R. 1986. Wavelength-amplitude characteristics of polyphase folds in the Precambrian
Bundelkhand Complex, India. Tectonophysics vol. 128, pp. 121-125. Impact Factor – 2.947 (5 year
average)
6. Bhattacharya, A. R. 1987. A ‘Ductile Thrust” in the Himalaya Tectonophysics vol. 135, pp. 37-45.
Impact Factor - 2.947 (5 year average)
7. Bhattacharya, A. R. 1992. A quantitative study of hinge thickness of natural folds: Some implications
for fold development. Tectonophysics vol. 212, pp. 371-377. Impact Factor - 2.947 (5 year average)
8. Bhattacharya, A. R. And Weber, K. 2004. Fabric development during shear deformation in the Main
Central Thrust zone, NW-Himalaya, India. Tectonophysics vol. 387, pp. 23-46 Impact Factor - 2.947 (5
year average) (This paper was included under “Top 25 Hottest Papers” by Elsevier Science Direct and it
was ranked 15 th)
9. Bhattacharya, A.R. 2005. A classification of folds: Role of axial angle and thickness ratio.
Geoinformatics (Japan) vol. 16 (1), pp. 27-34. Impact Factor – not available
10. Bhattacharya, A.R. and Singh, S.P. 2013. Proterozoic crustal scale shearing in the Bundelkhand
massif with special reference to quartz reefs. Jour. Geol. Soc. India vol. 82, pp. 474-484. Impact Factor –
0.567 (2012)
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CHAUHAN, PRAKASH (b 1969), Group Head & Scientist-SG, BPSG-EPSA, Space Applications Centre,
(ISRO), Ahmedabad, India
Dr. Prakash Chauhan started his career at Space Applications Centre, (ISRO), Ahmedabad, using remote
sensing technology towards applications in coastal and marine ecosystem research. He has mainly
worked in the field of ocean-colour remote sensing and extensively contributed to understand the biogeochemical cycle in oceans using ocean colour data. The work done by him to understand the radiative
transfer in ocean and atmosphere for ocean colour detection from space led to defining sensor
specification of Indian Ocean Colour instruments. He has further contributed towards development of
algorithms for atmospheric correction and retrieval of geo-physical variables for Ocean Colour Monitor
sensor on-board Indian oceanographic satellites OCEANSAT-1/2. These developments by him led to
operational uses of ocean-colour data in India by various users for applications like Potential Fishing
Zone, Ocean Primary Production estimation and algal bloom detection.
His contributions to lunar geosciences research by using ‘Chandrayaan-1’ data has led to many new
scientific discoveries. His main scientific contribution has been towards the identification of lunar minerals
and rock types using reflectance spectroscopy. His findings related to mineralogical diversity of the
central peak of Tycho crater has been of significance as newer aspects of impact induced litological
complexities at central peak of Tycho could be understood. His work using Chandrayaan-1 data led to the
discovery of new lunar mineral Mg-Spinel on Theophilus crater has improved understanding of
composition of Lunar interior. More recently work led by him has resulted in finding magmatic water,
trapped in rocks at a non-polar volcanic complex on Moon.
Proposer: Dr.George Joseph, Seconder: Dr. Ajai
1. Prakash Chauhan, CR Nagur, M Mohan and S Nayak, (2001), Surface Chlorphyll-a distribution in
Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal using IRS-P4 Ocean Colour Monitor satellite data, Current Science, 80
(2),127-129. (if=1.0, ci=31)
2. Prakash Chauhan, M. Mohan, P. Matondkar, Beena Kumari and Shailesh Nayak, (2002), Surface
chlorophyll-a estimation using IRS-P4 OCM data in the Arabian Sea, International Journal of Remote
Sensing, 23 (8), 1663-1676. (if=1.12, ci=63)
3. Prakash Chauhan, Mannil Mohan and Shailesh Nayak, (2003), Comparative analysis of ocean colour
measurements of IRS-P4 OCM and SeaWiFS in the Arabian Sea”, IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and
Remote Sensing, 41 (4), 922-926 (if=3.0, ci=14)
4. PN Vinaychandran, Prakash Chauhan, M Mohan and S Nayak, (2004), Biological response of the sea
around Sri Lanka in Summer Monsoon, Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (1), L01302 (if=3.98, ci=40)
5. P V Nagamani, Prakash Chauhan and R. M. Dwivedi, (2008), Development of chlorophyll-a algorithm
for ocean colour monitor onboard OCEANSAT-II satellite, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Letters, 5 (3), 527-531. (if=2.89, ci=2)
6. S. Bhattacharya, Prakash Chauhan, A S rajawat, Ajai, A S Kiran Kumar, (2011), Lithological mapping
of central part of Mare Moscoviense using Chandrayaan-1 Hyperspectral Imager (HySI) data, Icarus, 212
(2011), 470-479. (if=3.4, ci=2)
7. Prakash Chauhan, P Kaur, N Srivastava, S Bhattacharya, Ajai, AS Kiran Kumar, JN Goswami, (2012),
Compositional and morphological analysis of high resolution remote sensing data over central peak of
Tycho crater on the Moon: Implications for understanding Lunar Interior, Current Science,10 (7), 10411046 (if=1.0, ci=3)
8. P Kaur, S Bhattacharya, Prakash Chauhan, Ajai and A S Kiran Kumar, (2012), Mineralogy of Mare
Serenitatis on the near side of the Moon based on Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper
observations, Icarus, 222, 137-138. (if=3.4, ci=0)
9. D Lal, Prakash Chauhan, R D Shah, Ajai, A S Kiran Kumar, (2012), Detection of Mg spinel lithologies
on central peak of crater Theophilus using Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) data from Chandrayaan-1,
Journal of Earth System Science,121, 847-853. (if=0.82, ci=3)
10.
S. Bhattachrya, S. Saran, A. Dagar, Prakash Chauhan & M. Chauhan & A S Kumar, (2013),
Endogenic water on the Moon associated with non-mare silicic volcanism: Implications for hydrated lunar
interior.Current Science,105(5), 685-691. (if=1.0, ci=0)
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KOTLIA, BAHADUR SINGH (b 1956), UGC Research Scientist “C”, Centre of Advanced Study in
Geology, Kumaun University, Nainital
Kotlia’s research encompasses biotic and high resolution palaeoclimatic records by pioneering work from
Kashmir on repeated migrations of cold-loving arvicolid rodents from Europe through Afghanistan into
Kashmir that helped document cold events during last 2 Myr (Kotlia and Koenigswald 1992). Only record
of European soricids (Kotlia 1991) and murids (Kotlia et al. 1998) in subcontinent from Kashmir further
strengthened Kotlia’s hypothesis. His fundamental multi-proxy high resolution palaeoclimatic research in
Kumaun lakes (Kotlia et al. 1997, 2000, 2010) recording LGM, OD, YD, Holocene warming, 8.2 ka and
4.2 ka events proved that post-LGM events are asynchronous everywhere (Kotlia et al. 2010) and
deglaciation in Tethys Himalaya was later than in Lesser Himalaya (Kotlia and Joshi 2013). He
repetitively documented first Mono Lake geomagnetic excursion from continental deposits of subcontinent
(Kotlia et al. 1997, 2010), produced primary research on integrated biochronology of Kumaun Quaternary
(Kotlia 1995) and developed evolution of Mus in subcontinent (Kotlia, 2008). First high resolution
stalagmite record spanning last 4 ka by distinguishing contribution of Westerlies from ISM in Indian
Himalaya by Kotlia et al. (2014) is landmark research in interim year. Extremely high stalagmite δ18O
variability points to precipitation from both ISM and Westerlies in Himalaya compared to ISM dominated
sites. They concluded that stronger Westerlies in southern Europe brought higher precipitation to
Himalaya during LIA which experienced highest rainfall, reconfirming earlier observations. He initiated
magnetostratigraphy of Kumaun Siwalik (Kotlia et. al. 1999, 2001, 2008), and filled gap between Nepal
and western Uttarakhand. In interim year, his works were cited by 140.
Proposer : Prof. Ashok Sahni, Seconder : Dr. R. R. Yadav
1. Kotlia, B.S. 1991. Pleistocene Soricidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from Kashmir intermontane basin,
northwestern Himalaya. Journal of Geological Society of India, 38 (3): 253-275 (if=. Impact factor, 0.567,
ci=Citation 11.)
2. Kotlia, B.S. and Koenigswald, W.v. 1992. Plio-Pleistocene arvicolids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the
Kashmir Valley, northwest India. Palaeontographica Abt. A, 223: 103-135 (if=. Impact factor, 1.370, ci=8)
3. Kotlia, B.S., Shukla, U.K., Bhalla, M.S., Mathur, P.D., Pant, C.C., 1997. Quaternary fluvio-lacustrine
deposits of the Lamayuru basin, Ladakh Himalaya: preliminary multidisciplinary investigations. Geological
Magazine, 134 (6): 807–815. (if=2.270, ci=29)
4. Kotlia, B.S., Bhalla, M.S., Sharma, C., Rajagopalan, G., Ramesh, R., Chauhan, M.S., Mathur, P.D.,
Bhandari, S., Chacko, S.T., 1997. Palaeoclimatic conditions in the upper Pleistocene and Holocene
Bhimtal–Naukuchiatal lake basin in southcentral Kumaun, North India. (if=2.745, ci=64)
5. Kotlia, B. S., Sharma, C., Bhalla, M. S., Rajagopalan, G., Subrahmanyam, K., Bhattacharyya, A. and
Valdiya, K.S., 2000. Palaeoclimatic conditions in the Late Pleistocene Wadda lake, eastern Kumaun
Himalaya (India). (if=2.745, ci=41)
6. Shukla, U.K., Kotlia, B.S. and Mathur, P.D. 2002. Sedimentation pattern in a Trans Himalayan
Quaternary lake at Lamayuru (Ladakh), India. Sedimentary Geology, 148: 405-424. (if=2.611, ci=23)
7. Kotlia, B. S., Sanwal, J., Phartiyal, B., Joshi, L. M., Trivedi, A. and Sharma, C. 2010. Late Quaternary
climatic changes in the eastern Kumaun Himalaya, India as deduced from multi-proxy studies. (if=2.128,
ci=23)
8. Wünnemann, B., Desmske, D., Terasov, P., Kotlia, B. S., Reinhardt, C., Bloemendal, J., Diekmann, B.,
Hartmann, K., Krois, J., Riedel, F. And Arya, N. 2010. Hydrological evolution during the last 15 Kyr in the
Tso Kar basin (Ladakh, India) derived from geomorphological, sedimentological and palynological
records. Quaternary Science Reviews, doi: 10.1016/j. quascirev. 2010.02.017.(if=4.245, ci=51)
9. Kotlia, B. S., Ahmad, S. M., Zhao, Jian-Xin, Raza, W., Collerson, K. D., Joshi, L. M. and Sanwal,
Jaishri. 2012. Climatic fluctuations during the LIA and post-LIA in the Kumaun Lesser Himalaya, India:
evidence from a 400 yr. old stalagmite record. Quaternary International, 263:129-138, doi:
10.1016/j.quaint. 2012.01.025 (if=2.128, ci=12)
10. Kotlia, B.S., Singh, A.K., Joshi, L.M., Dhaila, B.S. 2014. Precipitation variability in the Indian Central
Himalaya during last ca. 4,000 years inferred from a speleothem record: Impact of Indian Summer
Monsoon (ISM) and Westerlies, Quaternary International, DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint. 2014. 10. 066 (if=2.128,
ci= just published)
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MADINENI, VENKAT RATNAM (b 1973), Scientist, National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Tirupati
The nominee has discovered unusual behavior in the tropical tropopause characteristics i.e., increase in
the altitude away from the equator within the tropics, and offered potential mechanisms to delineate the
causes (Ratnam et al.,SOLA 2005). Nominee’s research has uncovered the exact source mechanisms for
the generation of gravity waves over tropical latitudes making use for the first time, combined
observations from state-of-art Indian MST radar, radiosonde, and GPS RO observations (Ratnam et
al.,JAS, 2004; Ratnam et al.,JGR, 2008). He is first to observe that the tropical mesopause is close to 100
km, which is much higher than what has been commonly reported (Ratnam et al.,JGR, 2010). The
implications of this unusually high altitude of mesopause in terms of altitude of turbopause and
consequent effects on the e-region plasma turbulence have been comprehensively investigated. He is
first to show the role of anthropogenic effects on the mesospheric winds directly from observational study
using long-term observations while proving strong support through modeling (Ratnam et al.,GRL, 2013a).
His work on mesospheric dynamics greatly advanced our understanding on the long-term trends and
coupling processes between lower and upper atmospheric region over the tropical latitudes.
Nominee’s work on Sun-Earth interactions on the middle atmospheric dynamics is commendable. He
observed increase trend in the Tropical Easterly Jet strength from the year 2000 (Ratnam et al.,GRL,
2013b), unlike that reported earlier. This is going to play significant role in controlling tropical cyclones
originating in BoB which needs to be included in future monsoon modeling studies.
Proposer : Prof. D. Narayana Rao, Seconder : Prof. U. C. Mohanty
1. M. Venkat Ratnam, G. Tetzlaff and Chirstoph Jacobi (2004), Global and Seasonal Variations of
Stratospheric Gravity Wave Activity Deduced from the CHAMP/GPS Satellite, Journal of Atmospheric
Science, Vol. 61, 1610-1620. (if=3.04, ci=62)
2. M. Venkat Ratnam, Y. Aoyama, T. Tsuda and Ch. Jacobi (2004), Enhancement of gravity wave activity
observed during a major Southern Hemisphere stratospheric warming by CHAMP/GPS measurements,
Geophysical Research letters, Vol. 31, L16101, doi:10.1029/2004GL019789. (if=4.456, ci=35)
3. T. Tsuda, M. Venkat Ratnam, P. T. May, M. J. Alexander, R. A. Vincent, and A. MacKinnon (2004),
Characteristics of gravity waves with short vertical wavelengths observed with radiosonde and GPS
occultation during DAWEX (Darwin Area Wave Experiment), Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 109,
D20S03, doi:10.1029/2004JD004946. (if=3.44, ci=44)
4. G. Kihsore Kumar, M. Venkat Ratnam, A.K. Patra, V.V.M. Jagannadha Rao, S.V.B. Rao, D. N. Rao
(2007), Climatology of the low-latitude mesospheric echo characteristics observed by Indian mesosphere,
stratosphere, and troposphere radar, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 112, D06109,
doi:10.1029/2006JD007609. (if=3.44, ci=17)
5. M. Venkat Ratnam, G. Kishore Kumar, B. V. Krishna Murthy, A. K. Patra, V. V. M. Jagannadha Rao, S.
Vijaya Bhaskar Rao, K. Kishore Kumar, Geetha Ramkumar, (2008), Long-term variability of the low
latitude mesospheric SAO and QBO and their relation with stratospheric QBO, Geophysical Research
letters, VOL. 35, L21809, doi:10.1029/2008GL035390. (if=4.456, ci=20)
6. Ghouse Basha and M. Venkat Ratnam, (2009), Identification of Atmospheric Boundary Layer height
over a tropical station using high resolution radiosonde refractivity profiles: Comparison with GPS Radio
Occultation (RO) measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D16101, doi:10.1029/2008JD011692. (if=3.44,
ci=39)
7. M. Venkat Ratnam, A. K. Patra, and B. V. Krishnamurthy (2010), Tropical mesopause: Is it always
close to 100 km? Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D06106, doi:10.1029/2009JD012531. (if=3.44,
ci=17)
8. M. Venkat Ratnam, Y. Durga Santhi, M. Rajeevan, S. Vijaya Bhaskara Rao (2013), Diurnal variability of
stability indices observed using radiosonde observations over a tropical station: Comparison with
microwave radiometer measurements, Atmospheric Research, 124, 21–33. (if=2.2, ci=16)
9. M. Venkat Ratnam, G. Kishore Kumar, N. Venkateswara Rao, B. V. Krishna Murthy, J. Lastovicka, and
L. Qian (2013), Evidence of long-term change in zonal wind in the tropical lower mesosphere:
Observations
and
model
simulations,
Geophysical
Research
Letters,
40,
1-5,
doi:10.1002/grl.50158. (if=4.456, ci=7)
10. M. Venkat Ratnam, B.V. Krishna Murthy and A. Jayaraman (2013), Is the trend in TEJ reversing over
the Indian subcontinent? Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1–4, doi:10.1002/grl.50519. (if=4.456, ci=2)
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MISHRA, OM PRAKASH (b 1966), Scientist-"F"; Ministry OF Earth Sciences, Govt. of India, New Delhi
• Novel seismological research in the Pacific region of NE Japan forearc provided seismological evidence
for dehydration of the subducting Pacific sea slab and demonstrated the influence of fluids and magma on
seismogenesis (Zhao and Mishra et al., 2002; Mishra et al., 2003; Mishra and Zhao, 2004). Assimilation
of 3-D seismic tomograms for Forearc region without using Ocean Bottom Seismographs gave new
impetus to address issues of coastal hazards for poor coastal countries due to strong shaking and
tsunamis.
• A series of rigorous research in the 2001 Bhuj earthquake (Mw 7.6) source area of India unraveled the
fact that the Bhuj Mainshock was a Fluid-driven earthquake (Mishra and Zhao, 2003; Mishra et al., 2008;
Mishra, 2013; Mishra et al., 2014a).
• Surface wave tomography of the entire Pacific Ocean provided new insight into the subduction and
mantle dynamics of region, showing strong relationship among structural heterogeneities, mantle plume
and lithospheric structure (Mishra et al., 2005a, b).
• Seismological investigations of the Andaman – Nicobar Islands after the 2004 Sumatra – Andaman
tsunamigenic earthquake (Mw 9.3) reduced public panic during earthquake chaos (Mishra et al., 2007ab). 3-D seismic tomograms assimilated for the region gave insight into mud and lava eruptions. Magma
depth (~22 km) for the Barren volcano was estimated using 3-D tomography (Mishra et al., 2011a).
• His research Opened a new frontier of studying earthquake precursor studies for risk mitigation in
earthquake prone countries (Mishra et al., 2014b-c; Dutta et al., 2013 a-g; Dutta et al., 2012a-c; Dutta et
al., 2011a-b; Outkin et al., 2012a-b; Outkin et al., 2013)
Proposer : Prof. V. P. Dimri, Seconder : Prof. Talat Ahmad
1. Zhao D., O. P. Mishra, R. Sanda, 2002. Influence of fluid and magma on earthquakes: seismological
evidence, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 132, 249-267. (if= 2.383, ci= 178)
2. Kayal J. R., D. Zhoa, O. P. Mishra, R. De, O. P. Singh, 2002. The 2001 Bhuj earthquake: Tomographic
evidence for fluids at the hypercenter and its implications for rupture nucleation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29,
10.1029/2002GL015177 (if= 3.982, ci= 85)
3. Mishra, O. P., D. Zhao, 2003. Crack density, saturation rate and porosity at the 2001 Bhuj, India,
earthquake hypocenter: a fluid-driven earthquake?, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 212, 393-405. (if= 4.349, ci=
125)
4. Mishra, O. P., D. Zhao, N. Umino and A. Hasegawa, 2003. Tomography of northeast Japan forearc
and its implications for interplate seismic coupling. Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, 10.1029/2003GL017736. (if=
3.982, ci= 57)
5. Mishra, O. P., D. Zhao, 2004. Seismic evidence for dehydration embrittlement of the subducting Pacific
slab, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L09610, doi: 10.1029/2004GL019489. (if= 3. 982, ci= 34)
6. Mishra, O. P., G.K. Chakrabortty, O.P. Singh, J. R. Kayal, and D. Ghosh, 2007. Aftershock
investigation in the Andaman-Nicobar Islands: An antidote to public panic, Seismol. Res. Letters.,78 (6),
591 – 600. (if= 3.060, ci= 15)
7. Mishra, O. P., J. R. Kayal, G. K. Chakrabortty, O. P. Singh and D. Ghosh, 2007. Aftershock
investigation in Andaman-Nicobar of the 26 December 2004 earthquake (Mw 9.3) and its seismotectonic
implications, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 97 (1A), S71 – S85 (if= 2.80, ci= 32)
8. Zhao, D., H. Tani, O. P. Mishra, 2004. Crustal heterogeneity in the 2000 Western Tottori earthquake
region: effect of fluids from slab dehydration, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter., 145, 161-177. (if= 2.383, ci= 70)
9. Padhy, S., O. P. Mishra, D. Zhao, and W. Wei, 2011. Crustal Heterogeneity in the 2007 Noto-Hanto
earthquake area and its geodynamical implications, Tectonophysics, 509 (1), 55 - 68. (if= 2.684, ci= 23)
10. Wang, Z., D. Zhao, O. P. Mishra, and A. Yamada, 2006. Structural heterogeneity and its implications
for the low frequency tremors in southwest Japan, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 251, 66 – 78; doi:
10.1016/j.epsl.2006.08.025 (if= 4.439, ci= 26)
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MUDLAPPA, JAYANANDA (b 1959) Professor, Centre for Earth and Space Sciences,University of
Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad
Prof. M.Jayananda has made significant contributions to our understanding of Archean magmatism,
continental growth and geodynamic evolution of the Dharwar craton through multidisciplinary approach
involving petrology, geochemistry and radiogenic isotopes. His contributions have profound impact on
understanding link between the secular changes in compositions of magmatic rocks and geodynamic
evolution of planet Earth through Archean. He has provided a precise chronological time frame for
continental growth in successive stages with spatially linked thermal events in the Dharwar craton during
3.4-3.3 Ga, 3.2-3.1 Ga, 2.7-2.62 Ga and 2.56-2.52 Ga. His combined Nd isotope and elemental data
have shown a widespread 3.35 Ga komatiite volcanism in the western Dharwar that tap magmas from
deep depleted mantle reservoirs implying global differentiation of silicate earth during Headen. Recently
his isotopic and elemental data have also shown that the Dharwar craton contain three microcontinents
with distinct accretionary histories and thermal records which were amalgamated into cratonic framework
at 2.5 Ga. In recognition of research contributions he was elected as a Fellow of Indian Academy of
Sciences during 2013 and recipient of four awards from Geological Society of India, Sir C.V. Raman
Award, and National Mineral Award. Prof. Jayananda is not only an accomplished scientist but also
excelled in providing intellectual leadership in Earth sciences. He has served global earth science
community as Editor-in-Chief of IUGS flagship journal Episodes, Associate Editor of Journal of Earth
System Science, Regional Editor of Gondwana Research, Editorial Board Member of Journal of Asian
Earth Sciences and Journal of Geological Society of India. He has also participated as a Leader /Coleader of international science projects funded by UNESCO-IUGS-IGCP, JSPS and CEFIPRA.
Proposer: Prof. Talat Ahmad, Seconder: Dr.R.Srinivasan
1. M. Jayananda, Y.Tsutsumi, T.Miyazaki, R.V. Gireesh, Kowe-U Kapfo, Tushipokla, H.Hidaka and
T.Kano (2013) Geochronologic constraints on Meso and Neoarchean regional metamorphism and
magmatism in the Dharwar craton, southern India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences,
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.04.033 V.78, pp. 18-38. Elsevier. Impact factor=2.83 Citations - 12
2. M. Jayananda, Peucat, J-J., Chardon, D., Krishna Rao, B and Corfu, F (2013) Neoarchean greenstone
volcanism and continental growth, Dharwar craton, southern India: Constraints from SIMS zircon
geochronology and Nd isotopes. Precambrian Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.227, 5576. Elsevier. Impact factor- 6.02 Citations - 44
3. M. Jayananda., M.Banerjee, N.C.Pant., S.Dasgupta, T.Kano., N.Mahesha and B.Mahabaleswar (2011)
2.62 Ga HT metamorphism in the central part of the Eastern Dharwar craton : implications for the thermal
history of the Dharwar craton. Geological Journal, DOI: 10.1002/gj.1308. Impact factor- 1.61 Citations -21
4. D.Chardon., M.Jayananda., TRK Chetty., J-J Peucat (2008) Precambrian continental strain and shear
zone patterns: the South Indian case Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth v. 113, Bo8402
doi:10. 1029/ 2007JB005299 2008 American Geophysical Union). Impact factor- 3.44 Citations - 52
5. M.Jayananda., T. Kano., J-J Peucat and S.Channabasappa (2008) 3.35 Ga komatiite volcanism in the
western Dharwar craton: constraints from Nd isotopes and whole rock geochemistry. Precambrian
Research- doi:10.1016/j.precamres. 2007.07.010 Elsevier). Impact factor- 6.02 Citations - 69
6. M.Jayananda, D. Chardon, J-J Peucat and R.Capdevila (2006). High –K plutonism and reworking of
Archaean continental crust (Dharwar craton, southern India): tectonic, geochronologic and geochemical
constraints. Precambrian Research, v.150: 1-26 Elsevier Science). Impact factor- 6.02 Citations - 89
7. M. Jayananda., J-F Moyen., H. Martin., J-J Peucat., B.Auvray and B.Mahabaleswar (2000). Late
Archaean (2550-2500) juvenile magmatism in the Eastern Dharwar craton: Constraints from
geochronology, Nd-Sr isotopes and whole rock geochemistry. Precambrian Research V.99: pp.225-254.
Elsevier Science. Impact factor- 6.02 Citations – 249.
8. M.Jayananda., A.S.Janardhan., P.Sivasubramanian and J-J Peucat (1995). Geochronologic and
isotopic constraints on the granulite formation in Kodaikanal area, southern India. Geol. Soc. India Mem.
34, pp. 371-388. Impact factor- 0.59, Citations - 72
9. M.Jayananda., H.Martin., J-J-Peucat and B.Mahabaleswar. (1995). Late Archaean crust-mantle
interactions: geochemistry of LREE enriched mantle derived magmas. Example of the Closepet batholith,
southern India. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. V. 119: pp. 314-329. Springer - Verlag. Impact
factor- 3.02 Citations – 135.
10. M.Jayananda and B.Mahabaleswar (1991). Relationship between shear zones and igneous activity:
The Closepet granite of southern India. Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. (Earth. Planet. Sci.) v.100, pp.131-136.
Impact factor - – 0.794, Citations -35.
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MUKHERJEE, SAUMITRA (b 1959), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Professor Saumitra Mukherjee has created an impact in interdisciplinary Earth Sciences by developing
the technique of geoinformatics to solution of water resource management and natural hazard early
warning system. He has contributions in Remote sensing applications in environmental earth sciences,
earth observation applications for water resources assessment and management, Tornado, Cyclone,
Earthquake, Tsunami, Snowfall, Forest Fire. He has contributed in monitoring, analyzing, quantifying
components of water cycle. Monitoring/Modeling real or near-real time surface and subsurface
hydrological processes, analyzing interactions of land surface and atmospheric processes, investigating
wetland dynamics, monitoring, forecasting and managing flooding and droughts, monitoring land
use/cover change and impact on hydrological processes determining effects of human activities
quantitative as well as qualitative. He has more than 85 publications in peer reviewed journals including
Nature, Sensor, International Journal of Remote sensing, Environmental Earth Sciences, Hydrology
Journal, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,Hydrological processes
etc. Besides he has published 9 books including publishers like Macmillan, Springer etc. He has
supervised 18 PhD students in last 22 years of services in JNU, all his trained students’ gets excellent
placement as Scientist in NASA, ISRO, SAC, NRSC and as faculty member in various Universities of
India and abroad. His main contribution in science is selection of sites for Rain water Harvesting,
groundwater exploration, use of Nanotechnology for Arsenic removal from Groundwater and development
of a new hypothesis on Sun-Earth Cosmic connection. His new hypothesis has potential to predict natural
hazards including Earthquake, Snowfall, Rainfall and Global warming and Health hazards.
Proposer : Professor M.S.Srinivasan, Seconder : Professor A.K.Rai
1. Mukherjee, Saumitra (2009). Sensible measures to guard India’s groundwater supply. Nature. Volume,
462,276 (19 November 2009), doi: 10/462276d. (I.F.42.351) Citation Index 576 in M.Rodell article
(comment). http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v462/n7271/full/462276d.html (if=42.351),ci= 576)
2. Mukherjee Saumitra with Jaisawal R.K Raju, K.D., and Saxena R. (2002). Forest fire risk zone mapping
from satellite imagery and GIS. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 4
(2002) 1-10 ISSN: 0303-2434www.elsevier.com/locate/jag (IF: 2.329) Citation Index: 138 (if=2.329,
ci=138)
3. Mukherjee Saumitra with Jaisawal, R.K and Krishnamurthy, J. (2003). Role of Remote sensing and GIS
techniques for generation of groundwater prospect zones towards rural development- an approach.
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2003 Vol.24, No.5, 993-1008 ISSN 0143-1161 print/ISSN 13665901 online Taylor & Francis Ltd. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals (IF:1.801), Citation Index: 127(if=1.801,
ci=127)
4. Mukherjee Saumitra (2008).Cosmic Influence on Sun-Earth Environment. Sensors2008, 8, 7736-7752;
DOI: 10.3390/s8127736www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors(IF:2.06). Citation Index: 8 (if=2.06, ci=8)
5. Mukherjee Saumitra. (2008) Role of Satellite Sensors in Groundwater Exploration. Sensors 2008, 8,
2006-2016www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors. (IF:2.06) Citation Index: 19 (if=2.06, ci=19)
6. Mukherjee Saumitra with Rina Kumari, and P.S.Dutta. (2011). Characterization and Evaluation of
processes governing the groundwater quality in parts of the Sabarmati basin, Gujarat using
hydrochemistry integrated with GIS. Hydrological Processes Vol.26, Issue 10, Pp-1538-155
.(IF:2.488)Citation Index.8 (if=2.488, ci=8)
7. Mukherjee Saumitra with Chander Kumar Singh, Rina Kumari, Neha Singh and Javed Mallick (2012).
Fluoride enrichment in aquifers of Thar Desert: Controlling Factors and its Geochemical Modeling. 2012.
Hydrological Processes, Wiley DOI: 10.1002/hyp.9247 volume 27, issue 17, Pp 2462-2474. IF. 2.448
Citation Index: 7 (if=2.448, ci=7)
8. Saumitra Mukherjee with Kumari Rina, P.S.Dutta, C.K.Singh. (2013). Isotopes and ion chemistry to
identify salinization of coastal aquifers of Sabarmati River Basin. Current Science, Vol.104. No.3, Pp335344 I.F.1.04 Citation Index: 10 (if=1.04, ci=10)
9. Mukherjee, S with Das A.K., ((2005). Drainage morphometry using satellite data and GIS in Raigad
District, Maharashtra. Journal Geological Society of India, Vol.65, May 2005, pp577-586 I.F.0.567,
Citation Index: 18 (if=0.567, ci=18)
10. Mukherjee, S., Shashtri, S., Singh, C.K., Srivastava, P.K. and Gupta, M. (2009).Effect of Canal on
Land Use/Land Cover using Remote Sensing and GIS. Jour.of the Ind.Soc.Rem.Sensing,
(Springer).Vol.37 Pp 527-537.Impact Factor: 0.34 Citation Index: 13 (if=0.34, ci=13)
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PANDA, TARINI CHARAN (b 1946), PRINCIPAL, ORISSA ENGINEERING COLLEGE,
BHUBANESWAR – 751007
Professor T.C. Panda has more than 45 years of research/teaching experience in the fields of
Mathematics, Computer Science and Physical Oceanography at the Berhampur University, Odisha,
Mizoram Central University and Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar. Non-linear diffusion
phenomena have been extensively studied during his stay at Kiev State University, USSR in 1986 under
UGC Exchange Programme. His major contributions in the field of development of mathematical model
for prediction of pollution concentration in the industrial belt of Anugul-Talcher area funded by TWAS, Italy
in 1987 for the first time in Odisha State. Prof. Panda studied 1999 Orissa Super Cyclone using MM5
model in NCSU, Raleigh, USA with funding received from Office of the Naval Research International Field
Office, London in 2000. Further COAMPS model was studied with the comparison of MM5 model results
for Orissa Super Cyclone in NCSU, Raleigh, U.S.A. with funding from office of the Naval Research
Global, London.
Reviewer of International Journals: Sci. & Engg. Comp. Material, Israel; AMSE, France; Num. Methods in
Fluids, U.K.; Porous Media, USA; Colloid Interface & Sci., USA; Mathematical Reviews, USA. INSA
Visiting Fellow to the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT, Delhi in 1999.
Successfully completed GOI approved Projects International (05) and National(09) funded by UGC, DST,
TWAS(Italy), ADB(Manila), ONR/NRL(USA).
Organized Refresher Courses (03)/Training Programs (01)/ Conferences-National (06)/ International (02)/
Meetings (05) as Course Coordinator/Course Director/Organizing Secretary sponsored by UGC, DST,
CSIR, DAE, IASc, NRL (USA).
Supervised 17 students leading to Ph.D./D.Sc. on Fluid Dynamics, Weather Prediction, South-West
Monsoon Flow, Application of Remote Sensing Techniques, Modeling Real world problems etc.
Proposer: Professor Uma Charan Mohanty, Seconder: Professor Prem Chand Pandey
1. With S. K. Mishra et al. (2000) Modelling the laminar diffusion of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM)
in Ekman Boundary Layer, AMSE, 70 (5B),.47-55, France,
2. With P.C. Pandey et al. (2000) Air-Sea flux estimates from satellite observations, Proc. ISMMAOP, II,
44-58.
3. With U.C. Mohanty et al, (2000) TKE closure for a PBL model in Tropics, Proc., ISMMAOP, II, 160-167.
4. Improved rainfall and moisture estimation from satellite remote sensing for characterization of the
hydrological cycle in the tropics, Remote Sensing Applications
5. Spectral characteristics of Geosat, ERS-1 and Topex/Poseidon altimeter data over Indian seas for
detection of ocean surface and bottom topographic features, Remote Sensing Applications,
6. With S.K. Mishra et al. (2002) Diffusion of Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM) using 2-phase flow
model, Int. J. Num. Methods in Fluids, UK, 40, 841-853 ( (if=1.35)
7. With P.C. Pandey et al. (2002) Validation of ERS-1/ATSR derived SST in Indian waters, Int. J. Remote
Sensing, UK, 23 (24), 5155-5163 (if=1.14)
8. On the Predictability of Northeast Monsoon Rainfall over South Peninsular India in General Circulation
Models, (if=1.79)
9. With H. Saini, L.K. Sharma et al. Extended Cell Planning for Capacity Expansion and Power
Optimization by Using MEMETIC Algorithm, Int. J. Engg Sci. & Techn., 3 (3), 2427-2432. (if=1.85)
10. With A.K. Mishra et al. (2013) Swarm Intelligence Optimization: Editorial Survey, Int. J. Emer. Tech. &
Adv. Engg.3 (1), 217-230 ( (if=1.932)
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RAY, JYOTIRANJAN SRICHANDAN (b 1970), Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Using multiple radioisotope dating techniques (Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr, Pb-Pb and Ar-Ar) Dr. Ray has resolved
many important chronological issues in Indian Geology. His work established that the
(a) Lower Vindhyans were deposited between ~1750 Ma and ~1600 Ma and therefore, the fossils
discovered could belong to the earliest animals.
(b) Carbonatite-alkaline complexes of the Deccan/Rajmahal flood basalt provinces represent initial and
terminal phase magmatisms. Specifically, the Amba Dongar and Sung Valley carbonatite complexes were
emplaced at ~65 Ma and ~107 Ma, respectively.
(c) Sylhet Traps were emplaced rapidly at ~116 Ma and are linked to the initiation of the Kerguelen
hotspot and the break-up of Gondwanaland.
(d) Barren Island volcano, the lone active volcano in India, is at least 1.6 Ma old and age of the crust
beneath the Andaman volcanic arc is ~106 Ma.
With the help of multiple elemental and isotopic (both stable and radiogenic) tracers Dr. Ray established
that
(a) Recycled crustal inorganic carbon has sustained the carbonatite magmatism since Archean.
(b) Carbonatites and associated alkaline silicate rocks are genetically related through melt-immiscibility
and crustal assimilation and that the carbonatite/carbonate-silicate primary magmas are generated within
the continental lithospheric mantle.
(c) Indo-Burman-Arakan ranges have been the major sediment source in the Andaman Sea and that this
sea and Bay of Bengal were well connected during the last glacial period.
For his contributions he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in 2015.
Proposer: Prof. J.N. Goswami, Seconder:Prof. A.S. Joshipura
1. JS Ray, 1998, Trace element and isotope evolution during concurrent assimilation, fractional
crystallization, and liquid immiscibility of a carbonated silicate magma, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
62, 3301-3306 (if=4.331, ci=16)
2. JS Ray, R Ramesh, K Pande, 1999, Carbon isotopes in Kerguelen plume-derived carbonatites:
evidence for recycled inorganic carbon, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 170, 205-214 (if=4.734,
ci=81)
3. JS Ray, K Pande, 1999, Carbonatite-alkaline magmatism associated with continental flood basalts at
stratigraphic boundaries: cause for mass extinctions, Geophysical Research Letters 26, 19171920 (if=4.196, ci=33)
4. JS Ray, R Ramesh, 2000, Rayleigh stable isotopic fractionation from a multicomponent source,
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64, 299-306 (if=4.331, ci=24)
5. JS Ray, MW Martin, J Veizer, SA Bowring, 2002, U-Pb zircon dating and Sr isotope systematics of the
Vindhyan Supergroup, India, Geology 30, 131-134 (if=4.884, ci=144)
6. JS Ray, J Veizer, WJ Davis, 2003, C, O, Sr and Pb isotope systematics of carbonate sequences of the
Vindhyan Supergroup, India: age, diagenesis, correlations and implications for global events,
Precambrian Research 121, 103-140 (if=5.664, ci=120)
7. JS Ray, SK Pattanayak, K Pande, 2005, Rapid emplacement of the Kerguelen plume–related Sylhet
Traps, eastern India: Evidence from 40Ar‐39Ar geochronology, Geophysical Research Letters 32,
L10303 (if=4.196, ci=12)
8. JS Ray, 2009, Radiogenic isotopic ratio variations in carbonatites and associated alkaline silicate
rocks: Role of crustal assimilation, Journal of Petrology 50, 2009, 1935-1954 (if=4.424, ci=9)
9. N Awasthi, JS Ray, AK Singh, ST Band, VK Rai, 2014, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15
(10), 3890-3906 (if=2.923, ci=4)
10. JS Ray, K Pande, R Bhutani, 2015, Bulletin of Volcanology 77 (6), 1-10 (if=2.519, ci=0)
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SAHAI, ATUL KUMAR (b 1961), Scientist-F, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
Dr. A. K. Sahai has made significant contribution in the field of climate science through his research on
operational prediction of rainfall on different time scales focusing over Indian Region. His current research
focuses on operational prediction of Indian summer monsoon and has been successful in formulating a
state-of-art methodology for operational monsoon forecast in the 10-20 day lead time using a state-of-art
climate models. He has formulated several strategies to improve the quantitative forecast of monsoon
those include, improved statistical post processing of dynamical models, formulating multi-model
ensemble strategy to deliver state-of-art probabilistic forecast, understanding the known source of bias in
current climate models. Recently he came up with an ingenious method of bias correction that shows
improved forecast of rainfall. He also specializes in the application of non-linear methods in
understanding several aspects of Indian summer monsoon. He has come up with several indigenous
method to monitor and understand the northward propagation of monsoon intraseasonal oscillations
using climate models and observational data and devised different method for objective quantifications of
model biases. He has also made noteworthy contribution in understanding regional aspects of climate
change over Indian subcontinent. He and his group at IITM has worked on understanding the climate
projections over Indian subcontinent related various features of monsoon rainfall and associated
circulation. Keeping in view of his active role in Indian climate and forecasting community several original
research contributions, I strongly recommend Dr. A.K. Sahai as a NASI fellow.
Proposer: Prof. B. N. Goswami, Seconder: Prof. S. L. Srivastava
1. Susmitha Joseph, Sahai A. K. and Goswami, B. N. (2011) 8. Boreal summer intraseasonal oscillations
and seasonal Indian monsoon prediction in DEMETER coupled models, Climate Dynamics, 35: 651-667
(If=4.6, ci=15)
2. Susmitha Joseph, Sahai A. K. and Goswami, B. N. (2009) 4. Eastward propagating MJO during boreal
summer and Indian monsoon droughts, Climate Dynamics, 32: 1139-1153 (if=4.6, ci=35)
3. R. Chattopadhyay, Goswami B.N., Sahai A. K. and Fraedrich K. (2009) 8. The Role of Stratiform
Rainfall in modifying the northward propagation of Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillation, Journal of
Geophysical Research(Atmos.), 114: D19114 (if=3.021, ci=14)
4. Chattopadhyay, R., Sahai, A. K. and Goswami, B. N. (2008) 5. Objective Identification of Nonlinear
Convectively Coupled Phases of Monsoon Intraseasonal Oscillation: Implications for Prediction, Journal
of Atmospheric Science, 65: 1549-1569 (if=2.555, ci=28)
5. Sahai, A. K., Chattopadhyay, R. and Goswami, B. N. (2008) 6. A SST based large multi-model
ensemble forecasting system for Indian summer monsoon rainfall, Geophysical Research Letters, 35:
L19705 (if= 3.792, ci=15)
6. Pankaj Kumar, K. Rupa Kumar, M. Rajeevan and Sahai A. K. (2007) 4. On the recent strengthening of
the relationship between ENSO and northeast monsoon rainfall over south Asia, Climate Dynamics, 28:
649-660 (if=4.6, ci=30)
7. Mandke S. K., Sahai A. K., Shinde M. A., Joseph S. and Chattopadhyay R. (2007) 4. Simulated
changes in active/break spells during Indian summer monsoon due to enhanced CO2 concentrations:
Assessment from selected Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean global climate model, International Journal of
Climatology, 27: 837-859 (if=2.906, ci=16)
8. K. Rupa Kumar, Sahai A. K., K. Krishna Kumar,S. K. Patwardhan, P. K. Mishra, J. V. Revedekar, K.
Kamla and G. B. Pant (2006) 1. High-resolution climate change scenarios for India, Current Science,
90(3): 334-345 (if=0.935, ci=246)
9. Sahai, A. K., Grimm, A. M., Satyan, V. and Pant, G. B. (2003) 2. Long- lead Prediction of Indian
Summer Monsoon Rainfall from Global SST Evolution, Climate Dynamics, 20: 855-863 (if=4.6, ci=54)
10. Sahai, A. K., Soman, M. K. and Satyan, V. (2000) 1. All India summer monsoon rainfall prediction
using an artificial neural network, Climate Dynamics, 16: 291-302 (if=4.6, ci=65)
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SINGH, SANDEEP (b 1966), PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES, INDIAN
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROORKEE
Dr. Sandeep Singh’s contribution presents a complete spectrum of field geology, petrology, geochemistry
and U-Pb geochronology that unravel the intricacies of some of the most outstanding problems of
Himalayan Geology. He extensively uses the Isotope Geochemistry and mineral chemistry.
Sandeep’s significant research deal with the timing of various Himalayan tectonic events, such as the preHimalayan deformation, the transpressional tectonics in the Karakoram, timing of India-Asia collision and
late stage exhumation an emplacement of crustal melt. Using high resolution U-Pb geochronology of synand post-Himalayan granitoids he has successfully shown that the timing of continent- continent collision
no later than 57 Ma, and that the transpressional tectonics along the Karakoram Shear Zone predate the
collisional event. He has also demonstrated episodic crustal melting and the leucogranite generation
within the Higher Himalayan Crystallines (HHC) occurred episodically between 46 Ma and 19 Ma due to
decompressional melting. His results significantly constrain the late stage exhumation processes in
shaping of the Himalaya as well.
Dr. Singh used High-resolution age data on the Pre-Himalayan granitoids using both conventional TIMS
and SHRIMP analysis and demonstrated widespread magmatism within the Plate domain through the
Mesoproterozoic (~2000 Ma), the Paleoproterozoic (~1856 Ma) and Neoproterozoic (~825 Ma) intruding
pelitic-psammatic basal sequence of the HHC.
With the help of SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of subduction-related Ladakh Batholith around 60.1 ± 0.9 Ma
and the 53.7 ± 0.7 Ma eclogites facies Indian continental granitoids led Dr. Singh to constrain the timing of
the India-Asia collision to be no later than 57 Ma.
Proposer: PROF. D. C. SRIVASTAVA, Seconder: PROF. RAVI BHUSAN
1. Sandeep Singh, A. K. Jain and Mark E. Barley (2009) SHRIMP U-Pb ~1860 Ma anorogenic magmatic
signatures from NW Himalaya: implications for Paleoproterozoic assembly. In: Reddy, S.M., Mazumdar,
R., Evans, D.A.D. & Collins, A.S. (eds.) Paleoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution. The
Geological Society London, Special Publicaltion, 323, 283-300. DOI: 10.1144/SP323.14(if=2.976, ci=5)
2. Arvind K. Jain and Sandeep Singh (2008) Geological evolution of the southern Asian Plate margin
along the Karakoram Shear Zone: constraints from the U-Pb SHRIMP ages. Tectonophysics, 451, 186205. (if=2.684, ci=19)
3. Sandeep Singh, Rajeev Kumar, Mark E. Barley and A.K. Jain (2007) SHRIMP U-Pb ages and depth of
emplacement of Ladakh Batholith, eastern Ladakh India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 30 (3-4), 490503. (if=2.379, ci=21)
4. Sandeep Singh and Arvind K. Jain (2007) Liquefaction and fluidization of lacustrine deposits from
Lahaul-Spiti and Ladakh Himalaya: geological evidences of paleoseismicity along active fault zone.
Sedimentary Geology, 196, 47-57. (if=1.802, ci=40)
5. Sandeep Singh, Stefan Claesson, A.K. Jain, David G. Gee, P.G. Andreasson and RM.
Manickavasagam (2006). 2.0 Ga granite of the lower package of the Higher Himalayan Crystallines
(HHC), MagladKhad, Sutlej Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India. Journal of Geological Society of India, 67
(3), 295-300. (if=0.567, ci=4)
6. Mary L. Leech, Sandeep Singh, A.K. Jain, Simon L. Klemperer and R.M. Manickavasagam (2005). The
onset of India-Asia continental collision: Early, steep subduction required by the timing of UHP
metamorphism in the western Himalaya. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 234 (1-2), 83-97. (if=4.349,
ci=252)
7. Sandeep Singh (2003) Conventional and SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of the Chor Granitoid, Himachal
Himalaya. Journal of Geological Society of India. 62 (5), 614-626. (if=0.567, ci=5)
8. Sandeep Singh, M.E. Barley, S.J. Brown, A.K. Jain and RM. Manickavasagam (2002) SHRIMP U-Pb in
zircon geochronology of the Chor Granitoid: evidence for Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Lesser
Himalayan granite belt of NW India. Precambrian Research, 118, 285-292. (if=4.441, ci=29)
9. A. K. Jain, Kumar, D., Sandeep Singh, Kumar, A. and Lal, N (2000): Timing, quantification and tectonic
modelling of Pliocene Quaternary movements in the NW Himalaya: evidences from fission track dating.
Earth and Planet. Sci. Letters, 179, 437-451. (if=4.349, ci=76)
10. Patel, R.C., Singh, Sandeep, Asokan, A., Manickavasagam, RM. and Jain, A.K. (1993) : Extensional
Tectonics in the Himalayan Orogen, Zanskar, NW India. In : Himalayan Tectonics (eds. Treloar, P.J. and
Searle, M.P.) Special Publication Journal of Geological Society of London, 74, 445-459. (if=2.976, ci=47)
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TRIPATHI, JAYANT NATH (b 1963), Professor & Head, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences,
University of Allahabad, Allahabad
Dr. JN Tripathi contributed significantly to ‘Seismic wave-propagation and scattering in heterogeneous
media’. He proved P-wave incidence in Von-Karman correlation function (CF) random medium, at higher
frequencies, converted waves’ scattered energy to be frequency dependent, leading to generalized
method (Tripathi and Ram, 1997). He derived scattering-coefficients expressions for S-wave incidence
with Exponential CF. He modified Aki’s (1992) expression for gps/gsp (Tripathi, 2002). He proposed twoover-lapping-layer model for heterogeneities of lithosphere–asthenosphere defined by different CFs and
velocity perturbation (Tripathi, 2001). He is the first Indian scientist to apply multiple-scattering model to
study attenuation characteristics and separate scattering-attenuation from intrinsic-absorption for (1)
single-isotropic-homogeneous (Tripathi and Ugalde, 2004), (2) depth-dependent two-layer (Ugalde et al.
2007) models. Estimating 3-dimentional spatial- distribution of relative scattering coefficients by inverting
coda-wave-envelopes (Ugalde et al. 2006) and coda-wave attenuation variation in lithosphere (Tripathi et
al., 2012, 2014), he developed methods to estimate heterogeneities using envelope-broadening of highfrequency seismic waves from crustal events (Tripathi et al., 2010). Estimated Probabilistic Seismic
Hazards using statistical models.Occurence Probabilities of large earthquakes and conditional
probabilities were estimated in the Kutch region (Tripathi, 2006), other regions of Gujrat (Yadav et al.,
2008) and north-eastern India (Yadav et al., 2010). PSHA was estimated as maximum regional
magnitude and activity-rate using Kijko-Sellevoll method (Yadav et al., 2012a) and extreme-value
distribution Gumbel-III (Yadav et al., 2012b) in the western Himalaya region. Probabilistic Tsunami
Hazards in the Indian Ocean is estimated using Bayesian approach (Yadav et al., 2013b), Weibull,
Gamma and Lognormal models (Yadav et al., 2013a).
Proposer : Prof. Alok Krishna Gupta, Seconder : Prof. Avadh Ram
1. Tripathi, J.N. and Avadh Ram, (1997), Elastic wave scattering by a Random media characterized by
von-Karman correlation function and small-scale inhomogeneities in the lithosphere, Geophysical Journal
International (U.K.), 131, 682-698. (if=2.724, ci=6)
2. Tripathi, J.N., (2001), Small - scale structure of lithosphere - asthenosphere beneath Gauribidanur
seismic array deduced from amplitude and phase fluctuations, Journal of Geodynamics (U.K.), 31, 411428. (if=2.618, ci=4)
3. Tripathi, J.N., (2002), Scattering coefficient for S-wave incident in a random medium characterized by
exponential correlation function, Geophysical Journal International (U.K.), 150, 415-421. (if=2.724, ci=1)
4. Tripathi, J.N. and Ugalde A., (2004), Regional estimation of Q from seismic coda observations by the
Gauribidanur seismic array (southern India), Phys. Earth Planet. Interiors, 145, 115-126. (if=2.398, ci=17)
5. Tripathi, J.N., (2006), Probabilistic assessment of earthquake recurrence in the January 26, 2001
earthquake region of Gujrat, India, Journal of Seismology, 10, 119 - 130. (if=1.388, ci=18)
6. Ugalde A., Tripathi, J.N., Hoshiba, M. and Rastogi, B.K., (2007), Intrinsic and scattering attenuation in
western India from aftershocks of the 26 January, 2001 Kachchh earthquake, Tectonophysics, 429, 111–
123. (if=2.866, ci=20)
7. Yadav, R.B.S., Tripathi, J.N., Rastogi, B.K., and Chopra, S., (2008), Probabilistic assessment of
earthquake hazard in Gujarat and adjoining region, India, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 165, 18131833. (if=1.854, ci=18)
8. Tripathi, J. N., Sato H. and Yamamoto, M., (2010), Envelope broadening characteristics of crustal
earthquakes in northeastern Honshu, Japan, Geophysical Journal International, 182, 988–1000, doi:
10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04657.x. (if=2.724, ci=5)
9. Tripathi, J. N. Singh, P. and Sharma, M.L., (2012), Variation of Seismic coda wave attenuation in the
Garhwal, northwestern Himalayas, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 169, 71–88, DOI 10.1007/s00024-0110316-0. (if=1.854, ci=6)
10. Yadav, R.B.S., Bayrak, Y., Tripathi, J.N., Chopra,S., and Bayrak, E. (2012), Regional Variation of the
ω-Upper Bound Magnitude of GIII Distribution in Hindukush Pamir Himalaya and the Adjacent Regions: A
Perspective
on
Earthquake
Hazard,
Tectonophysics,
544-545,
1–12,
doi:
10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.015. (if=2.866, ci=4)
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VENIGALLA, PURNACHANDRA RAO (b 1955), CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Dona Paula,
Goa - 403 004
Dr. Rao’s research has greatly improved the understanding of the processes involved in the formation of
authigenic minerals. He has carried out extensive studies of phosphorites from different environments
such as continental margins (Rao and Nair, 1988; Rao et al., 1990, 1995, 1998, 2002), ODP cores (Rao
and Lamboy, 1995), seamounts (Rao and Burnett, 1990; Rao et al., 1992) and Mid-oceanic Ridges (Rao
et al., 2008) and onshore phosphorites (Rao et al., 2007), worked out the petrographic and geochemical
criteria for identifying phosphorites formed through various pathways and identified factors that control the
composition of the phosphorites. His studies have highlighted the role of microbial activity and
microenvironments in the phosphorite and dolomite (Rao et al., 2003) formation. His discovery of the
Quaternary phosphate stromatolites on the eastern margin of India (Rao et al., 2000) is very significant as
it contradicts the hitherto held view that there were no Quaternary / modern analogs of ancient
phosphorites. He has discovered the largest verdine and glaucony clay facies in the world associated with
low fluvial inputs on the continental margins of India (Rao et al., 1993). Dr. Rao discovered algal
(Halimeda) bioherms, identified sea level indicators and documented evidences of late Quaternary neotectonic activity off western India (Rao, 1990; Rao et al., 2003a and b). He is working on the suspended
and bottom sediments of the Mandovi-Zuari estuaries to understand the role of physico- and
boigeochemical processes and anthropogenic contribution (Rao etal., 2011, Shynu etal., 2013, Prajith
etal., 2015).
Proposer: Dr. S.W.A.Naqvi, Seconder:Dr. M. Dileep Kumar
1. Thamban, M., Rao, V, Purnachandra, Schneider, R. R. and Grootes, P. M., 2001, Glacial to interglacial
variations in hydrography and climate of the eastern Arabian Sea during the Late Quaternary: Evidences
from oxygen isotope and sedimentological record. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
165: 113-127. (if=2.745, ci=81)
2. Nath, B. N., Rao, V. Purnachandra and Becker, K. 1989, Geochemical evidence of terrigenous
influence in deep-sea sediments up to 8° S in the Central Indian Basin. Marine Geology 87: 301313. (if=2.732, ci=78)
3. Rao, V. Purnachandra, and Rao, B. R. 1995, Provenance and distribution of clay minerals in the
continental shelf and slope sediments of the west coast of India. Continental Shelf Research 15: 17571771. (if=2.088, ci=66)
4. Rao, V. Purnachandra, and Wagle, B. G. 1997, Geomorphology and surficial Geology of the western
continental shelf and upper slope of India: A Review. Current Science 73: 330-350. (if=0.905, ci=58)
5. Rao, V. Purnachandra, Lamboy, M. and Dupeuble, P. A. 1993, Verdine and other associated
authigenic (glaucony and phosphate) facies from the surficial sediments of the southwestern continental
margin of India. Marine Geology 111: 133-158. (if=2.732, ci=36)
6. Rao, V. Purnachandra, Veerayya, M., Nair, R. R., Dupeuble P. A. and Lamboy, M. 1994, Late
Quaternary Halimeda bioherms and aragonitic faecal pellet-dominated sediments on the carbonate
platform of the western continental shelf of India. Marine Geology 121: 293-315. (if=2.732, ci=34)
7. Rao, V. Purnachandra, Shynu, R., Kessarkar, P.M., Sundar, D., Michael, G.S., Narvekar, T., Blossom,
V., Mehra, P., 2011. Suspended sediment dynamics on a seasonal scale in the Mandovi and Zuari
estuatries, central west coast of India. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 91: 78-86. (if=2.5, ci=31)
8. Rao, V. Purnachandra, Kessarkar, P. M., Krumbein, W. E., Krajewski, K. P., Schneider, R. J., 2003.
Microbial dolomite crusts from the carbonate platform off western India. Sedimentology 50: 819830. (if=2.61, ci=26)
9. Rao, V. Purnachandra, Montaggionni, L., Vora, K. H., Almeida, F. Rao, K. M. and Rajagopalan, G.
2003. Significance of relict carbonate deposits along the central and southwestern margin of India for
environmental and sea level changes. Sedimentary Geology 159: 95-111. (if=1.803, ci=24)
10. Anil Kumar, A., Rao, V. Purnachandra, Patil, S.K., Kessarkar, P. M., Thamban, M. 2005. Rock
magnetic records of the sediments of the eastern Arabian Sea: Evidence for late Quaternary climate
change. Marine Geology 220: 59-82. (if=2.732, ci=21)
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AL, RAMANATHAN (b. 1962) Professor, School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi-110067
Nominee’s work addresses the solute acquisition process (weathering includes precious minerals and
nutrients) by natural and anthropogenic sources affecting the water quality of the river systems, estuaries,
mangroves and ground waters and its impact on ecosystems. His study on ground water has identified F
and As and salinity affected regions and help in identifying alternate water resources /aquifers along with
remedial measures using green /clean/low cost and stakeholders friendly technology. The mangroves
productivity depends upon the nutrient rich freshwater input due to weathering and transportation from
rivers/estuaries and land use change, which are affecting aquatic system productivity and species
diversities/reduction. He studied these causes for the deterioration for the past few decades through
various biogeochemical approaches including biomarkers and isotopes, which are useful to planners to
enhance productivity including the SGD contribution to coastal oceans nutrients and its productivity. The
perinniality of rivers brings nutrient rich fresh water in non-monsoon seasons from Glacier melt hence he
has ventured into understanding the glacier dynamics of Indian Himalaya where very few studies are
available for over 10,000 odd glaciers. His study has show that glaciers are in equilibrium for most of the
last 40 years in Central and western Himalayas even though there are concern for alarming Glacier
retreat reports. He is working in a holistic scientific manner to understand the sources of freshwater to its
end (coastal ocean) where the fresh water resource for river, ground water and coastal environment,
which are essential for flora, fauna and stakeholders, needs for agriculture and others through
interdisciplinary approaches.
Proposer: Prof. R Ramesh, Seconder: Prof. Sunil Bajpai
1. Mohd Farooq Azam, AL. Ramanathan, Patrick Wagnon, Christian Vincent, Anurag Linda, Etienne
Berthier, Parmanand Sharma, Arindan Mandal, Thupstan Angchuk, Virendra Bahadur Singh, P.G. Jose
(2016). Meteorological conditions, seasonal and annual mass balances of Chhota Shigri Glacier, western
Himalaya, India. Annals of Glaciology, 57(71): 328-338.
2. Namrata Priya, Renoj J. Thayyen, AL. Ramanathan and Virendra Bahadur Singh (2016).
Hydrochemistry and dissolved solute load of meltwater in a catchment of cold-arid trans-Himalayan region
of Ladakh over an entire melting period. Hydrology Research, (accepted, in press).
3. Alok Kumar, AL. Ramanathan, M. B. K. Prasad, Dilip Datta, Manoj Kumar, Swati Mohan Sappal (2016).
Distribution, enrichment, and potential toxicity of trace metals in the surface sediments of Sundarban
mangrove ecosystem, Bangladesh: a baseline study before Sundarban oil spill of December, 2014.
Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Doi: 10.1007/s11356-016-6086-6.
4. Manoj Kumar, M.M. Rahman, AL. Ramanathan, Ravi Naidu, 2016. Arsenic and
other elements
in drinking water and dietary components from the middle
Gangetic plain of Bihar, India: Health
risk index. Science of the Total Environment. 539; 125–134.
5. Ranjan, R. K., Routh, J., Klump, J. V., &Ramanathan, AL., (2015). Sediment biomarker profiles trace
organic matter input in the Pichavaram mangrove complex, southeastern India. Marine Chemistry, Vol.
171, 44-57
6. Alok Kumar and Al Ramanathan (2015). Speciation of selected trace metals (Fe, Mn, Cu and Zn) with
depth in the sediments of Sundarban mangroves: India and Bangladesh. Journal of Soils and Sediments.
Vol. 15(12), 2476-2486.
7. Swati M. Sappal, AL. Ramanathan, Rajesh K. Ranjan, Gurmeet Singh and Alok Kumar (2014).Rare
earth elements as biogeochemical indicators in mangrove ecosystems (Pichavaram, Tamilnadu, India).
Journal of Sedimentary Research, Vol. 84, 1-11.
8. M.F. Azam, P. Wagnon, C. Vincent, AL. Ramanathan, V. Favier, A Mandal, J.G. Pottakkal (2014)
Processes governing the mass balance of Chhota Shigri Glacier (western Himalaya, India) assessed by
point-scale surface energy balance measurements. The Cryosphere, 9: 2195-2217.
9. Virendra Bahadur Singh, AL. Ramanathan, Jose George Pottakkal, Manoj Kumar (2014). Seasonal
variation of the solute and suspended sediment load in Gangotri glacier meltwater, central Himalaya,
India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 79: 224- 234.
10. RK Ranjan, J Routh, AL. Ramanathan, J. Val Klump (2012). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
fingerprints in the Pichavaram mangrove–estuarine sediments, southeastern India. Organic
Geochemistry. 53, 88-94.
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BEJUGAM, NAGENDER NATH (b. 1957) Chief Scientist, CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
Dr. B.Nagender Nath made significant contributions to the field of Marine Geology and Geochemistry
towards understanding the sedimentary and geochemical processes operating in the Indian Ocean,
discovery of new mineralization areas, environmental impact of offshore mining, and paleochemistry.
Dr.Nath has established two main fields of research viz., (i) the Porewater Geochemistry to understand
the early diagenetic processes, and authigenic mineral formation (Nath & Mudholkar, 1989; Das et.al.,
2011), and (ii) Rare-earth element (REE) geochemistry of different sedimentary and authigenic mineral
phases (Nath et.al., 1992a,b; 1994, 1997, 2000a,b). Combining multiple geological, geochemical and
isotopic tools, he has contributed significantly to the understanding of sediment dispersal pathways,
oceanic extent of influence of terrigenous sedimentation, Himalayan erosional events, aragonite
preservation patterns, past salinity patterns, influence of mid-Brunhes climatic shift on monsoon in an
area south of Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), benthic impact of an artificially disturbed abyssal
oceanic area (Nath, 2001; Nath et.al., 1989; 1992b, 2000a; 2005; 2008; 2011; 2012; 2013; Sijin, Nath
et.al., 2011,2015, 2016). He was the first to propose a mechanism of cerium redirection from the OMZ
into the deeper waters to be responsible for precipitation in oxygen-rich pelagic clays and manganese
nodules (Nath et.al. 1997a). Dr.Nath was the first to identify the recent (∼100 yrs) hydrothermal alteration
of a >200-kyr sedimentary record in an intraplate region (Nath et.al., 2008); and to report the hydrothemal
Fe-Mn mineralization in the Indian Ocean Ridge system (Nath et.al., 1997b) and hydrothermal Mn
mineralization in the Andaman Back arc sediments (Kurian, Nath et.al., 2008).
Proposer: Dr. Kolluru Sree Krishna, Seconder : Dr. Maripi Dileep Kumar
1. B. Nagender Nath, D. V. Borole, A. Aldahan, S. K Patil, M. B. L. MascarenhasPereira, G. Possnert, T.
Ericsson, V. Ramaswamy, and S. M. Gupta. 210Pb, 230Th, and 10Be in Central Indian Basin seamount
sediments: Signatures of degassing and hydrothermal alteration of recent origin, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35,
L09603, doi: 10.1029/200 8GL033849, 2008 IF=4.196 CI=8
2. B. Nagender Nath, M. Bau, B.R.Rao and Ch. M. Rao Trace and rare-earth elemental variations in
Arabian Sea sediments through a transect across the oxygen minimum zone. Geochimica Cosmochimica
Acta, 61: 2375- 2388, 1997 IF=4.331 CI=71
3. B. Nagender Nath; Kunzendorf, H. and Plueger, W.L. Influence of Provenance, weathering, and
sedimentary processes on the elemental ratios of the fine-grained fraction of the bedload sediments from
the Vembanad Lake and the adjoining continental shelf, southwest coast of India. Journal of Sedimentary
Research, 70, 5., 1081-1094, 2000 IF=1.786 CI=90
4. B. Nagender Nath, V. Balaram, M. Sudhakar and W.L. Plueger Rare earth element geochemistry of
ferromanganese deposits from the Indian Ocean. Marine Chemistry, 38: 185-208, 1992 IF=2.735 CI=61
5. B. Nagender Nath, I. Roelandts, M. Sudhakar and W.L. Plueger Rare earth elements in Central Indian
Basin sediments related to their lithology. Geophysical Research Letters, 19: 1197-1200, 1992 IF=4.196
CI=48
6. B. Nagender Nath, I. Roelandts, M. Sudhakar, W.L. Plüger and V. Balaram Cerium anomaly variations
in ferromanganese nodules and crusts from the Indian Ocean. Marine Geology, 120: 385-400, 1994
IF=2.71 CI=33
7. B. Nagender Nath, V. Purnachandra Rao and K. P. Becker Geochemical evidence of terrigenous
influence upto S in the Central Indian8 Basin. Marine Geology, 87: 301-313, 1989 IF=2.71 CI=78
8. B. Nagender Nath and A.V. Mudholkar Early diagenetic processes affecting nutrients in the Central
Indian Ocean cores. Marine Geology, 86: 57-65, 1989 IF=2.71 CI=47
9. B. Nagender Nath, S.M. Gupta, P.G. Mislankar, B.R. Rao, G.Parthiban, I. Roelandts, & S.K.Patil,
Evidence of Himalayan erosional event at ~0.5 Ma from a sediment core from the equatorial Indian
Ocean in the vicinity of ODP Leg 116 sites. Deep-Sea Research II, 52: 2061-2077, 2005 IF=2.19 CI=5
10. C.P.Babu and B. Nagender Nath. Processes controlling forms of phosphorus in surficial sediments
from the eastern Arabian Sea impinged by varying bottom water oxygenation conditions. Deep-Sea
Research II, 52: 1965-1980 2005 IF=2.19 CI=31
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DAS, SOMESHWAR (b 1956), Scientist – G/ Project Director, India Meteorological Department, New
Delhi
Dr. Someshwar Das has made significant contributions to the field of Numerical Weather Prediction,
cumulus and cloud microphysics parameterizations. He is implementing two national programmes on
"Development of High Impact Severe Weather Forecasting System", and "Integrated Himalayan
Meteorology" as Project Director. These two programmes will minimize the risk of calamitous weather due
to climate change through improved observations, modelling and forecasting. He is a pioneer in Doppler
Radar Data Assimilation in India. His works on severe thunderstorms led to establishment of SAARC
STORM programme involving eight South Asian countries and inspired many younger generations
including students, scientists and teachers. These programmes also compliment the Severe Weather
Forecast Demonstration Project of the World Meteorological Organization. They have inspired many
young scientists, generated large-scale interest for fuelling research among the scientific community, and
broadened the perspectives of operational meteorologists and researchers. Dr. Das has published more
than 146 research papers in peer reviewed journals, seminar proceedings and scientific reports. He
served as a Co-Guest editor of ‘Current Science’. He has been bestowed upon with many awards and
honors; notable among them are the ‘SAARC award for Senior Scientists’, ‘Indian Society of Remote
Sensing Award’, Indian Meteorological Society (Visakhapatnam) prize, B.N. Desai Gold Medal & N.
Melanchthon Phillip Memorial Prize (Andhra University, India), Mahendra Vidya Bhushan for academic
excellence by the King of Nepal. He is a member of many professional societies including the Indian
Meteorological Society, American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union and Fellow of the
Royal Meteorological Society, UK.
Proposer: Prof. U. C. Mohanty, Seconder:Prof. Maithili Sharan
1. Dutta, S. K., Someshwar Das, S.C. Kar, U.C.Mohanty and P.C. Joshi, 2009: Impact of Vegetation on
the Simulation of Seasonal Monsoon Rainfall over the Indian Subcontinent using a Regional Model. Jour.
of Earth System Sciences, Vol. 118, No. 5, 413-440.(if=1.13, ci=11)
2. Das Someshwar, R. Ashrit, S. Mohandas, G. R. Iyengar, M. Das Gupta, J. P. George, E. N. Rajagopal
and S. K. Dutta, 2008: Skills of different Mesoscale Models over Indian region during Monsoon season:
Forecast Errors. Jour. of Earth System Sciences, Vol. 117, 603-620. (if=1.13, ci=22)
3. Abhilash, S., Someshwar Das, S. R. Kalsi, M. Das Gupta, K. Mohankumar, John P. George, S. K.
Banerjee, S. B. Thampi, and D. Pradhan, 2007: Impact of Doppler radar wind in simulating the intensity
and propagation of rain bands associated with mesoscale convective complexes using MM5-3DVAR
system. Pure & Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH), Vol. 164, No. 8-9, 1491-1509. (if=1.62, ci=11)
4. Das, Someshwar, R. Ashrit, and M. W. Moncrieff, 2006: Simulation of a Himalayan Cloudburst Event.
Journal of Earth System Science, Vol. 115, No. 3, 299-313. (if=1.13, ci=41)
5. Das Someshwar, 2005: Mountain weather forecasting using MM5 modeling system. Current Science,
Vol. 88, No. 6, PP 899-905.(if=0.926, ci=15)
6. Das, Someshwar, S.V. Singh, E.N. Rajagopal and R. Gall, 2003: Mesoscale modeling for mountain
weather forecasting over the Himalayas. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Vol. 84, 9, pp
1237-1244. (if=11.808, ci=19)
7. Das Someshwar, A.K. Mitra, G. R. Iyengar and Jagvir Singh, 2002: Skill of Medium Range Forecasts
over The Indian Monsoon region Using Different Parameterizations Of Deep Convection. Weather and
Forecasting, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp 1194-1210. (if=1.788, ci=18)
8. Das Someshwar, A.K. Mitra, G. Iyengar and S. Mohandas, 2001: Comprehensive Test Of Different
Cumulus Parameterization Schemes For The Simulation Of The Indian Summer Monsoon. Meteor. &
Atmos. Physics, Vol. 78, No.3-4, pp 227-244. (if=1.049, ci=15)
9. Das Someshwar, D. Johnson and Wei-Kuo Tao, 1999: Single-Column and Cloud Ensemble Model
simulations of TOGA-COARE convective systems. J. Meteor. Soc. of Japan, Vol. 77, No. 4, PP 803826. (if=1.25, ci=14)
10. Das Someshwar, U.C. Mohanty and O.P. Sharma, 1988: Study of Kuo-type cumulus parameterization
during different epochs of the Asian summer monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., Vol. 116, No. 3, PP 715729. (if=3.358, ci=11)
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DIMRI, ASHOK PRIYADARSHAN (b 1970), Associate Professor, School of Environmental Sciences,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dr. A.P. Dimri graduated and is working in the field of Atmospheric Science from past 20 years. His main
research interest is on winter weather and climate using observations and modeling tools. Through
multiple collaborations over the years, he has explored the winter time precipitation in the Indian
meteorological parlance. He is a leading expert on winter time extra-tropical cyclones called ‘Western
Disturbances’, their manifestation and interplay with existing Himalayan topography. He has aimed to
understand multiple facets of this field of study with specific reference to numerical simulation, to analyze
the dynamical and thermodynamical processes associated with these events. The study of Western
Disturbances, intended for the understanding of the initiation, propagation and ultimately desiccation of
these cyclonic movements. The associated orographic precipitation occurrence over the north India has
been studied in great detail by him. In changing global context, he has defined Indian Winter Monsoon to
explain the precipitation during winter. His emphasis on studies of the snowfall during the winters leading
to glacier replenishment provides an insight for recharging of the snow-fed rivers and overall ecology of
the region. His contributions to the scientific community include leading ‘mountain meteorology program’
for realtime operational weather forecast, over 40 publications on various topics including the varying
winter climate over the northern Indian region. With the emphasis on changing climate, he postulated
some very significant trends in the changing winter season.
Proposer : Prof. U. C. Mohanty, Seconder : Prof. R. Ramesh
1. A.P. Dimri. Impact of Horizontal Model Resolution and Orography on the Simulation of a Western
Disturbance and its Associated Precipitation. Meteorological Application, 2004, 11(2), 115 – 127.
(if=1.411, ci=18)
2. A.P. Dimri. Impact of Subgrid Scale Scheme on Topography and Landuse for better regional scale
simulation of meteorological variables over Western Himalayas. Climate Dynamics, 2009, 32, 565–574.
(if=4.602, ci=14)
3. A.P. Dimri and U.C. Mohanty. Simulation of Mesoscale Features Associated With Intense Western
Disturbances over Western Himalayas. Meteorological Application, 2009, 16, 289 – 308. (if=1.411, ci=10)
4. A.P. Dimri. Surface and Upper Air Fields during Extreme Winter Precipitation over Western Himalayas.
PAGEOPH, 2006, 163( 8), 1679 – 1698. (if=1.787, ci=9)
5. U.C. Mohanty and A.P. Dimri. Location Specific Prediction of Probability of Occurrence and Quantity of
Precipitation over Western Himalayas. Weather and Forecasting, 2004, 19(3), 520 – 533. (if=2.1, ci=8)
6. A.P. Dimri and A. Ganju. Wintertime Seasonal scale Simulation over Western Himalayas using
RegCM3. PAGEOPH, 2007, 164(8-9), 1733-1746. (if=1.787, ci=7)
7. A.P. Dimri and U.C. Mohanty. Location Specific Prediction of Maximum and Minimum Temperature
over Western Himalayas. Meteorological Application, 2007, 14(1), 79-93. (if=1.411, ci=6)
8. A. P. Dimri and S.K. Dash. Wintertime Climatic Trends in the Western Himalayas. Climatic Change,
2012, 111, 3-4, 775-800. (if=3.385, ci=5)
9. A.P. Dimri. The Transport of Mass, Heat and Moisture over Western Himalayas during Winter Season.
Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2007, 90 (1-2), 49-63. (if=1.942, ci=5)
10. A.P. Dimri, U.C. Mohanty, O. P. Madan and N. Ravi. Statistical model based forecast of minimum and
maximum temperature at Manali. Current Science, 2002, 82(8), 997 – 1003. (if=0.897, ci=4)
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JUYAL, NAVIN CHANDRA (b 1958), Scientist-SF, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad - 380009
Dr Navin Juyal’s contribution in Quaternary geology of India virtually covers every possible geological
archive spanning through desert, fluvial system, lakes and glaciers. A continental record of monsoon
variability for the last 130 ka was reconstructed by him from the Thar desert margin demonstrating that at
multi-millennial time scale, the continental record is in conformity with the marine record of monsoon
variability. He also indicated that the dune dynamics in the desert margin followed a north-south
precipitation gradient. In the Central Himalaya, using relict lake succession he established that the
millennial scale monsoon variability were modulated by North Atlantic climate cycles, whereas the
centennial scale events were driven by changing snow and ice cover over the Himalaya and Tibet. Dr
Juyal was first to demonstrate that the radiocarbon ages on lake organic carbon of the Himalayan lakes
suffer from variable amount of dead radiocarbon contamination hence are overestimated. Detailed
incisive studies that he carried out in the Alaknanda valley suggested that compared to the tectonics,
monsoon variability dominated in the development of fluvial landforms during the late Quaternay. On the
pattern of glaciation in the Central Himalaya he could establish that the maximum extent of valley
glaciation (~3000 m) was structurally controlled prior to LGM. Recognising the high impact research done
by him, Government of India presented him the prestigious National Geoscience award last year. Thus in
the present Indian milieu, a meticulous field geologist like him who can keep such a high tempo of
research needs to be recognized.
Proposer: Prof. L. S. Chamyal, Seconder: Dr. V. P. Dimri
1. N. Juyal, L. S. Chamyal, S. Bhandari, R. Bhushan and A.K. Singhvi (2006). Continental record of the
southwest monsoon during the last 130 ka: evidence from the southern margin of the Thar desert, India.
Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 2632−2650. (IF= 4.675, CI= 52)
2. P. Srivastava, N. Juyal, A.K. Singhvi and R.J. Wasson (2001). Luminescence chronology of river
adjustment and incision of Quaternary sediments in the alluvial plains of Sabarmati river, north Gujarat,
India, Geomorphology, 36, 217−229. (IF= 2.879, CI= 49)
3. N. Juyal, Rachna Raj, D.M. Maurya, L. S. Chamyal and A. K. Singhvi (2000). Chronology of Late
Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental changes in the lower Mahi basin, Western India Journal of Quaternary
Science, 15, 501-508. (IF= 2.308, CI= 42)
4. N. Juyal, A. K. Singhvi and K. W. Glennie (1998). Chronology and palaeoenvironmental significance of
Quaternary desert sediments in south-eastern Arabia. In Alsharhan, Glennie, Whittle and Kandall (Eds.)
Quaternary desert and climate change, Balkema, Rotterdam, 315−325. (CI= 40)
5. Kar, A.K. Singhvi, S. N. Rajaguru, N. Juyal, J. V. Thomas, D. Banerjee and R. P. Dhir (2001).
Reconstruction of the late Quaternary environment of the lower Luni plains, Thar Desert, India. Journal of
Quaternary Science, 16, 61−68. (IF= 2.308, CI= 33)
6. N. Juyal, A. Kar, S.N. Rajaguru, and A.K. Singhvi (2003). Luminescence chronology of aeolian
deposition during the Late Quaternary on the southern margin of the Thar Desert, India. Quaternary
International, 104, 87−98. (IF= 2.00, CI= 33)
7. N. Juyal, R. K. Pant, N. Basavaiah, M.G. Yadava, N. K. Saini and A. K. Singhvi (2004). Climate and
seismicity in the Higher Central Himalaya during the last 20 ka: evidences from Garbayang basin,
Uttranchal, India. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 213, 315−330 (IF= 2.991, CI= 23)
8. M. M. Kimothi and N. Juyal (1996). Environmental impact assessment of a few selected watersheds of
Chamoli district (Central Himalaya) using remotely sensed data. International Journal of Remote Sensing.
17, 1391−1405. (IF= 1.089, CI= 21)
9. R. J. Wasson, N. Juyal, M., Jaiswal, M. McCulloch, M. M. Sarin, V. Jain, P. Srivastava and A. K.
Singhvi (2008). The Mountain-Lowland Debate: Deforestation and Sediment Transport in the upper
Ganges Catchment. Journal of Environment Management, 88, 53−61. (IF= 3.245, CI= 12)
10. N. Juyal, R.K. Pant, N. Basavaiah, R. Bhushan, M. Jain, N. K. Saini, M.G. Yadava and A.K. Singhvi
(2009). Reconstruction of Late Glacial to early Holocene monsoon variability from relict lake sediments of
the Higher Central Himalaya, Uttrakhand, India. Journal of Asian Earth Science, 34, 437−449. (IF= 2.152,
CI= 11)
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KAMESH RAJU, KATTOJU ATCHUTA (b 1958), Chief Scientist, CSIR - National Institute of
Oceanography, Goa – 403004
Magnetic anomalies in the central Indian Ocean Basin were identified using seafloor spreading modeling
and documented the spreading rate changes occurred as a consequence of onset of India-Eurasia
collision during the 23 anomaly time (53 m.y.) [Kamesh Raju and Ramprasad, 1989]. The evolution of 79
E fracture zone in the fast and slow spreading regimes was inferred and lithospheric thickness estimates
were provided by combining thermal structure and the free-air gravity field [Kamesh Raju et al., 1993].
Ridge segmentation, magma upwelling and oceanic core complexes were identified over Central Indian
Ridge (CIR) using gravity, magnetics and swath bathymetry [Kamesh Raju et al., 1997; Kamesh Raju et
al., 2012]. Magmatic and amagmatic accretionary segments over the slow spreading Carlsberg ridge (CR)
were identified using swath bathymetry and magnetic inversion [Kamesh Raju et al., 2008]. Evidence for
two prominent hydrothermal fields over the CR was provided [Ray, Kamesh Raju et al., 2012]. New
insights into the evolution of the Andaman backarc basin were provided with integrated interpretation of
swath bathymetry, magnetics, seismics and seismological data [Kamesh Raju et al., 2004]. The role of
West Andaman Fault in governing the nucleation and growth of rupture zones associated with megathrust
earthquakes was inferred using gravity modeling, seismics, swath bathymetry and seismological data
[Kamesh Raju et al., 2007]. A cratered seamount has been mapped at the center of the Nicobar
Earthquake swarm region and it is suggested that the cratered seamount represents a volcano that was
active in the recent past [Kamesh Raju et al., 2012].
Proposer : Dr. K.S. Krishna, Seconder : Dr. M. Dileep Kumar
1. Kamesh Raju, K.A., Ramprasad, T., Rao, P.S., Ramalingeswara Rao, B. and Juby Varghese, 2004.
New insights into the tectonic evolution of the Andaman backarc basin, northeast Indian Ocean, Earth
and Planetary Science Letters, 221, 145 -162. (IF=4.18, CI=54)
2. Kamesh Raju, K.A., Ramprasad, T., Kodagali, V. N. and Nair, R.R., 1993. Multibeam Bathymetric,
Gravity and Magnetic studies over 79 E fracture zone, Central Indian Basin. Journal of Geophysical
Research, 98, 9605-9618. (IF=3.021, CI=25)
3. Kamesh Raju, K.A. and Ramprasad, T., 1989. Magnetic lineations in the Central Indian Basin for the
period A24-A21: a study in relation to the Indian Ocean Triple Junction Trace. Earth and Planetary
Science letters, 95, 395-402. (IF=4.18, CI=19)
4. Kamesh Raju, K.A., 1993. Magnetic lineations, Fracture zones and Seamounts, Central Indian Basin,
Marine Geology, 109,195-201.(IF=2.263, CI=19)
5. Kamesh Raju, K. A., G. P. S. Murty, D. Amarnath, and M. L. M. Kumar, 2007. The west Andaman fault
and its influence on the aftershock pattern of the recent megathrust earthquakes in the AndamanSumatra region, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L03305, doi: 10.1029/2006GL028730. (IF=3.792, CI=18)
6. Kamesh Raju, K.A., Ramprasad, T. and Subrahmanyam, C., 1997. Multibeam sonar, gravity and
magnetic investigations over a segment of the Central Indian Ridge, Indian Ocean. Geo-Marine Letters,
17, 195-201. (IF=1.472, CI=14)
7. Subrahmanyam, C., Gireesh, R., Shyam Chand, K. A. Kamesh Raju, D. Gopala Rao 2008.
Geophysical characteristics of the Ninetyeast Ridge – Andaman Island arc/trench convergent zone, Earth
Planet Sci. Lett., 266, 29-45. (IF=4.18, CI=14)
8. Rao, P.S., Kamesh Raju, K.A., Ramprasad, T., Nagender Nath, B., Ramalingeswara Rao, B., Rao,
Ch.M. Nair, R.R., 1996. Evidence for hydrothermal activity in the Andaman Backarc Basin. Current
Science, 70, 379-385. (IF=0.935, CI=8)
9. Kamesh Raju, K.A., 2005. Three-phase tectonic evolution of the Andaman backarc basin. Curr. Sci. 89,
1932-1937. (IF=0.935, CI=7)
10.Ray, Durbar., Kamesh Raju K. A., Edward T. Baker, Srinivas Rao A., Abhay V. Mudholkar, John E.
Lupton, Surya Prakash L., Rekha B. Gawas, Vijaya Kumar T., 2012. Hydrothermal plumes over the
Carlsberg Ridge, Indian Ocean. GEOCHEM. GEOPHYS. GEOSYS. 13, 1-15, doi:
10.1029/2011GC003888 (IF = 3.368)
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MAJUMDAR, TAPAN JYOTI (b 1950), Ex-CSIR Emeritus Scientist, SAC (ISRO), Ahmedabad
Dr. T. J. Majumdar’s scientific contributions are: Development of techniques to derive geoid/gravity
anomaly using satellite altimeter data e.g. ERS, GEOSAT/TOPEX/SARAL over the Indian offshore. An
Atlas of Satellite-derived geoid/gravity over Indian offshore published first time. Joint Gravity Image
generation over Indian Subcontinent (including offshore) is attempted using Altimetry/Terrestrial data.
Participated in Technology Transfer Program of Satellite Geoid/Gravity Technique to KDMIPE (ONGC),
Dehradun in 2009 for Offshore Oil Exploration. Surface temperature modeling/thermal inertia mapping
using visible/thermal infrared data for on-land oil/mineral exploration. Disaster/earthquake occurrences
monitoring using satellite gravity and thermal IR data. Generation of SAR Interferometry techniques for
geological hazards assessment over Kachchh, Latur and Sumatra earthquake-prone regions. Other
activities include natural offshore oil seepage mapping using SAR/OCM data over Krishna – Godavari
offshore, satellite data fusion and analysis over Singhbhum Shear Zone for lithological mapping, Antarctic
sea ice monitoring using SSM/I and altimeter data, bathymetry prediction over western/eastern offshore
using satellite altimeter data, delineation of continental margins in the Indian offshore using satellite
geoid/gravity data, utilization of GRACE/GOCE geoid anomaly over the Andaman-Sumatra convergence
zone for study of the Swarm activities and their impact in lithospheric zone, etc. Dr. Majumdar has 94
publications (57 International and 37 National Journals) in applications to Geophysical Remote Sensing.
Co-Authors in two Books titled "Trends in Geological Remote Sensing", by Rawat Publications and
“Geospatial Technologies & Climate Change” by Springer.
Proposer: Dr. K. S. Krishna, Seconder:Dr. R. Sridharan
1. Majumdar, T J, Mohanty, K K, Mishra, D C, and Arora, K, 2001, Gravity image generation over the
Indian subcontinent using NGRI/EGM96 and ERS-1 altimeter data. Current Science, 80 (4), 542-554. (IF:
0.91; Citations: 10) (if=0.91, ci=10)
2. Majumdar, T J, 2003, Regional thermal inertia mapping over the Indian subcontinent using INSAT-1D
VHRR data and its possible geological applications. International Journal of Remote Sensing (Cover
Page Article), 24 (11), 2207-2220. (if=1.14, ci=11)
3. Rajesh, S, and Majumdar, T J, 2004, Generation of 3-D geoidal surface of the Bay of Bengal
lithosphere and its tectonic implications. International Journal of Remote Sensing (Cover Page
Publication), 25 (15), 2897-2902. (if=1.14, ci=11)
4. Sreenivasan, G., and Majumdar, T. J., 2006, Mapping of Antarctic sea ice in the depletion phase : an
indicator of climatic change? Current Science (Cover Page Publication), 19 (6), 851-857. (if=0.91, ci=3)
5. Majumdar, T. J., Bhattacharyya, R., and Chatterjee, S., 2007, On the utilization of ENVISAT AATSR
data for geological/hydrological applications. Acta Astronautica, 60 (2007) 899-905. (if=0.701, ci=8)
6. Pal, S. K., Majumdar, T. J., and Bhattacharya, A. K., 2007, ERS-2 SAR and IRS-1C LISS III data
fusion: a PCA approach to improve remote sensing based geological interpretation. ISPRS Journal of
Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing, 61 (2007) 281-297. (if=3.435, ci=25)
7. Chatterjee, S., Bhattacharyya, R., and Majumdar, T. J., 2007, Generation and study of high resolution
satellite gravity over the Sumatran earthquake region. International Journal of Remote Sensing (Tsunami
Edition), 28 (13 & 14), 2915 – 2925. (if=1.14, ci=3)
8. Krishna, K S, Laju, M, Bhattacharyya, R, and Majumdar, T J, 2009, Study of geoid and gravity anomaly
data of conjugate regions of Bay of Bengal and Enderby Basin – new constraints on breakup and
spreading history between India and Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B03102,
doi:10.1029/2008JB005808, 21 p. (if=3.021, ci=25)
9. Majumdar, T. J., Bhattacharyya, R., Chatterjee, S. and Krishna, K. S., 2009, Utilization of high
resolution satellite geoid data for lithospheric thicknesses estimation in the Bay of Bengal. Indian J. of
Marine Sciences (Cover Page Article), 38(4), 382-389. (if=0.563, ci=1)
10. Majumdar, T J, 2013, Geomorphological characteristics identification from remote sensing along with
surface temperature anomaly and SAR Interferometry related studies and their correlation with
earthquake occurrences in Gujarat. Natural Hazards, 69 (1), 729-747, October 2013, DOI
10.1007/s11069-013-0731-x. (if=1.96, ci=--)
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NITTALA, RAO VENKATA CHALAPATHI (b 1969), Associate Professor, Department of Geology,
Centre of Advanced Study, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
The nominee has ventured in 1990’s to embark on a consistent and enduring research, published in
several high impact journals, on the petrology and geochemistry of kimberlites, lamproites, lamprophyres,
and their crustal as well mantle xenoliths which resulted in establishing an important school of deeper
mantle petrology in India. He made path-breaking and original contributions which enriched our
understanding of the mantle processes through geological time. His innovative researches demonstrated
as to how such small-volume melt products such as kimberlites, lamproites and lamprophyres – together
with their entrained xenoliths- can shed significant insights into, seemingly unrelated, large-scale
geodynamic aspects such as original spatial extent of the Proterozoic (Purana) sedimentary basins and
the Deccan flood basalts as well as in our understanding of the mantle-plume lithosphere interactions. He
has also contributed to the petrological studies in India by establishing EPMA laboratories at IBM, Nagpur
and BHU, varanasi.
Proposer : Prof Somnath Dasgupta, Seconder : Prof Talat Ahmad
1. M.Venkateshwarlu and N.V.Chalapathi Rao (2013) New palaeomagnetic and rock magnetic results on
Mesoproterozoic kimberlites from the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: Towards constraining
India’s position in Rodinia Precambrian Research, v.224, pp. 588-596 (if=6.023, ci=8)
2. N.V.Chalapathi Rao and B.Lehmann (2011) Kimberlites, Flood basalts and mantle plumes: New
insights from the Deccan Large Igneous Province. Earth-Science Reviews, v.107, pp. 315-324 (if=7.213,
ci=45)
3. N.V. Chalapathi Rao, B. Lehmann, D. Mainkar and B. Belyatsky (2011) Petrogenesis of the endCretaceous diamondiferous Behradih kimberlite pipe, Bastar craton: Implication for mantle-plume
lithosphere interaction in Central India. Contributions to the Mineralogy and Petrology, v.161, pp. 721742 (if=3.23, ci=37)
4. N.V. Chalapathi Rao , G. Kamde, H.S.Kale and A.Dongre (2010) Petrogenesis of the Mesoproterozoic
lamproites from the Krishna Valley, Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India.Precambrian Research,
v.177, pp. 103-130. (if=6.023, ci=36)
5. N.V.Chalapathi Rao and R.K. Srivastava (2009) Petrology and geochemistry of Mesoproterozoic
diamondiferous kimberlites from the Wajrakarur kimberlite field, Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India:
Constraints on their genesis and mantle source regions. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 2009,
v.157, pp. 245-265. (if=3.23, ci=39)
6. A.Dongre, N.V.Chalapathi Rao and G. A. Kamde (2008) Limestone xenolith from the Siddanpalli
kimberlite, Gadwal Granite-Greenstone terrane, Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India: Remnant of
Proterozoic platformal cover sequence of Bhima/Kurnool age? Journal of Geology, v.116, pp.184191. (if=2.69, ci=27)
7. N. V. Chalapathi Rao (2005) A petrological and geochemical reappraisal of the Mesoproterozoic
diamondiferous Majhgawan pipe of Central India: evidence for transitional kimberlite-lamproite-orangiete
(Group II kimberlite) rock type. Mineralogy and Petrology v.84, 69-106. (if=1.681, ci=32)
8. N. V. Chalapathi Rao*, S.A. Gibson, D.M.Pyle and A.P. Dickin (2004) Petrogenesis of Proterozoic
kimberlites and lamproites from the Cuddapah basin and the Dharwar craton, southern India. Journal of
Petrology v.45, pp. 907-948. (if=4.714, ci=93)
9. N.V.Chalapathi Rao, Miller, J.A., Gibson, S.A., Pyle, D.M. and V. Madhavan (1999) Precise 40Ar/ 39Ar
age determination of the Kotakonda kimberlite and Chelima lamproite, India: Implication for the timing of
mafic dyke swarm emplacement in the Eastern Dharwar craton, southern India. Journal of the Geological
Society of India v. 53, pp. 425-432. (if=0.59, ci=62)
10. N.v.chalapathi rao, R.K.Srivastava, A.K.Sinha and V.Ravikant (2014) Petrogenesis of Kerguelen
mantle plume-linked Early Cretaceous ultrapotassic intrusive rocks from the Gondwana sedimentary
basins, Damodar Valley, Eastern India, Earth-science Reviews, 136,96-120
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PRASAD, VANDANA (b 1963), Scientist E, Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow
Vandana Prasad is an internationally recognized paleobotanist whose focus interest lies in the field of
evolution and dispersal of tropical rain forest, paleoclimatology, paleogeography based on pollen data.
She has been instrumental in developing some novel lines of research to address issues of national and
international significance. She has used a new approach of processing Dinosaur coprolites (fossil dung)
and established the oldest record of grasses in India (Science 2005). In an extension of this work she has
shown that the rice tribe represented by subfamily Ehrhartoideae was also present long before the India
Asia collision (Nature Comm. 2011). These two first author papers have by themselves 191 citations. She
has also studied biotic turnover across Cretaceous-Tertiary and Paleocene-Eocene transition to
document climatic deterioration at low latitude during KT and PETM global events. A significant finding of
Dr Prasad, providing evidence of rain forest refugia at Western Ghats, India (J. Bio Sciences, 2009), has
generated considerable interest globally. She has used new approach i.e palynofacies analysis to
understand the process driven changes to document 3rd and 4th order sea level cycles in Vastan lignite
mine succession (Facies, 2011). Utilization of new proxies- grass phytoliths and marine dinoflagellate
cysts has been integrated by her to decipher Holocene climatic fluctuation and to evaluate climate-culture
relationship in western India. It may be appreciated that while there is a basal diversity in her work, her
new approach in solving various problems will have long term relevance in the earth science.
Proposer : Professor Ashok Sahni, Seconder : Professor Sunil Bajpai
1. Prasad, V., Stromberg, C.A.E., Alimohammadian, H, Sahni, A. 2005. Dinosaur coprolites and the early
evolution of Grasses and Grazers. Science, 310:1177-1180. (if=31.364, ci=252)
2. Saxena, A., Prasad, V., Singh, I.B., Chauhan, M. S. and Hasan, R 2006 On the Holocene record of
phytoliths of wild and cultivated rice from Ganga Plain: evidence for rice-based Agriculture, Curr. Sci. 90:
1547-1552. (if=0.897, ci=28)
3. Prasad, V., Phartiyal, B. and Sharma, A. 2007. Evidence of enhanced winter precipitation and the
prevalence of a cool and dry climate during the mid to late Holocene in mainland Gujarat, India,
Holocene, 17: 889-896. (if=2.772, ci=20)
4. Mertens K.N., Verhoeven, K., Verleye, T., Louwye, S., Amorim, A., Ribeiro, S., Deaf, A.S., Harding,
I.C., De Schepper, S., González, C., Kodrans-Nsiah, M., De Vernal, A, Henry, M., Radi, T., Dybkjaer, K.,
Poulsen, N.E., Feist-Burkhardt, S., Chitolie, J., Heilmann-Clausen, C., Londeix, L., Turon, J-L., Marret, F.,
Matthiessen, J., McCarthy, F.M.G., Prasad, V., Pospelova, V., Hughes, J.E.K., Riding, J.B., Rochon, A.,
Sangiorgi, F., Welters, N., Sinclair, N., Thun, C., Soliman, A., Van Nieuwenhove, N., Vink, A. and Young,
M., 2009. Determining the absolute abundance of dinoflagellate cysts in recent marine sediments: The
Lycopodium marker-grain method put to the test. Rev. Palaeobot. Palyno, 157: 238-252. (if=1.985, ci=38)
5. Prasad, V., Farooqui, A., Tripathi, S.K.M., Garg, R. and Thakur, B. 2009. Evidence of Late PaleoceneEarly Eocene equatorial rain forest refugia in southern Western Ghats, India. J. Bio. Sci., 34: 771979. (if=1.939, ci=26)
6. Clementz, M., Bajpai, S., Ravikant, V., Thewissen, J.G.M., Saravanan, N., Singh, I.B. and Prasad, V.
2011. Early Eocene warming events and the timing of terrestrial faunal exchange between India and Asia,
Geology, 39: 15-18 (if=4.026, ci=33)
7. Gertsch, B., Keller, G., Adatte, T., Garg, R. Prasad, V., Berner, Z., Fleitmann, D. 2011. Environmental
effects of Deccan volcanism across the Cretaceous–Tertiary transition in Meghalaya, India, Earth Planet.
Sci. Lett., 310: 272–285. (if=4.279, ci=25)
8. Prasad, V, Strömberg, C.A.E., Leaché, A.D., Samant, B., Patnaik, R., Tang, L., Mohabey, D.M., Ge, S.
and Sahni, A. 2011. Late Cretaceous origin of the rice tribe provides evidence for early diversification in
Poaceae, Nat. Commun., and 2:480 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1482. (if=10.742, ci=37)
9. Prasad, V., Singh, I.B., Bajpai, S., Garg, R., Thakur, B. & Singh, A. 2013. Palynofacies and
sedimentology based high resolution sequence stratigraphy of the lignite bearing muddy coastal deposits
of early Eocene age, Vastan lignite mine, Gujarat, India. Facies. DOI 10.1007/s10347-012-03558 (if=1.338, ci=05)
10. Vandana Prasad, Anjum Farooqui, Anupam Sharma, Binita Phartiyal, Supriyo Chakraborty, Subhash
Bhandari, Rachna Raj, Abha Singh, 2014, V Prasad, A Farooqui, A Sharma, B Phartiyal, S Chakraborty,
S Bhandari, ... Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 397, 38-51 (if=2.752, ci=08)
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RAJAN, KRISHNAN SUNDARA (b 1972), Associate Professor, and Head Lab for Spatial Informatics,
IIIT, Hyderabad
Dr. Rajan, 2013 Indian National Geospatial Awardee (Indian Society of Remote Sensing), is a wellrecognized academician and researcher in the field of Geo-Spatial Technologies and a multidisciplinarian with an application focus. His work covers all facets of Geospatial technologies - developing
new algorithms, techniques, and solutions in GI Systems and Science. Pioneering works in remote
sensing including time-series analysis for crop phenology estimation, feature extraction from high
resolution imagery; while in GI science it is spatio-temporal data mining techniques for climatic and health
studies, data structures for handling geometric data, space tessellations for green communications; and
work in GI systems include GML compression standards, direct rendering technology for Web-GIS.
Lately, has released these developed algorithms as Open Source code for improved technology adoption
and use – a pioneering act in Indian geospatial context. In addition, his unique contributions are in the
area of environmental modeling, his work on agent-based land use modeling through integration of multidisciplinary views of Human-Land–Water-Energy linkages and their environmental interactions. Current
works include modeling land use changes in Hyderabad agglomeration and land-water interactions in
Godavari River basin. This has led to being part of a range of international and national activities in the
related areas. He has more than 120 publications in Journals, peer-reviewed Conferences (including
Computer Science) and Books. Also has led more than 30 technology development and application
projects funded by Government and Industry, and been active in curricular/academic matters of other
Universities and Institutes in the country.
Proposer: Dr. B.L. Deekshatulu, Seconder:Dr. Parth Sarathi Roy
1. Deepak Rajamohan, Bhavana Gannu and Krishnan Sundara Rajan. 2015. MAARGHA: A Prototype
System for Road Condition and Surface Type Estimation by Fusing Multi-Sensor Data. ISPRS
International Journal of Geo-Information - 4(3):1225-1245. Primary idea was Awarded First Prize at
ISPRS Tracking and Imaging Challenge, Zurich, 2014. (if=Expected in June 2016, ci=1)
2. Parth S Roy, Krishnan S Rajan, and others. 2015. Development of Decadal (1985–1995–2005) Land
Use and Land Cover Database for India. Remote Sensing – 7(3):2401-2430. (if=3.18, ci=4)
3. Prasad PR, Lakshmi PM, Rajan KS, Bhole V and Dutt CBS. 2012. Tsunami and tropical Island
ecosystems - a meta-analysis of the studies in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Biodiversity and
Conservation- 21(2):309-322. DOI:10.1007/s10531-011-0191-0 (if=2.365, ci=5)
4. Gupta S and Rajan KS. 2011. Extraction of Training Samples from Time-Series MODIS imagery and its
utility for Land Cover Classification. International Journal of Remote Sensing- 32 (24) 9397-9413.
DOI:10.1080/01431161.2011.559488 (if=1.652, ci=3)
5. Sravanthi K, Rajan KS. 2011. Spatio-Temporal Mining of Core Regions: Study of Rainfall Patterns in
Monsoonal India. IEEE 13th International Conference on Data Mining Workshops 2011, pp. 30-37,
DOI:10.1109/ICDMW.2011.157 (if=(IEEE Conference Series), ci=6)
6. Prasad PR. Rajan KS, Dutt CBS and Roy PS. 2010. A conceptual framework to analyse the Land-use /
land-cover changes and its impact on phytodiversity – A case study of North Andaman Islands, India.
Biodiversity and Conservation. 19(11): 3073-3087. DOI 10.1007/s10531-010-9880-3 (if=2.365, ci=6)
7. Prasad PR, Reddy CS, Rajan KS, Raza SH and Dutt CBS. 2009. Assessment of Tsunami and
Anthropogenic Impacts on the forest of the North Andaman Islands, India. International Journal of
Remote Sensing- 30 (5) 1235 – 1249. DOI: 10.1080/01431160802460070(if=1.652, ci=11)
8. Wada Y, Rajan KS and Shibasaki R. 2007. Modeling the spatial distribution of shifting cultivation in
Luangprabang, Lao PDR. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 34(2) 261 – 278 (if=0.983,
ci=16)
9. Nautiyal S, Rajan KS, and Shibasaki R. 2005. Interaction of Biodiversity and Economic Welfare - A
Case Study from the Himalayas of India. Journal of Environmental Informatics. 6 (2) 111-119. (if=2.792,
ci=11)
10. Rajan KS, and Shibasaki R. 2000. A GIS based integrated land use/cover change model to study
human-land interactions. ISPRS International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and
Spatial Information Sciences – B33 (part 7): 1212-1219. (if=(ISPRS Conference Series), ci=16)
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RAY, JYOTISANKAR (b. 1958) Professor & Head, Geology Dept, University of Calcutta, Kolkata
Prof. Dr. Jyotisankar Ray’s innovative researches (on igneous rock- complexes) are commendable, as
Dr. Ray has
aptly coupled field studies on magmatic emplacements with modern sophisticated
instrumental methods for comprehensive petrological and geochemical investigations of several igneous
complexes of India/abroad. Dr. Ray’s outstanding researches on ophiolitic suites and ultramafic- maficalkaline- rock complexes have revealed important findings. His outstanding contributions have far
reaching impact on research on petrology and geochemistry of igneous rocks in this country. His
innovative research and sustained scientific contributions have already been recognised by geoscientists
of India and abroad. He is the recipient of M.R. Srinivasa Rao award (2012) conferred by the Geological
Society of India. Jyoti has about thirty years’ brilliant teaching and research- experience in the fields of
Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry and mineralogy and has published many excellent papers in different
peer- reviewed journals. Moreover, Jyoti has two edited book- publications to his credit. Nine students
have already obtained their doctoral degrees under the guidance of him. Jyoti was a postdoctoral
visiting scientist at University of Hawaii, USA (2003-2004). He had been to several overseas countries in
order to deliver invited lectures and/or attending international conferences/ symposia. Jyoti was the
session-conveners of three International seminars (organized by AOGS). Dr. Ray organizes frequent
seminars and workshops to exchange scientific views among geoscientists. Moreover he is handling a
number of sponsored research- projects and collaborating with many reputed scientists of India and
abroad. He is maintaining a very active group of researchers.
Proposer: Prof. Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay, Seconder: Prof. Dhrubajyoti Chattopadhyay
1. Singh M.R., Manikyamba C., Ray Jyotisankar, Ganguly S., Santosh M., Saha A.,Rambabu S.
and Sawant S.S. (2016): Major, trace and platinum group element(PGE)geochemistry of Archean Iron
Ore Group and Proterozoic Malangtoli metavolcanic rocks of Singhbhum Craton, Eastern India :
Inferences on mantle melting and sulphur saturation history. Ore Geology Reviews, 72, pp.1263-1289
Impact factor= 3.558, cited by 3
2. Manikyamaba C, Ray Jyotisankar, Ganguly S., Singh M. R., Santosh M., Saha A. and Satyanarayanan
M. (2015): Boninitic metavolcanic rocks and island arc tholeiites from the Older Metamorphic Group
(OMG) of Singhbhum craton, eastern India : geochemical evidence for Archean subduction processes.
Precambrian Research v.271, pp.138-159. Impact factor= 5.664
3 . Ghosh Biswajit, Ray Jyotisankar, and Morishita T. (2014): Grain-scale plastic deformation of Chromite
from podiform chromitite of the Naga- Manipur Ophiolite belt,India : implication to mantle dynamics. Ore
Geology Reviews.v.56,pp. 199-208.Impact factor= 3.558, cited by 12
4. Ray Jyotisankar, Saha Abhishek, Koeberl Christian, Thoni Martin,Ganguly Sohini and Hazra Sampa
(2013): Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Proterozoic Mafic Rocks from East Khasi Hills, Shillong
Plateau, Northeastern India. Precambrian Research, 230, pp.119-137. Impact factor= 5.664, cited by 6
5. Ray Jyotiranjan S, Mahoney J.J., Duncan Robert A., Ray Jyotisankar, Wessel P.and Naar David
(2012): Chronology and Geochemistry of Lavas from the Nazca Ridge and Easter Seamount Chain: an
30 Myr Hotspot record. Journal of Petrology.v.53 (7),pp.1417-1448 , Impact factor=4.714, cited by 13
6. Mukhopadhyay, Sarmistha, Ray Jyotisankar, Chattopadhyay,B., Sengupta,S.,Ghosh, B.and
Mukhopadhyay,S.(2011):Significance of Mineral Chemistry of Syenites and associated rocks of Elagiri
complex, Southern Granulite Terrane of the Indian Shield. Jour. Geol. Soc. India. v.77 (2),pp. 113-129.,
Impact factor=0.596, cited by 5
7. Mukhopadhyay Sarmistha, Ray Jyotisankar, Balaram, V.,Keshav Krishna, A., Ghosh,B. and
Mukhopadhyay,S. (2011):Geochemistry and petrogenesis of syenites and associated rocks of the Elagiri
complex, Southern Granulite Terrane, India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Elsevier.v.42, pp.12561270. (Impact factor= 2.301) Impact factor=3.190 cited by 2
8. Ray Jyotisankar, Saha A., Ganguly S., Balaram V., Keshav Krishna A. and Hazra S (2011)
Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Neoproterozoic Mylliem Granitoids, Meghalaya Plateau,Northeastern
India. Jour. Earth Sys. Sci, v.120 (3), pp.459-473. Impact factor= 0.820, cited by 5
9. Saha A., Ganguly S., Ray Jyotisankar, and Chatterjee N. (2010): Evaluation of phase chemistry and
petrochemical aspects of Samchampi-Samteran differentiated alkaline complex of Mikir Hills,
Northeastern India. Jour. Earth Sys. Sci.v.119 (5), pp.675-699. Impact factor= 0.820, cited by 8
10. Ghosh B, Mahoney J. and Ray Jyotisankar (2007): Mayodia ophiolites of Arunachal Pradesh, NorthEastern Himalaya, India. Jour. .Geological Society of India, v.70, no. 4,pp.595-604. Impact factor=0.596,
cited by 4
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SRIKANTHAN, RAMACHANDRAN
380009
(b 1967), Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Prof. Ramachandran is an expert in aerosol science. He has worked extensively on the measurements of
aerosol properties using state-of-the-art techniques as well as modeling their impacts on radiation budget,
atmospheric temperature and climate using atmospheric climate models. He has set up a laboratory to
measure physical, chemical and optical properties of aerosols as well as solar radiation. This combination
of measurements is very unique as this can be directly used to validate aerosol radiative forcing
estimated by models. He studied the effect of Mt. Pinatubo volcanic eruption in the atmosphere over India
using a high-power lidar and insitu measurements of aerosols using balloon-borne Sun-scanning
photometers. These detailed studies constituted a complete investigation of formation, evolution and
decay of volcanic aerosols over India (Ramachandran et al.,2000). He did very detailed measurements of
aerosol characteristics such as size spectrum, optical depth, scattering and absorption etc. from different
regions in India and oceanic regions surrounding India (Ramachandran, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009). He
utilized these aerosol properties obtained insitu and from remote sensing to estimate aerosol radiative
forcing using different atmospheric models (Ramachandran, 2005, 2010). He showed that not only
physical and optical characteristics are important in radiative forcing estimates but the type
(natural/anthropogenic) leading to very different chemical properties also play significant role
(Ramachandran et al., 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015). He was a Lead Author of IPCC’s Fourth
Assessment Report which shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 and was a Co-author of the Scientific
Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2010.
Proposer: Prof. Shyam Lal, Seconder:Prof. Anjan Joshipura
1. S. Ramachandran, V. Ramaswamy, G.L. Stenchikov and A.Robock, Radiative impact of the Mt.
Pinatubo volcanic eruption: Lower stratospheric response, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105,
24,409-24,429, 2000. (if=3.44, ci=83)
2. S. Ramachandran and T.A. Rajesh, Black carbon aerosol mass concentrations over Ahmedabad, an
urban location in western India: Comparison with urban sites in Asia, Europe, Canada and USA, Journal
of Geophysical Research, 112, D06211, doi:10.1029/2006JD007488, 2007. Impact Factor 3.44, Citation
index: 94 (if=3.44, ci=94)
3. S. Ramachandran, R. Rengarajan, A. Jayaraman, M.M. Sarin and S. K. Das, Aerosol radiative forcing
during clear, hazy and foggy conditions over a continental polluted location in north India, Journal of
Geophysical Research, 111, D20214, doi: 10.1029/2006JD007142, 2006. (if=3.44, ci=60)
4. S. Ramachandran and A. Jayaraman, Premonsoon aerosol mass loadings and size distributions over
the Arabian Sea and the tropical Indian Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 4738,
doi:10.1029/2002JD002386, 2002 (if=3.44, ci=55)
5. S. Ramachandran and S. Kedia, Black carbon aerosols over an urban region: Radiative forcing and
climate impact, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, D10202, doi:10.1029/2009JD013560,
2010. (if=3.44, ci=59)
6. S. Ramachandran, Aerosol optical depth and fine mode fraction variations deduced from Moderate
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) over four urban areas in India, Journal of Geophysical
Research,112, D12607, doi:10.1029/2007JD008500, 2007 (if=3.44, ci=48)
7. A. Jayaraman, D. Lubin, S. Ramachandran, V. Ramanathan, E. Woodbridge, W.D. Collins and K.S.
Zalpuri, Direct observations of aerosol radiative forcing over the tropical Indian Ocean during the Jan-Feb
1996 Pre-INDOEX cruise, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 13,827-13,836, 1998. (if=3.44, ci=176)
8. G.L. Stenchikov, A. Robock, V. Ramaswamy, M.D. Schwarzkopf, K. Hamilton and S. Ramachandran,
Arctic Oscillation Response to the 1991 Mount Pinatubo Eruption: Effects of Volcanic Aerosols and
Ozone Depletion, Journal of Geophysical Research, 107, 4803, doi:10.1029/2002JD002090,
2002 (if=3.44, ci=144)
9. G. Habib, C. Venkataraman, I. Chiapello, S. Ramachandran, O. Boucher and M.S. Reddy, Seasonal
and interannual variability in absorbing aerosols over India derived from TOMS: Relationship to regional
meteorology and emissions, Atmospheric Environment, 40, 1909-1921, 2006 (if=3.06, ci=75)
10. S. Ramachandran, and R. Cherian, Regional and seasonal variations in aeroS. Ramachandran, and
R. Cherian, Regional and seasonal variations in aerosol optical characteristics and their frequency
distributions over India during 200-2005, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, D19208, doi:
10.1029/2007JD008560, 2008. distributions over India during 200-2005, Journal of Geophysical
Research, 113, D19208, doi:10.1029/2007JD008560, 2008 (if=3.44, ci=56)
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TIWARI, RAGHAVENDRA PRASAD (b 1959), Professor, Department of Geology, Mizoram University,
Aizawl, MIZORAM
R. P. Tiwari pioneered palaeobiological and biostratigraphic researches in Northeastern India with special
reference to Cenozoic deltaic to marine depositional sequences in Mizoram. He discovered several new
fossiliferous horizons, reported twenty new species amongst invertebrates, fishes, plants and ichnofossils from Tertiaries of Northeast India. This enabled him to establish five molluscan biozones in Tertiary
of Mizoram and two in Garo Hills, Meghalaya and in deciphering depositional environment of Surma
succession and palaeobathymetry of depositional basin. This is regarded as fundamental contribution in
stratigraphy of Northeast serving now as a basis for regional correlations. Discovery of Nypa fruticans
from Oligocene of Upper Assam and Miocene of Mizoram led him to fix the position of India in the
continental assembly. His Miocene locality in Mizoram yielding skeletons of marine fishes is the second
such locality in the entire Central Indo-Pacific region. This is one of the unique reports on a global basis of
equatorial low latitude deep sea fish assemblage. His research on Cenozoic palaeobiology and
biostratigraphy focuses on the chronology of suturing of the eastern margin of India with the Shan Block,
and in elucidating the progression of geodynamic processes. Whilst advancing researches in
palaeobiology and biostratigraphy, he also established laboratories for GPS geodesy and
palaeomagnetism designed to study regional geodynamics and has trained man-power in these areas.
His findings appeared in IF journals (IF~42.522) and are well cited (~422**), I10-index 18 hIndex 12.
Proposer : Prof. Anil K. Gupta, Seconder : Dr. V. P. Dimri
1. Tiwari, R. P., Ralte, V. Z., Zoramthara, C., Srivastava, G., Mehrotra, R. C., Paul, S. and Dutta, S. Fossil
Leaves in Amber from the Bhuban Formation, Mizoram India Hima. Geol., 36(1): 33-38, 2015 (if=0.490. ,
ci=0)
2. Tiwari, R. P, Rajkonwar, C. and Patel, S. C. Funalichnus bhubani isp. nov. from Bhuban Formation,
Surma Group (Lower -Middle Miocene) of Aizawl, Mizoram, India. PLoS ONE, 8(10):e77839. DoI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0077839 (October, 2013). (if=3.534, ci=4)
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4. Mahesh, P., Catherine, J. K., Gahalaut, V. K., Bhaskar, K., Ambikapathy, A., Bansal, A., Premkishore,
L., Narsaiah, M., Ghavri, S., Chadha, R. K., Choudhary, P., Singh, D. K., Singh, S. K., Kumar, S., Tiwari,
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measurements, Gondwana Research, 22: 1068-1072. (if=6.659 , ci=17)
5. Sridevi Jade, Malay Mukul, Anjan Kumar Bhattacharyya, M.S.M. Vijayan, Saigeetha Jaganathan,
Ashok Kumar, R.P. Tiwari, Arun Kumar, S. Kalita, S.C. Sahu, A.P. Krishna, S.S. Gupta, M.V.R.L. Murthy
and V.K. Gaur, 2007. Estimates of interseismic deformation in Northeast India from GPS measurements,
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6. Mehrotra, R. C., Tiwari R. P. and Majumdar, B. I. 2003. Nypa megafossil from the Tertiary sediments of
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Miocene of Mizoram, India, Tertiary Research, 20(1-4): 79-84. (if=0,210, ci=18)
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10. Tiwari, R. P. and Bannikov, A.F. 2001. Early Miocene marine fishes from the Surma Group, Mizoram
India, Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Verona, 25: 11-26, Geologia Paleontologia
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VYSETTI, BALARAM (b 1951), CSIR - Emeritus Scientist, NGRI, Hyderabad
Dr. Balaram made invaluable contributions in the areas of geochemistry, marine geochemistry, mineral
exploration (gold & PGE), analytical and environmental geochemistry. Some of his contributions are very
novel and innovative from India’s point of view. He has published over 270 papers in international peerreviewed journals, some of them having very high impact factor, with currently ~1610 citations (h-index 22
& i10-index 41) and guided 4 PhD students, few postdoctoral and hundreds of PG students from different
universities across the country. He developed a world-class Geochemical Laboratory with state-of-the-art
analytical instrumentation at CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, which has been helping
several active research groups across the country even today. He is also recipient of several prestigious
National and International Awards such as "National Mineral Award" from Government of India, "S.
Narayanaswamy Award" from Geological Society of India (for his contributions in economic geology),
"Eminent Mass Spectroscopist Award" from Indian Society of Mass Spectrometry, "Mantripragada Gold
Medal” from Indian Society of Applied Geochemists (for his contributions in mass spectrometry &
analytical geochemistry) for his outstanding contributions towards the development of scientific research
in the above areas. He was also the Leader of Regional Committee, Central Working Group for India for
“International Geochemical Mapping Programme” (IGCP 360) during 1994-97. He has popularized
science by delivering > 350 lectures in > 200 academic institutions across the country and also in several
other countries in all 6 continents during the last 25 years. He is also mentor in ~ 40 DST INSPIRE
Science Camps in 11 states in India.
Proposer : Dr. S,S,Roy, Seconder : Prof. Alok Gupta
1. 163. Balaram, V and Gnaneswara Rao T (2003) Rapid determination of REE and other trace elements
in geological samples by microwave acid digestion and ICP-MS. ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY, 24(6)206212 (if=1.06, ci=123)
2. 144. Chandrasekhar, K, Kamala, C.T., Chary, N.S. Balaram, V and Gregorio Garcio (2005) Potential of
Hemidesmns indicus for Phytoextraction of lead from industrially contaminated soils. CHEMOSPHERE,
58: 507-514. (if=3.599, ci=75)
3. 161. Chandrasekhar, K., Chary, N.S., Kamala, C.T., Venkateswara Rao, J., Balaram, V and
Anjaneyulu, Y (2003) Risk assessment and pathway study of arsenic in industrially contaminated sites of
Hyderabad: a case study. ENVIRONMENTAL INTERNATIONAL, 29: 601-611 (if=4.786, ci=62)
4. 246. Nagendranath, B., Balaram, V., Sudhakar, M. and Pluger, W.L. (1992) Rare Earth Element
Geochemistry of Ferromanganese Deposits from the Indian Ocean. MARINE CHEMISTRY, V. 38, 185208 (if=2.751, ci=58)
5. 188. Mazumdar, A., Banerjee, D.M.,Schidlowski, M and Balaram, V. (1999) Rare-earth elements and
stable isotope geochemistry of early Cambrian chert-phosphorite assemblages from the Lower Tal
formation of the Krol Belt (Lesser Himalaya, India). CHEMICAL GEOLOGY, 156:275-297. (if=3.985,
ci=54)
6. 241. Manikyamba, C., Balaram, V. and Naqvi, S.M. (1993) Geochemical signatures of polygenecity of
Banded Iron Formation (BIF) of Archean Greenstone belt (Schist belt). Karnataka, Nucleus, India.
PRECAMBRIAN RESEARCH, Vo. 61, 137-164 (if=4.380, ci=53)
7. Balaram, V. (1996) Recent Trends in the Instrumental Analysis of Rare Earth Elements in Geological
and Industrial Materials. TRENDS IN ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY, 15: 475-486. (if=6.623, ci=52)
8. Balaram, V., Ramesh, S.L and Anjaiah, K.V. (1996) New trace element and REE data in 13 GSF
reference samples by ICP-MS. GEOSTANDARDS NEWSLETTER, 20: 71-78. (if=3.015, ci=51)
9. 134. Chandra Mouli P., Venkata Mohan S., Balaram V., Praveen Kumar and Jayarama Reddy (2006) A
study on trace elemental composition of atomospheric aerosols at a semi-arid urban site using ICP-MS
technique. ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, 40:136-146. (if=3.435, ci=50)
10. 127. Parijat Roy, Balaram V Anil Kumar, Satyanarayanan, M and Gnaneshwara Rao (2007) New REE
and Trace Element Data on Two International Kimberlitic Reference Materials by ICP-MS. JOURNAL OF
GEOSTANDARDS AND GEOANALYTICAL RESEARCH. V. 31(3), 261-273. (if=3.015, ci=45)
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BANSAL, ABHEY RAM (b 1968), Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute,
Uppal Road, Hyderabad – 500007
He studied dynamic triggering due to large earthquakes at considerable distances and found non-volcanic
tremors and earthquake triggering at four new places in Koyna-Warna, India; Indonesia and Vietnam. He
studied temporal changes in the seismicity for understanding precursory behavior of the seismicity and
found seismic activation ~ 4.5 years (an intermediate term precursor) before the mega event, 2004 in the
Sumatran region. He established a strong motion network in Kumaon Himalaya and estimated quality
factor Qβ(f) = (29 ± 1.2)f(1.1 ± 0.06) for the region. He developed a method for finding reliable depths of
sub-surface structures from potential field data for fractal distribution of sources. He derived a high
resolution gravity data for offshore India by reprocessing satellite altimetry where small geophysical
anomalies suitable for hydrocarbon exploration are better resolved. He proposed a method for estimation
of Curie depth from aeromagnetic data. He proposed an anisotropic self-affine covariance gravity and
bathymetry model for the Bay of Bengal important for interpolation of the data. The computation of Hurst
coefficients from noisy and short length datasets is difficult task thus he proposed robust way of
computing. The methods developed by him are found superior as compared to existing methods and
applied worldwide for finding depth of anomalous sources from potential field data suitable for Mineral,
Hydrocarbon and Groundwater exploration. Dr. Bansal is well recognized by various awards nationally:
National Mineral Award, K.S. Krishnan Gold Medal; internationally: Visiting Professor, the University of
Tokyo; Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Fellowship; JSPS invitation fellowship etc.
Proposer: Dr. V. P. Dimri, Seconder:Dr. R. K. Chadha
1. Bansal, A. R. and Ogata, Y., 2013, A non-stationary epidemic type aftershock sequence model for
seismicity prior to the 26 December 2004, M 9.1 Sumatra-Andaman Islands mega-earthquake, Journal of
Geophysical Research, 118, 1-14, DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50068. (if=3.426, ci=12)
2. Bansal, A. R., G. Gabriel, V. P. Dimri and C.M. Krawczyk, 2011, Estimation of the depth to the bottom
of magnetic sources by a modified centroid method for fractal distribution of sources: an application to
aeromagnetic data in Germany, Geophysics, 76(3), L11-22.(if=1.759, ci=31)
3. Bansal, A. R., Gabriel, G., Dimri, V. P., 2010, Power law distribution of susceptibility and density and its
relation to seismic properties: An example from the German Continental Deep Drilling Program (KTB),
Journal of Applied Geophysics, 72, 123–128.(if=1.500, ci=21)
4. Sreejith, K. M., Krishna, K. S. and Bansal, A. R., 2008, Structure and isostatic compensation of the
Comorine Ridge, north central Indian Ocean, Geophysical Journal International, 175(2),729741. (if=2.560, ci=14)
5. Chamoli, A., Bansal, A. R. and Dimri, V. P., 2007, Wavelet and rescaled range approach for the Hurst
exponent for short and long irregular time series, Computer and Geosciences, 33, 83-93 (Reported as
one of the top -50 most cited paper during five year).(if=2.045, ci=64)
6. Bansal, A. R., Dimri, V. P. and Sagar, G. V., 2006, Depth estimation from gravity data using the
maximum entropy method (MEM) and multi taper method (MTM), Pure and Applied Geophysics,
163,1417-1434. (if=1.618, ci=18)
7. Bansal, A. R. and Dimri, V.P., 2005, Depth determination from nonstationary magnetic profile for
scaling geology, Geophysical Prospecting, 53, 399-410. (if=1.467, ci=23)
8. Bansal, A. R. and Dimri, V. P., 2001, Depth estimation from the scaling power spectral density of
nonstationary gravity profile, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 158, 799 –812. (if=1.618, ci=29)
9. 7.0 earthquake in Himalayan region and its vicinity during 1895-1995, Journal of Geological Society of
India, 58, 163-169Sunmonu, L.A., Dimri, V.P., Ravi Prakash, M. and Bansal, A. R., 2001, Multifractal
Approach to the time series of M (if=0.596, ci=15)
10. Bansal, A. R., and Dimri, V.P., 1999, Gravity evidence for mid crustal domal structure below Delhi fold
belt and Bhilwara super group of western India, Geophysical Research Letters, 26(18), 27932795. (if=4.196, ci=22)
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BEHARA, DAYA SAGAR SESHADRI (b 1967), Associate Professor, Indian Statistical InstituteBANGALORE Centre
Professor Sagar's two-decade long contributions for quantitative understanding of complex terrestrial
geomorphologic phenomena and processes, and also for addressing challenges encountered in
GIScience through the applications of mathematical morphology and fractal geometry have made a
significant impact in the geo–sciences, remote sensing, GIS and computer science. He authored and/or
edited nine books and/or journal special issues on these advanced topics. The original ideas reflected
through his sixty five high impact journal publications—with H-index of over 14—have spurred
interdisciplinary activity, deepened our understanding the complex spatiotemporal organization of
terrestrial phenomena and processes of which the dynamical behaviours ranging from 'simple' to
'strange'. His sole-author monograph “Mathematical Morphology in Geomorphology and GISci”—
published by CRC Press-Taylor & Francis, 546 pages—provides a host of morphology-based spatial
algorithms addressing challenges related to (i) retrieval of complex terrestrial phenomena, (ii) analysis
and reasoning of such retrieved phenomena, and (iii) modelling and visualization of various terrestrial
processes. This path breaking contribution is imminent for developing physics-based models for several
terrestrial phenomena and processes. For his accomplishments in this cutting edge research, he was
conferred Georges Matheron Award-2011 of IAMG. Sagar is the first Asian, and the youngest among the
recipients so far received this international award. His significant contributions have also been recognized
by awarding him 'Dr. Balakrishna Memorial award-1995’ by AP Academy of Sciences, ‘Krishnan Gold
Medal–2002’ by Indian Geophysical Union. Sagar’s extraordinary accomplishments— obvious from his
webpage at http://www.isibang.ac.in/~bsdsagar/—deserve recognition and he has my strongest
recommendation for FNASc.
Proposer : Prof. B. L. Deekshatulu, Seconder : Dr. Ramakrishnan Krishnan
1. B. S. Daya Sagar, 1996, Fractal relations of a morphological skeleton, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, v. 7,
no. 11, p. 1871-1879. Follow-up paper: B. S. Daya Sagar, D. Srinivas, B. S. Parakasa Rao, 2001, Fractal
skeletal based channel networks in a triangular initiator basin, Fractals, v. 9, no. 4. p. 429-437. (if=3.5,
ci=39)
2. B. S. Daya Sagar, M. Venu and D. Srinivas, 2000, Morphological operators to extract channel networks
from Digital Elevation Models, International Journal of Remote Sensing. v. 21, no. 1, p. 21-30. Follow-up
paper: B. S. Daya Sagar, M. B. R. Murthy, C. Babu Rao and Baldev Raj, 2003, Morphological approach
to extract ridge-valley connectivity networks from Digital Elevation Models (DEMs), International Journal
of Remote Sensing, v. 24, no. 3, p. 573-581. (if=1.359, ci=46)
3. B. S. Daya Sagar and Tay Lea Tien (PhD Student of the Nominee), (2004) Allometric power-law
relationships in a Hortonian fractal digital elevation model, Geophysical Research Letters, (American
Geophysical Union), v. 31, no. 6, L06501. (if=4.456, ci=17)
4. B. S. Daya Sagar and L. Chockalingam (PhD Student of the Nominee), 2004, Fractal dimension of
non-network space of a catchment basin, Geophysical Research Letters, (American Geophysical Union),
v. 31, no.12, L12502. (if=4.456, ci=15)
5. L. Chockalingam (PhD Student of the Nominee) and B. S. Daya Sagar, 2005, Morphometry of network
and non-network space of basins, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, (American Geophysical
Union), v. 110, B08203, doi: 10.1029/2005JB003641. (15 pages). (if=3.46, ci=15)
6. Lea Tien Tay (PhD Student of the Nominee), B. S. Daya Sagar, and Chuah Hein Teik, 2006, Allometric
relationships between travel-time channel networks, convex hulls, and convexity measures, Water
Resources Research, (American Geophysical Union), v. 42, no. 6,W06502. (if=3.709, ci=10)
7. B. S. Daya Sagar, 2007, Universal scaling laws in surface water bodies and their zones of influence,
Water Resources Research (American Geophysical Union), v. 43, no. 2, W02416. (if=3.709, ci=10)
8. Lim Sin Liang (PhD Student of the Nominee), and B. S. Daya Sagar, 2008, Cloud field segmentation
via multiscale convexity analysis, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, v. 113,
D13208. (if=3.46, ci=10)
9. B. S. Daya Sagar, 2010, Visualization of spatiotemporal behavior of discrete maps via generation of
recursive median elements, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, v. 32, no.
2, p. 378-384. (if=5.96, ci=10)
10. B. S. Daya Sagar, 2014, Cartograms via mathematical morphology, Information Visualization, v. 13,
no. 1, p. 42-58, DOI:10.1177/1473871613480061. (if=1, ci=6)
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CHAUHAN, ONKAR SINGH (b 1956), Chief Scientist, CSIR- National Institurte of Oceanography, Dona
Paula, Goa 403004 India
Understanding the magnitude of global changes is essential for mitigating the influence of global
warming. Dr. Chauhan is pioneer worker who archived global climate events such as Last Glacial
Maximum, and Younger Draya, Little Ice Age, and role of sunspots on monsoon, established a relation
between monsoon intensity with that of the climate of Himalayas, identified two large episodes of fluvial
discharge into the Bay of Bengal, has estimated sea level changes along the coast line of India, and has
identified most vulnerable areas along the Indian coastline.
Prior to his studies, inter-basin or intra continental supply of detritus into continental margin and dispersal,
fate or sequestration mechanism of fluvial flux in the marine environment was poorly understood. Dr.
Chauhan by his multi-parameters, integrated studies shad estimated dispersal mechanism of fluvial fluxes
along the Indian Coast line using synchronous multi-platforms. He has archived contribution via Bay of
Bengal waters into SE Arabian Sea, detritus of the River Indus into the Gulf of Kachchh and supply of
aerosol detritus from Somalia and Arabia into India Ocean having implications for eutrophication,
detrification and anoxia, vital for sustainable coastal zone management, green house gasses emission,
and fish mortality.
Dr. Chauhan has lead group that has contributed for demarcation of Coastal Regulation Zone for the
coastline of India. He has been instrumental in conflict resolution and planning strategies for the
sustainable coastal zone management, and had been empaneled on several committees of Ministry of
the Environment and Forest.
Proposer: Prof. R. Ramesh, Seconder: Prof. L.S. Chamyal
1. Chauhan O.S.; Raghavan, B.R.; Singh, K.; Rajawat, A.S.; Ajai; Kader, U.S.A.; Nayak, S. (2011)
Influence of orographically enhanced SW monsoon flux on coastal processes along the SE Arabian Sea.
J. Geophy. Res., 116, C12037, (if= 3.303, ci=2)
2. Chauhan O.S.; Dayal, A.M.; Basavaiah, N.; Kader, U.S.A. (2010) Indian summer monsoon and winter
hydrographic variations over past millennia resolved by clay sedimentation. Geochem. Geophys.
Geosyst. doi.org/10.1029/2010GC003067 (if= 3.368, ci= 3.)
3. Chauhan O.S.; Vogelsang E.; Basavaiah N.; Kader U.S.A. (2010) Reconstruction of the variability of
the southwest monsoon during the past 3 ka, from the continental margin of the southeastern Arabian
Sea. J. Quat. Sci. 25(5), 798-807, (if= 3.199, ci=11)
4. Chauhan O. S.; Jayakumar S.; Menezes A.A.S.; Rajawat A.S.; Nayak S.R. (2006) Anomalous inland
influx of the River Indus, Gulf of Kachchh, India. Marine Geology 229 (1), 91-100. (if= 2.029, ci=7.)
5. Chauhan O. S. (2003) Past 20,000 - year history of Himalayan Aridity: Evidences from oxygen isotope
records in the Bay of Bengal. Cur. Sci., 84 (1), 90-93. (if= 0.688 , ci=28)
6. Chauhan O.S. and Gujar A.R. (1996) Surficial clay mineral distribution on the southwestern continental
margin of India: Evidences of input from Bay of Bengal. Continental Shelf Research, U.K. (if= 1.431,
ci=19)
7. Chauhan O.S. (1994) Influence of macrotidal environment on the shelf sedimentation, Gulf of Kachchh,
India, Cont. Shelf Res., 14(13/14), 1477-1493 U.K. (if= 1.431, ci=16)
8. Chauhan O.S.; Gujar A.R. and Rao. CH. M. (1994) On the occurrence of ferromanganese
micronodules from the sediments of the Bengal Fan: a high terrigenous input site. Earth and Planetary
Sci. Lett., 128, 563-573, NETHERLANDS (if= 3.499, ci=10)
9. Chauhan O.S. and Almeida F. (1993) Influence of Holocene sea level, regional tectonics and gravity
and slope current induced sedimentation on the regional geomorphology of the continental slope off NW
India. Marine Geology, 112, 313- 328, NETHERLANDS(if=1.818, ci=12)
10. Chauhan O.S. and Vora K.H. (1990) Reflection seismic studies in the Gulf of Kachchh; Evidences of
physiographic evolution. Cont. Shelf Res. (4), pp 385-396, U.K. (if= 1.431, ci=11)
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KUMAR, KISHOR (b 1958), Scientist ‘G’ Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, 33, G.M.S. Road,
DEHRADUN 248001
Dr Kishor Kumar is an internationally recognized researcher who has contributed to the field of biotic
implications of the India-Asia collision, Himalayan Foreland Basin biostratigraphy and palaeontology and
has made pioneering contributions to the origin of whales. As a scientist working with the Wadia Institute,
he has documented in detail the stratigraphic, sedimentological and biotic events in the pene- and postcollisional phases starting from near the Pakistan border at Kalakot, J&K through Himachal Pradesh and
Uttarakhand and southwards to Gujarat. In so doing, he has two highly-cited contributions in Nature
(2002, 2004), one in Nature Communications (2014), four in Journal Vertebrate Paleontology (1985,
1986, 2010, 2015) and a total citation of over 1035 for his 70 publications. His co-authored paper in
Journal Human Evolution on Indian Eocene Primates is a path-breaker and one of the most highly-cited
papers of that prestigious journal for 2008-2010.
In a professional career spanning over three decades, Dr Kumar has redefined migratory routes of
Eocene Asiatic mammalian assemblages into the Indian Plate while re-focusing on the endemic
component of an island subcontinent. The implications of his research are far reaching: they showcase
the movement and isolation of biota in a plate-tectonic geodynamic framework.
As one of the key-figures in-charge of prestigious museum of the Wadia Institute in the past, Dr Kumar
instituted several programmes for popularizing Earth Sciences. Additionally, he organized two
International and two National Workshops/Conferences (Himalayan Foreland Basin-1998, Field
Workshop: Sub-Himalayan Paleogene-2006, 4th Third Pole Environment Workshop-2013, 24th Indian
Colloquium Micropalaeontology & Stratigraphy-2013).
Proposer : Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta, Seconder : Prof. D.C. Srivastava
1. Rose, K.D., Holbrook, L.T., Rana, R.S., Kumar, K., Jones, K.E., Ahrens, H.E., Missiaen, P., Sahni, A. &
Smith, T. 2014. Early Eocene fossils suggest the mammalian Order Perissodactyla originated in India.
Nature Communications 5:5570 | DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6570. (if=10.742, ci=Cited by 1)
2. Kumar, K., Rose, K.D., Rana, R.S., Singh, L., Thierry, S. and Sahni, A. 2010. Early Eocene artiodactyls
(Mammalia) from western India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 30 (4): 1245-1274. (if=2.037,
ci=Cited by 14)
3. Rose, K.D., Rana, R.S., Sahni, A., Kumar, K., Missiaen, P., Singh, L. and Smith, T., 2009. Early
Eocene Primates from Gujarat, India. Journal of Human Evolution, 56 (4): 366-404. (if=3.867 , ci=Cited by
56)
4. Rana, R.S.; Kumar, K.; Escarguel, G., Sahni, A., Rose, K.D.; Smith, T.; Singh, H. and Singh, L. 2008.
An ailuravine rodent from the early Eocene Cambay Formation at Vastan, western India, and its
palaeobiogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 53 (1): 1-14. (if=1.722 , ci=Cited by 30)
5. Kumar, K., Rana, R.S. and Paliwal, B.S., 2005. Osteoglossid and lepisosteid fish remains from the
Paleocene Palana Formation, Rajasthan, India. Palaeontology, UK, 48 (6): 1187-1209. (if=1.804 ,
ci=Cited by 19)
6. Nummela, S., Thewissen, J.G.M., Bajpai, S., Hussain, S.T. and Kumar, K., 2004. Eocene evolution of
whale hearing. Nature 430: 776-778. (if=42.351 , ci=Cited by 56)
7. Spoor, F., Bajpai, S., Hussain, S.T., Kumar, K. and Thewissen, J.G.M. 2002. Vestibular evidence for
the evolution of aquatic behaviour in early cetaceans. Nature, 417: 163-166. (if=42.351 , ci=Cited by 111)
8. Kumar, K. 1991. Anthracobune aijiensis sp. nov. (Mammalia: Proboscidea) from the Subathu
Formation, Eocene north-western Himalaya, India. Geobios, 24 (2): 221-239. (if=1.187 , ci=Cited by 20)
9. Kumar, K. Sahni, A.1986. Remingtonocetus harudiensis new combination, a Middle Eocene
archaeocete (Mammalia: Cetacea) from western Kutch, India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, USA, 6
(4): 326-349. (if=2.037 , ci=Cited by 53)
10. Kumar, K. and Sahni, A. 1985. Eocene mammals from the Upper Subathu Group, Kashmir Himalaya,
India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, USA, 5 (2): 153-168. (if=2.037, ci=Cited by 43)
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KUMARAN, NAVNITH KRISHNAMENON PALGHAT
Research Institute, Pune
(b 1951), CSIR, Emeritus Scientist, Agharkar
Dr Kumaran is known for his contributions to Vegetation dynamics and Tropical palaeoecology as he has
addressed issues related to changing forest cover in relation to monsoon variability and landscape
dynamics (1-2). Mangrove response to sea level and climate changes and evolution of the wetlands using
sedimentological responses has been well received (3-6). Utility of Non - Pollen Palynomorphs as an
alternative source of palaeo-information in pollen scarcity sediments received global attention (7-8). His
integrated approach of using multi-proxy tools for palaeoclimate study holds significance as it dealt on
non-marine Pleistocene flora for the first time from Peninsular India and a hypothesis of extended period
of monsoonal rains towards Late Pleistocene in Konkan (9). His current focus of work on Late Quaternary
using modern analogues has immense potential to reconstruct long and comprehensive
palaeoenvironmental and climate records and to provide a stronger basis for developing strategies for
sustainable management of key environmental processes and their interaction with human activities
(10).He organized a special session “Holocene Palynology and Tropical Palaeoecology” in XIII IPC & IX
IOP conference in Tokyo, August 2012 and he has been a Guest editor of special issue of the
presentations in Quaternary International volume 325.
Proposer : Prof. S. N. Rajaguru, , Seconder : Prof. A. K. Singhvi
1. Kumaran, N.K.P., Padmalal, D., Nair, M.K., Limaye, R.B., Guleria, J.S., Srivastava, R., Shukla, A,
2014. Vegetation response and landscape dynamics of Indian summer monsoon variations during
Holocene: An eco-geomorphological appraisal of tropical evergreen forest subfossil logs. PLOS ONE 9
(4)., e93596 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093596 (if=3.534)
2. Kumaran, K.P.N. and Limaye, R.B., 2014. Holocene Palynology and Tropical Palaeoecology.
Quaternary International 325, 116- 125., doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.031 (if=2.128)
3. Kumaran, K.P.N., Nair, K.M., Shindikar, M.R., Limaye, Ruta.B. and Padmalal,D, 2005.Stratigraphical
and palynological appraisal of the Late Quaternary mangrove deposits of west coast of India. Quaternary
Research 64(3): 418-431. (if=2.583, ci=37)
4. Limaye, Ruta B., Kumaran, K.P.N., Padmalal, D., 2014. Mangrove habitat dynamics in response to
Holocene Sea level and climate changes along southwest coast of India. Quaternary International
325,116-125. (if=2.128)
5. D. Padmalal, K.P.N. Kumaran, K. M. Nair, Ruta B. Limaye, S. Vishnu Mohan, B. Baijulal.,S. Anooja.,
2014.Consequences of Sea level and Climate changes on the Morphodynamics of a Tropical Coastal
Lagoon during Holocene: An evolutionary model. Quaternary International 333, 156-172.
doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2013.12.018 (if=2.128)
6. Limaye, Ruta B, Kumaran, K.P.N., 2013 Biogeographical and palaeoclimate appraisal of mangrove
vegetation in South Asia and Southeast Asia in the post Himalayan uplift scenario. Chinese Science
Bulletin, 58, 126 -133. (if=1.365)
7. Limaye, Ruta. B., Kumaran, K.P.N., Nair, K.M. and Padmalal, D., 2007. Non-Pollen Palynomorphs
(NPP) as potential palaeoenvironmental indicators in the Late Quaternary sediments of west coast of
India, Current Science 92: 1370 –1382. (if=0.935 , ci=43)
8. Limaye, Ruta. B., Kumaran K. P. N., Nair K. M., and Padmalal D., 2010. Cyanobacteria as potential
biomarkers of hydrological changes in the Late Quaternary sediments of South Kerala Sedimentary
Basin, India. Quaternary International 213: 79 – 90. (if=2.128, ci=09)
9. K.P.N. Kumaran, Ruta B. Limaye , Sachin A. Punekar, S.N. Rajaguru, S.V. Joshi and S.N. Karlekar.,
2013. Vegetation response to South Asian Monsoon variations in Konkan, western India during the Late
Quaternary: evidence from fluvio-lacustrine archives. . Quaternary International 286:3 -18. (if=2.128,
ci=03)
10. Nair, K.M., Padmalal, D., Kumaran, K.P.N., Sreeja, R., Limaye, R.B., and Srinivas, R, R., 2010. Late
Quaternary evolution of Ashtamudi – Sasthamcotta Lake systems of Kerala, South west India. Journal of
Asian Earth Sciences 37: 361 – 372. (if=2.831, ci=14)
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MISHRA, BISWAJIT (b. 1958) Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, I.I.T., Kharagpur
Most significant scientific contributions of the nominee are: i) theoretical deduction of phase equilibria in
natural sulfide-sulfosalt assemblages with scanty thermodynamic data (Mookherjee and Mishra, 1984;
Mishra and Mookherjee, 1986; Mishra and Mookherjee, 1991; Mishra, 2000); (ii) original approach in
interpreting ore mineral assemblage/textures through thermodynamic reasoning, mass balance
considerations and/or experimental simulations (Basu et al, 1984; Mishra and Panigrahi, 1990; Pruseth et
al, 1999); (iii) systematic experimental investigations of selected sulfide-sulfosalt systems under
monitored/controlled sulfur fugacity conditions (Pruseth and Mishra, 1993; Mishra and Pruseth, 1994;
Pruseth et al, 1997; 1998,2001); (iv) characterization of ore-bearing fluids in diverse hydrothermal ore
deposits (base metals, gold, rare metal pegmatites) by inclusion microthermometry, Raman spectroscopy
and thermodynamic analysis involving computations of mineral-fluid equilibria and sulfur isotope
chemistry(Panigrahi et al, 1990; Mishra and Panigrahi, 1999; Mishra et al, 1999; Mishra, 2000; Pal and
Mishra, 2002, 2003; Mishra et al, 2013; 2005; Pal et at al, 2007; Mishra and Pal, 2008; Saravanan and
Mishra, 2009; Saravanan et al, 2009); (v) parameterization of metamorphism as the cause of ore deposit
formation and effect in metamorphosed sulfide ores (Mishra et al, 2006; 2007;Mishra and Pal, 2008,
Mishra and Bernhardt, 2009). His holistic approach to problems of sulfide and gold ore genesis,
combining theoretical, experimental and phenomenological approaches, puts him in the forefront amongst
ore geologists in the country and deserves recognition because of his unique scientific contributions in
quantified process-oriented ore geology.
Proposer: Dhrubajyoti Mukhopadhyay, Seconder: Uma Charan Mohanty
1. Mishra B and Mookherjee A (1986) Analytical formulation of phase equilibria in two observed sulfidesulfosalt assemblages in Rajpura-Dariba polymetallic deposit. Economic Geology, 81,627639 (IF=2.201,
times cited = 8).
2. Mishra B and Mookherjee A (1991) Tetrahedrite mineral chemistry and metal zoning: A
thermodynamic assessment from the Rajpura-Dariba polymetallic deposit, India, Economic Geology, 86,
15291538 (IF=2.201, times cited = 6).
3. Pruseth KL, Mishra B and Bernhardt HJ (1997) Phase relations in the Cu2S-PbS-Sb2S3. system: an
experimental appraisal and application to natural polymetallic sulfide ores. Economic Geology, 92,
720732 (F=2.201, times cited = 7).
4. Mishra B and Panigrahi MK (1999) Fluid evolution in the Kolar Gold Field: Evidence from fluid
inclusion studies. Mineralium Deposita, 34, 173181 (IF= 2.061, times cited = 7).
5. Pruseth KL, Mishra B and Bernhardt HJ (1999) An experimental study on cubanite irreversibility:
implications on natural chalcopyrite-cubanite intergrowths. European Journal of Mineralogy, 11, 471-476
(IF=1.469, times cited = 7).
6. Pal N and Mishra B (2002) Alteration geochemistry and fluid inclusion characteristics in relation to
formation of greenstone- hosted gold deposit at Hutti, eastern Dharwar Craton, India. Mineralium
Deposita, 37,722736 (IF= 2.061, times cited = 18).
7. Mishra B, Pal N and Basu Sarbadhikari A (2005) Fluid inclusion characteristics of the Uti gold deposit,
Hutti-Maski greenstone belt, southern India. Ore Geology Reviews, 16, 116 (IF= 2.079, times cited = 6).
8. Mishra B, and Pal N (2008) Metamorphism, fluid flux and fluid evolution relative to gold mineralization
in the Hutti-Maski Greenstone Belt, Eastern Dharwar Craton, India. Economic Geology, 103, 80827
(IF=2.201, times cited = 3).
9. Sakthi Saravanan C, and Mishra B (2009) Uniformity in sulfur isotope composition in the orogenic
gold deposits from the Dharwar Craton, southern India. Mineralium Deposita, 44, 597605 (IF= 2.061,
times cited = 2).
10. Ozha MK, Mishra B, Hazarika P, Jeyagopal AV, Yadav GS (2016) EPMA monazite geochronology of
the basement and supracrustal rocks within the Pur-Banera basin, Rajasthan: Evidence of Columbia
breakup in Northwestern India. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 117, 284–303 (IF = 3.38)
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RAJEEVAN, MADHAVAN NAIR (b 1961), Scientist-G, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi
Dr Rajeevan made significant research contributions broadly in two areas, Monsoon variability and
prediction and Climate change and extremes. His studies on monsoon variability discovered new
teleconnection patterns of Indian monsoon variability linking the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. His recent
work on evolution of active-break phases of the Indian monsoon proposed new objective criteria and
brought out variations of vertical structure of clouds and aerosols over Indian region associated with the
active- break spells. His contribution in monsoon prediction is very significant. He was instrumental in
development of advanced statistical models for monsoon prediction, which are being used for operational
forecasts in India. His research work also addressed the monsoon predictability and systematic errors
associated with coupled climate models and the nature of ocean-atmosphere coupling in the climate
models.
Dr Rajeevan took initiative to develop many high resolution climate data products of precipitation and
temperature over India, which are used extensively by the global research community. He further showed
that there are statistically significant trends and multi-decadal variation of extreme events over India. To
understand cloud-radiation feedback, he studied the characteristics and complex interaction between
deep convection, clouds, sea surface temperature and radiation over the Asian Monsoon region using
satellite and model data. He showed for the first time that the cloud-radiation interaction over the Indian
monsoon region is large negative. His recent work addressed the predictability of meso-scale convective
systems over India using observations and weather prediction models.
Proposer : Prof. S.K. Satheesh, Seconder : Dr K. Krishnamoorthy
1. M. Rajeevan and J.Srinivasan, 2000, Net Cloud Radiative Forcing at the top of the Atmosphere in the
Asian monsoon region, J.Climate, 13, 650-657. (if=4.307, ci=41)
2. M.Rajeevan, Jyoti Bhate, J.D.Kale and B.Lal, 2006, High resolution daily gridded rainfall data for the
Indian region: Analysis of break and active monsoon spells, Current Science, 91, 3, 296-306. (if=0.935,
ci=371)
3. Sulochana Gadgil, M.Rajeevan and Ravi Nanjundiah, 2005, Monsoon prediction – Why yet another
failure?, Current Science, 88, 9, 1389-1400 (if=0.935, ci=108)
4. M.Rajeevan, D.S.Pai, R.Anil Kumar and B.Lal, 2006, New Statistical models for long-range forecasting
of southwest monsoon rainfall over India, Climate Dynamics, DOI 10.1007/s00382-006-019706 (Impact
factor: 4.602, Citation Index:71) (if=4.602, ci=71)
5. Guhathakurta, P, and M.Rajeevan, 2007, Trends in the rainfall pattern over India, , Int. J.Climatology,
DOI 10.1002/joc. (if=2.906, ci=131)
6. M Rajeevan, Jyoti Bhate and A.K.Jaswal, 2008, Analysis of variability and trends of extreme rainfall
events over India using 104 years of gridded daily rainfall data, , Geophysical Research Letters, Vol.35,
L18707, doi 10.1029/2008GL035143 (if=3.792, ci=88)
7. Ravi Kiran, V., M. Rajeevan, S. Vijaya Bhaskara Rao and N Prabhakara Rao, 2009, Analysis of
variations of cloud and aerosol properties associated with active and break spells of Indian summer
monsoon using MODIS data, Geo Phys.Letters, Vol 36, DOI 10.1029/2008GL037135 (if=3.792, ci=21)
8. M Rajeevan, A Kesarkar, SB Thampi, TN Rao, B Radhakrishna, M Rajasekhar, 2010, Sensitivity of
WRF cloud microphysics to simulations of a severe thunderstorm event over southeast India, Annales
Geophysicae,28, 603-619 (if=1.67, ci=36)
9. M. Rajeevan, Sulochana Gadgil and Jyoti Bhate, 2010, Active and Break spells of the Indian summer
monsoon, 2010, J.Earth System Science, 119, 229-247 (if=0.88, ci=110)
10. M Rajeevan, CK Unnikrishnan and B. Preethi, 2012, Evaluation of the ENSEMBLES multi-model
seasonal forecasts of Indian summer monsoon variability, Climate Dynamics, 38, 2257-2274. (Impact
factor: 4.602, Citation index: 27) (if=4.602, ci=27)
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RAO, A DEVENDRA (b 1957), Professor, Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi
Prof. A.D. Rao has more than 30 years of research/teaching experience in the fields of Applied
mathematics, Meteorology and Physical Oceanography and has published over 170 research papers in
various journals of international repute. His pioneering contributions in the field of coastal engineering
especially in storm surge prediction for the Indian coasts have brought international recognition. Location
specific stand alone storm surge prediction systems have been developed for India, Bangladesh,
Myanmar and Sri Lanka. His development of user friendly softwares for real-time operational surge
prediction has not only been adopted by the India Meteorological Department but also by the National
Weather Services of Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Thailand. Recently, he has also
developed finite-element based models to compute coastal inundation and associated water levels due to
storm surges. This is his big contribution to the storm surge prediction system as the inland intrusion of
surge waters is the main cause for extensive damage. To minimize the damage, prediction of inland
inundation along with water levels is as important as the prediction of surge heights. In addition to this, he
has also contributed significantly in developing 2D and 3D ocean models to understand estuarine
circulation and coastal upwelling processes along the Indian coasts. Moreover, there is no exaggeration
to say that he is the first person in India who has attempted to understand generation and propagation of
internal waves and its characteristic in the Bay of Bengal through numerical models.
Proposer: Prof. U.C. Mohanty, Seconder: Prof. Maithili Sharan
1. Johns B, AD Rao, SK Dube and PC Sinha, 1985, Numerical modelling of tide-surge interaction in the
Bay of Bengal, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. 313A, 507 535 (U.K.) (IF=2.627, CI=51)
2. Johns B, AD Rao and GS Rao, 1992, On the occurrence of upwelling along the east coast of India,
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 35,75-90 (IF=2.369, CI=9)
3. Dube SK, AD Rao, PC Sinha and P Chittibabu, 1994, A real time storm surge prediction system : an
application to east coast of India; Proc. of the Indian Nat. Sci. Acad. (Physical Sciences), 60 (A), 157
170 (IF=9.771, CI=13)
4. AD Rao, 1995, A Numerical study of the flow and salinity structure in the Godavari Estuary, East Coast
of India", International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 21, 35 48 (USA) (IF=1.06, CI=5)
5. AD Rao, SV Babu and SK Dube, 2004, Impact of tropical cyclone on upwelling processes, Natural
Hazards, 31 (2), 415-435 (IF=1.625, CI=6)
6. AD Rao, M Joshi and SV Babu, 2005, A three-dimensional numerical model of coastal upwelling along
the west coast of India, Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 41, 177-195 (IF=1.166, CI=6)
7. Miraleedharan G, AD Rao, PG Kurup, N Unnikrishnan Nair and Mourani Sinha, 2007, Modified Weibull
Distribution for Maximum and Significant Wave Height Simulation and Prediction, Coastal Engineering,
54: 630-638(IF=2.076, CI=17)
8. AD Rao, Indu Jain, MV Ramana Murthy, TS Murthy and SK Dube, 2009, Impact of cyclonic wind field
on interaction of surge-wave computations using Finite-element and Finite-difference models, Natural
Hazards, 49 (2), 225-239 (IF=1.625, CI=6)
9. AD Rao, Madhu Joshi and M Ravichandran, 2009, Observed low-salinity plume off Gulf of Khambhat,
India
during
post-monsoon
period,
Geophysical
Research
Letters,
doi:
10.1029/2008GL036091 (IF=3.505, CI=5)
10. AD Rao, SV Babu, KVSR Prasad, TV RamanaMurty, Y Sadhuram and DK Mahapatra, 2010,
Investigation of generation and propagation of low frequency internal waves: A case study for the east
coast of India”, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 88, 143-152 (IF=1.887, CI=4)
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SAHA, DIPANKAR (b 1958), Member, Central Ground Water Board, Ministry of Water Resources River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Govt of India
Dr. Dipankar Saha has worked extensively in the fields of hydrogeology and has carried out several
authentic works on behalf of the Department, those serve as the base documents relating to groundwater
resource development and policy formulations at the national level. His research contribution on the
aquifer systems and groundwater resource of the Gangetic Plains is widely acclaimed and is widely
published in many peer reviewed journals. These works involve - aquifer hydraulics, water level behavior,
over-exploitation of groundwater resource, recharge mechanism in multi-tiered aquifers, aquifer
vulnerability assessment, multi-parametric approach to delineate potential zones and sustainable
groundwater resource management in heavily-pumped urban areas. He has presented his work in many
coveted international forums. He has made highly significant research on arsenic contamination in
groundwater of the Gangetic Plains, relating to its mobilization processes, hydro-stratigraphy of the
contaminated aquifers, establishing spatio-temporal variation in concentration in multi-tiered aquifers in
the contaminated areas. His finding on arsenic-free deeper aquifer system is well acclaimed and is
adopted for water supply through properly designed deep borings, in the affected areas of Bihar and Uttar
Pradesh states. I am personally aware about the research and accolades received by Dr Saha. He is the
recipient of National Geoscience Award 2010 on Ground Water Exploration and presently as Member of
his Department is leading the prestigious National Aquifer Mapping Programme covering the entire
country. I recommend that the Academy takes note of the excellent contribution made by him, their
societal significance and consider him for its coveted fellowship.
Proposer: Dr S K Acharya , Seconder:Prof K J Nath
1. Dipankar Saha, A.K.Agrawal. (2006) Determination of specific yield using water balance approach- a
case study of Torla Odha water shed in Deccan Trap Province, Maharastra State, India.
HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL, 14, 625-635 (if=1.966, ci=19)
2. Dipankar Saha, S.Upadhyay, Y.R. Dhar, R.Singh (2007) The aquifer system and evaluation of its
hydraulic parameters in parts of South Ganga Plain, Bihar, India. JOURNAL GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF
INDIA, 69,1031-1041 (if=0.596, ci=21)
3. Dipankar Saha, Y.R. Dhar, S.S. Vittala (2009) Delineation of Groundwater Development Potential
Zones in Parts of Marginal Ganga Alluvial Plain in South Bihar, Eastern India. ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, DOI.10.1007/s10661-009-0937-2(if=1.697, ci=21)
4. Dipankar Saha (2009) Arsenic groundwater contamination in parts of middle Ganga plain, Bihar.
CURRENT SCIENCE, 97, 6(if=0.833, ci=46)
5. Dipankar Saha, Sarangam H, Diwedi S N, Bhartariya KJ (2009) Evaluation of hydrochemical processes
in the arsenic contaminated alluvial aquifers in parts of Mid-Ganga basin, Bihar, India. ENVIRONMENTAL
EARTH SCIENCES, DOI. 10.1007/s12665-009-0392-y(if=1.765, ci=39)
6. Dipankar Saha, S Sahu, P C Chandra (2010) Arsenic-safe alternate aquifers and their hydraulic
characteristics in contaminated areas of Middle Ganga Plain, Eastern India, ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT, DOI 10.1007/s10661-010-1535-z(if=1.679, ci=22)
7. Dipankar Saha, UK Sinha, SN Dwivedi (2011) Characterization of recharge processes in shallow and
deeper aquifers using isotopic signatures and geochemical behavior of groundwater in an arsenicenriched
part
of
the
Ganga
Plain,
APPLIED
GEOCHEMISTRY,
DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.01.003 (if=2.268, ci=19)
8. A Mukherjee, BR Scanlon, AE. Fryar, Dipankar Saha , A Ghosh , S Chowdhuri, R Mishra (2012) Solute
chemistry and arsenic fate in aquifers between the Himalayan foothills and Indian craton (including
central Gangetic plain): Influence of geology and geomorphology, GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA
ACTA, 90, 283–302 (if=4.331, ci=29)
9. Aquifer system response to intensive pumping in urban areas of the Gangetic plains, India: the case
study of Patna. Environmental Earth Science, (2013), Dipankar Saha, SN Dwivedi & R K singh, DOI
10.1007/s12665-013-2577-7 (if=1.765, ci=11)
10. Dipankar Saha, Sudarshan Sahu (2015) A decade of investigations on groundwater arsenic
contamination in Middle Ganga Plain, India. Environ Geochem Health, , DOI 10.1007/s10653-015-9730z (if=2.566, ci=2)
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SEN, MRINAL KANTI (b 1956), Director, CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad 500007
Prof. Mrinal K. Sen is a world leader in seismic wave propagation studies including anisotropy and
fracture characterization. He develops analytic and numerical techniques for forward and inverse
modeling. For his doctoral work, Dr. Sen developed techniques for computing synthetic seismograms
using Feynman path integrals (Sen and Frazer 1985; 1987)– this was a major breakthrough that solved
the critical problem of caustics and shadows faced by asymptotic methods. Since joining University of
Texas, Dr. Sen focused on the development of global optimization methods for geophysical application.
This was first ever application of genetic algorithms and simulated annealing to computationally intensive
problems of Geophysics. His seminar papers on SA and GA (Sen and Stoffa 1991, 1995, 1996) are cited
widely. He also showed how one could apply Gibbs' sampling and the Metropolis rule to characterize
uncertainties and the posterior probability density function (PPD) in model space. He is undoubtedly a
world authority on this subject; his book is considered a major reference material.
Dr. Sen has developed techniques for estimating the parameters that determine the degree of anisotropy.
In whole earth seismology, he has estimated the anisotropy in the D" region of the earth's deep interior
(Sen and Pulliam 1991; Matzel, Sen and Grand 1990). He discovered that some parts of the core-mantle
transition region are vertically layered.
Most recently, Dr. Sen carried out rigorous error analysis of finite difference and finite element methods.
Prior to the work of DeBasabe and Sen (2007), grid spacing and stability parameters were determined in
an ad-hoc manner.
Proposer: Dr. V. P. Dimri, Seconder: Dr. Ashok Kumar Singhvi
1. Stoffa, P. L. and M. K. Sen, 1991, Nonlinear multiparameter optimization using genetic algorithms:
Inversion of plane wave seismograms, Geophysics, 56(11), 1794-1810. (IF=1.662, CI=288)
2. Sen, M. K., and P. L. Stoffa, 1991, Non-linear one-dimensional seismic waveform inversion using
simulated annealing, Geophysics, 56(10), 1624-1638. (IF=1.662, CI=283)
3. Sen, M. K. and P. L. Stoffa, 1992, Rapid sampling of model space using genetic algorithms: Examples
from seismic waveform inversion, Geophysical Journal International, 108(1), 281-292 (IF=2.435, CI=125)
4. Sen, M. K., B. B. Bhattacharya, and P. L. Stoffa, 1993, Nonlinear inversion of resistivity sounding data,
Geophysics, 58, 496-507.(IF=1.662, CI=53)
5. Sen, M. K., and P. L. Stoffa, 1996, Bayesian inference, Gibbs’ sampler and uncertainty estimation in
geophysical inversion, Geophysical Prospecting, 44, 313-350 (IF=2.435, CI=138)
6. Sen. M. K., and I. G. Roy, 2003, Computation of differntial seismograms and iteration adaptive
regularization in pre-stack seismic waveform inversion, Geophysics, 68 (6), 2026-2039. (IF=1.662, CI=26)
7. Pulliam, J. and M. K. Sen, 1998, Anisotropy in the core-mantle transition zone may indicate chemical
heterogeneity, Geophysical Journal International, 135, 113-128 (IF=2.435, CI=44)
8. De Basabe, J. D, and M. K. Sen, 2007, Grid Dispersion and stability criteria of some common finiteelement methods for acoustic and elastic wave equations, Geophysics, 72(6), T81-T95. (IF=1.662,
CI=41)
9. Liu, Yang and M. K. Sen, 2009, A new time-space domain finite-difference method for acoustic wave
propagation, Journal of Computational Physics, 228, 8779-8806 (IF=2.345, CI=19)
10. Sen, M. K., and A. Mukherjee, 2003, τ–p analysis in transversely isotropic media, Geophysical
Journal International 154 (3), 647-658(IF=2.435, CI=17)
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SINGH, SATYAVIR (b. 1968) PROFESSOR, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF GEOMAGNETISM, NAVI MUMBAI
Dr. Satyavir Singh has made fundamental contribution in advancing the knowledge on broadband
electrostatic noise (BEN) and electrostatic solitary waves (ESWs) observed in the boundary layers in
space plasmas, quasi-electrostatic wave phenomena in ring current region of the Earth’s magnetosphere,
and linear/nonlinear waves in dusty plasmas. The ESWs were believed to be generated by a mechanism
based on phase-space holes. Due to relentless efforts of Dr. Singh on the development of soliton/double
layer models for ESWs, there is a paradigm shift in the thinking of the space community worldwide in
favour of these models. To explain the decay of the storm time ring current, the space plasma community
relied on the charge exchange process which can explain only the slow decay, of the order of a day. Dr.
Singh proposed a novel idea, based on scattering of energetic particles by low-frequency quasielectrostatic waves, which can explain the fast ring current decay of several minutes to hours depending
on the plasma parameters. Dr. Satyavir is recognized as a leading space plasma physicist from India. He
has been appointed an Honorary Associate Professor, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal (2011-13) and
Extraordinary Professor, University of the Western Cape (2016-18), South Africa. He was awarded
prestigious JSPS Invitational Fellowship (2003-04) and Visiting Associate Professorship (2013-14), RISH,
Kyoto University. He is a Fellow of Indian Geophysical Union, Hyderabad, and PI of Indo-South Africa
and Co-PI of Indo-Bulgarian Bilateral projects funded by DST. In view of his excellent achievements, I
strongly recommend him for Fellow of NASI.
Proposer: Dr. G.S. LAKHINA, Seconder: Dr. Abhijit Sen
1. Singh, S.V. and N.N. Rao, Linear and nonlinear dust-acoustic waves in inhomogeneous dusty
plasmas, Phys. Plasmas, 5 (1), pp. 94-99 (1998). Impact Factor: 2.142, Citation index: 51
2. Singh, S.V. and G.S. Lakhina, Generation of electron-acoustic waves in the magnetosphere, Planet.
Space Sci., 49/1, pp. 107-114 (2001). Impact Factor: 1.875, Citation index: 127
3. Singh, S.V., R.V. Reddy and G.S. Lakhina, Broadband electrostatic noise due to nonlinear electronacoustic waves, Adv. Space Res., 28, No. 11, pp. 1643-1648 (2001). Impact Factor: 1.358, Citation index:
64
4. Singh, S.V. and G.S. Lakhina, Electron acoustic solitary waves with non-thermal distribution of
electrons, Nonln. Processes Geophys. 11, pp. 275-279 (2004). Impact Factor: 1.358, Citation index: 92
5. Verheest, Frank, Tom Cattaert, G.S. Lakhina and S.V. Singh, Gas-dynamic description of
electrostatic solitons, J. Plasma Phys., 70 (2), pp. 237-250 (2004). Impact Factor: 0.864, Citation index:
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6. Tagare, S.G., S.V. Singh, R.V. Reddy and G.S. Lakhina, Electron-acoustic solitons in the Earth's
magnetotail, Nonln. Processes Geophys. 11 pp. 215-218 (2004). Impact Factor: 1.358, Citation index: 52
7. Lakhina, G.S., A.P. Kakad, S.V. Singh and F. Verheest, Ion- and electron-acoustic solitons in twoelectron temperature space plasmas, Phys. Plasmas 15, 062903 (2008). Impact Factor: 2.142, Citation
index: 80
8. Lakhina, G. S., S. V. Singh, A. P. Kakad, F. Verheest and R. Bharuthram, Study of nonlinear ion- and
electron-acoustic waves in multi-component space plasmas, Nonln. Processes Geophys. 15, 903–913
(2008). Impact Factor: 1.358, Citation index: 59
9. Singh, S.V., G.S. Lakhina, R. Bharuthram and S.R. Pillay, Electrostatic solitary structures in
presence of non-thermal electrons and a warm electron beam on the auroral field lines, Phys. Plasmas
18, 122306, doi:10.1063/1.367195 (2011). Impact Factor: 2.142, Citation index: 17.
10. Singh, S.V., S. Devanandhan, G.S. Lakhina and R. Bharuthram Effect of ion temperature on ionacoustic solitary waves in a magnetized plasma in presence of superthermal electrons,Phys. Plasmas 20,
012306, doi: 10.1063/1.4776710 (2013). Impact Factor: 2.142, Citation index: 18.
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SURENDRAN NAIR, SURESH BABU (b 1976), Scientist SE & Project Manager, ARFI & ICARB Projects,
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram – 695022
Dr. S. Suresh Babu's most outstanding contribution is his recent discovery of the change in atmospheric
stability caused by the heating (by absorption of solar radiation) due to elevated layers of absorbing
aerosols in the middle and upper troposphere. He is primarily responsible for the regional network of 35
aerosol observatories across the country and over the adjoining oceans and the data from this network,
as on today, is the only primary data of this magnitude for India. He has developed an experimental cum
modeling approach for the estimation of aerosol radiative forcing which is cited more than 100 times
resulted in the proliferation of similar efforts. He has taken a lead role in the design and execution of
ICARB experiments of ISRO. His results have provided univocal evidences and first time quantifications
of (i) the latitudinal gradients in BC aerosol across the northern and southern oceans (ii) the role of
change in anthropogenic effect and natural processes in significantly altering the radiative forcing over
ocean, (iii) the role of advected mineral dust on aerosol forcing over Arabian Sea and peninsular India,
(iv) impact of elevated aerosol layers in warming of the lower atmosphere and (v) the presence of
meridional gradient in the elevated aerosol warming. These results being first of its kind, have immense
implications to the scientific community as evidenced by his 81 publications, cited more than 1200 times
(with an H- index of 20), in this short span of his research career; which is nothing short of being
outstanding.
Proposer: Dr. K. Krishnamoorthy, Seconder: Prof. S. K. Satheesh
1. S. Suresh Babu, Satheesh, S.K., Moorthy, K.K. 2002. Aerosol radiative forcing due to enhanced black
carbon at an urban site in India, Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (18), 27-1 (IF=3.792, CI=103)
2. S. Suresh Babu, Moorthy, K.K. 2002. Aerosol black carbon over a tropical coastal station in India,
Geophysical Research Letters, 29 (23), 13-1 (IF=3.792, CI=50)
3. Moorthy, K.K., S. Suresh Babu, Satheesh, S.K. 2003. Aerosol spectral optical depths over the Bay of
Bengal: Role of transport, Geophysical Research Letters, 30 (5),53-1 (IF=3.792, CI=46)
4. S. Suresh Babu, Moorthy, K.K., Satheesh, S.K. 2004. Aerosol black carbon over Arabian Sea during
Intermonsoon and summer monsoon seasons, Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (6), L06104 1-5
(IF=3.792, CI=44)
5. Vinoj, V., S. Suresh Babu, Satheesh, S.K., Moorthy, K.K., Kaufman, Y.J. 2004. Radiative forcing by
aerosols over the Bay of Bengal region derived from shipborne, island-based, and satellite (ModerateResolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109 (5), D05203
1-11 (IF=3.082, CI=53)
6. Moorthy, K.K., S. Suresh Babu, Satheesh, S.K. 2005. Aerosol characteristics and radiative impacts
over the Arabian Sea during the intermonsoon season: Results from ARMEX field campaign, Journal of
the Atmospheric Sciences, 62 (1), 192-206 (IF=2.911, CI=60)
7. Moorthy, K.K and S. Suresh Babu, 2006. Aerosol black carbon over Bay of Bengal observed from an
island location, Port Blair: Temporal features and long-range transport, Journal of Geophysical Research,
111 (17), D17205 (IF=3.082, CI=36)
8. S. Suresh Babu, K. K. Moorthy, R. K. Manchanda, P. R. Sinha, S. K. Satheesh, D. P. Vajja, S.
Srinivasan, V. H. A. Kumar, 2011. Free tropospheric black carbon aerosol measurements using high
altitude balloon: Do BC layers build 'their own homes' up in the atmosphere?, Geophysical Research
Letters, 38, L08803, doi:10.1029/2011GL046654 (IF=3.792, CI=6)
9. S. Suresh Babu, J. P. Chaubey, K. K. Moorthy, M. M. Gogoi, S. K. Kompalli, V Sreekanth, S P Bagare,
B. C. Bhatt, V. K. Gaur, T. P. Prabhu, N. S. Singh, 2011. High altitude (~ 4520 m amsl) measurements of
black carbon aerosols over western trans-Himalayas: Seasonal heterogeneity and source apportionment,
Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, D24201, doi:10.1029/2011JD016722 (IF=3.082, CI=2)
10. S Suresh Babu, M. M. Gogoi, V. H. A. Kumar, V. S. Nair and K. K. Moorthy, 2012. Radiative
properties of Bay-of-Bengal Aerosols: Spatial distinctiveness and source impacts, Journal of Geophysical
Research, 117, D06213, doi: 10.1029/2011JD017355 (IF=3.082, CI=2)
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(Engineering and Engineering Science, Chemical and Material Technology, Electronics &
Telecommunication, Information Technology, Instrumentation)
AGRAWAL, AMIT
Mumbai-400076
(b 1974), Institute Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay,
(YON 2016, Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology)
Prof. Agrawal has worked on topics which have puzzled scientists for long. He was able to derive the first
analytical solution of the Burnett equation, which is a higher-order continuum transport equation. He also
believes to have derived thermodynamically consistent higher-order continuum equations, which is the
more general form of the Navier-Stokes equations. His experiments with low-pressure gas flow have led
to identification of several new physical phenomena in high Knudsen number flows. He has designed and
developed a microdevice for separating plasma from human blood, with application to point-of-care
devices. This work was recently highlighted in the media because this invention drastically reduces the
amount of blood required for blood-tests. The technology is being licensed to a company. The applicant
has demonstrated synthetic jet based designs for cooling of electronic devices requiring very small
working distance, which is crucial in space-constrained applications such as notepads. His work on
synthetic jet is well cited. He has studied flow boiling in microchannel and developed strategy to locate
and mitigate hot-spot in electronic devices. The applicant has developed his own particle image
velocimetry instrument, and is nearing completion of three-dimensional version of the instrument. The
latter instrument will allow probing turbulent flows in unprecedented details. This knowhow is being
transferred to a company. The former instrument (along with detailed simulations) has been used for
studying flow around multiple bluff-bodies, which has led to unique understanding of interacting wakes.
He has also developed a simple model to explain reduced entrainment in cumulus clouds.
Proposer: Prof. S.K. Maiti, Seconder:Prof. A.K. Singh
1. Dongari, N., Agrawal, A., and Agrawal, A., 2007, Analytical solution of gaseous slip flow in long
microchannels, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol. 50, pp. 3411-3421. (if=2.383, ci=
104)
2. Agrawal, A., and Prabhu, S.V., 2008, Survey on measurement of tangential momentum
accommodation coefficient, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, Vol. 26, pp 634645. (if=2.322, ci= 98)
3. Singh, S.G., Duttagupta, S.P., and Agrawal, A., 2009, In-situ impact analysis of very high heat flux
transients on non-linear p-n diode characteristics and mitigation using on-chip single-phase and twophase microfluidics, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 18(6), pp. 1208-1219. (if=1.754, ci=
12)
4. Chaudhari, M., Puranik, B.P., and Agrawal, A., 2010, Heat transfer characteristics of synthetic jet
impingement cooling, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Vol. 53, pp. 1057-1069. (if=2.383,
ci= 114)
5. Sewatkar, C.M., Patel, R., Sharma, A. and Agrawal, A., 2012, Flow around six in-line square cylinders,"
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 710, pp. 195-233, 2012. (if=2.383, ci= 14)
6. Singh, N., Agrawal, A., 2014, The Burnett Equations in Cylindrical Coordinates and Their Solution for
Flow in a Microtube, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 751, pp. 121-141. (if= 2.383, ci= 4)
7. Varade, V., Agrawal, A., Pradeep, A.M., 2014, Behavior of rarefied gas flow near junction of a suddenly
expanding tube, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 739, pp. 363-391. (if=2.383, ci= 11)
8. Prabhakar, A., Kumar, Y.V.B., Tripathi, S., Agrawal, A., 2015, A Novel, Compact and Efficient
Microchannel Arrangement with Multiple Hydrodynamic effects for Blood Plasma Separation, Microfluidics
and Nanofluidics, Vol. 18, pp. 995-1006. (if=2.528, ci=8)
9. Gaddam, A., Agrawal, A., Joshi, S.S., Thompson, A., 2015, Utilization of cavity vortex to delay wetting
transition in one-dimensional structured microchannels, Langmuir, Vol. 31, pp 13373–13384. (if= 4.457,
ci= 1)
10. Duryodhan, V., Singh, A., Singh, S.G., Agrawal, A., 2016, A simple and novel way of maintaining
constant wall temperature in microdevices, Nature Scientific Reports, Vol. 6, 18230. (if= 5.578, ci= 1)
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BISWAL, BIBHUTI BHUSAN
Odisha - 769008
(b 1962), Professor (HAG), National Institute of Technology, Rourkela,
Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal, presently a Professor (HAG) in the Department of Industrial Design has
contributed immensely in the fields of conventional production engineering, discretization methods in
analysis of production processes. He has extensively worked in the areas of CAD/CAM, Robotics and
Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Through his illustrious teaching and research career of 30 years, he
has contributed significantly towards research and development especially in the area of Robotic
assembly and welding. He has published more than 120 articles in reputed journals, 60 articles in reputed
conferences, several monograms and book chapters. He has also published several patents and
copyrights from his research. For his research contributions, he was conferred with Gold medals by IEIOdisha and he also received several best paper awards for his research work. His research outcomes
also include 13 Ph.D.s and 6 more are continuing their Ph.D. research programmes presently. He has
supervised more than 40 M.Tech. theses and 6 M.Tech.(Research) students. He was Keynote Speaker at
various international conferences abroad. He was a founding faculty for the Department of Production
Engineering at VSSUT, Burla and Department of Industrial Design at National Institute of Technology,
Rourkela. He has established several international collaborations with (i) IST, Portugal (ii) Loughborough
University, UK and (iii) Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (STU), Vazovova, Bratislava. He
was a visiting professor in the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics at MSTU , Stankin, Moscow,
visiting Scientist at GIST, Korea (2006), Kings College London and California State University, Fresno.
Proposer: Prof. Ganapati Panda, Seconder: Prof. U. C. Mohanty
1. Panda, S., Mishra, D. and Biswal, B.B., 2011. Determination of optimum parameters with multiperformance characteristics in laser drilling—a grey relational analysis approach. The International
Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 54(9-12), pp.957-967.(if=1.47, ci=21)
2. Panda, S., Mishra, D. and Biswal, B.B., 2013. Revolute manipulator workspace optimization: A
comparative study. Applied Soft Computing, 13(2), pp.899-910. (if=2.81, ci=8)
3. Panda, S., Mishra, D., Biswal, B.B. and Tripathy, M., 2014. Revolute manipulator workspace
optimization using a modified bacteria foraging algorithm: A comparative study. Engineering Optimization,
46(2), pp.181-199. (if=1.07, ci=3)
4. Panda, B.N., Bahubalendruni, M.R. and Biswal, B.B., 2015. A general regression neural network
approach for the evaluation of compressive strength of FDM prototypes. Neural Computing and
Applications, 26(5), pp.1129-1136. (if=1.56, ci=4)
5. Bahubalendruni, M.R. and Biswal, B.B., 2015. A review on assembly sequence generation and its
automation. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical
Engineering Science, 230 (5), 824-838. (if=0.56, ci=4)
6. Bahubalendruni, M. R., and Biswal, B. B., 2015. A novel concatenation method for generating optimal
robotic assembly sequences. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of
Mechanical Engineering Science, 0954406215623813.(if=0.56, ci=1)
7. Bahubalendruni, M. R., Biswal, B. B., Kumar, M., and Nayak, R. 2015. Influence of assembly predicate
consideration on optimal assembly sequence generation. Assembly Automation, 35(4), pp 309316. (if=0.913, ci=1)
8. Bahubalendruni, M. R., Deepak, B.B, and Biswal, B. B. 2016. An Advanced Immune Based Strategy to
Obtain an Optimal Feasible Assembly Sequence. Assembly Automation, 36(2), pp - . Doi:10.1108/AA-102015-086. (if=0.913, ci=0)
9. Bahubalendruni, M.R. and Biswal, B.B., 2016 Liaison concatenation–A method to obtain feasible
assembly sequences from 3D-CAD product. Sadhana, 41(1), pp.67-74 (if=0.47, ci=0)
10. Panda, B.N., Bahubalendruni, M.R. Biswal, B.B. and Marco L., 2016. A CAD-based approach for
measuring volumetric error in layered manufacturing. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical
Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 0954406216634746. (if=0.56, ci=0)
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CHATTERJEE, DIPANKAR (b 1972), Senior Scientist, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research
Institute, Durgapur - 713209
The nominee has got outstanding engineering achievements and tremendous contributions towards
developing new methods and techniques following the computational route that are proved to be
extremely important in diverse fields of engineering that involves primarily the transport of heat, mass and
momentum in disparate length and time scales. The nominee has got exceptional merit and eminence in
new and emerging fields of engineering and technology. Some of the important fields that can readily be
identified where the nominee contributes significantly are: computational modeling of phase change
processes commonly encountered in high energy materials processing applications, meso- and macroscale modeling of electro-magneto-hydrodynamics and electrokinetically driven flows, and bluff-body
thermo-hydrodynamics. Significant achievements are there in the above-mentioned fields that can be
itemized as: development of completely new mesoscopic paradigm for numerical computation of
solid/liquid phase change process,devising new technique for the mesoscopic computation of electromagneto-hydrodynamic interactions, discovering new physics (non-linear amplification of electrokinetic
pumping)of electrokinetically driven flow in nano-channels, devising many new heat transfer correlations
for flow over bluff bodies that are extremely important in designing thermal equipments.
Proposer: Prof. Gautam Biswas, Seconder: Prof. Suman Chakraborty
1. Dipankar Chatterjee, Suman Chakraborty, 2005, An enthalpy based lattice Boltzmann model for
diffusion dominated solid-liquid phase transformation, Physics Letters A, vol. 341, pp. 320-330 (if=1.626,
ci=65)
2. Dipankar Chatterjee, Suman Chakraborty, 2006, A hybrid lattice Boltzmann model for solid-liquid
phase transition in presence of fluid flow, Physics Letters A, vol. 351, pp. 359-367 (if=1.626, ci=68)
3. Suman Chakraborty, Dipankar Chatterjee, 2007, An enthalpy based hybrid lattice Boltzmann method
for modeling solid-liquid phase transition in presence of convective transport, Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
vol. 592, pp. 155-175 (if=2.294, ci=38)
4. Dipankar Chatterjee, 2009, An enthalpy-based thermal lattice Boltzmann model for non-isothermal
systems, Euro Physics Letters, vol. 86 (1), pp. 14004 (if=2.269, ci=23)
5. Dipankar Chatterjee, Sakir Amiroudine, 2010, Lattice kinetic simulation of non-isothermal
magnetohydrodynamics, Physical Review E, vol. 81, pp. 066703-1-6 (if=2.326, ci=10)
6. Dipankar Chatterjee, 2010, Lattice Boltzmann simulation of incompressible transport phenomena in
macroscopic solidification processes, Numerical Heat Transfer B, vol. 58, pp. 55-72 (if=1.172, ci=28)
7. Dipankar Chatterjee, Sakir Amiroudine, 2011, Lattice Boltzmann simulation of thermofluidic transport
phenomena in a DC magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) micropump, Biomedical Microdevices, vol. 13, pp.
147-157 (if=2.765, ci=8)
8. Suman Chakraborty, Dipankar Chatterjee, Chirodeep Bakli, 2013, Nonlinear amplification of
electrokinetic pumping in nanochannels in presence of hydrophobic interactions, Physical Review Letters,
vol. 110, pp. 184503 (if=7.728, ci=7)
9. Dipankar Chatterjee, 2013, Lattice kinetic simulation of buoyancy induced MHD flows, International
Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 65, pp. 533-544 (if=2.522, ci=0)
10. Dipankar Chatterjee, Satish Kumar Gupta, 2015, MHD flow and heat transfer behind a square
cylinder in a duct under strong axial magnetic field, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol.
88, pp. 1-13 (if=2.522, ci=4)
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CHINNASWAMY, ANANDHARAMAKRISHNAN (b 1973), Principal Scientist, CSIR-Central Food
Technological Research Institute, Mysore - 570020
Dr. C. Anandharamakrishnan has made significant research contributions to the field of Food
Engineering, particularly micro- and nanoencapsulation food ingredients and computational modeling of
food processing operations and biological systems. The outcomes of his research endeavours have been
well-documented in the form of > 50 scholarly publications with average impact factor of 2.388 in various
reputed journals, 9 granted National and International patents, 3 authored books and 5 book chapters (Hindex: 17; i10 index: 25; Citations: > 850). Dr. Anandharamakrishnan’s major achievements in the field of
encapsulation and computational modeling include:
i. Fabrication of DHA and green tea nanoemulsions, aimed at enhanced in-vitro digestibility and improved
bioavailability, respectively. A 2.78 fold increase in bioaccessibility of major catechins was observed with
green tea nanoemulsions. RSC Advances (2016); Food Hydrocolloids (2016).
ii. Development of spray-freeze-drying, spray-drying & freeze-drying as microencapsulation techniques for
bioactive compounds. Improved volatile retention in coffee (> 93%), increased viability of probiotics (>
90%) and enhanced encapsulation efficiency of bioactives (> 90%) are the notable
accomplishments. Spray Drying Techniques for Food Ingredient Encapsulation (2015); Techniques for
Nanoencapsulation of Food Ingredients (2015); Food Chemistry (2015); Journal of Food Engineering
(2015); Food and Bioprocess Technology (2013); Journal of Functional Foods (2012).
iii. Computational fluid dynamics modeling of bread baking process, spray-drying and spray-freeze-drying
operations and prediction of gastric emptying rate and pressure profile in the human stomach. Journal of
Texture Studies (2014); Journal of Food Engineering (2010); Food Research International (2011); Journal
of Food Science (2010); Drying Technology, (2010).
Proposer: Prof. Ram Rajasekharan, Seconder: Dr. Balaji Prakash
1. J. Anu Bhushani, P. Karthik and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2016). Nanoemulsion based delivery
system for improved bioaccessibility and Caco-2 cell monolayer permeability of green tea catechins. Food
Hydrocolloids, 56, 372-382. (if=4.09)
2. P. Karthik and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2016). Fabrication of a nutrient delivery system of
docosahexaenoic acid nanoemulsions via high energy techniques. RSC Advances, 6, 35013513. (if=3.84)
3. Aadinath, J. Anu Bhushani and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2016). Synergistic radical scavenging
potency of curcumin-in-β-cyclodextrin-in-nanomagnetoliposomes. Materials Science and Engineering: C
C 64, 293–302. (if=3.088)
4. Hundre S., P. Karthik and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2015). Effect of whey protein isolate and betacyclodextrin wall systems on stability of microencapsulated vanillin by spray-freeze drying method. Food
Chemistry, 174, 16-24. (if=3.391, ci=No. of citations: 7)
5. R. Rajam and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2015). Spray-freeze-drying method for microencapsulation of
Lactobacillus plantarum. Journal of Food Engineering, 166, 95-103. (if=2.771, ci=No. of citations: 1)
6. Padma Ishwarya S. and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2015). Spray-Freeze-Drying approach for soluble
coffee processing and its effect on quality characteristics. Journal of Food Engineering 149,171180. (if=2.771, ci=No. of citations: 7)
7. Aprajeeta J, Gopirajah, R and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2015). Shrinkage and porosity effects on heat
and mass transfer during potato drying. Journal of Food Engineering 144, 119-128. (if=2.771, ci=No. of
citations: 3)
8. Rajam R. and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2015). Microencapsulation of Lactobacillus plantarum (MTCC
5422) with fructooligosaccharide as wall material by spray drying. LWT - Food Science and Technology
60, 773-780. (if=2.416, ci=No. of citations: 15)
9. P. Karthik and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2013). Microencapsulation of Docosahexaenoic Acid by
Spray-Freeze-Drying Method and Comparison of its Stability with Spray-Drying and Freeze-Drying
Methods. Food and Bioprocess Technology 6, 2780-2790. (if=2.691, ci=No. of citations: 19)
10. R. Rajam, P. Karthik, S. Parthasarathi, G.S. Joseph and C. Anandharamakrishnan (2012). Effect of
whey protein – alginate wall systems on survival of microencapsulated Lactobacillus plantarum in
simulated gastrointestinal conditions. Journal of Functional Foods 4, 891-898. (if=3.574, ci=No. of
citations: 50)
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CHOUDHURY, DEEPANKAR (b 1974), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay),
Mumbai - 400076
Prof. Deepankar Choudhury (throughout 1st Class 1st in academics, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow,
JSPS Fellow, BOYSCAST Fellow and TWAS-VS Fellow) has made extensive research contributions in
the field of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Foundation Engineering, which are internationally
recognized and included in design codes and practice manuals with field applications in India and abroad.
A novel fundamental work on new ‘pseudo-dynamic approach’ for closed-form design proposed by
Choudhury and his former 15 PhD students of IIT Bombay, for various earthquake resistant economic
design of geotechnical facilities like building foundations, piles, tailing dams, retaining walls, sea walls,
anchors, with consideration of site specific seismic ground response analysis, seismic hazard studies,
dynamic soil properties, soil liquefaction has received worldwide acceptance, some of which are
proposed for inclusion in International Building Code (IBC) 1803 of USA with Choudhury as the only NonUSA member in committee. Choudhury’s fundamental research has been applied in field by the
Department of Atomic Energy of India for seismic design of tailing dam. Recently Choudhury’s work on
seismic design of combined pile-raft foundation (CPRF), considering dynamic soil-structure interaction
(DSSI), has been applied at international sites in Iraq and Vietnam and in the design of India’s 1st
Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) building foundation in soft Soil site at Haryana (in contrast, all existing NPP
foundations of India are on Rock) using Choudhury and Katzenbach’s (German collaborator) jointly
published 1st ISSMGE international design guideline on CPRF and book. He is Editorial board member of
prestigious journals like ASCE-IJOG, CGJ, IGJ etc.
Proposer: Dr.Devang V. Khakhar, Seconder: Prof. S. C. Dutta Roy
1. D. Choudhury and S. Nimbalkar (2005); "Seismic passive resistance by pseudo-dynamic method",
Geotechnique, ICE London, U.K., Vol. 55, No.9: pp. 699-702. (if=1.868, ci=100 – SCOPUS, 59 – Web of
Science, 128 – Google Scholar.)
2. Deepankar Choudhury and K. S. Subba Rao (2006); "Seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip footings
embedded in slope", International Journal of Geomechanics, ASCE, USA, Vol. 6, No. 3: pp. 176-184.
(This paper has been awarded the EXCELLENT PAPER AWARD TO JUNIOR INDIVIDUALS–2008 by
International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG), AZ,
USA). (if=1.199, ci=23 – SCOPUS, 20 – Web of Science, 25 – Google Scholar.)
3. Sanjay Nimbalkar and Deepankar Choudhury (2007); "Sliding stability and seismic design of retaining
wall by pseudo-dynamic method for passive case", Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier,
U.K., Vol. 27, No. 6: pp. 497-505. (if=1.215, ci=36 – SCOPUS, 29 – Web of Science, 41 – Google
Scholar.)
4. Syed Mohd. Ahmad and Deepankar Choudhury (2008); "Pseudo-dynamic approach of seismic design
for waterfront reinforced soil wall", Geotextiles and Geomembranes, Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 26, No. 4: pp.
291-301. (if=2.376, ci=31 – SCOPUS, 24 – Web of Science, 36 – Google Scholar.)
5. Deepankar Choudhury and Syed Mohd. Ahmad (2008); "Stability of waterfront retaining wall subjected
to pseudo-dynamic earthquake forces", Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering,
ASCE, USA, Vol. 134, No. 4: pp. 252-260. (if=1.107, ci=30 – SCOPUS, 20 – Web of Science, 35 –
Google Scholar.)
6. Sumedh Y. Mhaske and Deepankar Choudhury (2010); "GIS-based soil liquefaction susceptibility map
of Mumbai city for earthquake events", Journal of Applied Geophysics, Elsevier, U.K., Vol. 70, No. 3, pp.
216-225. (if=1.500, ci=29 – SCOPUS, 16 – Web of Science, 26 – Google Scholar.)
7. Sumedh Yamaji Mhaske and Deepankar Choudhury (2011); "Geospatial contour mapping of shear
wave velocity for Mumbai city", Natural Hazards, Springer, Netherlands, Vol. 59, No. 1, pp. 317327. (if=1.719, ci=22 – SCOPUS, 10 – Web of Science, 26 – Google Scholar.)
8. Debarghya Chakraborty and Deepankar Choudhury (2013); "Pseudo-static and pseudo-dynamic
stability analysis of tailings dam under seismic conditions", Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, India (PNASI) Section A: Physical Sciences, Springer, India, Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 6371. (if=0.242, ci=3 – SCOPUS, 1 – Web of Science, 4 – Google Scholar.)
9. Sarika S. Desai and Deepankar Choudhury (2015); "Site-specific seismic ground response study for
nuclear power plants and ports in Mumbai", Natural Hazards Review, ASCE, USA, Vol. 16, No. 4,
04015002. (if=1.143, ci=2 – SCOPUS, 1 – Web of Science, 4 – Google Scholar.)
10. Ashutosh Kumar and Deepankar Choudhury (2016); "DSSI analysis of pile foundations for an oil tank
in Iraq", Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering, ICE London, U.K.,
Vol. 162, No. 2, pp. 129-138. (if=0.933, ci=1 – SCOPUS, 1 – Web of Science, 1 – Google Scholar.)
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DEY, GAUTAM KUMAR (b 1957), Distinguished Scientist, Director, Materials Group, BARC. ; Professor,
Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Dean-Academic, Engg. Sci (BARC) for HBNI,Mumbai - 400085
Dr. Gautam Kumar Dey’s comprehensive work on metal-metal metallic glasses covered issues related to
glass forming abilities, mechanism – and kinetics of crystallization and relaxations, novel properties and
innovative uses [169, 172-173, 183, 215, 221, 229, 231-232, 251-261, 267-269, 271-274]. He is first to
use fluctuation electron microscopy in resolving the fine structure of such glasses[34, 38, 53, 101, 105,
108, 112, 11-116,]. The structure of Zr3Fe phase crystallized from the amorphous matrix has been
established by him as recorded in the Powder Diffraction pattern file database. He has made some path
breaking contributions in the field of phase transformations, namely microstructure evolution in two phase
zirconium alloys during fabrications [5, 9, 11, 13, 16-17, 23, 33, 35, 36, 55, 57, 58, 72, 76, 78, 84-86, 8993, 96-98 ], early stage of precipitation in several nickel based alloys [10, 22, 41, 48, 61, 77, 110-111,
198, 200-201, 225]. Both these studies have led to the development of specific products which are in use
in Indian Nuclear Program. Dr. Dey has established the micro- mechanism of combustion synthesis, a
unique process for the development of high temperature intermetallics [56, 59, 69, 102, 163, 170, 184,
196, 199, 206, 209, 212, 222, 262-264]. His high resolution electron microscopy work has elucidated
some fundamental questions related to phase transformations and plastic deformations of engineering
alloys. His work in radiation damage using proxy irradiation has resolved the mechanism of damage
formation in both zirconium- and nickel based alloys [3, 7, 12, 43, 99].
Proposer: Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Seconder:Dr. A.K. Tyagi
1. M.K.Sanyal, V. C. Sahni, G.K. Dey, 1987, Evidence of Endothermic Quasicrystalline to Crystalline
Phase Transition in Al6CuMg4, Nature, 328, 704. (if=41.456, ci=20)
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Steel of Grade 350, Acta Met. Mat., 48, 1187 (if=4.465, ci=90)
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Phase in Nanocrystalline Silver - Phys. Rev., B 64, 3405 (if=3.736, ci=47)
4. I.S. Batra, G.K. Dey, U.D. Kulkarni, S. Banerjee, 2001, Microstructure and Properties of a Cu-Cr-Zr
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GANGULI, RANJAN (b 1967), Satish Dhawan Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012
Prof. Ranjan Ganguli is an internationally recognized scholar with research interests in rotorcraft,
structural mechanics and aerospace systems. Prof. Ganguli has shown the importance of hysteresis
effects on helicopter vibration control using smart trailing edge flaps actuated with piezoelectric stack
actuators. He has found that material uncertainty effects in nonlinear helicopter dynamics can cause
disproportionately large changes in response, loads and aeroelastic stability, leading to a low but finite
possibility of catastrophic failure. He has shown that response surface methods used in conjunction with
evolutionary optimization can lead superior optimal designs of composite rotor blades. He has
investigated algorithmic aspects of inverse problems in diagnostics, and addressed noise contamination
issues in diagnostics and prognostics through signal processing, machine learning and estimation
methods. He has researched on fluid sloshing problems, atomistic-continuum simulation for improved
structural dynamic modeling and wave propagation problems. He has found new analytical solutions and
efficient finite element approaches for the rotating beam equation and discovered isospectral rotating and
non-rotating beams. He has investigated the effects of matrix cracking, delamination, fiber breakage in
helicopter rotor blades and developed algorithms for predicting remaining blade life. His research work
has led to a deeper scientific understanding of aerospace systems and has contributed to flight safety.
His research has led to 167 journal papers indexed in ISI web of science with 2068 citations and an hindex of 26. Prof. Ganguli is a Fellow of ASME, INAE, AeSI and the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Proposer: Prof. M.L. Munjal, Seconder:Prof. Giridhar Madras
1. Ganguli, R., and Chopra, I., 1996,Aeroelastic Optimization of a Helicopter Rotor with Two-Cell
Composite Blades, AIAA Journal, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 835-841. (if=0.99, ci=41)
2. Volponi, A.J., Depold, H., Ganguli, R., Daguang, C., 2003, The Use of Kalman Filter and Neural
Network Methodologies in Gas Turbine Performance Diagnostics: A Comparative Study, ASME Journal of
Engineering for Gas Turbine and Power, Vol. 125, No. 4, pp. 917-924. (if=0.735, ci=222)
3. Ganguli, R., Application of Fuzzy Logic for Fault Isolation of Jet Engines, 2003, ASME Journal of
Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Vol. 125, No. 3, pp. 617-623. (if=0.735, ci=83)
4. Pawar, P.P., and Ganguli, R., 2003, Genetic Fuzzy System for Damage Detection in Beams and
Helicopter Rotor Blades, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Vol. 192, No. 16-18,
pp. 2031-2057. (if=2.082, ci=91)
5. Reddy, R.R.K., Ganguli, R., Structural Damage Detection in a Helicopter Rotor Blade using Radial
Basis Function Neural Networks, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2003, pp. 232241. (if=2.096, ci=73)
6. Ganguli, R., 2004,A Survey of Recent Developments in Rotorcraft Design Optimization, Journal of
Aircraft, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 493-510. (if=0.59, ci=73)
7. Roy, N., and Ganguli, R., 2005, “Helicopter Rotor Blade Frequency Evolution with Damage Growth and
Signal Processing”, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 283, No. 3-5, pp. 821-851. (if=1.332, ci=54)
8. Murugan, M.S, and Ganguli, R., 2005, Aeroelastic Stability Enhancement and Vibration Suppression in
a Composite Helicopter Rotor, Journal of Aircraft Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 1013-1024. (if=0.59, ci=44)
9. Kathiravan, R., and Ganguli, R., 2007, Strength Design of Composite Beams using Gradient and
Particle Swarm Optimization, Composite Structures, Vol. 81, No. 4, pp. 471-479. (if=2.028, ci=82)
10. Viswamurthy, S.R., and Ganguli, R., 2007, Modeling and Compensation of Piezoceramic Actuator
Hysteresis for Helicopter Vibration Control, Sensors and Actuators: A Physical, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 801810. (if=1.933, ci=53)
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JAGADEESH, GOPALAN (b 1966), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012
Prof. Gopalan Jagadeesh has made seminal contributions in the area of Hypersonics and Shock Wave
Dynamics. Shock waves are invariably formed around/ahead of any vehicle flying at supersonic speeds.
Shock Waves are also found in nature, whenever massive energy dissipates in extremely short time
scales. Prof. Jagadeesh and his group in IISc have contributed to understanding the fundamental science
associated with shock wave propagation in complex fluids, in addition to exploring the intricate
aerothermodynamics of shock waves in hypersonic flight. His work on hypersonic flow control using
different innovative techniques such as aero-spikes, jet injection and energy deposition (Physics of Fluids,
Vol. 19, No.3, pp.031701-1 to 031701- 4, 2007) are today considered as some of the most significant
contributions in the field. Prof. Jagadeesh has pioneered the novel use of shock waves for various
industrial applications such as needless drug delivery, cell transformation (US Patent 8,232,093, 2012),
in-vivo bio-film disruptions near infection zones (Nature Scientific Reports, 5:17440, DOI: 10.1038,
pp.1=12, 2015), preservative impregnation into bamboos (Gold Medal in DST-Lockheed Martin India
Innovates Programme) and sandal oil extraction. Industry grade prototypes have been built for most of
the technologies mentioned above and are now in various stages of commercialization. The newly
established (2014) company Ms. Super-Wave Technology Pvt. Ltd. with equity participation from Indian
Institute of Science has been able to garner a funding to the tune of ~ Rs. 75 Crores from leading multinational industries, facilitating the transition of these innovative technologies from lab to land ultimately
reach the society.
Proposer: Prof. R. Narasimha, Seconder:Prof. N. Balakrishnan
1. M. Viren, S. Saravanan, G. Jagadeesh and K.P.J. Reddy, “Experimental investigations of hypersonic
flow over highly blunted cones with Aero-spikes”, AIAA J., Vo.41, No.10, pp. 1955-1966, 2003. (if=1.207,
ci=53)
2. V. Menezes, K. Takayama, T.Ohki and G. Jagadeesh, “Laser-ablation-assisted micro-particle
acceleration for drug delivery”, App. Physics Letters, Vol. 87, 163504, pp. 1-3, 2005. (if=3.302, ci=47)
3. Balla Venukumar, G. Jagadeesh and KPJ Reddy, "Counter flow drag reduction by supersonic jet for a
blunt body in hypersonic flow" Physics of Fluids, Vol.18 (12), pp.118104-1 to 118104-4, 2006 (if=2.031,
ci=58)
4. K. Satheesh and G. Jagadeesh, “Effect of concentrated energy deposition on the aerodynamic drag of
a blunt body in hypersonic stream”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 19, No.3, pp.031701-1 to 031701- 4,
2007. (if=2.031, ci=24)
5. Gopalan Jagadeesh, Divya Prakash.G, Rakesh.S.G, Uday Sankar Allam, M.Gopala Krishna,
Sandeepa M Eswarappa, and Dipshikha Chakravortty, “Needleless vaccine delivery using Micro-Shock
Waves”, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, Vol. 18, No.4, pp. 539-545, 2011. (if=2.598, ci=16)
6. Divya Prakash G, Anish R V, Jagadeesh G and Dipshikha Chakravortty, “Bacterial transformation using
micro-shock waves”, Analytical Bio-Chemistry, 419, pp.292-301, 2011. (if=2.219, ci=16)
7. S Rao and G Jagadeesh, “Novel Supersonic Nozzles for Mixing Enhancement in Supersonic Ejectors”,
Applied Thermal Engineering, Vol. 71, pp. 62-71, 2014. (if=2.739, ci=10)
8. Srisha M.V. Rao and G. Jagadeesh, “Observations on the non-mixed length and unsteady shock
motion in a two dimensional supersonic ejector”, Physics of Fluids, Vol. 26, 036103 pp.1-26,
2014. (if=2.031, ci=4)
9. Divya Prakash Gnanadhasa, Monalisha Elango, S. Janrdhana Raj, C.S. Srinandan, Akshay Datey,
Richard A. Strugnell, Jagadeesh Gopalan, & Dipshikha Chakravortty, “Successful treatment of biofilm
infections using shock waves combined with antibiotic therapy”, Nature Scientific Reports, 5:17440, DOI:
10.1038, pp.1=12, 2015. (if=5.578, ci=1)
10. Divya Prakash Gnanadhasa, Monalisha Elango, Midhun Ben Thomas, Jagadeesh Gopalan,
Dipshikha Chakravortty, “Remotely triggered micro-shock wave responsive drug delivery system for
resolving diabetic wound infection and controlling blood sugar levels”, RSC Advances, 5, pp.13234–
13238DOI: 2015. (if=3.84, ci=1)
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HARI, K.V.S. (b 1962), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012
Prof. Hari has made stellar contributions to array signal processing, wireless communication and sparse
signal processing. His key contributions are briefly described below. He has made fundamental
contributions to error performance analysis of high-resolution Subspace Methods, Root-MUSIC
and ESPRIT, significantly advancing this field. The extensive citations to the work show striking
applications to wireless communications, underwater acoustics, radar, meteorology, remote sensing,
biomedical engineering, pathology, ocean biology and bridge design. He has made pioneering and early
breakthrough contributions to MIMO wireless channel models in the development of “Stanford University
Interim (SUI)” channel models, which have been adopted as an IEEE 802.16 wireless standard on
channel models and are used extensively by industry and academia in designing next-generation WiFi,
3G, 4G and 5G wireless communication systems. These models have been incorporated into a MATLAB
Toolbox resulting in its widespread usage by researchers and system designers. He has proposed
powerful techniques related to spatial modulation for wireless communication systems. One bright idea
resulted in the computational complexity becoming independent of the constellation size and merely
depending upon the number of transmit antennas. The proposed technique reduces the computational
complexity, dramatically, by a factor of 10-100, depending on the constellation used. Further, he has
proposed novel antenna selection methods, which yield significant improvements in performance. He has
developed a fusion framework in sparse signal processing which provides a novel way of using estimates
from existing methods and fusing them, resulting in a family of methods, yielding improved performance.
Proposer: Prof. P.S. Sastry, Seconder: Prof. Y. Narahari
1. Bhaskar D. Rao and K. V. S. Hari (1989), “Performance Analysis of Root-Music,” IEEE Transactions on
Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Vol. 43, pp. 1939-1949, December 1989. (if=Not available
because recently journal changed name to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, ci=582)
2. Bhaskar D. Rao and K. V. S. Hari (1989), “ Performance Analysis of ESPRIT and TAM in determining
the Direction of Arrival of Plane Waves in Noise,” IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal
Processing, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 1990-1994, December 1989.(if=Current Impact factor not available
because journal recently changed name to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, ci=136)
3. BD Rao, KVS Hari (1990), “ Effect of spatial smoothing on the performance of MUSIC and the
minimum-norm method,” Radar and Signal Processing, IEE Proceedings F , vol. 137 (6), pp. 449-458,
June 1990 (if=Current Impact Factor not available because journal recentlly changed name to IET
Proceedings F, ci=71)
4. Bhaskar D. Rao and K. V. S. Hari (1993), “Weighted Subspace Methods and Spatial Smoothing:
Analysis and Comparison,” IEEE Transactions on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, Vol. 37(2),
pp 788-803, February 1993. (if=No current Impact factor becuase journal recently changed name to IEEE
Transactions on Signal Processing, ci=81)
5. H. Bolcskei, A. J. Paulraj, K. V. S. Hari, R. U. Nabar, W. W. Lu (2001), “Fixed Broadband Wireless
Access: State of the Art, Challenges, and Future Directions,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 39,
pp. 100 -108, Jan 2001. (if=4.007, ci=151)
6. V. Erceg, K. V. S. Hari, M.S. Smith, D.S. Baum, K.P. Sheikh, C. Tappenden, J.M. Costa, C. Bushue,
A.Sarajedini, R. Schwartz, D. Branlund, S. Kaitz, D. Trinkwon (2001), “Channel Models for Fixed Wireless
Applications,” accepted, by the Task Group 3 of IEEE 802.16 working group, as the IEEE standard at
Session #14 held at Portland, Oregon, July 2001. (if=Not available, ci=709)
7. Rakshith Rajasekhar, K.V.S. Hari, Lajos Hanzo (2013), “Spatial Modulation aided zero-padded single
carrier transmission for dispersive channels, IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. vol. 61(6), pp.
2318-2329, June 2013. (if=1.992, ci=11)
8. Rakshith Rajashekar, K.V.S. Hari, Lajos Hanzo (2013), “Antenna Selection in Spatial Modulation
Systems,” IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 17(3), pp. 521-524, March 2013. (if=1.268, ci=50)
9. Sooraj K. Ambat, Saikat Chatterjee, K.V.S. Hari (2013), “Fusion of Algorithms in Compressed Sensing,”
IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol. 61, pp. 3699-3704, July 2013 (if=2.787, ci=21)
10. Rakshith Rajashekar, K.V.S. Hari, Lajos Hanzo (2014), “Reduced-complexity ML detection and
capacity-optimized training for spatial modulated systems,” IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol.
62(1), pp. 112-125, Jan 2014. (if=1.992, ci=25)
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KANDASUBRAMANIAN, BALASUBRAMANIAN (b 1973), Professor, Dean and Head Department of
Materials Engineering, DIAT (DU), Ministry of Defence, Girinagar, Pune-411025
After the successful completion of his PhD dissertation, he started his career as Senior Research
Technologist with a leading European Research Institute (UK Materials Research Institute, PERA
Innovation Park, Melton Mowbray, UK). During his stay with this institute he progressed exponentially
from Senior Technologist to a Research Manager (Technology) within a period of 10 years. He was
actively involved in various technology development activities for the companies like Kraton, Dow
Chemicals, 3M, Dassault Systems, Exeger, Sorrin, TRW, Church & Dwight, Impact Colours, Biopack,
Roxtec, Reddiplex, Hubron Master Batches, ECN, AKI, Tremco, SEaB etc. In fact his hard work helped
him to receive highly prestigious “Professional Member and Chartered Engineer” membership from
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK. Balasubramanian K is extensively involved in
development and processing of biodegradable polymer, engineering polymers and commodity polymer
for various application like antibacterial application, toxic metal ions expulsion, high temperature
application and hydrophobic coatings for ship hulls for last years. In this frame of time, he has developed
various technology in the form of patents and peer reviewed journals and international conferences. He
has successfully received 14 Indian patents and more than 100 peer reviewed journals. The major area of
his research endeavor various aspects of defence sector which includes intelligent textiles, development
of materials for missiles nose and thermal barrier coatings for tanks. He is recently awarded with the
prestigious award “Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastic Processing
Industry” from Ministry of chemical and fertilizers, Government of India.
Proposer: Dr. Surendra Pal, Seconder: Dr. Baldev Raj
1. G Jiang, M Gilbert, DJ Hitt, GD Wilcox, K. Balasubramanian (2002), Preparation of nickel coated mica
as a conductive filler, Composites part A: applied science and manufacturing, 33, 745-751 (if=4.04, ci=85)
2. B.N. Sahoo, K. Balasubramanian (2014), Recent progress in fabrication and characterisation of
hierarchical biomimetic superhydrophobic structures. RSC Advances, 42, 22053-22093 (if=3.84, ci=49)
3. F. Zhao, C. Wan, X. Bao, K. Balasubramanian (2009), Modification of montmorillonite with
aminopropylisooctyl polyhedral oligomeric silsequioxane. Journal of colloid and interface science, 333,
164-170 (if=3.63, ci=45)
4. F. Zhao, X. Bao, A. R. McLauchlin, J. Gu, C. Wan, K. Balasubramanian (2010), Effect of POSS on
morphology and mechanical properties of polyamide 12/montmorillonite nanocomposites. Applied Clay
Science, 47, 249-256 (if=3.24, ci=39)
5. A. Rajyalakshmi, B. Ercan, K. Balasubramanian, T. J. Webster (2011), Reduced adhesion of
macrophages on anodized titanium with select nanotube surface features, International Journal of
nanomedicine, 2011, 1765-1771 (if=4.74, ci=33)
6. C. Wan, F. Zhao, X. Bao, K. Balasubramanian, M. Duggan (2008), Surface characteristics of
polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane modified clay and its application in polymerization of macrocyclic
polyester oligomers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 112, 11915-11922 (if=3.30, ci=30)
7. C. Wan, X. Bao, F. Zhao, K. Balasubramanian, M. P. Duggan (2008), Morphology and properties of
silane‐modified montmorillonite clays and clay/PBT composites, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 110,
550-557 (if=1.76, ci=25)
8. B.N. Sahoo, K. Balasubramanian (2014), Photoluminescent carbon soot particles derived from
controlled combustion of camphor for superhydrophobic applications, RSC Advances, 4, 1133111342 (if=3.84, ci=20)
9. M. P. Duggan, C. Wan, X. Bao, F. Zhao, K. Balasubramanian (2009), Effect of POSS on crystalline
transitions and physical properties of polyamide 12, Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics,
2008, 47, 121-129 (if=3.83, ci=17)
10. R. yadav, K. Balasubramanian (2013), Egg albumin PVA hybrid membranes for antibacterial
application. Materials Letter, 110, 130-133 (if=2.46, ci=15)
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KULKARNI, AJIT RANGNATH (b 1957), Institute Chair Professor, IIT-Bombay, Mumbai - 400076
Dr. Kulkarni has been working in the interdisciplinary area of Engineering Sciences (Materials Science)
particularly electrical transport phenomenon in different materials viz. inorganic glasses, Ceramics,
polymer gels and electrolytes and polymer-CNT nanocomposites for use in energy conversion, harvesting
and storage. The novel approaches, to develop these materials, have resulted in design and development
of a polymer based low cost ammonia sensor (Technology Transfer) and two polymer gel electrolyte
systems for all solid state lithium batteries (Two US patents). Fundamental contribution includes discovery
of mixed mobile ion cross-over effect in the ac conductivity of glasses. Dr. Kulkarni has engineered
nanostructured metal (Silver) and metal oxide (TiO2) powders using low-cost, green, microbes mediated
route. A simple modifier (Na-AHA) was also used to overcome the issue of poor dispersion of MWCNT's
in polymer nano composites. The extent of dispersion was assessed via a simple electrical conductivity
measurement avoiding expensive TEM. He has made significant contributions in developing nanostructured ZnO for sunscreen formulations and varistors with improved properties. To summarize, Dr.
Kulkarni's research is outstanding and seminal in the area of Engineering Sciences and Materials Science
in particular. He has guided 24 Ph. D., 55 M. Tech students and has published 143 papers, 7 patents and
7 Chapters in books/or proceedings. He is a Humboldt Fellow, Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of
Science and Member of the National Academy of Sciences India (NASI). He has achieved National and
International recognition and acclaim for his contribution in the area of electrically conducting materials
and deserves NASI fellowship.
Proposer: Dr. H S Maiti, Seconder:Prof. Jayesh Bellare
1. S. M. Gupta and A. R. Kulkarni (1994) “Synthesis and Dielectric Properties of Lead Magnesium
Niobate - A Review”, Materials Chemistry & Physics, 39 98 (if=2.462, ci=39)
2. Gupta, S.M., A. R. Kulkarni. (1995) “Role of Excess PbO on the Microstructure and Dielectric
Properties of Lead Magnesium Niobate”, Journal of Materials Research 10 953 (if=2.178, ci=49)
3. A. R. Kulkarni Lunkenheimer, P., Loidl, A. (1998) “Scaling Behavior in the Frequency Dependent
Conductivity of Mixed Alkali Glasses” Solid State Ionics 112 (1-2), pp. 69-74 (if=2.425, ci=37)
4. Vishal Singh, A R Kulkarni and T R R Mohan (2003) “Dielectric Properties of Aluminum–Epoxy
Composites”, J Appl. Polymer Sci 90 3602 (if=1.240, ci=89)
5. Kodgire, P.V., Bhattacharyya, A.R., Bose, S., Gupta, N., A. R. Kulkarni., Misra, A. (2006) “Control of
Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes Dispersion in Polyamide6 Matrix: An Assessment Through Electrical
Conductivity”, Chemical Physics Letters 432 480 (if=2.314, ci=133)
6. Padmasree, K.P., Kanchan, D.K., A. R. Kulkarni (2006) “Impedance and Modulus Studies of the Solid
Electrolyte System 20CdI 2-80[xAg2O-y(0.7V2O5-0.3B 2O3)], where 1 ≤x/y ≤ 3” , Solid State Ionics
177475 (if=2.425, ci=70)
7. KP Murali, S Rajesh, O Prakash, A. R. Kulkarni, R Ratheesh, (2009)'Comparison of Alumina and
Magnesia Filled PTFE Composites for Microwave Substrate Applications' Materials Chemistry and
Physics 113 (1), 290-295 (if=2.259, ci=48)
8. Bose, S., Bhattacharyya, A.R., A. R. Kulkarni, Pötschke, P. (2009) “Electrical, rheological and
morphological studies in co-continuous blends of polyamide 6 and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene with
multiwall carbon nanotubes prepared by melt blending”, Composites Science and Technology 69
365 (if=3.549, ci=117)
9. A.K. Jha, K Prasad, A. R. Kulkarni. (2009) "Synthesis of TiO2 Nanoparticles using microorganism",
Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 71 (2), 226-229 (if=4.512, ci=114)
10. A Ashok, MN Gandhi, A. R. Kulkarni (2012) "Enhanced Visible Photoluminescence in ZnO Quantum
Dots by Promotion of Oxygen Vacancy Formation" Nanoscale 4 (16), 4943-4946 (if=7.394, ci=32)
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MANDAL, RAJIV KUMAR (b 1960), Professor and Head, Department of Metallurgical Enineering, IIT
(BHU), Varanasi - 221005
Professor Rajiv Kumar Mandal has made pioneering and outstanding contributions in the synthesis of
nano-alloys and metallic glasses and in the structural characterization of Quasicrystals, Ti-based high
temperature structural alloys and Al-based spray formed alloys. One of the seminal contributions of
Professor Mandal was to develop a unified structural description of Icosahedrally related phases in
general and Decagonal phase in particular [119 (30)], [117 (18)]. This led to the prediction of a
pentagonal phase which was later confirmed experimentally. Professor Mandal has perfected the
technology for the synthesis of water dispersible Ag and Ag-Cu nanosized powders with better shelf life in
the sol state [44 (20)] by employing environmentally benign stabilizers [56 (69)], [51 (43)]. This has
potential health care applications. Complex issues pertaining to site occupancy in high temperature Tibase alloys have been resolved by the nominee with the help of Rietveld refinement [53 (36)], [63 (10)].
This has significant bearing in determining phase stability and mechanical behaviour of these
alloys. Professor Mandal has analysed droplet dynamics and nature of heat transfer in spray forming [62
(26)], [69 (48)], [79 (22)], [86 (70)]. This has led to a suitable window of process parameters for improved
microstructural homogeneity in large prefoms. In view of his outstanding achievements in the area of
synthesis and structural characterization of materials, we strongly support the candidature of Professor
Rajiv Kumar Mandal for his election as Fellow of the Academy. cf. Annexure A for [Reference (Citations)]
Proposer: Prof. S. Lele, Seconder: Prof. O.N. Srivastava
1. RK Mandal, S Lele (1989) Periodic pentagonal and decagonal quasicrystals, Physical Review Letters
62 (23), 2695-2698 (if=7.728, ci=30)
2. VC Srivastava, RK Mandal, SN Ojha (2001) Microstructure and mechanical properties of Al–Si alloys
produced by spray forming process, Materials Science and Engineering: A 304, 555-558 (if=2.409, ci=70)
3. P Shukla, RK Mandal, SN Ojha (2001) Non-equilibrium solidification of undercooled droplets during
atomization process, Bulletin of Materials Science 24 (5), 547-554 (if=0.87, ci=24)
4. MA Shaz, NK Mukhopadhyay, RK Mandal, ON Srivastava (2002) Synthesis and microhardness
measurement of Ti–Zr–Ni nanoquasicrystalline phase, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 342 (1), 4952 (if=2.726, ci=19)
5. VC Srivastava, RK Mandal, SN Ojha (2004) Evolution of microstructure in spray formed Al–18% Si
alloy, Materials Science and Engineering: A 383 (1), 14-20 (if=2.409, ci=48)
6. VC Srivastava, RK Mandal, SN Ojha, K Venkateswarlu (2007) Microstructural modifications induced
during spray deposition of Al–Si–Fe alloys and their mechanical properties, Materials Science and
Engineering: A 471 (1), 38-49 (if=2.409, ci=26)
7. M Singh, I Sinha, RK Mandal (2009) Role of pH in the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles, Materials
Letters 63 (3), 425-427(if=2.269, ci=69)
8. S Banumathy, RK Mandal, AK Singh (2009) Structure of orthorhombic martensitic phase in binary Ti–
Nb alloys, Journal of Applied Physics 106 (9), 093518 (if=2.185, ci=36)
9. M Singh, I Sinha, M Premkumar, AK Singh, RK Mandal (2010) Structural and surface plasmon
behavior of Cu nanoparticles using different stabilizers, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and
Engineering Aspects 359 (1), 88-94 (if=2.354, ci=43)
10. S Shrivastava, SK Singh, A Mukhopadhyay, ASK Sinha, RK Mandal (2011) Negative regulation of
fibrin polymerization and clot formation by nanoparticles of silver, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
82 (1), 241-246 (if=4.287, ci=20)
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MEIKAP, BHIM CHARAN (b 1964), Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur,
Kharagpur - 721302
Nominee has carried out an outstanding engineering work to protect the industry personnel by reducing
fugitive emission in sponge iron plants. Nominee proposed recommendation after evaluation of
performance of the bag filter systems existing at many sponge iron plants, detects
deficiencies/bottlenecks/constraints and suggested required modification/alteration required to minimize
the fugitive emissions and now the majority of the plants are working much better after necessary
modifications as recommended by the nominee is implemented. He has developed a flue gas
conditioning method in Thermal Power Plant by in-situ ammonia generation to augment performance
efficiency of ESP. Nominee has developed an air dense medium fluidized bed for beneficiating high-ash
Indian coal and has significant importance for coal and mineral beneficiation plant. The nominee has
developed a three-stage counter current fluidized bed reactor for removal of SO2 and CO2 from flue
gases. Nominee has developed a process to enhance the performance efficiency of hydrocyclone for
separation of fine particles. A new hydrocyclone is designed with insertion of solid rod and performance is
improved. In the field of industrial pollution control and consultancy the efforts of the nominee has helped
State Pollution Control Board, Odisha, Chhatisgarh Environment Conservation Board and many small
and medium scale and large scale industries to cope with the problems of abatement and control of both
air and water pollution. He has successfully helped industries and Public Sectors like NTPC, Tata
Chemicals, SPCB Odisha, Aarati Steel, Mithan Sponge etc..
Proposer: Prof. Sirshendu De, Seconder: Prof. Prasanta Kumar Das
1. BC Meikap, G Kundu, MN Biswas,2002, Modeling of a novel multi-stage bubble column scrubber for
flue gas desulfurization, Chemical Engineering Journal 86 (3), 331-342 (if=4.321, ci=58)
2. K Mohanty, M Jha, BC Meikap, MN Biswas, 2005, Removal of chromium (VI) from dilute aqueous
solutions by activated carbon developed from Terminalia arjuna nuts activated with zinc chloride ,
Chemical Engineering Science 60 (11), 3049-3059 (if=2.337, ci=284)
3. K Mohanty, M Jha, BC Meikap, MN Biswas, 2006 , Biosorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solutions by
Eichhornia crassipes , Chemical Engineering Journal 117 (1), 71-77 (if=4.321, ci=188)
4. K Mohanty, JT Naidu, BC Meikap, MN Biswas, 2006, Removal of crystal violet from wastewater by
activated carbons prepared from rice husk , Industrial & engineering chemistry research 45 (14), 51655171 (if=2.587, ci=96)
5. CK Singh, JN Sahu, KK Mahalik, CR Mohanty, BR Mohan, BC Meikap, 2008, Studies on the removal
of Pb (II) from wastewater by activated carbon developed from Tamarind wood activated with sulphuric
acid , Journal of Hazardous Materials 153 (1), 221-228(if=4.529, ci=132)
6. CP Dwivedi, JN Sahu, CR Mohanty, BR Mohan, BC Meikap, 2008, Column performance of granular
activated carbon packed bed for Pb (II) removal , Journal of hazardous materials 156 (1), 596603 (if=4.529, ci=100)
7. J Acharya, JN Sahu, BK Sahoo, CR Mohanty, BC Meikap, 2009, Removal of chromium (VI) from
wastewater by activated carbon developed from Tamarind wood activated with zinc chloride , Chemical
Engineering Journal 150 (1), 25-39 (if=4.321, ci=149)
8. JN Sahu, J Acharya, BC Meikap, 2009, Response surface modeling and optimization of chromium (VI)
removal from aqueous solution using Tamarind wood activated carbon in batch process , Journal of
hazardous materials 172 (2), 818-825 (if=4.529, ci=141)
9. JN Sahu, J Acharya, BC Meikap, 2010, Optimization of production conditions for activated carbons
from Tamarind wood by zinc chloride using response surface methodology , Bioresource technology 101
(6), 1974-1982 (if=4.494, ci=113)
10. KJ Cronje, K Chetty, M Carsky, JN Sahu, BC Meikap, 2011, Optimization of chromium (VI) sorption
potential using developed activated carbon from sugarcane bagasse with chemical activation by zinc
chloride , Desalination 275 (1), 276-284 (if=3.756, ci=73)
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MISHRA, PRABHAT RANJAN (b 1970), Principal Scientist, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow 226031
Dr Prabhat Ranjan Mishra contributed in two areas—(a) development of strategy for cost-saving, patientfriendly and evidence-based products for industry; and (b) bringing good to patients suffering from
leishmaniasis and osteoporosis. In the area of leishmaniasis he identified sulfated derivatives of a
common sugar (4-SO4GalNAc) could be used as a high-performance targeting ligands to target tissueresident macrophages especially Leishmania-infected macrophages, suggesting an alternative strategy
for the treatment of leishmaniasis. Developed oil templated nanocapsules bearing doxorubicin for
macrophage targeting through Phosphatidylserine ligand and established that the ligand can provide a
new insight for efficient drug delivery to specialized macrophages through “eat me” signal (J. Antimicrob.
Chemother. 2012; IF 5.068). He explored immunomodulatory and chemotherapeutic potential of alginate
coated nanocapsule loaded with doxorubicin against visceral leishmaniasis (Br. J Pharmacol 2014; IF
4.84) and AmB bearing lipo-polymerosome formulation with low toxicity (Mol. Pharm. 2014; IF 4.384) and
further explored targeting potential of Lectin functionalized lipo-polymerosme bearing AmB and found that
it has improved pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic profile than Fungizone (Bioconjugate Chem.
2014; IF 4.7). In the area of osteoporosis he has developed Layer-by-layer technology bearing
kaempferol which has impacted on product development by enhancing bioavailability with enhanced
osteogenic efficacy (Nanomedicine 2013; IF 5.824). He has also developed novel combination kit bearing
arteether and sulfadoxine for the treatment of P.falciparum Malaria.The nano-formulation showed 100%
curative effect with nearly 1/4th of curative dose of α/β-arteether in combination of 1/32th of SP curative
dose. Recently he has developed paclitaxel nanocrystals with improved delivery (Acta Biomaterialia
2015).
Proposer: Dr Madhu Dikshit, Seconder:Padma Shri Dr Nitya Nand Soniya
1. S Sharma, A Verma, G Pandey, N Mittapelly, PR Mishra (2015) Investigating the role of Pluronic-gCationic polyelectrolyte as functional stabilizer for nanocrystals: Impact on Paclitaxel oral bioavailability
and tumor growth Acta Biomaterialia 26: 169-183 (Corresponding author) (if=6.025, ci=1)
2. Gupta PK, Jaiswal AK, Asthana S, Teja B V, Shukla P, Shukla M, Sagar N, Dube A, Rath SK, Mishra
PR (2015) Synergistic enhancement of parasiticidal activity of amphotericin B using copaiba oil in
nanoemulsified carrier for oral delivery: an approach for non-toxic chemotherapy. Br J Pharmacol.
72(14):3596-610. (Corresponding author) (if=4.842, ci=1)
3. Pramod Kumar Gupta, Anil K Jaiswal, Shalini Asthana, Anuradha Dube, Prabhat Ranjan Mishra (2015)
Antigen presenting cells targeting and stimulation potential of lipoteichoic acid functionalized lipopolymerosome: A chemo-immunotherapeutic approach against intracellular infectious disease.
Biomacromolecules 13;16(4):1073-87 (Corresponding author) (if=5.75, ci=-)
4. Pramod K Gupta, Anil K Jaiswal, Vivek Kumar, Ashwni Verma, Pankaj Dwivedi, Anuradha Dube,
Prabhat R Mishra (2014) Covalent functionalized Self-assembled Lipo-polymerosome bearing
Amphotericin B for better management of leishmaniasis and its toxicity evaluation Mol. Pharm. 11 (3):
951–963 (Corresponding author) (if=4.384, ci=12)
5. S Kansal, R Tandon, A Verma, P Misra, AK Choudhary, R Verma, PRP Verma, A Dube, PR Mishra
(2014) Coating doxorubicin loaded nanocapsule with alginate enhances therapeutic efficacy against
Leishmania in hamsters by inducing Th1 type immune responses Br. J. Pharmacol. 171(17):4038-50
(Corresponding author) (if=4.842, ci=1)
6. Pramod K. Gupta, Shalini Asthana, Anil K. Jaiswal, Vivek Kumar, Ashwni Verma , Prashant Shukla ,
Pankaj Dwivedi , Anuradha Dube , and Prabhat R. Mishra (2014) Exploitation of Lectinized Lipopolymerosome bearing Amphotericin B to Target Macrophages for Effective Management of Visceral
Leishmaniasis Bioconjugate Chem. 25 (6): 1091–1102 (Corresponding author) (if=4.7, ci=5)
7. Girish K Gupta, Avinash Kumar, Vikram Khedgikar, Priyanka Kushwaha, Jyoti Gautam, Geet K Nagar,
Varsha Gupta, Ashwini Verma, Anil Kumar Dwivedi, Amit Misra, Ritu Trivedi and Prabhat Ranjan Mishra
(2013) Enhancement of osteogenic efficacy of kaempferol through engineered layer-by-layer matrix: A
study in ovariectomized rats. Nanomedicine 8(5) : 757-771 (Corresponding author) (if=5.41, ci=8)
8. Shaswat Kansal, Rati Tandon, Pankaj Dwivedi, Pragya Misra, P.R.P Verma, Anuradha Dube and
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra (2012) Development of oil templated nanocapsules bearing doxorubicin for
macrophage targeting through Phosphatidylserine ligand: A system for intervention in Visceral
Leishmaniasis J. Antimicrob. Chemother. 67 (11), 2650-2660 (Corresponding author) (if=5.068, ci=22)
9. D. Singodia, A. Verma, R.K. Verma, P. R. Mishra (2012) Investigations on Alternate Approach to
Target Mannose Receptors on Macrophages using 4-Sulfated N-Acetyl Galactosamine more Efficiently
as Compared to Mannose Decorated Liposomes : An Application in Drug Delivery, Nanomedicine,
Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine 8 (4): 468-477 (Corresponding author)This paper received special
incentive award by Director for excellence in research in 2013 (if=6.155, ci=21)
10. Avinash Kumar, Girish K Gupta , Vikram Khedgikar, Jyoti Gautam, Priyanka Kushwaha, Bendangla
Changkija, Geet K Nagar, Varsha Gupta, Ashwni Verma, Anil Kumar Dwivedi, Naibedya Chattopadhyay ,
Prabhat R Mishra, Ritu Trivedi (2012) In-vivo efficacy studies of layer-by-layer nano-matrix bearing
kaempferol for the conditions of osteoporosis: A study in ovariectomized rat model. Eur. J. Pharm.
Biopharm. 82: 508-517 (Corresponding author) (if=4.268, ci=13)
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PONNIAH, MOHANLAL PAPPU (b 1954), Director, ISRO Inertial Systems Unit, Thiruvananthapuram 695013
Dr. Mohanlal led the development of ISRO’s world class Inertial Sensors, Systems, Inertial Actuators and
Precision Mechanisms. These Systems are essential for Launch Vehicles, Spacecrafts and interplanetary
Missions of India. He developed Inertial Navigation Systems for PSLV, GSLV, SRE-1, RLV,
Chandrayaan-1, MARS Orbiter Missions, GPS Aided Inertial Navigation System (GAINS) for SRE-1 and
Launch Vehicle Navigation. The performance of these navigation systems has been consistently excellent
and better than systems developed by other nations. The Aided Navigation Kalman Filter algorithm and
software developed by him for SRE-1 Mission has been exceptional and earned a special appreciation
from the National Expert Committee. This development was first of its kind in India and internationally
also. The GAINS system developed by him are successfully flown in 22 Launch Vehicle Missions, and
shown excellent performance and is acclaimed by foreign customers. He designed High Dynamic GPS
Receiver and validated for PSLV, GSLV trajectory and dynamics which is not available for import.
He has developed the new mini RESINS (REdundant Strap down Inertial Navigation System) from
system conception after solving several technological challenges and successfully flight tested for
improved
Launch
Vehicle
reliability,
Mission
accuracy
and
enhanced
payload.
Overcoming all technological challenges, he lead the development of Laser Gyros which have provided
consistent and accurate performance. In earlier phase of the carrier, he established the Screening
Laboratory for testing electronic parts for all Launch Vehicles, developed automated test systems,
automated instrumentation system and balancing algorithm for the Schenck vertical dynamic balancing
machine as import substitute.
Proposer: Dr.T.K.Alex, Seconder:Dr.Anil Bharadwaj
1. P.P. Mohanlal and Preethi. A, “Optimal Fuzzy Control of Inverted Pendulum on Cart”, Parithanthra, Vol
15, No.2, Nov 2007, Journal of System Society of India.
2. S. Subha Rani , S. Sibi, and Mohanlal P.P, “Secondary Injection Thrust Vector Control Power Plant
Linerarization using Fuzzy Logic for a Launch Vehicle”, Defence Science Journal (DRDO), Vol.52, No.4,
October 2002, pp 409-416.
3. M.R Kaimal, R. Rajesh and Mohanlal P.P, “An Optimal Rule Generation Scheme using Genetic
Algorithm for the Design of a Fuzzy Logic Controller”, Parithantra, Journal of System Society Science and
Engineering, System Society of India, vol.8, no. 1, August 2003, pp 20-25.
4. Mohanlal P.P, B.C. Vidwani, A. Abdul Shukkoor, J. Krishnakumar, S. Syamala, “Navigation System for
Closed Loop Guidance of Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE) : Development & Flight
Performance” Proceedings of Satellite Technology day, April 19, ISAC, Bangalore, 2007.
5. G.Harikumar, K.karthikeyan, S.Syamala. C.Radhakrishna Pillai, S.Hemachandran, A.Abdul shukkoor
and P.P. Mohanlal, “Troposphere induced GPS navigation error, its effect on GPS-INS Integrated system
performance and mitigation strategies”, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, pp150-158, June
2013
6. Mohanlal P.P and Sethunadh. R, “Virtual Instrument based Dynamic Balancing System for Rockets
and Payloads”, IEEE International Conference on Automated test systems, (AUTOTESCON-2007) Sept
17-20, 2007, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, pp 291-296.
7. Mohanlal P.P, M.R Kaimal and Dasgupta S, “Exact Fuzzy Modeling and Optimal Control of a Launch
Vehicle in the Atmospheric Phase”, Proceedings of the seventh International Conference on control,
Automation, Robotics and Vision, Dec 2-5, 2002, Singapore, pp 1275-1280
8. Mohanlal P.P and M.R Kaimal, “ Exact Fuzzy Modeling and Optimal Control of the Inverted Pendulum
on Cart”, Proceedings of the 41st International IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Las Vegas,
USA, Dec 10-13, 2002, pp 3255-3260.
9. Mohanlal P.P and M.R Kaimal, “Exact Fuzzy Modeling and Optimal Control of a Class of Second Order
Nonlinear Systems”, Proceedings of the IEEE International Fuzzy System Conference (IEEE-FUZZ2004),
Budapest, Hungary, July 2004, pp 611-616.
10. Mohanlal P.P and M.R Kaimal, “Design of Optimal Fuzzy Observers based on TS Fuzzy Model”,
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, IEEE-FUZZ 2004, Budapest,
Hungary, July 2004, pp 605-610.
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NANDA, KARUNA KAR (b 1967), Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012
Nominee has been working extensively in developing new approaches for the synthesis of nanostructured
materials with different geometry and exploitation their properties for various applications. One of his
papers (Indian authors only) has been cited more than 400 times.His group has developed one-step
approach for the growth of one-dimensional and porous metal oxide nanostructures as well as the onestep pyrolysis technique for the growth of different carbon nanostructures such as millimeter long carbon
nanotubes, nanoribbons, nanofibers, etc. The significant result is the synthesis of longest ever ZnO
nanowires with huge aspect ratio. They have demonstrated white light emission from nitrogen-doped
Ga2O3 nanorods, carbon nanotube bundles as interconnects and in low temperature thermometry,
optical thermometry using ZnO, field emission from carbon nanofibers, anisotropic conductivity in carbon
nanotube arrays embedded polymer, sub-ppb to 75000 ppm level ammonia sensing by Au and Ag
nanoparticles. Finally, the ammonia sensing has been explored for the diagnosis of renal failure. Apart
from the above mentioned significant results, his contributions to the compressive strain induced
oscillations in the conductance of carbon nanotubes, one-step rapid synthesis of M@rGO (M=Au, Pt, Pd,
Ag) hybrid nanostructures, Pt-free cathode for fuel cells, noble metal free catalysts for water splitting, etc.
are of great importance. The prime focus of his group is the 4R (reduce, recovery, recycle and reuse)
policy. He has demonstrated the exfoliation of different nanostructures, fabrication of free-standing
organic/inorganic hybrid structures and recycling of materials. His work on reusable sources and
substrates is of high industrial importance.
Proposer: Prof. Ganapati Panda, Seconder:Prof. Uma Charan Mohanty
1. K. K. Nanda, and S. N. Sahu, 2001, One‐dimensional quantum confinement in electrodeposited PbS
nanocrystalline semiconductors, Advanced Materials 13, 280-283 (if=17.493, ci=60)
2. K. K. Nanda, F. E. Kruis, and H. Fissan, 2001, Energy levels in embedded semiconductor
nanoparticles and nanowires,Nano Letters 1, 605-611 (if=13.592, ci=89)
3. K. K. Nanda, F. E. Kruis, and H. Fissan, 2002, Evaporation of free PbS nanoparticles: evidence of the
Kelvin effect, Physical Review Letters 89, 256103 (if=7.512, ci=94)
4. K. K. Nanda, S. N. Sahu, and S. N. Behera, 2002, A liquid-drop model for the size-dependent melting
of low-dimensional systems, Physical Review A 66, 013208 (if=2.808, ci=420)
5. K. K. Nanda, A. Maisels, F. E. Kruis, H. Fissan, and S. Stappert, 2003, Higher surface energy of free
nanoparticles, Physical Review Letters 91, 106102 (if=7.512, ci=240)
6. J. Grabowska, A. Meaney, K. K. Nanda, J. P. Mosnier, M. O. Henry, J. R. Duclère, and E. McGlynn,
2005, Surface excitonic emission and quenching effects in ZnO nanowire/nanowall systems: limiting
effects on device potential, Physical Review B 71, 115439(if=3.736, ci=181)
7. S. C. Vanithakumari and K. K. Nanda, 2009, A one-step method for the growth of Ga2O3 nanorods
based white light phosphors, Advanced Materials 21, 3581-3584 (if=17.493, ci=73)
8. S. Pandey, G. K. Goswami, and K. K. Nanda, 2012, Green synthesis of biopolymer–silver nanoparticle
nanocomposite: an optical sensor for ammonia detection, International journal of biological
macromolecules 51, 583-589 (if=3.096, ci=69)
9. S. L. Shinde, and K. K. Nanda, 2013, Wide‐range temperature sensing using highly sensitive
green‐luminescent ZnO and PMMA‐ZnO film as a non‐contact optical, Probe Angewandte Chemie
International Edition 52, 11325-11328 (if=11.261, ci=18)
10. S. Pandey, G. K. Goswami and K. K. Nanda, 2013, Nanocomposite based flexible ultrasensitive
resistive gas sensor for chemical reaction studies, Scientific Reports 3, 2082 (if=5.578, ci=23)
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PADHY, NARAYANA PRASAD (b 1969), Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee - 247667
Dr. Padhy has focused mainly on the Power systems analysis and optimization, unit commitment, in
restructured electricity industries; and Novel way of pricing transmission and distribution networks with
distributed generations; and their interfaces with the real world power utilities. Currently he is also the
National Lead on the research project titled HEAPD(High Energy and Power Density Solutions to Large
Energy Deficits) aiming to prevent blackout in India under UK and India Collaboration in Smart Grid and
Energy Storage initiatives. He has developed a novel and unique Unit Commitment algorithm suitable for
modern and deregulated power utilities all over the world so that generation cost and carbon foot prints
can be minimized. The basic formulation has been presented [Annexure-II-1,2&3] includes a highly cited
single authored IEEE Transaction on Power Systems. Dr. Padhy has also developed a simple and
industry oriented Transmission and Distribution Network Pricing algorithm for the power utilities with
renewable generation [Annexure-II-5,7&10]. The developed algorithm has been field tested by the
Western Power Distribution Company under the supervision of the energy regulator OFGEM (Office of
Gas and Electricity Market) UK. He is working as a full Professor (since 2008) and NEEPCO Chair
Professor(since 2013) at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He is one of the youngest recipient of
the Humboldt Experienced Research Fellow Award, Germany (2009) and BOYSCAST Research Fellow
Award for Young Scientists, DST, India (2004). He is the fellow in the electrical engineering section of
INAE and fellow of IET UK.
Proposer: Prof.Bhim Singh, Seconder:Prof. Sukumar Mishra
1. Narayana Prasad Padhy, “Unit Commitment - A Bibliographical survey”, IEEE Transactions on Power
Systems, Vol. 19, No.2, May 2004, pp. 1196-1205. (if=2.814 , ci=ISI Web of Knowledge: 284; Scopus:
404; Google Scholar: 672)
2. P. Venkatesh, R. Gnanadass, and Narayana Prasad Padhy, “Comparison and Application of
Evolutionary Programming Techniques to Combined Economic Emission Dispatch with Line Flow
Constraints”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 18., No. 2., May 2003, pp. 688-692. (if=2.814,
ci=ISI Web of Knowledge: 154; Scopus: 227; Google Scholar: 302)
3. S. Kanan, S. Mary Raja Slochanal, and Narayana Prasad Padhy, “Application and Comparison of
Metaheuristic Techniques to Generation Expansion Planning Problem”, IEEE Transaction on Power
Systems, Vol. 20, No. 1, Feb. 2005, pp. 466-475. (if=2.814, ci=ISI Web of Knowledge: 96; Scopus: 121;
Google Scholar: 176)
4. Sidhartha Panda and Narayana Prasad Padhy, “Comparison of particle swarm optimization and
genetic algorithm for FACTS-based controller design”, Applied Soft Computing Journal(Elsevier), Vol. 8,
issue 4, 2008, pp. 1418-1427. (if=2.81, ci=ISI Web of Knowledge: 87; Scopus: 144; Google Scholar: 241)
5. Y. R. Sood, Narayana Prasad Padhy, H. O. Gupta, “Wheeling of Power Under Deregulated
Environment of Power System - A Bibilographical Survey” , IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol.
17, No. 3, Aug. 2002, pp. 870-878. (if=2.814, ci=ISI Web of Knowledge: 47; Scopus: 73; Google Scholar:
93)
6. S. Simon, Narayana Prasad Padhy and R. S. Anand, “Ant Colony System Approach for Unit
Commitment Problem”, International Journal of Electric Power and Energy Systems (Elsevier), Vol. 28,
No.5, June 2006, pp. 315-323. (if=3.43, ci=ISI Web of Knowledge: 30; Scopus: 49; Google Scholar: 81)
7. Kanwardeep Singh, Narayana Prasad Padhy and J. D. Sharma, “Influence of Price Responsive
Demand Shifting Bidding on Congestion and LMP in Pool Based Day-Ahead Electricity Markets”, IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 26, No. 2, May. 2011, pp. 886-896. (if=2.814, ci=ISI Web of
Knowledge: 28; Scopus: 41; Google Scholar: 47)
8. Narayana Prasad Padhy and Abdel Moamen, M. A., “Power Flow Control And Solutions With Multiple
and Multi-type FACTS Devices”, Electric Power System Research (Elsevier), Vol. 74, June 2005, pp. 341351. (if=1.749, ci=ISI Web of Knowledge: 24; Scopus: 47; Google Scholar: 74)
9. Narayana Prasad Padhy, “Unit Commitment Using Hybrid Models: A Comparative study for Dynamic
Programming, Expert System, Fuzzy System and Genetic Algorithm” , International Journal of Electric
Power and Energy System (Elsevier), Vol. 23, No. 8, November, 2000, pp. 827-836. (if=3.43, ci=ISI Web
of Knowledge: 18; Scopus: 42; Google Scholar: 103)
10. F. Li, Narayana Prasad Padhy, Ji Wang and Bless Kuri, ‘Cost-Benefit Reflective Distribution Charging
Methodology’, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 23, No. 1., Feb. 2008, pp. 58-64. (if=2.814,
ci=ISI Web of Knowledge: 17; Scopus: 28; Google Scholar: 43)
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PRADHAN, ASHOK KUMAR (b 1967), Professor, Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur - 721302
Dr Pradhan is an excellent teacher of Electrical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur and his research focus is in
the area of Power System Protection and Monitoring. Based on his research contribution on Network
Protection, he received Young Engineer Award by Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in
2001. He has seminal contribution in the field of directional and distance relaying for power networks and
vulnerability assessment of Power System following disturbance which is evident from his 30 extensively
cited IEEE Transaction papers. He was awarded INAE Fellowship for his pioneering contribution. Many of
his supervised PhD and M Tech theses are rewarded by Power Grid and INAE. He was invited to McGill
University, Canada and Darmstad University, Germany for collaborative research in Power System
Protection. Currently he has established pioneering research in the field of Wide Area Measurement
technology for power system where he has Indo-UK projects and established collaboration with UK and
US universities. This fosters in capacity building in the area of Smart Grid technology for the nation today.
He has industrial collaboration with Hydro Quebec Research, Canada and involved in developing Power
System Dynamic Assessment tools. With Power Grid India also he has established research
collaboration. He has been instrumental in imparting knowledge in the area of numerical protection to
practicing engineers of Tata Power, Calcutta Electric Supply Company, Damodar Valley Corporation etc.
As a consultant he is instrumental in solving different issues for Damodar Valley Corporation, Odisha
Distribution System and other agencies.
Proposer: Prof. G Panda, Seconder: Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti
1. I. Kamwa, A. K. Pradhan and G. Joos, 2007, “Automatic segmentation of large power systems into
fuzzy coherent areas for dynamic vulnerability assessment”, IEEE Trans. on Power System, vol. 22, pp.
1974 – 1985. (if=2.814, ci=48)
2. A. K. Pradhan and G. Joos, 2007, “Adaptive distance relay setting for lines connecting wind farms”,
IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, vol. 22, no.1, pp.206-213. (if=3.353, ci=78)
3. A. K. Pradhan A. Routray and A. Basak, 2005 “Power system frequency estimation using least mean
square technique”, IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol. 20, no.3, pp.1812-1816. (if=1.733, ci=170)
4. A. K. Pradhan and A. Routray, 2005, “Applying distance relay for voltage sag source detection”, IEEE
Trans. on Power Delivery, vol. 20, no.1, pp.529-531. (if=1.733, ci=84)
5. A. K. Pradhan, A. Routray, S. Pati and D. K. Pradhan, 2004, “Wavelet-fuzzy combined approach for
fault classification of a series compensated transmission line”, IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol. 19,
no.4, pp.1612-1618. (if=1.733, ci=91)
6. G Panda, P. K. Dash, A. K. Pradhan and S. K. Meher, 2002, “Data compression of power quality
events using the Slantlet transform," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol.17, no.2, , pp.662-667. (if=1.733,
ci=63)
7. A. Routray, A. K. Pradhan and K. P. Rao, 2002, "A novel Kalman filter for frequency estimation of
distorted signals in power systems," IEEE Trans. on Instrumentation and Measurement, vol. 51, no.3, pp.
469 -479. (if=1.79, ci=245)
8. P. K. Dash, A. K. Pradhan and G. Panda, 2000, "A novel fuzzy neural network based distance relaying
scheme," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol.15, no.3, pp.902-907. (if=1.733, ci=86)
9. P. K. Dash, A. K. Pradhan, G. Panda and A. C. Liew, 2000, "Adaptive relay setting for flexible ac
transmission systems (FACTS)," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol.15, no.1, pp.38-43. (if=1.733,
ci=100)
10. P. K. Dash, A. K. Pradhan and G. Panda, 1999, "Frequency estimation of distorted power system
signals using extended complex Kalman filter," IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, vol.14, No.3, 761-766,
1999. (if=1.733, ci=223)
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PRATAP, RUDRA (b 1964), Professor & Chairperson, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc,
Bangalore - 560012
Professor Rudra Pratap has provided an unparalleld leadership for setting up arguably the best centre for
nano science and engineering in India. The centre, called CeNSE, at IISc Bangalore is among the top five
such facilities in the world. This centre has been creating news in international circles for its vision,
facilities, and operation. Such centres are, of course, rarely a result of individual effort. Prof. Rudra Pratap
has the distinction of creating, inspiring, and leading a team of dedicated faculty members to realize this
dream. From securing the required funding (about Rs 200 cr) to planning and execution of the complex
infrastructure, and setting high standards for scientific work, Prof. Pratap has led from the front and
delivered an iconic centre. For the first time, engineering researchers in India have access to make
complete devices, experiment with process technologies, and carry out the entire spectrum of device
characterization at micro and nano scales. In engineering research, the nominee has made fundamental
contributions in the area of dynamic MEMS devices. The nominee’s work on energy dissipation in MEMS
devices covering analytical, numerical, and experimental investigations has appeared in the highest
impact journals of this field. In mechanical engineering community, he is an undisputed pioneer in MEMS
in the country. He is also well known for his contribution to engineering education through his textbooks
that are adopted internationally. In summary, Prof. Rudra Pratap’s leadership and contribution to
engineering science transcends traditional boundaries and qualifies him for fellowship of the Academy.
Proposer: Prof. M. L. Munjal, Seconder: Prof. Y. Narahari
1. R Pratap, S Mukherjee, and F C Moon, 1994, “Dynamics Behaviour of a Bilinear Hysteretic
Elastoplastic Oscillator, Part I: Free Oscillations, Part II: Oscillations Under Periodic Impulse Forcing ",
Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 172(3), pp 321-338 and 339-358. (if=1.81, ci=69)
2. S. Kulkarni and R. Pratap, 2000, Studies on the Dynamics of a Supercavitating Projectile, Applied
Mathematics Modelling, Vol. 24, pp 113–119. (if=2.25, ci=79)
3. A Chatterjee, R Pratap, C K Reddy and A Ruina, 2002, “Persistent Passive Hopping and Juggling is
Possible Even with Plastic Collisions", International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 21, No.7. (if=2.54,
ci=23)
4. S. S. Mohite, V. Haneesh Kesari, R. Sonti and R. Pratap, 2005, “Analytical Solutions for the Stiffness
and Damping Coefficients of Squeeze Films in MEMS Devices Having Perforated Back Plate”, Journal of
Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 15, pp 2083-2092. (if=1.73, ci=61)
5. R. Pratap, S. Mohite and A. K. Pandey, 2007, “Squeeze-Film Effects in MEMS Devices”, Journal of
Indian Institute of Science, Vol. 87:1, Jan-May 2007. (if=N/A, ci=37)
6. A. K. Pandey and R. Pratap, 2008, “A Comparative Study of Analytical Squeeze-Film Damping Models
in Perforated MEMS Structures with Experimental Results”, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Vol. 4(3), pp
205-218. (if=2.52, ci=33)
7. Suhas S. Mohite, Venkata R. Sonti, and Rudra Pratap, 2008, “A Compact Squeeze-film Model
including Inertia, Compressibility and Rarefaction Effects for Perforated 3D MEMS Structures”, Journal of
Microelectromechanical Systems, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 709-723.(if=1.75, ci=37)
8. Ashok Kumar Pandey and Rudra Pratap, 2008, “Effect of Flexural Modes on Squeeze Film Damping In
MEMS Cantilever Resonators”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol. 17(12): pp. 24752484. (if=1.73, ci=64)
9. S. Talukdar, P. Kumar, and R. Pratap, September 2013, “Electric Current Induced Mass Flow in Very
Thin Infinite Metallic Films”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, Vol 60, No. 9, pp 28772883. (if=2.47, ci=06)
10. Santanu Talukder, Praveen Kumar & Rudra Pratap, 04 December, 2015, “Electrolithography—A New
and
Versatile
Process
for
Nano
Patterning”,
Scientific
Reports,
5:17753,
DOI:10.1038/srep17753. (if=5.58, ci=01)
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KARUMANCHI, RAGHAVARAO S.M.S. (b.1960) Chief Scientist (Scientist G), Department of Food
Engineering, CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore - 570020
The nominee has made pioneering contributions in aqueous two phase extraction, both basic work by
solving paradoxes in electrokinetic phase demixing and applied work by developing commercially feasible
downstream processing methods for natural colours (Phycocyanin, Betalains and Anthocyanin), new
methods for aqueous two phase demixing (external fields of acoustic, electrokinetic and microwave) and
recovery of phase polymers after extraction. He was responsible for the development of newer athermal
membrane processes such as Osmotic Membrane Distillation and Forward Osmosis for the concentration
of liquid foods and natural colors, in order to overcome drawbacks of reverse osmosis besides
mathematical models for these processes and design of bioreactors for hairy root cultures (acoustic
bioreactor) for solid state fermentation (packed bed with forced circulation) and for microbial
polysaccharides (Helical ribbon impeller). The candidate has taken a lead role in developing of processes
for value added products for coconut namely, whole coconut milk powder, low fat desiccated coconut,
virgin coconut oil (VCO) etc., which have been transferred to Indian Industries (over 40). His efforts were
well recognized. He has been elected as Fellow of several National Academies such as FASc (2014),
FNAAS (2014), FNAE (2013) and FIE (2010). He has been recipient of prestigious NASI-Reliance
Industries Diamond Jubilee Award (2008), Institution of Engineers Platinum Jubilee Award (2010),
National Award, Ministry of Agriculture (2006), CFTRI Foundation Day Awards for best technology
transferred to Industry (2004, 2005, 2007 and 2010) etc.. He has been on Editorial Board of International
journals and committees of DST, MFPI, CDB, DRDO, ICAR, AICTE, Biotech Industries etc.
Proposer : Prof. Aniruddha B Pandit, Seconder : Prof. G.D. Yadav
1. KSMS. Raghavarao, VB. Rewatkar and JB. Joshi, 1988, Critical impeller speed for solid suspension in
mechanically agitated contactors,AIChEJ,34, 1332-40. Impact factor -2.74 citation 98
2. NK. Rastogi and KSMS. Raghavarao, 1994, Effect of Temperature and Concentration on Osmotic
Dehydration of Coconut,Lebensmittel-Wissenschaft und-Technologie,27, 564-567. Impact factor -3.09
citation 90
3. M.K.Gowthaman, KSMS Raghavarao, N.P. Ghildyal and N.G. Karanth,1995,Estimation of KLa in solid
state fermentation using a packed-bed bioreactor,Process Biochemistry,30,9-15. Impact factor -2.516
citation 28
4. NK. Rastogi and KSMS. Raghavarao, 1997, Water and solute diffusion coefficients of carrot as a
function of temperature and concentration during osmotic dehydration, Journal of Food Engineering,34,
429-440. Impact factor -3.21 citation 138
5. NK. Rastogi, KSMS. Raghavarao and K. Niranjan, 1997, Mass transfer during osmotic dehydration of
banana: Fickian diffusion in cylindrical configuration,Journal of Food Engineering,31, 423-432. Impact
factor -3.21 citation 110
6. R. Subramanian, KSMS. Raghavarao, H. Nabetani, M. Nakajima, T. Kimura, T, Maekawa, 2001,
Differential permeation of oil constituents in nonporous denser polymeric membranes,Journal Of
Membrane Science,Vol 187, (1-2), 57-69. Impact factor -5.323 citation 56
7. NK. Rastogi and KSMS Raghavarao,2004,Mass transfer during osmotic dehydration of pineapple:
considering Fickian diffusion in cubical configuration,Lebensm. Wiss. u. Technol,37(1), 43-47. Impact
factor -2.416
citation 123
8. SN. Raghavendra, SR. Swamy, NK. Rastogi, KSMS. Raghavarao, S. Kumar, RN. Tharanathan, 2006,
Grinding characteristics and hydration properties of coconut residue: A source of dietary fiber, Journal of
Food Engineering,, 72 (3), 281-286. Impact factor -2.77 citation 134
9. Umesh Hebbar, B. Sumana and KSMS Raghavarao,2008,Use of reverse micellar systems for the
extraction and purification of bromelain from pineapple wastes,Bioresource Technology,99(110), 48964902. Impact factor -2.07 citation 134
10. B. Ravindra Babu, NK. Rastogi, KSMS. Raghavarao, 2008, Liquid-liquid extraction of bromelain and
polyphenol oxidase using aqueous two-phase system, Chemical Engineering and Processing,47(1), 8389. Impact factor -4.494 citation 96
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RAHAMAN, HAFIZUR (b 1963), Professor, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology,
Shibpur (IIEST Shibpur),Howrah - 711103
Dr. Hafizur Rahaman is known among his peers for his noteworthy contributions to VLSI design and
testing, CAD for microfluidic biochips and nano-scale electronic circuits and devices. His research has
provided the theoretical and experimental foundations of algorithms, logic design, and electronic design
automation as reflected in 200+ research publications and one book authored/coauthored by him. The
nominee has also demonstrated the industrial relevance of his methods on integrated circuit domains.
• Dr. Rahaman’s early work includes the built-in-self-test (BIST) design [10] for the detection of stuckopen faults in a CMOS circuit provides a methodology of building reliable and easily-testable digital
circuits.
• During the time of his postdoctoral research at Bristol University, UK, the nominee developed an
efficient VLSI CAD solution [7-9] for designing low power and testable CPU targeted towards EC
cryptography. Such a design provides higher level of security with the inclusion of on-chip BIST
architecture as the tests are fully automated.
• During his stay in Germany with DST-DAAD Fellowship, the nominee developed fundamental methods
for synthesis, optimization, testing and quantum mapping [2-3] to implement an efficient and integrated
design flow for reversible and quantum circuits.
• In the area of nano-electronics, Dr. Rahaman has made seminal contributions to the analysis and
modeling of Carbon Nanotube (CNT)/Graphene Nano Ribbon (GNR) [1], [4-6] based circuits and
interconnects. His results establish that CNTs/GNR based interconnects may replace Cu-based
interconnects in high speed interconnects in the future. Nominee's academic activities and research
contributions reflect his excellence in electronics/computer Engineering.
Proposer: Prof. Bhargab B. Bhattacharya, Seconder: Prof. Debatosh Guha
1. Manodipan Sahoo, Prasun Ghosal and, Hafizur Rahaman (2015), “Modeling and Analysis of Cross talk
Induced Effects in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Bundle Interconnects: An ABCD Parameter Based
Approach”, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Vol.14, Issue: 2 pp. 259-274 (if=1.825, ci=4)
2. Kamalika Datta, I. Sengupta, and Hafizur Rahaman (2015),“A Post-Synthesis Optimization Technique
for Reversible Circuits Exploiting Negative Control Lines”, IEEE Transactions on Computers 2015,
01/2015; vol. 64(4), pp.1208-1214. (if=1.659, ci=2)
3. Kamalika Datta, Gaurav Rathi, I. Sengupta and Hafizur Rahaman (2014),“An Improved Reversible
Circuit Synthesis Approach using Clustering of ESOP Cubes”, ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in
Computing Systems (JETC), 11(2):15(2014) (if=0.833, ci=2)
4. Debaprasad Das and Hafizur Rahaman (2012),“Modeling of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube
Interconnects for Different Process, Temperature, and Voltage Conditions and Investigating Timing
Delay”, Journal of Computational Electronics (Springer), vol. 11(4), 2012, pp. 349-363 (if=1.52, ci=3)
5. Debaprasad Das and Hafizur Rahaman (2011),"Analysis of Crosstalk in Single- and Multi-Wall Carbon
Nanotube Interconnects and its Impact on Gate Oxide Reliability", IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology,
vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 1362-1370 (if=1.825, ci=25)
6. Debaprasad Das and Hafizur Rahaman (2011), "Crosstalk Overshoot/undershoot Analysis and its
impact on Gate Oxide Reliability in Multi-wall Carbon Nanotube Interconnects”, Journal of Computational
Electronics (Springer), Vol.10, No.4, pp.360-372 (if=1.52, ci=7)
7. Somsubhra Talapatra, Hafizur Rahaman and Jimson Mathew (2010), “Low Complexity Digit Serial
Systolic Montgomery Multipliers for Special Class of GF(2m)”, IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems,
vol.18, issue 5, pp.847-852 (if=1.356, ci=34)
8. H. Rahaman, J. Mathew, A. M. Jabir and D. K. Pradhan (2008), “C-Testable Bit Parallel Multipliers over
GF(2m)”, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, Vol. 13, No. 1, Article
5 (if=0.767, ci=10)
9. H. Rahaman, J. Mathew, A. M. Jabir and D. K. Pradhan (2008), “Derivation of Reduced Test Vectors to
Test Bit Parallel Multipliers over GF(2m)”, IEEE Transactions on Computers, Vol.57, No.9, pp.12891294 (if=2.611, ci=2)
10. H. Rahaman, D. K. Das, and B. B. Bhattacharya (2008), “An Adaptive BIST Design for Detecting
Multiple Stuck-Open Faults in CMOS Complex Cell,” IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and
Measurement, Vol. 57, No. 12, pp.2838-2845 (if=1.790, ci=3)
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RATHORE, ANURAG SINGH (b 1973), Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi –
110016
Prof. Rathore is a biotechnologist to the core. Prof. Rathore taught Bioseparations/ Bioprocessing at the
Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, and Department of Chemical
and Biomolecular Engineering, UCLA, CA, for few years. At the IIT Prof. Rathore has been imparting the
basics of biochemical engineering to budding chemical engineers given the importance of biology in the
21st century. Prof. Rathore’s research has been enormously influenced by his considerable industry
experience. His laboratory focuses on creating solutions for the problems that industry faces and this is
more than evident from a very large body of publications in applications oriented top Journals such as
Nature Biotechnology, J. Chromatography, Electrophoresis, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering
Journal etc. With nearly 300 publications and presentations, the impact of his research is clearly evident.
In the last 5 years Prof. Rathore has successfully completed 10 projects and presently has 12 ongoing
projects from industry/government agencies worth millions of US$ and has developed a production
process for manufacturing of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (GCSF), a therapeutic drug for
cancer patients, that will cut the cost of production by 50-80%. Given his unique background he is much
sought after by the drugs and human biologics regulatory bodies such as DCGI, Indian Pharmacopeia
Commission etc. He co-authored Guidelines on Similar Biologics: Regulatory Requirements for Marketing
Authorization in India for the Ministry of Health, GoI which is critical for ensuring successful production of
biosimilar drugs by Indian biotech industry.
Proposer: Prof. Seyed E. Hasnain, Seconder: Dr. M. K. Bhan
1. P. Bade, S. P. Kotu, A. S. Rathore, Optimization of the Refolding Process for a Therapeutic Fusion
Protein in a Quality by Design (QbD) Paradigm, Journal of Separation Science, 35 (2012) 31603169 (if=3, ci=27)
2. R. Bhambure, K. Kumar and A. S. Rathore, High Throughput Process Development for
Biopharmaceutical Products: Review, Trends in Biotechnology, 29 (2010) 127-135 (if=12, ci=72)
3. A. S. Rathore, R. Bhambure and V. Ghare, Process Analytical Technology (PAT) for Biopharmaceutical
Products, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 398 (2010) 137-154 (if=4, ci=100)
4. A. S. Rathore and H. Winkle, Quality by Design for Biopharmaceuticals: Regulatory Perspective and
Approach, Nature Biotechnology, 27 (2009) 26-34 (if=42, ci=344)
5. A. S. Rathore, A Roadmap for Implementation of Quality by Design (QbD) for Biotechnology Products,
Trends in Biotechnology, 27, 2009, 546-553 (if=12, ci=152)
6. A. S. Rathore, M. Yu, S. Yeboah, and A. Sharma, Case Study and Application of Process Analytical
Technology (PAT) towards Bioprocessing: Use of On-Line High Performance Liquid Chromatography
(HPLC) for Making Real Time Pooling Decisions for Process Chromatography, Biotech. Bioengg., 100
(2008) 306-316 (if=4, ci=57)
7. J. Harms, X. Wang, T. Kim, J. Yang, and A. S. Rathore, Defining Design Space for Biotech Products:
Case Study of Pichia pastoris Fermentation, Biotech. Prog., 24 (2008) 655-662 (if=2, ci=67)
8. A. O. Kirdar, J. S. Conner, J. Baclaski, and A. S. Rathore, Application of Multivariate Analysis towards
Biotech Processes: Case Study of a Cell-Culture Unit Operation, Biotech. Prog., 23 (2007) 61-67 (if=2,
ci=53)
9. A. S. Rathore, S. E. Sobacke, T. J. Kocot, D. R. Morgan, R. L. Dufield, and N. M. Mozier, Analysis for
Residual Host Cell Proteins and DNA in Process Streams of a Recombinant Protein Product Expressed in
E. coli Cells, J. Pharm. Biomed. Anal., 32 (2003) 1199-1211 (if=3, ci=42)
10. A. S. Rathore and Cs. Horváth, Axial nonuniformities and flow in columns for capillary
electrochromatography, Anal. Chem., 70 (1998) 3069-3077 (if=6, ci=115)
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SAHU, KIRTI CHANDRA (b 1978),Associate Professor,Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad,
Sangareddy-502283
Since joining IIT Hyderabad he has been working on numerical simulations of complex multiphase flows,
and has recently begun to study some fundamental problems on bubbles and drops. He has developed
several numerical tools to simulate industrially relevant situations, such as a lattice Boltzmann method
(LBM) based numerical flow solver on GPU. He has already published around fifty papers in reputed
journals. He has a recent single-author paper in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics, which is unusual. Three
examples of his work with students and collaborators are (i) identifying different regimes based on the
shape of a bubble rising in quiescent fluid, (ii) the demonstration that three dimensional instabilities can
be more dangerous than two-dimensional ones in interfacial flows, and (iii) conceptualizing and finding of
a viscosity driven double-diffusive instability in a classically stable shear flow. Recently, the nominee has
started working on experimental verification of some of the above-mentioned findings. During his PhD,
the nominee studied many realistic situations of flow through pipes of various geometries and found that
the flows in these situations are often linearly unstable at very low Reynolds numbers. This offers a
possible mechanism that could be operating in small-scale flows. Although under 38 years of age, the
nominee is already among the top contributors in Fluid Mechanics in India.
Proposer: Dr.Rama Govindarajan, Seconder: Prof.Gautam Biswas
1. K. C. Sahu, 2016, “Double-diffusive instability in core-annular pipe flow”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics,
789, 830-855. (if=2.294, ci=0)
2. M. K. Tripathi, K. C. Sahu and R. Govindarajan, 2015, “Dynamics of an initially spherical bubble rising
in quiescent liquid”, Nature Communications, 6, 5268. (if=10.742, ci=13)
3. R. Govindarajan and K. C. Sahu, 2014, “Instabilities in viscosity-stratified flow”, Annual Review of Fluid
Mechanics, 46, 331-353.(if=11.26, ci=46)
4. . G. Karapetsas, K. C. Sahu, K. Sefiane and O. K. Matar, 2014, “Thermocapillary-driven motion of a
sessile drop: effect of non-monotonic dependence of surface tension on temperature”, Langmuir, 30 (15),
4310-4321. (if=4.384, ci=13)
5. K. C. Sahu, 2013, “Double diffusive effects on pressure-driven miscible channel flow: Influence of
variable diffusivity”, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 55, 24-31. (if=2.358, ci=5)
6. M. Mishra, A. De Wit and K. C. Sahu, 2012, “Double diffusive effects on pressure-driven miscible
displacement flow in a channel”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 712, 579-597. (if=2.294, ci=16)
7. K. C. Sahu and R. Govindarajan, 2011, “Linear stability of double-diffusive two-fluid channel flow”,
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 687, 529-539. (if=2.294, ci=17)
8. K. C. Sahu, P. Valluri, H. Ding and O. K. Matar, 2009, “Linear stability analysis and numerical
simulation of miscible channel flow”, Physics of Fluids, 21, 042104. (if=2.04, ci=51)
9. K. C. Sahu, P. Valluri, H. Ding and O. K. Matar, 2009, “Linear stability analysis and numerical
simulation of miscible channel flow”, Physics of Fluids, 21, 042104. (if=2.04, ci=45)
10. K. C. Sahu and R. Govindarajan, 2005, “Stability of flow through a slowly diverging pipe”, Journal of
Fluid Mechanics, 2005, 531, 325-334. (if=2.294, ci=34)
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SINGH, SRI NIWAS (b 1966), Professor (Higher Academic Grade) Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Prof. Singh has developed a sensitivity based approach to optimal locate the flexible ac transmission
systems (FACTS) devices for enhancing the performance including congestion management and stability
enhancement in both vertically integrated and unbundled power systems. Looking his knowledge and
expertise, he has been invited for several guest editor and panel sessions in international conferences
including IEEE PES General Meetings. His development of adaptive wavelet neural network is unique
and novel which has been successfully utilized for forecasting of price, load, wind power output and
ancillary service. Dr Singh’ work in power quality is well recognised in the literature. Dr Singh is one of the
leading personalities in Electricity market in India. His research work is taken as basis for submitting the
white paper in CERC. Dr Singh has received several accolades from various organizations, notably
amongst these are FNAE, FIET (UK), FIE(I), FIETE(I) and SM IEEE (USA); young engineer awards of
CBIP and INAE, Humboldt fellowship, Otto Monsteds Fond award. Dr Singh received 2013 IEEE
Educational Activities Board Meritorious Award in Continuing Education which is very prestigious award,
first time won by a person of R10 region (Asia-Pacific). Dr Singh was Chairman, IEEE UP Section for
2013-2014, and presently, he is IEEE Region 10 Conference and Technical Seminar Coordinator for
2015-2016. Prof. Singh has significantly contributed to the society by 400 research papers (h-index=35 in
Google scholar), two books, two video courses and more than 17 courses of one week each.
Proposer: Prof. Bhim Singh, Seconder: Prof.Sukumar Mishra
1. SN Singh and AK David, “Optimal Location of FACTS Devices for Congestion Management”, Electric
Power Systems Research, Vol. 58, No.2, July 2001, pp. 71-79. (if=: 1.749, ci=Scopus: 142; Google
Scholar: 188)
2. SN Singh and AK David, “A New Approach for Placement of FACTS Devices in Open Power Market”,
IEEE Power Engineering Review (Power and Energy Magazine), Vol. 21, No. 9, September 2001, pp. 5860. (if=:1.593, ci=Scopus: 107; Google Scholar: 138)
3. Ashwani Kumar, SC Srivastava and SN Singh, “A Zonal Congestion Management Approach Using
Real and Reactive Power Scheduling”, IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1, February 2004,
pp. 554-562. (if=:2.814, ci=Scopus: 114; Google Scholar: 86)
4. P Bajpai and SN Singh, “Fuzzy Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization for Bidding Strategy in Uniform
Price Spot Market”, IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, Vol. 22, No.4, November 2007, pp. 2152-2160. (if=:
2.814, ci=Scopus: 88; Google Scholar: 106.)
5. SN Singh and I Erlich, “Strategies for Wind Power Trading in Electricity Markets”, IEEE Trans on
Energy Conversion, Vol. 23, No. 1, March 2008, pp. 249-256. (if=: 2.326, ci=Scopus: 36; Google Scholar:
56)
6. N.M. Pindoriya, SN Singh and SK Singh, “An Adaptive Wavelet Neural Network Based Energy Price
Forecasting in Electricity”, IEEE Trans. on Power System, Vol. 23, No.3, August 2008, pp. 14231432. (if=2.814, ci=Scopus: 127; Google Scholar: 167)
7. K Bhaskar and SN Singh, “AWNN Assisted Wind Power Forecasting Using Feed-Forward Neural
Network”, IEEE Trans on Sustainable Energy, Vol. 3, No. No. 2, April 2012, pp. 306 – 315. (if=: 3.656,
ci=Scopus: 74; Google Scholar: 97)
8. Sachin K Jain and SN Singh, “Fast Harmonic Estimation of Stationary and Time-Varying Signals using
EA-AWNN”, IEEE Trans on Measurement and Instrumentation, Vol. 62, No. 2, Feb 2013, pp. 335343. (if=:1.79, ci=Scopus: 19; Google Scholar: 21)
9. Seethalekshmi K., SN Singh and SC Srivastava, “A Synchrophasor Assisted Frequency and Voltage
Stability Based Load Shedding Scheme for Self Healing of Power System”, IEEE Trans on Smart Grid,
Vol. 2, No. 2, June 2011, pp. 221-230. (if=:4.252, ci=Scopus: 43; Google Scholar: 67)
10. B Amanulla, S Chakrabarti and SN Singh, “Reconfiguration of Power Distribution Systems
Considering Reliability and Power Loss”, IEEE Trans on Power Delivery, Vol. 27, No. 2, April 2012, pp.
918 – 926. (if=:1.733, ci=Scopus: 53; Google Scholar: 83)
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SINGH, VANDANA
211002
(b 1961), Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad -
Prof Singh has significant contribution towards the biopolymer technology. She has been able to derive
novel macromolecular materials for various applications. She also developed novel techniques to derive
such materials. Her research group for the first time reported the use of microwave in polysaccharide
grafting which got worldwide attention and to her credit she could publish a review article focusing on the
utilization of microwaves in grafting modification of polysaccharides in the world’s top most polymer
journal “Progress in Polymer Sciences” (Impact factor 26.932). She has reviewed microwave promoted
and microwave initiated polysaccharide grafting in relation to the conventional grafting procedures. She
also did the pioneering work in furnishing an easy and convenient one pot alternative to otherwise tedious
methods for polysaccharide methylation and hydrolysis, where these processes could be done very
quickly in a cleaner way. This simplified the structural elucidation of unknown polysaccharides as these
two studies are inevitable in structure elucidation of polysaccharides. Her recent interest has been
polysaccharide-metal oxide composites. She designed many new polysaccharide based materials while
giving an understanding of the templating and structure directing influence of the polysaccharides. The
materials have been utilized in metal ion and dye removal from aqueous solutions and enzyme
immobilization. Silica and titania were mainly used as inorganic components in the polysaccharide
composites which were fabricated as powders, monoliths and hybrid spheres. These materials exhibited
excellent adsorbent property. She also used nonconventional cheap polysaccharides to derive efficient
adsorbents for cadmium ions for which patent application is in process.
Proposer: Prof.R. P. Singh, Seconder: Prof. K.N. Ganesh
1. Singh, V., Kumar P., Sanghi, R. Use of microwave irradiation in the grafting modification of
polysaccharides- A review, Progress in Polymer Science, 2012;37:340-364. (if=26.932, ci=83)
2. Singh, V., Preeti, Singh, A., Singh, D., Malviya, T., Polysaccharide-Silica Hybrids:Design and
Applications, Polymer Reviews, 2016, 56, 113-136 (if=6.156)
3. Singh, V., Sharma, A.K., Tripathi, D.N., Sanghi, S. Poly(methylmethacrylate) grafted chitosan: an
efficient adsorbent for anionic azo dyes, Journal of Hazadous Materials, 2009, 161, 955-966 (if=4.529 ,
ci=74)
4. Removal of chromium (vi) using poly(methylacrylate) functionalized guar gum, Bioresource
Technology, 2009, 100, 1977-1982.(if=4.494 , ci=49)
5. Singh,V., Tiwari, A., Tripathi, D.N., Sanghi, R. Microwave assisted synthesis of guar-g-polyacrylamide.
Carbohydrate Polymers, 2004, 58, 1-6. (if= 4.074 , ci=131)
6. Singh,V., Tiwari, A., Tripathi, D.N., Sanghi, R. Microwave enhanced synthesis of chitosan-graftpolyacrylamide. Polymer, 2006, 47, 254-260. (if=3.562 , ci=155)
7. Singh,V., Tiwari, S., Sharma, A.K., Sanghi, R. Removal of lead from aqueous solutions sing cassia
grandis seed gum-graft-poly(methylmethacrylate), Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2007, 316,
224-232 (if=3.368 , ci=50)
8. Singh, V., Preeti, Singh, A., Singh, D., Singh, J., Pandey, A.K., synthesis and characterization of guaralginate hybrid bead templated mercury sorbing titania spheres, International Journal of Biological
Macromolecules, 2015, 72, 261-268. (if= 2.858.)
9. Singh, V., Tiwari, A., synthesis and characterization of electrical conducting chitosan-graft- polyaniline,
exPress Polymer Letters, 2007, 1, 308-317. (if= 2.761, ci=49)
10. Singh, V., Sharma, A., Kumari, P., Tiwari, S. Efficient chromium (vi) adsorption by cassia marginata
seed gum functionalized with poly(methylmethacrylate) using microwave irradiation, Industrial and
Engineering Chemistry Research, 2008, 47, 5267-5276. (if=2.587 , ci=18)
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SRIVASTAVA, ROHIT (b 1976), Professor, Dept. of Bioscience & Bioengineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Bombay, Mumbai - 400076
Dr. Srivastava is focusing on developing technologies that can be commercialized and brought to use for
the common man in India. He has been at the forefront of translational work at IIT Bombay and his lab in
collaboration with Biosense Technologies Pvt Ltd have already developed and commercialized “UChek” a
portable urine analysis system based on the mobile platform and have also made a low cost reader for
quantitatively analyzing urine dip sticks. He has been awarded the prestigious Vasvik Award 2013 for
Biological Sciences and Technology for Suchek, which is an indigenous, accurate, low-cost glucometer
supported by the Indian Council of Medical Research. The strips for the glucometer are one-fifth the cost
of commercially available strips and are expected to help the Government in mass scale screening of
diabetes. Dr Srivastava is also the recipient of the prestigious Tata Innovation Fellowship Award from
DBT for his translational work on diagnosing orthopedic implant related infections. Dr Srivastava has also
made a low cost reader for quantitatively analyzing creatinine to albumin ratio in urine for diagnosing
critical kidney disease for a DST project. He has also made the strips, which have been transferred to the
industry for commercialization. Dr Srivastava’s lab has been placed third in the prestigious Healthcare
Innovation World Cup organized by HIT Lab on solutions to management of diabetes, which has further
translated to a Wellcome Trust project. Dr Srivastava’s lab is also the winner of prestigious ‘Samsung
Innovation Award 2012’ organized by IIT Delhi for innovation ‘Drishti.
Proposer: Dr. Rita Mulherkar, Seconder: Dr. C M Gupta
1. AK Rengan, AB Bukhari, A Pradhan, R Malhotra, R Banerjee, Rohit Srivastava, and Abhijit De (equal
corresponding authors), 2015, In Vivo Analysis of Biodegradable Liposome Gold Nanoparticles as
Efficient Agents for Photothermal Therapy of Cancer, Nano Lett., 15 (2), pp 842–848 (if=13, ci=6)
2. Lina Pradhan, Rohit Srivastava and DHIRENDRA BAHADUR, 2014 “pH and thermo-sensitive thin lipid
layer coated mesoporous magnetic nanoassemblies as a dual drug delivery system towards thermochemotherapy of cancer” Acta biomaterialia 10 (7), 2976-2987. (if=5.093, ci=19)
3. Aravind Rengan, Madhura Jagtap, Abhijit De, Rinti Banerjee and Rohit Srivastava, 2014 Multifunctional
gold coated thermo-sensitive liposomes for multimodal imaging and photo-thermal therapy of breast
cancer cells, Nanoscale, 6(2), 916-923, (if=7.5, ci=16)
4. Abhijeet Joshi, Sanket Solanki, Rashmi Chaudhari, Dhirendra Bahadur, M. Aslam and Rohit
Srivastava, 2011, Multifunctional Alginate Microspheres for Biosensing, Drug Delivery and Magnetic
Resonance Imaging, Acta Biomaterialia, 7(11), 3955-63, (if=5.093, ci=38)
5. Ayesha Chaudhary, Hari Harma, Pekka Hanninen, Michael J McShane and Rohit Srivastava, 2011,
Glucose response of near-infrared alginate-based microsphere sensors under dynamic reversible
conditions” Diabetes Technol Ther, vol. 13 (8), 827-835.(if=2.205, ci=11)
6. Rahul D Jayant, M J McShane and R Srivastava, 2011, In-vitro & in-vivo evaluation of antiinflammatory agents using nanoengineered alginate carriers: Towards localized implant inflammation
suppression, International Journal of Pharmaceutics, Volume 403, (1-2), 17, 268-275. (if=3.458, ci=23)
7. Rohit Srivastava, Rahul Dev Jayant, Ayesha Chaudhary and Michael J McShane, 2011, “Smart-tattoo”
glucose biosensors and effect of co-encapsulated anti-inflammatory agents” Invited article in Journal of
Diabetes Science and Technology, Vol 5(1), 76-85, (2011).(if=2.6, ci=19)
8. A. Joshi and R. Srivastava, 2010, Fluorescent nanoparticles as implantable “Smart Tattoo” biosensors
for dissolved oxygen monitoring, European Cells and Materials Vol. 20. Suppl. 3, (page 128) ISSN 14732262 (if=4.55, ci=0)
9. Ayesha Chaudhary, Michael J. McShane and Rohit Srivastava, 2010 “Glucose response of dissolvedcore alginate microspheres: towards a continuous glucose biosensor”, Analyst, 135, 2620 –
2628, (if=3.96, ci=18)
10. Swati M, N, K Hase, and Rohit Srivastava, 2010 “Nanoengineered Optical Urea Biosensor for
Estimating Hemodialysis Parameters in Spent Dialysate”, Analytica Chimica Acta 676(1-2), 6874. (if=4.344, ci=7)
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SUNDERGOPAL, SRIDHAR (b 1971), Principal Scientist & Project Leader, Indian Institute of Chemical
Technology, Hyderabad -500007
The nominee has contributed extensively to literature through publication of several journal articles
including review papers, generic articles in popular magazine and book chapters, with 70 papers as
corresponding author, that are widely cited more than 4200 by peers in high impact journals such as
Nature Materials and Chemical Communications, with a h-index of 32, thus making a strong impact in
basic research. He has developed mathematical models based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
and molecular modeling and utilized Aspen Plus to investigate hydrodynamic scenario and basic
membrane properties including diffusion coefficient and solubility parameter. The nominee’s efforts have
boosted industrial economy through development, demonstration and transfer of several green and safe
membrane-based technologies which have resulted in the installation of various membrane pilot plants for
solvent recovery, effluent treatment and gas purification. The nominee has taken 7 international patents
of repute including US and UK patents, which have made great impact in applied research. The
nominee’s work has made a huge impact on societal welfare through establishment of different water
purification technologies including ten defluoridation plants in villages of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and
Tamil Nadu. A rural population of 1 Lakh now has access to safe drinking water in fluorosis affected
villages, which has been highly appreciated by the press, masses and even his excellency, The Governor
of Andhra Pradesh and two three former union ministers of science & technology.
Dr. Sridhar is a recipient of 22 Prestigious Awards including ten national awards and three state awards
(Annexure 2).
Proposer: Dr. S. Chandrasekhar , Seconder: Dr. J. S. Yadav
1. S. Moulik, K. P. Kumar, S. Bohra, S. Sridhar, 2015, Performance of PPO Membranes in Dehydration of
Highly Hazardous MMH and UDMH Liquid Propellants,Journal of Hazardous Materials, 288,6979 (if=4.529, ci=3)
2. Y.V.L. Ravikumar, S.V. Satyanarayana, S. Sridhar,2013,Development of an Electrodialysis-Distillation
Integrated Process for Separation of Hazardous Sodium Azide to Recover Valuable DMSO Solvent from
Pharmaceutical Effluent, Separation and Purification Technology,110,20-30 (if=3.091, ci=7)
3. R. Surya Murali, T. Sankarshana, S. Sridhar,2013, Air Separation by Polymer-based Membrane
Technology,Separation and Purification Reviews,42,130-186 (if=2.824, ci=8)
4. K. Sunitha, S.V. Satyanaryana, S. Sridhar,2012,Phosphorylated chitosan membranes for the
separation of ethanol-water mixtures by pervaporation,Carbohydrate Polymers,87,1569-1574 (if=4.074,
ci=20)
5. K. Babita, S. Sridhar, K.V. Raghavan,2011,Membrane Reactors for Fuel Cell Quality Hydrogen through
WGSR – Review of their Status, Challenges and Opportunities,International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy,36,6671-6688 (if=3.313, ci=51)
6. Pavani Vadthya, Alka Kumari, C Sumana, S. Sridhar,2013, Electrodialysis Aided Desalination of Crude
Glycerol in the Production of Biodiesel from Oil Feed Stock,Desalination,362,133-140 (if=3.756, ci=2)
7. K. Praneeth, S.K. Bhargava, James Tardio, S. Sridhar,Removal of hazardous chlorinated VOCs from
aqueous solutions using novel ZSM-5 loaded PDMS/PVDF composite membrane consisting of three
hydrophobic layers,Journal of Hazardous Materials,261, (if=4.321, ci=0)
8. K. Pattabhi Ramaiah, D. Satyasri, A. Krishnaiah, S. Sridhar,2013,Removal of hazardous chlorinated
VOCs from aqueous solutions using novel ZSM-5 loaded PDMS/PVDF composite membrane consisting
of three hydrophobic layers,261,362-371 (if=4.529, ci=13)
9. R. Surya Murali, S. Sridhar, T. Sankarshana, Y.V.L. Ravikumar,Gas Permeation Behavior of Pebax1657 Nanocomposite Membrane Incorporated with Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes,Industrial Engineering
Chemistry Research,49,6530-6538 (if=2.587, ci=67)
10. S. Sridhar, B. Smitha, T.M. Aminabhavi,Separation of carbon dioxide from natural gas mixtures
through polymer membranes-A Review,Separation and Purification Reviews,36,113-174 (if=2.842,
ci=154)
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AGRAWAL, VINOD KUMAR (b 1953), Director CORI Lab, PES University, 100 feet Ring Road,
Banashankari, 3rd stage, Bangalore - 560085
Dr Agrawal has made significant contributions to the development of Indian Satellites in ISRO by
developing major electronics system for AOCS for IRS 1A, INSAT II CARTO I & II and Chandrayan. He
developed Bus Management Unit ( BMU)that integrates Telemetry, Telecommand AOCS and mission
functions and is now being used in all ISRO satellites. At CORI he is leading research in many areas
including development of a small satellite that will be launched by ISRO. He is developing an indigenous
dialysis machine with aims to reduce coast for affordability.
Proposer : Dr.P S Goel, Seconder : Prof. Ranjan Kumar Mallik
1. Dinesh.H.A, Prof. V.K Agrawal, R. Monica, April 2012, "Wireless Sensor Cloud Integration using Ant
Colony Routing Algorithm" International Conference on Clod Computing & Service Engineering
2. Jamuna.S, Prof.V.K.Agrawal, June 6 2011" Implementation of BIST Structure using VHDL for VLSI
Circuits", International Journal of Engineering Scince & Technoogy,Volume-3 (ci=01)
3. Jamuna.S,Prof.V.K Agrawal, September 2011'Detection & Diagnosis of Faults in Logic Slice of a FPGA
Configurable Logic Block". IJVSPA, Volume-4 (ci=01)
4. Sreerekha.G, Prof.V.K Agrawal, September 2011, " A Scheme for integrated Multi-Banking Solutions".
International Journal of computers Applications. Volume-29
5. Santanu Sharma, Prof.V.K Agrawal, Subramanya Udupa, November-2007, " Instantaneous Angular
Position & Speed Measurement using a DSP based resolver to Digital Converter". ELSEVIER (ci=17)
6. Sabtaby Sharma, Prof. V.K Agrawal, Subramanya Udupa, January-2008, " Software-Based Resolver to
Digital convertersion using a DSP". IEEE Transactions on industrial Electronics, Volume-55 (ci=55)
7. T.Ravindra Babu, BKSVL Varaprasad, Prof.V.K Agrawal, L.M.Patnaik, May 2006" Classification of Run
Lenght Encoded Binary Data". ESEVIER (ci=9)
8. BKSVL Varaprasad, Prof.V.K Agrawal, L.m.Patnaik. January 2007" A new ATPG Technique ( ExpoTan) for Testing Analog Circuits". IEEE Transactions of Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits
System. Volume 26. (ci=19)
9. BKSVL Vara Prasad, Prof. V.K Agrawal. February 2004" A New ATPG Technique ( Multi Detect ) for
Testing of Analog Macros in Mixed -Signal Circuits". IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of
Integrated Circuits & Systems. Volume 23 (ci=21)
10. BKSVL Varaprasad, Prof. V.K Agrawal. September 2000" An efficient test pattern generation Scheme
for an on Chip BIST". VLSI Design. Volume 12.
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BASAK, JAYANTA (b 1965), Senior Engineer, Advanced Technology Group, NetApp India Pvt. Ltd,
Bangalore - 560071
The nominee made significant contributions in the domains of online adaptive learning and attribute
selection. He advanced the idea of learning in neural networks and applied that in the online adaptive
learning in decision trees, Hough transform networks, neural networks and kernel machines for feature
selection, independent component analysis, least square kernel machine with box constraints, and
various other applications. Not only he developed new models in this arena, he also successfully applied
them in the industrial problems in a large variety. In his PhD thesis, he showed how to apply this kind of
learning mechanism to simultaneously learn and recognize cluttered objects from images. He applied the
analytics algorithms to predict long term and short term performance pattern using the system counters
and that tool is now a part of the IBM DB2 product. He used machine learning algorithm to automatically
classify the useful and useless system log messages in a storage system. This saves lot of effort from the
engineers to debug the system by focusing only on the useful log messages. Similarly, dynamically
provisioning storage workloads is still an unsolved problem. The nominee used machine learning
techniques not only to characterize the workloads but also to dynamically provision the workloads on the
storage systems. He and his team developed a “Bug Report Search Engine” which is being used all over
the world within his company.
Proposer: Prof. Sankar K. Pal, Seconder:Prof. Bhabatosh Chanda
1. J. Basak, B. Chanda, and D. Dutta Majumder (1994): “On edge and line linking in graylevel images
with connectionist models”, IEEE Trans. Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, vol.24, pp.413-428 . (if=3.78,
ci=62)
2. J. Basak and S.K. Pal (1995): “PsyCOP: a psychologically motivated connectionist system for object
perception”, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, vol.6, pp.1337-1354 . (if=4.37, ci=27)
3. J. Basak, R.K. De, and S.K. Pal (1998): “Unsupervised feature selection using neuro-fuzzy approach”,
Pattern Recognition Letters, vol.19, pp.997-1006 . (if=1.062, ci=96)
4. S.K. Pal, R.K. De, and J. Basak (2000): “Unsupervised feature evaluation: a neuro-fuzzy approach”,
IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, vol.11, pp.366-376 . (if=4.37, ci=132)
5. J. Basak and D. Mahata (2000): “A connectionist model for corner detection in binary and gray
images”, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, vol.11, pp.1124-1132 . (if=4.37, ci=21)
6. J. Basak and A. Das (2002): “Hough transform network: learning conoidal structures in a connectionist
framework”, IEEE Trans. Neural Networks, vol.13, pp.381-392. (if=4.37, ci=22)
7. J. Basak, A. Sudarshan, D. Trivedi and M. Santhanam (2004): “Weather data mining using
independent component analysis”, Journal Machine Learning Research, vol.5, pp.239-253. (if=2.85,
ci=54)
8. J. Basak and R. Krishnapuram (2005): “Interpretable hierarchical clustering by constructing an
unsupervised decision tree”, IEEE Trans. Knowledge and Data Engineering, vol.17, pp.121-132 . (if=1.82,
ci=58)
9. J. Basak (2006): “Online adaptive decision trees: pattern classification and function approximation”,
Neural Computation, vol.18, pp.2062-2101 . (if=1.69, ci=23)
10. S. Maldonado, R. Weber, and J. Basak (2011): “Simultaneous feature selection and classification
using kernel-penalized support vector machines”, Information Sciences, vol. 181, pp. 115–128 . (if=3.89,
ci=118)
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BASU, RAJENDRA NATH (b 1960), Scientist-G & Head, Fuel Cell & Battery Division; Central Glass &
Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata - 700032
Member of the NASI : Yes
(YON 2015,Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology)
Dr. Basu made outstanding contribution in developing an inexpensive solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC)
technology for our country. Globally, SOFC is identified as the potential electric power generating device
because of its high energy efficiency (> 60 %), pollution-free end-products and fuel flexibility. Since this
future energy technology is well guarded by large number of patents, thus, Dr. Basu’s major scientific
contributions toward materials development [developed large dimensions (10cm x 10cm) anodesupported SOFC single cells], development of high temperature glass sealants (require to separate fuel
and air at elevated temperature) and development of an appropriate field flow design (for efficient use of
fuel and air during stack operation) in metallic interconnect are noteworthy. He has successfully
demonstrated several indigenously built 500W Class SOFC stacks (operates at 800oC) for a sustainable
period of time (such demonstration is performed for the first time in our country). From the view point of
overall energy scenario, SOFC technology can easily be adopted to utilize our vast resources of natural
gas/bio-gas (fuel feed for SOFC). Dr. Basu is also one of the key inventors of a ceramic coating
technology (on metal/alloy) which was licensed to two European companies. Apart from SOFC
technology development, Dr. Basu's seminal scientific contributions include i) modifications of catalytically
active solid-state triple-phase-boundary to enhance the performances of SOFC, ii) development of
functional electrodes to enhance the performances of Li-ion battery and iii) a popular electrical transport
model to correlate the grain-boundary thicknesses of a polycrystalline oxide semiconductor (thermistor)
with its performance.
Proposer : Prof. Vikram Jayaram, Seconder : Prof. Sivaji Chakravorti
Ten Best Publications :
1. J. Mukhopadhyay and R.N. Basu (2014), Morphologically architectured spray pyrolyzed lanthanum
ferrite-based cathodes - A phenomenal enhancement in solid oxide fuel cell performance, J. of Power
Sources, 252, 252 -263. (if=5.257 , ci=0)
2. Madhumita Mukhopadhyay, J. Mukhopadhyay, A. Das Sharma, R.N. Basu (2012), Engineered anode
structure for enhanced electrochemical performance of anode-supported planar solid oxide fuel cell,
International J. Hydrogen Energy, 37(3), 2524-2534.(if=3.448 , ci=12)
3. Saswati Ghosh, A. Das Sharma, A.K. Mukhopadhyay, P. Kundu, and R.N. Basu (2010), Effect of BaO
addition on magnesium lanthanum aluminoborosilicate-based glass-ceramic sealant for anode-supported
solid oxide fuel cell, International J. Hydrogen Energy, 35(1), 272 – 283. (if=3.448 , ci=30)
4. A.
Dutta,
A.
Kumar
and
R.N. Basu (2009),
Enhanced
electrical
conductivity
in
Ce0.0.79Gd0.2Co0.01O2-delta prepared by combustion synthesis, Electrochemistry Communications, 11
(3), 699 - 701. (if=4.885 , ci=13)
5. A. Dutta, J. Mukhopadhyay, and R.N. Basu (2009), Combustion synthesis and characterization of
LSCF-based materials as cathode of intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cells, J. European
Ceramic Soc., 29 (10), 2003-2011. (if=2.638 , ci=63)
6. M.W. Raja, S. Mahanty and R. N. Basu (2009), Filter paper templated interconnected nanocrystalline
LiMn2O4 with high Columbic efficiency and rate capability, J. Materials Chemistry, 19, 61616166. (if=6.626 , ci=19)
7. M.W. Raja, S. Mahanty, M. Kundu and R.N. Basu (2009), Synthesis of nanocrystalline Li4Ti5O12 by a
novel aqueous combustion technique, J. Alloys & Compounds, 468 (1-2), 258-262. (if=2.726 , ci=56)
8. Paromita Ghosh, S. Mahanty and R.N. Basu (2009), Improved electrochemical performance of
Li2MnSiO4/C composite synthesized by combustion technique, J. Electrochem. Soc., 156, A677A681. (if=2.859 , ci=43)
9. R.N. Basu, A. Das Sharma, A. Dutta and J. Mukhopadhyay (2008), Processing of high performance
anode-supported planar solid oxide fuel cell, International J Hydrogen Energy, 33 (20), 57485754. (if=3.448 , ci=62)
10. R.N. Basu, G. Blaß, H.P. Buchkremer, D. Stöver, F. Tietz, E. Wessel and I.C. Vinke (2005), Simplified
processing of anode-supported thin film planar solid oxide fuel cells, J. Euro. Ceram. Soc. 25(4), 463471. (if=2.638 , ci=91)
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BHATTACHERJEE, ASHIS (b 1958), Professor,Mining Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology,
Kharagpur - 721302
It is an immense pleasure to nominate Dr. Ashis Bhattacherjee, Professor and former Head of the
Department of Mining Engineering,for the election as a Fellow of the NASI,India. The major contributions
of Dr. Bhattacherjee over the last 20 years are to provide an entirely new and scientifically sound
perspective to the way occupational health and safety engineering problems are addressed in Indian
mines. A whole range of investigations in mine safety engineering have been initiated through the efforts
of Dr. Bhattacherjee. These studies, together with close investigations with the NIOSH,USA and INSERM,
France, have provided a paradigm shift in safety investigations in Indian mines. Dr. Bhattacherjee’s most
significant scientific contribution, in recent years, is the successful implementation of the field of injury
epidemiology in coal mines. His successful collaboration with the INSERM, France to work on joint
projects provides a new direction for the prevention of injuries in mines through the application of
epidemiological methods. Dr. Bhattacherjee is an outstanding researcher in the field of safety
engineering. The other areas where Dr. Bhattacherjee's scientific contributions have been of value are
ore grade prediction and quality control. He is recognized as a person of authority in mine safety
engineering by industry, research community, and mine safety regulatory body (Directorate General of
Mines Safety). Based on his overall scientific accomplishments and contributions to the society, it is a
considerable satisfaction in nominating and strongly recommending the name of Prof.
Ashis Bhattacherjee for election as a fellow of The NASI, India.
Proposer : Prof. Subhasish Dey, Seconder : Prof.Amit Basak
1. Maiti J. and Bhattacherjee A, (1999), “Evaluation of Risk of Occupational Injuries of Underground Coal
Mine Workers through Multinomial Logit Analysis”, Journal of Safety Research, Vol.30, No.2, pp. 19. (if=1.94, ci=33)
2. Bhattacherjee Ashis, Chau Nearkasen, Sierra, C.O.., Legras, B., Benamghar L., Michaely J.P., Ghosh
A.K., Guillemin F., Ravaud J.F., and Mur J.M. (2003), “Relationships of Job and Some Individual
Characteristics to Occuptional Injuries in Employed People : A Community-based Study”, Journal of
Occupational Health, Vol.45(6), pp. 382-391. (if=1.634, ci=92)
3. Ghosh A. K., Bhattacherjee, A. and Nearkasen Chau. (2004), “Relationships of Working Conditions
and Individual Characteristics to Occupational Injuries: A Case-Control Study in Coal Miners”, Journal of
Occupational Health, Volume 46, No.1, pp 470 – 478, (if=1.634, ci=63)
4. Bhattacherjee A, Bertrand J.P, Meyer J.P, Benamghar, L, Ghosh A.K, Mur J.M., Chau, N et al. (2007),
“Relationships of Physical Tasks and Living Conditions with Occupational Injuries in Coal Miners”, Journal
of Industrial Health, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 352-358.(if=1.05, ci=15)
5. Chau N, Bourgkard E, Bhattacherjee A, Ravaud J. F., Chouuet M, Mur J. M. and the Lohrandicap
Group (2008), “ Associations of Job, Living Conditions and Lifestyle with occupational Injury in Working
population: A Population-based Study”, International Archive of Occupational and Environmental Health,
Vol. 81, pp. 379-389. (if=2.20, ci=42)
6. Kunar B. M., Bhattacherjee A, and Chau, N. (2008), “Relationships of Job Hazards, Lack of
Knowledge, Alcohol Use, Health Status and Risk Taking Behaviour to Work Injury of Coal Miners: A
Case-Control Study in India”, Journal of Occupational Health, Vol. 50, pp. 236-244. (if=1.634, ci=19)
7. Chau N, Bhattacherjee A, Kunar B.M. (2009), “Relationship between Job, Lifestyle, Age and
Occupational Injuries”, Occupational Medicine, Vol. 55, pp. 114-119. (if=1.45, ci=19)
8. Chatterjee S, Bhattacherjee A, Samanta B, and Pal S.K. (2010), “Image based Quality Monitoring
System of Limestone Ore Grades”, Computers in Industry, Vol. 61, No. 5, pp. 391-408. (if=2.196, ci=18)
9. Chatterjee S and Bhattacherjee A.. (2011), “Genetic Algorithms for Feature Selection of Image-based
Quality Monitoring Model: An Application to an Iron Ore Mine”, Engineering Applications of Artificial
Intelligence, Vol. 24, Issue 5, pp. 786-795. (if=2.176, ci=19)
10. Bhattacherjee A., Kunar B. M., Baumann M., and Chau N. (2013), “The Role of Occupational
Activities and Work Environment in Occupational Injury and Interplay of Personal Factors in Various Age
Groups Among Indian and French Coalminers”, International Journal of Occupational Medicine and
Environmental Health, Vol. 26 (6), pp. 910-929. (if=1.40, ci=1)
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CHATTERJEE, ANINDYA (b 1966), Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur - 208016
Mechanics is a mature subject, and Chatterjee’s work in mechanics is noteworthy in two ways. Today,
many complicated mechanics problems are solved using brute force approaches involving heavy
computation, with nonlinear finite element methods, etc. Simultaneously, many complicated phenomena
are still described using empirical models not derivable from first principles. In the first situation, heavy
computation can hide possible simplifications and insights. In the second, simple models could potentially
be derived using physical reasoning at intermediate scales. In both, there is scope for higher efficiency,
new insights, and clearer understanding. Chatterjee has contributed in these senses to many different
problems. Towards simpler solution methods, he has developed new asymptotic solutions for nonlinear
oscillations, novel Galerkin methods for delay differential equations, new approximation methods for
fractional order integrodifferential evolution equations, an unconventional approximation for dissipation in
high dimensional frictional systems, three dimensional modal projections for rotor dynamics (connecting
gyroscopic terms and rotational prestress), and a new distributed restitution model for simultaneous rigid
body impact. Towards physically motivated intermediate scale models for complex phenomena, he has
developed new evolution laws for scalar fatigue damage with relevance to engineering design; internal
dissipation models for objects with randomly distributed frictional microcracks as well as with elastoplastic
flaws; and a novel two state hysteresis model that captures minor loops upon partial unloading, unlike any
comparable model in the literature. Chatterjee’s work contains both unconventional approaches and
uncommon breadth. His contribution to reduced order modeling in various areas of mechanics is
outstanding and internationally appreciated.
Proposer : Dr.Asok Kumar Mallik, Seconder : Dr.Amitabha Ghosh
1. M. Garcia, A. Chatterjee, A. Ruina and M. J. Coleman. 1998. The simplest walking model:
Stability,complexity, and scaling. ASME Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, vol. 120, 281288. (if=1.748, ci=844/496(Google scholar/Scopus))
2. A. Chatterjee and A. Ruina. 1998. A new algebraic rigid body collision law based on impulse space
considerations. ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, vol. 65, 939-951. (if=1.395, ci=135/74)
3. A. Chatterjee. 1999. Asymptotic solution for solitary waves in a chain of elastic spheres. Physical
Review E, vol. 59(5), 5912-5919. (if=2.326, ci=134/91)
4. M. Garcia, A. Chatterjee and A. Ruina. 2000. Efficiency, speed, and scaling of two-dimensional
passive-dynamic walking. Dynamics and Stability of Systems (new name: Dynamical Systems - An
International Journal), vol. 15(2), 75-99. (if=0.381, ci=150/87)
5. D. Chelidze, J. P. Cusumano and A. Chatterjee. 2002. Dynamical systems approach to damage
evolution tracking, Part 1: The experimental method. ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, vol. 124,
250-257. (if=1.147, ci=103/79)
6. S. L. Das and A. Chatterjee. 2002. Multiple scales without center manifold reductions for delay
differential equations near Hopf bifurcations. Nonlinear Dynamics, vol. 30, 323-335. (if=2.419, ci=85/66)
7. P. R. Basu-Mandal, A. Chatterjee and J. Papadopoulos. 2007. Hands-free circular motions of a
benchmark bicycle. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, vol. 463, 1983-2003. (if=1.998,
ci=29/16)
8. P. Wahi and A. Chatterjee. 2008. Self-interrupted regenerative metal cutting in turning. International
Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, vol. 43, 111-123. (if=1.463, ci=48/29)
9. P. Jana and A. Chatterjee. 2013. Modal damping in vibrating objects via dissipation from dispersed
frictional microcracks. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, vol. 469(2152), Article number
20120685 (if=1.998, ci=4/4)
10. S. Biswas and A. Chatterjee. 2014. A reduced-order model from high dimensional frictional
hysteresis. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, vol. 470, 20130817. (if=1.998, ci=0/0)
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DAS, DEBABRATA (b. 1953) Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology
Kharagpur - 721302
Member of the NASI: No (YON 2015, Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology)
Dr. Debabrata Das pursued his doctoral studies from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He is a Senior
Professor at IIT Kharagpur. He was associated as MNRE Renewable Energy Chair Professor. He has
pioneered the promising R&D of Bioenergy production processes by applying fermentation technology.
He is actively involved in the research of hydrogen biotechnology for a period of last seventeenth years.
His commendable contributions towards development of a commercially competitive and environmentally
benign bioprocess began with the isolation and characterization of high-yielding bacterial strain Klebsiella
pneumoniae IIT-BT 08 (previously known as Enterobacter cloacae IIT-BT 08) which as of today is known
to be the highest hydrogen producer. He has also established thermophilic hydrogen production process
for the utilization of the higher temperature industrial wastes like distillery effluent. His recent work on
biohythane process for the maximization of gaseous energy recovery from the organic wastes is worth
mentioning. He is also involved in CO2 sequestration, biohydrogen, biodiesel, phycobillin protein etc.
production from microalgae research work. He is the author of the books entitled “Biohydrogen
Production: Fundamentals and Technology Advances” and “Algal Biorefinery: An Integrated Approach”
published by M/s. CRC Press and Springer respectively. Presently, he has the Google h-index of 37 with
citation no. 7218 for his research work. He has 127 research publications in the peer reviewed journals
and contributed more than 22 chapters in the books. He is the member of the editorial board of four
International Journals. He is the Fellow of IAHE, INAE; IE(I); BRSI; WAST.
Proposer : Prof. S.N. Upadhyay, Seconder : Prof. S.C. Kundu
1. N. Kumar and D. Das, 2000, Enhancement of hydrogen production by Enterobacter cloacae IIT-BT 08,
Process Biochemistry, 35, 6, 589-594,(Erratum 35; 9: 1074). (Impact factor: 2.909, Citation index: 319)
2. D. Das and T. Nejat Veziroglu, 2001, Hydrogen production by biological processes: a survey of
literature, Int. Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 26: 13-28. (Impact factor: 3.659, Citation index: 1626)
3. N Kumar, A Ghosh, D Das. 2001, Redirection of biochemical pathways for the enhancement of H2
production by Enterobacter cloacae, Biotechnology letters 23 (7), 537-541. (Impact factor: 1.591, Citation
index: 86)
4. N Kumar and D. Das, 2001, Continuous hydrogen production by immobilized Enterobacter cloacae IITBT 08 using lignocellulosic materials as solid matrices, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 29(4-5): 280287. (Impact factor: 2.932, Citation index: 263)
5. Kaushik Nath and Debabrata Das, 2004, Improvement of fermentative hydrogen production - various
approach, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 65,520-529. (Impact factor: 3.337, Citation index:
467)
6. Kaushik Nath, Anish Kumar and Debabrata Das, 2005, Hydrogen production by Rhodobacter
sphaeroides strain O.U. 001 using spent media of Enterobacter cloacae strain DM11, Applied
Microbiology and Biotechnology, 68, 533-541,2005. (Impact factor: 3.337, Citation index: 90)
7. B Mandal, K Nath, D Das. 2006, Improvement of biohydrogen production under decreased partial
pressure of H2 by Enterobacter cloacae, Biotechnology letters 28 (11), 831-835 (Impact factor: 1.591,
Citation index: 80)
8. Debabrata Das, 2009, Advances in biohydrogen production processes: An approach towards
commercialization, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34:7349-7357. (Impact factor: 3.659,
Citation index: 159)
9. Nath K, Das D. 2011, Modeling and optimization of fermentative hydrogen production, Bioresource
Technology, 102, 8569-8581. (Impact factor: 5.33, Citation index: 49)
10. Sinha P, Roy S, Das D. 2016, Genomic and proteomic approaches for dark fermentative biohydrogen
production, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 56, 1308-1321 (Impact factor: 7.445, Citation
index: 0
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DOBLE, MUKESH (b 1950), Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras, Chennai, 600036
The foci of the research activities of Mukesh Doble are two, namely Polymeric biomaterials and Drug
design. The former activity deals with the design of polymer surfaces with antibacterial, biodegradable
and biocompatible properties for use in implants, drug delivery systems, scaffolds, food packaging
wrappers and marine applications. Attachment of bacteria to polymeric surfaces leads to the formation of
biofilm, growth of resistant bacteria and contamination. Biofilm formation is observed in medical implants,
food packaging films and parts of ships immersed in sea water. The polymers researched are synthetic
non-biodegradable, biodegradable polymers (such as cyclic or linear glucans) or their blends. Strategies
adopted here include nanoparticle coating, enzyme/peptide immobilization or slow drug release surfaces.
In vitro and invivo models are used for testing the designed materials. The second focus of the lab is in
silico designing, synthesising and testing the inhibitory activity of small molecules or phytochemicals or
combination thereof against enzymes in the anti-inflammatory (arachadonic acid) pathway; and the
protein, FtsZ, which is involved in the cell division process of almost all the bacteria (including
mycobacterium tuberculosis). Also explore the synergistic combination of commercial drugs and natural
products as antibacterial and antidiabetic agent. In silico methods such as structure property relationships
and drug – protein binding are employed to understand the mechanism of action. After two post-doctoral
stints, he had worked for 25 years in chemical and polymer industries and 13 years in academia. His
research work has led to 260 research publications, 8 books and 8 patents (two International)
Proposer: Prof. Giridhar Madras, Seconder : Prof. R S Verma
1. Hemaiswarya, Shanmugam; Kruthiventi, Anil Kumar; Doble, Mukesh, Synergism between natural
products and antibiotics against infectious diseases, PHYTOMEDICINE, 15 (8): 639-652 AUG
2008 (if=3.126, ci=374)
2. Veeraapandian, S.; Sawant, Shilpa N.; Doble, Mukesh, Antibacterial and Antioxidant Activity of Protein
Capped Silver and Gold Nanoparticles Synthesized with Escherichia coli, JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL
NANOTECHNOLOGY , 8 (1): 140-148, FEB 2012(if=5.34, ci=32)
3. Hemalswarya, S; Doble, M, Potential synergism of natural products in the treatment of cancer,
Phytotherapy research 20 (4), 239-249(if=2.66, ci=146)
4. ivakumar, PM; Seenivasan, SP; Kumar, Vanaja; Doble, Mukesh, Synthesis, antimycobacterial activity
evaluation, and QSAR studies of chalcone derivatives, BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
LETTERS, 17 (6): 1695-1700, MAR 15 2007 (if=2.42, ci=100)
5. Pavithra, D.; Doble, Mukesh, Biofilm formation, bacterial adhesion and host response on polymeric
implants - issues and prevention, BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS, 3 (3), Article Number: 034003, SEP
2008 (if=3.697, ci=161)
6. Prabhakar, PK, Raj, S, Anuradha, PR, Sawant, SN, Doble, Mukesh, Biocompatibility studies on
polyaniline and polyaniline-silver nanoparticle coated polyurethane composite, COLLOIDS AND
SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, 86 (1): 146-153, AUG 1 2011 (if=4.152, ci=59)
7. Sivakumar, PM, Balaji, S, Prabhawathi, V, Neelakandan, R, Manoharan, PT, M , Effective antibacterial
adhesive coating on cotton fabric using ZnO nanorods and chalcone, CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS, 79
(3): 717-723, FEB 11 2010 (if=4.074, ci=52)
8. Puratchikody, A.; Doble, Mukesh, Antinociceptive and antiinflammatory activities and QSAR studies on
2-substituted-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazoles, BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 15 (2): 1083-1090,
JAN 15 2007 (if=2.793, ci=72)
9. Sivakumar, PM; Seenivasan, SP; Kumar, V ; Doble, Mukesh, Novel 1,3,5-triphenyl-2-pyrazolines as
anti-infective agents, BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS, 20 (10): 3169-3172, MAY 15
2010 (if=2.42, ci=48)
10. Prabhakar, Pranav Kumar; Doble, Mukesh, Synergistic effect of phytochemicals in combination with
hypoglycemic drugs on glucose uptake in myotubes, PHYTOMEDICINE: 16 (12): 1119-1126, DEC
2009 (if=3.126, ci=52)
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GANDHI, BHUPENDRA KUMAR (b 1963), Professor, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engg.,
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee - 247667
Dr. Bhupendra Kumar Gandhi is working in the area of hydraulic machines. His work on performance and
wear characteristics of centrifugal slurry pump is well recognized in the country and abroad. He was
awarded JSPS post-doctoral fellowship and DST-DAAD project based personal exchange program to
conduct research on pumps. He has developed a unique design of pot tester for evaluating erosion wear
of different materials which is well accepted in the research community and industries. He has carried out
experimental investigations on transient operating conditions of a Francis turbine in collaboration with
Sweden and Norway. He has successfully completed many research and consultancy projects on
industrial problems. He has developed BIS test facilities for pumps at Indore and also instrumental in
setting up in-situ test procedures for small hydropower plants at Roorkee. He has contributed to
measurements of head and discharge for in-situ efficiency measurement of hydropower plants. He is
chairman of Technical committee on Hydro research, Ministry of Power. He has developed an indigenous
centrifugal impeller for oil cooling blower system of Indian railway loco which has successfully replaced
the expensive imported one. He has also proposed an aerodynamic design of Indian train which will result
in saving of the fuel cost leading to large saving in running cost. He has trained around 400 technical
officers of Uttarakhand on the design, construction and maintenance of water supply schemes in hilly and
remote areas and imparted them latest available technical knowhow on pumping systems for the benefit
of society.
Proposer: Prof. Maithili Sharan, Seconder:Prof. Bhim Singh
1. B. K. Gandhi, S. N. Singh and V. Seshadri, 1999, “Study of the Parametric Dependence of Erosion
Wear for the Parallel Flow of Solid-Liquid Mixtures”, Tribology International, Vol. 32, pp. 275282 (if=1.802, ci=39)
2. B. K. Gandhi, S. N. Singh and V. Seshadri, 2001, “Performance Characteristics of Centrifugal Slurry
Pumps", ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 123, No.2, pp. 271-280 (if=0.44, ci=32)
3. B. K. Gandhi, S. N. Singh and V. Seshadri, 2002, “Effect of Speed on the Performance Characteristics
of Centrifugal Slurry Pumps", Trans. ASCE, J. Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 128/2, pp. 225-229 (if=1.4,
ci=20)
4. B. K. Gandhi and S. V. Borse, 2004, “Nominal Particle Size of Multi-sized Particulate Slurries for
Evaluation of Erosion Wear and Effect of Fine Particles”, Wear, Vol. 257, pp. 73-79 (if=1.809, ci=38)
5. V. Seshadri, B. K. Gandhi, S. N. Singh and R. K. Pandey, 2004, “Analysis of the Effect of Body Shape
on Annubar Factor using CFD”, Measurement, Vol. 35, pp. 25-32 (if=1.159, ci=22)
6. G. R. Desale, B. K. Gandhi and S. C. Jain, 2006, “Effect of Erodent Properties of Erosion Wear of
Ductile Type Materials”, Wear, Vol. 261, pp. 914-921 (if=1.809, ci=59)
7. G. R. Desale, B. K. Gandhi and S. C. Jain, 2008, “Slurry Erosion of Ductile Materials under Normal
Impact Condition”, Wear, Vol. 264, 322-330 (if=1.809, ci=47)
8. K. R. Aharwal, B. K. Gandhi and J. S. Saini, 2008, “Effect of Gap in Inclined Ribs on the Performance
of Artificially Roughened Solar Air Heater Duct”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 33, 585-596 (if=3.456, ci=102)
9. K. R. Aharwal, B. K. Gandhi, and J. S. Saini, 2009, “Heat Transfer and Friction Characteristics of Solar
Air Heater Ducts Having Integral Inclined Discrete Ribs on Absorber Plate”, International Journal of Heat
and Mass transfer, 52, pp. 5970–5977 (if=2.598, ci=36)
10. Chirag Trivedi, Michel Cervantes, B. K. Gandhi and Ole Dahlhaung, 2013, “Experimental and
Numerical Investigations of a High Head Francis Turbine at Several Operating Points”, ASME J of Fluids
Engineering, Vol. 135, pp. 02-1 to 02-17 (if=0.44, ci=43)
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GHOSH, ANUP KUMAR (b.1956) Professor, Centre for Polymer Science & Engineering, lIT Delhi 110016
Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2015, Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology)
Prof. Anup Kumar Ghosh has over 29 years of research experience. With over 1300 citations, an h-index
of 20 (from isi web of science), and 7 patents to his credit, he is regarded as a global leader in Polymer
Processing and Rheology, having significantly contributed in the areas of Reactive Processing of Polymer
Blends and Alloys, and Microcellular Processing. Anuphas outstanding contribution on blend morphology
development during reactive extrusion. The lamellar structure formation mechanism proposed by him
[Ref. 10] has been cited by renowned researchers, Paul (Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part C,
2007) and Han (Polymer, 1999). He has uniquely used rheology as a tool for morphology prediction and
subsequent processability of polymers. Known for his understanding of foamability of polymers, he has
developed microcellular scaffolds, which have been successfully tested for cell growth in AIIMS. In the
evaluation of material sustainability, he has shown that LCA can accomplish complete material and
energy audits using cradle to-cradle approach. He is working with DRDO on development of bullet-proof
vests, using shear thickening fluids. He held prestigious Reliance Chair Professor at IITDelhi during 2006II.He has supervised 22 Ph.D. theses and over 84 M.Tech. theses. He was conferred the National Award
(2015) for innovative development of orthotic knee joint for locomotor disabled people, with successful
field trials on 1000 patients. As Member of NASI and Treasurer of NASI, Delhi Chapter, he has organized
several excellent programmes for schools, colleges as well as for society. He received "Teaching
Excellence Award" of lIT Delhi in 2015-16.
Proposer : Prof. Ashok Misra, Seconder : Prof. Ajoy Ghatak
1. Priyanka Singh, A.K. Ghosh, "Torsional, tensile and structural properties of acrylonitrilebutadienestyrene clay nanocomposites" Materials & Design Volume 55 page 137-145, 2014. [Cited by 10,
1mpactfactor-3.501]
2. Satpal Singh, Anup K. Ghosh, S. N. Maiti, S. Raha, Rahul Gupta and S. N. Bhattacharya, 2012
"Morphology and rheological behaviour of Poly lactic acid (PLA)/clay nanocomposites". Polymer
Engineering & Science, 52, 225-232. [Cited by 25, 1mpactfactor-1.441]
3. Shikha Jain, Murali M. Reddy, Amar K. I.Mohanty, Manjusri Misra and Anup K. Ghosh, 2010, "A New
Biodegradable Flexible Composite Sheet from Poly (lactic acid)/ Poly (a caprolactone) Blends and MicroTalc" Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 295, 750- 762,.[Cited by 33, Impactfactor-2.78J]
4. K. Senthil Kumar, N. Bhatnagar and Anup K. Ghosh 2007, "Mechanical properties of injection molded
long fiber polypropylene composites, Part I: Tensile and flexural properties Polymer Composites, 28, 259266.[cited by 30, Impact Factor-I. 455]
5. Kavita Abrol, G.N. Qazi and Anup K. Ghosh, 2007 "Characterization of an Anion-exchange Porous
Polypropylene Hollow Fiber Membrane for Immobilization of ABL Lipase" Journal of Biotechnology
128,838-848. [cited by 41, Impact Factor-1.l69]
6. A. Pich, S. Bhattacharya, Anup K. Ghosh and H.J.P. Adler 2005, "Composite Magnetic Particles: 2.
Encapsulation of Iron Oxide by Surfactant-Free Emulsion Polymerization" Polymer, 46, 4596-4603. [cited
by 68, Impact Factor-4.224]
7. Arup R. Bhattacharyya, Anup K. Ghosh and Ashok Misra, K-J. Eichhorn, 2005, "Reactively
Compatibilised polyamide6/ethylene-co-vinyl acetate blends": mechanical properties and morphology;
Polymer, 46, 1661-1674.[cited by 52, Impact Factor 4.224]
8. S. Tyagi and Anup K. Ghosh 2002, "Morphology Development during Blending of Immiscible Polymers
in Screw Extruders" Polymer Engineering and Science, 42, 1309-1321. [cited by 19, Impact Factor-1.441]
9. Anup K. Ghosh, J. Bijwe, J. John Rajesh and A. Jeyakumar, 2000 "Influence of Solid Lubricants and
Fibre Reinforcement on Wear Behaviour of Polyethersulphone" Tribology International. 30,697-706. [cited
by 77, Impact Factor-2. 765]
10. Anup K. Ghosh and J.T. Lindt 1992, "Fluid Mechanics of the Formation of Polymer Blends, Part I:
Formation of Lamellar Structures" Polymer Engineering Science, 32, 1802-1813. [cited by 86, Impact
Factor-I.441]
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JANA, PRASANTA KUMAR (b. 1961) Professor,Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian
School of Mines, Dhanbad - 826004
Dr. Prasanta K. Jana has made several outstanding contributions to the fields of parallel & distributed
computing, wireless sensor networks, data clustering and cloud computing. He has published 135
research papers, co-authored 5 books and produced 7 Ph.D.s. As a recognition of his outstanding
research contributions, he has been elected as Senior Member of IEEE, USA in 2010. Initially, Dr. Jana
focused on developing parallel algorithms which were mapped on various interconnection networks. His
two most notable contributions in this area include i) development of parallel algorithms for polynomial
interpolation and root finding on OTIS-mesh and ii) introduction of a new interconnection network, called
Multi-mesh of trees (MMT). MMT is shown to be superior to the existing Multi-mesh network in respect of
much reduced order of execution time of most commonly used algorithms mapped on them. For example,
parallel sorting, prefix sum and OFT require only O(log n) time on MMT in contrast to O(n) time on Multimesh. He has also worked on developing various clustering algorithms for biological data which are
useful in real-life applications. Dr. Jana has also made significant contributions to wireless sensor
networks by proposing several energy efficient clustering and routing algorithms. His outstanding
contributions in this area include development of GA and differential evolution based clustering
algorithms. The experimental results obtained from these algorithms are shown to outperform the existing
algorithms, thus improving the state-of-the-art in the relevant area. In cloud computing domain also, he
has developed several efficient and practically useful task scheduling algorithms.
Proposer : Prof. B.P. Sinha, Seconder : Prof. B.B. Bhattacharya
Ten Best Publicatons :
1. P. K. Jana (2006), Polynomial interpolation and polynomial root finding on OTIS-Mesh, Parallel
Computing (Elsevier), Vol. 32, NO.4, pp. 301-312. (Impact factor: 1.511, Citation index: 27).
2. P. K. Jana (2004), Multi-mesh of trees with its parallel algorithms, Journal of System Architectures
(Elsevier), Vol. 50, NO.4, pp. 193-206. (Impact factor: 0.709, Citation index: 23).
3. Pratyay Kuila and P. K. Jana (2014), Energy efficient clustering and routing algorithms for wireless
sensor networks: Particle swarm optimization approach," Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
(Elsevier), Vol. 33, pp.127-140. (Impact factor: 2.207, Citation index: 46).
4. Pratyay Kuila., S.K. Gupta, P.K. Jana (2013), A novel evolutionary approach for load balanced
clustering problem for wireless sensor networks," Swarm and Evolutionary Computation (Elsevier), vol.
12, pp. 48-56. (Impact factor: 5.22 (SNIP), Citation index: 38).
5. Pratyay Kuila and P. K. Jana (2014), A novel differential evolution based clustering algorithm for
wireless sensor networks, Applied Soft Computing (Elsevier), Vol. 25, pp. 414-425. (Impact factor: 2.810,
Citation index: 22).
6. P. K. Jana and B. P. Sinha (1995), Fast parallel algorithms for polynomial interpolation, Computers and
Mathematics with Applications, (Elsevier), Vol. 29, No.4, pp. 85-92. (Impact factor: 1.697, Citationindex:
10).
7. P. K.Jana and B. P. Sinha (1997) "Fast parallel algorithms for forecasting," Computers and
Mathematics with Applications, (Elsevier), Vol. 34, No.9, pp. 39-49. (Impact factor: 1.697, Citation index:
09).
8. Pratyay Kuila and P. K. Jana (2014), "Approximation Schemes for Load Balanced Clustering in
Wireless Sensor Networks", The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer), vol. 68, Issue 1, pp. 87-105.
(Impact factor: 0.858, _Citation index: 14).
9. Md Azharuddin, Pratyay Kuila and P. K. Jana, "Energy efficient fault tolerant clustering and routing
algorithms for wireless sensor networks," Computers & Electrical Engineering (Elsevier), Vol. 41, pp. 177190, 2015. (Impact factor: 0.817, Citation index: 14).
10. Md Azharuddin and P. K. Jana (2015), "A Distributed Algorithm for Energy Efficient and Fault Tolerant
Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks," Wireless Networks (Springer), Vol. 21, No.1, pp. 251-267 (Impact
factor: 0.961, Citation index: 10).
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KULKARNI, SHRIKRISHNA VYANKATESH (b. 1967) Associate Dean-II (Infrastructure Planning &
Support) and Professor Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay –
400076
Member of the NASI: Yes (YON 2015, Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology)
The career of Dr. Kulkarni is a remarkable blend of erstwhile rich industrial experience and highly
illustrious research stint in his present institute – liT Bombay, which makes him an excellent teacher of
engineering. He began his career with Crompton Greaves Limited, where he developed
generator/furnace transformers and shunt reactors with largest voltage/current ratings in India at that
time. Author of more than 150 professional publications in reputed journals and conferences, he is a
recipient of Young Engineer Award (2000) from Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE). He has
also been honoured with Career Award for Young Teachers (2001) from All India Council for Technical
Education after he joined as a faculty member at liT Bombay. He has authored a book titled Transformer
Engineering, published by CRC Press, which has received overwhelming response worldwide. He has
adapted an undergraduate text book on exicana gnetic for Asia, Principles of Electromegnetics, Oxford
University Press, published in October 2015. Through 25 consultancy projects and 18 training programs,
he has contributed immensely to industries and academia. He established Field Computation Laboratory
and Insulation Diagnostics Laboratory in his department. He has conducted research in the areas of
Distribution Automation, Distributed Generation, and Electromagnetic and Coupled Field Computations,
through sponsored projects. He is serving research community globally in the capacity of Editor, IEEE
Transactions on Power Delivery. He is a Fellow of INAE. He played an active role as a member of Expert
Committee for R&D in Power Sector set up by Ministry of Power, Government ofIndia.
Proposer : Dr. Ashutosh Pramanik, Seconder : Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri
1. S. D. Kore, P. P. Date, and S. V. Kulkarni, “Effect of process parameters on electromagnetic welding of
Al sheets” International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 34, Issue 8, 2007, pp. 1327-1341, impact
factor: 2.010, citations: 64.
2. A. P. Agalgaonkar, S. V. Kulkarni, and S. A. Khaparde, “Evaluation of configuration plans for DGs in
developing countries using advanced planning techniques,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol.
21, No.2, May 2006, pp. 973-981, impact factor: 3.53, citations: 55.
3. G. B. Kumbhar and S.V. Kulkarni, “Analysis of short circuit performance of split winding transformer
using coupled field-circuit approach,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, Vol. 22, No.2, April 2007, pp.
936-943, impact factor: 1.657, citations: 50.
4. S. D. Kore, P. P. Date, and S. V. Kulkarni, “Electromagnetic Impact Welding of Aluminum to Stainless
Steel Sheets,” Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Volume 208, Issues 1-3, 21 November 2008,
pp. 486-493, impact factor: 2.041, citations: 47.
5. A. P. Agalgaonkar, S. V. Kulkarni, S. A. Khaparde, and S. A. Soman, “Placement and penetration of
distributed generation under standard market design,” International Journal of Emerging Electric Power
Systems, Vol. 1, Issue 1, Article 1004,2004, Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 0.455,
citations: 43.
6. A.P. Agalgaonkar, C. V. Dobariya, M. G. Kanabar, S. A. Khaparde, and S. V. Kulkarni, “Optimal sizing
of distributed generators in micro-grid,” Paper No. 349, IEEE Power India Conference, April 10-12, 2006,
New Delhi, citations: 41.
7. K. C. Hari, M. Nabi, and S. V. Kulkarni, “Improved FEM Model for defect shape construction from MFL
signal by using genetic algorithm,” Let Proceedings Science, Measurement and Technology, Vol. 1,
No.4, July 2007, pp. 196-200, impact factor: 0.592, citations: 31.
8. S. V. Kulkarni, J. C. Olivares, R. Escarela-Perez, V. K. Lakhiani, and J. Turowski, “Evaluation of eddy
losses in cover plates of distribution transformers,” IEE Proceedings – Science, Measurement and
Technology, Vol. 151, No.5, September 2004, pp. 313-318, impact factor: 0.592, citations: 31.
9. S. V. Kulkarni and S. A. Khaparde, “Stray loss evaluation in power transformers a review,” IEEE PES
Winter Meeting 2000, Singapore, January 2000, Paper no. 0-7803-5938-0100, citations: 28.
10. R. G. Karandikar, S. A. Khaparde, and S. V. Kulkarni, “Strategic evaluation of bilateral contract for
electricity retailer in restructured power market,” International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy
Systems, Vol. 32, Iss. 5, June 2010, pp. 457-463. Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP): 2.694,
citations: 27.
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MISHRA, RABINDRA KISHORE (b 1963), Professor, Berhampur University, Berhampur ,Odisha –
760007
Prof. Rabindra Kishore Mishra has employed a wide range of analytical strategies to successfully blend
the fields of artificial neural network with Electromagnetic Engineering, which significantly improved
computing time while reducing requirements of computing resources. He has also undertaken a series of
new Indian initiatives in frontiers of applied EM engineering research. He has improved the idea of using
fractal shape in antenna engineering and important empirical formulae for such antennas. In addition, he
also has played noteworthy role in the field of Left handed Materials or Metamaterials, through his
contributions to design of antennas, filters and other RF systems by proposing and using many innovative
shapes. His present efforts are to extend these for developing a scientific core for invisibility in the
microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum and studying the effect of such invisible devices,
known as electromagnetic cloak, on the performance of Software Defined Radio, for which a wing of the
DRDO has a requirement. With current H-index of 16 and I-Index of 14 on Google Scholar, he has been
widely acknowledged as an excellent academician and innovator recognized by peers & Government
through research grants in excess of INR One Crore (i.e. ten million) over a period of twenty years,
accolades, awards, and invitations by colleagues to lecture in and organize Schools & Workshops
Nationally and Internationally. An IEEE AP-S Distinguished Speaker & a Fellow by invitation of IETE
(India), Prof. Mishra is one among handful of scientists in the field of applied exicana gnetic in India.
Proposer : Prof. Surendra Pal, Seconder : Prof. Ganapati Panda
1. A. Patnaik, R. K. Mishra, Dec’ 1998, “Neural Network based CAD model for Design of Square Patch
Antenna”, IEEE Trans. On Ant. And Propag., Vol. 46, No. 12, pp. 1890 – 1891. (if=2.492, ci=92)
2. R. K. Mishra, A. Patnaik, Mar’2000, “ANN Techniques in Microwave Engineering,” IEEE MTT
Microwave Magazine, Vol.1, No.1, pp.55 – 60. (if=1.674, ci=75)
3. A. Pattnaik, R. K. Mishra, G. K. Patra, S. K. Dash, Nov. 1997, “An artificial neural network model for
effective dielectric constant of microstrip line”, IEEE Trans. On Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 45, no.11,
pp. 1697. (if=2.459, ci=54)
4. R. K. Mishra, A. Patnaik, Aug’2003, “Designing rectangular patch antenna using the neurospectral
method,” IEEE Trans. On Ant. And Propag, Vol. 51, No. 8, pp:1914 – 1921. (if=2.459, ci=51)
5. A. Patnaik, D. E. Anagnostou, R. K. Mishra, Christos G. Christodoulou, and J. C. Lyke, June 2004,
“Applications of Neural Networks in Wireless Communications,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation
Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp.: 130 – 137. (if=1.152, ci=46)
6. R. Ghatak, P. Sarkar, R. K. Mishra, D. R. Poddar, 2011, “A Compact UWB Bandpass Filter With
Embedded SIR as Band Notch Structure,” IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, Vol. 21, No.
5, pp. 261 – 263. (if=2.236, ci=44)
7. R. K. Mishra, S. S. Pattnaik, N. Das, Feb’93, “Tuning of microstrip antenna on ferrite substrate”, IEEE
Trans., Vol.: AP-41, No.2, pp.: 230-233. (if=2.459, ci=43)
8. R. K. Mishra, A. Patnaik, Sept’ 99, “Neurospectral computation of Input Impedance of Rectangular
Microstrip Antenna,” Electronics Letters, Vol. 35, No. 20, pp. 1691 – 1693. (if=1.068, ci=31)
9. R. K. Mishra, A. Patnaik, Sept’1999, “Neurospectral computation of Complex Resonant Frequency of
Microstrip Resonator,” IEEE MGWL, Vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 351 – 353. (if=2.459, ci=31)
10. A. Pattnaik, B. Choudhury, P. Pradhan, R. K. Mishra, C. G. Christodoulou, Mar’2007, “An ANN
Application for Fault Finding in Antenna Arrays,” IEEE Trans. On Ant. And Propag, Vol. 55, Part 1, No. 3,
pp:775 – 777. (if=2.459, ci=26)
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PRAKASH, RAJIV (b 1971), Professor; Materials Science and Technology, Indian Institute of
Technology (BHU), Varanasi – 221005
Dr. Rajiv Prakash has made significant contributions in the field of organic conjugated polymers and
polymer nanocomposites in general and their technological applications as organic devices and
sensors/biosensors in particular. He has published over 121 papers in leading international journals like
Nanoscale, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Journal of Physical Chemistry B and C, Catalysis Science &
Technology, IEEE Electron Device Letters and Polymer. He is also credited with more than 15 patents,
one of which has already been commercialized. He has been a recipient of Young Engineer Award of
Indian National Academy of Engineering, MRSI Medal and Young Scientist Award of U.P. Council of
Science and Technology. He is members of editorial board of National and International journals and
advisory committees. He is members of the advisory committee of TIFAC for India Technology Vision
Plan 2035 on Materials and Processing and also Coordinator of “Polymer and Soft Materials” theme area
of IMPRINT, India.
Proposer: Prof. Dhananjai Pandey, Seconder: Prof. S. N. Upadhyay
1. Madhu Tiwari, Ashish Kumar and Rajiv Prakash, 2016, Nano-porous network of DMTD-Ag coordination
polymer for the ultra trace detection of anticholinergic drug, Polymer 82, 66 (if=3.56, ci=01)
2. RK Pandey, SK Yadav, C Upadhyay, Rajiv Prakash, 2015, Surface exican coupled metal enhanced
spectral and charge transport properties of poly (3, 3′′′-dialkylquarterthiophene) Langmuir Schaefer films,
Nanoscale 7, 6083 (if=7.39, ci=01)
3. Sandeep Gupta and Rajiv Prakash, 2014, Photochemical Assisted Formation of Silver Nanoparticles
by Dithizone and its Application in Amperometric Sensing of Cefotaxime, J. Materials Chemistry C, 2,
6859 (if=4.69, ci=07)
4. Shashi Tiwari, Arun Kumar Singh, Leela Joshi, P Chakrabarti, W Takashima, Keiichi Kaneto, Rajiv
Prakash, 2012, Poly-3-hexylthiophene based organic field-effect transistor: Detection of low concentration
of ammonia, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 171, 962 (if=4.09, ci=25)
5. Swati Mohan, Pankaj Srivastava, S. N. Maheshwari, Shyam Sundar, Rajiv Prakash, 2011, Nano
Structured Nickel Oxide based DNA Biosensor for Detection of Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar),
Analyst, 136, 2845. (if=4.17, ci=22)
6. G Ji, SK Shukla, P Dwivedi, S Sundaram, R Prakash, 2011, Inhibitive effect of Argemone exicana
plant extract on acid corrosion of mild steel, ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 50,
11954. (if=2.58, ci=76)
7. B Gupta, DS Chauhan, R Prakash, 2010, Controlled morphology of conducting polymers: Formation of
nanorods and microspheres of polyindoleMaterials Chemistry and Physics 120, 625. (if=2.25, ci=34)
8. SK Shukla, MA Quraishi, R Prakash, 2008, A self-doped conducting polymer “polyanthranilic acid”: An
efficient corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in acidic solution, Corrosion Science 50, 2867. (if=4.42, ci=86)
9. Vandana Singh, Swati Mohan, G. Singh, P. C. Pandey, and Rajiv Prakash,2008, Synthesis and
Characterization of Polyaniline-Carboxylated PVC Composites: Application in Development of Ammonia
Sensor, Sensors and Actuators B, 132, 99. (if=4.09, ci=57)
10. P.C. Pandey and Rajiv Prakash, 1998, Characterization of Electropolymerized Polyindole; Application
in the construction of a solid-state, ion-selective electrode. J. The Electrochem.Society, 145,
4103. (if=3.27, ci=91)
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ROY, SUKHDEV (b 1966), Professor, Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra 282005
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Professor Sukhdev Roy has made significant contributions in Photonics that encompass Fiber-‐Integrated
Optics, Nano-‐Bio-‐Photonics, Organic and Silicon Photonics, and Optical Computing. His outstanding
experimental and theoretical contributions on ultrafast all-‐optical switching and computing with organic
molecules and photochromic proteins that include the first device applications with plant proteins, open up
the fascinating prospect of harnessing natural photoreceptors, for energy-‐efficient, low-‐cost systems for
information processing, sensing and energy conversion. His research work on their integration with
ultrahigh-‐Q silica microresonators coupled to optical fibers, defines a new paradigm in convergence of
technologies, i.e., Nano-‐Bio-‐Photonic integration for information processing. He has demonstrated all-‐optical femtosecond switching with rhodopsin proteins, cytochromes, graphene-‐oxide, Cu-‐phthalocyanines and also four-‐port silicon microring resonators, and designed various Boolean as well
as reversible and reconfigurable photonic computing circuits that include SLMs, logic gates (Fredkin,
Toffoli, Feynman, Peres etc.), adders-‐subtractors, delays, multiplexers-‐demultiplexers, comparators,
decoders, flip-‐flops, counters, RAMs and ALUs. He Guest Edited a Special Issue of IET Circuits, Devices
and Systems journal on Optical Computing, is on the Editorial boards of three journals, is the recipient of
the 1st IETE-‐B.B. Sen Memorial Award, IETE-‐Emerging Optoelectronics Award, H.C. Shah Research
Endowment Prize by Sardar Patel University, AICTE Career Award for Young Teachers and many best
paper awards. He has been a visiting scientist, keynote and invited speaker at prestigious universities
and international conferences that include, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Waterloo, Würzburg, Osaka and
London; a JSPS Fellow at Hokkaido University, Japan, and an Associate of ICTP, Italy. He is also a
Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Proposer : Prof. Ajoy K. Ghatak, Seconder : Prof. Anurag Sharma
1. S. Roy, A.K. Ghatak, I.C. Goyal and R.L. Gallawa (1993), “Modified Airy Function method for the
analyses of tunneling problems in optical waveguides and quantum-‐well structures”, IEEE Journal of
Quantum Electronics QE-‐29(2), pp. 340-‐345. (if=2.1, ci=30)
2. S. Roy (1999), “Fiber optic sensor for determining adulteration of petrol and diesel by kerosene”,
Sensors and Actuators B 55, pp. 212-‐216. (if=3.84, ci=47)
3. S. Roy, C.P. Singh and K.P.J. Reddy (2000), “Analysis of spatial light modulation characteristics of
C60”, Applied Physics Letters 77(17), pp.2656-‐2658. (if=3.52, ci=4)
4. C.P. Singh and S. Roy (2003), “All-‐optical switching in bacteriorhodopsin based on M-‐state dynamics
and its application to photonic logic gates”, Optics Communications 218, pp. 55-‐66. (if=1.54, ci=42)
5. S. Roy, P. Sharma, A. Dharmadhikari and D. Mathur (2004), “All-‐optical switching with
bacteriorhodopsin”, Optics Communications 237, pp. 251-‐256. (if=1.54, ci=31)
6. S. Roy, K. Kulshrestha and M. Prasad (2009), “Switching light with light in chlorophyll-‐A molecules”,
IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience 8(1), pp. 83-‐91. (if=1.8, ci=3)
7. S. Roy, M. Prasad, J. Topolancik and F. Vollmer (2010), “All-‐optical switching with bacteriorhodopsin
protein coated microcavities and its application to low-‐power computing circuits“, Journal of Applied
Physics 107, 053115-‐9. (if=2.18, ci=21)
8. S. Roy and C. Yadav (2013), “Femtosecond all-‐optical parallel logic gates based on tunable saturable
to reverse saturable absorption in graphene-‐oxide thin films”, Applied Physics Letters 103, 241113-‐3. (if=3.52, ci=3)
9. P. Sethi and S. Roy (2014), “Ultrafast all-‐optical flip-‐flops, simultaneous comparator-‐decoder and
reconfigurable logic unit with silicon microring resonator switches”, Special Issue on Silicon Photonics,
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 20(4), 5900308-‐8. (if=3.47, ci=0)
10. P. Sethi and S. Roy (2014), “All-‐optical ultrafast switching in 2 x 2 silicon microring resonators and its
application to reconfigurable DEMUX/MUX and reversible logic gates”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave
Technology 32(12), pp. 2173-‐2180. (if=2.86, ci=0)
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S, VENKATA MOHAN (b 1970), Principal Scientist, BEES, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical
Technology (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad - 500007
Dr.Venkata Mohan made outstanding engineering accomplishments in the cross-cutting domain of
environmental engineering and bioengineering specifically in (a) developing sustainable and new waste
remediation technologies for the production of clean bio-fuels from waste, (b) exploring the potential of
negative valued waste towards harnessing bioenergy viz., biohydrogen (acidogenic fermentation) and
bioelectricity (microbial fuel cell), (c) developing hybrid treatment processes to enhance overall waste
remediation efficiency, and (d) resolving some critical societal problems related to environment
associated with human health. His interdisciplinary research approach spanning for 20 years established
innovative applications of engineering to the betterment of both society and environment. He is
recognized both nationally and internationally for his pioneering work in linking waste remediation with
renewable bioenergy generation, which eloquently accounted for the paradigm shift from ‘wastewater
treatment’ to ‘waste to energy’ and contributed inclusively to establish a new vista. His work is recognized
by prestigious national and international awards which includes, ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize
for Science and Technology for the year 2014 in Engineering Sciences’, ‘ProSPER.NET-Scopus Young
Researcher Award in Sustainable Development-2010’ by Elsevier/BMBF, Germany, National Bioscience
Award-2012’ by DBT, ‘NASI-Scopus Young Scientist Award -2010’, etc. He is elected fellow of National
Academy of Engineering (FNAE).
Proposer: Dr Giridhar Madras, Seconder:Dr B V Subba Reddy
1. S.Venkata Mohan*, N.C.Rao and J.Karthikeyan (2002).Adsorptive removal of direct azo dye from
aqueous phase onto coal based sorbents- a kinetic and mechanistic study. J Hazardous Materials,
90(2),189-204 (if=4.529, ci=272)
2. S.Venkata Mohan*, V.L.Babu and P.N.Sarma. (2007). Anaerobic biohydrogen production from dairy
wastewater treatment in sequencing batch reactor (AnSBR): Effect of organic loading rate. Enzyme and
Microbial Technology, 41(4), 506-515 (if=2.322, ci=172)
3. S.Venkata Mohan*, Y.V.Bhaskar and P.N.Sarma. (2007). Biohydrogen production from chemical
wastewater treatment by selectively enriched anaerobic mixed consortia in biofilm configured reactor
operated in periodic discontinuous batch mode. Water Research, 41, 2652-2664515 (if=5.528, ci=117)
4. S.Venkata Mohan*, V.L.Babu and P.N.Sarma. (2008). Effect of various pretreatment methods on
anaerobic mixed microflora to enhance biohydrogen production utilizing dairy wastewater as substrate.
Bioresource Technology. 99, 59-67 (if=4.494, ci=219)
5. S.Venkata Mohan*, G.Mohanakrishna, P.N.Sarma. (2008). Effect of anodic metabolic function on
bioelectricity generation and substrate degradation in single chambered microbial fuel cell. Environ. Sci.
Technol.42, 8088-8094 (if=5.330, ci=71)
6. S.Venkata Mohan*, S.V.Raghuvulu, P.N.Sarma. (2008). Influence of anodic biofilm growth on
bioelectricity production in single chambered mediatorless microbial fuel cell using mixed anaerobic
consortia. Biosens. Bioelectron. 24, 41-47 (if=6.490, ci=75)
7. S.Venkata Mohan*. (2009). Harnessing of biohydrogen from wastewater treatment using mixed
fermentative consortia: process evaluation towards optimization. International Journal of Hydrogen
Energy, 34, 7460-7474 (if=3.313, ci=88)
8. M.V.Reddy, S.Venkata Mohan*. (2012). Influence of aerobic and anoxic microenvironments on
polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) production from food waste and acidogenic effluents using aerobic
consortia. Bioresour. Technol. 103, 313-321 (if=4.494, ci=48)
9. M.P.Devi, G.V.Subhash and S.Venkata Mohan*. (2012). Heterotrophic cultivation of mixed microalgae
for lipid accumulation during sequential growth and starvation phase operation: Effect of nutrient
supplementation. Renew. Energ. 43, 276-283 (if=3.476, ci=82)
10. G.Mohanakrishna, S.Venkata Mohan*. (2013). Multiple process integrations for broad perspective
analysis of fermentative H2 production from wastewater treatment: Technical and environmental
considerations. Appl. Energ. 107, 244-254 (if=5.613, ci=26)
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SHARMA, MUKAT LAL (b 1962), Professor and Head, Earthquake Engineering, IIT Roorkee - 247667
(YON 2015, Engineering Sciences)
In the past two and half decades Prof. M. L. Sharma's work spanned a wide spectrum of applications
ranging from observational and engineering seismology to seismic hazard and risk assessment. His
contributions in engineering seismology towards disaster prevention and mitigation have been recognized
at national and international level. He has pioneered seismic hazard assessment methodologies and
recommended design earthquake parameters for dams, nuclear power plants, thermal power plants, high
rise buildings etc. His work on Strong Ground Motion Prediction models, an indispensible part of Seismic
hazard assessment, are quoted and applied worldwide. His development of seismic microzonation maps
for mega cities in India and highly advanced Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment including the
quantification of uncertainties and application through logic tree approach are substantive contributions
towards earthquake safe society. The seismic hazard assessment has been carried out meticulously by
Prof. Sharma and is the main input for the seismic microzonation of Delhi. Based on his work seismic
microzonation of Dehradun, Srinagar (J&K), and Phuentsholing (Bhutan) has also been carried out. He
has rendered expert advice to more than 300 engineering sites. Prof. Sharma introduced the studies
based on SAR interferometry in earthquake engineering for the deformation estimations and has been
instrumental in starting the use of GIS/GPS related earthquake studies and application of SAR differential
interferromtry for shallow earthquakes. The convergence rates between Ganga and Yamuna Tear near
the Himalayan Frontal Fault has been estimated using this methodology. The results will be used for
disaster mitigation.
Proposer : Prof. Baldev Rao Arora, Seconder : Dr. R. K. Chadha
1. Sharma, M. L. (1998) Attenuation relationship for estimation of peak ground horizontal acceleration
using data from strong motion arrays in India, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. Vol 88, pp 1063-1069. (if=1.143,
ci=65)
2. Shanker, D. and M. L. Sharma (1998) Estimation of seismic hazard parameters for the Himalayas and
its vicinity from complete data files, Journal of Pure and Applied Geophysics, Vol. 152, No. 2, pp 267-279.
(if=1.091, ci=36)
3. Sharma, M. L. and H. R. Wason. (1994) Occurrence of low stress drop earthquakes in Garhwal
Himalaya region, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interior, 85, pp 265-272 (if=2.612, ci=36)
4. Sharma, M. L., H. R. Wason and R. Dimri, (2003) Seismic zonation of Delhi for bed rock strong ground
motion, Jour. of Pure and App. Geophysics, Vol . 160, 2381-2398. (if=1.091, ci=31)
5. Sharma, M. L., J. Douglas, H. Bungum and J. Kotadia (2009) Ground motion predicting equations on
data from the Himalayan and Zagros regions, Jour. Earthquake Engineering, 13:8, 1191-1210. (if=1.049,
ci=30)
6. Mahajan, A. K., V. C. Thakur, M. L. Sharma and M. Chauhan (2010) Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Map
of NW Himalaya and its adjoining area, India, Natural Hazards, 53:443-457. (if=1.529, ci=32)
7. Narayan, J. P. M. L. Sharma and B. K. Maheshwari (2005) Run up and inundation patterns developed
during the Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 26, 2004 along the coast of Tamilnadu, India, Gondwana
Research, Vol 8, No. 4, October 2005 (if=5.599, ci=20)
8. Pareek, N., M. L. Sharma, M. Arora (2010) Impact of seismic factors on landslide susceptibility
zonation: a case study in part of Indian Himalayas, Landslide, Vol 7(2), 191-201 (if=2.093, ci=22)
9. Das, Ranjit, H, R, Wason and M. L. Sharma (2011), Global regression relations for conversion of
surface wave and body wave magnitudes to Moment Magnitude, Natural Hazards, Vol 59(2), 801-810
(if=1.529, ci=22)
10. Maheshwari B.K., Sharma M.L. and Narayan J.P. (2006), Geo technical and structural Damages on
the Indian Coast due to Tsunami caused by December 26, 2004 Sumatra Earthquake, Earthquake
Spectra, Vol 22, Issue S3, S475-S493 (if=3.744, ci=18)
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SINGH, S.K. (b 1964), Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Delhi Technological
University, Delhi - 110042
Dr. Singh was involved in a study on groundwater contamination due to Bhalswa landfill, New Delhi and
design of barriers to check migration of contaminants into groundwater. He experimented on admixtures
of organoclays from coco-dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride, and bentonite to assess their potential as
landfill liners (Jhamnani et al. 2009). He studied emissions from burning of crop residue and assessed
trace gasses, carbon and nitrogen (Sahai et al. 2011). In the field of Climate Change, he studied
greenhouse gas emission from wastewater treatment plants (Gupta et al. 2012). He contributed to attain
Zero Effluent Waste by photocatalytic detoxification (Inamdar et al. 2008) and solar detoxification
(Inamdar et al. 2009). He undertook limno-logical investigations into physico-chemical characteristics of
Lake Anasagar, Rajasthan (Jain et al. 2013). He evaluated water quality of Ganga River within Uttar
Pradesh by Water Quality Index and found that water was unsuitable and WHO standard were violated
throughout (Aenab et al. 2013). He studied pollution of groundwater due to Khetri Copper complex,
Rajasthan and found that the quality of ground water has deteriorated. At International level he assessed
the environment quality of Baghdad, Iraq and also evaluated water quality of Tigris River, Iraq. He also
headed environmental impact assessment of infrastructure projects of water sector in Baghdad (Aenab et
al. 2012). He also critically assessed air pollution in Baghdad. He carried out contamination study of
drinking water reserves by biological, chemical, and radiologic agents in Baghdad City (Aenab et al.
2013).
Proposer : Prof. K. J. Nath, Seconder : Prof. B.D. Malhotra
1. Janhavi Inamdar, SK Singh (2008), Techno-Economic Analysis of Zero Effluent Discharge by Use of
Solar Detoxification at Household Level, International J. Natural Sci. and Eng, Vol 1, No. 4, PP 208211 (if=2.291, ci=4)
2. B Jhamnani, SK Singh (2009), Groundwater contamination due to Bhalaswa Landfill site in New Delhi,
International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp 121-125 (if=1.989, ci=24)
3. Shivraj Sahai, C. Sharma, S. K. Singh, Prabhat K. Gupta (2011), Assessment of trace gases, carbon
and nitrogen emissions from field burning of agricultural residues in India, Nutrient Cycling in
Agroecosystems, Vol 89, No. 2, pp 143-157 (if=1.733, ci=12)
4. S. K. Singh, Neetu Sharma, D.P. Tiwari (2012), Decolourisation of Synthetic Dyes by Agricultural
Waste-A Review , International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research, 3(2):1-10. (if=3.2, ci=5)
5. Allaa M Aenab, SK Singh (2012), Critical Assessment of Environmental Quality of Baghdad, Iraq,
Journal of Environmental Engineering, Vol 138, No. 5, PP 601-606Allaa M Aenab, S. K. Singh (2015),
Critical Assessment of River Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), International
Journal of Advanced Research, 3(1):405-411 (if=1.221, ci=4)
6. Aenab, S. Singh and A. Al-Rubaye (2012), Evaluation of Tigris River by Water Quality Index Analysis
Using C++ Program, Journal of Water Resource and Protection, Vol 4, No. 7, pp. 523-527 (if=1.66, ci=10)
7. Allaa M. Aenab, S.K. Singh, Ali Jabir Laftab (2013), Critical assessment of air pollution by ANOVA test
and human health effects, Atmospheric Environment, Vol 71, PP 84-91 (if=3.062, ci=2)
8. Allaa M Aenab, S. K. Singh (2015), Critical Assessment of River Water Quality and Wastewater
Treatment Plant (WWTP), International Journal of Advanced Research, 3(1):405-411 (if=1.66, ci=4)
9. Allaa M Aenab, S. K. Singh (2015), Al-Masab Al-Aam River (Third River) and Surface Water Pollution
Within Baghdad Division, International Journal of Advanced Research, 3(1):396-404. (if=1.66, ci=1)
10. Allaa M Aenab, S. K. Singh, Ali Jabir Lafta (2015), Air Quality Assessment: A Statistical Approach to
Stationary Air Monitoring Stations, International Journal of Advanced Research, 3(3):68-80. (if=0.72, ci=3)
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SRIVASTAVA, PRADEEP (b 1966), Associate Professor, School of Biochemical Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology(BHU), Varanasi - 221005
I nominate Dr Pradeep Srivastava as a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad. Dr
Srivastava has been in academics and research in modern Biochemical Engineering since 2003. He has
worked in Biotechnology Industry and has been involved in conceptualization, process development, and
technology transfer. His research focus is towards productivity improvements of secondary
metabolites(Cephalosporin-C, Lovastatin, Co Q 10, Rapamycin, etc)using novel bioreactor designs.(His
publications on CPC, Lovastatin, etc and Projects of UGC and DBT).Dr Srivastava has a strong research
impetus towards green technologies (Natural dye and ecowashing of textiles( Patent application) and in
various novel herbal formulation development for various diseased states ( Filed 4 Patents) and Patch for
wound healing (Project funded by DRDO). He is currently working on Tissue Engineering and
regenerative medicine for human health and has guided several M Tech/ MS/ PhD thesis on Cartilage
and Bone Tissue Engineering, also designed a novel Bioreactor for large scale production of
chondrocytes(Patent No 244209). Dr Srivastava has several Awards and Honors, to his credit, which
include DBT Overseas Associateship Award( GOI, 2009), Vigyan Gaurav Award(2014), CSIR SRF, etc.,
invited to several National and International Talks as Invited Speakers, including Cell Bio-Processsing
Forum, Berlin(2014), Talk at NDRI(Karnal), IIM(Lucknow), etc. His effort towards linking innovation to
Entrepreneurship and society, through programs like Techno-entrepreneurship and Innovation
cluster(DSIR),Technology Commercialization Program for MSME cluster(TIFAC), Technology Gap
analysis for Carpet cluster, and establishment and coordination of Technology Business Incubator at
IIT(BHU). He is awarded membership of various international and National bodies like National Academy
of Sciences(NASI), Society for Tissue Engineering, STEM, ISBA, etc
Proposer : Prof S.N Upadhyaya, Seconder : Prof AM Kayastha
1. Shalini Singh, Pradeep Srivastava, 2014,Combined 3D-QSAR based Virtual screening and Molecular
Docking Study of some selected PDK-1 Kinase Inhibitors, J of Computational Medicine, Id 563080 (if=
1.670))
2. Shalini Singh, Pradeep Srivastava, 2014, Efficacy of some natural Flavanoids against PDK 1 Kinase a :
an Insilco molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulation study, International J of Helix, 1, 4482453 (if= 1.46)
3. Ishan Chandel, Amit Rastogi, Pradeep Srivastava, 2013, Studies on Novel Bioreactor Design for
chondrocyte culture, International Journal of Tissue Engineering, Hindawi Publications ID 976894,
2013 (if=Pending)
4. Rupika Sinha, Shalini Singh, Pradeep Srivastava,2013,Studies on Process optimization methods for
Rapamycin production using Streptomyces hygroscopicus, Journal of Biosystems and Bioprocess
engineering,10, 2013 (if=1.823)
5. Agarwal P. ; Mishra P. K. ; Srivastava P.2012, Stastical optimization of the electro spinning process for
chitosan/ Polylactide nanofabrication using response surface methodology, Journal of Material Science,
47, 4262-4269 (if=2.305)
6. Kamal K. Gupta, Akshay Kundan, Pradeep K. Mishra, Pradeep Srivastava, Sujata Mohanty, Narendra
K. Singh, Abhinay Mishra, Pralay Maiti, Polycaprolactone composites with TiO2 for Potential Nano
biomaterials : Tunable properties using different phases, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2012,
14, 12844–12853 (if=3.659)
7. Ruhi Dixit, Piyush Srivastava, Somprakas Basu, Pradeep Srivastava, Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Vijay
Kumar Shukla, Association of Mustard Oil as Cooking Media with Carcinoma of the Gallbladder, Journal
of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2012, DOI10.1007/s12029-012-9458-2 (if=3.319)
8. Lucky Srivastava, Amit Rai, Amit Rastogi, Pradeep Srivastava, 2013, Evaluation of strategies for the
growth of human chondrocytes cells, in Indian J of Biotechnology, Vol 12, 483-488 (if=0.510)
9. Bodhisatta Naiti, Pradeep Srivastava, 2011,Optimization of Process parameters for ethanol production
from sugar cane molasses by zymomonas mobilis using response surface methodology and genetic
algorithm, Appl. Microbiol Biotechnol (2011),90 : 385-395 (if=3.81)
10. Kamakshi Gupta, Pradeep Srivastava, 2010,Fuzzy rule based prediction of lovastatin productivity in
continuous mode using siran supported growth of Aspergillus terreus in an airlift reactor, J of Biochemical
Technology, 2010, 2(5) (if=2.16)
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TIWARI, MANOJ KUMAR (b 1962), Professor Department of Industrial & System Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal- 721302
Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari has made scholarly scientific contributions in the broad areas of Logistics
Science, Manufacturing Science, Production Planning, and Supply Chain Management using Operations
Research and Computational Intelligence. He has developed efficient algorithms and heuristics to solve
many challenging practical problems related to operation allocation and scheduling, pick-up and delivery
in presence of uncertain environment, and sustainability and re-configurability in Supply Chain. He
consulted to some of the well known industries like Procter and Gamble, Dhamra Port, Indian Air Force
etc., and given solution to some of their complex and challenging problems in the domain of Logistics
Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Planning and Scheduling, and implemented lean
practices. He has published more than 237 papers in reputed International Journals such as European
Journal of Operations Research (EJOR), International Journal of Production research (IJPR),
International Journal of Production Economics (IJPE), IEEE- Transactions on Systems, Man and
Cybernetics-Part A, and has more than 90 papers in several National and International Conferences.
According to Google Scholar, Scopus and Web of Science, his h-index is 47, 34 and 25, respectively. He
is listed among top 20 most productive authors in the area of Production and Operations Management as
reported in the last 50 years (Published in a survey article in Int. Journal of Production Economics, 2009,
120, 540-551), and rated best (Rank 1) among top 100 individual researchers across the world, who have
published research articles in International Journal of Production Research (IJPR, 2013, 51, 7470-7500)
during 1985-2010.
Proposer: Dr. Baldev Raj, Seconder:Prof. S. Ranganathan
1. A. Agarwal, R. Shankar and M.K. Tiwari, 2006. Modeling the metrics of lean, agile and leagile supply
chain: An ANP-based approach, European Journal of Operational Research, 173(1), 211-225. I.F.-1.843, (if=2.358, ci=Google Scholar (480), Scopus (223), Web of Science (126).)
2. V. Ravi, R. Shankar, and M.K. Tiwari, 2005. Analyzing alternatives in reverse logistics for end-of-life
computers: ANP and balanced scorecard approach, Computers & industrial engineering, 48(2), 327-356.
I.F.--1.690. (if=1.783, ci=Google Scholar (398), Scopus (225), Web of Science (146))
3. A. Agarwal, R. Shankar, and M.K. Tiwari, 2007. Modeling agility of supply chain, Industrial Marketing
Management, 36(4), 443-457. I.F.--1.897. (if=1.820, ci=Google Scholar (349), Scopus (159).)
4. F. T. S. Chan, N. Kumar and M.K. Tiwari, H. C. W. Lau, and K. L. Choy, 2008. Global supplier
selection: a fuzzy-AHP approach, International Journal of Production Research, 46(14), 3825 – 3857. I.F.-1.323. (if=1.477, ci=Google Scholar (350), Scopus (194), Web of Science (115).)
5. M. Kumar, J. Antony, R.K. Singh, M.K. Tiwari, and D. Perry, 2006. Implementing the Lean Sigma
framework in an Indian SME: a case study, Production Planning and Control, 17(4), 407-423. I.F.-0.991. (if=1.466, ci=Google Scholar (213), Scopus (118), Web of Science (43))
6. R.P. Mohanty, R. Agarwal, A.K. Choudhury and M.K. Tiwari, 2005. A fuzzy ANP-based approach to
R&D project selection: a case study. International Journal of Production Research, 43(24), 5199-5216.
I.F.--1.323, (if=1.477, ci=Google Scholar (203), Scopus (126), Web of Science (92))
7. S. Agrawal, B.K. Panigrahi, and M.K. Tiwari, 2008. Multiobjective Particle Swarm Algorithm with Fuzzy
Clustering for Electrical Power Dispatch, IEEE Transaction on Evolutionary Computations, 12(5), 529 –
541. I.F.--5.545. (if=3.654, ci=Google Scholar (190), Scopus (148), Web of Science (98))
8. M.K. Tiwari and N.K. Vidyarthi, 2000. Solving machine loading problems in a flexible manufacturing
system using a genetic algorithm based heuristic approach, International Journal of Production Research,
38(14),: 3357-3384. I.F.--1.323. (if=1.477, ci=Google Scholar (142), Scopus (91), Web of Science (72))
9. A.K. Choudhury, R. Shankar, and M.K. Tiwari, 2006. Consensus-based intelligent group decisionmaking model for the selection of advanced technology. Decision Support Systems, 42(3), 1776-1799.
I.F.--2.036. (if=2.313, ci=Google Scholar (118), Scopus (77), Web of Science (59))
10. 10. S. Agrawal, Y. Dashora, M. K. Tiwari and Young-Jun Son, 2008. Interactive Particle Swarm: A
Pareto-Adaptive Metaheuristic to Multiobjective Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and
Cybernetics-Part A: Systems and Humans, 38(2), 258-277. I.F.--2.183. (if=1.64, ci=Google Scholar (76),
Scopus (59), Web of Science (44).)
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UTHANDI , KAMACHI MUDALI (b 1960), Outstanding Scientist & Associate Director,Indira Gandhi
Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam Tamil Nadu - 603102
Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali has made pioneering contributions in corrosion science and technology towards
development of materials and coatings for highly corrosive critical applications in nuclear industry. Based
on fundamental understanding he has made significant technological contributions in the development of
nitrogen alloyed stainless steels; biomaterials and coatings for orthopedic devices; and, advanced
materials and coatings for fast breeder reactor and fuel reprocessing plants. The high corrosion
resistance of nitrogen alloyed stainless steels in chloride containing environments was proposed by him
for the first time through a ‘local inhibition’ mechanism involving formation of nitrate compounds during
pitting corrosion. He has made many first time innovations through science based technologies, including:
development of mixed oxide coated titanium anodes; double oxide coating on titanium for reconditioning;
nitric acid loop and life prediction; bulk metallic glass and coatings; superhydrophobic and self-healing
coatings; antimicrobial surface modification; all for highly corrosive environments encountered in nuclear
and allied industries. His contributions to societal applications include: utilization of nuclear grade
stainless steels, titanium and alloys, bioceramic hydroxyapatite coatings, and nitrogen ion implantation,
for orthopedic implant device applications. Dr. Mudali’s significant scientific and technological
contribution, which has benefited nuclear, chemical and biomedical sectors, has international peer
recognition by outstanding publications and citations with high impact. He is definitely one among the best
corrosion scientists, not only in India but also in the world, which can be seen from the honours and
awards, and the invitations for honour lectures received by him from all over the world.
Proposer: Dr. BaldevRaj, Seconder:Dr. A.K. Tyagi
1. U. Kamachi Mudali, R.K.Dayal, T.P.S. Gill and J.B.Gnanamoorthy, 1986, Influence of Nitrogen Addition
on Microstructure and Pitting Corrosion Resistance of Austenitic Weld Metals, Werkstoffe Und Korrosion
(Materials and Corrosion), Vol.37, pp.637-643. (if=1.508, ci=71)
2. U. Kamachi Mudali, V.R.Raju and R.K. Dayal, Preparation and Characterization of Platinum and
Platinum-Iridium Coated Titanium Electrodes, 1999, Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol.277, pp.4956. (if=2.090, ci=14)
3. U. Kamachi Mudali, P.Shankar, S.Ningshen, R.K. Dayal, H.S.Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2002, On the
Pitting Corrosion Resistance of Nitrogen Alloyed Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel, Corrosion
Science, Vol.44, pp.2439-2457. (if=4.329, ci=96)
4. U. Kamachi Mudali, TM Sridhar and Baldev Raj, 2003, Corrosion of bio implants, Sadhana Vol. 28 (34), pp.601-637. (if=1.895, ci=189)
5. U.Kamachi Mudali, BMA Rao, K Shanmugam, R Natarajan, Baldev Raj, 2003, Corrosion and
microstructural aspects of dissimilar joints of titanium and type 304L stainless steel, Journal of Nuclear
Materials, Vol. 321 (1), pp.40-48. (if=2.090, ci=80)
6. U. Kamachi Mudali, N. Bhuvaneswaran, P. Shankar, H.S. Khatak and Baldev Raj, 2004, Intermetallic
Diffusion Coatings for Enhanced Hot-Salt Oxidation Resistance of Austenitic Stainless Steels,
Metallurgical Transactions A, Vol.35A, pp.1799-1806. (if=1.895, ci=18)
7. U. Kamachi Mudali, S Baunack, J Eckert, L Schultz, A Gebert, 2004, Pitting corrosion of bulk glassforming zirconium-based alloys, Journal of alloys and compounds, Vol. 377 (1), pp.290-297. (if=2.407,
ci=77)
8. Baldev Raj and U. Kamachi Mudali, 2006, Materials Development and Corrosion Problems in Nuclear
Fuel Reprocessing Plants, Progress in Nuclear Energy Review Journal, Vol.48, pp.283-313. (if=1.420,
ci=114)
9. U.Kamachi Mudali, N.Padhy, 2011, Electrochemical scanning probe microscope (EC-SPM) for the in
situ corrosion study of materials: an overview with examples, Corrosion Reviews, Vol. 29, pp.73103. (if=1.895, ci=18)
10. U.Kamachi Mudali, S. Ningshen and A. Ravi Shankar, 2011, Nano Structured Coatings for Corrosion
Protection, Pure and Applied Chemistry, Vol.83, pp. 2079-2087. (if=3.11, ci=18)
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ANGARAI GANESAN, RAMAKRISHNAN (b 1958), Professor and Chairman, Department of Electrical
Engineering, IISc Bangalore - 560012
Angarai Ganesan Ramakrishnan is a pioneer in solving problems in Indian language technology having
societal significance. He has made several high impact contributions:
- Proposing the plosion index feature for robust detection of stop bursts and epochs in speech
- Developing a novel, popular algorithm for pitch synchronous pitch modification using DCT in the source
domain
- Formulating the problem of script recognition at the level of words in printed documents and solving it
using Gabor filters
- Formulating the problem of segmenting individual symbols from online handwritten words, and
proposing attention-feedback segmentation, inspired by the rich feedback in human visual pathway. This
work initiated an entirely new direction of work
- Reconstruction of missing EEG channels using compressed sensing principles.
The impact of Ramakrishnan’s work and leadership in the area are visible in many dimensions. His
publications have accumulated 2150+ citations and are internationally acclaimed. He leads a national
research consortium on online handwriting recognition in eight languages and is joint coordinator of
consortium on document image understanding in twelve scripts. Blind students are using 600+ Braille
books in Tamil and Kannada, converted from printed books using his OCR technology, which received
the prestigious Manthan Award – South Asia and Asia Pacific 2014 and Gandhian Young Technological
Innovation Award, 2015. TTS systems developed by him are used by 1000+ blind students, fetching him
Manthan Award 2015. He has developed unrestricted vocabulary, handwriting recognition systems in
Tamil and Kannada. He conceived of the Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages, managed by
CIIL, Mysore.
Proposer: Prof.Y. Narahari, Seconder: Prof.L M Patnaik
1. A.G.Ramakrishnan and S.Saha, 1997, "ECG coding by wavelet-based linear prediction," IEEE Trans.
Biomed. Eng., Vol. 44, No. 12, pp. 1253-1261. (if=2.347, ci=121)
2. I.Rajan, P.J.Naga Venkatesha Murthy, A.G.Ramakrishnan, B.N.Gangadhar and N.Janakiramaiah, "
1998, Heart rate variability as an index of cue reactivity in alcoholics," Biological Psychiatry, Vol. 43, pp.
544-546. (if=9.247, ci=29)
3. K. N. Bhanuprakash, A. G. Ramakrishnan, S. Suresh, and Teresa W.P.Chow, 2002, "Fetal lung
maturity analysis using ultrasound image features," IEEE Trans. Inf. Tech. Biomedicine, Vol. 6, Issue 1,
pp. 38-45. (if=2.493, ci=45)
4. R Muralishankar, A.G.Ramakrishnan and P Prathibha, 2004, “Modification of Pitch using DCT in the
Source Domain,” Speech Communication, Vol. 42/2, pp. 143-154. (if=1.256, ci=40)
5. R.Srikanth and A.G.Ramakrishnan, 2005, "Contextual Encoding in Uniform and Adaptive Mesh-based
Lossless Compression of MR Images," IEEE Trans. Medical Imaging, Vol 24, Issue 9, pp. 11991206. (if=3.39, ci=28)
6. Peeta Basa Pati and A. G. Ramakrishnan, 2008, “Word Level Multi-script Identification,” Pattern
Recognition Letters, Vol. 29, pp. 1218-1229. (if=1.551, ci=68)
7. A. P. Prathosh, T. V. Ananthapadmanabha, and A. G. Ramakrishnan, 2013, “Epoch extraction based
on integrated linear prediction residual using plosion index,” IEEE Transactions on Audio, Speech and
Language Processing, Vol. 21, Iss. 12, pp. 2471-2480.(if=2.475, ci=27)
8. T V Ananthapadmanabha, A P Prathosh, A G Ramakrishnan, 2014, “Detection of the closure-burst
transitions of stops and affricates in continuous speech using the plosion index,” Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America, 135(1): 460-471. (if=1.503, ci=12)
9. A. G. Ramakrishnan, A.P. Prathosh and T. V. Ananthapadmanabha, 2014, "Threshold-Independent
QRS detection using the dynamic plosion index," IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 21(5), 554 –
558 (if=1.751, ci=4)
10. AG Ramakrishnan, B Abhiram, SRM Prasanna, 2015, “Voice source characterization using pitch
synchronous discrete cosine transform for speaker identification,” The Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America 137 (6). EL469 (if=1.503, ci=3)
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BALAKRISHNAN, ARCOT RAMACHANDRAN (b 1950), Professor,Department
Engineering ,Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600036
of
Chemical
The nominee has made seminal contributions to the understanding of boiling heat transfer, both through
experiment and theoretical analysis, especially under extreme conditions such as two phase flow with
phase change under oscillating conditions and at near critical conditions. His major contribution was to
quantify the nucleation site density under different heat flux conditions in boiling. These find application in
marine nuclear boilers and in space applications. The nominee has made pioneering contributions in
boiling of multicomponent liquid mixtures, augmentation of boiling heat transfer using enhanced surfaces
and flow boiling in mini and micro tubes. He has made important contributions to extractive distillation by
identifying procedures to select suitable entrainers such as inorganic salts and ionic liquids to break the
azeotropes in esther-alcohol and other non-aqueous mixtures.
Proposer: Prof. Sarit Kumar Das, Seconder:Prof. R.B.Chhabra
1. J. Dhanalakshmi, P.S.T.Sai and A.R.Balakrishnan, 2014, “Effect of Bivalent Cation Inorganic Salts on
Isobaric Vapor-liquid Equilibrium of Methyl Acetate – Methanol System”, Fluid Phase Equilibria, 379, 112
– 119. (if=2.334, ci=6)
2. Dhanalakshmi, P. S. T. Sai, and A. R. Balakrishnan, 2013, "Effect of Inorganic Salts on the Isobaric
Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of the Ethyl Acetate-Ethanol System", Journal of Chemical and Engineering
Data, 58, 560-569. (if=2.04, ci=7)
3. M. Venkatesan, S.K. Das and A.R. Balakrishnan, 2011, "Effect of Diameter on Two-phase Pressure
Drop in Narrow Tubes", Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 35, 531-541. (if=1.99, ci=23)
4. T.Basak, RS Kaluri, A.R.Balakrishnan, 2011, “Effects of Thermal Boundary Conditions on Entropy
Generation during Natural Convection”, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part –A: Applications, 59 (5), 372402. (if=1.975, ci=28)
5. T.Basak, S.Roy and A.R.Balakrishnan, 2006, “Effects of Thermal Boundary Conditions on Natural
Convection Flows within in a Square Cavity”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 49(23),
4525-4535. (if=2.383, ci=151)
6. G. Vinayak Rao and A. R. Balakrishnan, 2004, "Heat Transfer in Nucleate Pool Boiling of
Multicomponent Mixtures," Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 29, 87-103. (if=1.99, ci=38)
7. G. Vinayak Rao and A. R. Balakrishnan, 2004, "Nucleate Pool Boiling Heat Transfer of Multicomponent
Mixtures," Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Trans. IChemE, 82, (1), 43-52 (if=2.528, ci=7)
8. R. J. Benjamin and A. R. Balakrishnan, 1999, "Nucleate Pool Boiling Heat Transfer of Binary Mixtures
at Low to Moderate Heat Fluxes," Trans. ASME, Journal of Heat Transfer, 121, 365-375. (if=1.70, ci=151)
9. R. J. Benjamin and A. R. Balakrishnan, 1997, "Nucleation Site Density in Pool Boiling of Saturated
Pure Liquids: Effect of Surface Micro roughness and Surface and Liquid Physical Properties,"
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, 15, 32-42. (if=1.99, ci=113)
10. A. R. Balakrishnan and D. C. T. Pei, 1979, "Heat Transfer in Gas-Solid Packed Bed Systems - Part 1:
A Critical Review, Part 2: The Conduction Mode, Part 3: Overall Heat Transfer Rates in Adiabatic Beds,
"Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Process Design and Development, 18, 30-50. (if=2.587, ci=77)
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BANERJEE, SUSANTA (b 1964), Professor and Head of the Materials Science Centre, IIT Kharagpur721302
Prof. Susanta Banerjee has more than 26 years Research and teaching experience in Govt. and Private
R & D organizations and in academia. At present, he is Professor and Head of the Materials Science
Centre, IIT Kharagpur. He is a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology. He is a
recipient of the Alexander von Humbolt Fellowship, INSA-DFG Fellowship, DRDO Technology Spin-Off
award and the GE Management award. His research interest includes the development of new polymers
for low-k applications, membrane materials for gas and liquid separation, proton exchange membrane
materials for fuel cells and photovoltaic applications. His research work has resolved many of the key
issues in membrane based separation and he has successfully demonstrated new polymers that showed
both high permeability and permselectivity. His work has given a new direction in developing high proton
conductive membranes for fuel cell application. He has strong engineering acumen of designing new
materials and products through Six Sigma methodologies (DFSS) and developed several products for
defence and industrial applications. He has published 151 research papers in peer reviewed journals and
presented several research papers in different international conferences. Prof. Banerjee was invited to
deliver Keynote Lecture in European Polymer Congress (EPF-2015). He is the inventor of several
patents, author of eight book chapters and one book "Handbook of Specialty Fluorinated Polymers"
(ISBN: 9780323357920) published by Elsevier. He is well known for grooming post graduate students
and supervised 14 Ph.D. students.
Proposer: Prof. Sirshendu De, Seconder:Prof. Amit Basak
1. S Banerjee*, MK Madhra, AK Salunke, DK Jaiswal (2003) Synthesis and properties of fluorinated
polyimides. 3. Derived from novel 1, 3-bis [3′-trifluoromethyl-4′(4 ″-amino benzoxy) benzyl] benzene and
4, 4-bis [3′-trifluoromethyl-4′(4-amino benzoxy) benzyl] biphenyl, Polymer 44 (3), 613-622 (if=3.910,
ci=87)
2. S Banerjee*, G Maier, C Dannenberg, J Spinger, (2004) Gas permeabilities of novel poly (arylene
ether) s with terphenyl unit in the main chain, Journal of membrane science 229 (1), 63-71 (if=5.523,
ci=36)
3. V Kute, S Banerjee*, (2007) Polyimides 7: synthesis, characterization, and properties of novel soluble
semifluorinated poly (ether imide)s, Journal of applied polymer science 103 (5), 3025-3044 (if=1.768,
ci=48)
4. SK Sen, B Dasgupta, S Banerjee*, (2009) Effect of introduction of heterocyclic moieties into polymer
backbone on gas transport properties of fluorinated poly (ether imide) membranes, Journal of Membrane
Science 343 (1), 97-103 (if=5.523, ci=26)
5. B Dasgupta, SK Sen, S Banerjee*, (2009) Gas transport properties of fluorinated poly (ether imide)
membranes containing indan moiety in the main chain, Journal of Membrane Science 345 (1), 249256 (if=5.523, ci=22)
6. A Ghosh, S Banerjee*, H Komber, A Lederer, L Häussler, B Voit, (2010) Extremely high molar mass
hyperbranched poly (arylene ether) s from a new semifluorinated AB2 monomer by an unusual AB2+ A2
polymerization approach, Macromolecules 43 (6), 2846-2854(if=5.800, ci=17)
7. SK Sen, S Banerjee*, (2010) Gas transport properties of fluorinated poly (ether imide) films containing
phthalimidine moiety in the main chain, Journal of Membrane Science 350 (1), 53-61 (if=5.523, ci=28)
8. S Maji, S Banerjee*, (2010) Preparation of new semifluorinated aromatic poly (ether amide) s and
evaluation of pervaporation performance for benzene/cyclohexane 50/50 mixture, Journal of Membrane
Science 349 (1), 145-155 (if=5.523, ci=11)
9. SK Sen, S Banerjee* (2010) Spiro-biindane containing fluorinated poly (ether imide) s: Synthesis,
characterization and gas separation properties, Journal of Membrane Science 365 (1), 329-340 (if=5.523,
ci=25)
10. EA Mistri, AK Mohanty, S Banerjee*, H Komber, B Voit, (2013) Naphthalene dianhydride based
semifluorinated sulfonated copoly (ether imide) s: Synthesis, characterization and proton exchange
properties, Journal of Membrane Science 441, 168-177 (if=5.523, ci=20)
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BHASKAR, DATA RAM (b 1951), Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication
Engineering, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi - 110025
Professor Bhaskar has made significant contribution in the areas of Analog Signal Processing through his
sustained research work [1]-[73] which has been published in International Journals and has been widely
cited by other researchers.
A class of innovative electronically-controllable generalized impedance configurations [4]-[6], [12], [34],
[38], [68] employing op-amps, current feedback amplifiers and operational transresistance amplifiers have
been introduced.
A systematic approach which generates all possible canonical operational transconductance-capacitance
based oscillators [1], [2], [8], [10], [11] with non-interacting control of frequency of oscillation and condition
of oscillation and electronically-controlled current-mode oscillators [48] and linear VCOs [9], [13], [16],
[36], [41], [44] [50],[58] have been advanced.
New Grounded-capacitor single-resistance-controlled oscillators (SCROs) employing different type of
modern active building blocks providing various attractive features [7], [14], [17], [18], [ 19], [22], 26], [28],
[30], [33], [42], [46], [56], [57], [66] and including electronically-controllable sinusoidal
oscillators/quadrature oscillators [47], [62], [67], [69] have been developed. A number of current-mode,
voltage-mode, transimpedance-mode and transconductance-mode universal biquads have been
proposed employing various modern active building blocks [15], [20], [21], [24], [25], [29], [31],32], [37],
[39], [40], [45], [49], [52], [53], [55], [63], [64], [65], [71]- [73]. Novel electronically-controllable grounded
and floating impedance simulators employing voltage differencing input buffered amplifiers (VD-DIBAs)
alongwith many others using varieties of other modern active building blocks [35], [43], [51], [54], 60],
[61], [70] have been devised. All the research work of Professor Bhaskar has been carried out exclusively
in India which has made a significant impact both nationally and internationally. Note: References cited
above are the same as in the list provided in item 9 above.
Proposer : Prof. Raj Senani, Seconder : Prof. M. Sami
1. D. R. Bhaskar, M. P. Tripathi and R. Senani (1993), A class of three-OTA-two-Capacitor Oscillators
with non-interacting controls, International Journal of Electronics (UK), 74 (3), 459-463 (if=0.509, ci=10)
2. D. R. Bhaskar, M. P. Tripathi and R. Senani (1993), Systematic derivation of all possible Canonic
OTAC Sinusoidal Oscillators, Journal of the Franklin Institute (USA), 330 (5), 885-903. (if=2.457, ci=12)
3. D. R. Bhaskar and R. Senani (1994), New linearly tunable CMOS-compatible OTA-C oscillators with
non-interacting controls, Microelectronics Journal (UK), 25, 115-123. (if=0.874, ci=6)
4. D. R. Bhaskar, V. K. Sharma, M. Monis and S. M. I. Rizvi (1999), New Current Mode Universal Biquad
Filter, Microelectronics Journal (UK), 30 (9), 837-839. (if=0.874, ci=91)
5. D. R. Bhaskar and M. P. Tripathi (2000), Realisation of novel linear sinusoidal VCOs’, Analog
Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (USA), 24 (3), 263-267. (if=0.553, ci=8)
6. D. R. Bhaskar, Realization of Second-order Sinusoidal Oscillator/Filters with Non-Interacting Controls
using CFAs (2003), FREQUENZ: Journal of Telecommunications (Germany), 57 (1/2), 12-14. (if=0.168,
ci=13)
7. D. R. Bhaskar and R. Senani (2005), New FTFN-based Grounded-Capacitor SRCO with explicit
current-mode output and reduced number of resistors, International Journal of Electronics and
Communications (AEU) (Germany), 59 (1), 48-51. (if=0.640, ci=12)
8. D. R. Bhaskar and R. Senani (2006), New CFOA-based Single-element- controlled Sinusoidal
Oscillators,IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (USA), 55 (6), 2014-2021. (if=1.357,
ci=51)
9. D. R. Bhaskar, R. Senani and A. K. Singh (2010), Linear sinusoidal VCOs: New Configurations using
Current feedback Op-Amps, International Journal of Electronics (UK), 97 (3), 263-272. (if=0.509, ci=8)
10. D. R. Bhaskar, S. S. Gupta, R. Senani and A. K. Singh (2012), ‘New CFOA-based Sinusoidal
Oscillators retaining independent control of oscillation frequency even under the influence of parasitic
impedances’, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing (USA), 73 (1), 427-437. (if=0.553, ci=3)
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BHATTACHARYY, PUSHPAK (b 1962 ), Vijay and Sita Vashee Chair Professor,Computer Science and
Engineering Department, IIT Bombay, Mumbai - 400076
Dr. Bhattacharyya has for decades led the Natural Language Processing (NLP; also called Computational
Linguistics) and Machine Learning (ML) research in India, authoring books and research papers, and
creating foundations systems, tools and resources. He is internationally known for his contributions to
multilingual computation and resources, used in modern search, automatic translation and information
extraction technology. Systems, resources and tools created by Dr. Bhattacharyya and his research team
are used all over the world for language technology development. His paper on “Indowordnet” is serving
as the foundation and standard-defining document for development of Indian language wordnets- a
crucial resource for automatic translation and search. Recently he has published the text book “Machine
Translation” (CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group) which compares the ruling paradigms of machine
translation and establishes shows how the structure of statistical machine translation grew out of
probability based word alignments. The book draws heavily from Indian language translation examples.
Information accompanying this note as per specification will serve as testimony to Prof. Pushpak
Bhattacharyya’s richly deserving the fellowship.
Proposer : Prof. Y. Narahari, Seconder : Prof. Somenath Biswas
1. Shachi Dave, Jignashu Parikh, Pushpak Bhattacharyya, December 2001, Interlingua-based English–
Hindi Machine Translation and Language Divergence, Journal of Machine Translation (JMT), Volume
17. (ci=106)
2. Vikas Sindhwani, Pushpak Bhattacharya, Subrata Rakshit, April 2001, Information theoretic feature
crediting in multiclass support vector machines, SIAM International Conference on Mining (SDM 2001),
Chicago, USA. (ci=44)
3. Dipak Narayan, Debasri Chakrabarti, Prabhakar Pande, Pushpak Bhattacharyya, January 2002, An
experience in building the indo wordnet-a wordnet for hindi, International Conference on Global WordNet
(GWC 02), Mysore, India. (ci=71)
4. Bhoopesh Choudhary, Pushpak Bhattacharyya, May 2002, Text clustering using semantics,
WWW2002, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.(ci=49)
5. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Apurva Jadhav, Ashutosh Joshi, Soumen Chakrabarti, Pushpak
Bhattacharyya, July 2003, Question answering via Bayesian inference on lexical relations, ACL 2003
workshop on Multilingual Summarization and Question Answering, Sapporo, Japan. (ci=37)
6. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, BP Prithviraj, A Deepa, Pushpak Bhattacharyya, Soumen Chakrabarti,
January 2004, Soft word sense disambiguation, International Conference on Global Wordnet (GWC 04),
Brno, Czeck Republic. (ci=35)
7. Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Soumen Chakrabarti, Deepa Paranjpe, Pushpak Bhattacharya, May 2004, Is
question answering an acquired skill?, World Wide Web (WWW04), New York. (ci=91)
8. Smriti Singh, Kuhoo Gupta, Manish Shrivastava, Pushpak Bhattacharyya, July 2006, Morphological
richness offsets resource demand-experiences in constructing a POS tagger for Hindi, COLING/ACL2006, Sydney, Australia. (ci=51)
9. Ananthakrishnan Ramanathan, Jayprasad Hegde, Ritesh M Shah, Pushpak Bhattacharyya, M
Sasikumar, January 2008, Simple Syntactic and Morphological Processing Can Help English-Hindi
Statistical Machine Translation., International Joint Conference on NLP (IJCNLP08). (ci=51)
10. Ananthakrishnan Ramanathan, Hansraj Choudhary, Avishek Ghosh, Pushpak Bhattacharyya, August
2009, Case markers and morphology: addressing the crux of the fluency problem in English-Hindi SMT,
ACL-IJCNLP 2009, Singapore. (ci=35)
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CHAKRABORTY, CHANDAN
Kharagpur - 721302
(b 1965), Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur,
Dr. Chandan Chakraborty [Ph.D.(Japan), Ph.D(IIT Kharagpur), FNAE, FIEEE] made outstanding
contribution in electrical engineering especially in the area of performance and control of induction motor
drives. His major contributions in three areas viz., speed-sensorless-control, efficiency-optimizationcontrol and fault-tolerant-control are highlighted here. He has proposed new ideas to eliminate the speed
sensor of vector-controlled-drive increasing robustness and reducing cost. A series of model reference
adaptive controllers (MRAC) is introduced those can work stably in all the four quadrant of operation. In
particular, he has shown the uniqueness of a new structure of reactive power based MRAC that offers
better performance in low speed operation. He has also made pioneering contributions proposing XMRAC based controllers opening up a new breed of adaptive controllers for speed estimation. Recent
trend to rely more on magnet-less machines, has made induction motor more attractive in industrial and
defense applications. However, induction machines are less efficient. With his proposal of new hybrid
controllers for efficiency optimization, such limitations are overcome. Hybrid controllers uniquely combine
loss model and search algorithms to achieve fast-convergence and immunity to parameter
variation. Performance of vector-controlled-drives depends on the healthy operation of current and/or
speed sensor. Using a novel concept of phasor-rotation from a-b-c to alfa-beta and phase-transformation
from alfa-beta to d-q and d-q to alfa-beta reference-frame, he has made the vector controlled drive fault
tolerant. He has shown that one healthy sensor is sufficient for continuation of operation of such drive
systems
in
case
of
sensor
failures/mal-operation. Further
details
are
at http://facweb.iitkgp.ernet.in/~chandan/
Proposer : Prof. Bhim Singh, Seconder : Prof. Suman Chakraborty
1. S.K.Chattopadhyay and C. Chakraborty, 2014, A New Multi Level Inverter Topology with Self
Balancing Level Doubling Network," IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, 61, 9, 4622-4631 (if=6.5, ci=5)
2. V. Verma, C. Chakraborty, S. Maiti, and Y. Hori, 2013, Speed sensorless vector controlled induction
motor drive using single current sensor, IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, 28, 4, 938-950 (if=3.353,
ci=5)
3. S. Maiti, V. Verma, C. Chakraborty, and Y. Hori, 2012, An adaptive speed sensorless induction motor
drive with artificial neural network for stability enhancement, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, 8, 4,
757–766 (if=8.785, ci=20)
4. A. V. Ravi Teja, C. Chakraborty, S. Maiti, and Y. Hori, 2012, A New Model Reference Adaptive
Controller for Four Quadrant Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drives, IEEE Trans. on Industrial
Electronics, 59, 10, 3757-3767 (if=6.5, ci=38)
5. A. Bhattacharya and C. Chakraborty, 2011, A Shunt Active Power Filter with Enhanced Performance
Using ANN-Based Predictive and Adaptive Controllers, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 58,
421-428 (if=6.5, ci=122)
6. S.Maiti, C.Chakraborty, Y.Hori, and M. C. Ta, 2008, Model Reference Adaptive Controller-Based Rotor
Resistance and Speed Estimation Techniques for Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drive utilizing
Reactive Power, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics , 55, 2, 594-601 (if=6.5, ci=153)
7. S. Dalapati and C. Chakraborty, 2008, A Direct PWM Technique for a Single-Phase Full-Bridge Inverter
through Controlled Capacitor Charging, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, 55, 8, 2912-2922 (if=6.5,
ci=29)
8. C. Chakraborty and Y.Hori, 2003, Fast Efficiency Optimization Techniques for the Indirect VectorControlled Induction Motor Drives, IEEE Trans. on Industry Applications, 39, 4, 1070-1076 (if=2.046,
ci=115)
9. C. Chakraborty, M.Ishida and Y.Hori, 2002, Novel Half-Bridge Resonant Converter Topology Realized
by Adjusting Transformer Parameters, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics 49, 1, 197-205 (if=6.5, ci=30)
10. C. Chakraborty, S.N.Bhadra and A.K.Chattopadhyay, 1998, Excitation Requirements of Three Phase
Induction Generators, IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, 13, 4 358-365 (if=3.353, ci=47)
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CHAKRABORTY, DEBASIS
(b 1959), Scientist ‘G’
Computational Dynamics,DRDL, Hyderabad - 500058
and
Technology
Director,Directorate
of
Dr. Debasis Chakraborty, an Applied Mathematician by early education, in the course of his career both
at ISRO and DRDL, has transformed himself into a sensitive scientist bringing a precise approach to
dealing with the problems of practical importance. Modeling complex flow problems to deal with them
computationally and deriving conclusions that people involved with the development of hardware can
respect requires a combined ability of solving the modeled physical problem as a true representative of
the reality and defending them against critical examination by peers on the “other side”. This needs to be
done repeatedly without overstating once own position. I know of very few scientists even amongst the
distinguished category who hold their ground in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) so clearly as to be
persuasive and dependable. He has contributed to understanding flow issues of launch vehicles that are
truly difficult and very expensive to simulate on ground and allowed predicting what might happen in
space environment with confidence proved to be correct later. In DRDL, he has brought respectability to
the subject of computational fluid dynamics amongst the critical elite. Under his leadership, CFD in DRDL
has become a center of excellence in numerical simulation of complex turbulent flows for both
aerodynamic and propulsion design. He is coordinating DRDL technical interaction with academic
institutes in India and abroad. While being responsive to the needs of various national projects, he
maintains an academic interest in understanding basic issues and publishes in refereed international
journals of standing.
Proposer : Prof. Gautam Biswas, Seconder : Prof. Tirumalasetty Amaranath
1. Debasis Chakraborty, H.V.Nagraja Upadhaya, P.J.Paul and Hmical Exploration of Two Dimensional
Reacting Supersonic Mixing Layer”, Physics of Fluids, Vol 9 (11), pp 3513 – 3522. (if= -1.7222,, ci=12)
2. Debasis Chakraborty, P. J. Paul and H. S. Mukunda (2000): “Evaluation of Empirical Combustion
Models for High Speed H2/air Confined Mixing Layer Using DNS Data", Combustion and Flame, Vol 121,
pp 195 - 209. (if=3.643, ci=27)
3. Kalyana Chakravarthy and Debasis Chakraborty: “Modified SLAU2 scheme with advanced shock
stability”, Computers and Fluids , Volume 100, pp 176-184, September 2014. (if=1.830, ci=0)
4. 4) P. Manna, Ramesh Behera, and Debasis Chakraborty (2008): “Design and Analysis of Liquid Fueled
Strut Based Scramjet Combustor – A CFD Approach” Journal of Propulsion and Power Vol 24, No. 2.
March – April, 2008, pp 274-281. (if=0.94, ci=10)
5. 5) S. Saha, S. Rathod, M. S. R Chandra Murty, P.K.Sinha and Debasis Chakraborty (2012): “Numerical
simulation of base flow of a long range flight vehicle” Acta Astronautica , Vol 74, No. 3, pp 112119. (if=0.664, ci=2)
6. 6) R. Balasubramanian, Vaibhav Shah, Konark Arora, R.Krishnamurthy and Debasis Chakraborty
(2013): “Numerical Investigations of Lateral Characteristics of an Air-to-Air Missile”, Journal of Aircraft, Vol
50, No1, pp 88-95. (if=0.70,)
7. K. Anandhanarayanan, Konark Arora, Vaibhav Shah, R. Krishnamurthy and Debasis
Chakraborty(2013): “Separation Dynamics of Air-to-Air-Missile using a Grid-free Euler Solver”, Journal of
Aircraft, Vol 50, No. 3, pp 725-731 (if=0.70)
8. Afroz Javed, NKS Rajan, and Debasis Chakraborty (2013): “Effect of Side Confining Walls on the
Growth Rate of Compressible Mixing Layers”, Computers and Fluids, Vol 86, pp 500-509. (Impact factor 1.830, Citation -0(recent publication)) (if=1.830)
9. 9) H S Mukunda, P. J Paul, Afroz Javed and Debasis Chakraborty(2014): “Extension of the Universal
erosive burning law to partly symmetric propellant grain geometries”, Acta Astronautica , Vol 93, pp 176181. (if=0.664)
10. Afroz Javed and Debasis Chakraborty(2014): “Prediction of Solid Rocket Motor Nozzle Damping
Coefficient using CFD Techniques ”, Journal of Propulsion and Power , Vol 30, issue 1, pp 2934. (if=0.994)
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CHAND, NAVIN (b 1955) Chief Scientist, & Head Polymer Composite Group, Advanced Materials and
Processes Research Institute (CSIR), Bhopal - 462026
(2014, Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology)
Dr. Navin Chand made outstanding scientific contributions in the field of Polymer composite and Fibre
Science and Technology, nano composites and tribology of polymers and their composites .He
established Polymer & Fibre Division (1982)of AMPRI Bhopal and the First “Natural Fibre Reinforced
Polymer Composite Development Centre”of India at AMPRI in 2007. He published more than 200 papers
in refereed journals, three books and two conference proceedings. For the first time he established
several structure property correlations, invented a novel process of making gradient polymeric
composites, made several Nano filled polymer composites, Silver nanoparticles loaded poly(methacrylic
acid) antibacterial hydrogel for biomedical products, nano filled polyolefin -PLA blend films, isolated
conical nano fibre from sisal fibre ( which appeared in Science News in Nature India Feb.2011) and
developed nano Al2O3 filled PVA: NH4SCN electrolyte nano fibres. He made red mud and fly ash filled
polymer composites . Several engineering components for power plant such as FRP Gear case, FRP
Hopper, Conformable pipe, air baffle, Oil vapour seal, Asbestos free brake pad,FRP V block are designed
and developed in association with BHEL, which are commercialized by BHEL and other industries. He
guided 10 Ph.D. students and several M Tech’s,Chaired/Co chaired several scientific societies
/conferences,served as member of National Executive Council. He has carried out projects in
collaborations with international agencies such as a) AIST, Japan,b) Tech. Univ. Berlin,Germany c) SIU –
USA. He is also a Professor of AcSIR.
Proposer : Prof. Ram Prakash Singh, Seconder : Prof. K.N. Ganesh
1 Navin Chand & UK Dwivedi, 2006, Effect of coupling agent on wear ----,Wear,261 (30), 1057 (if=1.809,
ci=24)
2 Navin Chand&D Jain,2005 Effect of sisal fibre orientation on electrical properties -----,Composite Part
A,36 (5),594 (if=3.453,ci=22)
3 SAR hashmi, UK Dwivedi, Navin Chand, 2006 ,Friction and sliding wear --,Tribology letters,21 (2), 79
(if=1.802, ci=8)
4 Navin Chand,UK Dwivedi & S K Acharya,2007,Anisotropic abrasive wear behaviour
ofbamboo(Dentrocalamus strictus)---,Wear,262 (9),1031 (if=1.809, ci=8)
5 SAR hashmi, UK Dwivedi,Navin Chand,2007,Graphite modified cotton fibre --,Wear,262 (11),1426
(if=1.809, ci=11)
6 Navin Chand, J Sharma &MNBapat, 2012 ,A New Proposed Model for Dielectric Behavior of PVC/Rice
Husk Composites,J Applied Polymer Sci .,126 (3),1105 (if=3.543, ci=1)
7 S K Bajpai, Navin Chand ; Chaurasia, Varsha,2012,Nano Zinc Oxide-Loaded Calcium Alginate Films
with Potential Antibacterial Properties ,FOOD AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY,5 (5),1871 (if=4.115,
ci=1)
8,Navin Chand, Rai, Neelesh; Natarajan, T.S,SL Agrawal, 2011, Morphology, thermal, electrical
andelectrochemical stability of nano aluminium-oxide-filled polyvinyl alcohol composite gel electrolyte
,Bulletin of Materials science,34 (7),1297 (if=.584, ci=1)
9 Navin Chand, Rai, Neelesh; Natarajan, T. S.SL Agrawal, 2011, Fabrication and Characterization of
Nano Al2O3 Filled PVA:NH4SCN Electrolyte Nanofibers by Electrospinning,Fibers and polymers 12
(4),438 (if=.531, ci=2)
10 Navin Chand, Sharma, Prabhat; Fahim, M, 2011, Abrasive Wear Behavior of LDPE Filled with Silane
Treated Flyash Cenospheres, Composite interfaces,18 (7),575 (if=.628, ci=1)
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DAS, SWAPAN KUMAR (b 1953), Chief Scientist, CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute,
Kolkata - 700032
Dr. Swapan Kumar Das, presently Chief Scientist at CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata has made significant
contributions in the field of ceramic science and technology with multi-professional activities; blend of an
engineer, a technologist, a scientist and an academician. His early part of carrier as an engineer in BHEL
is remembered as an inventor of CERALIN® which is a wear resistant product for power plants and
commercialized with an annual turnover of 150 crores. After joining CSIR laboratories (NML and CGCRI),
his illustrious journey in material research field resulted several technology developments, patents,
publications and invitation in foreign research Institutes and International Conferences. His contribution in
the field of solid waste management led to the development of low cost construction materials. The recent
noteworthy contribution of Dr. Das is the development of specialty refractory crucible for the production of
highly corrosive Radiation Shielding Window glasses which is an essential component for DAE/BARC. He
has been honored as outstanding scientist by Construction Industries Development Council (A Govt. body
established by planning commission of India) and received “Viswakarma Award-2012”. Indian Refractory
Makers Association and Indian Ceramic Society honored him “Lifetime Achievement” and “Refractory
Technologist” award for his contribution to ceramic science and engineering which benefited the Indian
Industries to a large extent. His passion to academics benefited the student community of the country at
large. Recently he has been honored as Visiting Professor of Covenant University, Nigeria from 20152016 academic session. I am personally acquainted and highly satisfied with the scientific work of the
candidate.
Proposer : Prof. Chaitanmoy Ganguly, Seconder : Prof. Vikram Jayram
1. S.K. Das, Sanjay Kr & P. Ramchandra Rao–“Exploitation of Iron Ore tailing for the development of
ceramic tiles, Waste Management, 20 (2000) pp. 725-729. (if=2.925, ci=120)
2. K. Dana, S. Das and S. K. Das– “Effect of substitution of fly ash for quartz in triaxial kaolin-quartzfeldspar system”, J. Eur. Cer. Soc., vol. 24, pp 3169-3175 (2004). (if=2.58, ci=56)
3. K. Dana, J. Dey & S.K. Das – ‘Synergistic effect of fly ash & B.F. slag on the mechanical strength of
traditional porcelain tiles’, Ceramics International, vol.-31, Issue No. 1, pp 147-152 (2005). (if=1.789,
ci=48)
4. S. K Das & K.Dana –Differences in densification behaviour of K- & Na- feldspar-containing porcelain
bodies--Thermochimca Acta, 406(2003) p 199-206. (if=1.989, ci=52)
5. R. Sarkar, S.K. Das, P.K. Mondal & H.S. Maiti – ‘Phase and microstructure evolution drying
hydrothermal solidification of clay-quartz mixture with marble dust source of reactive lime’, Journal of
European Ceramic Society, vol.26, pp 297-304 (2006). (if=2.58, ci=20)
6. S.K. Das, K. Dana, N. Singh & R. Sarkar – ‘Shrinkage & strength behaviour of quartitic and kaolinitic
clays in wall tile composition’ Applied Clay Science, vol. 29/2 (2005), pp 137-143 (2005). (if=2.798, ci=30)
7. K. Dana & S.K. Das – “Partial substitution of feldspar by B.F. slag in triaxial porcelain phase and
microstructural evolution”, J. Eur. Cer. Soc. Vol. 24 pp 3833-3839 (2004). (if=2.58, ci=20)
8. S.K. Das, A. Mitra & P.K. Daspoddar – “Thermal Analysis of hydrated Calcium Aluminates”, Journal of
Thermal Analysis, Vol-47, 1996, pp- 765-774. (if=1.982, ci=15)
9. K. Dana & S.K. Das – ‘Evolution of microstructure in fly ash – containing porcelain body on heating at
different temperatures’ Bull Mater. Sci. Vol. 27, No.2, April, (2004) pp 183-188. (if=0.584, ci=14)
10. S.K. Das & P.K. Das Podder “Dehydration Kinetics of hydrated calcium dialuminate – Thermochimica
acta, 293 ,1997, pp 125-128.(if=1.989, ci=14)
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DHARANIPRAGADA, JANAKIRAM (b 1962), Professor, Dept of CSE, Indian Institute of Technology
Madras (IITM), Chennai - 600036
Prof. Dharanipragada Janakiram is a well known researcher in the area of software systems. He has
made pioneering contributions in the area of Grid Computing. His work in early nineties focussed on using
loaded heterogeneous Network of Workstations (NOWs) for parallel programming when the use of tightly
coupled parallel machines were widely regarded as a direction for parallel programming at that time. His
work on various Grid computing models for the past fifteen years has been published as Grid Computing
book. His work on programming frameworks on cloud with Yahoo Research led to creation of Yahoo! Grid
Lab in IIT, Madras. He is also currently associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing. The
nominee's work on redesigning linux kernel using object oriented wrappers led to publication of the book
“Building of Large Scale of Software Systems” which included the distribution of Minimalistic Object
Oriented Linux (MOOL). MOOL kernel allows developing device drivers in C++ and it has been integrated
with Bharat Operating Systems Solutions (BOSS) linux distribution of CDAC. This work resulted in filing of
three patents and it is being currently commercialized by CDAC as BOSS MOOL distribution. He has
published over 46 International Journal papers in reputed avenues and over 92 International Conference
papers. He published two books and edited five books. He has over 1000 citations for his papers
according to google scholar. He has been awarded the IBM faculty award in 2008 and Yahoo Faculty
grant in 2009 and 2010 and Boyscast Fellowship by DST.
Proposer : Prof. R. K. Shyamasundar, Seconder : Prof. K. P. Singh
1. DJ Ram, TH Sreenivas, KG Subramaniam, “Parallel simulated annealing algorithms”, Journal of
parallel and distributed computing 37 (2), 207-212 (if=1.12, ci=115)
2. D Janakiram, V Adi Mallikarjuna Reddy, AVU Phani Kumar, “Outlier detection in wireless sensor
networks using Bayesian belief networks”, Communication System Software and Middleware, Comsware
2006. (ci=63)
3. K Krishna, K Ganeshan, DJ Ram, “Distributed simulated annealing algorithms for job shop scheduling”,
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on 25 (7), 1102-1109 (if=3.236, ci=61)
4. D Janaki Ram, N Vivekananda, CH Srinivas Rao,N Krishna Mohan, “Constraint Meta-Object: A
NewModel for Distributed Collaborative Designing”, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and
Cybernetics27 (2 Part A) (if=2.183, ci=35)
5. R Ramakrishnan, DJ Ram "Modeling design versions", Proceedings of the 22th International
Conference on Very Large Data Bases(if=2.26, ci=26)
6. BK Johnson, R Karthikeyan, DJ Ram "DP: a paradigm for anonymous remote, computation and
communication for cluster computing", Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on 12 (10),
1052-1065 (if=2.03, ci=16)
7. RK Joshi, DJ Ram "Anonymous remote computing: a paradigm for parallel programming on
interconnected workstations", Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions on 25 (1), 75-90 (if=2.588, ci=27)
8. S Kailasam, N Gnanasambandam, J Dharanipragada, N Sharma, “Optimizing Ordered Throughput
Using Autonomic Cloud Bursting Schedulers”, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Nov. 2013,
39 (11), 1564-1581 (if=2.588, ci=18)
9. RK Joshi, N Vivekananda, DJ Ram "Message filters for object-oriented systems", Software-Practice
and Experience 27 (6), 677-700(if=1.08, ci=48)
10. MV Reddy, AV Srinivas, T Gopinath, D Janakiram "Vishwa: A reconfigurable P2P middleware for Grid
Computations", Parallel Processing, 2006. ICPP 2006. International Conference on, 381-390 (ci=28) [ 76 ]
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DUTTA, PARAMARTHA (b 1966), Professor, Department of Computer & System Sciences, Visva
Bharati University, Shantiniketan West Bengal – 731235
This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with the scientific and academic achievements of Prof.
(Dr.) Paramartha Dutta. After M. Tech, he joined one of my research projects on “Knowledge based
computing” funded by CSIR. While working in the project, he chose to pursue his Ph.D, which he
obtained on the title “Evaluating Performance of Evolutionary Algorithms” under my supervision from
Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur. Later, the findings of his thesis got published in a
book by an internationally reputed house. Our reporting [1] on the performance issues of evolutionary
algorithms is relevant even today. I found his research initiative further boosted up after he joined Visva
Bharati University as a Professor as is evident from the huge research publications he has. At present, he
has a number of scholars who have either earned Ph.D or submitted their thesis in addition to those who
are pursuing theirs. What appears indeed remarkable is his versatility which is reflected from the
spectrum of research domains he encompasses. It is difficult to shortlist ten publications from his entire
research achievement. However, his contribution on Object extraction and Segmentation using ANN
based models such as BDSONN is one praiseworthy finding [2,7,9]. His finding in target tracking is also
noteworthy [4]. In addition, he also reported stimulating findings on MANET [3,5,6], whether at protocol
level or for QoS. His latest initiative on QCA [10] is particularly noteworthy, in view of expected
obsolescence of CMOS technology and its replacement by nanotechnology.
Proposer: Dr. Dwijesh Kumar Duttamajumder, Seconder: Dr. Bidyut Baran Chaudhuri
1. P. Dutta and D. DuttaMajumder, 1998, Performance evaluation of evolutionary class of algorithms – An
application to 0-1 Knapsack problem, International Journal on Mathematical Computer Modeling, 27 (7),
57 – 72 (if=1.420)
2. S. Bhattacharyya, P. Dutta and U. Maulik, 2007, Binary object extraction using bi-directional
selforganizing neural network (BDSONN) architecture with fuzzy context sensitive thresholding, Pattern
Analysis and Applications, 10, 345 – 360 (if=1.367 , ci=15)
3. A. Banerjee and P. Dutta, 2008, Fuzzy Controlled Adaptive Geo-casting in Mobile Ad-hoc Network,
International Journal of Intelligent Techniques, 14 (2), 109 – 131 (if=1.416)
4. S. Bhattacharyya, U. Maulik and P. Dutta, 2009, High speed target tracking by fuzzy hostility induced
segmentation of optical flow fields, Applied Soft Computing, 9 (1), 126 – 134 (if=2.415 , ci=14)
5. J. P. Singh and P. Dutta, 2010, Temporal Modelling of Node Mobility in Mobile Adhoc Network,
International Journal of Computing and Information Technology, 18 (1), 19 – 29 (ci=8)
6. A. Banerjee, P. Dutta, 2010, Link Stability and Node Energy Conscious Local Route-Repair Scheme for
Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, American Journal of Applied Sciences, 7 (8), 1129-1138 (ci=7)
7. S. Bhattacharyya, U. Maulik and P. Dutta, 2011, Multilevel image segmentation with adaptive image
context based thresholding, Applied Soft Computing, 11 (1), 946-962 (if=2.612 , ci=15)
8. K. Dasgupta, J. K. Mandal, P. Dutta, 2012, Hash Based Least Significant Bit technique for Video
Steganography (HLSB), International Journal of Security, Privacy and Trust Management, 1 (2), 1-11
(ci=10)
9. S. Bhattacharyya, U. Maulik and P. Dutta, 2012, A Parallel Bi-Directional Self Organizing Neural
Network (PBDSONN) Architecture For Color Image Extraction and Segmentation, Neurocomputing, 86,
1–23 (if=1.634 , ci=3)
10. D. Mukhopadhyay and P. Dutta, 2012, Quantum Cellular Automata Based Novel Unit Reversible
Multiplexer, Advanced Science Letters, 5, 1-6 (if=1.253)
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KARAK, NIRANJAN
784028
(b 1968), Professor,Chemical Science Department, Tezpur University, Tezpur -
The research works of nominee address a number of issues of chemical and material science and
engineering, and are reflected from citation index (h-index: 27, i10-index: 83 citation: 2769; Source:
Google scholar). The nominee’s active engagement in the advancement of such filed especially polymers
and nanomaterials is comprehended from his 181 publications (ca. 22 publications/ year in last five year)
in reputed international journals, five books (one edited book, as co-editor) and five book chapters and
two more book chapters are in process of publication. His works have also been recognized by Ministry
from Govornment of India and different learned societies like Assam Science Society, Indian Council of
Chemists, Materials Research Society, PSM polymer award foundation, Holkar Government Science
Collegeand Chemical Research society, India by offering him various national awards.
Major scientific contributions are: Innovative Ax + By (x≥2 and y>2) approach for development of
hyperbranched polymers using bio-based renewable feed-stock. Hyperbranched epoxy nanocomposites
with different nanomaterials including carbon dots and its nanohybrids as outstanding tough materials
with self-cleaning and biomedical attributes. Bio-based biodegradable high performance tough
hyperbranched polyurethane nanocomposites with different nanomaterials including reduced graphene
oxide and its nanohybrids for multifaceted smart materials including scaffolds for bone tissue
engineering. Different biomolecules immobilized polymer supported nanomaterials for modulations of biophysico-chemical properties of the nanohybrids for application oriented utilities. Bio-based biodegradable
hyperbranched polyesters and poly(ester amide)s and their nanocomposites as advanced antimicrobial
and antistatic materials. Green and facile approaches for preparation of reduce graphene oxide,
hydroxyapatite and carbon dots from carbohydrates.
Proposer: Prof. Ram Prakash Singh, Seconder:Dr. A. Ajayaghosh
1. N. Dutta, N. Karak* and S.K. Dolui, (2004) Synthesis and characterization of polyester resins based on
Nahar seed oil. Prog. Org. Coat. 49 (2), 146-152 (if=2.358, ci=110)
2. S.S. Mahapatra and N. Karak*, (2007) s-Triazine containing flame retardant hyperbranched
polyamines: synthesis, characterization and properties evaluation. Polym. Degrad. Stabil. 92 (6), 947955 (if=3.163, ci=57)
3. S.S. Mahapatra and N. Karak*, (2008) Silver nanoparticle in hyperbranched polyamine: Synthesis,
characterization and antibacterial activity. Mater. Chem. Phys. 112 (3), 1114–1119 (if=2.259, ci=96)
4. H. Deka, N. Karak*, R.D. Kalita and A.K. Buragohain, (2010) Biocompatible hyperbranched
polyurethane/multi-walled carbon nanotube composites as shape memory materials. Carbon 48 (7),
2013-2022 (if=6.196, ci=74)
5. S. Thakur and N. Karak*, (2012) Green reduction of graphene oxide by aqueous phytoextracts. Carbon
50 (14), 5331-5339 (if=6.196, ci=97)
6. B. De and N. Karak*, (2013) A green and facile approach for the synthesis of water soluble fluorescent
carbon dots from banana juice. RSC Advances 3(2) 8286-8290 (if=3.84, ci=95)
7. R Konwarh, N. Karak* and M Misra (2013) Electrospun cellulose acetate nanofibers: the present status
and gamut of biotechnological applications. Biotechnology advances 31 (4), 421-437 (if=9.015, ci=47)
8. B De, B Voit and N Karak*, (2013) Transparent luminescent hyperbranched epoxy/carbon oxide dot
nanocomposites with outstanding toughness and ductility. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 5 (20),
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KUMAR, DEVENDRA (b 1954), Professor,Department of Ceramic Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology (BHU), Varanasi - 221005
Professor Devendra Kumar, Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India), Indian Institute of Ceramics and
Professor Department of Ceramic Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi contributed
immensely in the area of Glass and Ceramic Research. He extensive worked on synthesis and
characterization of electronic ceramics and glass ceramics materials. Extending the horizons of glass and
ceramic research he is also working on microwave ceramics materials for antenna, Solid oxide fuel cells
(SOFC) for energy, phosphor ceramics for optical, bio-ceramic materials for biomedical and composites
for mechanical applications. He developed glass ceramics with tailored electrical and optical
characteristics. He innovated iron based metal matrix ceramic nanocomposites, produced by reactive
sintering process for heavy duty applications with superior hardness, wear and anti-corrosive
characteristic. He has published more than 200 research articles. He has been awarded MRSI Medal in
2002 and Padmshri Dr. T. N. Sharma Memorial Award 2013. He worked for academic excellence of the
Institute. He worked to add Integrated Dual Degree and Integrated Mastered Degree Programmes in the
Institute and made M. Tech. and Ph. D. Ceramic Engineering programme as inter-disciplinary, boosting
research in this area. As Chairman, Under Graduate Curriculum Review Committee Prof. Devendra
Kumar is working to design UG Curriculum with project based learning supported by courses to weave
Research and Innovation. He is working with Glass Manufacturing Federation for enhancing academiaindustry interaction. He writes popular articles in English and Hindi for Industrial benefits. He is also
Chairman, Advisory Committee, CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute - Khurja.
Proposer : Prof. S. N. Upadhyay, Seconder : Prof. P. C. Mishra
1. Om Parkash, C.D. Prasad and Devendra Kumar (1990) Dielectric relaxator behaviour of the system
Sr1− xLaxTi1− xCoxO3 (x⩽ 0.40), Journal of Materials Science 25 (1), 487-492 (if=2.163, ci=28)
2. O. P. Thakur, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash, L. Pandey (1995) Effect of K2O addition on
crystallization and microstructural behaviour of the strontium titanate-borosilicate glass-ceramic system,
Materials Letters 23, 253-260 (if=2.322, ci=32)
3. R. K. Dwivedi, Devendra Kumar and Om Parkash (2000) Dielectric relaxation in valence compensated
solid solution Sr0.65La0.35Ti0.65Co0.35O3, J. Phys. D : Appl. Phys., 33, 88 (if=2.528, ci=30)
4. Shail Upadhyay, Om Parkash and Devendra Kumar (2001), Solubility of lanthanum, nickel and
chromium in barium stannate, Mater. Letts., 49, 251 (if=2.322, ci=25)
5. O. P. Thakur, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash and L. Pandey (2002). Crystallization, microstructure
development and dielectric behaviour of glass ceramics in the system [SrO.TiO2] – [2SiO2.B2O3] –
La2O3, J. Mater. Sci., 37, 2597 (if=2.163, ci=31)
6. O. P. Thakur, Devendra Kumar, Om Parkash and L. Pandey (2003) Electrical characterization of
strontium titanate borosilicate ceramics system with bismuth oxide addition using immittance
spectroscopy, Mater. Chem. Phys., 78 751, (if=2.395, ci=26)
7. Shail Upadhyay, Om Parkash and Devendra Kumar (2004), Synthesis, Structure and Electrical
behaviour of Lanthanum doped Barium Stannate J. Phys. D; Appl. Phys. 37, 1483 -1491 (if=2.528, ci=36)
8. Devendra Kumar, C. R. Gautam, and Om Parkash, (2006), Preparation and Dielectric Characterization
of Ferroelectric (Pb,Sr)TiO3 Glass Ceramics Doped with La2O3, Applied Physics Letters. 89,112908 –
112908 (if=3.794, ci=23)
9. A. K. Singh, S. Singh, D. Kumar, D. K. Rai, S. B. Rai, and K. Kumar, (2012), "Light-into-heat
conversion in La2O3:Er3+-Yb3+ phosphor: an incandescent emission," Optics Lett. 37, 776778 (if=3.399, ci=17)
10. Nandini Jaiswal, Nitish Kumar Singh, Devendra Kumar and Om Parkash, (2012), Effect of Sr doping
on the conductivity of ceria J. of Power Sources 202, 78-84 (if=4.675, ci=13)
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MAHAPATRA, SANTANU (b 1976), Associate Professor,Device Research Laboratory,Department of
Electronic System Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - 560012
Candidate made outstanding and original contributions in computational nanoelectronics as an
independent researcher. He developed a unique compact model (named indDG) for common and
independent double gate MOSFET, which is adapted to gate oxide thickness asymmetry without
sacrificing the computational efficiency. The ‘single implicit equation based Poisson solution’ and ‘surface
potential relationship based charge linearization technique’ used in indDG model could be considered as
two of the most original contributions in compact modeling. He also put significant effort in implementing
the model in professional circuit simulator and made the Verilog-A code available for teaching and further
research purpose. DST awarded him Ramanna Fellowship as recognition of this work. His work in
understanding electrothermal and thermoelectric properties of carbon nanomaterials through physics
based analytical modeling is noteworthy. His concept of improving thermoelectric figure of merit of
graphene sheet though novel phonon engineering demonstrates the immense potential of metallic
graphene sheet (in place of semiconductive nanoribbons as proposed earlier) for energy-harvesting
applications. He made substantial contribution in understanding quantum mechanical tunneling in
atomically-thin-layered materials and its application in designing high performance tunnel FET. His
performance in competitive grant schemes of different funding agencies remains excellent. His close
interaction with industry (e.g. Silvaco, Intel) has resulted in high quality joint publications in journal and
conferences. He received out-of-the-term promotion at IISc as an exceptional performer. During 8½ years
of service at IISc, he published 47 papers in SCI journals and graduated six Ph.D. students, which is truly
commendable in electrical engineering and deserves special recognition.
Proposer : Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Seconder : Prof. Diptiman Sen
1. Ramkrishna Ghosh and Santanu Mahapatra, 2013. "Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenide
Channel Based Tunnel Transistor", IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 1 (10), 175-180,
(if=New, ci=0)
2. Amretashis Sengupta, Ram Krishna Ghosh, Santanu Mahapatra, 2013. "Performance Analysis of
Strained Monolayer MoS2 MOSFET", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 60 (9), 2782 (if=2.268,
ci=7)
3. Rekha Verma, Sitangshu Bhattacharya and Santanu Mahapatra, 2013. "Thermoelectric Performance
of a Single Layer Graphene Sheet for Energy Harvesting", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 60
(6), 2064 (if=2.268, ci=2)
4. Srivatsava Jandhyala, Rutwick Kashyap, Costin Anghel and Santanu Mahapatra, 2012."A Simple
Charge Model for Symmetric Double-Gate MOSFETs Adapted to Gate-Oxide-Thickness Asymmetry",
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 59 (4), 1002 (if=2.268, ci=8)
5. Sitangshu Bhattacharya, Amalraj Rex and Santanu Mahapatra 2011. "Physics Based Thermal
Conductivity Model for Metallic Single Walled Carbon Nanotube Interconnects", IEEE Electron Device
Letters, 32 (2), 203 (if=2.605, ci=4)
6. Avinash Sahoo, Pankaj Kumar Thakur, and Santanu Mahapatra, 2010. "A Computationally Efficient
Generalized Poisson Solution For Independent Double Gate Transistors", IEEE Transactions on Electron
Devices, 57 (3), 632 (if=2.268, ci=21)
7. Biswajit Ray and Santanu Mahapatra, 2008. "Modeling and analysis of body potential of cylindrical
Gate-All-Around nanowire transistor", IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 55 (9), 2409, (if=2.268,
ci=26)
8. Nayan B Patel, Ramesha A and Santanu Mahapatra, 2008. "Drive Current Boosting of n-type Tunnel
FET with Strained SiGe layer at Source", Microelectronics Journal, 39 (12), 1671 (if=0.874, ci=30)
9. Santanu Mahapatra and Adrian Mihai Ionescu, 2005. “Realization of multiple value logic and memory
by hybrid SETMOS architecture”, IEEE Transactions in Nanotechnology, 4 (6), 705 (if=1.924, ci=62)
10. Santanu Mahapatra, Vaivabh Vaish, Christoph Wasshuber, Kaustav Banerjee and Adrian Mihai
Ionescu, 2004. “Analytical Modelling of Single Electron Transistor (SET) for Hybrid CMOS-SET Analog IC
Design”, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 51 (11), 1772 (if=2.268, ci=101)
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MISHRA, BARADA KANTA (b 1959), Director, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology,
Bhubaneswar - 751013
The research work of Prof. Mishra up to 2006 had been focused on particulate materials involving
comminution and classification. He has been credited to have introduced the discrete element method
(DEM) to the mineral engineering community. His work on tumbling mills using DEM, gave a major
impetus to comminution research and the adaptation of DEM to solve industrial milling problems led to
the development of commercial software (Millsoft™). Prof. Mishra’s contribution to the analysis of jigging
system is also internationally acknowledged. His instrumented jig developed at I.I.T. Kanpur has been
used to understand the stratification process and develop control strategies to enhance jigging
operations. He received the National Mineral Award from the Ministry of Mines for his contribution to
jigging theory and practice. Prof. Mishra has developed a software tool based on DEM to study
stratification of particles inside jigs which was demonstrated and handed over to RDCIS SAIL, Ranchi.
Prof. Mishra joined CSIR-IMMT in December 2005. There he gave a renewed impetus to bio-mineral
processing research at CSIR-IMMT. This has resulted in successful implementation of a 2000 MT
bacterial heap leaching plant at Malanjkhand. He has also initiated a new research programme on
microalgal biofuel. Basic research in this area to understand the mechanisms of iron and sulfur energy
metabolism and the underlying regulatory complexities of these microorganisms led to many interesting
publications. At present the most exciting aspect of Prof. Mishra’s R&D initiative is to develop a novel
method to produce steel using hydrogen plasma.
Proposer : Prof. O.N. Mohanty, Seconder : Prof. Gautam Biswas
1. B.K. Mishra, R.K. Rajamani, 1992. The discrete element method for the simulation of ball mills, Applied
Mathematical Modelling, 12, 598-604 (if=1.71, ci=116)
2. B.K. Mishra, R.K. Rajamani, 1994. Simulation of charge motion in ball mills: numerical simulations,
International Journal of Mineral Processing, 40, 187-197 (if=1.7, ci=80)
3. B.K. Mishra, 2000. Monte Carlo simulation of particle breakage process during grinding, Powder
Technology, 110, 246-252 (if=2.08, ci=19)
4. B.K. Mishra, C.V.R. Murty, 2001. On the determination of contact parameters for the realistic simulation
of tumbling mills, Powder Technology, 115, 290-297 (if=2.26, ci=76)
5. B.K. Mishra, C. Thornton, 2001. Impact breakage of particulate agglomerates, International Journal of
Mineral Processing, 61, 225-239 (if=1.7, ci=58)
6. B.K. Mishra, 2003. A review of computer simulation of tumbling mills by DEM Part I – Contact
mechanics, International Journal of Mineral Processing, 71(1-4), 73-93 (if=1.7, ci=68)
7. D. Chaira, B.K. Mishra, S. Sangal, 2009. Efficient synthesis and characterization of iron carbide powder
by reaction milling, Powder Technology, 191(1-2)149-154 (if=2.26, ci=21)
8. B. Behera, B.K. Mishra, C.V.R. Murty, 2007. Experimental analysis of charge dynamics in tumbling
mills by vibration study, Minerals Engineering, 20(1), 84-91 (if=1.51, ci=45)
9. M. Mohapatra, S. Anand, B.K. Mishra, Dion E. Giles, P. Singh, 2009. Review of Fluoride removal from
drinking water, Journal of Environmental Management, 91(1), 67-77 (if=3.057, ci=111)
10. N. Pradhan, K.C. Nathsarma, K.S. Rao, L.B. Sukla, B.K. Mishra, 2008. Heap bioleaching of
chalcopyrite: A review, Minerals Engineering, 21, 355-365 (if=1.51, ci=78)
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MISHRA, SUMAN KUMARI (b 1964), Head and Senior Principal scientist,Corrosion and Surface
Engineering, CSIR National Metallurgical Laboratory Jamshedpur - 831007
Dr. (Mrs) Suman Kumari Mishra’s nomination is based on her contributions in the field of Materials
Science and Technology in the area of innovative processing of ceramic & nano coatings in general and
self propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) of high temperature materials, development of hard &
tough coatings on different industrially important substrates in particular. These industrial materials and
coatings by innovative process, Which is normally difficult by conventional process, will enhance the
performance of the industrial components. She has contributed significantly in the understanding of
mechanisams of nanocomposite coatings and high temperature borides and SHS processing of
materials. She is helping and carrying out projects for industries and strategic laboratories under her
leadership. She has an impressive academic career and has a strong aptitude for research and
technology having 8 patents, more than 90 publications in SCI International journals several in
conferences, chapters in 6 books and have executed different R &D and industrially oriented projects with
reputed industries such as Tata Steel, Boeing USA, Aditya Birla S&T group. Her excellence has fetched
her several awards including the 2012 Metallurgist of the year Award, Vasvik Award, MRSI medal, Raman
Fellowship, CSIR Young Scientist in Eng. Sciences and many best paper awards. Her recent contribution
of chapter on laser cladding for “Aerospace materials hand book” CRC press, Taylor & Francis is
praiseworthy. She is strongly recommended to be chosen as fellow of National academy of sciences,
India, in Materials Science & Engineering.
Proposer : Dr. Indranil Manna, Seconder : Dr. B.S. Murthy
1. S.K.Mishra(Pathak), S.Das, S.K.Das and P.Ramachandrarao , Pressureless sintering of ultrafine ZrB2
powder produced by SHS process, J.Mater. Res. vol. 15(11),2499, 2000 (if=1.5, ci=55)
2. S. K. Mishra(Pathak), S.K.Das, P.Ramachandra Rao,D.Belov, .S.Mamyan,Synthesis of Zirconium
Diboride – Alumina composite by SHS Process, Mater. Trans. A, 34, 1973, 2003 (if=1.65, ci=28)
3. S.K.Mishra(Pathak), S.K.Das, A.K.Ray and P.Ramchandrarao., Effect of Fe and cr addition on
sintering behaviour of ZrB2 prepared by SHS process, J.Am.Cerm. Soc., 85,11, 2846-1848,2002. (if=2.2,
ci=35)
4. S. K. Mishra, L. C. Pathak, V. Shcherbakov, Fabrication of Al2O3-ZrB2 in-situ composite by SHS
dynamic compaction: a novel approachCompo. Sci. Technol. 67(11-12),2447-2453, 2007. (if=3.3, ci=45)
5. Effect of NaCl on the synthesis of TiB2 powder by self propagating high temperature synthesis
technique, A. K. Khanra, L.C.Pathak, S.K.Mishra, M.M. Godhkhindi, Material Letter 58(5), 733738,2004. (if=2.2, ci=63)
6. S.K.Mishra, S.Das and L.C.Pathak, Defect structure in ZrB2 powders prepared by self-propagating
high-temperature synthesis route, Mater. Sci. Engg. A 364 (1-2) 249-255, 2004 (if=2.23, ci=53)
7. L.C.Pathak, S.K. Mishra, A review of synthesis of YBCO powder Superconducting sci & technology,
R67, (if=2.66, ci=45)
8. S.K.Mishra, P.K.P Rupa and L.C.Pathak, Surface and Nano-indentation studies on nanocrystalline
TiB2 thin film by magnetron sputtering, Thin solid films, 515 (17),6884-6889, 2007 (if=1.89, ci=19)
9. P. K. P. Rupa, S. K. Mishra, Mechanical and deformation behaviour of TiB2 thin films deposited by
magnetron sputtering, Thin Solid films, 517,, pp. 2912-2919, 2009. (if=1.89, ci=18)
10. S. K. Mishra, A.S. Bhattacharyya, Effect of substrate temperature on adhesion properties of
magnetron sputtered nanocomposite Si-C-N hard thin film, Materials Letters, 62 (3), 398-402 (if=2.26,
ci=18)
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MITTAL, ANKUSH (b 1975), Director Research & Professor, Graphic Era University, Dehradun - 248002
Dr. Ankush Mittal has developed a framework to aid in the effective application of Bayesian networks in
tasks like video classification and bioinformatics, where descriptors originate from varied sources and are
large in number. The use of learning techniques in generation of semantically meaningful labels on the
video segments has been an important contribution along with modeling of gene networks in
bioinformatics. In the process of application of Bayesian Networks, the work on discretization of feature
space and dimensionality reduction has been innovated. This work resulted in classification in higher level
categories for information retrieval (in education, medicine, etc.).
In addition, Dr. Mittal’s research in making E-learning accessible to masses by providing knowledge
services, providing relational and conceptual graphs and a fully automatic bilingual Question-Answering
(QA) System allows students to ask a question in common language and receive an answer quickly and
succinctly, with sufficient context to validate answer. His work in multimedia E-learning overcomes the
serious problem of the non-availability of required bandwidth to view the lecture videos at good resolution
because of large size of lecture videos. An educational video compression technique is developed that
dynamically allocates the space according to the content importance of each video segment in the
educational videos. A novel framework for remote monitoring and control of course laboratories has also
been developed with the aim to simulate a real life competitive Laboratory environment as closely as
possible.
Proposer : Dr. Subrata Ray, Seconder : Dr. Ravi Bhushan
1. D. Gangodkar, P. Kumar, A. Mittal, 2012, Robust Segmentation of Moving Vehicles Under Complex
Outdoor Conditions, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 13 (4), 1738-1752 (if=3.1,
ci=5)
2. P. Kumar, A. Mittal, and P. Kumar, 2010, Addressing Uncertainty in Multi-Model Fusion for Improved
Object Detection in Dynamic Environment, International Journal of Information Fusion, Elsevier,11 (4),
311-324 (if=2.8, ci=17)
3. V. Narang, A. Mittal and K. Sung,, 2010, Localized motif discovery in gene regulatory sequences,
International Journal of Bioinformatics, Oxford University Press, U. K., 26 (9), 1152-1159 (if=5.3, ci=11)
4. R. Gupta, A. Mittal, K. Singh, 2008, A Novel and Efficient Technique for Identification and Classification
of GPCRs, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, 12 (4), 541-548 (if=2.3, ci=12)
5. A. Mittal, C. Gupta and A. Gupta, Addressing the Bandwidth Efficiency, Control and Evaluation issues
in Software Remote Laboratory, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Special Issue on E-Learning
and Remote Laboratories within Engineering Education, 55 (6), 2326-2333 (if=5.2, ci=8)
6. R. S. Gautam, D. Singh, A. Mittal, 2008, An efficient contextual algorithm to detect subsurface fires with
NOAA/AVHRR data, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience & Remote Sensing, 46(7), 2005-2015 (if=3.5,
ci=8)
7. R. Gupta, A. Mittal and S. Gupta, 2006, An Efficient Algorithm to Detect Palindromes in DNA
Sequences using Periodicity Transform, International Journal of Signal Processing, Elsevier, 86 (8),
2067-2073 (if=1.7, ci=12)
8. T.-F. Liu, W.-K. Sung, and A. Mittal, 2006, Modeling Gene Network Using Semi-Fixed Bayesian
Network, International Journal of Expert Systems and Applications, Elsevier, 30(1):42-49 (if=2.4, ci=17)
9. A. Chinnasamy, W.-K. Sung, A. Mittal, 2005, Protein Structure And Fold Prediction Using TreeAugmented Naïve Bayesian Classifier, International Journal of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
(JBCB), World Scientific publishers, 803-820 (if=1.1, ci=62)
10. A. Mittal and L.-F. Cheong, 2004, Addressing the problems of Bayesian Network classification of
video using high-dimensional features, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge & Data Engineering, 16(2), 230244 (if=1.9, ci=21)
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PAL, ANJALI (b 1957) Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur-721302
Dr. Anjali Pal’s scientific endeavor has enriched ideas to develop newer technologies. Arsenic (III & V)
remediation by laterite soil (J. Hazard. Mater. 2008, 151, 811; Sep. Purif. Technol. 2007, 56, 284),
photodegradation technology (photoreactor designing) for pesticides and dye mineralization (Sep. Purif.
Technol. 2012, 89, 147; Sep. Purif. Technol. 2005, 44, 121), cancer detection (presented in the Faraday
Discussion meeting) by SERS (Faraday Discussions, 2006, 132, 293), catalyst formulation (Dyes and
Pigments 2005, 66, 189), synergistic sorption technology (Chem. Eng. J. 2013, 217, 426), analytical
process development via fluorescence methods (Anal. Commun. 1996, 33, 315) made her famous. The
'Hall of Fame Award' from Inventors Club of America and 'R & D - 100 Award' from the DOE (USA) has
recognized her contributions to science and technology. Nanoparticles in biopolymer have become a
wonder catalyst material for environmental field applications (Langmuir 2010, 26, 2885). Dr. Pal’s works
on 'Adsolubilization' deserve special mention as the 'Green Approach' to solve dye-wastewater problems
for clean water supply leaving aside dye speciation (Dyes and Pigments 2006, 69, 245; Sep. Purif.
Technol. 2005, 44, 139; J. Environ. Sci. Health, Part A 2009, 44, 265). Analytical process developments
brought her to limelight with a dozens of single authorship papers (Talanta 1998, 46, 583; Analyst 1994,
119, 1899; Bull. Chem. Soc. (Jpn) 1994, 67, 2420).
Proposer : Prof. S. Dey, Seconder : Prof. S. K. Som
1. Anjali Pal*, S. Saha, S. Maji, R. Sahoo, M. Kundu, A. Kundu, (2014) ”Galvanic replacement of As(0)
nanoparticles by Au(III) for nanogold fabrication and SERS application” New J. Chem., 38(4), 1675-1683.
(RSC, London). [IF: 3.159: CI: 1]
2. M. U. Khobragade, Anjali Pal*, (2014), “Investigation on the adsorption of Mn(II) on surfactant-modified
alumina: Batch and column studies”, J. Env. Chem. Eng., 2, 2295-2305. (Elsevier). [IF: Nil (new journal);
CI: 0]
3. S. Saha, Anjali Pal*, (2014), “Microporous assembly of MnO2 nanosheets for malachite green
degradation”, Sep. Purif. Technol.,134, 26-36. (Elsevier). [IF: 3.534 (5 yr); CI: 0]
4. Anjali Pal*, S. Pan, S. Saha, (2013) “Synergistically improved adsorption of anionic surfactant and
crystal violet on chitosan hydrogel beads”, Chem. Eng. J., 217, 426-434. (Elsevier). [IF: 4.181 (5 yr); CI:
10]
5. S. Saha, J. M. Wang, Anjali Pal*, (2012) “Nano silver impregnation on commercial TiO2 and a
comparative photocatalytic account to degrade malachite green”, Sep. Purif. Technology, 89, 147-159.
(Elsevier) (Most Downloaded paper). [IF: 3.534 (5 yr); CI: 23]
6. S. Saha, Anjali Pal*, S. Kundu, S. Basu, T. Pal, (2010) “Photochemical green synthesis of calciumalginate-stabilized Ag and Au nanoparticles and their catalytic application to 4-nitrophenol reduction”,
Langmuir, 26(4), 2885-2893. (ACS). [IF: 4.384; CI: 225]
7. S. K. Maji, Anjali Pal*, T. Pal, (2008) “Arsenic removal from real-life groundwater by adsorption on
laterite soil”, J. Hazard. Mater., 151(2-3), 811-820. (Elsevier). (Most Recommended paper). [IF: 5.123 (5
yr.); CI: 95]
8. A. Adak, Anjali Pal*, (2006) “Removal of phenol from aquatic environment by SDS-modified alumina:
Batch and fixed bed studies”, Sep. Purif. Technol., 50(2), 256-262. (Elsevier). [IF: 3.534 (5 yr); CI: 41]
9. A. Adak, M. Bandyopadhyay, Anjali Pal*, (2005) “Removal of crystal violet dye from wastewater by
surfactant-modified alumina”, Sep. Purif. Technol., 44, 139-144. (Elsevier). [IF: 3.534 (5 yr); CI: 81]
10. C. Sahoo, A. K. Gupta*, Anjali Pal*, (2005), “Photocatalytic degradation of Crystal Violet (C.I. Basic
Violet 3) on Silver Ion Doped TiO2”, Dyes and Pigments, 66, 189-196. (Elsevier). [IF: 3.255 (5 yr); CI: 96]
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PAL, KAUSHIK (b 1978), Assistant Professor,Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology, Roorkee - 247667
(2014, Engineering Sciences including Engineering Technology)
The nominee has done an extensive work to develop the tyre composition for making it more abrasion,
wear and cut resistant in the mines to increase the life span of tyres. several investigations has been
done to prepare the rubber tyre materials with varying ratio of different additives and fillers. Also,
speciality blends with nano silica, glass fibre and nano clay has been added first time in the rubber
compound by solution mixing. These rubber compounds were examined in a specially fabricated
experimental set-up for evaluating their abrasion resistance and wear mechanisms. At the end of more
than five years extensive research best compound formulation based on high abrasion and wear
resistance, damping factor, heat build-up etc. has been given to mining industry. An extensive no. of
publications has already been published in the referred journal in this context. Again, modification of the
different types of nano fillers (carbon nanotubes, graphenes etc.) with inorganic compounds by different
routes/coating techniques has been done to increase the dispersion, thermal and electrical conductivity,
mechanical properties etc. Mainly, the modification has been done by the ZrO2 in two methods for
controlling the thickness of the coated materials which can be used for high performance applications (fire
retardency, sensor and high mechanical properties). Presently, the nominee is working with sensors
made by this modified fillers can be used to detect and monitor the concentration of the environmental
pollutants like NOx, SOx, COx into the water and air, hazardous chemicals for naval and defense
applications.
Proposer : Prof.Ravi Bhushan, Seconder : Prof.Anil Kumar
1. Kaushik Pal, R. Rajasekar, Dong Jin Kang, Zhen Xiu Zhang, S. K. Pal, C. K. Das, Jin Kuk Kim, (2010)
“Effect of fillers on Natural Rubber/ High Styrene Rubber blends with nano silica: Morphology and Wear”,
Materials and Design, 31 (2), 677-686– DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.08.014 (if=2.913, ci=30)
2. Kaushik Pal, R. Rajasekar, Dong Jin Kang, Zhen Xiu Zhang, Jin Kuk Kim, C. K. Das, (2009) “Effect of
Epoxidized Natural Rubber-Organoclay nanocomposites on NR/High Styrene Rubber blends with fillers”,
Materials and Design, 30 (10), 4035-4042– DOI:10.1016/j.matdes.2009.05.021 (if=2.913, ci=23)
3. Kaushik Pal, Dong Jin Kang, Zhen Xiu Zhang, Jin Kuk Kim, (2010) “Synergistic Effects of Zirconiacoated Carbon Nanotube on Crystalline Structure of Polyvinylidene fluoride nanocomposites: Electrical
Properties
and
Flame-Retardant
Behavior”,
Langmuir,
26
(5),
3609-3614-DOI:
10.1021/la903022j (if=4.187, ci=17)
4. Kaushik Pal, R. Rajasekar, Dong Jin Kang, Zhen Xiu Zhang, S. K. Pal, Jin Kuk Kim, C. K. Das, (2010)
“Effect of fillers and nitrile blended PVC on NR/HSR with nano silica blends: Morphology and Wear”,
Materials and Design, 31 (1), 25-34– DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2009.07.023 (if=2.913, ci=16)
5. Kaushik Pal, T. Das, R. Rajasekar, S. K. Pal, C. K. Das, (2009) “Wear characteristics of styrene
butadiene rubber/natural rubber tyre retreading blends with different types of carbon black by DIN abrader
and different mining rock surfaces”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 111 (1), 348-357– DOI:
10.1002/app.29128 (if=1.289, ci=15)
6. Kaushik Pal, T. Das, S. K. Pal, C. K. Das, (2008) “Use of carboxylated nitrile rubber and natural rubber
blends as retreading compound for OTR tyres”, Polymer Engineering and Science, 48 (12), 2410-2417–
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21196 (if=1.243, ci=11)
7. Kaushik Pal, R. Rajasekar, Dong Jin Kang, Zhen Xiu Zhang, Samir K. Pal, Chapal K. Das, Jin Kuk Kim,
(2010) “Influence of carbon blacks on Butadiene rubber/ High styrene rubber/ Natural rubber with nano
silica:
Morphology
and Wear”,
Materials
and
Design,
31
(3),
1156-1164–
DOI:
10.1016/j.matdes.2009.09.037 (if=2.913, ci=10)
8. Kaushik Pal, S. K. Pal, C. K. Das, Jin Kuk Kim, (2010) “Relationship between normal load and dynamic
co-efficient of friction on rock-rubber wear mechanism”, Materials and Design, 31 (10), 4792-4799– DOI:
10.1016/j.matdes.2010.05.006 (if=2.913, ci=9)
9. (ix) Kaushik Pal, Samir K. Pal, Chapal K. Das, Jin Kuk Kim, (2010) “Influence of fillers on
NR/SBR/XNBR blends. Morphology and Wear”, Tribology International, 43 (8), 1542-1550–
doi:10.1016/j.triboint.2010.02.015 (if=1.536, ci=8)
10. Kaushik Pal, R. Rajasekar, S. K. Pal, Jin Kuk Kim, C. K. Das, (2010) “Influence of fillers on NR/SBR
blends containing ENR-Organoclay nanocomposites: Morphology and Wear”, Journal of Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology,10 (5), 3022–3033– DOI:10.1166/jnn.2010.2170 (if=1.15, ci=6)
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RAJA, V.S. (b 1958), Institute Chair Professor,Department of Metallurgical Engineering & Material
Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai - 400076
• Corrosion Mechanisms: Pioneered in studying corrosion mechanisms at atomic and microscopic levels
to develop anodes (1), corrosion resistant alloys(2) and new types of coatings (9)
• Development of Eco-Coatings: A novel methods were developed to protect steel from corrosion. A
simple and cheap polymer, low density polyethylene was made into a coatable molecule, having good
adhesion to metallic substrate through grafting it with a polar molecule, maleic anhydride. The thermal
spray technique first of its kind was solvent free and free from gas emission (5). Naval Research
Laboratory, DRDO has taken the work further at pilot plant scale for commercialization Silane coatings
replacing chromates and phosphates is yet another achievement in steel protection (6). Hard and
corrosion resistant coating through plasma electrolytic oxidation for Mg-alloys make the most reactive
metal highly resistant to corrosion as well wear (7).
• Body Implants: A technology is developed for low cost Type 316L stainless steel to provide excellent
localized corrosion resistance (better than super austenitic grade SS) combined with high hardness
(better than martensite), biocompatibility and bioactivity (4).
• Stress Corrosion Cracking Mechanisms for Life Assessment: Established the mechanisms of Stress
Corrosion Cracking of (a) aluminum alloys (3), (b) magnesium alloys (10), (c) stainless steels (8), (d)
titanium alloys and (e) superalloys required that limit the life and performance of various components of
aircrafts as well as nuclear power plants, some of which are being used by Gas Turbine Research
Establishment (GTRE), DRDO
Proposer : Prof. Devang V Khakhar, Seconder : Prof. B.P. Kashyap
1. A.Venugopal and V.S. Raja (1997), AC Impedance study on the activation of aluminium by zinc and
indium in 3.5% NaCl solution, Corrosion Science, 39, pp.2053-2065 (if=3.7, ci=41)
2. V. Shankar Rao, R.G. Baligidad and V.S. Raja (2002) Effect of Al content on oxidation behaviour of
ternary Fe-Al-C alloys, Intermetallics, 10, pp.73-84 (if=2.1, ci=22)
3. M.B. Kannan, V.S. Raja,(2006), Hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of over aged 7010 Al-alloy,
Journal of Materials Science, 41, pp. 5495-5499 (if=2.0, ci=21)
4. P. Saravanan, V.S. Raja, S. Mukherjee, (2007). Effect of plasma immersion ion implantation of nitrogen
on the wear and corrosion behavior of 316LVM stainless steel, Surface and Coatings Technology, 201,
pp. 8131-8135 (if=1.86, ci=23)
5. S.K. Singh, S.P. Tambe, V.S. Raja, V.S, D.Kumar, D. (2007), Thermally sprayable polyethylene
coatings for marine environment, Progress in Organic Coatings, 60 (3), pp. 186-193 (if=1.84, ci=16)
6. A.R. Ghasemi, V.S. Raja, C. Blawert, W. Dietzel, K.U. Kainer , Study of the structure and corrosion
behavior of PEO coatings on AM50 magnesium alloy by electrochemical Impedance spectroscopy,
Surface Coating Technology, 202, pp. 3513-3518 (if=1.86, ci=110)
7. A. Phanasgaonkar and V.S. Raja (2009), Influence of curing temperature, silica nanoparticles- and
cerium on surface morphology and corrosion behavior of hybrid silane coatings on mild steel, Surface
Coating Technology, 203, pp. 2260-2271 (if=1.86, ci=61)
8. K. Chandra, R. Singhal, V. Kain, V.S Raja (2010), Low temperature embrittlement of duplex stainless
steel: Correlation between mechanical and electrochemical behavior, Materials Science and Engineering
A, 527, pp. 3904-3912 (if=2.0, ci=26)
9. G. Sreedhar, V.S. Raja (2010), Hot corrosion of YSZ/Al2O3 dispersed NiCrAlY plasma-sprayed
coatings in Na2SO4-10 wt.% NaCl melt Corrosion Science, 52 , pp. 2592-2602 (if=3.7, ci=26)
10. V.S. Raja, Bharat S. Padekar (2013) Role of Chlorides on Pitting and Hydrogen Embrittlement of MgMn Wrought Alloy, Corrosion Science 75, pp176-183 (if=3.73, ci=2)
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ROY, DEBASISH (b 1967), Professor,Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore - 560012
Prof Roy’s distinguished research in engineering sciences has seen fundamental (non-incremental)
contributions across areas as diverse as stochastic dynamics, theoretical/computational thermomechanics of solids, inverse problems and optimization. His work aims at a unification of ideas with tools
from applied mathematics underlying novel algorithms of engineering and scientific relevance. His early
work on transversal linearization techniques bypassed the computation of gradient or sensitivity matrices
in a quantitative response and stability assessment of nonlinear dynamical systems. His recent work on
evolutionary global optimization using change of probability measures has led to remarkably efficient, yet
rigorously founded, update strategies that incorporate a stochastic generalization of the concept of
directional derivatives, classically used for local extremizations of objective functions when they are
smooth and unimodal. The result is a new global optimization paradigm which has been used to solve a
range of inverse problems – from structural health assessment to medical imaging to tsunami source
recovery. Drawing upon the principles of non-equilibrium stochastic thermodynamics and space-time
theory of gauge fields, his ongoing work on non-classical mechanics focusses on developing physically
based macro-continuum field theories for the dynamics of mesoscopic defects under high strain rates
towards understanding material behavior in extreme conditions. This may finally allow optimal
manipulations of defects en route to new designer materials. Author of two international books and over
115 papers in highly reputed journals, Prof Roy has extensive international collaborations, e.g. with Texas
A&M University, University of Manchester, University College London, University of Twente and
Mitsubishi-Hitachi Power Systems. See http://civil.iisc.ernet.in/~royd.
Proposer: Prof. Tarun Kant, Seconder:Prof. R Sirohi
1. Roy, D., 2001, "A numeric-analytic technique for non-linear deterministic and stochastic dynamical
systems", Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series A., Vol. 457, pp. 539-566. (if=2.192, ci=66)
2. S Ghosh, A Roy and D Roy, 2007, “An adaptation of Adomian decomposition for numeric-analytic
integration of strongly nonlinear and chaotic oscillators”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and
Engineering, Vol. 196, pp. 1133-1153 (Publisher: Elsevier).(if=2.959, ci=103)
3. S Ghosh, C S Manohar and D Roy, 2008, “A sequential importance sampling filter with a new proposal
distribution for state and parameter estimation of nonlinear dynamical systems”, Proceedings of the Royal
Society A, Vol. 464, pp. 25-47 (Publisher: The Royal Society, UK) (if=2.192, ci=51)
4. B Banerjee, S Bagchi, R M Vasu and D Roy, 2008, “Quantitative photoacoustic tomography from
boundary pressure measurements: non-iterative recovery of optical absorption coefficient from the
reconstructed absorbed energy map”, Journal of the Optical Society of America A, Vol. 25, pp. 2347-2356
(Publisher: The Optical Society of America). (if=1.665, ci=62)
5. 63. S Ghosh and D Roy, 2008, “Consistent Quaternion Interpolation for Objective Finite Element
Approximation of Geometrically Exact Beam”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,
Vol. 198, pp. 555-571 (Publisher: Elsevier). (if=2.959, ci=58)
6. R S Chandran, D Roy, K Rajan and R M Vasu, 2011, “Ultrasound modulated optical tomography:
Young’s modulus of the insonified region from measurement of natural frequency of vibration”, Optics
Express, Vol. 19, pp. 22837-22850. (if=3.488, ci=12)
7. R S Chandran, S Sarkar, R Kanhirodan, D Roy and R M Vasu, 2014, “Diffusing wave spectroscopy in
an inhomogeneous object: local visco-elastic spectra from ultrasound assisted measurement of
correlation decay arising from the ultrasound focal volume”, Physical Review E, 90, 012303. (if=2.288,
ci=9)
8. S Sarkar, S R Chowdhury, D Roy and R M Vasu, 2015, “Internal noise driven generalized Langevin
equation from a nonlocal continuum model”, Physical Review E, Vol. 92, 022150. (if=2.288, ci=6)
9. S Sarkar, D Roy and R M Vasu, 2015, “A global optimization paradigm based on change of measures”,
Royal Society Open Science, Vol. 2, 150123. (if=Not yet declared, ci=8)
10. S Roy Chowdhury, P Roy, D Roy and J N Reddy, 2016, “A peridynamic theory for linear elastic shells,
International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 84(1), pp. 110 – 132. (if=2.214, ci=2)
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SINHA, RATAN KUMAR (b 1951), Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) & Secretaryto the
Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Mumbai - 400001
Dr. R.K. Sinha, Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission, is
widely regarded as an expert of international stature in the field of nuclear reactor technology. His
important contributions to the field of nuclear reactor technology are as follows:
• Indigenous design of Advanced Heavy Water Reactors for utilization of large abundance of thorium in
India. The International Atomic Energy Agency has rated the AWHR design as unique in the world.
• Pioneering work on the design of an innovative Compact High Temperature Reactor.
• Seminal work on development of analytical methodologies for modeling, major degradation mechanisms
of coolant channels. These systems have been actually used in seven Indian Pressurised Heavy Water
Reactors (PHWRs). This significant work is responsible for extension of life of several Nuclear Reactors.
• Development of remotely operated semi-automatic Coolant Channel Replacement Machine to carry
large scale replacement of PHWRs coolant channels.
• His contributions have consistently been of a very high calibre. He has enabled development of selfreliance, and achievement of internationally recognised excellence, in several key technology areas, of
great importance to Indian nuclear programme.
• His initial work on the design, development and installation of coolant channels and other core-internal
structural components of the 100 MWth DHRUVA research reactor at BARC deserve a special mention.
• Dr. Sinha has been representing India in IAEA’s technical and policy making committees.
In recognition of his seminal contributions, Dr. Sinha has been bestowed upon several national and
international prestigious awards.
Proposer : Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Seconder : Dr. Jai Pal Mittal
1. A.K. Dureja, S.K. Sinha, Ankit Srivastava, R.K. Sinha, J.K. Chakravartty, P. Seshu and D.N. Pawaskar
(2011) “Flow behaviour of autoclaved, 20% cold worked, Zr–2.5Nb alloy pressure tube material in the
temperature range of room temperature to 800°C”, J. Nucl. Mater. 412, 22-29.
2. P. K. Vijayan, M. Sharma, D. S. Pilkhwal, D. Saha, and R. K. Sinha, (2010) “A Comparative Study of
Single-Phase, Two-Phase, and Supercritical Natural Circulation in a Rectangular Loop” Transactions of
ASME, J. of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 132, 102913-1 to 102913-6. (ci=3)
3. M. Sharma, D.S. Pilkhwal, P.K. Vijayan, D. Saha and R.K. Sinha, (2010) “Steady State and Linear
Stability Analysis of a Supercritical Water Natural Circulation Loop”, Nuclear Engineering and Design,
240, 588 – 597. (ci=13)
4. R.K. Sinha, S.K. Sinha and K. Madhusoodanan, (2008) “Fitness for Service Assessment of Coolant
Channels of Indian PHWRs”, J. Nucl. Mater. 383, 14-21. (ci=3)
5. A. K. Nayak, M. R. Gartia, A. Antony, G. Vinod, R. K. Sinha (2008), “Passive system reliability analysis
using the APSRA methodology” Nuclear Engineering and Design 238, 1430-1440 (ci=17)
6. I.V. Dulera and R.K. Sinha, ‘High Temperature Reactors’, (2008) J. Nucl. Mater. 383, 183 –
188. (ci=13)
7. R.K. Sinha and A. Kakodkar, (2006) “Design and Development of the AHWR – the Indian Thorium
Fuelled Innovative Nuclear Reactor”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 236, 683-700. (ci=142)
8. Jyoti K. Sinha, A. Rama Rao and R.K. Sinha, (2006) “Realistic Seismic Qualification Using the Updated
Finite Element Model for In-core Components of Reactors”, Nuclear Engineering and Design, 236, 232237. (ci=3)
9. A.K. Nayak, P.K. Vijayan, V. Jain, D. Saha and R.K. Sinha, (2003) “Study on the Flow Pattern
Transition Instability of a Natural Circulation Heavy Water Moderated Boiling Light Water Cooled Reactor”
Nuclear Engineering and Design, 225, 159-172. (ci=7)
10. N.K. Maheshwari, D. Saha, R.K. Sinha, M. Aritomi (2004) “Investigation on condensation in presence
of a noncondensable gas for a wide range of Reynolds number” Nuclear Engineering and Design 227,
219–238 (ci=41)
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SURYAWANSHI, HIRALAL MURLIDHAR (b 1963), Professor, Dean (Research & Consultancy),
Electrical Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur- 440010.
Member of the NASI : No
Research Contribution : Prof. H. M. Suryawanshi has 26 years of teaching and research experience; • He
has published 59 research papers in International refereed Journal like IEEE(USA), IET(UK), EPE (ISI
recognised) etc. and 83 papers in refereed conferences. • He has contributed to research by guiding 09
PhDs, 06 more PhDs are ongoing, and 05 R&D Project completed, ongoing 02, and applied 03. • Based
on his research work, he has published 08 patents and Developed 10 Products. • Reviewed 175 research
papers for IEEE Transaction (USA) and IET (UK) Journals. • Evaluation and Examination of 15 PhDs
thesis at IITs, IISc and other Institutions • Guided 26 M.Tech Projects. • Associate Editor of IEEE
Transaction on Industrial Electronics, USA • As a social contribution, I have reviewed 02 books. • Based
on my research contribution, He has been awarded Prestigious • Fellow of National Academy of
Engineering (FNAE), IETE-Bimal Bose Award for Outstanding achievement.
Academic Contribution : • He has started new M.Tech. Programme ‘Power Electronics and Drives’ • Govt.
funded TEQIP-II of Rs 75 lakhs & FIST Project of Rs 107 lakhs in the Department was implemented. •
Developed Power Electronics Laboratory with new experimental setup for PG. • Conducted 10 short term
courses for teaching faculty. • Worked as a short duration faculty at IISc Bangalore during 26-31 May
2013. • Invited for 3-day Meeting for discussion on “Smart Grid and Energy Storage Devices”, at bath,
England, DST-EPSRC (UK), 24 expert lectures on various topics at different institute including IISc
Bangalore.
Administration Contribution: • Dean (R&C), TEQIP-II (12.5 Cr), Centre of Excellence (5.0Cr), HoD, etc.
Proposer : Dr. Bhim Singh, Seconder : Dr. Anurag Sharma
1. M. S. Ballal, Z. J. Khan, H. M. Suryawanshi, R.L. Sonolikar (Feb-2007), “Adaptive neural- fuzzy
inference system for the detection of inter-turn insulation and bearing wear faults in induction motor,”
IEEE - Trans. on Industrial Electronics,Vol.54, No.1, , pp.250-258, USA. Most cited paper in 2007. (if=6.5,
ci=140)
2. M. M. Renge and H. M. Suryawanshi (July-2008), “Five level Diode Clamped Inverter to Eliminate
Common Mode Voltage and reduce dv/dt in Medium Voltage Rating Induction Motor Drives,” IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol. 23, No.4, pp.1598-1607, (USA).(if=5.7, ci=98)
3. H. M. Suryawanshi, M. R. Ramteke, K. L. Thakre and V. B. Borghate (Jan-2008), “Unity-Power-Factor
Operation of Three-Phase AC-DC Soft Switched Converter Based-on Boost Active Clamp Topology in
Modular Approach,” IEEE - Transactions on Power Electronics, Vol. 23, No.1, pp.229-226. (USA). (if=5.7,
ci=64)
4. Mahesh K. Mishra, A. Ghosh, A. Joshi, and H. M. Suryawanshi (Jan-2007), “A Novel Method of Load
Compensation under Unbalanced and Distorted Voltages,” IEEE - Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol.22,
No.1, pp.288-295, U.S.A (Impact factor: 1.54) (if=1.54, ci=45)
5. M. M. Renge and H. M. Suryawanshi (July-2009), “Three-Dimensional Space-Vector Modulation to
Reduce Common-Mode Voltage for Multilevel Inverter”, IEEE - Trans. on Industrial Electronics,Vol.57,
No.7, , pp. 2324 - 2331, USA (if=6.5, ci=42)
6. Mrs. M. A. Chaudhari and H. M. Suryawanshi (Nov-2006), “High-power-factor operation of three-phase
ac-to-dc resonant converter,” IET(IEE) - Electric Power Application, Vol. 153, No. 6, pp.873-882, U.
K. (if=1.37, ci=17)
7. H. M. Suryawanshi, K. L. Thakre, S. G. Tarnekar, D. P. Kothari and A. G. Kothari, (March-2002),
“Power factor improvement and closed loop control of AC-DC resonant converter,” IET(IEE) - Electric
Power Application (EPA), vol.149, No.2pp.101-110 (U.K.).(if=1.37, ci=16)
8. H. M. Suryawanshi, A. K. Kulwal, M. A. Chaudhari and V. B. Borghate (April-2008), “High Power Factor
Operation of Three-Phase Rectifier for Adjustable Speed Drive,” IEEE - Trans. on Industrial Electronics,
Vol. 55, No.4, , PP.1637-1646, USA (if=6.5, ci=12)
9. H. M. Suryawanshi and S. G. Tarnekar (Sept 1996), “Modified LCLC-type series resonant converter
with improved performance,” IET(IEE) - Electric Power Application (EPA), Vol.143, No. 5, pp. 354-360.
(U. K.) (if=1.37, ci=10)
10. S. S. Tanavade, H. M. Suryawanshi, K. L. Thakre and M. A. Chaudhari (Nov.- 2005), “Application of
three-phase resonant converter in high power dc supplies,” IET (IEE) - Electric Power Application (EPA),
Vol.152, No.6, pp.1401-1409, (U.K.). (if=1.37, ci=10)
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SUWAS, SATYAM (b 1969), Professor,Department of Material Engineering, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore - 560012
Dr. Satyam Suwas has made significant contribution to the understanding of deformation texture in
magnesium alloys, aluminium alloys, titanium alloys, nickel alloys and twinning induced plasticity steels.
The concept of texture engineering in magnesium processing as proposed by Dr. Suwas, based on the
anisotropy of stacking fault energy provides a profound scientific basis for explaining the origin of ductility
in magnesium alloys. He has successfully demonstrated a way to impart severe deformation to
magnesium at room temperature. He has proposed a strategy to achieve grain sizes less than 500 nm by
tailoring suitable orientations by severe plastic deformation and demonstrated very high ductility in soobtained materials. His work on aluminium and titanium alloys provides a successful explanation for the
mechanism of grain refinement to ultra-fine sizes and development of textures under severe plastic
deformation conditions. He has employed the concept of anisotropy of stacking fault energy in explaining
the deformation response in titanium. Dr. Suwas has proposed a modified deformation mechanism map,
for the deformation behaviour of nano-crystalline nickel. He has further pointed out striking similarity
between deformation textures of nanocrystalline and macrocrystalline materials, and proposed the
concept of “grain boundary affected zone” in macrocrystalline materials that accounts for such a similarity.
Dr. Suwas has carried out fundamental study on steels pertaining to texture and grain boundary
engineering. His one of the most notable contribution in this field is implementation of visco-plastic selfconsistent model to account for brass-type texture in Twinning induced plasticity steels.
Proposer: Prof. Vikram Jayaram, Seconder:Prof. Atul Harish Chokshi
1. N.S. Prasad, N.N. Kumar, R. Narasimhan, S. Suwas (2015), “Fracture behavior of magnesium alloys–
Role of tensile twinning”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 94, pp. 281-293. (if=4.465, ci=4)
2. R. Madhavan, R.K. Ray, S. Suwas (2014), “Texture transition in cold-rolled nickel–40wt.% cobalt alloy”,
Acta Materialia, 74, pp. 151-164. (if=4.4655, ci=6)
3. 27. R. Madhavan, R.K. Ray, S. Suwas (2014), “New insights into the development of microstructure
and deformation texture in nickel-60 wt.% cobalt alloy”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 78, pp. 222-235. (if=4.465,
ci=3)
4. N.P. Gurao, S. Suwas (2011), “Texture evolution and operative mechanisms during large-strain
deformation of nanocrystalline nickel”, Philosophical Magazine, Vol. 91 (5), pp. 798-817. (if=1.825, ci=9)
5. S. Suwas, B. Beausir, L.S. Tóth, J.-J. Fundenberger, G. Gottstein (2011), “Texture evolution in
commercially pure titanium after warm equal channel angular extrusion”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 59(3), pp.
1121-1133. (if=4.465, ci=39)
6. N.P. Gurao, R. Kapoor, S. Suwas (2011), “Deformation behaviour of CP Titanium at extreme strain
rates”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 59 (9), pp. 3431-3446. (if=4.465, ci=46)
7. S. Biswas, S.S. Dhinwal, S. Suwas (2010), “Room Temperature Equal Channel Angular Extrusion of
Magnesium”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 58 (9), pp. 3247-3261. (if=4.465, ci=102)
8. N.P. Gurao, S. Suwas (2009), “Texture evolution during cold rolling of nanocrystalline Nickel”, Applied
Physics Letters, Vol.94(19), Article No: 191902. (if=3.302, ci=24)
9. B. Beausir, S. Biswas, D.-I. Kim, L.S. Tόth, S. Suwas (2009), “Analysis of microstructure and texture
evolution in pure magnesium during symmetric and asymmetric rolling”, Acta Materialia, Vol. 57 (17), pp.
5061-5077. (if=4.465, ci=61)
10. B. Beausir, C. Fressengeas, N.P. Gurao, L.S. Tόth, S. Suwas (2009), “Spatial correlation in grain
misorientation distribution” Acta Materialia, Vol. 57 (18), pp. 5382-5395. (if=4.465, ci=29)
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BHASKAR, VIDHYACHARAN (b 1972), Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, San Francisco,CA - 94132
Dr. Bhaskar has a well-documented record of authorship in the field of his endeavor. As evidence of his
research success, Dr. Bhaskar’s work has resulted in 85 peer-reviewed scholarly publications, 2 book
publications and 60 conference presentations appearing in leading Journals and International Conference
Proceedings in the last ten years. Out of these publications, Dr. Bhaskar is the first author of around 30
peer-reviewed high-impact Journals. Dr. Bhaskar’s research on energy adaptation for 3G and 3.5G
wireless systems, particularly CDMA looks at the optimum expenditure of energy transmitted depending
on the received Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR). As this method is the first to employ both density and
distribution functions of probability of error, it is entirely novel and unique. Dr. Bhaskar’s research on
spectrum efficiency evaluation for communication channels with various fading distributions is a highly
important area of research for those working within network design. Dr. Bhaskar has been investigating
various diversity combining techniques in order to determine the most effective method to garner the best
version of the transmitted signal using bandwidth as efficiently as possible. A novel hybrid combining
scheme has also been proposed by Dr. Bhaskar, and is shown to outperform conventional diversity
schemes. Dr. Bhaskar has devoted much of his impressive career to the optimization of wireless networks
for National public use. His research project on capacity analysis, power and rate adaptation issues in
MIMO-OFDM systems funded by Dept. of Science and Technology (DST) seeks to solve problems
related to capacity in 4G wireless systems.
Proposer : Prof. B. Sundar Rajan, Seconder : Prof. D.N. Rao
1. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar and Laurie L. Joiner, 2005 "Adaptive rate coding using convolutional codes for
asynchronous code division multiple access communications over slowly fading channels," Computers &
Electrical Engineering Journal, 31 (3), 217-240. (if=0.928, ci=5)
2. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, 2005 "A hybrid closed queuing network model for multi-threaded dataflow
architecture," Computers & Electrical Engineering Journal, 31 (8), 556-571. (if=0.928, ci=10)
3. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, 2007 "Spectrum efficiency evaluation for MRC diversity schemes over
generalized Rician fading channels," International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, 14 (3), 209223. (if=1.007, ci=16)
4. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, 2007 "Finite-state Markov model for Lognormal, Chi-Square (central), Chisquare (non-central), and K-distributions," International Journal of Wireless Information Networks, 14 (4),
237-250. (if=1.007, ci=13)
5. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, 2008 "A closed queuing network model with multiple servers for multi-threaded
architecture," Computer Communications Journal, 31 (14), 3078-3089. (if=1.079, ci=11)
6. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, 2009 "Capacity evaluation for equal gain combining diversity schemes over
Rayleigh fading channels," International Journal of Electronics and Communications, 63 (4), 235240. (if=0.551, ci=19)
1. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar and Laurie Joiner, 2009 "Performance of punctured convolutional codes in
asynchronous code division multiple access systems under imperfect phase tracking conditions," IEEE
Transactions on Communications, 57 (7), 2052-2059. (if=1.75, ci=4)
2. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar and Patrick Lallement, 2010 "Modeling a supply chain using a network of
queues," Applied Mathematical Modeling Journal, 34 (8), 2074-2088. (if=1.706, ci=14)
3. K. Renganathan and Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, 2010 "Observer based on-line fault diagnosis of
continuous systems modeled as Petri nets," ISA Transactions, 49 (4), 587-595. (if=1.626, ci=9)
4. Vidhyacharan Bhaskar, 2011 "Distribution and density functions of probability of error over slowly
fading channels with diversity combining," Journal of The Franklin Institute, 348 (6), 1153-1159 (if=2.418,
ci=4)
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BOSE, PROBIR KUMAR (b 1952), Campus Director, NSHM Knowledge Campus Durgapur - 713201
Member of the NASI:No
Prof. Bose in his long professional career has several proven achievements and Excellency in Research
and Development, Teaching and Academic Administration at the highest order of magnitude. Due to his
outstanding contribution in Higher Education and Administrative capabilities, Ministry of Human Resource
Development has given him additional charge as the Director of N.I.T. Silchar and also as the Mentor
Director for N.I.T. Manipur and N.I.T. Nagaland for creating and nurturing those N.I.T.s during their
formation stage. At one point of time Prof. Bose had the responsibility to head four N.I.T.s and he
efficiently delivered the responsibilities entrusted upon him. In my opinion, this may be rarest of the rear
achievement in the field of Educational Administration in the country. Prof. Bose as Director School of
Automotive Engineering, Jadavpur University, had established R and D and Innovation Centre for Howrah
Foundry Cluster. The program is supported under TIFAC (D.S.T.) MSME Technology up gradation
Program under Technology Vision 2020. His pledge to revitalize the indices of education not only in the
field of technical subjects but also in the conventional science and management subjects through its
various tributaries of M. Sc. and MBA programmes are but a few examples of his holistic approach to the
cause of academic and social prosperity of the North East. As eminent visionary and an administrator per
excellence Dr. Bose obtained 08 patents and 03 International Patents (Submitted), 31 numbers Ph.D.
guidance and more than 195 number of publication along with academic leadership proved his
Engineering Excellence.
Proposer : Prof. Alok K. Gupta, Seconder : Prof. J.K. Bhattacharjee
1. Probir Kumar Bose and RAhul BAnerjee, 2009. An Experimental Investigation on Engine Performance
and Emissions of a Single Cylinder Diesel Engine Using Hydrogen as Inducted Fuel and Diesel as
Injected Fuel with Exhaust Gas Recirculation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 34(11), 48474854. (IF= 4.054, CI= 22)
2. K.P. Ghatak, S.Bhattacharya, S.Pahari, S.N. Mitra, P.K. Bose and D. De, (2009) The carrier
contribution to the elastic constants in III-V, ternary and quaternary materials in the presence of light
waves: Simplified theory, relative comparison and a suggestion for experimental determination, Journal of
Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Elsevier 70. pp. 122 (IF= 1.632, CI= 03)
3. Debashis De, Sitangshu Bhattacharya, S M Adhikari,A Kumar, P K Bose and K P Ghatak (2011),
Simple theoretical analysis of the photoemission from quantum confined effective mass super lattices:
Beilstein J. Nanotechnology. 2, 339–362 (IF= 0.79, CI= 08)
4. S. Pahari, S.Bhattacharya, D. De, SM Adhikari, A Niyogi, A Dey, N Paitya, S.C. Saha, K.P. Ghatak
and P.K. Bose, 2010, Influence of crossed electric and quantizing magnetic fields on the Einstein relation
in nonlinear optical, optoelectronic and related materials: Simplified theory, relative comparison and
suggestion for experimental determination, Physica B: Condensed Matter, Elsevier 405 (18), 4064– 4078
(IF= 1.063, CI= 05)
5. K.P. Ghatak, S.Bhattacharya, D. De, P.K. Bose, S.N. Mitra and S. Pahari, 2008, Influence of magnetic
quantization on the Einstein relation in non-linear optical, optoelectronic and related materials: Simplified
theory, relative comparison and suggestion for experimental determination, Physica B: Condensed
Matter, Elsevier 403, 2930-2948.(IF= 1.063, CI= 01)
6. K.P. Ghatak, S.Bhattacharya, Saikia H, BAruah D, Saika A, Singh KM, Ali A, Mitra SN, Bose PK and
Sinha A, 2006, The Debye Screening Length in Ultrathin Films of Nonlinear Optical, Optoelectronic and
Related Materials: Simplified Theory and Suggestion for Experimental Determination, Journal of
Computational and Theoretical Nano science, USA, 3, 727-751. (IF= 0.91, CI= 10)
7. Mukherjee S, Mitra SN, Bose PK, Ghatak AR, Neogi A, Banerjee JP, Sinha A, Pal M, Bhattaharya S
and Gahtak KP, 2007, Einstein relation in quantum wells and nipi structures of nonlinear optical,
optoelectronic and related materials: simplified theory, relative comparison and suggestion for an
experimental determination, Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nano science, USA, 4, 550- 573
(IF= 0.91, CI= 05)
8. Ghatak KP, Bose KP, Ghatak AR, De D, Pahari S, Chakraborty SK and Biswas SK, 2005, The Einstein
Relation in Quantum Wells and Wires of Heavily Doped Nonlinear Optical and Optoelectronic Materials:
Simplified Theory and Suggestion for Experimental Determination, Journal of Computational and
Theoretical Nano science, USA, 2,. 423-437. (IF= 0.91, CI= 04)
9. Probir Kumar Bose and Dinesh Maji, 2012, An Experimental Investigation on the Role of Hydrogen in
the Emission Reduction and Performance Trade-Off Studies in an Existing Diesel Engine Operating in
Dual Fuel Mode Under Exhaust Gas Recirculation. J. Energy Resource Technology (ASME) 134 (1),
012601 (IF= 0.55, CI= 06)
10. PK Bose, K Roy, N Mukhopadhya and RK Chakraborty, 2010, Improved theoretical modeling of a
cyclone separator as a diesel soot particulate emission arrester. International Journal of Automotive
Technology, 11(1), 1-10. (IF= 0.606, CI= 03)
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CHAKRABARTI, PARTHASARATHI (b 1958), Director, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology,
Allahabad - 211004
P. Chakrabarti, Professor and former Head of the Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT(BHU),
Varanasi and presently the Director of MNNIT, Allahabad has made significant contribution in
experimental and theoretical research in the area of Microelectronics and Photonics.
Prof. Chakrabarti has proposed a number of novel semiconductor device structures for future applications
e.g., an InGaAs hetro-MIS diode; an InP/InGaAs supelattice avalanche photodiode. He has developed a
few rigorous models of advanced semiconductor device structures including mid-infrared photodetectors.
His theoretical model of double hetrostructure P+-InAs0.55Sb0.15P0.30/ n0-InAs0.89Sb0.11/N+InAs0.55Sb0.15P0.30 photodetector helped the mid-infrared research group, Lancaster University, UK
(P. Chakrabarti et al., IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, 50, 2049, 2003) to explain their experimental results.
One of his research papers on an organic semiconductor device (P. Chakrabarti et al, Current Applied
Physics, 10, 900-903, 2010) was listed in Nature India as a significant contribution. He has been the
coordinator of the Center for Research in Microelectronics, IIT-BHU and founder coordinator of MicroElectro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), IIT-BHU. He has developed dedicated research team with strong
collaboration with the Optoelectronics research group, Lancaster University, UK and the Nano Material
Research Group, University of New South Wales, Australia. Thirteen students have been awarded, so far
under his supervision. He has successfully completed five R& D project sponsored by various funding
agency. Prof Chakrabarti, a recipients of INSA visiting fellowship and the senior visiting fellow of the
EPSRC UK has published 215 research papers in leading journals and conference proceeding. He has
authored two text books and edited four proceedings.
Proposer : Prof. Alok K. Gupta, Seconder : Prof. J. K. Bhattacharjee
1. C. Periasamy and P. Chakrabarti, 2011 “Time-dependent degradation of Pt/ZnO nanoneedle rectifying
contact based piezoelectric nanogenerator,” J. Appl. Phys., 109, 054306 (1-7) (IF=2.064, CI=04)
2. C. Periasamy and P. Chakrabarti, 2011 “Tailoring the structural and optoelectronic properties of Al
doped nanocrystalline ZnO thin films,” IEEE/JMS Journal of Electronic Materials,.40, 259-266 (IF=1.42,
CI=3)
3. C. Periasamy and P. Chakrabarti, 2011 “Effect of Annealing on the Characteristics of Nanocrytalline
ZnO Thin Films,” Science of Advanced Materials, 3, 73-79 (IF=3.308, CI=11)
4. Ghusoon M. Ali and P. Chakrabarti, 2010 “Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Performance of ZnO
based Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Ultraviolet Photodetectors,” Applied Physics Letters, 97, 1-3.
(IF=3.726, CI=12)
5. A.K. Singh, Rajiv Prakash, A.D.D. Dwivedi and P. Chakrabarti, 2008 “Electronic properties and junction
behaviour of micro- and nano-meter sized polyanthranilic acid (PANA) / metal contacts,” Synthetic Metals,
158, 939-945 (IF=2.849, CI=12)
6. Kumar Shubham and P. Chakrabarti, 2009 “Effect of annealing on structural, electrical and optical
properties of TiO2 thin film prepared by sol-gel process,” Advanced Science, Engineering and Medicine.J.
Vac. Science & Technology, 27, 2124-2127 (IF=1.65, CI=12)
7. P. Chakrabarti, A. Krier, X. L. Huang and P. Fenge, 2004 “Fabrication and Characterisation of an
InAs0.96Sb0.04 Photodetector for Mid-Infrared (MIR) Applications,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, 25,
283-285 (IF=2.849, CI=4)
8. P. Chakrabarti, A. Krier and A.F. Morgan, 2003 "Analysis and Simulation of a Mid-Infrared P+InAs0.55Sb0.15P0.30/n0-InAs0.89Sb0.11/
N+-InAs0.55Sb0.15P0.30
Double
Heterojunction
Photodetector grown by LPE," IEEE Trans. Electron Devices, 50, 2049-2058.(IF=2.318, CI=23)
9. P.Chakrabarti and V. Rajamani, 1999 “A proposed OEIC receiver using MESFET photodetector,” IEEE
J. Lightwave Tech., 17, 659-668. (IF=2.784, CI=13)
10. P.Chakrabarti, N.L. Shrestha, S. Srivastava and V. Khemka, 1992 “An improved model of an
ionimplanted GaAs OPFET,” IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, ED-39, 2050-2059. (IF=2.318,
CI=21)
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CHOUDHARY, VEENA (b 1951), Reliance Chair Professor and Head, CPSE, Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi - 110016
Prof. Veena Choudhary has been working in the field of polymer science since 1973 and made significant
contributions in this field. She has more than 220 papers published in reputed International Journals
having high impact factor. Thirty three Ph.D. and seventy five M. Tech. students have successfully
completed their projects under her guidance. Her total citations are 2748 and > 1800 accounts for
publications after 2009.She has several prestigious fellowships such as AvH, Indo-US science and
Technology, visiting professor in Sweden and Reliance chair professor at IIT Delhi, very active
collaboration with Universities in European country and USA. The major achievements include:
1. Conducting polymer composites for EMI shielding The new materials developed by coating cotton
fabric using combination of conducting polymers, dielectric and magnetic fillers which absorb 97-99 per
cent of microwaves. This work was published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry [ACS publication]
which was later given a wide publicity in Magazine Down to Earth as Futuristic microwave shield in
August 2012. Light weight EMI shield were developed using different matrices and conducting fillers.
2. Hydrogels for biomedical applications. This was also major breakthrough in the field of biomedical
applications where biodegradable micro/nano hydrogels developed at IIT Delhi was novel in terms of
biocompatibility and for the treatment of osteomyletis and cancer targeting. Ministry of Health gave a wide
publicity to this by making a film which was broadcast on Television as well as on internet. The concept
used was novel for the development of degradable polyethylene for packaging applications and the
process was patented.
Proposer : Prof. R.P.Singh, Seconder : Prof. L.M.Manocha
1. V Choudhary, H S Varma, I K Varma 1991 “Polyolefin blends: effect of EPDM rubber on crystallization,
morphology and mechanical properties of polypropylene/EPDM blends” Polymer 32, 2534-2540
(if=3.438, ci=97)
2. M Changez, K Burugapalli, V Koul, V Choudhary 2003 “The Effect of Composition of Poly (Acrylic
Acid)–Gelatin Hydrogel on Gentamicin Sulphate Release: In Vitro”, Biomaterials 24, 527-536. (if=7.404,
ci=92)
3. M Changez, V Koul, B. Krishna, A K Dinda,,V Choudhary, 2004 “Studies on Biodegradation and
Release of Gentamicin Sulphate from Interpenetrating Network Hydrogels Based on Poly(acrylic acid)
and Gelatin: In vitro and In vivo”, Biomaterials 25, 139-146.(if=7.404, ci=54)
4. P K Roy, P Surekha,, C Rajagopal, S N Chatterjee, V Choudhary, 2005 “Effect of benzil and cobalt
stearate on the aging of low-density polyethylene films.” Polymer Degradation and Stability 90, 577585. (if=2.769, ci=26)
5. M Lakshmi, R T S Meier-Haack, J K Schlenstedt, C Vogel, V Choudhary, I K Varma, 2005 “Sulfonated
Poly(Ether Ether Ketone) Copolymers: Synthesis, Characterization and Membrane Properties”, Journal of
Membrane Science, 261, 27 -35. (if=3.850, ci=30)
6. P K Roy, P Surekha, C Rajagopal, V Choudhary 2006 “Effect of cobalt carboxylates on the photooxidative degradation of low-density polyethylene” Polymer degradation and stability 91, 19801988. (if=2.769, ci=37)
7. P Saini, V Choudhary, BP Singh, RB Mathur, SK Dhawan 2009 “Polyaniline–MWCNT nanocomposites
for microwave absorption and EMI shielding” Materials Chemistry and Physics 113, 919-926. (if=2.234,
ci=142)
8. A Gupta, V Choudhary 2011 “Electromagnetic interference shielding behavior of poly (trimethylene
terephthalate)/multiwalled carbon nanotube composites” Composites Science and Technology 71, 15631568 (if=3.818, ci=14)
9. P Saini, V Choudhary, N Vijayan, RK Kotnala, 2012 “Improved electromagnetic interference shielding
response of poly (aniline)-coated fabrics containing dielectric and magnetic nanoparticles” The Journal of
Physical Chemistry C 116 (24), 13403-13412 (if=4.805, ci=9)
10. P Saini, V Choudhary 2013 “Enhanced electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of
polyaniline functionalized carbon nanotubes filled polystyrene composites” Journal of Nanoparticle
Research, 15, 1-7 (if=3.287)
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GHOSH, RATAN KUMAR (b 1954), Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Indian
Institute of Technology Kanpur - 208016
Dr Ghosh is one of few well known researchers in the area of mobile distributed systems in the country
and is one of the pioneers of research in parallel algorithms in India. He was the lead author of the first
book on parallel processing. His early researches in parallel graph algorithms are cited even today. His
research in mobile distributed system has attracted lot of attention both nationally and internationally. He
is working on distributed mobile systems for disaster management response system which will be a game
changer soon.
He has an enviable credential among students and fellow educationists and has received excellent
student evaluations. He is a passionate teacher and his work in the animation of algorithms in a first level
course on data-structure has turned out to be a unique experiment and these java based animations are
now included in AlgoViz (algovis.org)-- database of algorithm animations and are recommended for
pedagogic expositions. AlgoViz is a consortium of international experts for building a community of users
and developers of algorithm visualization. This collection of animations finds place in NSF-NSDL
pathways project for establishing a distributed digital library for computing education.
His course of lectures are on the Internet and one of them is listed among the top 10 sites by Google and
Yahoo. A few of his former students have established start ups and are doing extremely well. Dr. Ghosh
has been instrumental in establishing at least 3 major conferences (ICDCIT, CIT, CyberC) in the area.
Proposer : Prof. R. K. Shyamasundar, Seconder : Prof. Naba K Mondal
1. Piyush Agrawal, RK Ghosh and Sajal K Das, Cooperative black and gray hole attacks in mobile ad hoc
networks, Proc. 2nd Int. conf. on ubiquitous information management and communication, 310-314
(CI=33)
2. Ratan K Ghosh and GP Bhattacharjee, Parallel search algorithm for directed acyclic graphs, BIT
Numerical Mathematics, 24(2), 133-150 (IF=0.724, CI=31)
3. RK Ghosh, Vijay Garg, MS Meitei, S Raman, A Kumar and N Tewari, Dense cluster gateway based
routing protocol for multi-hop mobile ad hoc network, Ad hoc networks, 4(2), 168-185 (IF=2.110, CI=13)
4. Pranay Chaudhuri and Ratan K Ghosh, Parallel algorithms for analyzing activity networks, BIT
Numerical Mathematics, 26(4), 418-429. (IF=0.724, CI=14)
5. Saurabh Srivastava and RK Ghosh, Cluster based routing using k-tree core backbone for mobile ad
hoc networks, Proceedings of DIALM (CI=30)
6. MM Gore and RK Ghosh, Recovery of mobile transaction, DEXA 2000, 23-27 (CI=21)
7. Saurabh Srivastava and RK Ghosh, Distributed algorithms for finding and maintaining a k tree core in a
dynamic network, Information Processing Letters, 88(4), 187-194. (IF=0.455, CI=14)
8. Vijayan Rajan, RK Ghosh and P Gupta, An efficient parallel algorithm for random sampling, Information
Processing Letters, 30(5), 265-268. (IF=0.455, CI=10)
9. Ratan K Ghosh and GP Bhattacharya, Parallel breadth-first search algorithms for trees and graphs,
International Journal of Computer Mathematics, 15(1-4), 255-268.(IF=0.724, CI=24)
10.Shashank Shekhar, RK Ghosh and RK Shyamsundar, Postorder Based Routing and Transport
Protocol for WSNs, (co-authors: Shashank Shekhar and R. K. Shyamasundar). in ICDCN 2012 (best
paper award)
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Seelin, Kiran Kumar Alur (b. 1952) Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore - 560231
Shri Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar is a pioneer in the development of front end remote sensing payloads for the
entire armada of satellites developed by ISRO. He has led design and development of Electro-Optical
Imaging Sensors for a wide range of Airborne, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Earth Orbit
(GEO) platform based imaging sensors starting from Bhaskara TV payload to the payloads for Mars
Orbiter Mission (MOM). He is an end-to-end systems specialist, with a strong grip on conceptualization,
design, review and realization of complex systems. He has been actively involved in the planning and
execution of each phase of MOM including, mission planning, spacecraft configuration, payloads
selection, design, development and realisation of optical payloads (Mars Colour Camera, Methane
Sensor for Mars, and Thermal Infrared Imaging Sensor), post launch tracking activities, earth burns,
trans-mars injections, navigation, Martian orbit insertion, high precision orbit maneuvers (pre/post
insertion), payload operations and operationalisation of data processing. He has played many important
roles towards making the Chandrayaan-1 mission successful including that of Principal Investigator of
Terrain Mapping Camera and Hyper Spectral Imager payloads. He has been instrumental in bringing in
the concept of `Apparent Velocity Reduction’ (Step and Stare concept) to overcome the technology nonavailability issues to achieve very high resolution sub-meter imaging capability successfully demonstrated
in TES (2001), Cartosat 2, 2A and 2B missions and adoption of Push broom technology. He has also led
the indigenous realization of CCD technology flown on IMS-1 and development of IR sensitive quantum
dot area array detectors. He has also made notable contributions to the development of space-borne
synthetic aperture radar for India's first microwave imaging satellite RISAT-1. His contribution to the
success of ASTROSAT - a dedicated space science mission - has been significant. Advanced
communication payloads providing high through-put/bandwidth, navigation payloads for Indian National
Regional Navigation System (IRNSS) and GAGAN have been developed under his supervision.
Proposer : Dr. A.K. Singhvi, Seconder : Prof. Shyam Lal
Ten Best Publicatons:
1. Kiran Kumar A.S. 2016. Tools from the Indian Space Programme for observing and forecasting
extreme weather events – Retrospect and prospect. Mausam – Journal of India Meteorological
Department. Vol. 67 (1). pp.77-92.
2. Katti, V.R., K. Thyagarajan, K.N. Shankara and A. S. Kiran Kumar. 2007. Spacecraft Technology.
Current Science, Special Section: Indian Space Programme, Vol. 93, No.12.
3. Satadru Bhattacharya, Prakash Chauhan, A. S. Rajawat, Ajai and A. S. Kiran Kumar. 2011. Lithological
mapping of central part of Mare Moscoviense using Chandrayaan-1 Hyperspectral Imager (HySI) data.
Icarus, 212 (470-479).
4. Senthil Kumar, P., V. Keerthi, A. Senthil Kumar, J. F. Mustard, B. Gopala Krishna, A. Amitabh, L. R.
Ostrach, D. A. Kring, A.S. Kiran Kumar and J. N. Goswami. 2013. Gullies and landslides on the Moon:
Evidence for dry-granular flows. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Vol.118, pp.206-223.
5. Senthil Kumar, P., A Senthil Kumar, V. Keerthi, J. N. Goswami, B. Gopala Krishna and A. S. Kiran
Kumar. 2011. Chandrayaan-1 observation of distant secondary craters of copernicus exhibiting central
mound morphology; Evidence for Low velocity clustered impacts on the Moon. Planetary and Space
Science, 59 (870-879).
6. Adhesives for Optical Components: An Implementation Study”, M Senthil Kumar, A. S. Kiran Kumar,
Springer-Verlag, Journal of Optics, 41(2), 81-88, 2012.
7. Senthil Kumar, A., A. S. Kiran Kumar and R.R. Navalgund. 2006. Selection of IRS-P6 LISS-4 MO
Mode Band for Producing Band Sharpened Multispectral Imagery. IEEE Geoscience and Remote
Sensing Letters, Vol.3, No.1, pp-32-35
8. George Joseph, V.S. Iyengar, Ram Rattan, K. Nagachenchaiah, A. S. Kiran Kumar, B.V. Aradhye, K.K.
Gupta and D.R.M. Samudraiah. 1996. Cameras for Indian Remote Sensing Satellite IRS-1C. Current
Science Vol.70, No.7, pp 510-515.
9. Raj Kumar, Abhisek Chakraborty, Anant Parekh, Rajesh Sikhakolli, B. S. Gohil and A. S. Kiran Kumar.
2012. Evaluation of Oceansat-2 Scatterometer derived Surface Winds using Observations from Global
Buoys and Other Scatterometers. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
10. Mathew, K., C.M. Nagarani and A. S. Kiran Kumar. 2001. Split-window and multi-angle methods of
sea surface temperature determination: an analysis. International Journal of Remote Sensing, Vol.22,
No.16, pp.3227-3251.
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MALAYATH ARAVINDAKSHAN, ATMANAND
Technology, Chennai - 600100
(b 1960), Director, National Institute of Ocean
With an excellent academic record Dr. Atmanand rose to the position of Director, NIOT, through his
dedicated work and seminal contribution in Deep Sea Technology with special reference to Deep Sea
Mining. To meet the grand challenges; of designing the underwater mining system at a depth of 6000m, it
required to: i) Develop an underwater in-situ soil property measuring system; and
ii) Design, implement and test the system in hostile location (at a depth of 5462m in the Central Indian
Ocean Basin) The above was successfully designed, fabricated and tested in the Central Indian Ocean
basin. It was under his supervision that India’s first Polar under water mooring observatory and Polar
Remotely Operable Vehicle (PROV) was developed and tested. The mooring was established at
Kongsfjorden in Arctic region. The Polar ROV was tested successfully at the Priyadarshini Lake at
Antarctica. Underwater videos were taken for the first time with this vehicle. The above could be carried
out successfully and for the first time in the country. Dr. Atmanand has taken this challenge further to
design and implement a work class Remotely Operable Vehicle (ROV) – again first for the country – that
can be used for assisting the mining operations, gas hydrates site for validation of presence of methane,
pipeline inspection etc. The above listed facts only go to show the excellence and eminent position Dr.
Atmanand has acquired through his dedicated and creative efforts. He is considered one of the pioneers
and leader in the area of Deep Sea Technology.
Proposer : Dr.P.S. Goel, Seconder : Prof.T. Subramoniam
1. Tata Sudhakar, S. K. Dash, R. R. Rao, R. Srinivasan, Shijo Zacharia, M. A. Atmanand, B. R.
Subramaniam, Shailesh Nayak, 25 January 2013, ‘Detection of sea-surface temperature anomaly in the
equatorial region of Bay of Bengal using indigenous Lagrangian drifter’ Current Science, Vol. 104, No. 2,
pp177-178. (if=0.833)
2. Simi Mathew, Shamji V.R, Venkatesan R, Latha G, , Rao R.R, Arul Muthiah M, Atmanand M.A, 2013,
“New in-situ ocean subsurface time series measurements from OMNI buoy network in the Bay of Bengal”,
Current Science, 104,9, pp 1166-1177. (if=0.833)
3. C.Kannan, R.Dhilsha, P.M.Rajeshwari, Shibu Jacob, and M.A.Atmanand, 2013, “Performance
evaluation of cymbal hydrophones for underwater applications” International Journal of Mechanical
Engineering and Applications, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 43-48. (if=2.061)
4. Ramesh R, Vedachalam N, Muthukumaran D, Doss Prakash V, Ramesh S, Ramadass G A and
Atmanand M A, November 2013, “Design and implementation of compact and robust medium voltage
switchgear for deep water work-class ROV ROSUB 6000”, Society of Underwater Technology Journal,
Vol. 31, Number 4, page 1-11. (if=0.204)
5. N. Vedachalam, S. Muthukrishna Babu, G.A. Ramadass, M.A. Atmanand, 2014 “Review of maturing
multi-megawatt power electronic converter technologies and reliability modeling in the light of subsea
applications” Applied Ocean Research 46 28–39.(if=1.497)
6. G.A. Ramadass, N. Vedachalam, Tata Sudhakar, R.Ramesh, V. Bala Naga Jyothi, N.Balaji Prashanth,
M.A.Atmanand, January/February 2014, “A Study of the Algorithms for the Detection of Tsunami Using an
Ocean Bottom Pressure Recorder” Marine Technology Society Journal, Volume 48 Number 1, 7683. (if=0.227)
7. Shijo Zacharia, R. Seshasayanan, R. Srinivasan, T. Thamarai, Tata Sudhakar, R. R. Rao and M. A.
Atmanand, 25 March 2014, “Design, development and validation of smart sensor drifting node with INSAT
telemetry for oceanographic applications” Current Science, Vol. 106, No. 6. (if=0.833)
8. S.Muthukrishna Babu, N.R.Ramesh, P.Muthuvel, R.Ramesh, C.R.Deepak and M.A.Atmanand,
September, “In-Situ Soil Testing in the Central Indian Ocean Basin at 5462-m Water Depth” International
Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering, Vol.24, No.3, pp.213-217. (if=0.49)
9. R.Venkatesan, N.Vedachalam, R.Sundar, M.Arul Muthiah, P.Prasad and M.A.Atmanand, 2015
“Assessment of the realiability of the Indian tsunami buoy system”, Society of Underwater Technology,
Vol.32, No.4, pp 255-270. (if=0.204)
10. Nidhi Varshney, S.Rajesh, A.P.Aarthi, N.R.Ramesh, N.Vedachalam, G.A.Ramadass and
M.A.Atmanand, 2015 “ Estimation of Reliability of underwater polymetallic nodule mining machine, Vol.49,
No.1, pp 131-147. (if=0.227)
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MITRA, AMITAVA (b 1959), Chief Scientist & Professor of AcSIR, CSIR-National Metallurgical
Laboratory, Jamshedpur - 831007
Dr. Amitava Mitra, is widely recognized for his activities on directed basic research to industry sponsored
applied one. He published 135 papers in SCI journals, filed 10 patents and developed three technologies
in the field of nanostructured magnetic materials and Electromagnetic NDE techniques for health
assessment of engineering structures. His work has already been recognized by various professional
bodies by awarding him ‘NMD award: Metallurgist of the Year-2006’,‘MRSI Medal-2011’, ‘National NDE
award (1997 & 2000)’. Over two decades Dr.Mitra is working on development of rapidly solidified soft
magnetic alloys. India's first indigenous 1kg capacity melt-spinning system under controlled atmosphere
for producing 25mm wide ribbon have been developed at NML under his leadership and the technology
was transferred to M/s Vacuum Techniques, Bangalore. This work received “Altekar Award-2009’ for best
technology at CSIR-NML. He is now looking for suitable industrial partner for pilot plant scale
development for amorphous electrical steel. Dr.Mitra & his team developed FeCoSiBCr based
nanostructured wire (~100micron) with Giant Magneto-Impedance (GMI) properties which has been used
for development of sensing device “MagSys-II”. The device was transferred to Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.
for commercial use for damage assessment of carburized Johnson screen used in Catalytic Converter
Reactor Unit of Oil Refineries. Dr. Mitra also developed magnetic NDE based device “MagStar” for
evaluation of microstructure and residual stress in steel. This technology has been transferred to M/s
Technofour, Pune and two such units were sold to JSW steel, Bellary and NTPC-NETRA for evaluation of
defects and damages in steel components.
Proposer : Dr. Baldev Raj, Seconder : Dr.S. Srikanth
1. A.Panda, S.Basu and A.Mitra (2003) Crstallisation and magnetic behaviour of FeNbCuSi(22-x)Bx
(X=5,9,10,11.25,19) alloys alloys, J.Magn. & Magn Mater,Vol-260 Page-260 (if=2.0, ci=20)
2. A.Mitra, A.Panda, V.Rao, S.R.Singh and P.Ramachandrarao, (2003),Magnetic and structural behaviour
of nanocrystalline Fe70.8Nb3.7Cu1Al2.7Mn0.7Si13.5B7.6 alloy, Phil. Mag.Vol:83Page 1495., (if=1.427,
ci= 13)
3. A. Mitra, P.K.Srivastava, P.K.De,D.K.Bhattaccharya, D.C.Jiles (2004),Ferromagnetic properties of
deformation induced martensite transformation in AISI 304 stainless steel,Metallurgical and Materials
Transaction Metallurgical and Materials Transaction .Vol-35A ,Page-599 (if=1.739 , ci=12)
4. S.K.Pal, N.B.Manik and A.Mitra (2006),Dependence of frequency and amplitude of ac current on GMI
properties of Co-based amorphous wire,Materials Sc. & Engg. A,Vol-415,Page-195 (if=2.590, ci=15)
5. A.Mitra, J.N.Mohapatra, J.Swaminathan, M.Ghosh, A.K.Panda and R.N.Ghosh, (2007),Magnetic
evaluation of creep in modified 9Cr-1Mo Steel,Scripta Materialia ,Vol-57 Page-813 (if=3.162, ci=37)
6. S.R. Barman, Aparna Chakrabarti, Sanjay Singh, S. Banik,S. Bhardwaj, P.L. Paulose, B.A. Chalke,
A.K. Panda, A. Mitra, A.M. Awasthi, (2008), Physical Review B, Vol-78, Page-134406 (if=3.664, ci=33)
7. Harendra Kumar, J.N.Mohapatra, Rajat K. Roy, R. Justin Joseyphus and Amitava
Mitra,(2010),Evaluation of temperaing behavior in modified 9Cr-1 Mo Steel by magnetic non-destructive
techniques,J. Materials Processing Technology ,Vol-210,Page-669 (if=2.041, ci=16)
8. Satnam Singh, R.K.Roy, M.Ghosh, A. Mitra, A.K.Panda,(2012),Heat treatment induced martensitic
accommodation and adaptive anisotropy in melt Spun Ni55Mn22Ga23 (at %) ribbons,Vol-112,Page103512 (if=2.19, ci=6)
9. A.K.Panda, P.K.Sharan, R.K.Roy, G.V.S. Murthy, A.Mitra,(2012),Generation and Detection of Guided
waves in a Pipe with Defect using Rapidly Quenched Magnetostrictive Ribbons,Vol-21,Page045015 (if=2.446, ci=0)
10. Satnam Singh, R K Roy, M Ghosh, A Mitra, A.K.Panda,(2013),Martensitic Transformation and
Magneto-strain in Melt Spun NiMnGaAl Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys,Vol-43,PAge-147 (if=2.119,
ci=0)
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MOHANTY, SANGHAMITRA (b 1953), President, Odisha Bigyan Academy Odisha - 751007
I am pleased to nominate Professor (Dr.) Sanghamitra Mohanty, President, Odisha Bigyan Academy,
Govt. of Odisha, Ex-Professor in Computer Science of Utkal University and Ex-Vice-Chancellor of North
Orissa University for the Fellowship of NASI. I am personally acquainted with the scientific work of Prof.
Mohanty since long as a distinguished Indian Educationist and Researcher. Prof. Mohanty has performed
research in challenging fields namely High Energy Physics, Weather Prediction, Artificial Intelligence,
Fractal Geometry, Image Processing, Speech Processing and Natural Language Processing. Her major
scientific contributions are due to her indigenous research work on Indian Language Technology with
focus on Odia Language. She has obtained 13(thirteen) numbers of Intellectual Property Rights(IPRs)
pertaining to Indian Language Technology like OCR, Word Processor, e-Dictionary, Spell Checker,
Machine Translation, Wordnet, Text-To-Speech, Speech-To-Text, e-Barnabodha for Oriya Language,
Sanskrit Wordnet and English->Odia Machine Translation. Her research outputs are mostly citizen centric
and are available as products in the website www.ildc.in of DeitY, MCIT of Govt. of India through CDAC.
Due to her research capability she has attracted full funding to have instituted a unique Course named as
“Master in Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Knowledge
Engineering (ME CSE(KE))” in Utkal University since 2006. Prof. Mohanty has been the research guide
for 73 students including 16 for Ph. D. degree. She has published 163 research papers including 45 in
International Journals. She is awarded with the Samanta Chandrashekhar Award from Odisha Bigan
Academy for 2012. I strongly recommend this nomination and hope a favourable consideration.
Proposer: Prof. Ganapati Panda, , Seconder:Prof. Baishnab Charan Tripathy,
1. S. Mohanty, 1998,Pattern Recognition in Alphabets of Oriya Language using Kohonen Neural Network,
International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, Vol.12, No. 7, 1007-1015 (if=4.01,
ci=13)
2. S. Mohanty, S. Bhattacharya, S. Bose, S. Swain, 2005,An Approach to Proper Speech Segmentation
for Quality Improvement in Concatanative Text-To-Speech System, International Journal of Computer
Processing of Oriental Languages, Vol, 18. No. 1, 41-45,(if=3.581, ci=4)
3. S. Mohanty, S. S. Nanda, S. Mishra, 2011, Oriya Language Text Mining using C5.0
Algorithm,International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technology, Vol. 2, No. 1., 551554, (if=2.89, ci=3)
4. S. Mohanty, R.C. B. Ray, 2011, Shallow Morphology based complex predicates extraction in
Oriya,International Journal of Computer Application, Vol. 16, No. 1, 01-05, (if=2.21, ci=6)
5. S. Mohanty, 2011, Phonotactic Model for Spoken Language Identification in Indian Language
Perspective,International Journal of Computer Application, Vol. 19, No. 9, 18-24 (if=0.835, ci=4)
6. S. Mohanty,2011, Syllable based Indian Language Text-To-Speech System, International Journal of
Advances in Engineering and Technology, Vol. 1. No. 2, 138-143 (if=1.57, ci=8)
7. S. Mohanty, H. N. Das Bebartta, 2012, A Novel Approach for Bilingual (English-Oriya) Script
Identification and Recognition in a Printed Document, International Journal of Image processing, Vol. 4.
No. 2, 175-191 (if=1.5, ci=11)
8. S. Mohanty, H. N. DasBebartta, 2012, Performance Comparison of SVM and K-NN for Oriya character
recognition, (if=1.187, ci=2)
9. S. Mohanty, B. K. Swain, 2012, Vowel Analysis for Indentifing Expression of Emotions in Odia-Spoken
Language,International Journal of Computer Application, vol. 43, No. 3, 47-52 (if=2.21, ci=6)
10. S. Mohanty, M.K. Nayak,2011,Optimization Model in Human Resource Management for Job
Allocation in ICT Projects, International Journal of Computer and Information Management, Vol. 19, No.
3, 21-27, (if=5.49, ci=7)
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RAY, MANAS CHANDRA (b 1963), Professor,Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur - 721302
Dr. Manas Chandra Ray is one of the pioneering researchers in the area of smart materials and
structures, a thrust research area of Mechanical Engineering Sciences. He initiated the research on smart
structures in India since its inception and earned the first Ph.D degree in this field in India. Derivation of
the exact solutions of smart structures is one of his most significant contributions in the field of smart
structures. He developed the novel methods for active structural-acoustic control and active constrained
layer damping of nonlinear vibrations of smart structures using 1-3 piezoelectric composites. Towards the
development of new smart composites his novel research revealed that the piezoelectric coefficients of
the existing 1-3 piezoelectric composite can be significantly improved by growing radially aligned carbon
nanotubes (CNTs) on the surface of the piezoelectric fibers. He is the first researcher to develop
micromechanics models which authenticate that if the fibers of the polymeric composite are coated with
radially grown wavy CNTs, the effective elastic and thermo-elastic properties of the augmented composite
called the fuzzy fiber-reinforced composite are significantly improved as compared to those of the
composite without CNTs. He also explored for the first time that the thermal conductivities of fuzzy carbon
fiber heat exchanger can be dramatically enhanced by exploiting wavy CNTs. Recently, he developed an
efficient commercially implementable smart finite element without using explicit form of the displacement
fields. Most recently, he published a benchmark solution of the flexoelectric response in nanobeams for
developing smart nano-sensors and nano-actuators.
Proposer: Prof. Sankar Kumar Som, Seconder:Prof. Gautam Biswas
1. M. C. Ray, R. Bhattacharyya and B. Samanta, “Exact Solution for Static Analysis of Intelligent
Structures”, AIAA Journal, 1993, Vol. 31, No. 9, pp. 1684-1691. (if=1.207, ci=153)
2. M. C. Ray, K. M. Rao and B. Samanta, “Exact Solution for Static Analysis of Intelligent Structure Under
Cylindrical Bending”, Computers & Structures, 1993, Vol. 47, pp.1031-1042 . (if=2.676, ci=122)
3. N. Mallik and M. C. Ray, “Effective coefficients of piezoelectric fiber reinforced composites” AIAA
Journal, 2003, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 704-710 . (if=1.207, ci=84)
4. M. C. Ray, “Optimal Control of Laminated Shells Using Piezoelectric Sensor and Actuator Layers”,
AIAA Journal, 2003, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp. 1151-1157 . (if=1.207, ci=64)
5. M. C. Ray and J. N. Reddy, “Optimal control of thin circular laminated composite shells using active
constrained layer damping treatment”, Smart Materials and Structures, 2004, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 6472. (if=2.502, ci=52)
6. M. C. Ray and J. N. Reddy, “Active control of laminated cylindrical shells using piezoelectric fiber
reinforced composites”, Composite Science and Technology, 2005, Vo. 65, No. 7-8, pp. 12261236. (if=4.48, ci=52)
7. S. K. Sarangi and M. C. Ray, “Active damping of geometrically nonlinear vibrations of doubly curved
laminated composite shells”, Composite Structures, 2011, Vol. 93, No. 12, pp.3216-3228. (if=3.318,
ci=17)
8. M. C. Ray, “Concept of a novel hybrid smart composite reinforced with radially aligned zigzag carbon
nanotubes on piezoelectric fibers”, Smart Materials and Structures, 2010, Vol. 19, art no.
035008. (if=2.502, ci=12)
9. S. I. Kundalwal and M. C. Ray, “Effect of carbon nanotube waviness on the elastic properties of the
fuzzy fiber reinforced composites”, ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics, March 2013, Vol. 80,
021010. (if=1.4, ci=15)
10. M. C. Ray, “Exact solutions for flexoelectric response in nanostructures”, ASME Journal of Applied
Mechanics, 2014, Vol. 81, art no. 091002 (if=1.4, ci=5)
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SALURU, KRUPANIDHI BABA (b 1951), Professor, Material Research Centre, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore - 560012
Prof. Krupanidhi is an outstanding materials scientist who integrates in an exemplary manner
fundamental science with engineering of materials and devices. He is internationally recognized in the
areas of integrated ferroelectrics and compound semiconductor technology as evidenced by invited
lectures at international meetings and memberships of editorial boards. Professor Krupanidhi’s research
is focused on developing expitaxial complex oxides for high permittivity applications and hetero epitaxial
compound semiconductors for opto-electronic applications. During the last decade, his primary mission
was to develop radiation hard dynamic random access memories (DRAMs), quantum well IR detectors
(QWIPs) and high bright LEDs. His major contributions in the area of complex perovskites include
engineered superlattices of perovksites and In the area of III-N compounds, are band gap engineering,
Quantum well and quantum dot structures, leading to a variety of microelectronic devices and
photovoltaics (funded by ISRO and MNES), longer wavelength IR detectors and high bright LEDs (funded
by the office of Principal Scientific Advisor to GOI). Professor S B Krupanidhi, has been honored with two
Engineering Invention awards from Motorola, USA, the VASVIK Award in Materials Science and
Technology recognizing his contributions to industrialization. Most recently Indian Institute of Science
awarded him with Rustum Choksi medal & Tatachem Chair Professorship and DST with J.C. Bose
fellowship, recognizing his academic and scientific contributions. He is the first recipient of Professor
C.N.R. Rao medal for excellence in Materials Science, and fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Indian
National Science Academy and Indian Academy of Engineering.
Proposer : Prof. K.T. Jacob, Seconder : Prof. A.K. Shukla
1. Krupanidhi, S.B., Maffei, N; Sayer, M, (1983) “RF Planar Magnetron Sputtering And Characterization
Of Ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 Films , Journal Of Applied Physics Volume: 54 Issue: 11 Pages: 66016609 (if=2.95, ci=168)
2. Joshi, P.C.; Krupanidhi, SB, (1993) Structural And Electrical Characteristics Of Srtio3 Thin-Films For
Dynamic Random-Access Memory Applications , Journal Of Applied Physics Volume: 73 Issue: 11
Pages: 7627-7634 (if=2.95, ci=136)
3. Roy, D; Krupanidhi, S.B. (1993) “, Excimer Laser Ablated Barium Strontium-Titanate Thin-Films For
Dynamic Random-Access Memory Applications Applied Physics Letters Volume: 62 Issue: 10 Pages:
1056-1058 (if=3.725, ci=132)
4. Joshi, P.C.; Krupanidhi, S.B. (1993), Switching, Fatigue, And Retention In Ferroelectric Bi4ti3o12 ThinFilms , Applied Physics Letters Volume: 62 Issue: 16 Pages: 1928, (if=3.725, ci=120)
5. Udayakumar, K; Schuele, P, Chen, J, (1995) “Thickness-Dependent Electrical Characteristics Of LeadZirconate-Titanate Films, Journal Of Applied Physics Volume: 77 Issue: 8 Pages: 3981-3986 (if=2.95,
ci=92)
6. S.S.N.Bharadwaja, P.Victor, P.Venkateswarlu and S.B.Krupanidhi, (2001) AC transport studies of La
modified antiferroelectric PbZrO3 thin films, Phys.Rev. .B., VOLUME 65, 174106 (if=3.95, ci=45)
7. Claudy Rayan Serrao, Asish K. Kundu, S. B. Krupanidhi, Umesh V. Waghmare, and C. N. R. Rao,
(2005), Biferroic YCrO3, Phys. Rev. B 72,220101(R) (if=3.5, ci=39)
8. Basanta Roul, Mohana K. Rajpalke, Thirumaleshwara N. Bhat, Mahesh Kumar, A. T. Kalghatgi, S. B.
Krupanidhi, Nitesh Kumar and A. Sundaresan (2011)“ Experimental evidence of Ga-vacancy induced
room temperature ferromagnetic behavior in GaN films” Applied Physics Letters 99, 162512 (if=3.725,
ci=11)
9. Basant Chitara, L. S. Panchakarla, S. B. Krupanidhi, & C. N. R. Rao (2011) Infrared Photodetectors
Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide and Graphene Nanoribbons, Advanced Materials, Vol. 23, 45, pages
5419 - 5424 (if=18.5, ci=32)
10. N. Selvakumar, S. B. Krupanidhi, H. C. Barshilia, (2014) Carbon Nanotubes- Based Tandem
Absorber with Tunable Spectral Selectivity: Transition from Near-Perfect Blackbody Absorber to Solar
Selective Absorber" , Advanced Materials, 26 (16). pp. 2552-2557(if=18.5, ci=8)
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SENGUPTA, TAPAN KUMAR (b. 1955) Professor,Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology Kanpur - 208016
a) The nominee's group has developed a nonlinear instability theory without requiring any assumption on
the governing Navier-Stokes equation (NSE) (as given in ref.1 and 3).
b) The nominee has also given a new direction in scientific computing by laying the new foundation with
the correct analysis (known as global spectral analysis or GSA) as started in 90's and the first
communication is given in ref. 2. The concept of matching numerical dispersion relation with physical
dispersion relation via introduction of group velocity as the speed of energy propagation. This analysis led
to correct error dynamics equation (ref. 6), as opposed to older theory due to von Neumann. The
nominee's team are also involved in developing high accuracy compact schemes (ref. 2) and their use in
high performance computing (ref. 5).
c) The nominee's group is also credited with defining transition to turbulence with the finding of spatiotemporal wave front (ref. 4) by introducing the linear spatio-temporal theory via the developed Bromwich
contour integral method of solving Orr-Sommerfeld equation. It has been subsequently used in explaining
receptivity to turbulence stage in two- and three-dimensions (ref. 8 and 10, respectively) through the
solution of NSE. They have also redefined Rayleigh and Fjortoft's work instability of mixed convection
flow (ref. 9). They are also credited with using proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) to develop a
dynamical system theory for bluff body flows (ref. 7) and its use for reduced order models for handling big
data.
Proposer : Prof. Indranil Manna, Seconder : Prof. Manindra Agrawal
1. Vortex-induced instability of incompressible wall- bounded shear layer- Sengupta T.K., De, S., and
Sarkar, S. J Fluid Mech., 493 277-286 (2003) Impact Factor: 2.29
2. Analysis of central and upwind compact schemes - Sengupta T.K., Ganerwal G., and De S. J Compo
Phys., 192(2) 677-694 (2003) Impact Factor: 2.485
3. Temporal flow instability for Robins-Magnus effect at high rotation rates Sengupta T.K., Kasliwal, A.,
De, S. & Nair. M. J Fluids Struct., 17 941-953 (2003) Impact Factor: 2.229
4. Spatio-temporal growing wave-fronts in spatially stable boundary layers - Sengupta, T.K., Kameswara
Rao, A. & Venkatasubbaiah K. Phys. Rev. Letters, 96 224504-1 to 4 (2006) Impact Factor: 7.728
5. A new compact scheme for parallel computing using domain decomposition Sengupta, T.K., A.
Dipankar and A. Kameswara Rao J Compo Physics, 220654- 677 (2007) Impact Factor: 2.485
6. Error dynamics: Beyond von Neumann analysis- T.K. Sengupta, A. Dipankar, Sagaut, P. J Compo
Physics, 226 1211-1218 (2007) Impact Factor: 2.485
7. Dynamical system approach to instability of flow past a circular cylinder Sengupta, T. K., Singh, N.
and Suman, V. K. J Fluid Mech., 656 82-115 (2010) Impact Factor: 2.29
8. Onset of turbulence from the receptivity stage of fluid flows- Sengupta, T. K. and Bhaumik, S. Phys.
Rev. Letters, 107 154501 (2011) Impact Factor: 7.728
9. Direct numerical simulation of transitional mixed convectional flows: Viscous and inviscid mechanisms Sengupta, T. K., Bhaumik, S. and Bose, R. Phys. Fluids, 25, 094102 (2013) Impact Factor: 2.04
10. Precursor of transition to turbulence: spatiotemporal wave front, Swagata Bhaumik and Tapan K
Sengupta, Phys. Rev. E, 89, 043018 (2014) Impact Factor: 2.326
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TANDON, NARESH (b 1954), Professor,ITMME Centre, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi
- 110016
Professor Naresh Tandon was Head of Industrial Tribology, Machine Dynamics and Maintenance
Engineering Centre (ITMMEC) at IIT Delhi from 2005 to 2012. Acoustic and machine dynamics
laboratories were developed. He has contributed significantly in the areas of vibration and noise
engineering in the past 37 years. He has worked on vibration and acoustic monitoring of machine
elements especially rolling element bearings and has applied various techniques such as vibration,
acoustic emission, noise, shock pulse and current monitoring for the detection of defects in bearings and
gears. In recent years bearing defect detection in the presence of noise has been carried out using signal
processing techniques such as adaptive noise cancellation, multiscale morphology, wavelet and filters.
He initiated research in India on two-microphone Sound Intensity Technique in eighties and worked on
the accuracy of these measurements under different measurement conditions. The Technique was
applied to Noise Source Location for Noise Reduction in various equipment and vehicles like two-wheeler
scooter, tractor gear box, portable generator and fans. He has been actively involved in formulation of
Noise Pollution Standards for environment and products such as generators, automobiles and
firecrackers as a member of the National Committee on Noise Pollution Control. Professor Tandon has
published more than 100 research papers in reputed journals (70) and conference proceedings (36).
These papers are well cited by researchers working in the area of Vibration and Noise monitoring with
about 2000 citations as per Google Scholar. He is a Fellow on INAE, IEI and ASI.
Proposer : Prof. Bahadur Chand Nakra, Seconder : Prof. S.C. Dutta Roy
1. Tandon, N. and Choudhury, A., 1999, A review of the vibration and acoustic measurement methods for
detection of defects in rolling element bearings, Tribology International, 32(8), pp 469-480. (if=2.165,
ci=665)
2. Tandon, N. and Choudhury, A., 1997, An analytical model for the prediction of the vibration response of
rolling element bearings due to a localized defect, J. Sound & Vib., 205(3), pp 275-292. (if=2.151, ci=152)
3. Tandon, N., 1994, A comparison of some vibration parameters for the condition monitoring of rolling
element bearings, Measurement, 12(3), pp 285-289. (if=1.339, ci=113)
4. Choudhury, A. and Tandon, N., 2000, Application of acoustic emission technique for the detection of
defects in rolling element bearings, Tribology International, 33(1), pp 39-45 (if=2.165, ci=107)
5. Tandon, N., Yadava, G.S. and Ramakrishna, K.M., 2007, A comparison of some condition monitoring
techniques for the detection of defect in induction motor ball bearings, Mechanical Systems & Signal
Processing, 21(1), pp 244-256. (if=2.903, ci=87)
6. Choudhury, A. and Tandon, N., 1998, A theoretical model to predict vibration response of rolling
bearings to distributed defects under radial load, J. Vib. & Acoust., Trans. ASME, 120(1), pp 214220. (if=1.268, ci=53)
7. Tandon, N. and Nakra, B.C., 1992, A comparison of vibration and acoustic measurement techniques
for the condition monitoring of rolling element bearings, Tribology International, 25(3), pp 205
212. (if=2.165, ci=41)
8. Choudhury, A. and Tandon, N., 2006, Vibration response of rolling element bearings in a rotor bearing
system to a local defect under radial load, Journal of Tribology, Trans. ASME, 128, pp 252-261. (if=0.945,
ci=39)
9. Patel, V.N., Tandon, N. and Pandey, R.K., 2010, A dynamic model for vibration studies of deep groove
ball bearings considering single and multiple defects in races, Journal of Tribology, Trans. ASME, 132, pp
041101-10. (if=0.945, ci=33)
10. Parey, A. and Tandon, N., 2007, Impact velocity modelling and signal processing of spur gear
vibration for the estimation of defect size, Mechanical Systems & Signal Processing, 21(1), pp 234243. (if=2.903, ci=19)
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AGARWAL, AVINASH KUMAR (b 1972), Poonam and Prabhu
Professor,Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur - 208016
Goyal
Endowed
Chair
Prof. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India is recognised for his
pioneering research on alternative fuels for transportation sector. He has experimentally demonstrated
“laser ignition” of combustible mixtures of hydrogen and natural gas in automotive size IC engine using a
prototype laser spark plug, and reduced NOx emission by > 70%. His fundamental investigations have
paved way for development of next generation laser ignited hydrogen engines. He developed close-loop
combustion control of alcohol fuelled HCCI engine, for next generation flexi-fuel HCCI engine. Prof.
Agarwal has extensively worked on engine combustion, performance, emissions and durability aspects of
biofuels. He has designed, developed and patented a biodiesel pilot-plant for Khadi and Village Industies
Commission Mumbai, which can use different feedstocks and catalysts for production of biodiesel in rural
areas. He successfully carried out field trials of biodiesel (B100) fuelled SUV’s. Extensive locomotive
engine investigations using biodiesel of Indian origin were also carried out under his supervision. Prof.
Agarwal carried out research for understanding relative toxicity of primary and secondary particulates
emitted by biodiesel fuelled engines by carrying out physico-chemical analysis of tail pipe emission and
its interaction with the environment. He developed an innovative hardware for using straight vegetable
oils for millions of agricultural pump set engines in Rural India, without converting it into biodiesel. He has
published over 125 international journal papers and 70 peer reviewed conference papers. His scopus
citations are 2950 and H index of 22. His Google scholar citations are 5100 and H-index of 29.
Proposer : Prof. Manindra Agarwal, Seconder : Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
1. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, 2007, Bio Fuels (Alcohols and Biodiesel) Applications as fuels for Internal
Combustion Engines, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Volume 33, Issue 3, Pages 233271. (if=16.909, ci=913)
2. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, K. Rajamanoharan, 2009, Experimental Investigations of Performance and
Emissions of Karanja Oil and its Blends in a Single Cylinder Agricultural Diesel Engine, Applied Energy,
March 2008. Vol. 86, No. 1, pp 106-112 (if=5.261, ci=153)
3. Mukesh Sharma, Avinash K Agarwal, K V L Bharathi, 2005, Characterization of Exhaust Particulates
from Diesel Engine, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 39, Issue 17, pp 3023-3028. (if=3.062, ci=53)
4. Deepak Agarwal, Shailendra Sinha, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, 2006, Experimental investigation of
control of NOx emissions in biodiesel-fueled compression ignition engine, Renewable Energy, Volume 31,
Issue 14, Pages 2356-2369. (if=3.361, ci=149)
5. Shailendra Sinha, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Sanjeev Garg, 2008, Biodiesel Development from Rice
bran oil: Transesterification Process Optimization and Fuel Characterization, Energy Conversion and
Management, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 1248-1257. (if=3.590, ci=98)
6. Deepak Agarwal, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, 2007, Performance and Emissions Characteristics of
Jatropha Oil (Preheated and Blends) in a Direct Injection Compression Ignition Engine, Applied Thermal
Engineering, Volume 27, Issue 13, Pages 2314-2323. (if=2.624, ci=205)
7. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, L M Das, 2001, Biodiesel Development And Characterization For Use As A
Fuel In Compression Ignition Engine, Journal of Engineering For Gas Turbine and Power, (ASME
Transactions), Volume 123, Number 2, pp 440- 447. (if=0.79, ci=190)
8. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Jayashree Bijwe, L M Das, 2003, Wear Assessment In Biodiesel Fuelled
Compression Ignition Engine, Journal Of Engineering For Gas Turbine And Power (ASME Transactions),
Volume 125, Number 3, pp 820- 826. (if=0.79, ci=271)
9. Anuj Pal, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, 2015, Comparative Study of Laser Ignition and Convention Electric
Spark Ignition Systems in a Hydrogen Fuelled Engine, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol.
40(5), pp 2386-2395. (if=2.930, ci=0)
10. Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Dhar, A., Gupta, J.G., Kim, W.I., Lee, C.S., Park, S., 2014, Effect of fuel
injection pressure and injection timing on spray characteristics and particulate size-number distribution in
a biodiesel fuelled common rail direct injection diesel engine, Applied Energy, Volume 130, 1 Pages 212221. (if=5.261, ci=0)
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CHATTERJEE, SUBRATA (b. 1954) Professor of Department of Metallurgy and Material Engineering
,Head of Dr M.N Dastur,School of Material Science and EngineeringIndian Institute of Engineering
Science and Technology Shibpur, (Formerly Bengal Engineering and Science University Shibpur) Howrah
- 711103
In his doctoral work on acicular ferritic steel Chatterjee formulated kinetics of phase evolution and
strengthening mechanisms. The properties of this Titanium containing steel are comparable to the
properties of niobium bearing steel which is much costlier and the technology was transferred to steel
authority of india limited. Received PRS in Science from University of Calcutta in 1984. During 1994-2000
at BESU Shibpur he developed transition joints between Ti-6Al-4V and 304L stainless steel. Different
reaction products formed at the interface were minimised using intermediate material. The influence of
quantity of reaction product on strength properties were also quantified. The strength property achieved in
the diffusion bonded joints were satisfactory and this technology was transferred to Indian Space
Programme for application in PSLV and GSLV which substituted imported items. Received Metallurgist of
the Year Award from Ministry of Steel Government of India. In the year 2002 he demonstrated the
influence of reaction products formed at the interface on the properties of CpTi and 304 stainless steel
diffusion bonded joints which is used in the nuclear reactors. He also used nickel and copper as
intermediate materials to suppress the formation of reaction products. The outcome of this research is
strength properties of the diffusion bond is equivalent to that of CpTi. Received MRSI medal. In 2012 he
is successful in developing ultra high strength steel for defence applications who proposed the phase
evolution, strengthening mechanism on the properties of the steel.
Proposer : Prof.Indranil Manna, Seconder : Dr. Sanak Mishra.
1. S. Kundu, M. Ghosh, A. Laik, K. Bhanumurthy, G. B. Kale and S. Chatterjee, Diffusion Bonding of
commercially pure titanium to 304 stainless steel using copper interlayer, Materials Science and
Engineering A, 2005, Vol 407, pp 154-160.- Impact factor – 2.88, Citation - 108
2. M. Ghosh, K. Bhanumurthy, G. B. Kale, J. Krishnan and S. Chatterjee, “Diffusion bonding of titanium to
304 stainless steel”, Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2003, Vol.322, pp.235-241.- Impact factor – 2.016,
Citation - 105
3. M. Ghosh and S. Chatterjee, “Diffusion bonded transition joints of titanium to stainless steel with
improved properties” Materials Science and Engineering A, 2003, Vol.A-358, pp.152-158.- Impact factor –
2.88, Citation - 96
4. S Kundu, and S. Chatterjee , “ Interfacial microstructure and mechanical properties of diffusion –
bonded titanium – stainless steel joints using a nickel interlayer”, Materials Science and Engineering A,
2006, Vol-425 (1-2), pp 107-113- Impact factor 2.88, Citation - 77
5. M. Ghosh, S. Chatterjee and B. Mishra,”the effect of intermetallic phases on the strength properties of
diffusion bonds formed between Ti-5.5Al-2.4V and stainless steel”, Materials Science and Engineering A,
2003, Vol.363, pp.268 – 274.- Impact factor 2.88, Citation - 62
6. A Ghosh, S Das, S Chatterjee, B Mishra, & P Ramachandra Rao, “ Influence of thermomechanical
processing and different post – cooling techniques on structure and properties of an ultra low carbon Cu
bearing HSLA forging”, Materials Science and Engineering A, 2003, Vol- 348(1-2), pp 299-308 – Impact
factor 2.88, Citation - 51
7. Ghosh, Arindam; Das, Samar; Chatterjee, S; Mishra, Brajendra; Rao, P Ramachandra; Influence of
thermo-mechanical processing and different post-cooling techniques on structure and properties of an
ultra low carbon Cu bearing HSLA forging, Materials Science and Engineering: A2003, Vol. 348, pp. 299308 Impact factor 2.88 Citation – 51
8. Kundu, S; Chatterjee, S; Characterization of diffusion bonded joint between titanium and 304 stainless
steel using a Ni interlayer, Materials Characterization, 2008, Vol. 59, pp. 631-637 50, Impact factor 2.225
Citation – 50
9. Ghosh, M; Chatterjee, S; Effect of interface microstructure on the bond strength of the diffusion welded
joints between titanium and stainless steel , Materials characterization, 2005, Vol. 54, pp. 327-337,
Impact factor 2.225 Citation – 45.
10. S Das, A Ghosh, S Chatterjee & P R Rao, “The effect of cooling rate on structure and properties of a
HSLA forging”, Scripta Materialia, 2003, Vol- 48(1), pp. 51-57- Impact factor 3.22 Citation – 41
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DEB, KALYANMOY (b 1962), Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Technology Kanpur, Kanpur - 208016.
Prof. Deb is widely known for his contribution in the development and application of evolutionary multicriterion optimization (EMO). He has envisioned, contributed, nurtured and led to make this area a
research field of its own. His first algorithm NSGA demonstrated, for the first time, that multiple trade-off
optimal solutions can be obtained simultaneously in a single simulation. His subsequent algorithm NSGAII is the most popular algorithm for multi-objective optimization and is commercialized through reputed
optimization softwares -- iSight, ModeFrontier and VisualDoc. His first-ever textbook (Wiley, London,
2001, 3,301 citations) has made the practice and teaching of EMO widespread. He started a bi-annual
conference on EMO in 2001; he collaborated with Multiple Criterion Decision Making (MCDM) field and
started Dagstuhl Seminar series with MCDM researchers in 2004. Prof. Deb has contributed profusely to
make evolutionary algorithm (EA) applicable widely to practice. His fundamental contributions in
developing a parameter-less constraint handling strategy a real-parameter recombination operator
customized evolutionary algorithms, uncertainty handling in EAs, dynamic optimization methodologies are
popular. His applications in engineering problem solving, bioinformatics, machine learning, computational
games have amply demonstrated the usefulness of EAs. He is a Fellow of IEEE, INSA, IASc and INAE.
He received Infosys Prize, S.S.Bhatnagar prize in engineering sciences, J.C.Bose fellowship, EdgeworthPareto Award from MCDM Society, Bessel Research Award from Germany. He has written more than
280 papers with a citation count of 20,288 (Microsoft Academic Search) with H-index of 52 and G-index
140.
Proposer: Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Seconder: Prof. Manindra Agrawal
1. Srinivas, N. and Deb, K. (1995). Multi-objective function opt. using non-dominated sorting genetic
algorithms, Evol. Comput. J, 2(3), 221–248.(IF=2.630, CI=1378)
2. 2.Deb, K. (1999). Multi-objective GAs: Problem difficulties and construction of test problems. Evol.
Comput. J. 7(3), 205–230.(IF=2.630, CI=298)
3. Zitzler, E., Deb, K., and Thiele, L. (2000). Comparison of multi-objective evolutionary algorithms. Evol.
Comput. J. 8(2), 173–195.(IF=2.630, CI=866)
4. Deb, K. (2000). An efficient constraint handling method for GAs. Comput. Methods in Applied Mech.
and Engg. 186, 311–338.(IF=2.082, CI=577)
5. 5.Deb, K. & Gulati, S. (2001). Design of truss-structures for min. weight using GAs. J. Finite Elem. in
Anal. & Design, 37(5), 447–465.(IF=1.030, CI=83)
6. Deb, K., Pratap. A, Agarwal, S., and Meyarivan, T. (2002). A fast and elitist multi-objective GA. NSGAII IEEE Trans. on Evol. Comput, 6(2), 181–197. (IF=4.590, CI=3012)
7. Deb, K., Anand, A., & Joshi, D. (2002). A computationally efficient evolutionary algorithm for realparameter optimization. Evol. Comput. J., 10(4), 371–395. (IF=2.630, CI=140)
8. Farina, M., Deb, K., & Amato. P. (2004). Dynamic multi-objective optimization problems: Test cases,
approximations, and applications. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 8(5), 425– 442.
(IF=4.590, CI=71)
9. Deb, K., Mohan, M., & Mishra, S. (2005). Evaluating the o-domination based multi-objective
evolutionary algorithm for a quick computation of Pareto-♀optimal solutions. Evolutionary Computation
Journal, 13(4), 501–525. (IF=2.630, CI=56)
10. Deb, K., Gupta, S., Daum, D., Branke, J., Mall, A., and Padmanabhan, D. (2009). Reliability-Based
Optimization Using Evolutionary Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 13(5),
1054–1074. (IF=4.590, CI=12)
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GUNDRA, SATHEESH REDDY (b 1963), Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri (SA to RM) &
Distinguished Scientist, DRDO Hyderabad - 500069
Dr Satheesh conceptualized, designed, developed and successfully flight tested the country’s first fault
tolerant redundant navigation system for ICBM Agni 5 with range of more than 5000kms achieving few
metres of terminal accuracy in all three missions conducted so far. Towards this, he spearheaded
indigenous research efforts for the high accuracy Ring Laser Gyroscopes (RLGs) and Quartz
Accelerometers. He devised advanced calibration schemes, designed accurate sensor models and
realized state-of-the-art indigenous RLG based first ever inertial navigation system (INS), incorporating
innovative algorithms for alignment and navigation. He is the main architect of the MEMS based miniature
INS aided with SatNav for Strategic Missile applications as redundant system and as main Navigation
system for tactical smart weapons. He envisioned self reliance in satellite aided navigation for Defence
applications and designed the first of its kind indigenous high dynamics GPS+GLONASS+ GAGAN
receiver with provision for Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). He designed tightly
coupled 19-state Kalman Filter for the fusion of Inertial & SatNav information and extensively coded on
high speed navigation processors to provide accurate Navigation. Dr Satheesh developed the country’s
first Strategic Guided Bomb bolstering weapons capability of IAF. He steered R&D of critical Avionics
technologies in the restrictive Control Regimes and made India self-reliant.
Proposer: Dr Prem Shankar Goel, Seconder:Dr Govindan Sundararajan
1. G. Satheesh Reddy and V.K. Saraswat, “Advanced Navigation System for Aircraft Application”,
Defence Science Journal (ISSN: 0011-748X; eISSN: 0976-46X), Vol.63, No.2, DESIDOC Defence
Scientific Documentation Centre, New Delhi, India, March, 2013, pp131-137. (ci=Cited 7 times)
2. Gundra Satheesh Reddy, Vijay Kumar Saraswat and Manjit Kumar, “Analysis of Tropospheric time
delay effect on in-flight attitude improvement of vehicle using integrated GPS-INS”, Indian Journal of
Radio & Space Physics (ISSN: 0367-8393) Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIRNISCAIR) in association with Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi, Vol 42, Jun 2013,
pp143-149.
3. Gundra Satheesh Reddy and Vyasraj Guru Rao, “An Innovative Multiple RF Architecture for Maneuver
Applications (Multiple RF GNSS Receiver)”, Proceedings of the Pearl Jubilee International Conference on
Navigation and Communication, NAVCOM-2012, Sponsored by DST & Technically Co-sponsored by
IEEE Hyderabad Section, jointly organized by NERTU, Osmania University & DRDO, held at Hyderabad,
December 20-21, 2012, pp5-8.
4. Gundra Satheesh Reddy and Sudhir N S, “A Fast TTFF GNSS Receiver for Airborne Applications
(Multiple RF GNSS Receiver”, Proceedings of the Pearl Jubilee International Conference on Navigation
and Communication, NAVCOM-2012, Sponsored by DST & Technically Co-sponsored by IEEE
Hyderabad Section, jointly organized by NERTU, Osmania University & DRDO, held at Hyderabad,
December 20-21, 2012, pp13-17.
5. G. Satheesh Reddy and G. Murali Krishna, “Navigation System for Sea based Canisterised Flight
Vehicles”, Proceedings of Astronautical Society of India - National Conference on Applications and
Challenges in Space Based Navigation (ASI-SBN Conference 2013) at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore,
April 17-18, 2013, pp69-70.
6. K. Chandana, Soumi Chakraborty, Saumya Shanker, R.S. Chandra Sekhar and G. Satheesh Reddy,
“Wing Launched Low Grade Weapon INS Alignment”, Proceedings of Astronautical Society of India National Conference on Applications and Challenges in Space Based Navigation (ASI-SBN Conference
2013) at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, April 17-18, 2013, pp70.
7. Kishore C. Das, I.M. Chhabra, G. Satheesh Reddy and Raj Kumar, “Denoising of RLG output using
Wavelet Transform”, Proceedings of the Pearl Jubilee International Conference on Navigation and
Communication, NAVCOM-2012, Sponsored by DST & Technically Co-sponsored by IEEE Hyderabad
Section, jointly organized by NERTU, Osmania University & DRDO, held at Hyderabad, December 20-21,
2012, pp80-84.
8. G. Satheesh Reddy and Manjit Kumar, “INS-GPS-GLONASS navigation fusion scheme for high
dynamics guided projectiles”, Published in International magazine on Positioning and Navigation,
‘COORDINATES’, Volume VIII, Issue 8, India, August 2012, pp35-42.
9. Jitender Singh, J. Rammohan, Anupam Deep Verma and G. Satheesh Reddy, “Piecewise Quadratic
SplineModel for Gyroscopes in Inertial Navigation System”, Proceedings of Astronautical Society of India
- National Conference on Applications and Challenges in Space Based Navigation (ASI-SBN Conference
2013) at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, April 17-81, 2013, pp81.
10. G. Satheesh Reddy, G. Murali Krishna and Runa Banerjee, “Calibration of Inertial Systems at High ‘G’
using Precision Centrifuge”, Proceedings of National Conference on Advances in Sensors for Aerospace
Applications (SENSORS 2007), Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, Dec 14-15, 2007.
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JAYAKRISHNAN, ATHIPETTAH (b 1953), Vice-Chancellor, University of Kerela, Trivandrum - 695034
Professor A. Jayakrishnan is an internationally renowned polymer scientist who has made highly
significant contributions in the filed of polymers, especially polymers for medical and related applications.
His postdoctoral work at the University of Florida, USA led to the introduction of the concept of
microemulsions in pharmacy as well as many novel polymeric materials and coatings for ophthalmic
applications (US Patent 4,819,617, 1989), most successful among them was the ultraviolet light
absorbing intraocular lens commercialized world wide by Pharmacia Inc.
Apart from establishing laboratories for biomedical polymer research both at Sree Chitra Institute in
Trivandrum and at IIT Madras, worth mentioning the nominee’s significant contributions include novel
hydrogel microspheres for embolization (attained clinical trials), first time synthesis of iodine-containing
polymers with radiocontrast properties, novel methods for the preparation of highly porous microspheres
using polymeric porogens (first use of polymeric porogens), milk protein casein as well as chitosan as
microsphere matrices for sustained drug delivery, melt-encapsulation of polycaprolactone micrsopheres
for antigen delivery (first report of this method), injectable rapidly gelling biopolymers for wound dressing,
cell and drug delivery, polymer-drug conjugates for controlled delivery of drugs for leishmaniasis. Among
the many significant contributions that the nominee has made in the field of surface modification of
polymers, special mention must be made about his paper in Nature (396, 638, 1998) on surface
modification of PVC for medical applications.
Among many editorial board assignments, the nominee has been on the editorial board of Biomaterials,
the highest impact factor journal in the field for a decade.
Proposer : Dr. Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh, Seconder : Prof. Oommen V. Oommen
1. BC Thanoo, MC Sunny, A Jayakrishnan, 1992. Cross-linked Chitosan microspheres: preparation and
evaluation as a matrix for the controlled release of pharmaceuticals, Journal of pharmacy and
pharmacology 44 (4), 283-286 (IF=2.175, CI=243)
2. SR Jameela, A Jayakrishnan, 1995. Glutaraldehyde cross-linked chitosan microspheres as a long
acting biodegradable drug delivery vehicle: studies on the in vitro release of mitoxantrone and in vivo
degradation of microspheres in rat muscle, Biomaterials 16 (10), 769-775 (IF=8.415, CI=229)
3. B Balakrishnan, A Jayakrishnan, 2005. Self-cross-linking biopolymers as injectable in situ forming
biodegradable scaffolds, Biomaterials 26 (18), 3941-3951 (IF=8.415, CI=196)
4. B. Balakrishnan, M Mohanty, PR Umashankar, A Jayakrishnan, 2005.Evaluation of an in situ forming
hydrogel wound dressing based on oxidized alginate and gelatin. Biomaterials 26 (32), 6335-6342
(IF=8.415, CI=182)
5. SR Jameela, TV Kumary, AV Lal, A Jayakrishnan, 1998.Progesterone-loaded chitosan microspheres:
a long acting biodegradable controlled delivery system, Journal of controlled release 52 (1), 17-24
(IF=7.529, CI=142)
6. NJ Joseph, S Lakshmi, A Jayakrishnan, 2002. A floating-type oral dosage form for piroxicam based on
hollow polycarbonate microspheres: in vitro and in vivo evaluation in rabbits, Journal of controlled release
79 (1), 71-79 (IF=7.529, CI=122)
7. SR Jameela, N Suma, A Jayakrishnan, 1997.Protein release from poly (ε-caprolactone) microspheres
prepared by melt encapsulation and solvent evap oration techniques: a comparative study, Journal of
Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 8 (6), 457-466 (IF=1.691, CI=81)
8. SR Jameela, A Misra, A Jayakrishnan, 1995. Cross-linked chitosan microspheres as carriers for
prolonged delivery of macromolecular drugs, Journal of Biomaterials Science, Polymer Edition 6 (7), 621632 (IF=1.691, CI=84)
9. B Balakrishnan, DS Kumar, Y Yoshida, A Jayakrishnan, 2005. Chemical modification of poly (vinyl
chloride) resin using poly (ethylene glycol) to improve blood compatibility, Biomaterials 26 (17), 34953502 (IF=8.415, CI=61)
10. A Jayakrishnan, S Lakshmi, 1998. Immobile plasticizer in flexible PVC, Nature 396, 638-638.
(IF=36.280, CI=33)
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JONNALAGADDA, RAGHAVA RAO (b 1961), Chief Scientist, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute
Adyar Chennai - 600020
It is my pleasure to nominate Dr J Raghava Rao for election to the fellowship of The National Academy of
Sciences of India. He is rated among best five impact making scientists in leather research in the world by
his peers currently. Dr Rao is known to me since 1984. My professional association with him is both deep
and extensive. I advised his Master’s and doctoral thesis work. He is one of my best students who
outperformed me in both quantum and quality through his scientific contributions in leather related
research. I am personally proud of his professional accomplishments. He identified a cyclic tetrameric
species as being responsible for poor absorption levels (around 75%) of chromium tanning salts. This
finding led to a breakthrough in cleaner tanning methods and a chromium tanning salt with absorption
levels exceeding 97%. His tanning technology has reached the commercial adoption in India. His work
sought paradigm shifts in leather processing and gave clues for bio-processing alternatives to chemical
methods. He demonstrated that amylases open up of fibre bundles in skin and hides without the use of
chemicals. This breakthrough received an editorial review in Nature. He is the senior author of a large
number of papers in SCI journals (256) with h-index of 29 and holds an impressive patent portfolio. His
work has been recognized by professional bodies through many important awards and election to FNAE
and FRSC (UK). He is a star with a bright future in leather research in world platform.
Proposer: Dr. T Ramasami, Seconder:Dr. P G Rao
1. Removal of basic yellow dye from aqueous solution by sorption on green alga Caulerpa scalpelliformis
R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao, Balachandran Unni Nair J Hazardous Materials, 142, 68-76,
2007. (if=4.529, ci=130)
2. Bioaccumulation of Chromium from Tannery Wastewater: An Approach for Chrome Recovery and
Reuse R. Aravindhan, B. Madhan, J. Raghava Rao, B Unni Nair and T Ramasami Environ. Sci. Technol.
38, 300-306, 2004. (if=5.330, ci=120)
3. Progress and Recent Trends in Biotechnological Methods for Leather Processing P Thanikaivelan, J
Raghava Rao, B U. Nair and T Ramasami Trends Biotechnol., 22 (4), 181-188, 2004. (if=11.958, ci=81)
4. Green Route for the Disposal of Chrome Shavings (Chromium Containing Solid Waste) in Tanning
Industry J.Raghava Rao, P. Thanikaivelan, K.J. Sreeram and B.U Nair Environ. Sci. Technol. 36, 13721376, 2002. (if=5.330, ci=46)
5. Recent Trends in Leather Making: Processes, Problems and Pathways P. Thanikaivelan, J. Raghava
Rao, B U Nair and T. Ramasami Crit. Rev. Env. Sci. Technol., 35, 37-79, 2005. (if= 3.468, ci=44)
6. Zero discharge tanning: A shift from chemical to biocatalytic leather processing P. Thanikaivelan, J.
Raghava Rao, B Unni Nair and T Ramasami Environ. Sci. Technol. 36, 4187-4194, 2002. (if= 5.330, ci=
42)
7. Wet oxidation of acid brown dye by hydrogen peroxide using heterogeneous catalyst Mn-salen-Y
zeolite: A potential catalyst R Aravindhan, N. N . Fathima, J. Raghava Rao and BU Nair Journal of
Hazardous Materials 138, 152-159, 2006 (if= 4.529, ci= 40)
8. Solid waste removes toxic liquid waste: Adsorption of chromium(VI) by iron complexed protein waste N.
N . Fathima, R. Aravindhan, J. Raghava Rao and B U Nair Environ. Sci. Technol. 39, 2804-2810,
2005 (if= 5.330, ci= 39)
9. Green solution for tannery pollution: effect of enzyme based lime-free unhairing and fibre opening in
combination with pickle-free chrome tanning S Saravanabhavan, R Aravindhan, P. Thanikaivelan, J.
Raghava Rao and BU Nair Green Chemistry, 5, 707-714, 2003(if=8.02, ci= 31)
10. Semi-continuous recovery of chromium from waste water KJ Sreeram, J Raghava Rao, R Sundaram,
B Unni Nair and T Ramasami Green Chemistry, 2, 37-41, 2000 (if= 8.02, ci= 28)
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JOSHI, SHRIKANT VISHWANATH (b 1960), Associate Director, International Advanced Research
Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad - 500005
Dr. JOSHI is well-known for his several noteworthy contributions in the fields of Surface Engineering and
Laser Materials Processing. His impressive research record reflected in the accompanying list of 75
publications has significantly enhanced understanding in the above fields besides aiding applied research
and technological development. The Detonation Spray Coating (DSC) technology transferred by his
group is an unqualified commercial success and widely utilized by industry. Successful development of a
thermal barrier coating for the AGNI missile and indigenous refurbishment of turbine blades have also
been significant accomplishments. Dr.Joshi’s success can be attributed to his ability to conceive and
successfully implement R&D programs to address recognized technological requirements. Unique
facilities set up in the process, such as Solution Precursor Plasma Spray System, Electron-Beam PVD
Unit, Cold Gas Dynamic Spraying, several high-power lasers and a commercial-intent facility for Sol-Gel
coatings, now provide the foundation for realizing strategic applications. For example, the spectrum of
applications established by Dr.Joshi as Head of India’s first facility based on high-power lasers include
hardening of steam turbine blades (now adopted by BHEL), cutting of combustor casings for land-based
gas turbines and welding of guidance control solenoid valves. As evident from the above, Dr.Joshi’s
contributions have spanned high quality research, development and transfer of industrially-relevant
technologies, translation of novel laser-based applications to Indian industry, establishment of nationally
unique facilities to showcase emergent technologies and conception & execution of varied projects of
strategic relevance. These accomplishments clearly make him a most deserving candidate for the
Fellowship of NASI.
Proposer : Dr.P.Rama Rao, Seconder : Dr.G.Sundararajan
1. M. Chatterjee, J. Ray, A. Chatterjee, D. Ganguli, S.V. Joshi and M.P. Srivastava, 1993, Thermal Barrier
Coatings From Sol-Gel Derived Spray-Grade Y2O3-ZrO2 Microspheres Journal of Materials Science, 28
(10), 2803 (if=2.163, ci=29)
2. G.R. Krishna, D.K. Das, V. Singh and S.V. Joshi 1998, Role of Platinum Content in the Microstructural
Development and Oxidation Performance of Pt-Aluminide Coatings Produced using a High Activity
Aluminizing Process, Materials Science & Engineering, A251, 40 (if=2.108, ci=61)
3. D.K. Das, V. Singh and S.V. Joshi, 1998, Evolution of Aluminide Coating Microstructure on Nickel-base
Cast Superalloy CM-247 in a single-Step High-Activity Aluminizing Process Metallurgical and Materials
Transactions A-Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, 29 (8), 2173 (if=1.627, ci=75)
4. P. Saravanan, V. Selvarajan, D.S. Rao, S.V. Joshi and G. Sundararajan, 2000, Influence of Process
Variables on the Quality of Detonation Gun Sprayed Alumina Coatings Surface & Coatings Technology,
123 (1), 44 (if=1.941, ci=27)
5. S. Bandyopadhyay, J.K. Sarin Sundar, G. Sundararajan and S.V. Joshi, 2002, Geometrical Features
and Metallurgical Characteristics of Nd:YAG Laser Drilled Holes in Thick IN718 and Ti-6Al-4V Sheets,
Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 127 (1), 83(if=1.953, ci=52)
6. G. Thawari, G. Sundararajan and S.V. Joshi, 2003, Laser Surface Alloying of Medium Carbon Steel
with SiCp, Thin Solid Films, Thin Solid Films, 423 (1), 41 (if=1.604, ci=28)
7. A.Balakrishnan, P.Pizette, C.Martin, S.Joshi and B.Saha, 2010, Effect of Particle Size in Aggregated
and Agglomerated Ceramic Powders, Acta Materialia, 58, 802 (if=3.941, ci=17)
8. G.Sivakumar, R.O.Dusane and S.V.Joshi, 2011, In situ Particle Generation and Splat Formation during
Solution Precursor Plasma Spraying of Yttria Stabilized Zirconia Coatings, J.Amer. Ceram.Soc., 94, 4191
(if=2.107, ci=3)
9. Rekha Dom, G Sivakumar, Neha Y Hebalkar, S.V. Joshi, P.H. Borse, 2013, Eco-friendly Ferrite NanoComposite Photoelectrode for Improved Solar Hydrogen Generation, RSC Advances, 3, 15217. (if=2.562,
ci=0)
10. Krishna Valleti, D. Murali Krishna and S. V. Joshi, 2014, Functional Multi-Layer Nitride Coatings for
High Temperature Solar Selective Applications, Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 121, 14-21.
(if=4.630, ci=0)
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KALE, KARBHARI VISHWANATH (b 1962), Professor Department of Computer Science and
Information Technology AND Director, Board of Colleges and University Development, Dr. Babasaheb
Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad - 431004
The nominee is President of ICT Section of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata for the year
2015-2016 under the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India. He is member of
Perspective Development Plan Committee, Higher and Technical Education, Government of
Maharashtra. He is great leader in research area State Coordinator, Research and Innovation Hub under
RUSA, Maharashtra State Government under MHRD. He is also a Program Coordinator of UGC SAP and
DST FIST Program. He has established and developed Multimodal Biometrics Research (MBRL) &
Geospatial Technology as a unique national Laboratory, as a centre of excellence in teaching and
research. He has several academic honors and professional distinctions to his credits. Recipient of VIJAY
SHREE Award for his meritorious services, outstanding performance and remarkable role in the field and
bio-graphed in Who's who in the world at USA. He is recipient of the most prestigious One Time
Research Grant from UGC for research and development on biometrics system development. He is also
a recipient of International Amazing Idea Award by SAI International (USA) at LANDON in its International
conference and excellent paper award at IACSIT International Conference (ICCEE-2013) at Paris,
France. He has supervised 28 PhD., published more than 285 National and International research
articles, more than 50 papers are in Scopus Index, 04 books and 2 book chapters. The current impact
factor of his research is more than 34, with h-index of 13 and i10-index of 18. He has given number of
plenary lectures and Chaired Sessions
Proposer: Dr. Suresh Chandra Mehrotra, Seconder:Dr.P.C.Pandey
1. Kale k.v, et al 2015, "Computer based RR-Interval detection system with ectopic correction in HRV
data," Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI), 2015 International
Conference on, Kochi, 2015, pp. 1613-1618 (if=4.93, ci=03)
2. Kale k.v, et al,2014, "Suitable sites identification for solid waste dumping using RS and GIS approach:
A case study of Aurangabad, (MS) India," India Conference (INDICON), 2014 Annual IEEE, Pune, 2014,
pp. 1-6 (if=4.93, ci=02)
3. K. V. Kale, et.al, 2013, "Multimodal Biometric System Using Fingernail and Finger Knuckle,"
Computational and Business Intelligence (ISCBI), 2013 International Symposium on, New Delhi, 2013,
pp. 279-283 (if=4.93, ci=05)
4. Kale k.v, et al, 2012, "Multimodal biometric system using face and signature: a score level fusion
approach." Advances in Computational Research 4.1 (2012). (if=4.47, ci=05)
5. Kale k.v, et al., 2012, “Multimodal Biometric System Using Face And Signature: A Score Level Fusion
Approach” Advances In Computational Research 4 (1), 99-103 (if=4.47, ci=02)
6. Kale k.v, et al.,2011, “Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Bacilli Cells Identification Using Moment Invariant”
International Journal Of Machine Intelligence, 146-149 (if=4.45, ci=02)
7. Kale k.v, et al., 2010,”Fingerprint Image De-Noising Using Multi-Resolution Analysis (MRA) Through
Stationary Wavelet Transform (SWT) Method” International Journal Of Knowledge Engineering, ISSN:
0976 5816 (if=4.50, ci=07)
8. K V Kale et al., 2008,“Microarray: An Approach For Current Drug Targets” Current Drug Metabolism 9
(3), 221-231 (if=5.41, ci=15)
9. Kale k.v, et al.,2007,”Performance Analysis Of Biorthogonal Wavelet Filters For Lossy Fingerprint
Image Compression” International Journal Of Imaging Science And Engineering (IJISE) 1 (1) (if=2.97,
ci=44)
10. Kale k.v, et al., 2007,”Prediction Of MHC Binding Peptides And Epitopes From Alfalfa Mosaic Virus”
Current Drug Discovery Technologies 4 (2), 117-125 (if=5.04, ci=64)
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KUMAR, ASHOK (b 1963), Endowed Chair Professor; Department of Biological Science and
Bioengineering; Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur - 208016
Prof. Ashok Kumar is an eminent scientist and leading academician in the field of Bioengineering and
Bioprocess Engineering. He has contributed significantly in the development of new biomaterials for
health care and medical sciences using engineering approach {Kumar & Srivastava (2010). Nature
protocols 5, 1737; Bhat et al. (2011). J Royal Society Interface 8, 540}. Prof. Kumar has pioneered new
area of biomaterials, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine which has great impact in the area of
bioengineering. His unique expertise in multidisciplinary areas has provided him with special competence
to develop technologies and processes for biomedical sciences using engineering concepts. His
nomination for this prestigious recognition is based on the major achievements he has established in the
health and medical sciences by integrating the expertise from engineering sciences and technologies with
biological and biomedical sciences. His pioneering research works has resulted in national and
international patents and high impact peer reviewed papers in journals like, Nature group, PNAS, Royal
Society, etc. It is envisaged that his technologies can go a long way in developing new approaches in
regenerative medicine which can be of significant relevance for the health care development in our
country and globally. Major thrust of his research has been in cartilage and bone regeneration and
development of bioartificial lever support. Prof. Kumar is recipient of numerous awards and recognitions.
Prof Ashok Kumar is thus strongly nominated for F.N.A.Sc recognition for his past research and academic
achievements and for future scope of his scientific, technological and engineering innovations.
Proposer: Dr. Kaillash Chand Gupta , Seconder:Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
1. Kumar, A., Srivastava, A., Galaev, I. Yu. and Mattiasson, B. (2007). Smart Polymers: Physical Forms
and Bioengineering Applications. Progress in Polymer Science 32, 1205-1237. (if=26.85, ci=409)
2. Kathuria, N., Tripathi, A., Kar, K. K. and Kumar, A. (2009). Synthesis and Characterization of Elastic
and Macroporous Chitosan-Gelatin Cryogels for Tissue Engineering. Acta Biomaterialia. 5, 406418 (if=5.076, ci=119)
3. Kumar, A. and Srivastava, A. (2010). Cell separation using cryogel based affinity chromatography.
Nature Protocols 5 (11), 1737-1747 (Highlighted as a cover page article and as webpage picture) (if=7.78,
ci=50)
4. Jain, E. and Kumar, A. (2013). Disposable polymeric cryogel bioreactor for therapeutic protein
production. Nature Protocols 8 (5); 821-835 (if=7.78, ci=4)
5. Gupta, A., Bhat, S., Jagdale, P. R., Chaudhari, B.P., Lidgren, L., Gupta, K. C. and Kumar, A. (2014).
An in vivo Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Chitosan-Agarose-Gelatin Cryogel Scaffold for the Repair of
Subchondral Cartilage Defect in the Rabbit model. Tissue Engineering A 20(23-24):3101-11. DOI:
10.1089/ten.tea.2013.0702. (if=4.254, ci=53)
6. Bhat, S., Tripathi, A. and Kumar, A. (2011). Supermacroprous chitosan-agarose-gelatin cryogels: In
vitro characterization and in vivo assessment for cartilage tissue engineering. J Royal Society Interface 8
(57), 540-554. (if=4.90, ci=26)
7. Mishra, R., Goel, S. K., Gupta, K. C. and Kumar, A. (2014). Biocomposite cryogels as tissue
engineered biomaterials for regeneration of critical-sized cranial bone defects. Tissue Engineering A
20(3-4):751-62. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2013.0072. (if=4.254, ci=3)
8. Kumar, A., Mishra, R., Reinwald, Y., Bhat, S. (2010). Cryogels: Freezing unveiled by thawing. Materials
Today, 13, 42-44. (if=5.565, ci=9)
9. Mattiasson, B., Dainiak, M., Kumar, A., Galaev, I. Yu. (2006). Detachment of affinity captured
bioparticles by elastic deformation of macroporous hydrogel. Proc. Nat. Acd. Sci. (PNAS) -USA 103, 849854. (if=9.80, ci=68)
10. Tripathi, A. and Kumar, A. (2011). Multi-featured Macroporous Agarose-Alginate Cryogel: Synthesis
and Characterization for Bioengineering Applications. Macromolecular Bioscience 11, 22-35. (if=3.886,
ci=24)
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MAULIK, UJJWAL (b 1965), Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Jadavpur
Univeristy,Kolkata-700032
The pioneering contributions of Ujjwal focus on the interplay of computational intelligence and machine
learning, and their real life applications in remote sensing, medical image analysis, computational biology
and social network. Ujjwal demonstrated for the first time the applicability of evolutionary clustering for
partitioning large data sets. This was a consequence of his novel proposal of center based encoding
which increased the convergence speed substantially while overcoming local optima. For automatically
determining the model order, Ujjwal then proposed new cluster validity index and theoretically
demonstrated the uniqueness and global optimality of the partitioning thus obtained. Ujjwal has made
fundamental contributions in proposing the concept of multiobjective evolutionary clustering where
multiple conflicting cluster validity indices are simultaneously optimized. The hallmarks of Ujjwal’s
research are his consistent implementation-based approach in addition to mathematical modeling, and
making all the software and web-servers freely available worldwide. The strong impact of Ujjwal’s
contributions is evident from 260+ publications including 3 authored and 8 edited book, 130 journals
papers, out of which 30 are in 3+, another 42 are 2+ IF journals, IEEE EC popular article in 2014 and
“highly accessed” articles in Biomed Central, and 6970+ citations with h index=31 and i10 index=82
(Google Scholar). He also serves the editorial board of prestigious journals like IEEE TFS and Information
Science. For his outstanding research contributions, Ujjwal has been awarded Humboldt Fellowship,
Germany, Senior Associateship from ICTP, Italy, invited to Grenoble INP, France for supervising doctoral
students and elected Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Proposer : Prof. Dwijesh Kumar Dutta Majumder, Seconder : Dr. Shahid Jameel
1. U. Maulik and S. Bandyopadhyay, Genetic Algorithm Based Clustering Technique, Pattern
Recognition, 33(9), pp.1455-1465, 2000 (if=3.096, ci=1018)
2. U. Maulik and S. Bandyopadhyay, Performance Evaluation of Some Clustering Algorithms and Validity
Indices, IEEE TPAMI, 24(12), pp.1650-1654, 2002 (if=5.694, ci=734)
3. U Maulik, S Bandyopadhyay, Fuzzy partitioning using a real-coded variable-length genetic algorithm for
pixel classification, IEEE TGRS, 41 (5), pp. 1075-1081, 2003 (if=3.514, ci=198)
4. U Maulik, Medical image segmentation using genetic algorithms, IEEE TITB, 13 (2), 166-173, 2009
(if=2.493, ci=101)
5. S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Saha, U. Maulik and K. Deb, A Simulated Annealing Based Multi-objective
Optimization Algorithm: AMOSA, IEEE TEC, 12(3), pp.269-283, 2008 (if=5.454, ci=411)
6. A. Mukhopadhyay, U. Maulik and S. Bandyopadhyay, Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm based Fuzzy
Clustering of Categorical Attributes, IEEE TEC, 13(5), 2009 (if=5.454, ci=73)
7. U. Maulik and I. Saha, Automatic Fuzzy Clustering using Modified Differential Evolution for Image
Classification, IEEE TGRS, 48(9), pp.3503-3510, 2010 (if=3.514, ci=78)
8. A. Mukhopadhyay and U. Maulik, Unsupervised Pixel Classification in Satellite Imagery using
Multiobjective Fuzzy Clustering Combined with SVM Classifier, IEEE TGRS, 47(4), pp.1132-1138, 2009
(if=3.514, ci=48)
9. U. Maulik and D. Chakraborty, A self-trained ensemble semisupervised SVM: An application to pixel
classification of remote sensing imagery, Pattern Recognition, 44(3), pp. 615-623, 2011 (if=3.096, ci=41)
10. U Maulik, I Saha, Modified differential evolution based fuzzy clustering for pixel classification in
remote sensing imagery, Pattern Recognition 42 (9), 2135-2149, 2009 (if=3.096, ci=100)
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MISHRA, SUBHASH CHANDRA (b 1964), Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT
Guwahati - 781039
An INAE Chair Professor, a fellow of INAE and ASME, and a recipient of Alexander von Humboldt and
JSPS fellowships, Prof. Mishra is an outstanding scientist in the area of thermal engineering. An expert of
thermal radiation, his work is acknowledged worldwide as benchmark on radiation and/or conduction heat
transfer. Unlike conduction and convection, dependence of thermal radiation on polar angle, azimuthal
angle and wavelength makes its analysis very difficult. And, there is none in India who has treated this
subject better than him. His seminal work on Lattice Boltzmann method for complex radiative interactions
are highly appreciated and cited. Since 2005, when this area was started by him, he has contributed 50
journal papers on various aspects. As an academician, Prof. Mishra has made significant contributions.
Staying at the farthest corner of the country, from its inception, he has dedicated himself in building up the
strong research culture at IIT Guwahati. His 122 publications in quality journals (h-index =
22 http://www.scopus.com) with 2194 citations (h-index: 25, http://scholar.google.co.in) bears sign of this.
26 journal publications from BTech and 32 papers with MTech students alone serve an inspiration for all
in the IIT fraternity. In personal life, he is an example for many. His brave fight with the malignant brain
cancer, serves an inspiration for all. The positive thinking, enthusiasm and scientific temperament that he
has demonstrated in academics and research, along with a positive picture of life to all qualify him to
become the fellow of National Academy of Sciences
Proposer : Prof. Sarit Kumar Das , Seconder : Prof. Gautam Biswas
1. S.C. Mishra and A. Lankadasu, 2005, Analysis of transient conduction and radiation heat transfer using
the lattice Boltzmann method and the discrete transfer method, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, 47(9),
935-954, (if=1.548, ci=58)
2. S.C. Mishra, A. Lankadasu and K. Beronov, 2005, Application of the lattice Boltzmann method for
solving the energy equation of a 2-D transient conduction-radiation problem, International Journal of Heat
and Mass Transfer, 48, 3648-3659, (if=2.522, ci=73)
3. S.C. Mishra, H.K. Roy and N. Misra, 2006, Discrete ordinate method with a new and a simple
quadrature scheme, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 101(2), 249262, (if=2.288, ci=40)
4. N. Anand Krishna and S.C. Mishra, 2006, The discrete transfer method applied to the radiative heat
transfer in a variable refractive index semitransparent medium, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and
Radiative Transfer, 102, 432-440. (if=2.288, ci=31)
5. S.C. Mishra, P. Chug, P. Kumar and K. Mitra, 2006, Development and comparison of the DTM, the
DOM and the FVM formulations for the short-pulse laser transport through a participating medium,
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 49(11-12), 1820-1832, (if=2.522, ci=52)
6. S.C. Mishra and H.K. Roy, 2007,Solving transient conduction-radiation problems using the lattice
Boltzmann method and the finite volume method, Journal of Computational Physics, 233, 89107, (if=2.485, ci=98)
7. S.C. Mishra, T.B. Pavan Kumar and B. Mondal, 2008, Lattice Boltzmann method applied to the solution
of energy equation of a radiation and non-Fourier heat conduction problem, Numerical Heat Transfer,
Part A, 54(8), 798-818, (if=1.548, ci=32)
8. R. Raj, A. Prasad, P. R. Parida and S.C. Mishra, 2006, Analysis of solidification of a semitransparent
planar layer using the lattice Boltzmann method and the discrete transfer method, Numerical Heat
Transfer, Part A, 49, 279-299, (if=1.548, ci=38)
9. B. Mondal and S.C. Mishra, 2009, Simulation of natural convection in the presence of volumetric
radiation using the lattice Boltzmann method, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A, 55, 18-41. (if=1.548,
ci=42)
10. P Rath, SC Mishra, P Mahanta, UK Saha, K Mitra, 2003, Discrete transfer method applied to transient
radiative transfer problems in participating medium, Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A: 44 (2), 183197, (if=1.548, ci=42)
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NARAYANAN, RAVISHANKAR (b 1970), Professor, Material Research Centre, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore - 560012
Ravishankar has been carrying out high-impact work in the area of nucleation and growth of
nanostructures as evident from his list of publications. His group was the first to demonstrate the growth
of molecular scale gold nanowires using a simple solution-based technique (Advanced Materials, 2007).
Based on impact and the number of citations in a short period, this work was selected as an Emerging
Research Front by Thomson Reuters Science Watch in 2009. His recent results have demonstrated a
remarkable insulating behaviour in these wires and remarkable photoelectrooxidation catalytic activity in
ZnO/Au nanowire hybrids (JACS 2014). His group has demonstrated a remarkable relaxation mechanism
leading to wrinkling of atomic planes in these Au nanowires. Ravishankar has made significant
contribution to predict conditions under with two-dimensional nanostructures form and has extended this
work to show that the formation of plate-shaped apatite phase in the bone is also related to the low
driving force under which these form (Nanotechnology, 2008, J. Phys. Chem C 2009, Biomaterials, 2008).
His group has developed several methods for synthesis of nanoscale heterostructure with important
application for energy and environment (Chem. Mater, J. Mater. Chem, Nanoscale, JACS, PCCP 2011).
His group has developed a general methodology for synthesizing high surface area, highly active
nanoporous metals and alloys for the first time (Langmuir, 2009, J. Mater. Chem. 2011 and Nanoscale
2011). His recent works provides new insights into the formation of ultrafine metal particles on oxides
under microwave reduction conditions (ACS Nano 2011).
Proposer : Prof. Kamanio Chattopadhyay, Seconder : Prof. Vikram Jayaram
1. A Leelavathi, G Madras, N Ravishankar New Insights into Electronic and Geometric Effects in the
Enhanced Photoelectrooxidation of Ethanol Using ZnO Nanorod/Ultrathin Au Nanowire Hybrids Journal of
the American Chemical Society 136 (41), 14445-14455 (2014)(if=11.44, ci=1)
2. A Roy, S Kundu, K Müller, A Rosenauer, S Singh, P Pant, MP Gururajan, Praveen Kumar, J
Weissmüller, Abhishek Kumar Singh, N. Ravishankar Wrinkling of Atomic Planes in Ultrathin Au
Nanowires Nano letters 14 (8), 4859-4866 (2014) (if=12.94, ci=3)
3. Anumol, E.A., P. Kundu, P.A. Deshpande, G. Madras, and N. Ravishankar New Insights into Selective
Heterogeneous Nucleation of Metal Nanoparticles on Oxides by Microwave-Assisted Reduction: Rapid
Synthesis of High-Activity Supported Catalysts ACS Nano, 5(10): p. 8049-61 (2011) (if=12.03, ci=29)
4. P Kundu, C Nethravathi, PA Deshpande, M Rajamathi, G Madras, N. Ravishankar Ultrafast microwaveassisted route to surfactant-free ultrafine Pt nanoparticles on graphene: synergistic co-reduction
mechanism and high catalytic activity Chemistry of Materials 23 (11), 2772-2780, 77 (2011) (if=8.535,
ci=111)
5. C Nethravathi, EA Anumol, M Rajamathi, N Ravishankar Highly dispersed ultrafine Pt and PtRu
nanoparticles on graphene: formation mechanism and electrocatalytic activity Nanoscale 3 (2), 569-571,
55, (2011) (if=6.739, ci=78)
6. Viswanath, B., P. Kundu, A. Halder, and N. Ravishankar Mechanistic aspects of shape selection and
symmetry breaking during nanostructure growth by wet chemical methods (Centenary Feature Article)
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113(39): p. 16866-16883. (2009) (if=4.835, ci=75)
7. A Halder, S Sharma, MS Hegde, N Ravishankar Controlled attachment of ultrafine platinum
nanoparticles on functionalized carbon nanotubes with high electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113 (4), 1466-1473, 82 (2009)(if=4.835, ci=114)
8. Viswanath, B. and N. Ravishankar Controlled synthesis of plate-shaped hydroxyapatite and
implications for the morphology of the apatite phase in bone Biomaterials, 29(36): p. 4855-4863.
(2008) (if=8.312, ci=86)
9. Viswanath, B., R. Raghavan, U. Ramamurty, and N. Ravishankar Mechanical properties and
anisotropy in hydroxyapatite single crystals Scripta Materialia, 57(4): p. 361-364. (2007) (if=3.162, ci=76)
10. Halder, A. and N. Ravishankar Ultrafine single-crystalline gold nanowire arrays by oriented
attachment Advanced Materials, 19(14): p. 1854-1858. (2007) (if=15.409, ci=211)
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PATHAK, LOKESH CHANDRA (b 1962), Sr. Principal Scientist,Corrosion & Surface Engineering
Division, National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur - 831007
Dr. Lokesh Chandra Pathak’s nomination is based on his significant contributions in the field of materials
science and technology, particularly in the area of innovative processing of advanced nano-sized
ceramics, ultra high temperature materials and superhard coatings. Dr. Pathak’s significant scientific
contributions on nano-sized materials include the development of a new, simple and versatile pyrophoric
process by controlling the redox reaction, new self-propagating high-temperature synthesis (SHS) of
nano-crystalline TiB2 and ZrB2 powder using NaCl as SHS diluent, new microwave assisted solution
combustion process for Ni powder using urea and Ni wire using tri-ethanol amine. His contribution
towards the understanding of sintering kinetics of the nano-sized powder has significant role in the
progress of materials science particularly on the understanding of defect concentration towards the
sintering of diborides, the promising ultrahigh temperature ceramics. He has also fabricated high quality
ZrB2-Cu composite to replace the copper based electro discharge machining tools. In continuing
research activities on SHS, Dr. Pathak has developed a process for near net shape Al2O3-SiCw
composites using a new rapid heating self propagating high temperature synthesis (RH-SHS) technique.
Dr. Pathak’s research activities are also focused towards surface engineering to enhance the material
performance. The development of superhard, supertough and high temperature nano composite coatings
particularly Si-C-N, Ti-Si-C-B-N and TiB2 are noteworthy. The deposition of nanocrystalline Pt films on
insulating substrate has the high potential for catalytic applications. Recently, Dr. Pathak has developed
several metal alloy coatings on steel for replacement of toxic Cadmium, hexavalent chrome as well as for
antibacterial applications.
Proposer : Dr. Srinivasan Srikanth, Seconder : Prof. Indranil Manna
1. L.C.Pathak, T.B.Singh, S.Das, A.K.Verma and P.Ramachandrarao,Effect of pH on the combustion
synthesis of nano-crystalline alumina powder, Mater. Lett. 57 380 (2002) (if=2.269, ci=85)
2. A. Khanra, L.C. Pathak, S.K. Mishra, M.M. Godkhindi, Effect of NaCl on the synthesis of TiB2 powder
by a self-propagating high-temperature (SHS) technique, Materials Letters 58(5) 733-738
(2004) (if=2.269, ci=64)
3. K. Venkateswarlu, L.C.Pathak, A.K.ray, G.Das, P.K.Verma, M. Kumar and R.N.Ghosh, Microstructure,
Tensile strength and wear behaviour of Al-Sc alloy, Mater. Sci. Engg. A 374-380 (2004) (if=2.409, ci=60)
4. A.K.Singh, L.C. Pathak and S. K. Roy, Effect of citric acid on the synthesis of nano-crystalline Yttria
stabilized Zirconia powder, Ceram Intl. 33, 1463 (2007) (if=2.086, ci=58)
5. S.K.Mishra, S.Das and L.C.Pathak, Defect structure in ZrB2 powders prepared by self-propagating
high-temperature synthesis route, Mater. Sci. Engg. A 364 (1-2) 249-255 (2004) (if=2.409, ci=53)
6. L.C.Pathak, A.K.Ray, S.Das, C.S. Sivaramakrishnan and P. Ramachandrarao, Carbothermal synthesis
of nano-crystalline AlN powders, J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 82 257 (1999) (if=2.428, ci=45)
7. L. C. Pathak and S. K. Mishra, A review on Synthesis of Y-Ba-Cu-oxide powder : Topical Review,
Supercond. Sci.Technol. 18 R67-R89 (2005) (if=2.796, ci=44)
8. AK Khanra, BR Sarkar, B Bhattacharya, LC Pathak, MM Godkhindi, Performance of ZrB2-Cu
composite as an EDM electrode, J. Mater. Processing Technol.183 (1), 122-126 (2007) (if=2.041, ci=42)
9. D. Bhattacharya, L.C. Pathak, S.K. Mshra, D.Sen and K.L.Chopra, Pyrophoric synthesis technique for
multicomponent high-temperature superconductors, Appl. Phys. Lett.57 p2145-2147 (1990) (if=3.515,
ci=34)
10. L.C.Pathak, S.K. Mishra, P.G. Mukunda, M.M. Godkhindi, D. Bhattacharya and K.L.Chopra, Sintering
studies on submicrometre sized Y-Ba-Cu-oxide powder, J. Mater. Sci. (1994) (if=2.305, ci=31)
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SINGH, ASHOK KUMAR (b 1962), Scientist “G” Material Science Division, Defence Metallurgical
Research Laboratory, Kanchanbagh P.O., Hyderabad – 500 058
Dr Singh has pioneered the study of the ordered ground state structures in binary cph alloys using
innovative sublattice division method and reformulated cluster and configuration polyhedron methods.
This has explained the stability of experimentally observed superstructures such as that of Ti2AlNb which
is a potential aerospace material. He has utilized sophisticated electron microscopy and diffraction
techniques to unravel the microstructural evolution of several titanium based alloys, intermetallics and
nanocomposites. Rietveld structure refinement and first-principles calculations which have resulted in an
understanding of the formation of an orthorhombic martensitic phase in Ti-Nb alloys and the discovery of
a new B2 Ti-Al-Zr phase. These results are critical to optimize suitable microstructures of alloys. He has
extensively studied the evolution of texture and mechanical property anisotropy during thermomechanical
processing of technologically important alloys, functional materials and coatings. This is significant in the
processing of two-phase materials in general and single-phase materials having low symmetry in
particular, in the design of processing routes for Al, Cu and Ni based alloys to produce near isotropic
sheets and achievement of optimum properties in magnetic materials by controlling c-axis misalignment
with respect to compaction field axis. Thus, Dr. Singh has contributed extensively to all aspects of
materials development starting from melting through processing to final product using texture as a tool in
a unique way. His current work aims to relate the different modes of processing to evolution of texture in
single and two phase materials and is expected to lead to newer class of materials.
Proposer: Prof. S. Lele, Seconder: Prof. Anil K. Bhatnagar
1. A. K. Singh, V. Singh and S. Lele, (1991) Ground State Structures in Ordered Binary HCP Alloys with
Pairwise Third Neighbour Interactions, Acta Metall. et Mater., 39, 2847-2856. (if=3.941, ci=15)
2. A. K. Singh and D. Banerjee, (1997) Transformations in alpha2+gamma Titanium Aluminide Alloys
Containing Molybdenum: Part II – Heat treatment, Metall. and Mater. Trans., 28A, 1745-1753. (if=1.627,
ci=26)
3. A. K. Singh, Amit Bhattacharjee and A. K. Gogia, (1999) Microstructure and Texture of a Rolled and
Annealed Titanium Alloy Ti-10V-4.5Fe-1.5Al, Mater. Sci. and Engg. A270, 225-230. (if=2.108, ci=22)
4. R. K. Singh, A. K. Singh, N. Eswara Prasad, (2000) Texture and Mechanical Properties Anisotropy in
an Al-Mg-Si-Cu Alloy, Mater. Sci. Eng., A277, 114-122. (if=2.108, ci=30)
5. A. K. Singh and R. A. Schwarzer,Z. Metallkunde, (2000) Texture and Mechanical Property Anisotropy
in Titanium and Its Alloys, 91, 702-716. (if=0.83, ci=40)
6. M. Geetha, A. K. Singh, K. Muraleedharan, A. K. Gogia, R. Asokamani, (2001) Effect of
Thermomechanical Processing on Microstructure of a Ti-13Nb-13Zr Alloy, J. Alloys and Compounds,
329, 264-271. (if=2.390, ci=84)
7. A. K. Singh, K.Muraleedharan and D.Banerjee, (2003) Solidification Structure in a Cast Gamma Alloy,
Scripta Materialia, 48, 767-772.(if=2.821, ci=13)
8. S. Banumathy, R. K. Mandal and A. K. Singh, (2009) Structure of Orthorhombic Martensitic Phase in
Binary Ti - Nb Alloys, J. Appl. Physics, 106, 093518-1-6. (if=2.220, ci=14)
9. M. Geetha, A. K. Singh, R. Asokamani and A. K. Gogia, (2009) Ti Based Biomaterials, the Ultimate
Choice for Orthopaedic Implants – a Review, Progress in Materials Science, 54, 397- 425. (if=23.194,
ci=729)
10. Manjeet Singh, I. Sinha, M. Premkumar, A. K. Singh, R. K. Mandal, (2010) Structural and Surface
Plasmon Behavior of Cu Nanoparticles Using Different Stabilizers, Colloids and Surfaces A:
Physicochem. Eng. Aspects, 359, 88-94. (if=2.333, ci=31)
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SINGHAL, REKHA SATISHCHANDRA (b 1962), Professor of Food Technology and Head, Food
Engineering and Technology Department, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai - 400019
Prof. Rekha Singhal has made outstanding contributions in the area of biopolymers in foods, in particular
to polysaccharides and their modifications and their applications in the area of microencapsulation of
numerous sensitive food constituents such as spice oleoresins, neutraceuticals and flavours. She
successfully explored the use of indigenous raw materials for microencapsulation as an alternative to
import substitutes; to fermentative production and downstream processing of industrial biomolecules such
as therapeutics (clavulanic acid, cyclosporin), neutraceuticals (lycopene, ubiquinone, zeaxanthin, gammalinolenic acid), enzymes (glutaminase), polymers of varied industrial interest (polyglutamic acid,
polylysine), and microbial polysaccharides (schizophyllan, curdlan, scleroglucan) among many others.
Her work on supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of food/pharmaceutical constituents and microbial
metabolites is noteworthy. Besides, she has worked in frontier areas in food science and technology
including traditional Indian foods with an aim to improving their quality and establishing the authenticity. In
particular, her work on investigating acrylamide in traditional Indian foods was the first of its kind in the
country and has received laurels. Her work on hydrocolloids for reducing oil content of deep-fat fried
foods attracted the food industry and catalyzed their acceptance as permitted additives by the legal
authority in India (PFA). She has collaborated with scientists both in India (BARC, NIIST) and abroad
(Aalto University, Finland; IIT Chicago) on topics of mutual interest such as food toxicology and biofuels,
and has publications in standard journals based on the work undertaken. She has 252 research and 32
review papers, and 23 book chapters and an h-index of 27.
Proposer : Prof. G. D. Yadav, Seconder : Prof. A. B. Pandit
1. M. G. Sajilata, R. S. Singhal and P. R. Kulkarni, 2006, Resistant starch-a review, Comprehensive
Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 5(1): 1-17. (if=5.053, ci=230)
2. Sandip B. Bankar. Mahesh V. Bule, Rekha S. Singhal and Laxmi Ananthanarayan, 2009, Glucose
oxidase—An overview, Biotechnology Advances, 27(4): 489-501. (if=9.599, ci=129)
3. Savitha Krishnan, Rajesh Bhosale, Rekha S. Singhal, 2005, Microencapsulation of cardamom
oleoresin: Evaluation of blends of gum Arabic, maltodextrin and a modified starch as wall material
Carbohydrate Polymers, 61(1): 95-102. (if=3.479, ci=74)
4. V. Sudhakar, R. S. Singhal and P. R. Kulkarni, 1996, Starch-galactomannan interactions: Functionality
and rheological aspects, Food Chemistry, 55(3): 259-264. (if=3.334, ci=70)
5. Kiran M. Desai, Shrikant A. Survase, Parag S. Saudagar, S. S. Lele, Rekha S. Singhal, 2008,
Comparison of artificial neural network (ANN) and response surface methodology (RSM) in fermentation
media optimization: Case study of fermentative production of scleroglucan Biochemical Engineering
Journal, 41(3): 266-273 (if=2.579, ci=68)
6. Rajesh Bhosale and Rekha S. Singhal, 2006, Process optimization for the synthesis of octenyl succinyl
derivative of waxy corn and amaranth starches, Carbohydrate Polymers, 66(4): 521-527. (if=3.479, ci=59)
7. Paramita Bhattacharjee, Rekha S. Singhal and Sudha R. Tiwari, 2007, Supercritical carbon dioxide
extraction of cottonseed oil, Journal of Food Engineering, 79(3): 892-898. (if=2.276, ci=50)
8. Nikhil S. Shaligram, Mahesh Bule, Rahul Bhambure, Rekha S. Singhal, Sudheer Kumar Singh, George
Szakacs and Ashok Pandey, 2009, Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using aqueous extract from the
compactin producing fungal strain,Process Biochemistry, 44(8): 939-943. (if=2.414, ci=55)
9. Sheetal M. Choudhari, Laxmi Ananthnarayan and Rekha S. Singhal, 2008, Use of metabolic
stimulators and inhibitors for enhanced production of β-carotene and lycopene by Blakeslea trispora
NRRL 2895 and 2896, Bioresource Technology, 99(8): 3166-3173. (if=4.750, ci=27)
10. R. Priya, R. S. Singhal and Rekha S. Singhal, 1996, Carboxymethylcellulose and
hydroxypropylmethylcellulose as additives in reduction of oil content in batter based deep-fat fried
boondis, Carbohydrate Polymers, 29:33- 35. (if=3.479, ci=27)
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SINHA, RAVINDRA KUMAR (b 1960), Director, CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation(CSIO)
Chandigarh & Director (Additional Charge), CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH),
Chandigarh - 160030
Prof. R.K.Sinha has done outstanding research work in the areas of Fiber Optics, Optical Communication,
Design of optical devices and components for telecommunication and sensing applications covering all
aspects of interaction of electromagnetic signals with matter. His research work on photonic crystal fibers,
design of photonic crystal based nanophotonic devices, fabrication and characterization of metamaterials
and broad band mid-infrared supercontinuum generation are distinguished research work. His recent
research work on slow light induced non-linearity leading to generation of optical solitons at incredibly low
optical power, Plasmonic-Bandgap Engineering and their sensing applications are contemporary and very
well cited. Prof. Sinha has established advanced R&D center- “TIFAC-Center of Relevance and
Excellence in Fiber Optics and Optical Communication at DCE/DTU Delhi” under Mission REACH
Program,Technology Vision 2020, Govt. of India. He has undertaken leadership position in establishment
of professional chapters (SPIE-The International Society of Optical Engineering and The Optical SocietyOSA) and Skill Development Center in Optics and Photonics for promotion of education, research and
entrepreneurial activities in the areas related to optoelectronics and optical communications. Prof. Sinha
has carried out several innovative projects which include development of low cost equipment for the
measurement of speed of light, optical systems for measurement of high dc voltage and indigenous
development of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle with capability of performing acoustic and vision
sensing tasks. He has supervised 19 sponsored projects and 15 doctoral theses in the area of
optoelectronics and optical communications and currently heading a national research laboratory, CSIRCSIO covering all areas of instrumentation.
Proposer: Prof. Anuarg Sharma, Seconder:Prof. Ajoy K Ghatak
1. Ravindra Kumar Sinha, Ajeet Kumar and Than Singh Saini, 2016, Analysis and Design of Single Mode
As2Se -Chalcogenide Photonic Crystal Fiber for Generation of Slow Light with Tunable Features, IEEE
Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics , Vol.22, No. 2, pp 490076 (1-6) (if=2.828)
2. Than Singh Saini, Ajeet Kumar and R. K. Sinha, 2015, Broadband mid-infrared supercontinuum
spectra spanning 2 – 15 µm using As2Se3 chalcogenide glass triangular-core graded-index photonic
crystal fiber”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 33, Issue 18, pp. 3914-3920 (if=2.862,
ci=03)
3. S. Sridhar, C. Tiwary, S. Vinod, J.J.Taha-Tijerina, Srividuatha Sridhar, K. Kalaga, Benjamin Sirota, A.C.
Hart, S. Ozden, R.K.Sinha, Harsh, R. Vajtai, W. Choi, K. Kordas and P. M. Ajayan, 2014, Field Emission
with Ultra-Low Turn-On Voltage from Metal Decorated Carbon Nanotubes, ACS Nano, Vol. 8 , No. 8,
pp7763–7770 (if=12.033, ci=14)
4. Swati Rawal, R. K. Sinha and Richard M De La Rue, 2010, Slow light propagation in liquid crystal
infiltrated silicon on insulator photonic crystal channel waveguides, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave
Technology, Vol.28, No.17, pp. 2560-2571 (if=2.862, ci=11)
5. Swati Rawal, R. K. Sinha and Richard M. De La Rue, 2009, Slow Light Miniature Devices with Ultraflattened dispersion in Silicon-on Insulator Photonic Crystal, Optics Express (OSA) Vol. 17, No.16, pp.
13315-13325 (if=3.525, ci=41)
6. S. K. Varshney, K. Saitoh, R.K.Sinha & M. Koshiba, 2009, Coupling Characteristics of multicore
photonic crystal Fiber based 1x4 power splitters”, IEEE/OSA, J. Lightwave Technology, Vol.27, No.13,
pp.2062-2068 (if=2.862, ci=22)
7. Shailendra K Varshney, K. Saitoh, M. Koshiba, B. P. Pal, R. K. Sinha, 2009, Design of S-band Erbium
Doped Concentric Dual-core Photonic Crystal Fiber Amplifiers with ASE suppression, IEEE/OSA J. of
Lightwave Technology, Vol.27, No.11, pp 1725-1733 (if=2.862, ci=15)
8. S. K. Varshney, K.Iizawa, Y. Tsuchida, M. Koshiba & R. K. Sinha, 2008, Raman Amplification
Characteristics of AS2Se3 Photonic Crystal Fibers, Optics Letters (OSA), Vol 43, issue 21, pp 24312433 (if=3.772, ci=08)
9. R. K. Sinha and Yogita Kalra, 2006, Design of Optical Waveguide Polarizer using Photonic Bandgap,
Optics Express (OSA), Vol 14, issue 22, 10790-10794 (if=4.001, ci=25)
10. R. K. Sinha and S.K. Varshney, 2003, Dispersion Properties in Photonic Crystal Fibers”,Microwave
and Optical Technology Letters, Volume 37 (2), pp. 129-132 (if=0.623, ci=105)
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SRIVASTAVA, AVANISH KUMAR (b 1965), Principal Scientist, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
- 110012
Dr. Srivastava’s prolific research as applied for understanding the nucleation-growth mechanisms, phase
transformations, microstructures and imperfections in variety of nano-materials is outstanding and known
by the peers world-wide. His contributions have been recognized as several awards, like, (i) DSTBOYSCAST fellowship, (ii) Kwan Im Thong Travel Fellowship Singapore, (iii) INSA-KOSEF fellowship, (iv)
MRSI Medal-2011 and (v) Metallurgist of the Year Award 2011, Government of India. He has worked on
metallic (Al- & Mg- based alloys), composites (Al-Si, Al-nSiC, Al-CNT, Polymer-CNT), semiconducting
(metal oxides, nitrides, InSb, AlSb) and thermoelectric (SiGe, MgSb, CuSe) materials. In-situ annealing of
amorphous-Si under electron beam has enlighten the dynamic process in reality. A direct evidence of
electron beam induced nano-scaled transformations in ZnO has been reported. Further the following
topics have been covered with outstanding novel output: (i) Irrational twinning of crystalline structures in
Aluminum-transition metal (Mn,Fe,Cr,V) alloys leading to quasicrystalline symmetry, (ii) Oxides-polymer
composite films for fast switching smart windows, (iii) Dynamics of polymorphic antimony nanostructures:
from growth to collapse, (iv) A facile and novel synthesis of Ag-graphene nano-composites and (v)
Graphene-Au nano-composites for direct write deposition employing He-ions. He serves as expert in ISOnanotechnology program through NPL/BIS India. He has more than 200 publications in reputed
international journals and 200 papers & invited talks in scientific meetings in India and abroad. Dr.
Srivastava has played a key role in establishing high resolution electron microscopy facilities at NPL,
which is extremely important in interpretation of nano-scaled objects in real as well as in reciprocal space.
Proposer: Prof. R.C. Budhani, Seconder:Prof. Vikram Kumar
1. Small (Micro, Nano), 2009, A Facile and Novel Synthesis of Ag–Graphene-Based Nanocomposites, 5,
2253-2259 (if=8.3, ci=337)
2. Nanotechnology, 2006, Nanostructured mesoporous tungsten oxide films with fast kinetics for
electrochromic smart windows, 17,2625-2630 (if=4.0, ci=73)
3. Metallurgical Materials Transactions, 1998, Microstructural features and heat flow analysis of atomized
and spray-formed Al-Fe-V-Si alloy, 29A, 2205-2219 (if=1.6, ci=52)
4. Solid State Ionics, 2005, Microstructural and electrochromic characteristics of electrodeposited and
annealed WO3 films, 176, 1161-1168 (if=2.6, ci=56)
5. Acta Materialia, 2006, Microstructural features induced by spray processing and hot extrusion of an Al–
18% Si–5% Fe–1.5% Cu alloy, 54, 1741-1748 (if=3.9, ci=51)
6. Electrochimica Acta, 2007, Electrochromic properties of polyaniline thin film nanostructures derived
from solutions of ionic liquid/polyethylene glycol, 52,7453-7463 (if=3.9, ci=46)
7. Journal of Electrochemical Society, 2006, Electrochromic Nanostructured Tungsten Oxide Films by
Sol-gel: Structure and Intercalation Properties Electrochemical/Chemical Deposition and Etching, 153,
C365-C376 (if=2.6, ci=53)
8. Acta Materialia, 2006, Influence of annealing on electrochromic performance of template assisted,
electrochemically grown, nanostructured assembly of tungsten oxide, 54, 4583-4595 (if=3.9, ci=45)
9. NanoLetters, 2006, Dynamics of Polymorphic Nanostructures: From Growth to Collapse, 6, 18751879. Highlighted in SCIENCE: vol. 314, page 224, year 2006. Impact factor 31.4 (if=13.2, ci=26)
10. Chem Sus Chem,2010, A Dual Electrochrome of Poly-(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) Doped by N,N′Bis(3-sulfonatopropyl)-4-4′-bipyridinium—Redox Chemistry and Electrochromism in Flexible Devices, 3,
97-105 (if=3, ci=97-105)
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SRIVASTAVA, SURESH CHANDRA (b 1955), Professor, Department of Electrical Eng., Indian Institute
of Technology Kanpur - 208016
Prof. Srivastava is recognised as a leading researcher and outstanding academician in Electrical Power
Systems area. Apart from over 24 years of academic experience, he has valuable 12 years of industrial
experience, where he was involved in electrical system design and technology development in projects of
national importance. His research works are well known in the areas of Power System Security, Stability,
Electricity Market, Synchrophasor based Wide Area Control and Smart Grid.
He pioneered research in the country, as early as in 1990, on application of bifurcation and chaos theory
in understanding complex phenomenon related to the power system instability, technical issues related to
electricity market in 2000, application of synchrophasor technology for real time monitoring and control of
power systems in 2008 and recently on smart grid. He has supervised theses of 20 Ph.D. and 57 M.Tech
students, has published more than 230 papers in reputed journals and conference proceedings and
edited 6 books under Narosa series on ‘Energy & Power’. He has carried out several major sponsored
research and consultancy projects and has been actively involved with many power utilities and
Professional bodies. He served as Chairperson of IEEE UP Section, Vice Chairperson, Professional
Activities, IEEE India Council and Vice President, Indian Society for Mathematical Modeling and
Computer Simulation. His research efforts are recognized in the form of Fellowship of the INAE, IE(I),
IETE. He also received IEEE Power & Energy Society ‘Outstanding Engineer Award 2012’ and NPSC
‘Academic Excellence Award 2012’ for contributions in Power Engineering.
Proposer : Prof. Suhash Chandra Dutta Roy, Seconder : Prof. Peeyush Chandra
1. Ashwani Kumar, S.C. Srivastava and S.N. Singh, 2004, “A Zonal Congestion Management Approach
Using Real and Reactive Power Rescheduling”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 19 (1), 554562. (IF=2.678, CI=99)
2. B. Kalyan Kumar, S. N. Singh and S. C. Srivastava, 2007, “Placement of FACTS Controllers using
Modal Controllability Indices to Damp out Power System Oscillations”, IET Proceedings on Generation
Transmission and Distribution, 1 (2), 209-217.(IF=1.197, CI=44)
3. J.G. Singh, S.N. Singh and S.C. Srivastava, 2007, “An Approach for Optimal Placement of Static VAr
Compensators based on Reactive Power Spot Price”, IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, 22 (4), 2152-2160.
(IF=2.678, CI=30)
4. Barjeev Tyagi and S.C. .Srivastava, 2006, “A Decentralized Automatic Generation Control Scheme for
Competitive Electricity Markets”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 21 (1), 312-320. (IF=2.678,
CI=24)
5. Ashwani Kumar, S.C. Srivastava and S.N. Singh, 2004, “Available Transfer Capability Assessment in a
Competitive Electricity Market using Bifurcation Approach”, IEE Proceedings Part-C on ‘Generation,
Transmission and Distribution’, 151 (02), 133-140. (IF=1.197, CI=23)
6. B. Kalyan Kumar, S.N. Singh and S.C. Srivastava, 2007, “A Decentralized Nonlinear Feedback
Controller with Prescribed Degree of Stability for Damping Oscillations”, Electric Power Systems
Research, 77, 204-211. (IF=1.726, CI=16)
7. P. Tripathy, S.C. Srivastava and S.N. Singh, 2011, “A Modified TLS-ESPRIT based Method for Low
Frequency Mode Identification in Power Systems utilizing Synchrophasor Measurements”, IEEE
Transactions on Power Systems, 26 (2), 719-727.(IF=2.768, CI=12)
8. P Tripathy, S.C. Srivastava and S.N. Singh, 2010, “A Divide-by-Difference Filter Based Algorithm for
Estimation of Generator Rotor Angle utilizing Synchrophasor Measurements”, IEEE Trans. on
Instrumentation & Measurements, 59 (6), 1562-1570.(IF=1.214, CI=7)
9. Ranjana Sodhi, S.C. Srivastava and S.N. Singh, 2011, “Multi-criteria Decision-making Approach for
Multistage Optimal Placement of Phasor Measurement Units”, IET Proc. on Generation, Transmission &
Distribution, 5 (2), 181-190. (IF=1.197, CI=5)
Seethalekshmi K., S.N. Singh and S.C. Srivastava, 2011, “A Synchrophasor Assisted Frequency and
Voltage Stability Based Load Shedding scheme for Self Healing of Power System”, IEEE Transactions on
Smart Grid, 2 (2), 221 – 230.(IF=Started in 2010 (SJR= 1.429, cites /art. is 1.3), CI=10)
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TYAGI, VIPIN K. (b 1970), Associate Prof., Dept. of CSE, Jaypee University of Engg and Technology,
Raghogarh, Guna ,MP - 473226
The research work of Dr. Vipin Tyagi is focused on different aspects of Computer Science Engineering in
particular in the area of Image processing and Digital forensics. He has developed novel techniques for
image search, image denoising and forgery detection in digital images.He was President of Engg
Sciences Section of ISCA during 2010-11 and now elected as Vice-President Computer Society of India [
Region 3] for the term 2015-2017. He has successfully guided four Phd Students and four are currently
working under him. He was selected by Indian National Science Academy to visit Czech republic for
collaborative work in the area of image processing. He is a Fellow of IETE. He has organized a number of
conferences and has served in technical committees of various national and international conferences.
Proposer : Prof. R. C. Sobti, Seconder : Prof. K. L. Chopra
1. D Tiwari, V Tyagi, 2015, Dynamic texture recognition based on completed volume local binary pattern,
Multidimensional Systems and Signal Processing (if=1.578)
2. N Shrivastava, V Tyagi, 2014, An efficient technique for retrieval of color images in large databases,
Computers & Electrical Engineering (if=1.008)
3. N Shrivastava, V Tyag, 2014, An effective scheme for image texture classification based on binary
local structure pattern,The Visual Computer , Vol. 30, issue 11, pp. 1223-1232 (if=1.073)
4. P Jain, V Tyagi, 2014, LAPB: Locally adaptive patch-based wavelet domain edge-preserving image
denoising, Information Sciences, vol. 294, pp. 164-181 (if=3.969)
5. N Shrivastava, V Tyagi, 2014, Content based image retrieval based on relative locations of multiple
regions of interest using selective regions matching, Information Sciences, vol. 259, pp. 212224 (if=3.969)
6. N Rakesh, V Tyagi, 2013, Parallel architecture coding: link failure–recovery mechanism (PAC: LF–RM),
International Journal of System Assurance Engineering, vol. 4, issue 4, pp. 386-396
7. N Rakesh, V Tyagi, 2012,Linear-code multicast on parallel architectures, Advances in Engineering
Software, vol. 42, issue 12, pp. 1074-1088 (if=1.523)
8. SP Singh, SSP Shukla, N Rakesh, V Tyagi , 2011, Problem Reduction in Online Payment System
Using Hybrid Model,International Journal of Managing Information Technology, vol. 3
9. A Kumar, V Tyagi, MD Ansari, K Kumar, 2011, A practical buyer-seller watermarking protocol based on
discrete wavelet transform,International Journal of Computer Applications, vol. 21, issue 8, pp.46-51
10. Vipin Tyagi, J.H. Agarwal, 2011, Communications: From smoke signals and drumbeats to cybernetics
and beyond, vol. 10, issue 1, pp. 12-17
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VINOY, KALARICKAPARAMBIL JOSEPH (b 1969), Associate Professor,Department of Electrical &
Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore - 560012
Prof. K.J. Vinoy's scholarly accomplishments are exceptional and of the highest quality. He is widely
recognized as an outstanding research contributor and professional mentor. Apart from co-authoring
three highly successful research monographs and a text book, he has published widely in the areas of
Microwave engineering and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). He has established a strong
research group at IISc and is engaged in innovative research work in areas of RF and microwaves such
as microwave antennas, MEMS, and computational methods. His research on fractal shaped elements
for antennas focused on corroborating the relationships between mathematical features of fractals and
antenna characteristics. In the area of microstrip antennas, he has demonstrated systematic approaches
to design multi-frequency and wideband antennas. In the area of RF MEMS, he has successfully
fabricated low actuation voltage devices with high reliability. Recently, his team received an Innovative
conference Paper Award on Computational Electromagnetics. Dr. Vinoy has actively participated in
several programs of national importance including the Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program and the
National MEMS Design Center activity. He is also very active in professional societies such as IEEE and
ISSS. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering. He is indeed a highly accomplished
researcher, a true academician and leader in RF and Microwave Engineering and I therefore nominate
him for the Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences, India.
Proposer : Dr. Vasudev K Aatre, Seconder : Prof. B. Sundar Rajan
1. K.J. Vinoy, K.A. Jose, V.K. Varadan, and V.V. Varadan, (2001) Hilbert curve fractal antenna: a small
resonant antenna for VHF/UHF applications, Microwave & Optical Technology Letters, (29) 215219 (if=0.514, ci=149)
2. K.J. Vinoy, K.A. Jose and V.K. Varadan, (2003) On the relationship between fractal dimension and the
performance of multi-resonant dipole antennas using Koch curves, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., (51)
2296-2303 (if=1.427, ci=92)
3. Veeresh G.K. D.S. Upadhyay, and K.J. Vinoy, (2007) Design studies of ultra-wideband microstrip
antennas with a Small capacitive feed,” Int. J. Antennas Propagat. doi:10.1155/2007/67503 (if=0.827,
ci=28)
4. S. Behera and K.J. Vinoy, (2009) Microstrip Square Ring Antenna for Dual-Band operation, Progress in
Electromagnetics Research (PIER 93) 41-56 (if=3.069, ci=56)
5. V.G. Kasabegoudar and K.J. Vinoy, (2009) A broadband suspended microstrip antenna for circular
polarization, Progress in Electromagnetics Research (PIER 90) 353-368 (if=3.069, ci=61)
6. D Packiaraj, KJ Vinoy, AT Kalghatgi, (2009) Analysis and design of two layered ultra wide band filter,
Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications (23), 1235-1243 (if=2.067, ci=15)
7. KJ Vinoy, A Pal, (2010) Dual-frequency characteristics of Minkowski-square ring antennas IET
microwaves, antennas & propagation (4), 219-224 (if=0.454, ci=20)
8. V.G. Kasebagoudar and K.J. Vinoy, (2010) Coplanar Capacitively Coupled Probe Fed Microstrip
Antennas for Wideband Applications, IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., (58) 3131 – 3138 (if=1.427,
ci=24)
9. M. Sumathy, K.J. Vinoy, and S.K. Datta, (2010) Analysis of ridge-loaded folded-waveguide slow-wave
structures for broadband traveling-wave tubes, IEEE Trans. Electron Devices. (57) 1440-1446 (if=1.613,
ci=18)
10. Ranajit Sai, Suresh Kulkarni, K.J. Vinoy, Navakanta Bhat, and S.A. Shivashankar, (2012) ZnFe2O4:
Rapid and sub 100°C synthesis and Anneal-tuned magnetic properties, J. Mater. Chem., (22) 2149 –
2156 (if=5.968, ci=12)
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(Astronomy, Astrophysics, Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Applied Physics)
AWANA, VEERPAL SINGH (b 1966), PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORYNEW DELHI-110012
(YON 2016, Physical Sciences including)
Dr. V.P.S. Awana is the first person in country who followed up the exotic Fe based HTSc
superconductivity, Current Sci. Vol 85, No.1. July 2008. Optimization of the Tc of Bi-based HTSc systems,
by invoking the role of Bi-O layers- Euro. Phys. Lett. 16, 391(1991), Phys. Rev. B. 53, 2245(1996), Phys.
Rev. B. 51, 9379(1995), Phys. Rev. B 49, 6385(1994). Explored, Anderson model in relation to doped
HTSc systems: Phys. Rev. B 49, 6353(1994), Phys. Rev. B 50, 594(1994). He has contributed
significantly to the field of Rutheno-cuprate Ferromagnetic HTSc compounds. Phys. Rev. B. 68,
094508(2003), Phys. Rev. B. 70, 104520(2004), Phys. Rev. B. 71, 14517(2006), Phys. Rev. B. 74,
245106(2006). The larger coherence length of of MgB2 was made susceptible for doped nano-particles
as pinning centers. Nanotechnology 19, 125708(2008), Sup. Sci. & Tech. 22, 01516(2009), J. Appl. Phys
106, 033904(2009) and Sup. Sci. & Tech.24, 045013(2011). Dr. Awana is actively contributing to Fe
based new high potential superconducting material. J. Sup & Novel Mag. 21, 167(2008), J. Phys. Cond.
Matt. 20, 292201(2008), Phys. Rev. B 81, 212501(2010), Phys. Rev. B 82, 054506 (2010), Euro Phys. J.
B 79, 139(2011), Phys. Rev. B, 87, 064401(2013) and Phys. Rev. B 92, 144414(2015). New
superconducting systems are explored viz. Bi3Ni and MgCNi3. Sup. Sci. and Tech. 24, 085002(2011), J.
Appl. Phys.111, 033907(2012). Contributed to discovery of new BiS2 based superconductivity, J. Am.
Chem. Soc. 134, 16504(2012), J. Appl. Phys. 113, 056102(2013) and Solid State Comm. 157, 31(2013).
Proposer: Prof. S.K. Joshi, Seconder:Prof. A.K. Ghatak
1. Rajveer Jha, Anuj Kumar, Shiva Kumar Singh and V.P.S. Awana* (2013) Synthesis and
superconductivity of new BiS2 based superconductor PrO0.5F0.5BiS2 J. Sup. and Novel Mag. 26,
499 (if=0.91, ci=101)
2. V.P.S Awana*, A. Kumar, R .Jha, S.K Singh, A. Pal, J. Saha, S. Patnaik (2013) Appearance of
superconductivity in layered LaO 0.5 F 0.5 BiS2 Solid State Communications 157, 21 (if=1.90, ci=73)
3. R Jha, A Kumar, SK Singh, VPS Awana* (2013)) Superconductivity at 5 K in NdO0.5F0.5BiS2 J. Appl.
Phys. 113, 056102 (if=2.18, ci=65)
4. Shiva Kumar Singh, Anuj Kumar, Bhasker Gahtori, Shruti Kirtan, Gyaneshwar Sharma, Satyabrata
Patnaik and V.P.S. Awana* (2012) Bulk Superconductivity in Bismuth oxy-sulfide Bi4O4S3 J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 134, 16504 (if=12.11, ci=115)
5. N Kumar, N Panwar, B Gahtori, N Singh, H Kishan, VPS Awana* (2010) Structural, dielectric and
magnetic properties of Pr substituted Bi1− xPrxFeO3 (0≤ x≤ 0.15) multiferroic compounds J. Alloys and
Compounds 501, L29 (if=2.99, ci=53)
6. V.P.S. Awana*, R. Tripathi, S. Balamurugan, H. Kishan (2006) Magneto-transport of high TCR
(temperature coefficient of resistance) La2/3Ca1/3MnO3: Ag polycrystalline composites Solid state
communications 140, 410 (if=1.90, ci=51)
7. C. A. Cardoso, F.M. Araujo-Moreira, V.P.S. Awana, E. Takayama-Muromachi, O.F. de Lima, H.
Yamauchi, M. Karppinen (2003) Spin Glass Behavior in RuSr2Gd1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-δ Phys. Rev. B 67,
024407R (if=3.74, ci=102)
8. V.P.S Awana*, SK Malik, WB Yelon (1996) Structural aspects and superconductivity in oxygendeficient Y1− xCaxBa2Cu3O7− y (y≈ 0.3) system A neutron-diffraction study Physica C:
Superconductivity 262, 272 (if=0.94, ci=57)
9. V.P.S. Awana* and A.V. Narlikar (1994) Role of Ca in suppressing the superconductivity of Y-Ba-Cu-O
system Phys. Rev. B 49, 6353(if=3.74, ci=89)
10. V.P.S. Awana, S.K. Agarwal, M.P. Das and A.V. Narlikar (1993) Superconductivity in Pr and Ce
doped Bi:2122 system Phys. Rev. B 48, 1211 (if=3.74, ci=64)
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BASU, JAYDEEP KUMAR (b 1970), Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore-560012
The nominee has made pioneering contributions in high resolution structural data analysis of ultra-thin
films (citations 7-10). During his PhD thesis work at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics the nominee has
published two Physical Review Letters papers from the laboratory that he set up with his thesis advisor.
These x-ray scattering papers enabled us to understand for the first time growth mechanism and nanostructure formation in Langmuir-Blodgett films – these papers and the review (citation 7) are well-cited in
this subject area. Now Dr. Basu has established a research group in Indian Institute of Science and has
done with his PhD student significant work that showed the nature of interface between a nanoparticle
and matrix polymer is critical in determining the glass transition behaviour of polymers (citation 5). More
recently, he and his students have shown that anomalous viscosity and hydrodynamic interactions can be
induced by Nanoparticles in polymers (citation 2). In 2014 the nominee, with his group showed for the first
time, how nanoparticles, which phase separate, in bulk, can be made to mix homogeneously under
confinement (citation 3), a work reported in Nature Communications. The nominee, with his PhD students,
have contributed significantly, to the field of nanophotonics and plasmonics of semi-conducting quantum
dot-plasmonic hybrid assemblies in tuning the optical response of such materials (citation 4).
In view of these excellent research contributions over two decades, I would like to strongly nominate Prof.
Jaydeep Kumar Basu for the Fellowship of NASI.
Proposer: Prof Milan K Sanyal, Seconder:Prof Dipankar Das Sarma
1. Rupak Bhattacharya , Chaitanya Indukuri , Nafisa Begam , Oliver H. Seeck , and Jaydeep K. Basu,
(2015), Plasmonic Lipid Bilayer Membranes for Enhanced Detection Sensitivity of Biolabeling
Fluorophores, Advanced Functional Materials, 25, 7233 (if=11.805, ci=0)
2. Nafisa Begam, Sivasurender Chandran, M. Sprung, and J. K. Basu, 2015, Anomalous Viscosity
Reduction and Hydrodynamic Interactions of Polymeric Nanocolloids in Polymers, Macromolecules, 48,
6646 (if=508, ci=1)
3. S. Chandran, N. Begam, V. Padmanabhan, J. K. Basu, 2014, Confinement enhances dispersion in
nanoparticle-polymer blend films, Nature Communications, 5, 3697 (if=11.47, ci=15)
4. M. Haridas, L. N. Tripathi and J.K. Basu, Photoluminescence enhancement and quenching in metalsemiconductor quantum dot hybrid arrays, 2011, Applied Physics Letters, 98, 063305 (if=3.32, ci=34)
5. S Srivastava and Basu J. K., (2007), Experimental evidence for a new parameter to control the glass
transition of confined polymers, Physical Review Letters 98, 165701 (if=7.512, ci=53)
6. H Kim, A Ruhm , LB Lurio , JK Basu, J Lal , D Lumma , SGJ Mochrie , SK Sinha, 2003, Surface
dynamics of polymer films, Physical Review Letters 90, 068302 (if=7.512, ci=168)
7. JK Basu and MK Sanyal (2002), Ordering and growth of Langmuir-Blodgett films: X-ray scattering
studies, Physics Reports 363, 1(if=20.03, ci=108)
8. JK Basu , S Hazra , MK Sanyal (1999), Growth mechanism of Langmuir-Blodgett films, Physical
Review Letters, 82, 4675 (if=7.512, ci=69)
9. JK Basu, MK Sanyal (1997), Capillary waves in Langmuir-Blodgett interfaces and formation of confined
CdS layers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4617 (if=7.512, ci=41)
10. MK Sanyal , JK Basu , A Datta , S Banerjee (1996), Determination of small fluctuations in electron
density profiles of thin films: Layer formation in a polystyrene film, Europhysics Letters 36, 265 (if=2.095,
ci=103)
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CHOPRA, SUNDEEP (b 1963), SCIENTIST H, INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE, NEW
DELHI.
Sundeep Chopra was one of the four fresh M.Sc. students selected as a Scientist Trainee in the first year
of the establishment of the Nuclear Science Centre by the University Grants Commission. Arrangements
were made to get him exposed to the nuclear accelerator technology by sending him to the University of
Manitoba in Canada. Since then, that is from the day one ,he has been associated with the development
of the accelerators and continues to play key role in the design and developments of various facilities
connected with accelerators and associating himself with the researchers from the teaching institutions in
physical sciences.He took initiative to focus on the emerging areas in the field ofGeology,Oceanography,
Glaciology and succeeded in setting up the 14C,10Be and 26Al measurement facility in India. He
gradually enlarged his knowledge in this emerging area and has been exciting persons from the
universities.He has now developed a research group in the field of Accelerator Mass Spectrometry .He is
being in touch with other institutions to evolve programs to study evolution of archaeological studies to
mining industry in India.At present he is involved in setting up nation’s Geochronology facility . He is a
Scientist with appropriate expertise to coordinate Accelerator based research programs involving
universities, colleges and institutes from all over the country. He has been instrumental not only in
bringing our institute of repute in international community but also maintain its status quo till date.
Proposer: PROF. G K MEHTA, Seconder:PROF. V S RAMAMURTHY
1. D Kanjilal, S.Chopra, M M Narayanan,Indira S Iyer,VJha,R Joshi,& S K Datta , Testing and Operation
of 15 UD Pelletron at NSC, 1993, Nucl. Instr. & Meth.in Phy. Res. A 328(1993)97-100 (if=1.216, ci=193)
2. M M Narayanan, D Kanjilal, S Chopra, A K Sinha,1994, A novel operation mode of a Tandem
electroststic accelerator for producing low energy ion beams,1994, Nucl. Instr. & Meth. in Physics
Research A 348(1994) 13-14 (if=1.216, ci=2)
3. S.Chopra, N.S Pawar, M.P.Singh , Rakesh Kumar, J.Prasad, V.P.Patel, Raj Pal, M.Sota,
K.Devarani,S.Ojha,S.Gargari,R.Joshi, D.Kanjilal and S.K.Datta, Recirculating gas stripper system for 15
UD Pelletron,2005,Nucl. Inst. & Meth (A) 550(2005) 70 (if=1.216, ci=2)
4. Pankaj Kumar, G. Korschinek, S.Chopra, T. Faestermann, P. Ludwig, G. Rugel, D. Seiler, A. Wallner,
S. Ojha, S. Gargari, R. Joshi and D. Kanjilal Charge state distribution studies of SrF3, MnF3 and CaF3
molecules using single and double stripping in a Tandem accelerator,2011, Nuclear Instruments and
Methods in Physics Research B 269 (2011), 1986-1991 (if=1.124, ci=2)
5. Pankaj Kumar, J.K Pattanaik, S. Ojha, S. Gargari, R. Joshi, G.S. Roonwal, S. Balakrishnan, S. Chopra
and D. Kanjilal, 10Be measurements at IUAC-AMS facility,2011, J. Radioanal Nucl Chem (2011), Vol.
290, pp 179-182 (if=1.034, ci=2)
6. N. Khare, P. Govil, Pankaj Kumar, A. Mazumder, S. Chopra, J. K. Pattanaik, S. Balakrishnan and G. S.
Roonwal,10Be as paleoclimatic tracer: initial results from south western Indian Ocean sediments,2011, J.
RadioanalNuclChem (2011), Vol. 290, pp 197-201 (if=1.034, ci=3)
7. Pankaj Kumar, J.K. Pattanaik, N. Khare, S. Chopra, Sudesh Yadav, S.Balakrishnan and D.
Kanjilal,“10Be in the sediment samples of the Krossfjorden and Kongfjorden Fjord system, Svalbard”
,2014J. Radioanal NuclChem (June 2014) DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3315-7(if=1.034, ci=1)
8. Kumar P., Chopra S., Pattanaik J.K., Ojha S., Gargari S., Joshi R., Kanjilal D. (2015)A new AMS facility
at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi,2015. Nucl. Instr. Meth. B, 361,115-119 (if=1.226, ci=-)
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DESHMUKH, MANDAR MADHUKAR (b 1974), Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Bombay, Mumbai-400005
Prof. Mandar Deshmukh has made seminal contributions to the field of nanoscale physics and devices
from the TIFR. The highlights of these works are as follows:
Studies of electronic properties Graphene: Mandar has studied tunable superlattice in graphene by
realizing a Kronig-Penny model for Dirac electrons. This tunable superlattice modifies the bandstructure.
(Nano Lett., 13, 3990 (2013); 26 citations). His work in the quantum Hall regime offers insight into its
robustness (Phys. Rev. B 80, 081404(R) (2009); 23 citations).
Semiconducting nanowires: Semiconducting nanowires are platforms for studying tunable spin transport
and Mandar’s work has explored how the spin-orbit interaction can be tuned in InAs nanowires and how
better transistors can be realized (Phys. Rev. B 79, 121311(R), 2009; 46 citations; Appl. Phys. Lett. 99,
173101 (2011); 18 citations).
Correlated systems: A system that Mandar has explored in great detail is the metal insulator transition
(MIT) in VO2. Mandar has tried to answer the question – is it possible to tune the MIT by doping the
system electrostatically? (Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 062114 (2011) (29 citations/Google Scholar); Nano Lett.,
2012, 12, 6272(17 citations).
Studies of elastic properties : Mandar has probed elastic properties of nanoscale systems across phase
transitions; elastic properties get significantly modified because of the modification of the electron-phonon
coupling. (Physical Review Letters 110, 166403 (2013) (2 citations). He measured the negative thermal
expansion coefficient of graphene from 300K-30K (Nanotechnology 21, 165204 (2010); 120 citations).
The innovation to use nanomechanics to study correlated systems and elastic properties is unique on a
global scale.
Proposer: Prof. R. C. Budhani, Seconder:Prof. R. Prasad
1. Mandar M. Deshmukh, and D.C. Ralph Year of publication: 2002 Using Single Quantum States as Spin
Filters to Study Spin Polarization in Ferromagnets Physical Review Letters, 89, 266803 (2002). (if=7.5,
ci=88)
2. Moon-Ho Jo, Jacob E. Grose, Kanhayalal Baheti, Mandar M. Deshmukh, Jennifer J. Sokol, Evan M.
Rumberger, David N. Hendrickson, Jeffrey R. Long, Hongkun Park and D.C. Ralph Year of publication:
2006 Signatures of molecular magnetism in single-molecule transport spectroscopy Nano Letters, 6, 2014
(2006). (if=13.1, ci=336)
3. Sajal Dhara, Hari S. Solanki, Vibhor Singh, Arjun Narayanan, Prajakta Chaudhari, Mahesh Gokhale,
Arnab Bhattacharya, and Mandar M. Deshmukh Year of publication: 2009 Magnetotransport properties of
individual InAs nanowires Physical Review B, 79, 121311R (2009). (if=3.7, ci=46)
4. Hari S. Solanki, Shamashis Sengupta, Sajal Dhara, Vibhor Singh, Sunil Patil, Rohan Dhall, Jeevak
Parpia, Arnab Bhattacharya, and Mandar M. Deshmukh Year of publication: 2010 Tuning mechanical
modes and influence of charge screening in nanowire resonators Physical Review B, 81, 115459
(2010). (if=3.7, ci=36)
5. Vibhor Singh, Shamashis Sengupta, Hari S. Solanki, Rohan Dhall, Adrien Allain, Sajal Dhara, Prita
Pant and Mandar M. Deshmukh Year of publication: 2010 Probing thermal expansion of graphene and
modal dispersion at low temperature using graphene NEMS resonators Nanotechnology 21, 165204
(2010). (if=3.82, ci=120)
6. Sajal Dhara, Shamashis Sengupta, Hari S. Solanki, Arvind Maurya, Arvind Pawan R., M. R. Gokhale,
Arnab Bhattacharya, and Mandar M. Deshmukh Year of publication: 2011 Facile fabrication of lateral
nanowire wrap-gate devices with improved performance Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 173101 (2011). (if=3.33,
ci=18)
7. Shamashis Sengupta, Kevin Wang, Kai Liu, Ajay K. Bhat, Sajal Dhara, Junqiao Wu, Mandar M.
Deshmukh Year of publication: 2011 Field-effect modulation of conductance in VO2 nanobeam
transistors with HfO2 as the gate dielectric App. Phys. Lett. 99, 062114 (2011). (if=3.3, ci=29)
8. Shamashis Sengupta, Niveditha Samudrala, Vibhor Singh, Arumugam Thamizhavel, Peter B.
Littlewood, Vikram Tripathi, and Mandar M. Deshmukh Year of publication: 2013 Plasmon mode modifies
the elastic response of a nanoscale charge density wave system Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 166403
(2013). (if=7.5, ci=2)
9. Sudipta Dubey, Vibhor Singh, Ajay K. Bhat, Pritesh Parikh, Sameer Grover, Rajdeep Sensarma,
Vikram Tripathi, K. Sengupta, and Mandar M. Deshmukh Year of publication: 2013 Tunable Superlattice
in Graphene To Control the Number of Dirac Points Nano Lett.,13, 3990 (2013). (if=13.6, ci=26)
10. Priti Gupta, Pratiksha D. Dongare, Sameer Grover, Sudipta Dubey, Hitesh Mamgain, Arnab
Bhattacharya, and Mandar M. Deshmukh Year of publication: 2014 A facile process for soak-and-peel
delamination of CVD graphene from substrates using water Scientific Reports 4, 3882 (2014). (if=5.5,
ci=24)
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DHAR, RAVINDRA (b. 1965) Professor and Chair, Centre of Materials Sciences, University of Allahabad,
Allahabad-211002
Member of the NASI:Yes
Prof. Ravindra Dhar, in his early work, gave two impedance models related with improvement in
experimental techniques. These models are very useful in improving electrical measurements in low (~2-3
decades) and high (~2 decades) frequency regions of capacitors by about 5 decades of frequency [Ind J
Pure Appl Phys, 1991 & 2004]. He alongwith his students did lot of work in understanding complex
twisted grain boundary (TGB) phases in liquid crystals. Experimentally realized predicted complex phase
diagram in mixtures [Phase Transit, 2003] and determined theoretical formulation of relaxation modes in
reentrant chiral phases [Phys Rev E, 2005].
Prof. Dhar and team carried out substantial work in improving displays using liquids crystals. He and his
co-workers formulated several antiferroelectric liquid crystalline materials (multi component) with
improved display qualities over conventional nematic displays [J Appl Phys, 2005, 2008 and J Phys D:
Appl Phys, 2009]. Such materials are expected to fulfill the dream of high definition displays having micro
second switching time yielding video frequency displays. Such displays are expected to be
commercialized soon with the optimization of parameters. He and coworkers also used discotic liquid
crystals (for which I happen to be one of the discoverers) to improve efficiency of organic solar cells [Liq
Cryst, 2016]. Based on his life time achievements in understanding several mesophases of liquid crystals
such as TGB and chiral smectic phases alongwith continuous advancement in improving quality of
displays using liquid crystals, I strongly recommend fellowship of National Academy of Sciences, India to
Prof. Ravindra Dhar.
Proposer : Prof. Kattera A. Suresh, Seconder : Prof. Satya Deo Tripathi
1. S. L. Srivastava and Ravindra Dhar (1991). Characteristic time of ionic conductance and electrode
polarization capacitance in some organic liquids by low frequency dielectric spectroscopy. Indian J Pure &
Appl. Phys., 29, 745-751. IF-0.77 Citation Index-101
2. Ravindra Dhar (2004). An impedance model to improve the higher frequency limit of electrical
measurements on the capacitor cell made from electrodes of finite resistances. Ind. J. Pure & Appl. Phys.,
42, 56-61. IF-0.77 Citation Index-84
3. M. B. Pandey, R. Dhar, V. K. Agrawal, R. Dabrowski and M. Tykarska (2004). Study of different
modes of dielectric relaxation in a newly synthesised material exhibiting ferro-, ferri- and antiferroelectric
phases. Liquid Crystals, 31, 973-988. IF-2.49 Citation Index-51
4. A. K. Srivastava, V. K. Agrawal, R. Dabrowski, J.M. Otón, and R Dhar (2005). Electro-optical and
dielectric studies of a technologically important induced antiferroelectric liquid crystal mixture W132A. J.
Appl. Phys., 98, 013543. IF-2.18 Citation Index-32
5. Meenal Gupta, R. Dhar, V. K. Agrawal, R. Dabrowski and M. Tykarska (2005). Dielectric
spectroscopy of a binary mixture of liquid crystals showing wide temperature range twisted grain
boundary phase with re-entrant cholesteric phase, Phys. Rev. E, 72 , 021703. IF-2.29 Citation Index-27
6. R. Dhar, A. S. Pandey, M. B. Pandey, S. Kumar, and R. Dabrowski (2008). Optimization of the
display parameters of a room temperature twisted nematic display material by doping single-wall carbon
nanotubes. Appl. Phys. Exp., 01, 121501. IF-2.37 Citation Index-33
7. R. Dhar, Rohit Verma, M. C. Rath, S. K. Sarkar, V. K. Wadhawan, R. Dabrowski and M. Tykarska
(2008). Tuning of the electrical parameters of a twisted-nematic display material by using electron beam
irradiation. Appl. Phys. Lett., 92, 14108. IF-3.30 Citation Index-13
8. Abhay S. Pandey, R. Dhar, S. Kumar, R. Dabrowski (2011). Enhancement of the display parameters
of 4'-pentyl-4-cyanobiphenyl (5CB) due to the dispersion of functionalized Gold Nano Particles. Liq.
Cryst., 38, 115-120. IF-2.49 Citation Index-34
9. Mukesh Mishra, Sandeep Kumar and Ravindra Dhar (2014). Effect of dispersed colloidal gold
anoparticles on the electrical properties of a columnar discotic liquid crystal. RSC Adv. 4, 62404-62412.
IF-3.84 Citation Index-10
10. M Bajpai, N Yadav, S Kumar, R Srivastava and R Dhar (2016). Incorporation of liquid crystalline
triphenylene derivative in bulk heterojunction solar cell with molybdenum oxide as buffer layer for
improved efficiency. Liq. Cryst. 1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/ 02678292.2016.1149239. IF-2.49 Citation
Index-3
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GARG, NANDINI (b 1968), Scientific Officer (G), BARC, Mumbai-400085
Dr. Nandini Garg, has been involved in developmental, experimental and theoretical research related to
high pressure science. Her studies on AlPO4 established unambiguously the absence of the much
acclaimed memory glass effect1. Her theoretical MD calculations on cristobalite SiO2 helped
understanding of the observed shock induced amorphization in this material2. Scheelite structured
tungstates and molybdates3,were shown by her to transform to lower symmetry structures, in contrast to
the germanates which were found to be very stable and quite incompressible5. Dr. Gargs study on nano
chromates is the first experimental validation of the transformation path of the zircon to scheelite phase
transformation6. She has also shown that pyrochlore lanthanum hafnate cannot be a suitable nuclear
storage material as it disassociates at high pressures7. Her simulations on vitreous GeO2 disproved the
existence of an entirely pentahedraly coordinated state, and this finding has been validated by recent
experimental studies8. Her studies on porous silicon do not support the much cited amorphization in this
material on increase of pressure9. She has shown for the first time that organic inorganic hybrid material
chloroanilinium copper chloride is pizeochromic and simultaneously undergoes an insulator to metal
transition under pressure10. She has developed several diamond anvil cells (DAC) for powder x-ray
diffraction, IR and EXAFS studies. In particular the DAC with beryllium backing plates, is being used for
the single crystal x-ray diffraction and was made for the first time in India. She was involved in
development of the EDXRD beamline at INDUS211.
Proposer : Dr S.M. Sharma, Seconder : Dr Swapan K Ghosh
1. S. M Sharma, Nandini Garg and S. K. Sikka, 2000, High Pressure x-ray diffraction study of alpha AlPO4 Phys. Rev. B, 62, 8824-8827 (if=3.736, ci=41)
2. Nandini Garg and Surinder M Sharma, 2007 , High pressure behavior of alpha Cristobalite (SiO2): a
classical MD simulation , J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 19, 456201 (if=2.346, ci=5)
3. Vinod Panchal, Nandini Garg, A.K. Chauhan, Sangeeta, and Surinder M. Sharma, 2004, High Pressure
phase transitions in BaWO4, Solid State Communications 130, 203-208 (if=1.897, ci=43)
4. Vinod Panchal, Nandini Garg, Surinder M Sharma, 2006, Raman and x-ray diffraction investigations on
BaMoO4 under high pressures., J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 18, 3917-3929 (if=2.346, ci=25)
5. Vinod Panchal, Nandini Garg, Surinder M Sharma, 2006, High pressure study of Hafnium Germanate
and Zirconium Germanate, J. Phys. Cond. Matt., 18, 8241-8250, (if=2.346, ci=11)
6. A. K. Mishra, Nandini Garg, K. K. Pandey, K. V. Shanavas, A. K. Tyagi and Surinder M. Sharma, 2010,
Zircon-monoclinic-scheelite transformation in nanocrystalline chromates, Phys. Rev. B 81,
104109 (if=3.736, ci=1)
7. Nandini Garg, K. K. Pandey, Chitra Murli, K. V. Shanavas ,Balaji Mandal, A.K. Tyagi and Surinder M.
Sharma, 2008, Decomposition of La2Hf2O7 under high pressure , Phys. Rev. B, 77, 214105 (if=3.736,
ci=11)
8. Shanavas K. V., Nandini Garg, Surinder M. Sharma, 2006, Classical Molecular Dynamics simulations
of behaviour of GeO2 under high pressures and high temperatures, Phys. Rev. B, 73, 094120094132, (if=3.736, ci=34)
9. Nandini Garg, K.K. Pandey, K.V. Shanavas, C. A. Betty and Surinder M Sharma, 2011, Memory effect
in low density amorphous silicon under pressure , Phys. Rev. B 83, 115202 (if=3.736, ci=8)
10. Pallavi Ghalsasi, Nandini, Garg, M. N. Deo, A. B. Garg, Hemant Mande, Prasanna Ghalsasi, Surinder
M Sharma, 2015, Role of Jahn-Teller Distortion in Insulator to Semiconductor Phase Transition in
Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Compound (p-chloroanilinium)2CuCl4 at High Pressure , Phy. Chem. Chem.
Phys. 17, 32204, (if=4.493, ci=0)
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HASAN, S SIRAJUL (b 1950), Former Director & Honorary Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics,
Bangalore-560034
Professor S. S. Hasan, former Director (2006-12) of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore,
has made pioneering contributions to solar astrophysics. His research has provided a deeper
understanding of the physical processes that structure magnetic fields in the Sun’s atmosphere and has
profound implications for solar and stellar activity. Hasan’s fundamental paper (Hasan, S.S. 1985, Astron.
Astrophys. 143, 39), that demonstrated the formation of the ubiquitous small-scale magnetic field
structures on the solar surface through a convective instability, resulting in overstable oscillations, is
widely acknowledged today as a seminal contribution. His theoretical predictions have been corroborated
by observations (e.g. Fischer et al. 2009, Astron. Astrophys. 504, 583). His work provided new insights for
modelling energy transport in structured magnetic fields and for determining the consequent modes of
wave propagation in the solar atmosphere. In a series of investigations (e.g. Hasan, S. S. et al. 2005, ApJ
631, 1270), Hasan and his collaborators elucidated the physical mechanisms for the generation of various
wave modes, their coupling and propagation in structured magnetic fields. This work quantitatively
identified the fundamental processes that contribute to the dynamics and heating of the Sun’s
chromosphere. On the national front, Hasan is the Principal Investigator of the proposed National Large
Solar Telescope, which will be a front-ranking international facility on Indian soil for solar observations. He
provided crucial support to oversee the completion at IIA of the space-based Ultraviolet Imaging
Telescope and initiated Indian participation as a partner in the international Thirty Metre Telescope
Project .
Proposer : Prof. Ram Sagar, Seconder : Prof. Ashok Misra
1. Hasan, S Sirajul 1984, Convective instability in a solar flux tube I. Nonlinear calculations for an
adiabatic inviscid fluid, Astrophys. J. 285, 851. (if=5.99, ci=66)
2. Hasan, S.S. 1985, Convective instability in a solar flux tube II. Nonlinear calculations with horizontal
radiative heat transport and finite viscosity, Astron. Astrophys. 143, 39. (if=4.38, ci=80)
3. Hasan, S.S. & Schussler, M. 1985, Heating of solar magnetic elements by downflows, Astron.
Astrophys. 151, 69 (if=4.38, ci=35)
4. Hasan, S. S. & Kalkofen, W. 1999. Excitation of oscillations in photospheric flux tubes through buffeting
by external granules, Astrophys. J. 519, 899 (if=5.99, ci=86)
5. Hasan, S. S., Kalkofen, W. & van Ballegooijen, A. 2000, Excitation of oscillations in the magnetic
network on the Sun, Astrophys. J. 535, L67. (if=5.34, ci=34)
6. Hasan, S. S., Kalkofen, W. van Ballegooijen, A. & Ulmschneider, P. 2003, Kink and Longitudinal
oscillations in the magnetic network on the Sun: Nonlinear effects and mode transformation, Astrophys. J.
585, 1138 (if=5.99, ci=55)
7. Hasan, S. S., Kalkofen, W. van Ballegooijen, A. & Steiner, O. 2005, Dynamics of the solar magnetic
network:Two-dimensional MHD simulations, Astrophys. J. 631,1270 (if=5.99, ci=69)
8. Hasan, S.S. & van Ballegooijen., 2008, Dynamics of the solar magnetic network II. Heating of the
magnetized chromosphere, Astrophys. J., 680, 1542 (if=5.99, ci=69)
9. Vigeesh, G., Hasan, S. S. & Steiner, O., 2009 Wave propagation and energy transport in the magnetic
network of the Sun, Astron. Astrophys. 508, 951 (if=4.38, ci=35)
10. Vigeesh, G., Fedun, V., Hasan, S. S. & Erdelyi, R. 2012 3D simulations of magnetohydrodynamic
(MHD) waves in the magnetized solar atmosphere, Astrophys. J. 755, 18. (if=5.99, ci=34)
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JANA, DEBNARAYAN
KOLKATA-700009
(b 1968), POFESSOR, DEPT. OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA,
Dr. Debnarayan Jana completed the doctoral study from RRI in 1997 and in 2000, he joined the
prestigious department of physics, University of Calcutta as a lecturer and subsequently promoted to
Professor of Physics in 2012. Prof. Jana worked as distinguished teacher as well as frontier researcher in
both theoretical and experimental condensed matter physics. His zeal for science education and passion
for physics teaching are noteworthy. As recognition, he was awarded Tarapada Maity Smriti Puroskar
from SSTEA, an NGO from Purba Medinipur in 2014. He is also a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of
Science and Technology. He had visited and delivered lectures in ICTP (Italy), ETH (Switzerland), CERN
(Switzerland) and other prestigious universities /institutes in Europe. He is a life-member of Indian
Physical Society. He has more than 93 papers in national and international peer reviewed journals and
have been associated as reviewer of many reputed international journals. His current research interest is
focused in defect studies in ZnO, interface growth problem, non-linear conduction in disordered systems
and density functional theory (DFT) studies in carbon nanotubes, graphene and silicene. Along with his
distinguished collaborators, he had written four review articles and One of his works in ZnO published as
an invited review in Prog. Mat Science in 2009 is highly acclaimed by the material science researchers.
With his able guidance, 4 students have already obtained Ph.D. degree from University of Calcutta.
Proposer: Prof. Abhijit Mookerjee, Seconder:Prof. Indrani Bose
1. Sreetama Dutta, Sanjay Chattopadhyay, Anindya Sarkar, Mahuya Chakrabarti, Dirtha Sanyal and
Debnarayan Jana, Role of defects in tailoring structural, electrical and optical properties of ZnO, Progress
in Material Science, 54, 89 (2009) (if=27.7, ci=174)
2. J. Fort, D. Jana and J. Humet, Multi-delayed Random Walks: Theory and Application in Neolithic
Transition in Europe, Phys. Rev. E, 70, 031913 (2004) (if=3.4, ci=55)
3. D. Jana, C.L. Sun, L.C. Chen and K.H. Chen, Effect of chemical doping of boron and nitrogen on the
electronic, optical and electrochemical properties of carbon nanotubes, Prog. Mat. Sc., 58, 565
(2013). (if=27.7, ci=80)
4. Palash Nath, Suman Chowdhury, Dirtha Sanyal and Debnarayan Jana, Ab-initio calculation of
electronic and optical properties of nitrogen and boron doped graphene nanosheet, Carbon, 73, 275
(2014). (if=6.196, ci=24)
5. Arnab Majumder, Suman Chowdhury, Palash Nath and Debnarayan Jana, Vacancy induced
magnetism in silicene: A first principles study, RSC. Advances, 4, 32221 (2014). (if=3.84, ci=4)
6. S. Dutta, M. Chakrabarty, S. Chattopadhyay, A. Sarkar, D. Sanyal and D. Jana, Defect Dynamics of
ZnO by Positron Annihilation Spectroscopy, J. Appl. Phys., 98, 053513 (2005) (if=2.15, ci=51)
7. D. Jana, L. C. Chen, C. W. Chen, S. Chattopadhyay and K. H. Chen, A First Principles Study of optical
properties of BxCy single wall nanotubes, Carbon, 45, 1482 (2007). (if=6.196, ci=23)
8. Soubhik Chattopadhyay, Sreetama Dutta, Aritra Banerjee, Sudipta Bandyopadhyay Debnarayan Jana,
Sanjay Chattopadhyay, Anindya Sarkar, Synthesis and characterization of Mn doped single phase ZnO,
Physica B, 404, 1509 (2009). (if=1.56, ci=25)
9. M.Marik, A.Mukherjee, D. Jana, A. Yoshizawa and B.K.Chowdhuri, Dielectric Spectroscopy of Tshaped Blue Phase -III Liquid Crystals, Phys. Rev. E, 88, 012502 ( 2013). (if=3.4, ci=5)
10. Upendranath Nandi, Debnarayan Jana and Deep Talukdar, Scaling Description of Non-Ohmic Direct
Current Conduction in Disordered Systems, Prog. Mat. Sc, 71, 1 (2015). (if=27.7, ci=2)
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CHALICHEEMALAPALLI KULALA, JAYASANKAR (b. 1956) Professor of Physics, Sri Venkateswara
University, Tirupati-517502
Dr. Chalicheemalapalli Kulala Jayasankar, Professor of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
has three decades of rich experience in preparation, characterization and optimization of variety of
lanthanide-doped glasses, nano-glass ceramics and nanocrystalline materials for the development of
laser glasses, optical fiber amplifiers, pressure and temperature sensors, phosphors and buried
waveguides. His current research activities involve indigenous development of laser glasses for high
power and high energy laser systems besides ultrafast laser inscription to fabricate 3D waveguides. The
research activities are of both fundamental as well as applied in nature. He has published 218 papers in
peer-reviewed International Journals with citations as per web of science (citations:3666 and h-index:32)
and as per google scholar (citations:4301; h-index:35 and i10-index:116). He guided 21 Ph.D. and 10
M.Phil. students. An important breakthrough in his studies concerns with the observation of lasing action
in one of the indigenously developed Nd:glasses which is far better than commercial laser glasses. In
recognition of this work, DAE-BRNS has sanctioned a mega research project with a grant of Rs.447/lakhs to establish a production facility and supply of laser rods and discs to RRCAT, Indore and BARC,
Mumbai. He also explored pressure and temperature dependent luminescence properties which provide
valuable information about the interaction between lanthanides and its surrounding ligands and in turn
possibilities to develop/access sensors, biolabels and W-LEDs. These research activities have been
supported/collaborated by a wide variety of Government and industrial organizations both from India and
abroad (Germany, UK, Italy, Spain, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand and Korea).
Proposer : Prof. K. Porsezian, Seconder : Prof. Anurag Sharma
1. C.K. Jayasankar, F.S. Richardson and M.F. Reid (1989) Phenomenological spin-correlated crystal-field
analyses of energy levels in Ln3+:LaCl3 systems, J. Less-Common Metals, 148, 289-296. Impact Factor
(IF) = 2.289; Citation Index (CI) = 104.
2. P.A.Tanner, V.V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, C.K. Jayasankar and M.F. Reid (1994) Analysis of spectral data
and comparative energy level parametrizations for Ln3+ in cubic elpasolite crystals, J. Alloys Compds,
215, 349-370. IF = 2.289; CI = 114.
3. C.K. Jayasankar and P. Babu (2000) Optical properties of Sm3+ ions in lithium borate and lithium
fluoroborate glasses, J. Alloys Compds., 307, 82-95. IF =2.999; CI = 101.
4. P. Babu and C.K. Jayasankar (2000) Optical spectroscopy of Eu3+ ions in lithium borate and lithium
fluoroborate glasses, Physica B, 279, 262-281. IF = 1.063; CI = 129.
5. V. Lavin, P. Babu, C.K. Jayasankar, I.R. Martin and V.D. Rodriguez (2001) On the local structure of
Eu3+ ions in oxifluoride glasses. Comparison with fluoride and oxide glasses,
J. Chem. Phys., 115,
10935-10944. IF = 3.333; CI = 78.
6. C.K. Jayasankar, K. Ramanjaneya Setty, P. Babu, Th. Troster and W.B. Holzapfel (2004) High
pressure luminescence study of Eu3+ in lithium borate glass, Phys. Rev., B. 69, 214108-1-7. IF = 3.691;
CI = 31.
7. R. Balakrishnaiah, P. Babu, C.K. Jayasankar, A.S. Joshi, A. Speghini and M. Bettinelli (2006) Optical
and luminescence properties of Nd3+ ions in K-Ba-Al-phosphate and fluorophosphate glasses, J. Phys.:
Condens. Matter, 18, 165-179. IF = 2.546; CI = 21.
8. I.Iparraguirre, J. Azkargorta, R. Balda, K. Venkata Krishnaiah, C.K. Jayasankar, M. Al-Saleh and J.
3+
Fernández (2011) Spontaneous and stimulated emission spectroscopy of a Nd -doped phosphate glass
under wavelength selective pumping, Opt. Exp., 19, 19440-19453. IF = 3.488; CI = 8.
9. C.R. Kesavulu and C.K. Jayasankar (2011) White light emission in Dy3+-doped lead fluorophosphate
glasses, Mater. Chem. Phys., 130(3), 1078-1085. IF = 2.259; CI = 43.
10. K.Linganna, M. Rathaiah, N. Vijaya, Ch. Basavapoornima (2015) C.K. Jayasankar, S. Ju, W.-T. Han
and V. Venkatramu, 1.53 m luminescence properties of Er3+-doped K-Sr-Al phosphate glasses, Cer.
Inter., 41, 5765-5771. IF= 2.605; CI = 6.
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KALE, SANGEETA NARENDRA (b 1967), Professor in Physics & Head, Dept of Applied Physics,
Defence Institute of Advance Technology Pune 411025, INDIA
Dr. Sangeeta Kale has been working in the field of nanoscience for the two decades focusing on the area
of advanced sensing and biomedicine. Her work stands out for creativity, innovation and imaginative
applications. She has published several high-Impact papers in leading journals and these have been very
well received by her peers. She is an enthusiastic researcher looking for highly competitive and
challenging research areas. In view of her abilities she has attracted several national and international
collaborations. Needless to mention that she has given many invited talks in national and international
conferences and has also organized international conferences. Along with successful implementation of
various projects (funded by DST, UGC-DAE, ISRO), she now leads a project funded by DRDO on
“Nanomaterials for applications in Defence”, which is the flagship project of her institute. Dr. Sangeeta
has worked in following niche areas for sensing: 1. CBW and field Sensors; 2. Electromagnetic (em)
sensors; 3. Metamaterial sensors; 4. Smart Materials for drug delivery Her work is focused, applied and is
driven towards the needs of our tri-services, namely Army, Navy and Air force. Currently she is working
on niche areas of research to give their findings in the form of prototype products to DRDO. These
include wound-healing drug delivery patches and CBW diagnostic sensors. She has made innovative use
of physics and materials science for applications in biomedicine. Her emphasis on problems of national
security and soldier’s health, makes her candidature very strong for the fellowship of National Academy of
Science.
Proposer: Dr. Surendra Pal, Seconder:Prof. Satish B. Ogale
1. Sangeeta Kale, SM Bhagat, SE Lofland, T Scabarozi, SB Ogale, A Orozco, SR Shinde, T Venkatesan,
B Hannoyer, B Mercey, W Prellier, 2001, Film thickness and temperature dependence of the magnetic
properties of pulsed-laser-deposited Fe 3 O 4 films on different substrates, Phys Rev B, 64,
205413 (if=3.736, ci=96)
2. SN Kale, SB Ogale, SR Shinde, M Sahasrabuddhe, VN Kulkarni, RL Greene, T Venkatesan, 2003,
Magnetism in Cobalt doped Cu2O thin films without and with Al, V, Zn codopants, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82,
2100. (if=3.302, ci=97)
3. Rajashree Rajagopal, M. Jani, S. N. Kale*, Tanushree Bala, Renu Pasricha, P. Poddar, BLV Prasad,
M. Sastry, Darshan C. Kundaliya, S.B. Ogale, 2006, La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 nano-particles coated with fatty
amine, Applied Physics Letters 89, 023107 (if=3.302, ci=10)
4. Sangeeta N Kale, Anil D Jadhav, Seema Verma, Soumya J Koppikar, Ruchika Kaul-Ghanekar, Sanjay
D Dhole, Satishchandra B Ogale 2012, Characterization of biocompatible NiCo 2 O 4 nanoparticles for
applications in hyperthermia and drug delivery, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine, 8,
452 (if=6.692, ci=28)
5. Parvez A. Shaikh, Abhik Banerjee, Onkar Game, Yesappa Kolekar, Sangeeta Kale and Satishchandra
Ogale, 2013, Citrate milling of oxides: from poly-dispersed micron scale to nearly mono- dispersed
nanoscale, Phys Chem Chem Phys. 15, 5091. (if=4.493, ci=48)
6. V. Bhaskar Rao, Ruchira Mukherji, G. Shitre, F. Alam, P.S. Kulkarni, A.A. Prabhune, S.N. Kale, 2014,
Sustained release of antimicrobial Cephalexin drug from Silica microparticles, Materials Science and
Engineering: C 34,9. (if=2.596, ci=03)
7. Rajashree Nori, S.N. Kale, U. Ganguly, N Ravi Chandra Raju, D.S. Sutar, R. Pinto, V. Ramgopal Rao,
2014, Morphology and Curie Temperature engineering in crystalline LSMO films by pulsed laser
deposition, Journal of Applied Physics, 115, 033518. (if=2.183, ci=05)
8. Ch. N. Rao, S. B. Sagar, N. G. Harshitha, Radhamanohar Aepuru, S. Premkumar, H S Panda, R. K.
Choubey, S. N. Kale, 2015, Lithium Niobate nanoparticles-coated Y-coupler optical Fiber for enhanced
electro-optic sensitivity, Optics Letters, 40, 491-494(if=3.179, ci=just published)
9. B. V. Bhaskara Rao,Prasad Yadav, Radhamanohar Aepuru, H. S. Panda, Satishchandra Ogale, S. N.
Kale, 2015, Single-layer graphene-assembled 3D porous carbon composites with PVA and Fe3O4
nanofillers: an interface-mediated superior dielectric and EMI shielding performance,
Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 17, 18353 (if=4.493, ci=just published)
10. Ch. N. Rao, Ravi Kant Choubey, and S. N. Kale, 2016, Mach-Zehnder interferometric photonic crystal
fiber for low acoustic frequency detections, Dnyandeo Pawar, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 108,
041912 (if=3.302, ci=just published)
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KOTWAL, ASHUTOSH VIJAY (b. 1965) Fritz London Professor of Physics, Duke University, Durham,
NC 27708, USA
Prof. Kotwal leads the world in precision measurements of electroweak observables. He has twice
published the best measurements of the mass of the W boson, the mediator of the weak nuclear force,
attaining precisions of 0.06% and 0.02% respectively and holding the world record for the last six years.
He has also twice published the world’s best measurements of the top quark mass in the dilepton
channel. Using these measurements, he predicted the Higgs boson mass range before its discovery, thus
guiding the Higgs search and providing spectacular confirmation of the Higgs boson theory. Citations for
his W boson mass papers exceed 680 and for his top-quark mass papers exceed 320. The Higgs boson
has been a central theme in particle physics for 50 years to explain the origin of fundamental particle
masses. Prof. Kotwal led its search in the important production mode of vector boson fusion at the LHC,
and the associated production mode with a Z boson at Fermilab. There are over 5800 citations for his
Higgs boson papers. Prof. Kotwal has published the world’s best results on the search for a new force
mediated by a Zprime boson, with a total citation count of 738. His searches for gravitons, top-quark
resonances, doubly-charged Higgs bosons and excited states of electrons and muons, have garnered
over 330 citations. Prof. Kotwal is a Fellow of American Physical Society and American Association for
Advancement of Science, a Sloan Fellow and a recipient of the Outstanding Junior Investigator Award
from US Government.
Proposer : Prof. Rabindra Mohapatra, Seconder : Prof. Govind Swarup
1. A. V. Kotwal with M. R. Adams et al. (E665 Collaboration), 1996, “Proton and deuteron structure
functions in muon scattering at 470 GeV”, Physical Review D 54, 5 (326 citations). This is Prof. Kotwal’s
Ph.D. thesis using the world’s highestenergy muon beam, which is a “Famous” paper and has not been
superseded.
2. A. V. Kotwal with B. Abbott et al. (D0 Collaboration), 2000, “A measurement of the W boson mass
using electrons at large rapidities”, Physical Review Letters 84, 222 (148 citations including
accompanying Physical Review D article)
3. A. V. Kotwal with D. Acosta et al. (CDF Collaboration), 2004, “Search for doubly-charged Higgs bosons
decaying to dileptons in ppbar collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV”, Physical Review Letters 93, 221802 (118
citations)
4. A. V. Kotwal with T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration), 2007, “First measurement of the W boson
mass in Run II of the Tevatron”, Physical Review Letters 99 (2007) 151801 (202 citations including
accompanying Physical Review D article).
5. A. V. Kotwal with T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration), 2009, “A search for high-mass resonances
decaying to dimuons at CDF”, Physical Review Letters 102, 091805 (128 citations)
6. A. V. Kotwal with G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), 2011, ”Search for Dilepton Resonances in pp
Collisions at 7 TeV with the ATLAS Detector”, Physical Review Letters 107, 272002 (143 citations)
7. A. V. Kotwal with T. Aaltonen et al. (CDF Collaboration), 2012, “Precise Measurement of the W-Boson
Mass with the CDF II Detector”, Physical Review Letters 108, 151803 (107 citations including
accompanying Physical Review D article)
8. A. V. Kotwal with T. Aaltonen et al, (CDF and D0 Collaborations), 2012, “Combination of the top-quark
mass measurements from the Tevatron”, Physical Review D 86, 092003 (217 citations)
9. A. V. Kotwal with G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), 2012, “Observation of a new particle in the
search for the Standard Model Higgs boson with the ATLAS detector at the LHC”, Physics Letters B 716,
1. (5633 citations)
10. A. V. Kotwal with G. Aad et al. (ATLAS Collaboration), 2015, “Observation and measurement of Higgs
boson decays to WW∗ with the ATLAS detector”, Physical Review D 92, 012006. (97 citations)
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KUMAR, SANJAY (b 1965), Professor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005
Sanjay Kumar has made many important contributions to the field of Soft Matter and Biological Physics.
He has elucidated the basic mechanism of force-driven transitions. Several long-standing issues,
including the observed discrepancies in the experimental and theoretical force-temperature diagram of
DNA unzipping (a long standing puzzle in DNA biophysics), were solved by him. He has provided the
theoretical explanation of many experiments, e.g., abrupt decrease in extension with temperature,
structural transition in poly(A) ssDNA etc. His studies with regard to the role of stiffness, conformational
entropy, and changing the pulling direction are significant contributions towards the understanding of
protein-unfolding problem. Prediction of “Eye phase” in DNA unzipping, effects of molecular crowding on
the unfolding and drug delivery using DNA aptamer are some of directives for future experiments. It is to
his credit to show the existence of dynamical transition in driven biopolymers. He showed that the area of
hysteresis loop grows with the universal exponents and obtained the force-frequency diagram for the
finite system. His recent studies revealed that dynamical transition is absent in the thermodynamic limit.
Being in the University system since beginning, his work is well recognized by the community. He is the
recipient of INSA Young Scientist Medal, BOYSCAST Fellow of DST, Regular Associate of ICTP, VC’
Excellence Award, Simons Award of ICTP and elected Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
His review article entitled “Biomolecules under mechanical force” is among the 10 most downloaded
articles in the year of its publication.
Proposer: Prof.Yashwant Singh, Seconder: Prof.Deepak Dhar
1. Sanjay Kumar and Y Singh, (1993), Letter to the Editor, Critical behavior of two interacting polymer
chains: Exact results for a state of interpenetration of chains on a fractal lattice, J. Phys. A: Math Gen, 26,
L987 (if=1.583, ci=23)
2. R Rajesh, D Dhar, D. Giri, Sanjay Kumar and Y Singh, (2002), The adsorption and collapse transition
in a linear polymer chain near an attractive surface, Phys. Rev. E, 65, 056124 (if=2.288, ci=58)
3. D Giri and Sanjay Kumar, (2006), Effects of the eye-phase in DNA unzipping (Rapid Communications),
Phys. Rev. E , 73, 50903 (R)(if=2.288, ci=24)
4. J Zhou, H Zhou, Z-O Yang and Sanjay Kumar, (2006), Collapse transition of two-dimensional flexible
and semi-flexible polymers, Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 158302 (if=7.512, ci=34)
5. Sanjay Kumar and D Giri, (2007), Does changing the pulling direction give better insight of
biomolecules? Phys. Rev. Lett 98, 04810(if=7.512, ci=36)
6. Sanjay Kumar, I Jensen, JL Jacobsen and AJ Guttmann, (2007) Role of conformational entropy in
force-induced biopolymer unfolding, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 128101 (if=7.512, ci=43)
7. G Mishra, D Giri and Sanjay Kumar, (2009), Stretching of a single stranded DNA: Evidence for
structural transition, Phys. Rev. E, 79, 031930 (if=2.288, ci=21)
8. Sanjay Kumar and MS Li, (2010) , Biomolecules under mechanical force, Physics Report 486, 174 (if=20.033, ci=128)
9. Sanjay Kumar and G Mishra, (2013), Statistical mechanics of DNA unzipping under periodic force:
Scaling behavior of hysteresis loop Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 258102 (if=7.512, ci=12)
10. R K Mishra, S Nath, Sanjay Kumar, (2015) , Rupture of DNA Aptamer: new insights from simulations,
J. Chem. Phys. 143, 164902(if=2.952, ci=0)
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MAMIDANNA, SRI RAMACHANDRA RAO (b. 1961) Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Madras-600036
Prof. M.S. Ramachandra Rao is an excellent researcher and academician who has contributed
immensely to the fields of experimental condensed matter physics and nanoscience. He was an
Alexander von Humboldt fellow and a JSPS fellow. After his Ph.D., one of the highlights of his work was
that Pr-ion had no additional effect on the Tc suppression unlike Pr in Y-123 system (Phys.Rev.B. 50
(1994) 6929 and not Abrikosov-Gorkov pair breaking was responsible for Tc suppression. He also
contributed immensely to the microwave applications of high Tc films (Appl.Phys.Lett. 68 (1996) 1720.
Prof. Rao as a faculty at IIT Madras has established a full-fledged thin film growth laboratory and
performed commendable work on correlated effects in manganites by demonstrating the effect of internal
3+
field due to Ho substitution in LCMO (Philosophical Magazine 83 (2003) 1631). He also showed the
importance of using an alternative insulating barrier in the study of magnetic tunnel junctions (J.Phys.D.
Appl.Phys. 35 (2002) 287). In recent years, Prof. Rao has done some pioneering work on the correlation
effects and stabilization of p-type conductivity in ZnO (Phys.Rev.B. 80 (2009) 45210 & APL 96 (2010)
232504). He has established a nanotechnology centre that also deals with industry related problems
using nanocrystalline diamond coatings (Diamond Rel. Mater. 44 (2014) 71). His recent work involves
observation of superconductivity in boron doped diamond. One of the good attributes of Prof. Rao is that
he is a very good teacher (IIT and abroad). In summary, Prof. Rao has been an outstanding researcher.
Proposer: Prof. A.K. Bhatnagar, Seconder: Prof. A.P. Pathak
1. P.S.V. Mocherla, C. Karthik, R.Ubic, M.S. Ramachandra Rao and C. Sudakar. “Tunable bandgap in
BiFeO3 nanoparticles: The role of microstrain and oxygen defects”. Appl. Phys. Lett. 103,022910 (2013).
(IF: 3.302 and Citations: 28).
2. B. Ramachandran, A. Dixit, R. Naik, G. Lawes and M. S. Ramachandra Rao, “Weakferromagnetic
ordering in Ca doped polycrystalline BiFeO3”, J. Appl. Phys., 111, 023910 (2012). (IF: 2.18 and citations:
27).
3. B. Ramachandran, A. Dixit, R. Naik, G. Lawes and M.S. Ramachandra Rao, “Chargetransfer and
electronic transitions in polycrystalline BiFeO3”, Phys. Rev. B, 82, 012102 (2010). (IF: 3.74 and Citations:
35).
4. S. Singh and M.S. Ramachandra Rao “Optical and electrical resistivity studies of isovalent and
aliovalent 3d transition metal ion doped ZnO”. Phys. Rev. B 80, 045210 (2009).(IF:3.736 and Citations:
77)
5. D. Venkateshvaran, M. Althammer, A. Nielsen, S. Geprägs, M. S. Ramachandra Rao, S. T.B.
Goennenwein, M. Opel, and R. Gross “Epitaxial ZnxFe3−xO4 thin films: A spintronicmaterial with tunable
electrical and magnetic properties”Phys. Rev. B 79, 134405 (2009).(IF:3.736 and Citations: 51).
6. B. Ramachandran and M.S. Ramachandra Rao, “Low temperature magnetocaloriceffect in
polycrystalline BiFeO3 ceramics”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 95,142505(2009).(IF: 3.30 and Citations: 45).
7. S. Singh, E.S. Kumar and M. S. Ramachandra Rao. “Microstructural optical and electricalproperties of
Cr doped ZnO”. Scripta Materialia 58, 866 (2008). (IF: 3.22 and Citations: 34).
8. S. Singh, P. Thiyagarajan, K. M. Kant , S. Thirupathiah, B. Tiwari, N. Rama, M.M.K. SamyandM.S.
RamachandraRao. “Topical Review, Structural and physical properties of ZnO based materials in various
forms: Bulk, thin film and nano”.J. Phys. D: Applied Physics 40, 6312 (2007). (IF: 2.72and Citations: 72)
9.S. Singh, N. Rama and M.S. RamachandraRao. “Influence of d-d transition bands on electrical
resistivity in Ni-doped polycrystalline ZnO”. Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 222111 (2006). (IF: 3.302 and Citations:
55).
10. R. Gross, L. Alff, B. Buchner, B.H. Freitag, C. Hoefener, J. Klein, Y. Lu, W. Mander, J.B. Philipp, M.S.
Ramachandra Rao, P. Reutler, C. Ritter, S. Thienhaus, S. Uhlenbruck and B. Wiedenhorst.“Physics of
grain boundaries in colossal magnetoresistance manganites”.J. Magn. Magn.Mater. 211, 150 (2000)”. (IF:
1.970 and Citations: 161).
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MISHRA, HIRANMAYA (b 1962), Professor, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad-380009
Hiranmaya Mishra's research work is broadly on the behavior of matter under extreme conditions in
relation to quark hadron phase transitions in heavy ion collisions, matter in the core of compact stars
apart from phase structure of ultra-cold atoms. One of the important contribution of Dr. Mishra's group lies
on the dissipative effects on evolution of quark gluon matter subsequent to a heavy ion collision.One of
the novel features of this is the phenomenon of cavitation which limits the naive application of
hydrodynamics and their effects on photon and dilepton production. In this context, he has also estimated
the transport coefficients of hadronic matter using models that describes the results of lattice QCD
simulations and could be estimated for finite baryon densities. He has also looked into non equilibrium
evolution of the qgp matter regarding the kinetics of chiral transition using novel ideas of condensed
matter systems. The other important contribution of Dr. Mishra lies in the area of superconductivity in
quark matter. He used a nonperturbative variational method in field theory to look into phase structure of
ultra dense matter. He, for the first time showed the existence of gapless modes in color superconducting
quark matter which was later known as breached pairing in super conductivity. He successfully applied
these ideas of quark matter to pairing in ultra cold fermionic atoms. Incidentally, his work on cold atoms is
the first paper on cold atom super fluidity from India.
Proposer: Prof. Utpal Sarkar, Seconder:Prof. S.D.Rindani
1. “Bulk and shear viscosities of hot and dense hadron gas”, Guru Prakash Kadam, Hiranmaya Mishra,
Nucl.Phys. A934 (2014) 133-147, (if=2.3, ci=11)
2. “Shear viscosity, cavitation and hydrodynamics at LHC”, Jitesh R. Bhatt, Hiranmaya Mishra, V.
Sreekanth, Phys.Lett.B704:486-489,2011 (if=6.1, ci=11)
3. “Cavitation and thermal dilepton production in QGP”, Jitesh R. Bhatt, Hiranmaya Mishra, V. Sreekanth,
e-Print: , Nucl. Phys. A875, 181-196 (2012) (if=2.3, ci=10)
4. “Vacuum structure and chiral symmetry breaking in strong magnetic fields for hot and dense quark
matter”, Bhaswar Chatterjee,Hiranmaya Mishra, Amruta Mishra, Phys.Rev.D84:014016,2011 (if=3.8,
ci=28)
5. “Thermal photons in QGP and non-ideal effects”, Jitesh R. Bhatt, Hiranmaya Mishra, V. Sreekanth,
JHEP 1011 (2010) 106 (if=6.1, ci=29)
6. “BCS-BEC crossover and phase structure of a relativistic system: a variational approach”,Bhaswar
Chatterjee, Hiranmaya Mishra and Amruta Mishra, ,Phys Rev. D79,14003 (2009) (if=3.8, ci=15)
7. “Color superconductivity and gapless modes in strange quark matter at finite temperature”,A. Mishra
and H. Mishra, Phys Rev. D71, 074023 (2005) (if=3.8, ci=13)
8. “Interior gap superfluidity in a two-component Fermi gas of atoms”, B. Deb, A. Mishra, H. Mishra, P. K.
Panigrahi, Rapid Communication, Phys. Rev. A70, 011604(R),(2004) (if=2.8, ci=14)
9. “Chiral symmetry breaking, color superconductivity and color neutral quark matter: a variational
approach”, A. Mishra and H. Mishra, hep-ph/0306105, Phys Rev. D69,014014,2004 (if=3.8, ci=35)
10. “Chiral symmetry breaking, Color superconductivity and quark matter phase diagram: A variational
approach”, Hiranmaya Mishra and J.C. Parikh ,Nucl.Phys A679, 597, (2001) (if=2.3, ci=12)
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MITRA, ABHAS KUMAR (b 1955), Adjunct Prof. Homi Bhabha National Institute; Former Head,
Theoretical Astrophysics Section, BARC, Mumbai-400094
Abhas Mitra is a leading theoretical astrophysicist who has singlehandedly carried out research over an
incredibly diversified range such as Classical Mechanics, Gamma Ray Astronomy, Cosmic Ray
Acceleration, Evolution of X-Ray Binaries, Millisecond Pulsars, Ultra High Energy Gamma Ray Production
Mechanism, Cosmic Gamma Ray Bursts, General Relativistic Gravitation Collapse & Cosmology. Often
he has had a pioneering role from India for such studies. His ApJ (1990) paper was 2nd paper on
Diffusive Shock Acceleration by an India. He was the 1st astrophysicist in the world to point out that UHE
Gamma Rays from Cyg X-3 should be due to Photomeson process rather than p-p collision as was
believed. He was the 1st Indian to get a slot for oral presentation in the prestigious Huntsville GRB
conference (1997). In quest of the origin of the central engine of GRBs, he started research on general
relativistic gravitational collapse for realistic situations where the stars must radiate and yet become hotter
& hotter. In fact, he informally led an international group of researchers who showed that immediately
before the formation of black holes, the trapped pressure inside collapsing massive stars should render
them into ultra-magnetized balls of fire/plasma. In 2006, there was a Harvard press release to this effect
which acknowledged Mitra’s pioneering role. His papers in Nature Sc. Rep., JCAP, IJMPD have
suggested that Cosmological Constant is EXACTLY zero implying Dark Energy might be an illusion. This
has profound importance for cosmology. He led simulation studies for MACE Telescope
Proposer: Prof. S.M. Chitre, Seconder:Prof. R.V. Hosur
1. A. Mitra (1991): ``Problems of ultra-high-energy particle acceleration in Cygnus X-3 - A critical
reappraisal''; Astrophysical Journal, 370, 356 (if=5.993, ci=15)
2. A. Mitra (1996): ``The probable mass of the companion in Cygnus X-3’’ Mon. Not. Royal Astron. Soc.,
280(3), 953 (if=5.017, ci=21)
3. A. Mitra (1996): ``Do fireballs in the interstellar medium necessarily imply blast wave propagation?’’,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.313, p.L9-L12 (if=4.378, ci=9)
4. A. Mitra (1998): ``No Massive Black Hole in Cygnus X-3’’; Astrophysical Journal, 499, 385 (if=5.993,
ci=37)
5. A. Mitra (1998):``The Expected Duration of Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Impulsive Hydrodynamic
Models’’ Astrophysical Journal, 492, 677 (if=5.993, ci=15)
6. A. Mitra (1998): ``Non-occurrence of trapped surfaces and Black Holes in spherical gravitational
collapse: An abridged version’: Found. Phys. Lett. 13(6), 543 (if=1.05, ci=74)
7. A. Mitra (2006): ``Radiation Pressure Supported Stars in Einstein Gravity: Eternally Collapsing
Objects’’; Mon Not. Roy. Asrton. Soc., 369, 492 (if=5.017, ci=40)
8. A. Mitra (2006): ``Why Gravitational Collapse Must be Accompanied by Emission of Radiation Both in
Newtonian and Einstein Gravity? (if=4.643, ci=65)
9. A. Mitra and N.K. Glendenning (2010): ``Likely formation of general relativistic radiation pressure
supported stars or eternally collapsing objects'' (if=5.521, ci=17)
10. A. Mitra (2014): ``Why the Rh = ct cosmology is unphysical and in fact a vacuum in disguise like the
Milne cosmology’’; Monthly Notices R Astron. Soc., 442(1), 382-387 (if=5.017, ci=6)
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NAIK, PRASAD ANANT (b 1959), Outstanding Scientist, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced
Technology, Indore-452013
Dr. Prasad Naik did his M.Sc. (Physics) from IIT-Bombay in 1981 as topper with CPI of 9.7 and joined
BARC, Mumbai in 1982 after graduating from the 25th batch of BARC Training School, as the overall
batch topper. His got his Ph.D. from Mumbai University in 1991. He shifted to RRCAT, Indore in May
1990, set up a state of the art laser plasma laboratory there, and has established himself as a laserplasma physicist of international repute. Currently he has about 170 publications in peer reviewed
journals and more than 340 conference papers. Under his supervision, 5 students have completed their
Ph.D., 2 are nearing completion of their Ph.D. work, and 15 have done their Masters projects.
Following are some of his recent professional achievements. He has made the first x-ray laser in India
operating at 46.9 nm, has built a 40 TW high power laser system which is the highest power indigenously
built laser system in the country, demonstrated using a Ti:sapphire laser, for the first time in the world,
production of negative ions and energetic neutrals from solid targets, obtained mono-energetic gold ions
for the first time, obtained mono-energetic electron beam with energy around 160 MeV, produced upto
10^4 fusion neutrons (2.45 MeV) per shot using deuterated polythelene targets, carried out time resolved
x-ray diffraction studies using the laser-produced ultra-short x-ray source, and has proposed and
demonstrated two new shadowgraphy and interferometry techniques based on chirped pulse as optical
probe.
Proposer: Dr. Parshotam Dass Gupta, Seconder:Dr. Dilip Devidas Bhawalkar
1. P.A.Naik, P.D.Gupta and S.R.Kumbhare (1991), "Enhanced x-ray emission in laser produced plasma
expanding in a background gas", Phys. Rev. A 43, 4540 (if=2.81, ci=6)
2. J.A.Chakera, V.Arora, S.Sailaja, S.R.Kumbhare, P.A.Naik, P.D.Gupta, N.K.Gupta, and B.K.Godwal
(2003), "Dependence of soft x-ray conversion on atomic composition in laser produced gold-copper mix-Z
targets", Appl. Phys. Letters 83, 27 (if=3.30, ci=35)
3. A.K.Sharma, P.A.Naik, and P.D.Gupta (2004), "A simple and sensitive method for visual detection of
temporal asymmetry of ultrashort laser pulses", Optics Express 12, 1389 (if=3.49, ci=27)
4. A.K.Sharma, P.A.Naik, and P.D.Gupta (2004), "Estimation of higher order chirp in ultrashort laser
pulses using modified spectrum auto-interferometric correlation", Optics Communication 233,
431 (if=1.45, ci=23)
5. R. A. Ganeev, H. Singhal, P. A. Naik, V. Arora, U. Chakravarty, J. A. Chakera, R. A. Khan, I.A. Kulagin,
P. V. Redkin, M. Raghuramaiah, and P. D. Gupta (2006), "Harmonic generation from indium rich
plasmas", Phys. Rev. A 74, 063824 (if=2.81, ci=100)
6. R. A. Ganeev, P. A. Naik, H. Singhal, J. A. Chakera, and P. D. Gupta (2007), "Strong enhancement
and extinction of single harmonic intensity in the mid- and end-plateau regions of the high harmonics
generated in weakly-excited laser plasmas", Optics Letters 32, 65(if=3.29, ci=62)
7. R. A. Ganeev, U. Chakravarty, P. A. Naik, H. Srivastava, C. Mukharjee, M. K. Tiwari, R. V. Nandedkar,
and P. D. Gupta, (2007), "Pulsed laser deposition of metal films and nanoparticles in vacuum using
subnanosecond laser pulses", Appl. Opt. 46, 1205 (if=1.78, ci=45)
8. H. Singhal, V. Arora, B.S. Rao, P. A. Naik, U. Chakravarty, R. A. Khan, and P.D. Gupta (2009),
"Dependence of high order harmonic intensity on the length of preformed plasma plumes", Phys. Rev. A
79, 023807 (if=2.81, ci=16)
9. R. A. Ganeev, H. Singhal, P. A. Naik, I. A. Kulagin, P. V. Redkin, J. A. Chakera, M. Tayyab, R. A.
Khan, and P. D. Gupta (2009), "Enhancement of high-order harmonic generation using two-color pump in
plasma plumes", Phys. Rev. A 80, 033845 (if=2.81, ci=59)
10. U. Chakravarty, R. A. Ganeev, P. A. Naik, J. A. Chakera, M. Babu, and P. D. Gupta (2011), "Nanoripple formation on different band-gap semiconductor surfaces using femtosecond pulses", J. Appl. Phys.
109, 084347 (if=2.18, ci=30)
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NARAYANASAMY, MADHAVAN (b. 1964) Scientist-H & Programme Leader, Nuclear and Atomic
Physics Groups, Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi-110067
I know Madhavan Narayanasamy for the last thirty years and have seen him grow steadily from a
Scientist trainee to leading Nuclear and Atomic Physics programme at IUAC (formerly, 'NSC) through
dedicated and meritorious contributions. He has excelled in contributing immensely to (and/or in leading
a group in) the development and utilization of advanced experimental facilities (HIRA and HYRA
spectrometers) for internationally competitive research. His role in the addition of ancillary detector arrays
in collaboration with other researchers have opened up new branches of exclusive research and has
enabled IUAC to make international impact in nuclear reaction dynamics research. He has delivered
lectures/course modules and mentored research scholars to successfully carry out advanced
experimental nuclear physics research in the country. Some of the research scholars mentored by
Madhavan have won best thesis award nationally and best poster award internationally. He took the role
of a Principal Investigator in a major DST funded project to successfully design, develop and commission
HYbrid Recoil mass Analyzer [HYRA] and later to enhance its capability by combining 4p spin
spectrometer of TIFR in collaboration with Prof. I. 7Mazumdar. Madhavan took a very active role in the
challenge to generate a Radioactive Ion Beam of Be (first RIB in India) using HIRA in mass focusing
mode, with one of his younger colleagues whom he had mentored being the principal investigator.
Madhavan contributed significantly to the design and commissioning of SCORPION (System for
Coincidence between Recoil and Projectile IONS) and in helping atomic physics research scholars too.
Proposer : Prof. G. K. Mehta, Seconder : Prof. V. S. Ramamurthy
1. AK Sinha, N Madhavan, JJ Das, P Sugathan, DO Kataria, AP Patro, GK Mehta,1994, “Heavy ion
reaction analyzer (HIRA): a recoil mass separator facility at NSC”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in
Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment,
Volume 339, Issue 3, Pages 543-549 IF =1.22 CI = 84
2. N Madhavan, JJ Das, P Sugathan, DO Kataria, DK Avasthi, A Mandal, AK Sinha, 1996, “Calibration of
analyzing magnet for beam energy measurement using the recoil mass separator HIRA”, Nuclear
Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and
Associated Equipment, Volume 370, Issue 2, Pages 315-318 IF =1.22 CI = 1
3. JJ Das, P Sugathan, N Madhavan, B Kumar, T Varughese, PV Madhusudhana Rao, AK Sinha, 1998,
“Development of a radioactive ion beam facility using 15 UD tandem accelerator at NSC”,Journal of
Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Volume 24, Issue 8, Pages 1371-1376 IF =2.78 CI = 16
4. JJ Das, VM Datar, P Sugathan, N Madhavan, PV Madhusudhana Rao, A Jhingan, A Navin, SK
Dhiman, S Barua, S Nath, T Varughese, AK Sinha, R Singh, A Ray, DL Sastry, RG Kulkarni, R Shyam,
2006, “Astrophysical S 17 (0) factor from a measurement of the H 2 (Be 7, B 8) n reaction at E c. m.= 4. 5
MeV”, Physical Review C, Volume 73, Issue 1, Pages 015808 IF =3.73 CI = 12
5. PD Shidling, N Madhavan, VS Ramamurthy, S Nath, NM Badiger, S Pal, AK Sinha, A Jhingan, S
Muralithar, P Sugathan, S Kailas, BR Behera, R Singh, KM Varier, MC Radhakrishna, 2008,
"Experimental signature of entrance channel effect in heavy mass region via evaporation residue cross
section and spin distribution measurements", Physics Letters B, Volume 670 (2), 99-102 IF =6.13 CI =
21
6. N Madhavan, S Nath, T Varughese, J Gehlot, A Jhingan, P Sugathan, AK Sinha, R Singh, KM Varier,
MC Radhakrishna, E Prasad, S Kalkal, G Mohanto, JJ Das, Rakesh Kumar, RP Singh, S Muralithar, RK
Bhowmik, A Roy, Rajesh Kumar, SK Suman, A Mandal, TS Datta, J Chacko, A Choudhury, UG Naik, AJ
Malyadri, M Archunan, J Zacharias, S Rao, Mukesh Kumar, P Barua, ET Subramanian, K Rani, BP Ajith
Kumar, KS Golda, 2010,“Hybrid recoil mass analyzer at IUAC—First results using gas-filled mode and
future plans”,Pramana 75 (2), 317-331 IF =0.65 CI = 37
7. N. Madhavan, I. Mazumdar, T. Varughese, J. Gehlot, S. Nath, D. A. Gothe, P. B. Chavan, G. Mohanto,
M. B. Naik, I. Mukul and A. K. Sinha, 2011, “HYRA gas-filled separator coupled to 4π spin spectrometer
at IUAC, New Delhi”,(FUSION11) EPJ Web of conferences. Volume 17, 14003 IF =1.56 CI = 9
8. Sunil Kalkal, S. Mandal, N. Madhavan, A. Jhingan, E. Prasad, Rohit Sandal, S. Nath, J. Gehlot,
RitikaGarg, GayatriMohanto, MansiSaxena, SaviGoyal, S. Verma, B. R. Behera, Suresh Kumar, U. D.
Pramanik, A. K. Sinha, and R. Singh, 2011, “Multinucleon transfer reactions for the 28Si+90,94Zr
systems in the region below and near the Coulomb barrier”, Physical Review C 83, 054607 IF =3.73 CI=
14
9. D Tonev, MS Yavahchova, N Goutev, G de Angelis, P Petkov, RK Bhowmik, RP Singh, S Muralithar,
N Madhavan, R Kumar, M Kumar Raju, J Kaur, G Mohanto, A Singh, N Kaur, R Garg, A Shukla, Ts K
Marinov, S Brant, 2014, “Candidates for Twin Chiral Bands in Rh 102”, Physical Review Letters, Volume
112, Issue 5, 052501 IF =7.51 CI = 10
10. T. Roy, G. Mukherjee, N. Madhavan, T. K.Rana, Soumik Bhattacharya, Md. A. Asgar,I.Bala, K. Basu,
S. S. Bhattacharjee, C. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharyya, J. Gehlot, S. S. Ghugre, R. K.
Gurjar, A. Jhingan, R. Kumar, S. Muralithar, S. Nath, H. Pai, R. Palit, R. Raut, R. P. Singh, A. K. Sinha,
and T. Varughese, 2015, “A new high-spin isomer in 195Bi”, European Physics Journal A 51, 153 IF
=2.74 CI =0
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PRAKASH, CHANDRA
DRDO, Delhi-110054
(b 1958), Scientist 'G', Associate Director, Solid State Physics Laboratory,
Dr. Chandra Prakash is a leading researcher in the area of electroceramic materials and he has
contributed immensely to the development of a variety of materials and devices. His most notable
contribution is the development of low loss microwave Li-Zn-Ti ferrites and dielectrics. These are
application specific and meet all the requirements for applications in Phased Array Radars. He has ablely
led an R&D group which developed this technology leading to commercial production at Central
Electronics Ltd. Phase shifters worth more than Rs. 500 crores have been produced and employed in
radars. Dr. Chandra Prakash and the team led by him have successfully developed technology for
fabrication of thermoelectric coolers for high power laser diodes and IR bolometer. One hundred
prototypes had been fabricated, which have cleared all the acceptance test criteria and are being used.
He has also been responsible for development of piezoelectric materials with very high piezoelectric
coefficient (d33 ~ 650 pC/N & kp ~ 75%) for actuator applications. These were synthesised by novel
processing techniques. He has a large number of publications in quality journals.
Dr. Chandra Prakash’s contributions have been recognized by several professional bodies. He is a Fellow
of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials and is currently Chairman of Delhi Chapter of MRSI. He has
been listed among top 10 researchers (2009-14) in the country in the field of materials science in a survey
by Elsevier for DST. Report “International Comparative Performance of India’s Research Base (20092014)” released in Dec 2015.
Proposer: Prof. Krishan Lal, Seconder:Prof. Vikram Kumar
1. Chandra Prakash and J.S. Baijal, 1985, Dielectric Behaviour of Tetravalent Titanium-Substituted Ni-Zn
Ferrites, J. Less-Common. Met., 107, 51. (if=3.0, ci=80)
2. J.S. Baijal, Sumitra Phanjoubam, Deepika Kothari, Chandra Prakash and Pran Kishan, 1992, Hyperfine
Interactions and Magnetic Studies of Li-Mg Ferrites, Solid State Commun., 83, 679 (if=1.9, ci=55)
3. A.K. Singh, T.C. Goel, R.G. Mendiratta, O.P. Thakur and Chandra Prakash, 2002, Dielectric Properties
of Mn-Substituted Ni-Zn Ferrites, J. Appl. Phys., 91, 6626. (if=2.18, ci=123)
4. A. Verma, O.P. Thakur, Chandra Prakash, T.C. Goel, R.G. Mendiratta, 2005, Temperature
Dependence of Electrical Properties of Nickel–Zinc Ferrites Processed by the Citrate Precursor
Technique, Mater. Sci. Engg. B, 116, 1-6. (if=2.17, ci=113)
5. S.K. Pandey, A R James, R. Raman, S.N. Chatterjee, Anshu Goyal and Chandra Prakash, 2005,
Structural, Ferroelectric and Optical Properties of PZT Thin Films, Physica B, 369, 135-142. (if=1.32,
ci=54)
6. O.P. Thakur, Chandra Prakash, and A.R. James, 2009, Enhanced Dielectric Properties in Modified
Barium Titanate Ceramics Through Improved Processing, J. Alloys & Compounds, 470, 548-551. (if=3.0,
ci=58)
7. Parveen Kumar, Sangeeta Singh, Manjula Spah, J.K. Juneja, Chandra Prakash and K.K. Raina, 2010,
Synthesis and Dielectric Properties of Substituted Barium Titanate Ceramics, J. Alloys Compd. 489, 59–
63. (if=3.0, ci=22)
8. Sonia, R.K. Patel, Pawan Kumar, Chandra Prakash and D.K. Agrawal, 2012, Low Temperature
Synthesis and Dielectric, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Study of Microwave Sintered of BaTiO3
Ceramics, , Ceram. Intl., 38, 1585-89. (if=2.6, ci=22)
9. Sandeep Mahajan, Divya Haridas, K. Sreenivas, O.P. Thakur and Chandra Prakash, 2013,
Enhancement in Electro-strain Behavior by La3+ Substitution in Lead Free BaZr0.05Ti0.95O3 Ceramics, ,
Mater. Lett., 97, 40-43. (if=2.49, ci=12)
10. Dipti, J.K. Juneja , Sangeeta Singh, K.K. Raina and Chandra Prakash, 2015, Enhancement in
Magnetoelectric Coupling in PZT based Composites, Ceram. Intl., 41, 6108-12. (if=2.6, ci=5)
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PRASAD, S. KRISHNA (b 1959), Scientist F, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bengaluru 560013
Dr. Prasad is a scientist of high calibre and an exceptionally good experimental physicist as well as adept
at understanding the theoretical aspects. Not only has he made outstanding contributions working on the
front-line problems in the area of soft condensed matter, but has successfully demonstrated his abilities in
designing, fabricating & automating a variety of experimental facilities including a high precision, high
pressure dielectric apparatus for studies on complex fluids. Specifically he has made an impact in the
areas of critical phenomena and in the nascent fields of photo-induced phase transitions, influence of
restricted geometries, and the currently hot topic of nano-soft systems. He is credited with novel
observations of a dynamic self assembly, field driven hastening of thermal back relaxation, enhancement
of electrical conductivity by superimposed insulating network, etc. In the area of nano-soft systems, he
has come up with dual-frequency addressed conductivity/optical switch by employing composites of CNTs
− an extreme example of hard functional anisotropic nanoparticles − and liquid crystals − self-organizing
and anisotropic, but fluid, soft matter, and contributions with originative ideas relevant to display devices,
spatial light modulators, optical storage devices etc resulting in patents. Dr. Prasad has established and
leads a dedicated band of scientists and research students at CeNS with his inspiring and dynamic
leadership in addition to inspiring teaching qualities. His research group has achieved many firsts in the
field, in both applied and basic sciences. He has published over 250 research articles in international
journals of high impact factor.
Proposer: Prof. G.U. Kulkarni, Seconder:Prof. K.A. Suresh
1. B. Kamaliya, M. V. Kumar, C. Yelamaggad and S. Krishna Prasad, 2015 Enhancement of electrical
conductivity of a liquid crystal-gold nanoparticle composite by a gel network of aerosil particles Appl.
Phys. Lett., 106, 83110 (if=3.302, ci=3)
2. P. L. Madhuri, D. S.S. Rao, C. V. Yelamaggad, A. S. Achalkumar and S. Krishna Prasad, 2015, Fast
Photoluminescence Switching in the Nematic Phase of Calamitic-Discotic Composites Adv. Opt. Mater. 3,
1116 (if=4.062, ci=3)
3. A. P. Sivadas, N. S. Kumar, D. D. Prabhu, S. Varghese, S. Krishna Prasad, D. S. Rao and S. Das 2014
Supergelation via Purely Aromatic pi-pi Driven Self-Assembly of Pseudodiscotic Oxadiazole Mesogens, J.
Am. Chem. Soc. ,136, 5416 (if=12.113, ci=17)
4. S. Krishna Prasad, M. V. Kumar and C. Yelamaggad, 2013 Dual frequency conductivity switching in a
carbon nanotube/liquid crystal composite Carbon, 59, 512 (if=6.196, ci=12)
5. S. Krishna Prasad, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Sridevi, Chethan V. Lobo, B. R. Ratna, Jawad Naciri, and R.
Shashidhar, 2009, Unusual dielectric and electrical switching behavior in the de Vries smectic A phase of
two organosiloxane derivatives, Phys. Rev. Lett., 102, 147802 (if=7.512, ci=23)
6. S. Krishna Prasad, Geetha G Nair, G. Hegde, V. Jayalakshmi, 2007, Evidence of wormlike micellar
behavior in chromonic liquid crystals: Rheological, X-ray, and dielectric studies J. Phys. Chem. B, 111,
9741 (if=3.302, ci=34)
7. S. Krishna Prasad, Geetha G. Nair, G. Hegde, 2005, Dynamic Self‐Assembly of the Liquid‐Crystalline
Smectic A Phase, Adv. Mater. 17, 2086 (if=17.493, ci=27)
8. C.V. Yelamaggad, S. Krishna Prasad, G.G. Nair, I.S. Shashikala, D.S. Shankar Rao, C. V Lobo, S.
Chandrasekhar, 2004, A Low‐Molar‐Mass, Monodispersive, Bent‐Rod Dimer Exhibiting Biaxial Nematic
and Smectic A Phases, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 43, 3429.(if=11.261, ci=112)
9. D.S.Shankar Rao, S. Krishna Prasad, V.N. Raja, C.V.Yelamaggad, and S. Anita Nagamani, 2001,
Observation of a Reentrant Twist Grain Boundary Phase, Phys. Rev. Lett., 87, 085504. (if=7.512, ci=47)
10. R. Shashidhar, B.R. Ratna, S. Krishna Prasad, S Somasekhara, G Heppke, 1987 Smectic-A d–
smectic-A 2 critical point, Phys. Rev. Lett., 59, 1209 (if=7.512, ci=47)
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SAHA, SHYAMAL KUMAR (b. 1962) Professor, Department of Materials Science, IACS, Kolkata-700032
The main contribution of Prof. Saha is to focus graphene as a promising material for magnetic and
optoelectronic applications. Graphene sheet is fragmented into ultrafine sheets to observe room
1
temperature ferromagnetism first time due to edge states . Graphite-like new material with interlayer
2
separation 2.8Å was reported . Very recently, 2D ferromagnet with giant coercivity is realized on ultra thin
layer of Ni(OH)2 grown on graphene surface (PRB, just accepted). Thin layers of ferromagnetic
materials(FM) are grown on graphene surface to investigate spin transport through graphene6. GMR
effect and several fundamental effects which control the spin transport viz. creation of potential barrier
and antiferromagnetic coupling arising due to charge transfer at the graphene/FM interface as predicted
theoretically are verified using spin valve structures (APL 2014, 105, 022402). Unusual giant dielectric
response in which permittivity increases with frequency has been reported in Co doped graphene (APL
2013,103, 242902). To invoke optical properties, graphene oxide is functionalized to generate light of
different colors in the visible region which will be very useful in graphene based optoelectronic
devices4,5,7. Functionalized graphene oxide is used to attach Li+ ions to realize 2D ionic conductors for LI+
ion battery3. Funtionalized graphene oxide is also used for sensing applications viz. Cr+ ion adsorption for
water purification4 and detection of nitro-explosives5 generally used in terrorist attack. Besides graphene
research, an interesting finding of giant dielectric response in interrupted 1D metal strands due to
quantum confinement is reported8,10. Room temperature single electron tunneling is also observed in
conducting polymer nanotubes9.
Proposer: Prof. Sushanta Dattagupta, Seconder: Prof. B N Dev
Average Impact Factor of 10 publications: 8.3
1. S. K. Saha*, M. Baskey and D. Majumdar; 2010, “Graphene Quantum Sheets: A New Material for
Spintronic Applications”
Adv. Mater. 2010, 22, 5531. (I.F – 17.5, C.I- 34)
2. Moni Baskey and Shyamal K Saha*; 2012, “A Graphite-like zero gap semiconductor with inter layer
separation 2.8Å”
Adv. Mater., 24, 1589. (I.F - 17.5, C.I- 11)
3. Moutusi Banerjee, Abhisek Gupta, Shyamal K. Saha*, Dipankar Chakravorty; 2015, “1-aza-15-crown5 functionalized graphene oxide for 2-dimensional graphene based Li+ ion conductor” Small, 11, 3451 (I.F
– 8.4 C.I- 3)
4. DiptimanDinda, Abhisek Gupta and Shyamal K. Saha*; 2013, “Removal of toxic Cr(VI) by UV-active
functionalized graphene oxide for water purification” J. Mater. Chem. A, 1, 11221 (I.F - 7.4, C.I- 29)
5. Diptiman Dinda, Abhisek Gupta, Bikash Kumar Shaw, Suparna Sadhu, and Shyamal K. Saha*; 2014
“Highly Selective Detection of Trinitrophenol by Luminescent Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide
through FRET Mechanism”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 6 (13), 10722 (I.F - 6.7, C.I- 24)
6. Sumit Mondal, Shyamal K. Saha*; 2012, Ni/graphene/Ni nanostructures for spintronic applications
Nanoscale, 4, 986 (I.F – 7.4, C.I- 26)
7. Abhisek Gupta and Shyamal K. Saha*; 2012, “Emerging Photoluminescence in azo-pyridine
intercalated graphene oxide layers” Nanoscale, 4, 6562 (I.F – 7.4, C.I - 23)
8. S. K. Saha; 2004 “Observation of Giant dielectric constant in an assembly of ultra fine silver particles”
Phys. Rev. B, 2004, 69, 125416 (I.F - 3.7, C.I- 36)
9. S K Saha; 2002 “Room temperature single electron tunneling in conducting polypyrrole nanotube”
Appl. Phys. Lett., 2002, 81, 3645 (I.F - 3.3, C.I- 39)
10. S. Bhattacharyya, S. K. Saha*, D. Chakravorty 2000 “Nanowire formation in polymeric film” Appl.
Physics Lett. , 2000, 76, 3896 (I.F – 3.3, C.I- 84)
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BACHAM, ESWAR REDDY (b 1964), Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru560034
Dr. Reddy’s systematic and detailed studies of chemical tagging of solar neighborhood is one of the
original in the literature and made significant impact in the field. This work led to two important results: a)
Identification of two distinct components in the disk: the thin and the thick disk, b) showing of lack of
cosmic scatter in the chemical evolution of the Galaxy, c) a more precise age-metallicity relation for stars
in the Galaxy. His detailed analysis of searching of 6Li isotopes among stars with planets is credited as
one of the most accurate studies setting limits. His research received impressive praise and citations in
professional articles (citations: 1780; h-index :17). Importantly, Dr. Reddy has played a key role in India’s
participation in the ‘ Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory Project. He as the national
coordinator (2008-12) and later (2012 – present) the programme director, appointed jointly by DST and
DAE, of India TMT he made significant contributions to the project. He led successful proposal with the
DST to fund prototype development and technology capability demonstrations of key TMT systems. With
these demonstrations, he led successfully one of the largest scientific proposal for funding by the Govt. of
India at 10% level with outlay of Rs 1300 crores. As a designated governor in the TIO board he shoulders
key responsibilities.
Proposer: prof. Annapurni Subramaniam, Seconder:Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhuri
1. Reddy, B.E., Hrivnak, B.J. 1999, AJ, 117, 1834 " Spectroscopic Study of HD 179821 (IRAS
19114+0002): Proto-Planetary Nebulaor Supergiant? (if=5.0, ci=29)
2. Reddy, B.E., Baker, E.J., Hrivnak, B.J. 1999, ApJ, 524, 831 "An Abundance Analysis of two Carbonrich Proto-Planetary Nebulae: IRAS Z02229+6208 and IRAS 07430+1115 (if=2.54, ci=49)
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stars with planets” (if=4.8, ci=55)
4. Reddy, B.E., Tomkin, J., Lambert, D.L., Allende Prieto, C. 2003, MNRAS, 340, 304 “ The Chemical
Compositions of Galactic Disk F and G Dwarfs” (if=5.2, ci=470)
5. Lambert, D.L., Reddy, B.E. 2004, MNRAS, 349, 757 “ Lithium Abundances of the local thin disk
stars” (if=5.2, ci=69)
6. Reddy, B.E., Lambert, D.L., and Allende Prieto, C. 2006, MNRAS, 367, 1329 “Elemental Abundance
Survey of the Galactic thick disk” (if=5.1, ci=404)
7. Reddy, B.E and Lambert, D.L. 2008, MNRAS, 391, 95 “Searching for the metal-weak thick disk in the
solar neighbourhood” (if=5.2, ci=28)
8. Kumar, Y.B and Reddy,B.E. 2009, ApJL, 703, 46 “ HD 77361: A new case of Super Li-rich K giant with
anomalous low 12C/13C ratio” (if=5.5, ci=16)
9. Kumar, Y.B., Reddy, B.E., Lambert, D.L. 2011, ApJL, 730, 12 “ Origin of Li enrichment in K
giants” (if=5.5, ci=47)
10. Ramya, P., Reddy, B.E., Lambert, D.L. 2012, MNRAS, 425, 3188 “ Chemical Composition of stars in
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DAS, DEBAJYOTI (b 1960), Senior Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science,
Kolkata -700032
Utilizing above 30-years’ experience-&-expertise on thin-film deposition-techniques and materialssynthesis, the nominee has significantly contributed in thrust-area science-&-technology by: a) designing
and indigenously-fabricating a few exclusive plasma-reactors to implement innovative ideas, b)
establishing state-of-the-art process-technologies, and c) developing nanocrystalline-silicon quantumdots for applications in energy-devices. # invented and patented unique & generally-applicable one-step
self-masked dry-etching plasma-process, producing various Nano-Tip Arrays for nanoelectronics.[US
Patent No: 6,960,528 (2005); Taiwan, ROC Patent No: I-233161 (2005); Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(2003)1420–
1422; Nano-Letters 4(2004)471–475]. # invented novel “Chemical-Annealing-by-Atomic-Hydrogen” to
produce rigid nC-Si network with narrow band-gap, low hydrogen-content, reduced light-inducedmetastability and nondispersive hole-transport with enhanced drift-mobility; receiving international
recognition-&-acceptance concerning plasma-processing of tandem-structure solar cells [Appl. Phys. Lett.
59(1991)1096–1098; Phys. Rev., B51(1995)10729–10736; J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 36(2003)2335–2346;
Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 81(2004)155–168, 81(2004)169–181]. # invented unique route to tailormake nC-Si QDs of controlled size-density-&-distribution through one-step spontaneous plasmaprocessing by low-temperature-CVD, delivering opportunities for fabrication of third-generation all-silicon
quantum-dot solar cells. The nC-Si QDs are produced in nc-Si:H/a-Si:H superlattice-structures and three
individual dielectric-matrices which are of versatile use in semiconductor nanoelectronics, e.g., SiOX
[Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17(2015)5063–5071; J. Mater. Chem. C1(2013)6623–6629; Mat. Res. Bul.
47(2012)3625–3629; J. Electrochem. Soc. 158(2011)A1–A7; J. Mater. Chem. 21(2011)7452–7458;
Nanotechnology 18(2007)415704; 22(2011)055601.], SiNX [J. Lumin. 158(2015)11–18; RSC Adv.
4(2014)36929–36939; J. Appl. Phys. 114(2013)073708; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 15(2013)3881–3888;
Sci. Adv. Matter. 5(2013)188–198.] and SiCX [Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 16(2014)25421–25431; J.
Mater. Chem. A1(2013)14744–14753].
Proposer : Prof. Bhupendra Nath Dev, Seconder : Prof. Soumitra Sengupta
1. Debajyoti Das; (1995) ‘Control of Hydrogenation and Modulation of the Structural Network in Si:H by
Interrupted Growth and H-plasma Treatment’: –– Phys. Rev. B 51, 10729–10736. (if= 3.664, ci= 58)
2. Debajyoti Das; (2003) ‘A Novel Approach Towards Silicon Nano-Technology’: –– J. Phys. D: Appl.
Phys. 36, 2335–2346. (if= 2.521, ci= 28)
3. Debajyoti c-Si:H films prepared by H2 dilution to the Ar-assisted SiH4 plasma in radio frequency glow
discharge’: –– J. Appl. Phys. 93, 2528–2535.Das; (2003) ‘Micro-Raman and ultraviolet ellipsometry
studies on (if= 2.185 , ci= 30)
4. Debajyoti Das and K. Bhattacharya; (2006) ‘Characterization of the Si:H network during transformation
from amorphous to micro- and nanocrystalline structures’: –– J. Appl. Phys. 100, 103701–08. (if= 2.185 ,
ci= 42)
5. Debajyoti Das and A. Samanta; (2011) ‘Photoluminescent silicon quantum dots in core/shell
configuration: synthesis by low temperature and spontaneous plasma processing’: –– Nanotechnology
22, 055601. (if= 3.672, ci= 25)
6. Debajyoti Das, M. Jana and A. K. Barua; (2001) ‘Heterogeneity in Microcrystalline-transition-state :
Origin of Si-nucleation and Microcrystallization at Higher RF Power from Ar-diluted SiH4 Plasma’: –– J.
Appl. Phys. 89, 3041–3048. (if= 2.185, ci= 52)
7. K. Bhattacharya and Debajyoti Das; (2007) ‘Nanocrystalline silicon films prepared from silane plasma
in RF-PECVD, using helium dilution without hydrogen: Structural and optical characterization’: ––
Nanotechnology 18, 415704(9pp). (if= 3.672, ci= 65)
8. H. Shirai, Debajyoti Das, J. Hanna and I. Shimizu; (1991) ‘A Novel Preparation Technique for
Preparing Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon with a More Rigid and Stable Network’: –– Appl. Phys. Lett.
59, 1096–1098. (if= 3.515, ci= 105)
9. H.C. Lo, Debajyoti Das, J.S. Hwang, K.H. Chen, C.H. Hsu, C.F. Chen and L.C. Chen; (2003) ‘SiCcapped Nanotip Arrays for Field Emission with Ultralow Turn-on-Field’: –– Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 1420–
1422. (if= 3.515, ci= 90)
10. C.H. Hsu, H.C. Lo, C.F. Chen, C.T. Wu, J.S. Hwang, Debajyoti Das, J. Tsai, L.C. Chen and K.H.
Chen; (2004) ‘Generally applicable self-masked dry etching technique for nanotip array fabrication’: ––
Nano-Letters 4, 471–475. (if= 12.940, ci= 125)
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DESHPANDE, VILAS KRISHNARAO (b 1957), Professor & Head, Dept. of Applied Physics, VNIT,
Nagpur-440010
Prof. Vilas K. Deshpande is involved in teaching and research for last 31 years. His field of research
includes: Solid Electrolytes, Glasses, Glass ceramics, Ferroelectric glass ceramics, Radiation resistant
glasses etc. Some of his important contributions are:
• A pioneering work on “The electrical conductivity of Lithium Sulphate in its monoclinic phase” during
Ph.D.
• Discovery of “Mixed Glass Former Effect” at university of Montpellier, France.
• Developed new glass ceramics from ferromanganese slag (Industrial waste).
• Developed laminates from agricultural waste.
• Developed a novel route to obtain nano-crystallization in glasses by subjecting them to controlled heat
treatment schedule.
• Developed for the first time in India “Radiation Resistant Optical Glass” and handed over to Indira
Gandhi Center for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam for use in the Hot Cell of a Nuclear Reactor.
• Developed first time in India, “Ferroelectric Glass Ceramics for high temperature transducer
applications” and handed over to IGCAR, Kalpakkam.
• Published 81 papers in National and International journals of repute.
• Guided 8 students for Ph.D. degree.
• Edited one book on “Physics for advanced engineering and technology”.
• Worked as Dean (Acad.), Visvesvaraya National institute of technology from 2002 to 2006.
• Vice President of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences.
• Fellow of Indian Institute of Ceramics.
• Organized a National Seminar on ‘Science for National Development” 14-15 March 2015
• Organized a National conference on “Functional glasses /glass ceramics and Ceramics” 10-12 Dec.
2015.
• Co.convener for the International conference on “Research for Resurgence” 11-13 Jan. 2016.
Proposer : SINGRU Ramesh Madhao, Seconder : MANDE Chintamani
1. V.K. Deshpande and K. Singh (1982) “Electrical conductivity of lithium sulphate in its monoclinic phase”
Solid State Ionics, 6(2), 151.(if=2.564 , ci= 30)
2. V.K. Deshpande and K. Singh (1983) “Electrical conductivity of Li2SO4 : Li2CO3 system”, J. Power
Sources, 10(2) 191. (if=4.908 , ci=13)
3. K. Singh, F.C. Raghuwanshi and V.K. Deshpande, (1988) “Li2SO4 : LiOH eutectic system, a promising
solid electrolyte” Solid State Ionics, 28-30, 267. (if=2.564 , ci= 7)
4. V. K. Deshpande, A. Pradel and M. Ribes, (1988) “The mixed glass former effect in Li2S : SiS2 : GeS2
system”. Mater. Res. Bull., 23, 379. (if=2.141 , ci= 40)
5. P.R. Gandhi, V. K. Deshpande, and K. Singh (1989) “Conductivity enhancement in Li2SO4
incorporated Li2O:B2O3 glass system" Solid State Ionics"36, 97. (if=2.564, , ci= 26)
6. V. K. Deshpande and A.M. Joshi, (1994) “Cactus (opuntia dillenii Grahm) Stem : A new source of
energy” J. Power Sources,47, 185.(if=4.908 , ci= 5)
7. A.V. Deshpande and V. K. Deshpande, (2006), “Correlation of Glass Transition Temperature and
Density with Electrical Conductivity of Lithium BorosilicateGlasses”, Solid State Ionics, 177,
2747. (if=2.564 , ci= 10)
8. V. K. Deshpande and Ramesh Taikar, (2010) “Effect of Cerium oxide addition on the electrical and
physical propertiesof alkali borosilicate glasses", Materials Science and Engineering B, 172, 6. (if=1.846 ,
ci= 6)
9. J. Shankar and V. K. Deshpande, (2013) “Effect of MgO addition on the properties of PbO-TiO2-B2O3
glass and glass cereamics” Ceramic International 39, S15 (if=1.789, ci= 3)
10. S. R. Tiple and V. K. Deshpande, (2015) “Study of new protonic conducting glasses for fuel cells” J.
Power Sources 288, 229.(if=4.908)
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DUTTA, AMIT (b 1968), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur-208016
Dr. Dutta has contributed very significantly to the fields of quantum phase transitions, non-equilibrium
quantum dynamics and quantum information, especially over the last ten years. The monograph with B.
K. Chakrabarti and P. Sen (from Springer) has been recognized world-wide. His recent book, by A. Dutta,
G. Aeppli, B. K. Chakrabarti, U. Divakaran, T. F. Rosenbaum and D. Sen (from Cambridge University
Press, UK), has also attracted the attention of several researchers. As mentioned in the
previous nomination, Dr. Dutta has made significant contributions to the studies of non-equilibrium
dynamics of closed quantum systems establishing a strong connection to quantum information theory.
Further, he has pioneered studies of non-equilibrium dynamics of topologically ordered systems.
His current h-index is 16 and his papers have received nearly 700 citations in the last 5 years (source:
Google Scholar). In addition, Dr. Dutta has established himself as an inspiring teacher over the last
thirteen years. In the last one year, Dr. Dutta has continued to work in related areas. He has completed
an exact analytical study of the work statistics and the entropy generation in periodically driven closed
quantum systems. For periodically driven graphene, the possibility of dynamical localization and a
merging transition of Dirac points (which also occurs in Kitaev model) have been established. Dr. Dutta
has explored at length the possibility of dynamical phase transitions, thereby nullifying and modifying
some of the claims made in earlier studies. Finally, a universal scaling relation for the decoherence
factor in a driven central spin model has been rigorously established for the first time.
Proposer : Diptiman Sen, Seconder : Debashish Chowdhury
1. Amit Dutta, B. K. Chakrabarti and J. K. Bhattacharjee, 1997, “Quantum Lifshitz point: epsilon
expansion and the spherical limit", Phys. Rev. B 55, 5619. (if=3.736, ci=12 (Google scholar, 31st March,
2016))
2. Amit Dutta and J.K.Bhattacharjee, 2001, “Phase transitions in the quantum Ising and rotor models with
a long-range interaction”, Phys. Rev. B 64, 184106. (if=3.736, ci=32)
3. Amit Dutta and Diptiman Sen, 2003, “Gapless line for the anisotropic Heisenberg spin-1/2 chain in a
magnetic field and the quantum axial-next nearest neighbor Ising chain”, Phys. Rev. B 67,
094435 (if=3.736, ci=30)
4. Uma Divakaran and Amit Dutta, 2007, “Critical behavior of random fibers mixed Weibull distribution”
Phys. Rev. E 75, 011109.(if=2.288, ci=17)
5. V. Mukherjee, U. Divakaran, A. Dutta and D. Sen, 2007, “Quenching Dynamics of a quantum XY spin1/2 chain in a transverse field”, Phys. Rev. B 76 174303 (if=3.736, ci=97)
6. Uma Divakaran, Amit Dutta and Diptiman Sen, 2008, “Quenching through a gapless line: a new
exponent for defect density”, Phys. Rev. B 78, 144301 (if=3.736, ci=56)
7. Victor Mukherjee and Amit Dutta, 2010, “Adiabatic multicritical quantum quenches: Continuously
varying exponents depending on the direction of quenching”, EPL 92, 37004. (if=2.095, ci=22)
8. Victor Mukherjee, Anatoli Polkovnikov and Amit Dutta, 2011, “Oscillating fidelity susceptibility near a
quantum multicritical point”, Phys. Rev. B 83, 075118 (if=3.736, ci=22)
9. Victor Mukherjee, Shraddha Sharma and Amit Dutta, 2012, “Loschmidt echo with a non-equilibrium
initial state: early time scaling and enhanced decoherence”, Phys. Rev. B 86, 020301 (R) (if=3.737,
ci=18)
10. Aavishkar Patel, Shraddha Sharma and Amit Dutta, 2013, “Quenching dynamics of the edge state of
the 2-D BHZ Hamiltonian in a ribbon geometry”, Eur. J. Phys. B 86, 367. (if=1.345, ci=16)
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KUMAR, ASHOK (b 1964), Professor, Tezpur University, Napaam-784028
Prof. Ashok Kumar has done extensive research work on all aspects of electroactive polymers viz.,
synthesis of nanostructures and nanocomposites of conductive polymers and polymer electrolytes, their
transport properties, their applications as electrode and electrolyte materials in electrochemical devices
and studies on swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation effects on them. His work combines both experiments and
theory: the experimental results have been explained with appropriate theory and also new insight has
been provided wherever needed. In conducting polymers, he has synthesized conducting polymer based
nanostructures and nanocomposites using soft template, rapid mixing and interfacial polymerization
techniques for their applications as actuators, chemical and biosensors, and antioxidant materials.
Fundamental work on electrical and thermal transport in conducting polymer nanostructures has been
carried out. He has extensively worked on the swift heavy ion induced modifications on the electroactive
polymers. The antioxidant activity and biocompatibility of PAni nanofibers have been found to increase
with increasing ion irradiation fluence showing the possibility of using SHI irradiation as a potential
technique for enhancement in the antioxidant activity and the biocompatibility of conducting polymer
nanostructures for biomedical applications. Ionic liquid and intercalated clay-based PVdF-HFP based
polymer electrolyte nanocomposites with single ion conduction have been developed for application in
rechargeable Li ion batteries. The polymer electrolytes exhibit a maximum in ionic conductivity at a critical
SHI irradiation fluence. His research is of interdisciplinary and applied nature and has resulted in
development of several sensors; it has considerable socio-economic value in addition to adding a bit to
the existing knowledge.
Proposer: Professor M.K. Chaudhuri, Seconder:Professor Rajpal Singh Sirohi
1. D. Saikia and A. Kumar, Ionic Conduction in P(VDF-HFP)/PVDF-(PC+DEC)-LiClO4 Polymer Gel
Electrolytes, Electrochim. Acta. 49(16) (2004) 2581-2589. (if=4.086, ci=126)
2. D. Saikia and A. Kumar, Ionic Transport in P(VDF-HFP)-PMMA-LiCF3SO3-(PC+DEC)-SiO2 Composite
Gel Polymer Electrolyte, Euro. Poly. Jour. 41(3) (2005) 563-568. (if=3.242, ci=51)
3. S. K. Tripathi, Ashok Kumar and S. A. Hashmi, Electrochemical redox supercapacitors using P(VdFHFP) based gel-electrolytes and polypyrrole as conducting polymer electrodes, Solid State Ionics,
177(33-34) (2006) 2979–2985. (if=2.112, ci=55)
4. A.M.P. Hussain, A. Kumar, F. Singh and D.K. Avasthi, Effects of 160MeV Ni12+ ion irradiation on HCl
doped polyaniline electrode, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 39(4) (2006) 750-755. (if=2.521, ci=64)
5. M. Deka, A. K. Nath and A. Kumar, Effect of dedoped (insulating) polyaniline nanofibers on the ionic
transport and interfacial stability of poly(vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropylene) based composite
polymer electrolyte membranes, J. Membrane Science 327(1-2) (2009)188-194. (if=4.908, ci=31)
6. Somik Banerjee, Jyoti P Saikia, A Kumar and B. K. Konwar, Antioxidant activity and haemolysis
prevention efficiency of polyaniline nanofibers, Nanotechnology 21 (2010) 045101. (if=3.672, ci=30)
7. A. Kumar, M. Deka and Somik Banerjee, Enhanced ionic conductivity in oxygen ion irradiated
poly(vinylidenefluoride-hexafluoropropylene) based nanocomposite gel polymer electrolytes, Solid State
Ionics 181 (2010) 609 -615. (if=2.491, ci=22)
8. A. Kumar, Somik Banerjee, Jyoti P. Saikia, and B. K. Konwar, Swift heavy ion irradiation induced
enhancement in the antioxidant activity and biocompatibility of polyaniline nanofibers, Nanotechnology 21
(2010) 175102. (if=3.672, ci=14)
9. Chandrani Nath, A. Kumar, Kun-Zai Syu, Yung-Kang Kuo, Heat conduction in conducting polyaniline
nanofibers, Appl. Phys. Letts., 103 (2013) 121905. (if=3.515, ci=2)
10. Chandrani Nath, Ashok Kumar, Yung-Kang Kuo and Gunadhor Singh Okram, High Thermoelectric
Figure of Merit in Nanocrystalline Polyaniline at low temperatures, Appl. Phys. Letts. 105(13) (2014)
133108. (if=3.515, ci=2)
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KUNDU, ANIRBAN (b 1967), Professor, Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata-700009
The nominee, Professor Anirban Kundu, has significantly contributed in a number of fields relevant for
particle physics phenomenology --- B physics, supersymmetry, extra dimension, collider physics, Higgs
physics, neutrino mass models etc. He did all these works while teaching in a less-privileged state
university. His research interest is to explore possible signals of physics beyond the Standard Model in
high-energy as well as in low-energy collider data. He has also mentored a number of graduate students
who have been or shortly will be recognized by the community. There are three ways to look for new
physics effects: first, to take a model and find its effects both on high-energy and low-energy data;
second, to take a model-independent approach and extract as much information as possible; and third, to
go back from the expected data to the underlying theory, the so-called inverse problem. The nominee has
contributed significantly in all the three fields. Some of his papers, like the explanation of the dimuon
anomaly, the supersymmetric explanation of anomalous leptonic width of D(s), and anomalous direct CP
violation in B -> pi pi and B -> pi K are among the very first of the theoretical papers coming out on these
experimental results and have been widely cited. The nominee was also one of the first people to study
the Universal Extra Dimension model, motivated by the naturally occurring cold dark matter candidate, for
its collider signatures and low-energy phenomenology in neutral meson mixing. The last work has 90
citations already.
Proposer : Prof. Gautam Bhattacharyya, Seconder : Prof. Debajyoti Choudhury
1. D. Choudhury, B. Dutta and A. Kundu (1999): A Supersymmetric Resolution of the Anomaly in
Charmless Nonleptonic B-Decays, Physics Letters B456, 185 (if=6.019, ci=43)
2. J.P. Saha and A. Kundu (2002): Constraints on R Parity Violating Supersymmetry from Leptonic and
Semileptonic tau, B(d), and B(s) decays, Physical Review D66, 054021 (if=4.864, ci=64)
3. D. Chakraverty, K. Huitu and A. Kundu (2003): Effects of Universal Extra Dimensions on B(0) – B(0)bar
Mixing, Physics Letters B558, 173 (if=6.019, ci=90)
4. A. Kundu and T. Mitra (2003): Simultaneous solution to B -> phi K CP asymmetry and B -> eta-prime K,
B -> eta K* branching ratio anomalies from R parity violation, Physical Review D67, 116005 (if=4.864,
ci=46)
5. G. Bhattacharyya, P. Dey, A. Kundu and A. Raychaudhuri (2005): Probing Universal Extra Dimension
at the International Linear Collider, Physics Letters B628, 141 (if=6.019, ci=44)
6. B. Bhattacherjee and A. Kundu (2005): The International Linear Collider as a Kaluza-Klein Factory,
Physics Letters B627, 137(if=6.019, ci=36)
7. A. Dighe, A. Kundu, and S. Nandi (2007): Possibility of Large lifetime Difference in Neutral B Meson
Systems, Physical Review D76, 054005 (if=4.864, ci=31)
8. A. Kundu and S. Nandi (2008): R-parity Violating Supersymmetry, B(s) Mixing, and D(s) -> l v, Physical
Review D78, 015009(if=4.864, ci=27)
9. A. Dighe, A. Kundu, and S Nandi (2010): Enhanced B(s) - B(s)(bar) Lifetime Difference and Anomalous
Like-sign Dimuon Charge Asymmetry from New Physics in B(s) -> tau+ tau-, Physical Review D82,
031502 (if=4.864, ci=71)
10. B. Bhattacherjee, A. Kundu, S.K. Rai, and S. Raychaudhuri (2010): Multijet Discriminators for New
Physics in Leptonic Signals at the LHC, Physical Review D81, 035021 (if=4.864, ci=24)
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MAITI, PRABAL KUMAR (b 1969), Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore-560012
Physics rests on three important pillars: experiments, computational studies, and theory. The nominee
has made many important contributions in the second of these categories, namely, computational studies
of a variety of condensed-matter and biophysical systems, a field in which he is one of the leaders in India
in his age group. His studies have led to new insights into the statistical physics of dendrimers, fluids
confined in nanostructures, DNA/siRNA complexation with dendrimers, HIV-1 entry into cells and melting,
unzipping and elasticity of DNA. His work has been cited highly (h indices of 30 and 27 from Google
Scholar and Web of Science, respectively). Another highlight of the nominee's work is the development of
a new method, based on vibrational and rotational densities of states, for calculating the entropy of a
liquid under different conditions, and the development of software for the generation of accurate, threedimensional models of dendrimers. In the area of dendrimers, the nominee is very well known for (a) his
record-breaking study of generation-11 dendrimers (the highest possible) and (b) the development of
quantitative arguments which show that generation 11 is the highest that can be attained in dendrimers
(c) demonstrating anomalous diffusion and studying dendrimer based nanpcomposite.
His studies of fluids confined in nanostructures have yielded unanticipated, important results, such as (a)
single file diffusion inside a nanoring (b) confinement induced speeding up of orientational dynamics (c)
bistable reorientational relaxation of the confined water molecules and (d) rotational entropy gain of
confined water molecules.
Proposer : Prof. Debashish Chowdhury, Seconder : Prof. Rajendra Prasad
1. Prabal K. Maiti, Tahir Cagin, Guofeng Wang and William A. Goddard III, (2004) Structure of PAMAM
dendrimers: Generation 1 through 11, Macromolecules, 37, 6236 (if=5.9, ci=google scholar: 262, Web of
Sci. : 185)
2. Neenu Varghese, Umesha Mogera, A Govindaraj, Anindya Das, Prabal K. Maiti, A. K. Sood, C. N. R.
Rao (2009) ,Binding of DNA Nucleobases and Nucleosides with Graphene, Chem Phys Chem, 10, 20610 (if=3.36, ci=google scholar: 235, Web of Sci. : 194)
3. Prabal K. Maiti and Biman Bagchi, (2006) Structure and Dynamics of DNA-dendrimer complexation:
Role of counterions, water and base pair sequence, Nano Letters , 6, 2478 (if=12.94, ci=google scholar:
110, Web of Sci. 86)
4. V. Gadagkar, Prabal K Maiti, Yves Lansac, A. Joagota and A. K. Sood, (2006) Collapse of Doublewalled Carbon Nanotube Bundles Under Hydrostatics Pressure, Physical Review B, 73, 085402 (if=3.6,
ci=google scholar: Times Cited 47, Web of Sci.:32)
5. Prabal K. Maiti and Rene Messina, (2008) Counterion distribution and zeta potential in PAMAM
dendrimer, Macromolecules, 41, 5002-5008 (if=5.9, ci=google scholar: 51, Web of Sci.:39)
6. Biswaroop Mukherjee, Prabal K. Maiti, Chandan Dasgupta and A. K. Sood, (2010) Single file diffusion
of water inside carbon nanoring, ACS Nano, 4, 985-991 (if=12.03, ci=google scholar: 26, Web of Sci.:18)
7. Shiang-Tai Lin, Prabal K. Maiti and William A. Goddard, (2010) Two-Phase Thermodynamic Model for
Efficient and Accurate Absolute Entropy of Water from Molecular Dynamics Simulations, J. Phys. Chem.
B, 114, 8191–8198 (if=3.37, ci=google scholar: 68, Web of Sci. :42)
8. V. Vasumathi and Prabal K. Maiti, (2010) Complexation of siRNA with dendrimer: a molecular
modelling approach, Macromolecules, 43, 8264-8274 (if=5.9, ci=google scholar: 43, Web of Sci.: 30)
9. Hemant Kumer, Biswaroop Mukerjee, S. T. Lin, Chandan Dasgupta, A. K. Sood and Prabal K Maiti,
(2011) Thermodynamics of water entry in the hydrophobic channels of Carbon nanotubes, JCP, 134,
124105 (if=3.12, ci=google scholar: 38, Web of Sci.:20)
10. M. Santosh and Prabal K. Maiti, (2013) Translocation and encapsulation of siRNA inside carbon
nanotubes, JCP, 138, 034901 (2013) (cover page article) (if=3.12, ci=google scholar: 4, Web of Sci.:2)
195
MAJUMDER, GOBINDA (b 1967), Associate Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,
Mumbai-400005
Gobinda Majumder has played major roles to select and design the CMS electromagnetic calorimeter,
which was essential in the discovery of Higgs boson in gammagamma channel and led the design and
construction of the CMS outer hadron calorimeter (HO) at CERN. He also made very important
contribution in probing Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) at LHC analysis through two different analysis,
the asymmetry of µ+ and µ- produced in the decay of W boson and the hadronic event shape variables to
probe QCD predictions at LHC energies and beyond. He has changed the concept on the measurement
of Vub in asymmetric B-factories. He has measured the B decays to pair of charm mesons (e.g., Ds+D-,
D+D-), these difficult and complicated channels had high level of interest world-wide because of its
relevance of CP violation. His effort to find the signal of X(3872) ->D0D0-bar pi0 in Belle, enabled
establishing the quantum number of the newly observed states. He single handedly developed the entire
INO simulation and Reconstruction program for the INO Iron calorimeter detector (ICAL), which is used by
the entire INO collaboration to estimate the physics sensitivity limits of the detector, which is crucial in
projecting the true potential of INO-ICAL detector to the global neutrino community. He modeled the
signal shape and background in CLEO RICH detector, developed software tools for alignment, event
display and other tools necessary for complete CLEO-RICH software, which was used the whole period
of CLEO-III and CLEO-c experiments. He has also designed and optimised BTeV detectors to obtain
clean CP violating signals in B decay.
Proposer : Prof. N.K. Mondal, Seconder : Prof. R.M.Godbole
1. L3 Collab., M. Acciarri et al. : G. Majumder + 456 other authors, 1996, Search for supersymmetric
particles at 130-GeV < sqrt{s} < 140-GeV at LEP, Phys. Lett B, 377, 289, (if=6.019(2013), ci=47)
2. BTEV Collab : K. Anikeev et al., G. Majumder + 90 other authors, 2000, B Physics at the Tevatron: Run
II and Beyond, FERMILAB-Pub-01/197 (ci=334)
3. M. Artuso, R. Ayad, K. Bukin, A. Emov, C. Boulahouache, E. Dambasuren, S. Kopp, R. Mountain, G.
Majumder, S. Schuh T. Skwarnicki, S. Stone, G. Viehhauser, J.C. Wang (Syracuse U.) , T.E. Coan, V.
Fadeyev, Y. Maravin, I. Volobouev, J. Ye (Southern Methodist U.) , S. Anderson, Y. Kubota, A. Smith
(Minnesota U.), 2003, Construction, Pattern Recognition and Performance of the CLEO III LiF-TEA RICH
Detector , Nuclear Instruments & Methods A, 502, 91 (if=1.142(2012), ci=118)
4. BELLE Collab. K. Abe et al., G. Majumder + 283 other authors, 2005, Improved Measurement of CPViolation Parameters sin(2phi1) and |lambda|, B Meson Lifetimes, and B0-B0-bar Mixing Parameter
Deltamd., Physical Review D, 71, 072003 (if=4.864(2013/2014), ci=147)
5. BELLE Collab. K. Abe et al., G. Majumder + 137 other authors, 2006, Observation of a Near-threshold
D0 D0-bar pi0 Enhancement in B -> D0 D0-bar pi0K Decay.,Physical Review Letters, 97,
162002 (if=7.728(2013), ci=206)
6. S. Abdullin et al., G. Majumder + 259 other authors., 2008, Design, performance, and calibration of the
CMS Hadron-outer calorimeter., Eur. Phys. Journal. C, 57, 653 (if=5.247(2012), ci=14)
7. S. Abdullin et al., G. Majumder + 571 other authors., 2009, The CMS barrel calorimeter response to
particle beams from 2-GeV/c to 350- GeV/c., Eur. Phys. J. C, 60, 359 (if=5.247(2012), ci=23)
8. CMS Collab., V. Khachatryan et al., G. Majumder + 2163 other authors, 2011, First Measurement of
Hadronic Event Shapes in pp Collisions at sqrt{s} =7 TeV., Physics Letters B, 699, 48 (if=6.019(2013),
ci=45)
9. CMS Collab., V. Khachatryan et al., G. Majumder + 2184 other authors., 2011, Missing transverse
energy performance of the CMS detector, Journal of Instrumentation, 6, P09001 (if=1.526(2013/2014),
ci=163)
10. CMS Collab., V. Khachatryan et al., G. Majumder + 2212 other authors., 2014, Measurement of the
muon charge asymmetry in inclusive pp -> W + X production at sqrt{s} =7 TeV and an improved
determination of light parton distribution functions.,Phys.Rev. D, 90, 032004 (if=4.864(2013/2014), ci=29)
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PAL, AMLAN JYOTI (b 1960) Senior Professor, Department of Solid State Physics, Indian Association
for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata -700032
Prof. Amlan J. Pal works on Materials Science to fabricate and characterize devices based on organic
semiconductors and inorganic quantum dots. Prof. Pal is a pioneer in India to work on Organic
Electronics. He has demonstrated electrical bistability in several molecular assemblies to evidence
Organic Memory. His group has come up with a novel method to “form” supramolecules so that the
molecular assembly exhibits Unimolecular Rectification and also acts as a half-wave rectifier. In Organic
Photovoltaic Devices (OPVs), his group has introduced lower-dimensional structures of inorganic
semiconductors so that advantages of both types of semiconductors are clubbed in fabricating solar cells.
He also worked on Organic Light-Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) and Quantum-Dot Light-Emitting Diodes
(QDLEDs) based on a range of binary and doped semiconductors. He has also worked with Ultra-High
Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscope (UHV-STM) to map conduction and valence band-edges of a
range of lower-dimensional structures. From Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy (STS), density of states
(DOS) of (a monolayer of) organic molecules were also determined. In layer-by-layer (LbL) electrostatic
assembly of thin-films, Prof. Pal has introduced a novel method to control orientation of magnetic organic
molecules. The method is a paradigm shift from the conventional LbL assembly. Here, the molecules in a
monolayer were oriented with an external magnetic field followed by immobilization through an
electrostatic binding. The method enabled one to form a monolayer of organic magnetic molecules with
their magnetic moment aligned to a particular direction. With such films, Prof. Pal has studied organic
spintronics and molecular spintronics.
Proposer : Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Seconder : Prof. G.U. Kulkarni
1. A. Bandyopadhyay and A. J. Pal, 2003. Large Conductance Switching and Memory Effects in Organic
Molecules for Data-Storage Applications. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 1215 (IF = 3.515, Cited = 167)
2. A. Bandyopadhyay and A. J. Pal, 2003. Tuning of Organic Reversible Switching via Self-Assembled
Supramolecular Structures. Adv. Mater. 15, 1949 (IF = 15.409, Cited = 61)
3. B. Mukherjee, K. Mohanta, and A. J. Pal, 2006. Tuning of Molecular Rectification in Donor/Acceptor
Assemblies via Supramolecular Structures. Chem. Mater. 18, 3302 (IF = 8.535, Cited = 19 )
4. B. Pradhan, S. K. Batabyal, and A. J. Pal, 2006. Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes in Donor/AcceptorType Photovoltaic Devices. Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 093106 (IF = 3.515, Cited = 146)
5. B. Mukherjee, S. K. Batabyal, and A. J. Pal, 2007. Electronically Interacting Composite Systems for
Electrical Bistability and Memory Applications. Adv. Mater. 19, 717 (IF = 15.409, Cited = 28)
6. B. Pradhan, S. K. Batabyal, and A. J. Pal, 2007. Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanowire Arrays in Rose
Bengal-based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells. Solar Energy Mater. Solar Cells 91, 769 (IF = 5.030, Cited =
137)
7. A. Guchhait, A. K. Rath, and A. J. Pal, 2009. Hybrid Core-Shell Nanoparticles: Photoinduced ElectronTransfer for Charge Separation and Solar Cell Applications. Chem. Mater. 21, 5292 (IF = 8.535, Cited =
27)
8. A. K. Rath, S. Bhaumik, and A. J. Pal, 2010. Mn-Doped Nanocrystals in Light-Emitting Diodes: EnergyTransfer to Obtain Electroluminescence from Quantum Dots. Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 113502 (IF = 3.515,
Cited = 33)
9. S. K. Saha, A. Guchhait, and A. J. Pal, 2012. Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Nanoparticle based Nontoxic and
Earth-Abundant Hybrid pn-Junction Solar Cells. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 14, 8090 (IF = 4.198, Cited =
34)
10. A. Bera, S. Dey, and A. J. Pal, 2014. Band Mapping Across a pn-Junction in a Nanorod by Scanning
Tunneling Microscopy. Nano Lett. 14, 2000 (IF = 12.940, Cited = 3)
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PAL, BISHNU P (b 1948), Professor School of Natural Sciences Mahindra École Centrale College of
Engineering, Hyderabad
Prof Pal has made significant contributions to analysis, innovative designs and realization of a diverse
spectrum of specialty optical fibers, fiber amplifiers for metro networks, technology development of allfiber branching components like fused and side-polished fiber couplers, etc. for optical networks, and fiber
optic sensors. His research on dispersion compensating fibers received recognitions through an invited
talk in the conference OECC 2002 (Yokohama Japan), large number of citations, a US patent besides
Excellent rating by Indo-French Science Council of his IFCPAR/CEFIPRA project on this topic. His
research paper published in Electronics Letters 16, 505 (1980) got reprinted in the book: Progress in
Optical Communication Vol. II, Ed. PJB Clarricoats, IEE Press (UK, 1982). More recently he contributed
significantly on microstructured optical fibers (MOF) through prediction and demonstration of
supercontinuum light from a Bragg fiber [Opt. Exp. 17, 17130 (2009)], and on designs of all-fiber mid-IR
light sources through wavelength translation [IOP selected his paper published in J. Opt., 15, 035205
(2013) for its ‘Highlights of 2013’ collection], and demonstration of Anderson localization of light in
ultrafast laser inscribed disordered optical waveguides [APL 100, 101102 (2012)]. BARC adjudged his
team’s developed fiber optic optrode for remote excitation/collection of weak fluorescence from a nuclear
environment as an indigenous import substitution contribution. His research contributions have been
recognized through Fellowships of USA's OSA and SPIE, and awards like Om Prakash Bhasin award,
Khosla Research award (IITR), Homi Bhabha Award (UGC), Y T Thathachari research award, Director-atlarge of OSA Board, President of OSI, etc.
Proposer : Prof. Ajoy Gjatak, Seconder : Prof. Anurag Sharma,
1. Barh A., Ghosh S., Varshney RK, and PAL BP, “An efficient broad-band mid-wave IR fiber optic light
source: Design and performance simulation,” 2013, OPT. EXP., Volume 21, pp. 9547-9555. (if=3.525,
ci=14)
2. Ghosh S., Psaila ND, Thomson RR, PAL BP, Varshney RK, and Kar AK, Ultrafast laser inscribed
waveguide lattice in glass for direct observation of transverse localization of light, 2012, APPL. PHYS.
LETTS. Volume 100, pp. 101102-101145. (if=3.515, ci=17)
3. Ghosh S., Agrawal GP, PAL BP, and Varshney RK, “Light localization in evanescently coupled
disordered waveguide lattices: Dependence on the input beam profile,” 2010, OPT. COMM., Volume 284,
pp. 201-206 (if=1.542, ci=19)
4. Dasgupta S, PAL BP, and Shenoy MR, “Design of dispersion-compensating Bragg fiber with an
ultrahigh figure of merit”, 2005, OPT. LETT., Volume: 30, Issue: 15, pp. 1917-1919. (if=3.179, ci=42)
5. PAL BP, Chaudhuri PR, Shenoy MR, “Fabrication and modelling of fused bi-conical tapered fiber
couplers”, 2003, FIBER AND INTEGRATED OPTICS Volume: 22, Issue: 2, pp. 97-117. (if=0.403 , ci=51)
6. Auguste JL, Blondy JM, Maury J, Clapeau M, Marcou J, Dussardier B, Monnom G, Thyagarajan K, and
PAL BP, 2002, “Conception, realization, and characterization of a very high negative chromatic dispersion
fiber”, OPT. FIBER TECH., Volume: 8, Issue: 1, pp. 89-105. (if=1.188, ci=85)
7. Auguste JL, Jindal R, Blondy JM, Clapeau M, Marcou J, Dussardier B, Monnom G, Ostrowsky DB, PAL
BP, and Thyagarajan K, 2000, “-1800ps/(nm.km) chromatic dispersion at 1.55 mm in dual concentric core
fibre”, ELECTRON. LETT., Volume: 36, Issue: 20, pp: 1689-1691. (if=1.1068, ci=107)
8. Palai P, Satyanarayan MN, Das M, Thyagarajan K, and PAL BP, “Characterization and simulation of
long period gratings fabricated using electric discharge“,2001, OPT. COMM., Volume: 193, Issue: 1-6, pp.
181- 185. (if=1.542, ci=49)
9. Raizada G and PAL BP, “Refractometers and tunable components based on side-polished fibers with
multimode overlay waveguides: Role of the superstrate”, 1996, OPT. LETT. Volume: 21, Issue: 6 pp: 399401. (if=3.179, ci=36)
10. Kumar A, Subrahmanyam TVB, Sharma AD, Thyagarajan, K, PAL BP, and Goyal IC, “Novel
refractometer using a tapered optical fiber”, 1984, ELECTRON. LETT., Volume: 20, Issue: 13, pp: 534535, 1984. (if=1.068 , ci=52)
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PATHAK, ANIRBAN (b 1974), Professor, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida-201307
Professor Pathak is internationally known for his outstanding research in theoretical quantum optics and
quantum information. His works revealed quantumness (nonclassicality) in various optical, and atomic
systems [1,3,9,10] – references correspond to his best 10 publications. He has designed several efficient
schemes for various quantum communication tasks [4-7]. Specifically, ideas of quantum cryptographic
switch and various aspects of hierarchical quantum communication were introduced in his pioneering
works [6,7]. His works often provide a very general solution to a problem by espousing inherent symmetry
[1,4]. He has authored a book [5] – published by CRC Press (USA); the book has received excellent
reviews. Specifically, in Zentralblatt MATH (2015), Professor Dye has written “…the text is particularly
useful for its breadth, background and computations”; Prof. Miranowicz has written “Among two or three
dozens of books on quantum computation and quantum information, which I have read, I have found this
Pathak textbook exceptionally entertaining, useful, and easy to follow”. Recently, his work on exoplanets
provided clear directive to exoplanet search missions about where to look for habitable exoplanets [8];
Nature India (2014) made a feature on this work and mentioned, “These insights can inform future space
missions designed to search for exoplanets that may potentially harbour life”. Finally, he has been
extremely active in the activities of NASI-Delhi Chapter and was invited by NASI to co-edit a book
entitled, Light and Its Many Wonders. The book has been highly praised by the optics community. He was
an invited speaker at Jodhpur NASI Symposium.
Proposer: Ajoy Ghatak, Seconder:Bimla Buti
1. A. Pathak (2000), Generalized quantum anharmonic oscillator using an operator ordering approach, J.
Phys. A. 33 (2000) 5607-5613.(if=1.687, ci=24)
2. A. Pathak and S. Mandal (2001), Classical and quantum oscillators of quartic anharmonicities: secondorder solution, Phys. Lett. A 286 (2001) 261-276. (if=1.626, ci=34)
3. B. Sen, S. K. Giri, S. Mandal, C. H. Ooi, A. Pathak (2013), Intermodal entanglement in Raman
processes, Phys. Rev. A, 87 (2013) 022325. (if=2.991, ci=11)
4. C. Shukla, V. Kothari, A. Banerjee and A. Pathak (2013), On the group-theoretic structure of a class of
quantum dialogue protocols, Phys. Lett. A, 377 (2013) 518. (if=1.626, ci=24)
5. A Pathak (2013), Elements of Quantum Computation and Quantum Communication, CRC Press
(Taylor & Francis), Boca Raton, USA, (2013) ISBN-10: 1466517913; ISBN-13: 978-1466517912. (if=NA,
ci=22)
6. C. Shukla and A. Pathak (2013), Hierarchical quantum communication, Phys. Lett. A 377 (2013) 13371344. (if=1.626, ci=17)
7. N. Srinatha, S. Omkar, R. Srikanth, S. Banerjee and A. Pathak, The quantum cryptographic switch,
Quant. Infor. Process. 13 (2014) 59-70. (if=2.96, ci=14)
8. P. Pintr, V. Peřinová, A. Lukš, and A. Pathak (2014), Relative stellar occurrence of exoplanets in
habitable zones of the main sequence F, G, K stars, Planetary and Space Science 99 (2014) 1-6; Nature
India made a story on this article (if=2.01, ci=3)
9. A. Miranowicz, M. Paprzycka, A. Pathak and F. Nori (2014), Phase-space interference of states
optically truncated by quantum scissors: Generation of distinct superpositions of qudit coherent states by
displacement of vacuum, Phys. Rev. A 89 (2014) 033812.(if=2.991, ci=14)
10. A Miranowicz, K Bartkiewicz, A Pathak, J Peřina Jr, YN Chen and F Nori (2015), Statistical mixtures
of states can be more quantum than their superpositions: Comparison of nonclassicality measures for
single-qubit states, Phys. Rev. A 91 (2015) 042309.(if=2.991, ci=11)
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PATRA, SURESH KUMAR (b 1964), Professor, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar-751005
Prof. S. K. Patra is an outstanding Theoretical Nuclear Physicist. He has carried out research work in
various areas of the field. Some of his contributions are:
i. The anatomy of neck configuration in the fission of neutron-rich Uranium and Thorium isotopes is
investigated, which is likely to play important role in the r-process nucleosynthesis and also this
investigation will open up new direction for nuclear energy.
ii. The clustering phenomena in nuclei are shown by Prof. Patra for the first time in RMF model. The rare
decays, like cluster & proton radioactivities are demonstrated using the M3Y & newly developed by them,
the microscopic R3Y interaction. Also predicted Z=120 and N=172/184 as the next magic numbers
beyond 208Pb. He has proposed "island of stability" with a new phenomenon, shell effect rescue the
repulsive nuclear force. Recently, one of his prediction is verified experimentally.
iii. Prof. Patra has studied the properties of neutron stars, and estimated gravitational wave strain
amplitude, which certainly help the experiments like LIGO, GEO600 etc. He also suggested a mechanism
for the formation of neutron-rich nuclei in astrophysical objects.
iv. The effects of symmetry energy (Es) on finite nuclei and neutron star are investigated introducing new
degrees of freedoms. It is shown quantitatively that the Es and hence the neutron radius can be
controlled by such terms. Then the influences of these couplings on giant resonances are studied.
Proposer: PROF. SUDHAKAR PANDA, Seconder:PROF. V. CHANDRASEKHAR
1. B. B. Sahu, S. K. Singh, M. Bhuyan, S. K. Biswal and S. K. Patra, (2014), Importance of nonlinearity in
the NN potential, Phys. Rev. C 89 034614. (if= [3.8], ci=(08))
2. S. K. Ghorui, B. B. Sahu, C. R. Praharaj and S. K. Patra, (2012), Examining the stability of Sm nuclei
around N=100, Phys. Rev. C 85, 064327 (if=[3.8], ci=(2))
3. P. Arumugam, B.K. Sharma, S.K. Patra and Raj K. Gupta, (2005), Relativistic mean field study of
clustering in light nuclei, Phys. Rev. C 71, 064308. (if=[3.8], ci=(42))
4. Tapas Sil, S.K. Patra, B.K. Sharma, M. Centelles, and X. Vinas, (2004), Superheavy nuclei in
relativistic effective Lagrangian model, Phys. Rev. C 69, 044315. (if=[3.8], ci=(38))
5. S. K. Patra, M. Centelles, X. Viñas, and M. Del Estal, (2002), Surface incompressibility from
semiclassical relativistic mean field calculations, Phys. Rev. C 65, 044304. (if=[3.8], ci=(34))
6. M. Del Estal, M. Centelles, X. Viñas and S.K. Patra, (2001), Effects of new non-linear couplings in
relativistic effective field theory, Phys. Rev C 63, 024314. (if=[3.8], ci= (60))
7. M. Del Estal, M. Centelles, X. Viñas and S. K. Patra, (2001), Pairing properties in Relativistic Mean
Field Theory obtained from Effective Field Theory, Phys. Rev. C 63, 044321. (if=[3.8], ci=(86))
8. S. K. Patra, Cheng-Li Wu, C. R. Praharaj and Raj K. Gupta, (1999), A systematic study of superheavy
nuclei for Z=114 and beyond using the relativistic mean field approach, Nucl. Phys. A 651, 123. (if=[1.8],
ci=(101))
9. S. K. Patra and C. R. Praharaj, (1991), Relativistic Mean Field Study of Light Medium Nuclei away from
Beta Stability, Phys. Rev. C 44, 255. (if=[3.8], ci=(96))
10. S. K. Patra and C. R. Praharaj, (1991), Relativistic Mean Field Study of "Island of Inversion" in
Neutron-Rich Ne, Na and Mg Nuclei, Phys. Lett. B 273, 456. (if=[5.2], ci= (48))
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RAY, SAMIT KUMAR (b 1961), Dean (Postgraduate Studies & Research) and Professor, Dept. of
Physics, IIT Kharagpur -721302
Prof. Samit Ray has made pioneering contributions in the field of semiconductor heterojunctions and
quantum structures useful for next generation nanoelectronic and photonic devices. His research on
carrier confinement in semiconductor nanostructures has led to overcome the major bottlenecks in the
integration of optical devices on silicon CMOS platform [2,5,6,8,9] - references correspond to his best 10
publications. The book “Strained silicon heterostructures: materials and devices”, coauthored by him and
published by IEE, UK is treated as a pioneering monograph on group-IV semiconductor heterostructures.
His research on Ge quantum dots and compressively strained Ge leading to light emission from an
indirect bandgap semiconductor can surely be considered as maiden efforts with landmark breakthroughs
to achieve Si based lasers in future. Because of his significant contribution on nanostructures for
multifunctional devices, he was invited to contribute a Topical Review article [2] in a prestigious Institute
of Physics (UK) journal and several book chapters with international publishers. Prof. Ray has also made
seminal contributions in one-dimensional nanowire and compound semiconductors heterostructures for
sensing and photovoltaic devices [1,3,4,7]. His scientific achievements are reflected form 278 publications
in peer reviewed international journals with more than 3700 citations (h-index: 32), seven book chapters
and three books with international publishers. Because of his significant contributions, he has received
several laurels like MRSI ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Prize, INSA Young Scientist
award, Homi J. Bhabha award, MRSI Medal and elected fellows of the Indian National Academy of
Engineering and West-Bengal Academy Science&Technology
Proposer: Prof. Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri, Seconder:Prof. Indranil Manna
1. N. Gogurla, A. K.Sinha, S.Santra, S.Manna and S. K. Ray, 2014, “Multifunctional Au-ZnO Plasmonic
Nanostructures for Enhanced UV Photodetector and Room Temperature NO Sensing Devices”, Scientific
Reports (A Nature Publishing Group journal) – 4, 6483.(if=5.6, ci=40)
2. Topical Review : S K Ray, S Maikap, W Banerjee and S Das, 2013, “Nanocrystals for silicon-based
light-emitting and memory devices” J. Phys. D: Appl. Physics, 46, 153001 (if=2.7, ci=50)
3. S. Roy, S. P. Mondal, S. K. Ray and K.Biradha, 2012, “A Photoswitchable and Photoluminescent
Organic Semiconductor Based On Cation–pi and Carboxylate–Pyridinium Interactions: A Supramolecular
Approach”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51, pp.12012-12015, 2012.(if=11.3, ci=19)
4. T. Rakshit, S. P. Mondal, I. Manna, and S. K. Ray, 2012, “CdS-Decorated ZnO Nanorod
Heterostructures for Improved Hybrid Photovoltaic Devices”, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 4, 60856095. (if=6.7, ci=45)
5. S. Manna, S. Das, S. P. Mondal, R. K. Singha, and S. K. Ray, 2012, “High Efficiency Si/CdS Radial
Nanowire Heterojunction Photodetectors Using Etched Si Nanowire Templates”, ACS J. Phys. Chem. C,
116, 7126−7133 (if=4.8, ci=37)
6. S. P. Mondal and S. K. Ray, 2009, “Enhanced broadband photoresponse of Ge/CdS nanowire radial
heterostructures”, Applied Physics Letters, 94, 223119 (if=3.3, ci=39)
7. S. P. Mondal, K. Das, A. Dhar and S. K. Ray, 2007, “Characteristics of CdS nanowires grown in porous
alumina template using two-cell method”, Nanotechnology, 18, p. 095606. (if=3.8, ci=50)
8. S.K. Ray, K. Das, 2005, “Luminescence characteristics of Ge nanocrystals embedded in SiO2 matrix”,
Optical Materials, 27, p.948-952 (if=2.0, ci=61)
9. K. Das, S. Maikap , Je-Hun Lee, M. NandaGoswami, R. Mahapatra, G. S. Kar, A. Dhar, H. N. Acharya
and S. K. Ray, 2004, “Charge Storage and Photoluminescence Characteristics of Silicon Oxide
Embedded Ge Nanocrystal Trilayer Structures”, Applied Physics Letters, 84, p.1386. (if=3.3, ci=59)
10. S.K. Ray, C.K. Maiti, S.K. Lahiri, N.B. Chakrabarti, 1992, “Properties of silicon dioxide films deposited
at low temperatures by microwave plasma enhanced decomposition of tetraethylorthosilicate”, Journal of
Vacuum Science & Technology B, 10, p.1139. (if=1.5, ci=99)
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ROUT, SANJEEB KUMAR (b 1978), Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Birla Institute of
Technology, Mesra, Ranchi
Dr Sanjeeb Kumar Rout has made significant contributions in the field of Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics.
He has studied phase formation kinetics and reaction mechanisms of many lead free ceramics using
simple x-ray diffraction technique. Out of many, the report on reaction kinetics of BaTi0.5Zr0.5O3 has
attracted attention of many researchers. He works on lead free ferroelectrics relaxors and the modification
of their phase transition temperature. He could able to shift the phase transition temperature of
BaTi0.6Zr0.4O3 relaxor ferroelectrics towards room temperature side. He has also reported the grain and
grain boundary effect, and grain orientation effects on dielectrics properties of sintered ceramics using
Impedance Spectroscopy. He has also investigated the properties of ZnO thin films, using a cost effective
LSMCD techniques during his BOYSCAST postdoctoral study at KAIST, South Korea. He has also
investigated the Anodic vacuum arc developed nano crystalline Cu-Ni and Fe-Ni thin film thermocouples.
His reports on surface modification of Jute fibre, a bio polymer, using various physio-chemical routes are
noteworthy. In addition he has also investigated the microwave dielectric properties of various ceramic
systems. He has proposed few compositions for mobile base station application as Microwave Dielectric
Resonator Antenna. He has published more than 70 research articles in various International Journals.
He is presently the Associate Editor of “Physics Express” and was the guest editor for “Journal of
Nanomaterials”. He has developed the Electroceramics laboratory in the Department of Physics, BIT,
Mesra. He has given several technical/semi-popular lectures in many institutes in India and abroad.
Proposer: Prof. Manoj Kumar Mishra, Seconder:Prof. Kasturi Lal Chopra
1. J. Bera and S. K. Rout, (2005), On the formation mechanism of BaTiO3-BaZrO3 solid solution through
solid-oxide reaction”, Materials Letter, 59(1), 135-138. (if=2.27, ci=53)
2. S. K. Rout, E. Sinha, S. Panigrahi, (2007), Dielectric properties and diffuse phase transition in Ba1xMgxTi0.6Zr0.4O3 solid solutions, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 101 (2), 428-432. (if=2.46, ci=36)
3. E Sinha, SK Rout (2009), Influence of fibre-surface treatment on structural, thermal and mechanical
properties of jute fibre and its composite, Bulletin of Materials Science 32 (1), 65-76 (if=1.17, ci=81)
4. S. K. Rout, E. Sinha, A. Hussian, J. S. Lee, C. W. Ahn, I. W. Kim and S. I. Woo, (2009), Phase
transition in ABi4Ti4O15 (A=Ca, Sr, Ba) Aurivillius oxides prepared through a soft chemical route”,
Journal of Applied Physics, 105(2), 024105-6p. (if=2.26, ci=30)
5. T. Badapanda, S. K. Rout, L.S. Cavalcante, J. C. Sczancoski, S. Panigrahi, E.Longo and M. Siu Li,
(2009), Optical and dielectric relaxor behavior of Ba(Zr0.25Ti0.75)O3 ceramic explained by means of
distorted clusters”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 42, 175414-9p. (if=2.52, ci=46)
6. S. K. Rout, E. Sinha, A. Hussian, and I. W. Kim, (2010), Frequency-Temperature response of
CaBi4Ti4O15 ceramic prepared by soft chemical route: Impedance and Modulus spectroscopy
characterization, Current Applied Physics, 10(3), 917-922. (if=1.7, ci=17)
7. M. Ganguly, S. Parida, E. Sinha, S. K. Rout, A. K. Himansu, A. Hussain, I. W. Kim,(2011), Structural,
Dielectric and Electrical properties of BaFe0.5Nb0.5O3 ceramic prepared by solid state reaction
technique, Mat. Chem. Phys, 131, 535-539. (if=2.43, ci=13)
8. Ammu Priya, Ela Sinha, S. K. Rout, (2013), Structural, optical and microwave dielectric properties of
Ba1-xSrxWO4 ceramics prepared by solid state reaction route, Solid State Science, 20 40-45. (if=1.88,
ci=11)
9. S. K. Ghosh, M. Ganguly, S. K. Rout, T. P. Sinha, (2014), Structural and dielectric relaxor properties of
a-site deficient samarium doped Ba1-xSmx)(Zr0.3Ti0.7O3) ceramics, J Mater Sci, 49, 5441–
5453. (if=2.31, ci=9)
10. SK Ghosh, M Ganguly, SK Rout, TP Sinha (2015), Order-disorder correlation on local structure and
photo-electrical properties of La3+ ion modified BZT ceramics, The European Physical Journal Plus 130
(4), 1-18 (if=1.37, ci=5)
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SEN, ANJAN ANANDA (b 1971), PROFESSOR, CENTER FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS, JAMIA
MILLIA ISLAMIA, NEW DELHI-110025
Dr. Anjan Ananda Sen is a leading expert in the area of dark energy. One of his major research
contributions is the idea of unification of dark matter and dark energy [Physical Review D, 66, 043507
(2002)]. This is one widely studied idea in the field of late time acceleration in the universe, which
received major attention in the cosmology community (with more than 1200 citations). Another major
contribution by Dr. Sen is related to a particular class dark energy model, called “thawing quintessence”
where it was shown that the thawing models under slow-roll conditions follow a unique equation of state
irrespective of their potentials [Physical Review D, 77, 083515 (2008)]. This idea opens up new avenues
in the scalar field dark energy models (more than 100 citations) as fine tuning for the form of potential is
no longer required to get the acceleration at late times. Few years back, Dr. Sen with other researchers
proposed a novel idea of early inflation with normal matter/radiation in a delayed cosmological set up
[JCAP, 1202, 046 (2012)]. The proposal obviates the necessity of scalar field models to cause the
universe to accelerate. Motivated by quantum gravity set up, a small delay of the order of few Planck’s
time can accelerate the universe with normal matter/radiation without violation of strong energy condition.
He is one of the awardees for the “Best Research Award” by the President of India.
Proposer: PROF. M. SAMI, Seconder:PROF. SUDHAKAR PANDA
1. A.A. Sen and S. Sethi, 2002, Quintessence Model with Double Exponential Potential, Physics Letters ,
B 532, 159 (if=6,131, ci=69)
2. M. C. Bento, O. Bertolami, and A. A. Sen, 2002, Generalized Chaplygin Gas, Accelerated Expansion
and Dark Energy-Matter Unification, Physical Review D, 66, 043507 (if=4.643, ci=1364)
3. S. Sen and A.A. Sen, 2003, Observational Constraints on Cardassian Expansion, Astrophysical
Journal, 588, 1 (if=5.993, ci=52)
4. O.Bertolami, A.A.Sen, S.Sen, P.T.Silva, 2004, Latest Supernova data in the framework of Generalised
Chaplygin Gas model, Monthly Notices Of Royal Astronomical Society, 353, 329 (if=5.107, ci=194)
5. M.C. Bento, O. Bertolami and A.A.Sen, 2004, The Revival of the Unified Dark Energy-Dark Matter
Model?, Physical Review D, 70, 083519 (if=4.643, ci=222)
6. A.A. Sen, 2006, Reconstructing K-essence, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 03,
010 (if=5.810, ci=43)
7. Robert J. Scherrer, A.A. Sen, 2008, Thawing quintessence with a nearly flat potential, Physical Review
D, 77, 083515 (if=4.643, ci= 106)
8. DK Hazra, S Majumdar, S Pal, S Panda, AA Sen, 2015, Post-Planck dark energy constraints, Physical
Review D, 91, 083005(if=4.643, ci=13)
9. A.A Sen, Robert J Scherrer, 2008, The weak energy condition and the expansion history of the
Universe, Physics Letters B, 659, 457(if=6.131, ci=41)
10. Debajyoti Choudhury, Debashis Ghoshal and Anjan A Sen, 2012, Standard Cosmology Delayed,
JCAP, 1202, 046 (if=5.810, ci=02)
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BISWAS, DHRUBA JYOTI (b 1956), Outstanding Scientist, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai400085
His research encompasses a canvas of experimental work on lasers and related areas, commendable
with both technological innovations and new results of considerable academic value.
In the area of laser physics and technology, his landmark contributions have been to operate CO2 lasers
by dispensing with dissipative elements[2,3,12,13], spatially contoured electrodes[2,3,31] and
helium[2,3,75,80,82], hitherto considered indispensable for their operation. Another noteworthy
contribution was to achieve switch-less operation of these lasers[76,78,83] and perfecting this novel
technology for a wide operating range[68,81,85,87-91].
In the area of optically pumped molecular lasers, he has developed novel methods for the elimination of
feed-back[20,43], self-focusing[44], and saturation[48] of the pump pulse leading to the development of
efficient sources in mid-infrared[48,63,79].
His work on the usage of Bessel pump beam[70] and signal beam with mixed polarization[57] to reduce
fanning has led to greatly enhanced performance of photo-refractive amplifiers.
In the area of laser assisted surface cleaning, his work has contributed to gaining deeper insight[1,84] to
the interaction of laser with dielectric and metal surfaces. He is credited with the discovery of field
enhanced surface absorption effect[86] that was subsequently exploited[93] to develop a facility for laser
decontamination of nuclear fuel elements[96].
In the area of chaos, his work resulted in the discovery of single mode instability in Raman Lasers[5-7,2325,28]. He provided experimental signature of co-existence of spatial and temporal chaos in optics[41],
reduction of second laser threshold[29,33,38] and three frequency quasi-periodicity[26] in multitransverse-mode lasers and established contact between theory and experiment on chaos in modulated
lasers[34,35].
Proposer : Prof. R. Chidambaram, Seconder : Prof. Srikumar Banerjee
1. D. J. Biswas, P. K. Bhadani, A. K. Nath and U. K. Chatterjee, (1983) "Multiline Oscillation from a Hybrid
CO2 Laser", Appl. Phys. Lett. 43, 994 (if=3.796, ci=8)
2. D. J. Biswas and R. G. Harrison,(1985) "Experimental Evidence of Three Mode Quasiperiodicity and
Chaos in Single Longitudinal, Multi-transverse Mode CW CO2 Laser", Phys. Rev. A (Rap Commun) 32,
3835 (if=3.042, ci=33)
3. R. G. Harrison and D. J. Biswas, (1985) "Demonstration of Self-Pulsing Instability and Transition to
Chaos in Single Mode and Multimode Homogeneously Broadened Raman Laser", Phys. Rev. Lett. 55,
63 (if=7.943, ci=48)
4. R. G. Harrison and D. J. Biswas, (1985) “Pulsating instabilities and chaos in lasers”, Progress in
Quantum Electronics 10,147-228(if=9.796, ci=32)
5. R. G. Harrison and D. J. Biswas, (1986) "Chaos in Light", Nature 321, 394 (if=38.597, ci=58)
6. D. J. Biswas, Vas Dev and U. K. Chatterjee, (1987) "Observation of Pulsating Instabilities and Chaos in
Gain Modulated CW CO2 Lasers", Phys. Rev. A (Rap commun.) 35, 456 (if=3.042, ci=22)
7. B. K. Goswami and D. J. Biswas, (1987) "Effect of Cavity Detuning on Single Mode Modulated Laser",
Phys. Rev. A (Rap Commun.) 36, 975 (if=3.042, ci=24)
8. D. J. Biswas, A. K. Nath, U. Nundy and U. K. Chatterjee, (1990) “Multiline oscillation in CO2 lasers”
Progress in Quantum Electronics 44,1-62 (if=9.796, ci=13)
9. D. J. Biswas and J. P. Nilaya, (2002) “Repetitive TE gas laser pulsers” Progress in Quantum
electronics 26,1-64 (if=9.796, ci=8)
10. D. J. Biswas, J. P. Nilaya, M. B. Sai Prasad, and P. Raote, (2005) “Switch-less operation of a TEA
CO2 laser” Opt Express 13, 9636 (if=3.546, ci=11)
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CHATTERJEE, RATNAMALA (b 1958), Professor, Physics Department, I.I.T Delhi, New Delhi-110016
Ratnamala Chatterjee alongwith her research group has made significant contributions in the field of
Novel Functional Magnetic Materials. Some of her papers on Quasicrystals have been cited by well
known researchers like Linus Pauling, J.M. Dubois. In-depth analysis in one of her works (1st paper in the
list) lead to the identification of concentrated spin-glass phase in quasicrystals-(see C.R Lin etal,
J.Mag.Mag.Mat.151, 1995 “Chatterjee etal [34] have used…. According to their modified model[34]…”).
Use of buffer layers in superconducting YBCO films on metallic substrates demonstrated by Chatterjee
etal (2nd paper in the list) is well recognised and cited by the community (see M. Becht,
App.Superconductivity 4, 1995- “…YBCO thin films … improved by a buffer layer, …reported by [30] ….
..). ME coupling coefficient on solid solution multiferroics (6th – 8th papers in the list) was measured by
them for the first time and broad transitions in dielectric curves were proved to be driven by magnetic
ordering. Hexaferrites with no DGG and large microwave absorption (9th,4th,5th papers of the list)
obtained by her group is highly cited (see review by R.C. Pullar, Prog.Mat.Sc.57,2012 “Recently Meena
etal have…..without apparent DGG…”). In recognition of her contributions in magnetic materials research
she was declared APAM Academician (2013), received APS-IUSSTF Professorship Award (2012), MRSI
Medal (2012), Honour plaque& citation by Mother Teresa Women’s University (2011), CNRS Invited
Professor at Ecole des Mines, France (2003), Australia’s AIEF Visiting Professorship Award (1997),
Japan’s STA Award (1993). Ratnamala (Professor, Physics) is Ph.D IITKanpur, Post Doctoral from MIT,
USA.
Proposer : Prof. O.N. Srivastava, Seconder : Prof. Suresh Chandra
1. R Chatterjee, RA Dunlap, V Srinivas, RC O’handley, Concentrated spin-glass behavior in Al 37 Mn 30
Si 33 quasicrystals, Physical Review B 42 (4), 2337, 1990 (if=3.8, ci=24)
2. R.Chatterjee, S.Aoki, M.Fukutomi, K.Togano and H.Maeda, “Study of YBCO Film growth on (200)
oriented yttria stabilized zirconia buffer layer on metallic substrates”, Appl.Phys. Lett. 65, 109
(1994) (if=3.84, ci=17)
3. A Verma, R Chatterjee, “Effect of zinc concentration on the structural, electrical and magnetic
properties of mixed Mn–Zn and Ni–Zn ferrites synthesized by the citrate precursor technique”, Journal of
Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 306 (2), 313-320 (2006) (if=2.002, ci=92)
4. S. M. Abbas, A. K. Dixit, R. Chatterjee, T.C. Goel, “Complex Permittivity, Complex Permeability and
Microwave Absorption Properties of Ferrite -Polymer Composites” J. Mag. Mag. Mat., 309, 20
(2007) (if=2.002, ci=119)
5. SM Abbas, R Chatterjee, AK Dixit, AVR Kumar, TC Goel, “Electromagnetic and microwave absorption
properties of (Co 2+–Si 4+) substituted barium hexaferrites and its polymer composite”, Journal of applied
physics 101 (7), 074105-074105-6 (2007) (if=2.2, ci=62)
6. Anupinder Singh, Arti Gupta and Ratnamala Chatterjee, Enhanced magnetoelectric coefficient in the
modified BiFeO3–PbTiO3 system with large La substitution Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 022902 (2008) (if=3.84,
ci=40)
7. Anupinder Singh and Ratnamala Chatterjee, “Magnetization induced dielectric anomaly in multiferroic
LaFeO3–PbTiO3 solid solution » Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 182908 (2008) (if=3.84, ci=20)
8. Arti Gupta, A. Huang, Santiranjan Shannigrahi and Ratnamala Chatterjee, “Improved magnetoelectric
coupling in Mn and Zn doped CoFe2O4–PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 particulate composite” Appl .Phys. Lett. 98,
112901 (2011) (if=3.84, ci=31)
9. R.S. Meena, Sudeshna Bhattachrya, Ratnamala Chatterjee, Complex permittivity, permeability and
microwave absorbing studies of (Co2−xMnx) U-type hexaferrite for X-band (8.2–12.4 GHz) frequencies
Materials Science and Engineering: B, 171, 133 (2010) (if=2.122, ci=28)
10. Amrita Singh and Ratnamala Chatterjee, “Structural, electrical, and strain properties of stoichiometric
(1−x−y)Bi0.5Na0.5…TiO3−x„Bi0.5K0.5TiO3…−y(Na0.5K0.5)NbO3 solid solutions” J. Appl .Phys. 109,
024105 (2011) (if=2.2, ci=24)
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GHOSH, AMIT (b 1968), Professor , Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata-700064
In [1] entropy of a scalar field was calculated in background of dilatonic black hole and shown that the
area and cutoff dependence of entropy is unusual in extremal cases because area vanishes while entropy
is nonzero. This is the first calculation that observed such behaviour in entanglement entropy for
extremal, stringy black holes. In [2] this calculation was extended to extremal Reissner-Nordstrom
solution and a stronger divergence was found.
In [3] it was explained for the first time, how an area-law of entropy arises for an extremal black hole in
path integral approaches where one sums over topologies and imposes the extremal condition after
quantisation.
In [4] some major flaws in symmetry based approaches to black hole entropy were corrected and an
improved scheme was proposed. The new vector fields, defined on stretched horizon, fail to secure a
smooth limit to the horizon.
In [5,6,7] counting of states of black holes in LQG was carried out for the first time in a statistical
framework. The method is robust and permits calculations in both U(1) and SU(2) formulations. It
reproduces logarithmic corrections. In [8] the method was improved to account for discreteness of area in
LQG.
In [9] the statistical framework of entropy calculation in LQG was extended further such that agreement
with Hawking's result occurs for all values of Immirzi parameter. A quasilocal energy proportional to
horizon area in Planck units was introduced for the first time. In [10] a universal, local first law for black
holes was introduced.
Proposer : Prof. Parthasarathi Mitra, Seconder : Prof. Milan Kumar Sanyal
1. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; 1994; Entropy in dilatonic black hole background; Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 2521 (if=
7.943, ci=146 (Web of Science))
2. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; 1995; Entropy for extremal Reissner-Nordstrom black holes; Phys. Lett. B357,
295 (if=4.569, ci=92 (Web of Science))
3. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; 1997; Understanding the area proposal for extremal black hole entropy; Phys.
Rev. Lett. 78, 1858 (if=7.943, ci=54 (Web of Science))
4. Amit Ghosh, Olaf Dreyer, Jacek Wisniewski; 2001; Black hole entropy calculations based on
symmetries; Class. Quant. Grav. 18, 1929 (if=3.562, ci=43 (SPIRES))
5. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; 2005; An Improved lower bound on black hole entropy in the quantum geometry
approach; Phys. Lett. B616, 114 (if=4.569, ci=74 (SPIRES))
6. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; 2005; A Bound on the log correction to the black hole area law; Phys. Rev. D71,
027502 (if=4.691, ci=92 (SPIRES))
7. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; 2006; Counting black hole microscopic states in loop quantum gravity; Phys.
Rev. D74, 064026 (if=4.691, ci=33 (SPIRES))
8. Amit Ghosh, P. Mitra; 2009; Fine-grained state counting for black holes in loop quantum gravity; Phys.
Rev. Lett. 102, 141302 (if=7.943, ci=12 (SPIRES))
9. Amit Ghosh, Alejandro Perez; 2011-2012; Black hole entropy and isolated horizons thermodynamics;
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (2011) 241301, Erratum-ibid. 108 (2012)169901 (if=7.943, ci=40 (SPIRES))
10. Amit Ghosh, Ernesto Frodden, Alejandro Perez; 2013; Quasilocal first law for black hole
thermodynamics; Phys. Rev. D87, 121503 (Rapid Communication) (if=4.691, ci=34 (SPIRES))
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GOEL, MALTI (b 1948), CEO, Climate Change Research Institute and Former Adviser & Emeritus
Scientist, Govt. of India, New Delhi-110017
In 2015, Malti Goel has contributed a book on ‘Carbon Capture, Storage & Utilization’ ISBN
9788179935682. The book deals with the various aspects of carbon dioxide capture and is commended
as a timely publication for analyzing climate change issue. Her books include Energy Sources and Global
Warming (2005); Weather and Climate (2007); Carbon Capture and Storage R&D Technologies for
Sustainable Future (2008); CO2 Sequestration Technology for Clean Energy (2010) as well as Urja Avem
Carbon Dioxide; 21vi Shatabdi ki Chunotiyan in Hindi (2012); The Story of Helium (2015). Malti Goel is
first Indian scientist to represent the country as Vice-Chair to the Technical Group of Carbon
Sequestration Leadership Forum. As Adviser & Scientist ‘G’, Ministry of Science & Technology,
Government of India she headed the Inter-sectoral Science & Technology Advisory Committee Division.
Recipient of several awards and honors, she was conferred Bharat Jyoti Award for her outstanding
contribution to science and society in 2012. Malti Goel is doctorate in Physics from IIT, Delhi (1973).
Besides her original research contribution in the field of Electrets, she has many firsts to her credit. She is
recipient of Gold Medal in M.Sc. (Physics) from BITS, Pilani (1967) and topper in D.I.I.T. in Solid State
Physics (1969) from IIT Delhi. She became Emeritus Fellow, INSA and then CSIR Emeritus Scientist at
CSSP, JNU, Delhi. Having published 101 research papers in the journals of international repute and 150+
invited papers in conferences on emerging environmental topics, she is Fellow of National Environment
Science Academy (2008).
Proposer : Prof. G. K. Mehta, Seconder : Prof. S. K. Joshi
1. P.K.C Pillai and Malti Goel, 1971, PHOTOELECTRETS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS, PHYSICAL
STATUS SOLIDI, (a), 6, 9-28(if=1.469, ci=31)
2. Malti Goel, P.Vishwanath, P. Vasudevanm, 1978. THERMAL DEPOLARIZATION EFFECT IN A
PHENOLIC RESIN, POLYMER, 19, P 905-907 (if=3.96, ci=14)
3. PKC Pillai & Malti Goel, 1979, EVIDENCE FOR ELECTRET POLARISATION IN POLYOXYMETHYLENE J.MACROMOL. SCI, PHYS, B, 16, p 397-406 (if=1.963, ci=12)
4. P.K.C. Pillai, B.K. Gupta & Malti Goel, 1981. POLARIZATION STUDIES BY THE TSC TECHNIQUE
ON A BLEND OF CELLULOSE ACETATE AND POLYVINYL ACETATE, , J.POLY.SCI.POLY.PHYS.,19, P 1461- 70. (if=3.543, ci=30)
5. Malti Goel, V.B. Gupta & P.K.C Pillai, 1982, THERMALLY STIMULATED CURRENT
CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYPROPYLENE WITH AND WITHOUT GLASS FIBRE, POLYMER
BULLETIN, 7, P 103-106. (if=1.332, ci=08)
6. V.B. Gupta, R K Mittal & Malti Goel, 1990. ENERGY ABSORBING MECHANISMS IN SHORT GLASS
FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE, , COMPOSITE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 37, p 353369. (if=4.141, ci=27)
7. Malti Goel and H N Srivastava, 1990. MONSOON TROUGH BOUNDARY LAYER EXPERIMENT
MONTBLEX), BULLETIN AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY, (USA), 71, NO.11, P 15841600 (if=6.59, ci=40)
8. Malti Goel, 2003, ELECTRET SENSORS, FILTERS AND MEMS DEVICES: NEW CHALLENGES IN
MATERIALS RESEARCH , CURRENT SCIENCE, 85 (4), PP. 443-453 (if=2.36, ci=52)
9. Malti Goel, 2004, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ELECTROCERAMICS: MEMS APPLICATIONS FOR
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT, CERAMICS INTERNATIONAL, USA, 30, (7), 1147-54. (if=1.968, ci=49)
10. 8. PLANNING MONTBLEX - AN OVERVIEW, MONSOON TROUGH BOUNDARY LAYER
EXPERIMENT, S.V. Kailas & Malti Goel, PROC. INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (Earth & Planetary
Sciences) 105, No.3, pp 209-225. 1996 (if=1.32, ci=07)
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GUPTA, VINAY (b 1972), Senior Scientist, National Physical laboratory, New Delhi-110012
His pioneering work on Luminescent graphene quantum dots (GQDs) for organic photovoltaic devices (J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 9960-9963, 2011) was impactful and highlighted in Nature Asia (Nature Asia, doi:
10.1038/asiamat.2011.121). It opened up new field for GQDs based optoelectronic devices and this
paper is cited 360 times. He has been granted Indian Patent no. 0137NF2013, WO 2014033755 A1, UK,
on this work. This work was also highlighted in Nature India (NPG Nature India
doi:10.1038/nindia.2011.104). His most recent contribution is the polymer-polymer Förster resonance
energy transfer (FRET) that is published in Advanced Materials (27, 4398–4404, 2015). His other papers
on the solar cells i.e. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 136 (9), 3597–3606, 2014 and J. Am. Chem. Soc.136 (15),
5591–5594, 2014 are also highly cited. His contribution to the organic solar cells is highly impactful. He is
awarded Research Excellence India Citation awards 2015, based on papers published between 2010 to
2014 and indexed in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science. In the top ten Indian scientists, Dr. Vinay is
ranked No. 1 in India in 2015 (Thomson Reuters) (http://blogs.nature.com/indigenus/2015/09/indiashighly-cited-scientists.html). He was in the top 4 Physicists that were shortlisted for NASI-SCOPUS young
scientist award in 2011. That speaks volumes of his impact in India as well as internationally. Several of
his publications in the last few years lad to new activities in the area of OPV and he got significant
citations. His h-index is 31 and total citations are over 2500 since 2011 (Google search).
Proposer: Dr. O. P. Bahl, Seconder:Prof. Vikram Kumar
1. V. Gupta, V. Bharti. M. Kumar, S. Chand, A. J. Heeger, 2015, Polymer–Polymer Förster Resonance
Energy Transfer Signifi cantly Boosts the Power Conversion Efficiency of Bulk-Heterojunction Solar Cells,
Advanced Materials 27, 4398 (if=17.5, ci=10)
2. J. A. Love, I. Nagao, Y. Huang, M. Kuik, V. Gupta, C. J. Takacs, J. E. Coughlin, L. Qi, T. S. van der
Poll, E. J. Kramer, A. J. Heeger, T-Q Nguyen and G. C. Bazan, 2014, Silaindacenodithiophene-Based
Molecular Donor: Morphological Features and Use in the Fabrication of Compositionally Tolerant, HighEfficiency Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells, Journal of American Chemical Society, 136 (9), 3597. (if=11.5,
ci=57)
3. L. F. Lai , J. A. Love , A. Sharenko , J. E. Coughlin , V. Gupta , S. Tretiak , T.Q Nguyen , W.Y. Wong
and G. C. Bazan, 2014, Topological Considerations for the Design of Molecular Donors with Multiple
Absorbing Units, Journal of American Chemical Society, 136(15), 5591. (if=11.5, ci=15)
4. A. K. K. Kyaw, D. H. Wang, V. Gupta, J. Zhang, S. Chand, G. C. Bazan, A. J. Heeger, 2013, Efficient
Solution-Processed Small Molecule Solar Cells with Inverted Structure, Advanced Materials 25,
2397. (if=17.5, ci=248)
5. D. H. Wang, A. K. K. Kyaw, V. Gupta, G. C. Bazan, A. J. Heeger, 2013, Enhanced efficiency
parameters of solution processable small-molecule solar cells depending on ITO, Advanced Energy
Materials 3, 1161. (if=16.1, ci=51)
6. A. K. K. Kyaw, D. H. Wang, V. Gupta, W. L. Leong, L. Ke, G. C. Bazan, A. J. Heeger, 2013, Intensity
dependence of current-voltage characteristics and recombination in high-efficiency solution-processed
small-molecule solar cells, ACS Nano 7, 4569. (if=12.9, ci=146)
7. V. Gupta, D. H. Wang, A. K. K. Kyaw, G. C. Bazan, S. Chand, A. J. Heeger, 2013, An efficient cathode
layer for bulk-heterojunction solar cells, Scientific Reports 3, 1965, doi:10.1038/srep01965. (if=5.5,
ci=191)
8. V. Gupta, R. K. Kotnala, 2012, Multifunctional Ferromagnetic Carbon Nanotubes arrays by pulseinjection CVD, Angewandte Chemie International Edition 51, 2916. (if=11.3, ci=6)
9. V. Gupta, N. Chaudhary, R. Srivastava, G. D. Sharma, R. Bhardwaj, S. Chand, 2011, Luminscent
Graphene Quantum Dots for Organic Photovoltaic Devices, Journal of American Chemical Society,
133(26), 9960. (if=11.5, ci=358)
10. A. T. Chidembo, K. I. Ozoemena, B. O. Agboola, V. Gupta, G. G. Wildgoose, R. G. Compton, 2010,
Nickel(II) tetra-aminophthalocyanine modified MWCNTs as potential nanocomposite materials for the
development of supercapacitors, Energy and Environment Science, 3(2), 228. (if=20.5, ci=72)
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JATKAR, DILEEP PRABHAKAR (b 1965), Professor, Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad211019
Prof Dileep Jatkar is one of India's leading string theorists and over the years has made several important
contributions.Considering that the Indian string community is very dominant on the international scenario,
this is a very strong achievement. His paper with Dasgupta and Mukhi (5) was the first to describe the
higher derivative couplings of orientifolds to gravitational fields.His paper with Choudhury, Ghoshal and
Panda (7)was the first to explore the possibility of using open string tachyons as the inflation field. In a
later paper with the same co-authors he explored the same scenario for hybrid inflation. In another
important paper with Mandal and Wadia (6), Prof Jatkar constructed the Nielsen-Olesen vortex solutions
in a non-commutative Abelian Higgs model.In a series of papers with Davis and Sen (8),he found the
exact spectrum of supersymmetric dyons in a class of string theoriesand used it to test the
correspondence between the microscopic and macroscopic entropy of supersymmetric black holes.In an
interesting piece of work with Sinha (9),Prof Jatkar has explored the origin of certain extensions to new
massive gravity( a higher derivative theory of gravity). His early work (1) dealing with systems with soliton
solutions and his very recent work (10) looking at stochastic quantization and holographic renormalization
group clearly indicate the nominee's breadth and versatility.
Proposer : Prof. Sudhakar Panda, Seconder : Prof. Jayanta K Bhattacharjee
1. D P Jatkar,(1991)"SU(2)WZW theory and KDV equation" Phys Lett B255, 61 (if=3.955, ci=2)
2. D P Jatkar (1993) "The spectrum of SL(2,R)/U(1) black hole conformal field theory" NUcl Phys B395,
167 (if=4.661, ci=3)
3. D Ghoshal,D P Jatkar and S Mukhi (1993)"Kleinian singularities and the ground ring of c=1 string
theory" Nucl Phys B395, 144(if=4.661, ci=18)
4. D P Jatkar and B Peeters (1995) "String theory near a conifold singularity" Phys Lett B362, 73
(if=3.955, ci=6)
5. K Dasgupta, D P Jatkar and S Mukhi (1998)" Gravitational couplings and Z(2) orientifolds" Nucl Phys
B523, 465 (if=4.661, ci=89)
6. D P Jatkar, G Mandal and S R Wadia (2000) " Nielsen - Olesen vortices in noncommutative Abelian
Higgs mnodel" JHEP 0009, 018(if=5.831, ci=90)
7. D Choudhury,D Ghoshal,D P Jatkar and S Panda (2002) "On the cosmological relevance of the
tachyon" Phys Lett B 544, 231(if=3.955, ci=154)
8. D P Jatkar and A Sen (2006) " Dyon spectrum in CHL models " JHEP 0604, 018 (if=5.831, ci=95)
9. D P Jatkar and A Sinha (2011) "New Massive Gravity and AdS4 counter terms" Phys Rev Lett 106
171601 (if=7.37, ci=21)
10. J H Oh and D P Jatkar (2012) "Stochastic quantization and holographic Wisonian renormalization
group"JHEP 1211, 144 (if=5.831, ci=3)
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KANT, RAJNI (b 1962), Professor of Physics, University of Jammu, Jammu Tawi-180006
•Established a research group in single crystal X-ray Crystallography at Jammu University and research
facilities for the growth of single crystals for X-ray diffraction analysis. Created a DST-sponsored Single
crystal X-ray Diffractometer as a National facility at Jammu University.
•Researched in the field of Synthesis, Single Crystal Growth, Polymorphism, X-ray structure analysis of a
variety of medicinally important organic compounds .e.g., Steroids, Alkaloids, Coumarins, Metal-organics,
Lignans, Diterpenoids, substituted Biphenyls,etc., and analysis of crystal packing effects and exploring
the role of hydrogen bonding in organic molecular assemblies. Set-up a Laboratory for the growth of
Liquid crystal research and guided few Ph.D students on Optimization of Conditions for Reproducible
Crystallization in biphenyls.
•Guided 19 Ph.D and 48 M.Phil Students in a service span of 25 years. Completed 14 research projects
as sanctioned by national funding agencies like DAE, DST, CSIR, UGC, ICMR, etc. Published One Text
Book by WILEY-INDIA and Two monographs published by Lambart Academic Publishing, Germany.
•Published 312 research papers in good impact factor research journals of international repute.
•Delivered Lectures at +2 Level and Degree College Level, besides various invited talks in seminars and
symposia. Organised 04 UGC- sponsored Refresher Courses for Univ./College faculty.Served as
Academic Referee for various international journals, including the journals of Royal Soc of Chem, J. of
Chem. Cryst., Crystal Engineering Communications.
•Served as referee for the evaluation of research projects of agencies like DST and CSIR
Proposer : Prof. T.P.Singh, Seconder : Prof. N.R. Jagannathan
1. N.J. Parmar, B.D. Parmar, T.R. Sutariya RAJNI KANT, V.K.Gupta (2014) “An efficient synthesis of
some new thiopyranopyrazole‒heterocycles via domino reaction in a Brønsted acidic ionic liquid"
Tetrahedron Letters 55 (2014) 6060–6064 (if=2.295)
2. Indresh Kumar, N.A. Mir, P.Ramaraju, D.Singh, V.K.Gupta, RAJNI KANT (2014) "Direct catalytic
synthesis of densely substituted 3-formylpyrroles from Imines and 1,4-ketoaldehydes" RSC Advances. 4
(2014) 34548-34551 (if=3.708)
3. Gurpreet Kour, Monika Gupta, Satya Paul, V.K. Gupta, RAJNI KANT (2014) “SiO2-CuCl2: An efficient
and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for one-pot synthesis of 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones” Journal
of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 392 (2014) 260-269(if=2.786)
4. Ahsan Elahi and RAJNI KANT (2014) "Contribution of Weak Intermolecular Interactions in 3-Acetyl
Coumarin Derivatives " European Chemical Bulletin 3(8) (2014) 763-769 (if=2.14)
5. P. Valarmathi, Subbiah Thirumaran, Lovely Sarmal and RAJNI KANT (2014) “Synthesis, spectral (IR,
UV-Vis and variable temperature NMR) characterization and crystal structure of (N-benzyl-N-furfuryldithi
carbamato-S,S')(thiocyanato-N) (triphenylphosphine)nickel(II)” Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Mol & Biomol
Spectro 129 (2014) 285- (if=2.129)
6. Ramesh Mudududdla, Rohit Sharma, Santosh K. Guru, Manoj Kushwaha, Ajai P. Gupta,dSonali
S.Bharate, Subrayashastry Aravinda, RAJNI KANT, Shashi Bhushan, Ram A. Vishwakarma and Sandip
B. Bharate (2014) “Trifluoroacetic acid catalyzed thiophenylmethylation and thioalkylmethylation of
lactams and phenols via domino three-component reaction in water" Roy Soc Chem Advances 4 (2014)
14081-14088 (if=3.708)
7. S. Sanotra, R.Gupta, H.N. Sheikh*, B.L.Kalsotra, V.K.Gupta, RAJNI KANT (2013) “Hydrothermal
synthesis and crystal structure of a Supramolecular DinuclearCobalt(II) Complex Containing the Dianion
of Pyridine- 2,6-Dicarboxylic Acid Monatshefte fur Chemie(2013)144:1807–1813 (if=1.347)
8. D.K. Sharma, C.S.Shripanavar, Sumati Anthal, V.K Gupta, RAJNI KANT (2014) “5-[methoxyimino{2[(2-methylphenoxy)methyl]phenyl}methyl] –N-phenyl- 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-amine” Acta Crystallographica
Section E70(3) (2014) o357-o358(if=0.567)
9. Indresh Kumar*, P.Ramaraju, N.A. Mir, D.Singh, V.K.Gupta, RAJNI KANT (2013) “Highly
enantioselective [4+2] annulation via organocatalytic Mannich- reductive cyclization: One-pot synthesis of
functionalized piperidines” Chem Communications (Roy. Soc. Chem) 49 (2013) 5645-5647 (if=6.718)
10. G.Venkatesan, A.Babu, P.Ramasamy*,A.Chandramohan, V.KGupta RAJNIKANT (2012) “Synthesis,
growth and characterization of hydrogen bonding organic Complex for SHG conversion: 3hydroxyanilinium-2, 5-dimethyl benzenesulphonate Single Crystal” Solid State Sciences 14 (2012) 11411145 (if=1.679)
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KANTHARIA, NIMISHA GIRJAPRASAD (b 1967), READER at NATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO
ASTROPHYSICS, TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH, PUNE-411007
Nimisha Kantharia has made outstanding contributions in understanding the influence of environment on
the star forming galaxies in the Universe and in the interstellar medium of our Galaxy. Nimisha has
advocated importance of various physical processes that influence properties of the star forming galaxies
in group environment. She has demonstrated influence of both tidal and hydrodynamic interactions in
group galaxies (Kantharia etal 2005, 2008). She has shown that distribution and spectrum of synchrotron
emission of dwarf star forming galaxies is an indicator of their environment. (Ramya et al. 2011).
Alongwith collaborators she has pioneered studies of polarization of radio emission in galaxies using the
GMRT (Farnes et al. 2014). Using radio recombination lines from Rydberg carbon atoms in space, she
has studied the cool thermal ionized component of our Galaxy (Kantharia et al. 1998, Kantharia,
Anantharamaiah 2001). She was part of the group which detected recombination lines from the largest
(~50micron; n=1009) atom (carbon) in space and demonstrated influence of the Galaxy-wide radiation
field on the line properties (Stepkin et al. 2007). She studies environments of Galactic novae (cataclysmic
variables) in GMRT bands (Kantharia 2012). Nimisha deduced a 30% reduction in ambient densities of a
nova system (Kantharia et al. 2007), a secular decrease in radio emission from a nova remnant for the
first time (Anupama, Kantharia 2005) and presence of an expanding nebula of neutral gas around a nova
system (Roy et al. 2011). She is a key member of an ongoing unique all-Sky survey of celestial radio
sources at 150 MHz (TGSS: TIFR-GMRT-SKY-SURVEY).
Proposer : Prof. Govind Swarup, Seconder : Prof. Gopal Krishna
1. J. S. Farnes, D. A. Green, N. G. Kantharia 2014,'Spectropolarimetry with the Giant Metrewave Radio
Telescope at 610 MHz: a case study of two Southern Compact Group Fields' Monthly Notices of the
Royal Astronomical Society, 437, 3236. (if=5.521, ci=1)
2. Nirupam Roy, N.G. Kantharia, S. P. S. Eyres, G. C. Anupama, M. F. Bode, T. P. Prabhu, T. J. O'Brien,
2012,`An HI shell-like structure associated with nova V458 Vulpeculae?' Monthly Notices of the Royal
Astronomical Society, 427, L55. (if=5.521, ci=2)
3. S. Ramya, N. G. Kantharia, T. P. Prabhu, 2011,`Radio Continuum and H I Study of Blue Compact
Dwarf Galaxies' Astrophysical Journal, 728, 124. (if=6.733, ci=4)
4. N. G. Kantharia, A. P. Rao, S. K. Sirothia, 2008,`Low radio frequency signatures of ram pressure
stripping in Virgo spiral NGC 4254' Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 383, 173.
(if=5.521, ci=11)
5. N. G. Kantharia, G. C. Anupama, T. P. Prabhu, S. Ramya, M. F. Bode, S. P. S. Eyres, T. J. O'Brien,
2007,`Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Observations of the 2006 Outburst of the Nova RS Ophiuchi:
First Detection of Emission at Radio Frequencies <1.4 GHz', Astrophysical Journal (Letters), 667,
171. (if=6.345, ci=16)
6. S. V. Stepkin, A. A. Konovalenko, N. G. Kantharia, N. Udaya Shankar, 2007, ‘Radio recombination
lines from the largest bound atoms in space' Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 374,
852. (if=5.521, ci=17)
7. N. G. Kantharia, S. Ananthakrishnan, R. Nityananda, Ananda Hota, 2005, ‘GMRT observations of the
group Holmberg 124: Evolution by tidal forces and ram pressure?' Astronomy & Astrophysics, 435,
483. (if=5.084, ci=23)
8. G. C. Anupama & N. G. Kantharia 2005, ‘A multiwavelength study of the remnant of nova GK Persei'
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 435, 167. (if=5.084, ci=14)
9. N. G. Kantharia & K. R. Anantharamaiah, 2001, ‘Carbon Recombinaton lines from the Galactic Plane at
34.5 and 325 MHz' Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 22, 51. (if=0.336, ci=13)
10. N. G. Kantharia, K. R. Anantharamaiah and H. E. Payne 1998, ‘Carbon Recombination lines between
34.5 and 770 MHz towards Cassiopeia A' Astrophysical Journal, 506, 758. (if=6.733, ci=27)
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KONAR, SWAPAN (b 1957), Professor, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi-835215
(i)Dr. S. Konar has made significant contributions in photonics and nonlinear optics. Konar and coworkers
developed a general theory of self focusing, which is valid for small as well as large nonlinearities. He is
the first to predict non-stationary propagation of elliptic Gaussian laser beams in nonlinear media. He has
designed laser generated highly directional under water acoustic arrays which could be used in
underwater communication. His theory of flat top solitons is an important milestone that could be used to
generate high power flat top laser beams for micromachining and other micro and nano applications. He
has also developed theory to analyze a very large family of hitherto unidentified composite screening
photovoltaic solitons in photorefractive crystals that opened new vistas for intense investigations in allied
areas of nonlinear optics.
(ii)A theory of spectral switching and method of tuning the switching, blue and red shifted frequencies has
also been developed by him, which has lead to intensified studies elsewhere for possible applications in
optical space communications. He has also put forth a technique for enhancing the bit rate in soliton
based optical communication systems and predicted that the introduction of appropriate asymmetric
dispersion map in the fiber optic systems increases transmission capacity by twenty five percent.
(iii)His book “Introduction to Non-Kerr law Optical Solitons” is an important scientific contribution.
(iv)As a reorganization to his scientific contribution Dr. Konar has been selected as Senior Associate of
International Center for Theoretical Physics, Italy, for the period 2007-2014.
Proposer: Professor Ajoy Kumar Ghatak, Seconder:Professor Hem Chandra Kandpal
1. S. Konar and A. Sengupta (1994); Propagation of an elliptic Gaussian laser beams in a medium with
saturable nonlinearity; J. Opt. Soc. Am B 11, 1644-1646. (if= 1.97, ci= 60)
2. S. Medhekar, S. Konar and M. S. Sodha (1995); Self tapering of elliptic Gaussian beams in an elliptic
core nonlinear fiber; Optics Letters 20, 2192-2194. (if= 3.292, ci= 22)
3. S. Konar and S. Jana (2004); Linear and Nonlinear Propagation of sinh-Gaussian pulses in dispersive
media possessing Kerr Nonlinearity; Optics Communication 236, 7-20 . (if= 1.45, ci= 45)
4. Soumendu Jana and S. Konar (2006), Tunable Spectral Switching in the Far Field With a Chirped
cosh-Gaussian Pulse; Optics Communications 267, 24-31. (if= 1.45, ci= 36)
5. S. Konar, S. Jana and Shwetanshumala (2007); Incoherently coupled screening photovoltaic spatial
solitons in a biased photovoltaic photorefractive crystals; Optics Communications 273, 324 -333. (if= 1.45,
ci= 63)
6. S. Konar, M. Mishra and Soumendu Jana (2007), Nonlinear Evolution of cosh-Gaussian Laser Beams
and Generations of Flat Top Spatial Solitons in Cubic Quintic Nonlinear Media; Physics Letts. A 362, 505510. (Impact factor: 1.683, 65 Citations) (if= 1.683, ci= 65)
7. S. Jana and S. Konar (2007), A new family of Thirring type optical spatial solitons via
electromagnetically induced transparency; Physics Letters A 362 , 435-438. (if= 1.683, ci= 53)
8. M. Mishra, S. Konar (2008); High bit rate dense dispersion managed optical communication systems
with distributed amplification; Progress In Electromagnetics Research 78, 301-320, (2008). (if= 1.229, ci=
44)
9. Noushin Asif , S. Shwetanshumala and S. Konar (2008); Photovoltaic spatial soliton pairs in twophoton photorefractive materials, Physics Letters A 372, 735-740 . (if= 1.683, ci= 38)
10. Swati Srivastava and S. Konar (2009), Two-component coupled photovoltaic soliton pair in twophoton photorefractive materials under open circuit conditions; Optics & Laser Technology 41, 419–
423. (if= 1.647, ci= 35)
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JANAKIRAMAN, KUMAR (b 1959), Professor, Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai600025
The nominee has been working on important aspects of crystal growth and characterization of
semiconductors and laser crystals. His significant contribution was on the low dislocation density
achieved in Indium Phosphide crystals and on the most effective way of estimating iron in InP and these
contributions are very widely cited. Dr. Kumar and coworkers have successfully implemented the major
project with a grant of Rupees 6.3 crores from the Department of Science and Technology, Government
of India - Metal Organic Chemical Vapour Deposition system the first of its kind in any Indian Universities
has been established. MFS structures of Gallium nitride have been done which are state of art materials
for high frequency and high power devices. Novel results have been obtained on the realization of nano
structures of gallium nitride on carbon nanorods. The nominee has carried out very important ab initio
calculations on oxide material systems and these are critical solutions to develop oxide based device
structures. Excellent experimental results have also been obtained on Zinc oxide and related materials.
Special equipment have been fabricated and established for the activities on Gallium nitride, Zinc Oxide
and PZN-PT. Biosensor activity was established and the entire unit has been submitted for Patenting.
DST has appreciated the work and has asked to continue the work by interacting with user agencies.
Significant activity on targeted drug delivery has been carried out. Based on scientific contributions Dr
Kumar is nominated by the UGC Chairman as the Governing Council member of the Inter University
Accelerator Centre, Delhi and Anna University has awarded the Active Consultant Award – 2011
Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology has awarded the Tamilnadu Scientist Award for
2012
Proposer : Prof. S. Chandra, Seconder : Prof. O. N. Srivastava
1. B. Srimathy, R. Jayavel,, I. Bhaumik, S. Ganesamoorthy A. K. Karnal, P.K. Gupta and J. Kumar (2014)
On the Neel Temperature and magnetic domain wall movements of Ga2-xFexO3 single crystals grown by
floating-zone technique;Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 590, 459-464 (if=2.39)
2. G. Devanand Venkatasubbu, S. Ramasamy, V. Ramakrishnan and J. Kumar (2013) Surface
modification and Paclitaxel drug delivery of folic acid modified Polyethylene glycol functionalized
hydroxyapatite nanoparticles; Journal of Powder Technology 235, 437-442(if=2.024, ci=5)
3. G. Devanand Venkatasubbu, S. Ramasamy, V.Ramakrishnan and J.Kumar (2011) HydroxyapatiteAlginate Nanocomposite as Drug Delivery Matrix for Sustained Release of Ciprofloxacin; Journal of
Biomedical Nanotechnology, 7, 1- 9 (if=5.256, ci=11)
4. R. Thangavel, Moirangthem Rakesh Singh, Wei-Shan Lee, Yia-Chung Changa, J.Kumar (2011)
Cesium doped and undoped ZnO Nanocrystalline thin films: a Comparative study of structural and microRaman investigation of optical phonons; Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41, 1594-1600 (if=2.679, ci=4)
5. S. Munawar Basha, S. Ramasubramanian, R. Thangavel,M. Rajagopalan and J. Kumar (2010)
Magnetic properties of Ni doped Gallium Nitride with vacancy induced defect; Journal of Magnetism and
Magnetic Materials 322, 238-241 (if=1.826, ci=9)
6. S. Ramasubramanian, M. Rajagopalan, J. Kumar and R. Thangavel (2009) Electronic and optical
properties of mixed anion layered oxychalcogenide semiconductors: An ab initio study; Journal of Applied
Physics 106 (2), 023720-023720-6 (if=2.072, ci=4)
7. K. Thangaraju, P. Amaladass, K. Shanmuga Bharathi, A.K. Mohanakrishnan,V. Narayanan, J. Kumar
(2009) Studies on influence of light on fluorescence of Tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum thin films;
Applied Surface Science 255, 5760–5763 (if=2.112, ci=3)
8. G. Srinivasan, R.T. Rajendrakumar and J. Kumar (2007) Influence of Al dopant on microstructure of
ZnO thin films prepared by sol-gel spin coating method and optical properties; Optical Materials 30, 314317 (if=1.918, ci=38)
9. K. Thangaraju, P. Amaladass, A. K. Mohanakrishnan, V. Narayanan and J. Kumar;Study on
Photoluminescence from Tris(8 hydroxyquinoline) aluminum thin films and influence of light; Applied
Physics Letters 89, 82106 - 82108 (if=3.794, ci=20)
10. G. Srinivasan and J. Kumar (2006) Investigations on zinc oxide films prepared by sol- gel process;
Journal of Crystal Research and Technology, 41, 893-896 (if=1.16, ci=72)
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MAJUMDAR, PARTHASARATHI (b 1953), Professor (Physics), Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda
University, Belur, WB-711202
The Nominee has made seminal contributions in quantum field theory and gravitational theory. In the
former, he was among the first to demonstrate that supersymmetric extensions of gauge theories of
electroweak interactions are natural because they require little fine tuning of parameters at high energies,
to yield observed particle spectra at low energies, in contrast to the standard electroweak gauge theory
which requires fine tuning of parameters to 1 part in 10**26 . This has had the impact that searches for
new particles present in the spectrum of these extensions is a priority programme at the Large Hadron
Collider. In the latter, he obtained for the first time ever, quantum spacetime fluctuation corrections to the
Bekenstein-Hawking area law for black hole entropy, within the framework of Loop Quantum Gravity. The
leading correction, logarithmic in area, has the universal coefficient of -3/2 as a signature contribution of
Loop Quantum Gravity.
Using this result, he has derived a very general criterion of thermal stability of radiant black holes against
Hawking radiation, without the use of any classical general relavitity. This provides the first-ever
understanding as to why some standard black holes appear to indefinitely Hawking-radiate away to
extinction, while others may have a more stable existence. The stability criterion appears to provide an
accounting for non-observation of neutron stars more massive than 2 solar masses, based entirely on
quantum entanglement entropy.
Proposer : Prof. Amitava Raychaudhuri, Seconder : Prof. B. N. Dev
1. R Kaul and P Majumdar 1982, Cancellation Of Quadratically Divergent Mass Corrections In Globally
Supersymmetric Spontaneously Broken Gauge Theories, Nuclear Physics B199, 36 (if=4.66, ci=152)
2. P Majumdar and P Roy 1984, Tightening Light Higgs Masses In Low-energy Supergravity, Physical
Review D30, 2432 (if=4.56, ci=50)
3. S Das and P Majumdar 1994, Charge - monopole versus gravitational scattering at Planckian energies,
Physical Review Letters 72, 2524 (if=7.94, ci=12)
4. R Kaul and P Majumdar 1998, Quantum Black Hole Entropy, Physics Letters B439, 267 (if=3.95,
ci=90)
5. P Majumdar and S SenGupta 1999, Parity violating gravitational coupling of electromagnetic fields,
Classical and Quantum Gravity 16, L89 (if=3.4, ci=47)
6. R Kaul and P Majumdar 2000, Logarithmic Correction to the Bekenstein-Hawking Entropy, Physical
Review Letters 84, 5255 (if=7.94, ci=250)
7. S Das, R Kaul and P Majumdar 2001, A New holographic entropy bound from quantum geometry,
Physical Review D63, 044019 (if=4.56, ci=57)
8. S Das, P Majumdar and R K Bhaduri 2002, General logarithmic corrections to black hole entropy,
Classical and Quantum Gravity 19, 2355 (if=3.4, ci=160)
9. A Chatterjee and P Majumdar 2004, Universal canonical black hole entropy, Physical Review Letters
92, 141301 (if=7.94, ci=61)
10. P Majumdar 2007, Generalized Hawking-Page phase transition, Classical and Quantum Gravity 24,
1747 (if=3.4, ci=11)
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MANDAL, GAUTAM (b 1962), Senior Professor, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha
Road, Mumbai 400005
Gautam Mandal has made pioneering contributions to black hole physics, including the discovery of the
2D black hole solution in string theory [60] and derivation of Hawking radiation for certain 5D black holes
[42]. The latter work, being based on conventional quantum mechanics, showed that Hawking radiation
from these black holes does not violate unitarity [42,37,35,26]. Mandal's work [25] initiated the study of
integrability of string theory in anti-de-Sitter spacetimes, which played an important role in exploring
gauge-gravity duality for non-supersymmetric operators. In [22], Mandal employed the method of
geometric quantization to quantize “half-BPS” gravitational solutions in 5D AdS space and proved the
gauge-gravity duality between these states and half-BPS states in N=4 superYang-Mills theory. The
above results led to an exact operator bosonization of non-relativistic fermions [21], resolving a classic
problem posed by Tomonaga in 1950. The issue of time-irreversibility in [42] was revisited in the work [9],
which gave a holographic definition of hydrodynamical entropy, with a non-negative rate of production
that follows from the non-negative area expansion on the black hole horizon in the dual geometry. In [7],
Mandal pointed out inconsistencies with the picture of a black hole as gravity dual of deconfined YangMills theory and proposed a resolution. In [1], evidence was presented, by a computation of dynamical
entanglement entropy, that a maximally extended charged, spinning black hole geometry in 3D AdS was
dual to a 2D thermofield double.
Proposer : Prof. Spenta R. Wadia, Seconder : Prof. Deepak Dhar
1. Gautam Mandal, Anirvan M. Sengupta, Spenta R. Wadia (1991) “Classical solutions of twodimensional string theory”, Mod. Phys. Lett. A6 (1991), 1685-1692 (if=1.1, ci=430)
2. Avinash Dhar, Gautam Mandal, Spenta R. Wadia, (1992) “Nonrelativistic fermions, coadjoint orbits of
W(infinity) and string field theory at c=1", Mod.Phys.Lett. A7 (1992), 3129-3146 (if=1.1, ci=54)
3. Avinash Dhar, Gautam Mandal, Spenta R. Wadia (1996) “Absorption versus decay of black holes in
string theory and T symmetry”, Phys.Lett. B388 (1996), 51-59 (if=3.2, ci=153)
4. Philippe Brax, Gautam Mandal, Yaron Oz (2001) “Supergravity description of non BPS branes”,
Phys.Rev. D63 (2001), 064008 (if=4.6, ci=61)
5. Gautam Mandal, Nemani V. Suryanarayana, Spenta R. Wadia, (2002) “Aspects of semiclassical strings
in AdS(5)” Phys.Lett. B543 (2002), 81-88 (if=4.2, ci=186)
6. Justin R. David, Gautam Mandal, Spenta R. Wadia, (2002), “Microscopic formulation of black holes in
string theory”, Phys.Rept. 369 (2002), 549-686 (if=20.6, ci=149)
7. Gautam Mandal, (2005) “Fermions from half-BPS supergravity”, JHEP 0508 (2005), 052 (if=5.7, ci=63)
8. Gautam Mandal, Nemani V. Suryanarayana (2007), “Counting 1/8-BPS dual-giants” JHEP 0703
(2007), 031 (if=5.7, ci=62)
9. Sayantani Bhattacharyya, Veronika E. Hubeny, R. Loganayagam, Gautam Mandal, Shiraz Minwalla,
Takeshi Morita, Mukund Rangamani, Harvey S. Reall (2008), “Local Fluid Dynamical Entropy from
Gravity”, JHEP 0806 (2008), 055 (if=5.7, ci=119)
10. Gautam Mandal, Takeshi Morita (2011), “Gregory-Laflamme as the confinement/deconfinement
transition in holographic QCD”, JHEP 1109 (2011), 073 (if=5.7, ci=21)
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MOHANTY, BEDANGADAS (b 1973), Chairperson, School of Physical Sciences and Dean Faculty
Affairs, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
“for his outstanding contributions towards the establishment of the Quantum Chromodynamics phase
diagram through high-‐energy nuclear collisions, pioneering work in discovery and establishing the
properties of de-‐confined quarks and gluons and discovery of the heaviest anti-‐matter nuclei.” Dr.
Mohanty's pioneering work on QCD (strong interaction is one of the four fundamental and basic
interactions in nature) phase diagram established the formation of Quark-‐Gluon Plasma (QGP) phase,
phase transition temperature through the first comparison of the experimental data to a first principle QCD
calculations, and new observables for disoriented chiral-‐condensates and critical-‐point signals. Founder
of an dedicated experimental program at BNL, USA to study QCD phase diagram, deputy spokesperson
of STAR experiment and Editorial Board member of ALICE experiment at CERN. Physics leader of a
team that discovered the anti-‐hypertriton and anti-‐alpha nuclei in nuclear interactions, with implications
in fields of nuclear, cosmology and astrophysics. He went on to significantly contribute to the study of the
properties of QGP, establishing the formation of a matter with the lowest shear viscosity to entropy
density ratio -‐ hence called the perfect fluid. His recent work has made profound contributions towards
establishing the possibility of a critical point in the phase diagram of QCD.
Proposer : Prof. V. Chandrasekhar, Seconder : Prof. S. Panda
1. Energy Dependence of Moments of Net-proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC, Physical Review
Letters 112, 032302 (2014) (if=7.9, ci=65)
2. Observation of an energy-dependent difference in elliptic flow between particles and anti-particles in
relativistic heavy-ion collisions, Physical Review Letters 110, 142301 (2013) (if=7.9, ci=24)
3. Scale for the Phase Diagram of Quantum Chromodynamics, Science 332, 1525 (2011) (if=33.6, ci=90)
4. Observation of antimatter helium-4 nucleus, Nature 473, 353 (2011) (if=38.5, ci=49)
5. Higher Moments of Net-proton Multiplicity Distributions at RHIC, Physical Review Letters 105, 022302
(2010) (if=7.9, ci=135)
6. Systematic Measurements of identified particle spectra in pp, d+Au, Au+Au collisions from STAR
Physical Review C 79, 034909 (2009) (if=3.7, ci=410)
7. Energy and system size dependence of phi meson production in Cu+Cu and Au+Au collisions, Physics
Letters B 673, 183 (2009)(if=4.5, ci=64)
8. Energy dependence of pion, proton, anti-proton transverse momentum spectra for Au+Au collisions at
62.4 and 200 GeV, Physics Letters B 655, 104 (2007) (if=4.5, ci=148)
9. Identified hadron spectra at large transverse momentum in p+p and d+Au collisions at 200 GeV,
Physics Letters B 637, 161 (2006)(if=4.5, ci=227)
10. Disoriented chiral condensate: theory and experiment, Physics Reports 414, 263 (2005) (if=22.9,
ci=33)
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MUKHERJEE, SUBROTO (b 1963), Professor; Head – FCIPT Division, Associate Dean – Academics,
Institute for Plasma Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar 382424, Gujarat
Prof. Subroto Mukherjee is an experimental plasma physicist with emphasis on plasma surface
interaction. His work is unique which leads to excellent physical intuition for understanding of surface
related phenomenon and at the same time leads to practical applications. Specifically he investigated
dynamic sheath expansion, effect of collisions on ion energies, nitrogen/carbon incorporation in materials,
and formation of metastable expanded austenite. He is a recipient of Alexander von Humboldt fellowship,
when he investigated control of compressive stress in TiN films using simultaneous ion implantation.
Identifying solitary electron holes, wave propagation in cogenerated dusty plasma and nonlinear
synchronization in coupled plasma systems are some recent areas of research of Prof Mukherjee. He has
made devices for laboratory teaching of plasma physics in MSc level. In his 27 years of research career,
Prof. Mukherjee has published 102 peer-reviewed journal papers, guided several doctoral students (6
awarded, 7 under supervision), 3 book chapters, 13 patents, collaborated with several institutions for
projects sponsored by DST, BRFST, BRNS worth over Rs. 35.0 Crore, and also contributed to some
strategic projects of ISRO and DRDO. He received the BUTI Foundation award (first recipient in 2007) for
outstanding contribution in plasma science and technology. He heads FCIPT division of Institute for
Plasma Research that develops plasma based technologies for benefit of industries and society. As a
result of his efforts, DST has recently declared “Plasma Technology for Societal Benefits” as a thrust area
and has entrusted him with the responsibility of leading this effort nationally.
Proposer: Prof PK Kaw, IPR, Seconder:Prof JP Mittal, BARC
1. Guenzel, R., Betzl, M., Alphonsa, I., Ganguli, B., John, P.I., Mukherjee, S. (1999): Plasma source ion
implantation compared with glow discharge plasma nitriding of stainless steel, Surface & Coatings
Technology 112, 307-309 (if=1.94, ci=32)
2. Mukherjee, S. (2001): Neutral velocity distribution at a negatively biased electrode in a collisional ion
sheath, Physics of Plasmas, 8, 364-367 (if=2.38, ci=15)
3. Mukherjee, S. (2002): Plasma based nitrogen incorporation techniques for surface modification,
Current Science, 83, 263-270(if=0.94, ci=27)
4. Mukherjee, S., Prokert, F., Richter, E., Moeller, W (2003): Intrinsic stress and preferred orientation in
TiN coatings deposited on Al using plasma immersion ion implantation assisted deposition, Thin Solid
Films 445, 48-53 (if=1.64, ci=23)
5. Mukherjee, S., Maitz, M.F., Pham, M.T., Prokert, F., Richter, E., Moeller, W. (2005): Development and
biocompatibility of Ti based coatings using plasma immersion ion implantation assisted deposition,
Surface & Coatings Technology 196, 312-316 (if=1.94, ci=32)
6. Singh, G.P., Alphonsa, J., Barhai, P.K., Rayjada, P., Raole, P.M., Mukherjee, S. (2006): Effect of
surface roughness and gas composition on plasma nitrided AISI 304 steel, Surface & Coatings
Technology, 200, 5807-5811 (if=1.94, ci=35)
7. Saravanan, P., Raja, V.S., Mukherjee, S. (2007): Effect of plasma immersion ion implantation of
nitrogen on the wear and corrosion behavior of 316LVM stainless steel, Surface and Coatings
Technology, 201, 8131-8135 (if=1.94, ci=30)
8. Basu A., Dutta Majumder J, Alphonsa J., Mukherjee, S., Manna, I.: (2008): Corrosion resistance
improvement of high carbon low alloy steel by plasma nitriding, Materials Letters, 62, 3117-3120 (if=2.49,
ci=43)
9. Suraj, K.S., Bharathi, P., Prahlad, V., and Mukherjee, S., (2009): Near cathode optical emission
spectroscopy in N2-H2 glow discharge plasma, Surface & Coatings Technology, 202, 301-309 (if=1.94,
ci=23)
10. Ranjan M., Facsko S., Fritsche M., and Mukherjee, S., (2013): Plasmon resonance tuning in Ag
nanoparticles arrays grown on ripple patterned templates, Microelectronic Engineering, 102, 4447 (if=1.56, ci=15)
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MUKHOPADHYAY, BANIBRATA (b 1973), Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Banglaore560012
Mukhopadhyay has made several outstanding contributions to the black hole (BH), white dwarf (WD) and
neutron star (NS) physics and in field theory in curved spacetime. So far, he has trained 8 Ph.D. students
and 6 postdocs. His method describing hydromagnetics around compact objects is considered to be the
"standard" (Mukhopadhyay, ApJ, 2002) for pseudo-Newtonian accretion disk (AD) description around
rotating BHs. His proposal of new, super-Chandrasekhar mass-limit for WDs and their evolution from subChandrasekhar WDs (Das, Mukhopadhyay, PRL, 2013; Das, Mukhopadhyay, Rao, ApJL, 2013) explains
puzzling, over-luminous, type Ia supernovae. His revision of threshold density for magnetized NS
formation has important implications in nuclear astrophysics (Vishal, Mukhopadhyay, PRC, 2014). He is
further involved in determining spin of BHs which is a very difficult problem due to absence of BH’s hard
surface (Mukhopadhyay, ApJ, 2009). He shows that mass and spin of BHs are correlated, by modelling
core-collapsing stars and underlying nucleosynthesis, explaining the origin of heavy isotopes in Universe
(Banerjee, Mukhopadhyay, PRL, 2013; ApJ, 2013; Mukhopadhyay, PRL, 2014), which is his other original
break-through. This reduces the independent parameters describing BHs. His description of a plausible
path to turbulence in ADs (Mukhopadhyay, Afshordi, Narayan, ApJ, 2005) is an important contribution to
astrophysical fluids. He is involved in data analysis, and predicts Cyg X-3 to be a BH (Karak, Dutta,
Mukhopadhyay, ApJ, 2010). Finally, he shows gravity induced "effective" CPT/Lorentz violation in the
neutrino sector, enlightening leptogenesis/baryogenesis (Mukhopadhyay, CQG, 2007).
Proposer: Chanda J. Jog, Seconder:Vinod Krishan
1. Mukhopadhyay, B. and Chakrabarti, S. K.,, 2000, Nucleosynthesis in Accretion Flows around Black
Holes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 353, 1029 (if=5.094, ci=31)
2. Mukhopadhyay, B., 2002, Description of pseudo-Newtonian potential for the relativistic accretion disk
around Kerr black holes, The Astrophysical Journal, 581, 427 (if=6.733, ci=51)
3. Mukhopadhyay, B., Afshordi, N. and Narayan, R., 2005, Bypass to turbulence in hydrodynamic
accretion disks: An eigenvalue analysis, The Astrophysical Journal, 629, 383 (if=6.733, ci=47)
4. Mukhopadhyay, B., 2007, Gravity induced neutrino-antineutrino oscillation: CPT and lepton number
non-conservation under gravity, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 24, 1433 (if=3.562, ci=23)
5. Mukhopadhyay, B., 2009, Higher order nonlinearity in accretion disks: QPOs of black hole and neutron
star sources and their spin, The Astrophysical Journal, 694, 387 (if=6.733, ci=30)
6. Das, U., and Mukhopadhyay, B., 2013, New mass limit for white dwarfs: super- Chandrasekhar type Ia
supernova as a new standard candle, Physical Review Letters, 110, 071102 (if=7.943, ci=44)
7. Das, U., Mukhopadhyay, B. and Rao, A. R., 2013, A possible evolutionary scenario of highly
magnetized super-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs: progenitors of peculiar type Ia supernovae, The
Astrophysical Journal Letters, 767, 14 (if=6.345, ci=22)
8. Banerjee, I., and Mukhopadhyay, B., 2013, Establishing a relation between mass and spin of stellar
mass black holes, Physical Review Letters, 111, 061101 (if=7.943, ci=1)
9. Vishal, M. V., and Mukhopadhyay, B., 2014, Revised density of magnetized nuclear matter at the
neutron drip line, Physical Review C, 89, 065804 (if=3.733, ci=5)
10. Subramanian, S., and Mukhopadhyay, B., 2015, GRMHD formulation of highly super-Chandrasekhar
rotating magnetized white dwarfs: stable configurations of non-spherical white dwarfs, Monthly Notices of
Royal Astronomical Society, 454, 752 (if=5.521, ci=5)
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MUKHOPADHYAY, RAMAPROSAD
Division, BARC, Mumbai-400085
(b 1955), Outstanding Scientist & Head, Solid State Physics
Prof R. Mukhopadhyay, is a pioneer on experimental study of ‘stochastic dynamics in condensed matter’
which can be studied very conveniently using quasielastic neutron scattering (QENS). The QENS facility
(NIMA 474(2001)55) at BARC developed and built by him has been used extensively to study various
advanced functional materials by many national/international laboratories that has lead to publications in
high impact international scientific journals. He is the head of Solid State Physics Division, BARC,
Mumbai. Breakthrough research of Prof. Mukhopadhyay using neutron scattering and atomistic molecular
dynamics simulation leads to understanding of the details of the local dynamics of micelles and their
correlation with microstructure, which is useful in various applications such as releasing the solubilized
drugs, synthesis of nanoparticles etc. (JPCB 117(2013)6250; JPCB 116(2012)9007; Soft Matter
8(2012)7151; JPCB 115(2011) 9732; JPCB 114 (2010) 17049. This work was selected for the highlight of
ISIS Facility, UK, 2012.Prof. Mukhopadhyay has investigated the role played by the dynamics of guest
molecules inside a host matrix such as, zeolite, metal organic framework, etc. This work has high impact
in catalysis, interfaces, shape selectivity, hydrogen storage etc. (Chem. Phys. 430(2014)69, EPJB 86
(2013) 145; CPL 501(2011) 345; JPCB 113(2009)8066) He has successfully described the observed data
and delineated complex dynamical nature of water confined in various technologically important materials
(gel, clay, membrane, hydrogen storage etc) (PRE 87 (2013) 062317; JPCM 23(2011)446002; CPL 478
(2009)56). His study on chain dynamics in monolayer protected clusters (PRB 75(2007)075414) has been
selected in the Virtual JBPR (published by APS), covering a focused area of frontier research (February,
15, 2007).
Proposer : Prof S.L. Chaplot, Seconder : Dr. V.C. Sahni
1. R. Mukhopadhyay, J. Colmenero, A. Alegria and B. Frick (1998) Methyl Group Dynamics in Poly(vinyl
acetate) : A Neutron Scattering Study. (if=5.5, ci=50)
2. J. Colmenero, R. Mukhopadhyay, A. Alegria and B. Frick (1998) Quantum Rotational Tunnelling of
Methyl Groups in Polymer, Phys. Rev. Lett., 80, 2350 (if=7.9, ci=72)
3. S. Mitra, R. Mukhopadhyay, I. Tsukushi and S. Ikeda (2001) Dynamics of Water in Confined Geometry
(Porous Alumina) J. Phys.: Cond. Matt., 13, 8455 (if=2.35, ci=53)
4. R. Mukhopadhyay, Ahmed Sayeed, S. Mitra, A. V. Anil Kumar, Mala N. Rao, S. Yashonath, and S. L.
Chaplot (2002) Rotational Dynamics of Propane in Na-Y Zeolite : A Molecular Dynamics and Quasielastic
Neutron Scattering Study Phys. Rev. E, 66, 061201(if=2.3, ci=18)
5. S. Mitra, K. Venu, I. Tsukushi, S. Ikeda, R. Mukhopadhyay (2004) Molecular reorientations in liquid
crystals pentyloxybenzylidine hexylanilene (PBHA) and butyloxybenzylidine octylanilene (BBOA), Phys.
Rev. E 69, 061709-1 (if=2.3, ci=12)
6. T Pradeep, S Mitra, AS Nair, R Mukhopadhyay (2004) Dynamics of alkyl chains in monolayer-protected
Au and Ag clusters and silver thiolates: a comprehensive quasielastic neutron scattering investigation, J.
Phys. Chem. B, 108, 7012 (if=3.2, ci=39)
7. S. Gautam, S. Mitra, R.Mukhopadhyay, S.L. Chaplot, (2006), Diffusion of acetylene inside Na-Y zeolite:
Molecular dynamics simulation studies, Phys. Rev. E 74, 041202 (if=2.3, ci=17)
8. R. Mukhopadhyay, S. Mitra, M. Johnson, V.R. Rajeev Kumar and T. Pradeep (2007) Evolution of Alkyl
Chain Dynamics in Monolayer Protected Gold Clusters, Phys. Rev. B 75, 075414 (if=3.7, ci=14)
9. V.K Sharma, S. Mitra, G. Verma, P.A. Hassan, V.G. Sakai, R. Mukhopadhyay (2010) Internal dynamics
in SDS micelles: Neutron scattering study, J. Phys. Chem. B, 114, 17049-17056 (if=3.2, ci=16)
10. V.K. Sharma, S. Mitra, V. Garcia Sakai, P.A. Hassan, J. Peter Embs and R. Mukhopadhyay (2012)
Dynamical Landscape in CTAB micelles, Soft Matter, 8, 7151 (if=8, ci=4.2)
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NANDI, KAMAL KANTI (b. 1951) Professor of Mathematics, University of North Bengal, Siliguri 734013
The nominee has over 60 publications, mostly in high impact factor journals and a book on relativity. He is
internationally well recognized an an expert in Relativistic Astrophysics. He is having long collaborations
with physicists from USA, China, Japan and Russia. He anonymously reviews submissions to several
impact factor journals such as Classical & Quantum Gravity (Referee ID 141993) and so on. The nominee
has made outstanding contributions to the frontier regime of gravitational physics. Though many of his
works are of considerable significance, I shall cite only three that are most significant: (a) He is the first to
demonstrate that "natural" wormhole objects, as opposed to "artificial" ones, can exist in nature as a
solution of Brans-Dicke theory (1, 2). (b) His next work concerns how such objects could be
observationally distinguished from black holes by means of gravitational lensing (8). (c) He has developed
a novel formula for ascertaining the maximal size of any galaxy that has so far been supported by
observations. This is a very recent work but has the potential to stand the test of time (10). The nominee
has received many international recognitions, to name only a recent few: (1) Honorary Director, Zel'dovich
International Center for Astrophysics, Ufa 450000, Russia (2006) (2) TWAS-UNESCO visiting professor
to Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (2002-2008) (3) Institute of Higher Mathematics grant of CNR,
Itay (2011) (4) Erasmus Mobility Grant (2012).
Proposer : Prof. Parthasarathi Mitra, Seconder : Prof. Uma Basu
1. K. K. Nandi and A. Islam: American J. Physics, 63 (1995) 251 (if= 0.782) (ci=36)
2. J. Evans, K. K. Nandi and A. Islam: General Relativity & Gravitation, 28 (1996) 413 (if= 2.069) (ci= 45)
3. K.K. Nandi, A.Islam and J. Evans: Phys. Rev. D 55 (1997) 2497 (if= 4.558) (ci=70)
4. K.K. Nandi, B. Bhattacharjee, S.M.K. Alam and J. Evans: Phys. Rev. D 57 (1998) 823 (if=4.558)
(ci=98)
5. K.K. Nandi, Yuan-Zhong Zhang and K.B. Vijayakumar: Phys. Rev. D 70 (2004) 127503 (if= 4.558)
(ci=29)
6. K.K. Nandi, Yuan-Zhong Zhang and K.B. Vijayakumar: Phys. Rev. D 70 (2004) 044040 (if=4.558)
(ci=24)
7. K.K. Nandi, Yuan-Zhong Zhang ad A.V. Zakharov: Phys. Rev. D 74 (2006) 024020 (if= 4.558) (ci=44)
8. M. Kenmoku, K. Ishimoto, K.K. Nandi and K. Shigemoto: Phys. Rev. D 73 (2006) 064004 (if=4.558)
(ci=28)
9. K. K. Nandi, I Valitov and N. G. Migranov: Phys. Rev. D 80 (2009) 047301 (if=4.558) (ci=15)
10.K.K. Nandi and A. Bhadra: Phys. Rev. Lett. 109 (2012) 079001 (if=7.370) (ci=08)
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PARLAPALLI, VENKATA SATYAM (b 1965), Professor, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar-751005
Prof. P. V. Satyam has been carrying out research work in condensed matter physics (experimental)
since 1989. His expertise is on the growth, structural studies and applications of surface and interfaces of
various nanoscale structures. During 1990s, he was instrumental in setting up and use of x-ray
reflectometry and standing wave facility at Institute of Physics (IOP), Bhubaneswar. He used this
determine the electron density profiling and surface roughness. He was involved in developing the userbeam lines in the accelerator facility at IOP and worked on quantification of crystalline defects using
RBS/Channeling methods. He worked on development of x-ray microbeam facility at Argonne National
Laboratory, USA and used to study the dynamics using x-ray fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. Prof.
Satyam has established an excellent electron microscopy group at IOP to work on HRTEM, in-situ & real
time structural modifications at low and high temperatures, and growth on patterned surfaces using FIB.
The patterns are controlled by studying the low to high index planes of silicon substrates while carrying
out reconstruction of surfaces under ultra high vacuum (UHV) conditions and growth on such structures
using molecular beam epitaxy facilities (MBE) methods. Prof. Satyam's group found new and simpler
methods to grow graded SixGey layers on silicon under MBE conditions using direct current heating
methods on high index planes. Recently, Prof. Satyam succeeded in growing coherently embedded silver
nano structures (Ag endotaxy under ambient conditions) and are utilized as robust surface enhanced
resonance scattering substrates for detection of low concentration molecule detection.
Proposer : Prof.. B. N. Dev, Seconder : Prof. Dhananjay Pandey
1. A. Ghosh, ......, P.V. Satyam*, 2015, Study of faceted Au nanoparticle capped ZnO nanowires:
antireflection, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence aspects, (* Corresponding Author) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 48, 055303(if=2.5, ci=0)
2. R.R. Juluri, ...., P. V. Satyam*, 2014, Coherently embedded Ag nanostructures in Si: 3D imaging and
their application to SERS, Scientific reports 4 (2014) (Nature Publishing Group (if=5.07, ci=4)
3. R.R. Juluri, .., PV Satyam*, 2013, Substrate Symmetry Driven Endotaxial Silver Nanostructures by
Chemical Vapor Deposition The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117, 13247 (if=4.83, ci=2)
4. A Rath, ..., P. V. Satyam*, 2012, Nano scale phase separation in Au-Ge system on ultra clean Si (100)
surfaces, Journal of Applied Physics 111, 104319 (if=2.18, ci=6)
5. U.M. Bhatta,..., P.V. Satyam*, 2011, Oxide mediated liquid–solid growth of high aspect ratio aligned
gold silicide nanowires on Si (110) substrates Nanotechnology 20, 465601 (if=3.67, ci=11)
6. R. Viswanatha,,..,P.V. Satyam,.. 2004, Understanding the quantum size effects in ZnO nanocrystals,
Journal of Materials Chemistry 14, 661-668 (if=6.62, ci=258)
7. R .Viswanatha, .., P.V. Satyam.., 2004, Synthesis and characterization of Mn-doped ZnO nanocrystals,
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 (20), 6303-6310 (if=3.37, ci=201)
8. P.V. Satyam*, et al., 2003, Crater formation in gold nanoislands due to MeV self-ion irradiation, Journal
of Applied Physics 93, 6399-6401 (if=2.18, ci=15)
9. J. Wang, ..., PV Satyam.., 1998, X-ray fluorescence correlation spectroscopy: a method for studying
particle dynamics in condensed matter Physical Review Letters 80, 1110 (if=7.72, ci=29)
10. K Sekar, .. PV Satyam, .., 1995, Shape transition in the epitaxial growth of gold silicide in Au thin films
on Si (111),Physical Review B 51, 14330 (if=3.66, ci=54)
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RAMOLA, RAKESH CHAND (b. 1962) Professor & Campus Director, HNB Garhwal University, Tehri
Garhwal-249199
Prof. Ramola was initially trained as a radiation physicist with special emphasis on environmental
radiation protection. His research has been focussed on the study of radon for uranium exploration,
earthquake prediction and environmental pollution. He has done extensive research in radiation physics
and contributed significantly to the monitoring and mapping of radon and thoron activity in the Himalayan
region to assess effects of radiation to general public (J. Environ. Radioactivity 79 (2005) 85-92). He has
also examined the efficacy of such natural radioactive emanations as indicators of seismic activities
(Applied Radiation and Isotopes 66 (2008) 1523-1530). He has worked with several national and
international teams for the survey of indoor and external radiation in the Himalayan region and in high
radiation areas in south east India (J. Radiological Protection 28 (2008) 379-385). He has contributed to
the Asian data for United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) to
develop new guidelines on radiation effects to the public (Radiation Protection Dosimetry 152 (2012) 6265). Prof. Ramola has also used high energy radiations on polymers using the accelerator facilities at
IUAC for characterizing them for use in high radiation environments and space research (J. Phys. D:
Appl. Phys. 41 (2008) 115411, J. Applied Polymer Science 121 (2011) 3014-3019). He has to his credit a
number of high quality publications in reputed international journals. Presently he is working as the
Director of Swami Ramtirth Campus of H.N.B. Garhwal University at Tehri Garhwal.
Proposer : Amit Roy, Seconder : Dharma Pal Agrawal
1. R.C.Ramola, M.S.Negi & V.M.Choubey (2005) Radon and thoron monitoring in the environment of
Kumaun Himalayas: survey and outcomes. J. Environ. Radioactivity 79, 85-92. (Impact Factor = 2.483;
No of Citation 27)
2. R.C.Ramola, V.M.Choubey, Yogesh Prasad, Ganesh Prasad & S.K.Bartarya (2006) Variation in Radon
Concentration and Terrestrial Gamma Radiation Dose Rate in Relation to the Lithology in Southern Part
of Kumaon Himalaya, India. Radiation Measurements 41, 714-720. (Impact Factor = 1.213, No of Citation
15)
3. R.C.Ramola, Subhash Chandra, J.M.S.Rana, R.G.Sonkawade, P.K.Kulriya, Fouran Singh, D.K.Avasthi
& S.Annapoorni (2008) A comparative study of the effect of O+7 ion beam on polypyrrole and CR-39
(DOP) polymers. J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41, 115411 (6 pp). (Impact Factor = 2.721; No of Citation 26)
4. R.C.Ramola, G.S.Gusain, Manjari Badoni, Yogesh Prasad, Ganesh Prasad and T.V.Ramachandran
(2008) 226Ra, 232Th and 40K contents in soil samples from Garhwal Himalaya, India and its radiological
implications. J. Radiological Protection 28, 379-385. (Impact Factor = 1.702; No of Citation 25)
5. R.C.Ramola, Yogesh Prasad, Ganesh Prasad, Sushil Kumar & V.M.Choubey (2008) Soil-gas radon as
seismotectonic indicator in Garhwal Himalaya. Applied Radiation and Isotopes 66, 1523-1530. (Impact
Factor = 1.231; No of Citation 32)
6. R.C.Ramola, Subhash Chandra, Ambika Negi, J.M.S.Rana, S.Annapoorni, R.G.Sonkawade, P.Kulriya
& A.Srivastava (2009) Study of optical band gap, carbonaceous, clusters and structuring in CR-39 and
PET polymers irradiated by 100 MeV O+7 ions. Physica B: Condensed Matter 404, 26-30. (Impact Factor
= 1.319; No of Citation 39)
7. R.C.Ramola, Subhash Chandra, J.M.S.Rana, Raksha Sharma, S.Annapoorni, R.G.Sonkawade,
Fouran Singh & D.K.Avasthi (2009) Swift heavy ions induced modifications in structural and electrical
Properties of polyaniline. Current Science 97, 1453-1458. (Impact Factor = 0.926; No of Citation 9)
8. Subhash Chandra, S.Annapoorni, Fouran Singh, R.G.Sonkawade, J.M.S.Rana & R.C.Ramola (2010)
Low temperature resistivity study of nanostructured polypyrrole films under electronic excitations. Nuclear
Instruments and Methods B268, 62-66. (Impact Factor = 1.124; No of Citation 17)
9. R.C.Ramola, Ambika Negi, Anju Semwal, Subhash Chandra, J.M.S.Rana, R.G.Sonkawade &
D.Kanjilal (2011) High energy heavy ion irradiation effects in Makrofol-KG polycarbonate and PET. J.
Applied Polymer Science 121, 3014-3019. (Impact Factor = 1.768; No of Citation 12)
10. R.C.Ramola, G.S.Gusain, B.S.Rautela, D.V.Sagar, G.Prasad, S.K.Shahoo, T.Ishikawa, Y.Omori,
M.Janik, A.Sorimachi & S.Tokonami (2012) Levels of Thoron and Progeny in High Background Radiation
Area of Southeastern Coast of Odisha, India. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 152, 62-65. (Impact Factor
= 0.913; No of Citation 10)
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RAYCHAUDHURI, SREERUP (b. 1962) Professor (H), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai400005
The nominee has made path-breaking contributions in supersymmetry and extra-dimensional models and
ranks among the top particle physicists of the country. In 1997 while he was a post-doctoral fellow at
CERN he (along with another post-doc D. Choudhury) was the first to interpret the unusual events seen
at HERA as signals for R-Parity-violating supersymmetry. This pioneering paper drew a great deal of
immediate attention. More recently (2012) his work on determination of anomalous couplings of the Higgs
boson to W-bosons using electron-proton colliders has broken new ground. He has also written a number
of novel papers on the latest LHC results: exploring how the observation of the Higgs boson influences
the stability of the vacuum in the context of Extra-Dimensional Models, and performing a careful analysis
of the constraints which the data impose on supersymmetric models. For his great pedagogic skills the
nominee is much sought after for lectures at Summer Schools and other training programs.
Proposer : Prof. Amitava Raychaudhuri, Seconder : Dr. Soumitra Sengupta
1. S. Raychaudhuri and A. Raychaudhuri (1992) “Detection of charged Higgs bosons through the rare
decay → ”. Phys. Lett. B 297, 159 ( I.F.(2012) = 4.569, Citations = 12)
2. S. Raychaudhuri and D. P. Roy (1996) “Sharpening up the charged Higgs boson signature using τ
polarization at LHC” Phys. Rev. D 53, 4902 (I.F.(2012) = 4.691, Citations = 66)
3. D. Choudhury and S. Raychaudhuri (1997) “R-parity violation at HERA?”. Phys. Lett. B 401, 54
(I.F.(2012) = 4.569, Citations = 125)
4. P. Mathews, S. Raychaudhuri and K. Sridhar (1999) “Getting to the top with extra dimensions” Phys.
Lett. B 450, 343 (I.F.(2012) = 4.569, Citations = 91)
5. P. Mathews, S. Raychaudhuri and K. Sridhar (1999) “Large extra dimensions and deep inelastic
scattering at HERA”. Phys. Lett. B 455, 115 (I.F.(2012) = 4.569, Citations = 64)
6. B. Bhattacherjee, A. Kundu, S. K. Rai and S. Raychaudhuri (2010) “Multijet Discriminators for New
Physics in Leptonic Signals at the LHC” Phys. Rev. D 81, 035021 (I.F.(2012) = 4.691, Citations = 21)
7. B. Bhattacherjee, A. Dighe, D. Ghosh and S. Raychaudhuri (2011) “Do new data on → decays point to
an early discovery of supersymmetry at the LHC?”. Phys. Rev. D 83, 094026
(I.F.(2012) = 4.691, Citations = 24)
8. S. S. Biswal, R. M. Godbole, B. Mellado and S. Raychaudhuri (2012) “Azimuthal Angle Probe of
Anomalous HWW Couplings at a High Energy ep Collider” Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 261801 (I.F. (2012) =
7.943, Citations = 10)
9. D. Ghosh, M. Guchait, S. Raychaudhuri and D. Sengupta (2012) “How Constrained is the cMSSM?”.
Phys. Rev. D 86, 055007 (I.F. (2012) = 4.691, Citations = 29)
10. A. Datta and S. Raychaudhuri (2013) “Vacuum Stability Constraints and LHC Searches for a Model
with a Universal Extra Dimension” Phys. Rev. D 87, 035018 (I.F. (2012) = 4.691, Citations = 8)
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ROY, SOUROV (b 1970), Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata700032
The nominee has made pioneering contributions to theoretical particle physics linking the issues of
neutrino masses and mixing, physics beyond the standard model, especially supersymmetry (SUSY) and
observable phenomena at high energy collider experiments. Part of his post-doctoral work improved our
understanding of anomaly mediated supersymmetry breaking in the multiple contexts of muon anomalous
magnetic moment, neutrino masses, stability of the electroweak vacuum and signals at high energy
colliders. The nominee acted as the main thread in these projects. He suggested an extremely novel and
ingenious idea of the seed of R-parity violation (which could consequently generate neutrino masses)
being in the hidden sector of SUSY breaking. This may open a new door to our understanding of lepton
number violation. In a popular model called ``$\mu\nu$SSM" the nominee was the first to analyze the
three-flavor neutrino mass and mixing pattern and their connections to collider physics. The nominee has
recently performed a series of investigations on the connection of the inverse seesaw mechanism in
supersymmetry, the issue of dark matter and LHC signals. He can be termed as a leader in this area. He
proposed an interesting model with Dirac gauginos to explain the recent observation of a 3.5 keV X-ray
line by the XMM-Newton Observatory. His work on axion-photon mixing is of very important implication in
astrophysics. The nominee's work, while still a graduate student, served to turn the attention of the
community to bilinear R-parity violation in SUSY, linking neutrino masses and collider signals.
Proposer: Professor Probir Roy, Seconder:Professor Soumitra SenGupta
1. S. Roy and B. Mukhopadhyaya, 1997, Some implications of a supersymmetric model with R-parity
breaking bilinear interactions, Phys. Rev. D55, 7020 (if=4.643, ci=137 (inSPIRE))
2. B. Mukhopadhyaya, S. Roy and F. Vissani, 1998, Correlations between neutrino oscillations and
collider signals of supersymmetry in an R-parity violating model, Phys. Lett. B443, 191 (if=6.131, ci=172
(inSPIRE))
3. A. Datta, B. Mukhopadhyaya and S. Roy, 2000, Constraining an R-parity violating supersymmetric
theory from the SuperKamiokande data on atmospheric neutrinos, Phys. Rev. D61, 055006 (if=4.643,
ci=53 (inSPIRE))
4. U. Chattopadhyay, D. K. Ghosh and S. Roy, 2000, Constraining Anomaly Mediated Supersymmetry
Breaking Framework via Ongoing Muon g - 2 Experiment at Brookhaven, Phys. Rev. D62,
115001 (if=4.643, ci=61 (inSPIRE))
5. D. K. Ghosh, P. Roy and S. Roy, 2000, Linear collider signal of a Wino LSP in anomaly mediated
scenarios, J. High Energy Phys. 0008, 031 (if=6.111, ci=34 (inSPIRE))
6. E. Ma, D.P. Roy and S. Roy, 2002, Gauged $L_\mu$-$L_\tau$ with large muon anomalous magnetic
moment and the bimaximal mixing of neutrinos, Phys. Lett. B525, 101 (if=6.131, ci=46 (inSPIRE))
7. Y. Grossman, S. Roy and J. Zupan, 2002, Effects of initial axion production and photon-axion
oscillation on type Ia supernova dimming, Phys. Lett. B543, 23 (if=6.131, ci=40 (inSPIRE))
8. P. Ghosh and S. Roy, 2009, Neutrino masses and mixing, lightest neutralino decays and a solution to
the $\mu$-problem in supersymmetry, J. High Energy Phys. 0904, 069 (if=6.111, ci=52 (inSPIRE))
9. P.S. Bhupal Dev, S. Mondal, B. Mukhopadhyaya and S. Roy, 2012, Phenomenology of Light Sneutrino
Dark Matter in cMSSM/mSUGRA with Inverse Seesaw, J. High Energy Phys. 1209, 110 (if=6.111, ci=27
(inSPIRE))
10. S. Chakraborty and S. Roy, 2014, Higgs boson mass, neutrino masses and mixing and keV dark
matter in an $U(1)_R$− lepton number model, J. High Energy Phys. 1401, 101 (if=6.111, ci=21
(inSPIRE))
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SAHOO, NABA KISHORE (b 1958), Outstanding Scientist & Head, Atomic & Molecular Physics Division,
BARC, Mumbai-400085
Dr. Naba K Sahoo is an internationally acknowledged authority in the field of thin films/multilayered
materials. As a Research Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, USA he built multilayer-coated
optics/photonic devices for NASA’s space program, especially a Next-Generation Advanced-VideoGuidance-Sensor, a technology meant for lunar sample return missions, satellite servicing, and assembly
of space-structures. His innovation to make metal-dielectric resonance optical-interference multilayer
photonic modules for NASA’s solar vector-magnetograph had won international praise. His pioneering
work in optical properties span IR to x-rays and neutrons, covering both terrestrial/space applications.
Over the past 30 years his laudable contributions to frontier research areas include (a) Time-domain
Synchrotron-Spectroscopy of multilayered-materials, (b) Coherent spectral phase interferometry of
diverse composite oxides, (c) Photo-physics study of photonic/sculptured multi-layers for high-power
ultra-fast-lasers & (d) Time-of-flight-mass-spectrometry using indigenous-MALDI system. His technology
oriented activities cover (i) Unique thin film multilayer mirrors/super-mirrors for use in lasers, synchrotron
& neutron science research (ii) Optical systems for DAE's critical programs, like, optical-periscope for
Fast Nuclear Reactors (iii) Synchrotron-Beamlines for EXAFS, ARPES, Photophysics, High-resolution
VUV-spectroscopy and (v) Lyman-Alpha-Photometer(LAP) required for ISRO’s Mars-Orbiter-Mission
project. His acumen in turning innovative ideas into outstanding technologies has been an asset for
India’s advanced S&T programs. Presently he is developing neutron mirrors for neutron spin-echo timeof-flight instrument for use at ILL, France. He is also engaged in Thirty-Meter-Telescope (TMT)
International project where DAE is a partner. Dr. N. K. Sahoo is an acclaimed scientist plus an
outstanding technologist, making him eminently worthy of being a Fellow of NASI.
Proposer: Dr. Vinod Chandra Sahni, Seconder:Dr. Samrath Lal Chaplot
1. D. Bhattacharyya, N.K. Sahoo, S. Thakur and N.C. Das, (2000), “Spectroscopic ellipsometry of TiO2
layers prepared by ion-assisted electron-beam evaporation”, Thin solid Films, 359, 96-102. (if=2.038,
ci=111)
2. M. Senthilkumar, N.K. Sahoo, S. Thakur, R.B. Tokas, (2005), “Characterization of microroughness
parameters in gadolinium oxide thin films: a study based on extended power spectral density analyses”,
Applied surface Science, 252, 1608-1619. (if=2.711, ci=45)
3. N. K. Sahoo, S. Thakur, M.Senthilkumar, (2003), D. Bhattacharyya, N.C. Das, “Reactive electron beam
evaporation of Gadolinium oxide optical thin films for ultraviolet and deep ultraviolet laser wavelengths”,
Thin Solid Films 440, 155–168. (if=2.038, ci=42)
4. N.K. Sahoo and A.P. Shapiro, (1998), “Process-parameter-dependent optical and structural properties
of ZrO2-MgO mixed-composite films evaporated from the solid solution”, Applied Optics 37, 698718. (if=1.649, ci=39)
5. N.K. Sahoo, M.Senthilkumar, S. Thakur and D. Bhattacharyya, (2002), “Correlation of optical and
microstructural properties of Gd2O3 thin films through phase modulated ellipsometry and multimode
atomic force microscopy”, Applied Surface Science, 200, 219-230.(if=2.711, ci=35)
6. N. K. Sahoo, S. Thakur, R. B. Tokas, (2006), “Fractals and superstructures in gadolinia thin film
morphology: influence of process variables on their characteristic parameters”, Thin Solid Films, 503, 8595 (if=2.038, ci=30)
7. D. Bhattacharyya, N.K. Sahoo, S.Thakur, N.C. Das, (2001), “Spectroscopic ellipsometry of multilayer
dielectric coatings”, Vacuum, 60, 419-424. (if=1.426, ci=27)
8. N.K. Sahoo and K.V.S.R Apparao, (1996), “Process-parameter optimization of Sb2O3 films in the
ultraviolet and visible region for interferometric applications”, Applied Physics A 63, 195-202. (if=1.694,
ci=26)
9. K.V.S.R Apparao, N.K. Sahoo, T.C. Bagchi (1985), “Low loss ZrO 2 films for optical applications in the
UV region”, Thin Solid Films 129, L71-L73. (if=2.038, ci=31)
10. N.K. Sahoo, S. Thakur, R.B. Tokas, (2006), “Achieving superior band gap, refractive index and
morphology in composite oxide thin film systems violating the Moss rule”, Journal of Physics D: Applied
Physics 39, 2571-2579. (if=2.721, ci=21)
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SHARMA, SURESH CHANDRA (b 1963), Professor and Head, Department of Applied Physics, Delhi
Technological University (DTU) [Formerly Delhi College of Engineering], Shahbad Daulatpur, Bawana
Road, Delhi-110 042
The major scientific contribution of Dr. Sharma’s research work is the development of a model on Role of
negatively charged ions in plasma on the growth and field emission properties of spherical carbon
nanotube(CNTs) tip [13], which among others has been used by the prestigious experimental group of IIT
Delhi e.g., Vankar et al[H. Sharma, A.K. Shukla & V.D. Vankar, Materials Chemistry and Physics 137, 802
(2013)], who on their own initiative have been able to explain their experimental results using this
theoretical model. Dr. Sharma has pioneered research on growth and field emission properties of CNTs in
presence of negatively charged ions with significant impact on growth and field emission of electrons from
nano-particles.
Another the most significant research work of Dr. Sharma is his study on the Effect of dust on amplitude
modulated electromagnetic beam in a plasma [30]. The results of this model have been cited/quoted by
the renowned theoretical group of Sodha et al. [M.S. Sodha et al., Phys. Plasma 18, 02370 (2011); Phys.
Plasmas 18, 043702(2011) ; Phys. Plasmas 20, 033701(2013)].
Proposer : Prof. M. S. Sodha, Seconder : Prof. M.P. Verma
1. Ved Prakash, Suresh C. Sharma, Vijayshri, and Ruby Gupta, 2014, Ion beam driven resonant ioncyclotron instability in a magnetized dusty plasma, Phys. of Plasmas 21, 033701 (if=2.475, ci= 0)
2. Aarti Tewari and Suresh C. Sharma, 2013, Theoretical investigations on the effect of different plasmas
on growth and field emission properties of spherical Carbon Nanotube(CNT) tip placed over cylindrical
surfaces, J. Plasma Physics 79, 939. (if=1.9, ci= 0)
3. Aarti Tewari, Ritu Walia, and Suresh C. Sharma, 2012, Role of negatively charged ions in plasma on
the growth and field emission properties of spherical carbon nanotube tip, Phys. of Plasmas 19, 013502
(if=2.475, ci=2)
4. Suresh C. Sharma and Aarti Tewari, 2011, Effect of plasma parameters on growth and field emission
properties of electrons from cylindrical metallic carbon nanotube (CNT) surfaces, Phys .of Plasmas 18,
083503. (if=2.475, ci=3)
5. Suresh C. Sharma and Aarti Tewari, 2011, Effect of plasma parameters on growth and field emission
properties of spherical carbon nanotube (CNT) tip, Phys. of Plasmas 18, 063503 (if=2.475, ci=4)
6. Suresh C. Sharma and Ajay Gahlot, 2008, Ion beam driven ion acoustic waves in a plasma cylinder
with negative ions, Phys. Plasmas 15, 073705. (if=2.475, ci=16)
7. Suresh C. Sharma, Ajay Gahlot and R.P. Sharma, 2008, Effect of dust on amplitude modulated
electromagnetic beam in a plasma, Phys. Plasmas 15, 043701 (if=2.475, ci= 07)
8. Suresh C. Sharma and M. P. Srivastava, 2001, Ion beam driven ion cyclotron waves in a plasma
cylinder with negative ions, Phys. Plasmas 8, 679. (if=2.475, ci=24)
9. Suresh C. Sharma, M.Sugawa and V.K.Jain, 2000, Excitation of current- driven electrostatic ion
cyclotron waves in presence of a transverse dc electric fields in a magnetized plasma, Phys. Plasmas 7,
457. (if=2.475, ci= 09)
10. Suresh C. Sharma and M.Sugawa, 1999, The effect of dust charge fluctuations on ion-cyclotron wave
instability in presence of an ion beam in a plasma cylinder, Phys. Plasmas 6, 444. (if=2.475, ci=[Citation=
17])
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VENKATACHALAM, RAJENDRAN (b 1962), Professor and Director, Research and Development, and
Centre for Nano science and Technology, K S Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode-637215
Dr.Rajendran has made outstanding and innovative contributions both in on-line ultrasonic materials
characterization and nanotechnology. His indigenous on-line high-temperature experimental set-up
explores structure/phase transitions, precipitation and nucleation in materials, which is a unique
technique. Importantly, this technique established at IGCAR, Kalpakkam is being used to extend the life
of nuclear components. The methodology and experimental set-up developed for mass production of
nano metal oxides from natural minerals/resources through low cost and eco-friendly technique are
notable innovative contributions. M/s. OCL India Pvt. Ltd., Orissa has succeeded to use the above
technology for commercialization of incorporation of nano metal oxides into refractories. Nano silica from
natural sand and rice husk are validated for applications like Li-ion battery and solar cell, a breakthrough
technology. His expertise in developing nano biomaterials like nano bioactive glasses, metal oxide based
nanocomposites with excellent in-vitro bioactivity and biocompatibility for bone regenerative and dental
caries prevention is significant in biomedical field. He devised a strategy to screen the toxicity of
nanomaterials for biological applications in simple and rapid evaluation methods. Nano silica from
biomass rice-husk is a nutrient for plant growth and product enhancement in agriculture and composite
films as food preservative materials under commercialization, a need based technology for India. The
Government of India, DST/NCSTC recognized his outstanding contributions in popularizing Science and
Technology among children by National S&T popularization award (2015). His R&D books (Science and
Technology of Ultrasonics-English/Russian edition) and monograph (Bioactive Glasses for Implant
Applications) enlighten young researchers to start their research carrier.
Proposer: Prof. M. Lakshmanan, Seconder:Prof. E. S. R. Gopal
1. V. Rajendran, A. Nishara Begum, FH. EL Batal, MA Azzoz and HA. EL Batal. (2002) Microstructural
dependence on relevant physical-mechanical properties on SiO2-NaO2-CaO-P2O5 biological glasses.
Biomaterials, 23, 4263 – 4275. (if=8.557, ci=52)
2. Deniz Po Wong, R.Suriyaprabha, R Yuvakkumar, V. Rajendran, Yit-Tsong Chen, Bing Joe Hwang, LiChyong Chen and Kuei Hsien Chen, (2013) Binder-free Rice Husk-based Silicon-Graphene Composite
as Energy Efficient Li-ion Battery Anodes, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2, 13437-13441. (if=7.443,
ci=15)
3. V. Rajendran, N. Palanivelu, B.K. Chaudhuri, K. Goswami. (2003) Characterisation of semiconducting
V2O5–Bi2O3–TeO2 glasses through ultrasonic measurements, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 320,
195–209. (if=1.766, ci=108)
4. E. Nithya, R. Radhai, R. Rajendran, S. Shalini, V. Rajendran and S. Jayakumar. (2011) Synergetic
effect of DC air plasma and cellulase enzyme treatment on the hydrophilicity of cotton fabric.
Carbohydrate Polymers, 83, 1652-1658. (if=4.074, ci=25)
5. K. Kavitha, S. Sutha, M. Prabhu, V. Rajendran, T. Jayakumar. (2013) In situ synthesized novel
biocompatible titania–chitosan nanocomposites with high surface area and antibacterial activity,
Carbohydrate polymers 93 (2), 731-739 (if=4.074, ci=24)
6. S. Sutha, K. Kavitha, G. Karunakaran, V. Rajendran and T. Jayakumar. (2013) In-vitro bioactivity,
biocorrosion and antibacterial activity of silicon integrated hydroxyapatite/chitosan composite coating on
316L stainless steel implants, Materials science and Engineering C, 33(7), 4046-4054. (Highest paid
downloaded article (more than 476 times) in 2013-2014) (if=3.088, ci=19)
7. P. Manivasakan, V. Rajendran, PR. Rauta, BB. Sahu, P. Sahu, BK. Panda, S. Valiyaveettill, and S.
Jegadesan. (2011) Synthesis of Monoclinic and Cubic ZrO2 Nanoparticles from Zircon. Journal of the
American Ceramic Society, 94(5), 1410-1420. (if=2.610, ci=32)
8. R. Suriyaprabha, G. Karunakaran, R. Yuvakkumar, P. Prabu, V. Rajendran and N. Kannan, (2012)
Growth and physiological responses of maize (Zea mays L.) to porous silica nanoparticles in soil, Journal
of Nanoparticle Research, 14 (12), 1-14. (Research highlighted in Life Science Weekly, US
Magazine) (if=2.278, ci=19)
9. G. Karunakaran, R. Suriyaprabha, P. Manivasakan, R. Yuvakkumar, V. Rajendran and N. Kannan,
(2013) Screening of in vitro cytotoxicity, antioxidant potential and bioactivity of nano and micro ZrO2 and
TiO2 particles, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 93, 191-197. (Highest paid downloaded article
(more than 673times) in 2014 in the Journal and research highlighted in Global Medical Discovery
Magazine) (if=2.762, ci=7)
10. MM Dinesh, K Saminathan, M Selvam, SR Srither, V Rajendran, (2015) Water soluble graphene as
electrolyte additive in magnesium-air battery system, Journal of Power Sources, 276, 32-38 (if=6.217,
ci=2)
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ANANTHANARAYAN, BALASUBRAMANIAN (b 1964), Professor and Chairman, Centre for High
Energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012
Prof. Ananthanarayan has made far-reaching contributions in elementary particle physics and field theory
with several highly cited publications and impactful research. These include (i) Important application of
chiral symmetry and dispersion relations to strong interaction dynamics, form factor analysis, effective
theories, muon anomalous magnetic moment, the neutral pion lifetime corrections; (ii) Fundamental
contributions to supersymmetric grand unification, including top-quark mass prediction and susy sparticle
spectrum and sum rules, invisible Higgs decay, and in the non-minimal supersymmetric models; (iii)
Demonstrating the efficacy of beam polarization in uncovering beyond the standard model physics; (iv)
Important application of renormalization group equations and Borel summation methods in the
determination of the analog of the Sommerfeld fine structure constant of the strong interactions. The
rubric consists of the Standard Model at high precision, and probes of Beyond the Standard Model
Physics in as broad a manner as possible. The work develops and combines many aspects of
fundamental physics such as field theory as well as methods of mathematical physics including complexvariable analysis, and produces results of an unrivalled nature. These works have been cornerstones of
elemenentary particle physics research and have been highlighed also in the Reviews of Particle
Properties, and have also found mention in the World Average of alphaS. Work on discrete symmetries
have spurred researches in beam polarization at future accelerators as a key ingredient in enhancing
sensitvity to Beyond the Standard Model Physics. His total citations are 2800(Inspire); 3440(google
scholar); 1590(Wos).
Proposer: Diptiman Sen, Seconder:P. N.Pandita
1. B. Ananthanarayan, G. Lazarides and Q. Shafi,B. Ananthanarayan, G. Lazarides and Q. Shafi, Phys.
Rev. D 44 (1991) 1613 Top mass prediction from supersymmetric guts, (if=4.55, ci=310(Inspire), 385(gscholar),223(WoS))
2. B. Ananthanarayan, G. Lazarides and Q. Shafi, Phys. Lett. B300 (1993)245 Radiative electroweak
breaking and sparticle spectroscopy with tan Beta app roximately = m(t) / m(b) (if=3.96,
ci=125(Inspire);131(g-scholar);93(WoS))
3. B. Ananthanarayan and S. D. Rindani, Phys. Rev. Lett. 73 (1994) 1215 Weak dipole moment of tau in
e+e- collisions with longitudinally polarized electrons (if=7.37, ci=30(Inspire), 35(g-scholar), 18(WoS))
4. B. Ananthanarayan and P. N. Pandita, Phys. Lett. B 353 (1995) 70; The nonminimal supersymmetric
standard model with tan beta approx mt/mb (if=3.96, ci=51(Insire), 55 (g-scholar), 41(WoS))
5. B. Ananthanarayan, G. Colangelo, J. Gasser and H.Leutwyler, Phys. Rep. 353 (2001) 207, Roy
equation analysis of pi pi scattering(if=20.57, ci=325(Inspire); 395(g-scholar); 219 (WoS))
6. B. Ananthanarayan and P. Buttiker, European Physical Journal C 19 (2001) 517, Comparison of pion
kaon scattering in SU(3) chiral perturbation theory and dispersion relations (if=3.63, ci=45 (Inspire), 54(gscholar), 36 (WoS))
7. B. Ananthanarayan and B. Moussallam, JHEP 0205 (2002) 052; Electromagnetic corrections in the
anomaly sector (if=5.83, ci=49 (Inspire); 66 (g-scholar); 9(Wos))
8. B. Ananthanarayan and S. D. Rindani, Phys. Rev. D 70 (2004) 036005, CP violation at a linear collider
with transverse polarization(if=4.55, ci=31(Inspire); 38 (g-scholar); 26 (WoS))
9. B. Ananthanraayan, I. Cparini, D. Das and I. S. Imsong, European Physical Journal, 72 (2012) 2912,
Model independent bounds on the modulus of the pion form factor on the unitarity cut below the omega-pi
threshold (if=3.63, ci=6 (Inspire), 6 (g-scholar), 3 (WoS))
10. G. Abbas, B. Ananthanarayan and I. Caprini, Phys. Rev. D 85 (2012) 094018, Determination of
alphaS from Improve Fixed Order Perturbation Theory (if=4.55, ci=28 (Inspire), 30(g-scholar), 13(WoS))
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BANERJEE, DIPANKAR (b 1965), Professor, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore –
560034
Dipankar Banerjee's main research interests lie in the general field of solar and space plasma physics.
The continuously and often burstily expanding hot and magnetized solar atmosphere has fundamental
effects on determining space weather conditions and life on Earth. The aim of Dipankar's research is to
understand these processes through theoretical and observational studies using international satellite
missions and ground-based observations. For modern day astronomy the combination of theoretical
expertise and observational data analysis skills are very important, and Dipankar has this unique training
and competence. His contribution in the detection of MHD waves in the solar atmosphere through
spectroscopy and imaging has made significant advancement in the field of coronal seismology, which
improves the diagnostic capability of any stellar atmosphere. Based on spectroscopic observations,
Dipankar has deduced a density profile of the extended corona, which provides a crucial input to
numerical simulations and theoretical models. Some of the techniques developed by him for wave
detection, using wavelet methods and randomization, have become part of the global software repository.
Dipankar's expertise in his research field has led to several international collaborations. He also plays a
key role in the future solar facilities to be built in India, being the Co-PI of the space Solar Coronagraph
Instrument (Aditya Mission), and a Core member of the Science team for the National Large Solar
Telescope project. Dipankar has more than 53 refereed publications in international journals, with more
than 1000 citations, and a h-index of 20.
Proposer : Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhuri, Seconder : Prof. G. C. Anupama
1. Banerjee, D., Erdélyi, R., Oliver, R., O'Shea, 2007, Solar Physics, .246, 3 (IF=2.8, CI=103)
2. Banerjee, D., Teriaca, L. Doyle, J. G., Wilhelm, K., 1998, A&A, 339,208 (IF=4.6, CI=101)
3. Teriaca, L.; Banerjee, D., Doyle, J. G., 1999, A&A, 349, 636 (IF=4.6, CI=76)
4. Banerjee, D.; O'Shea, E., Doyle, J. G., Goossens, M., 2001, A&A, 371,1137 (IF=4.6, CI=40)
5. Banerjee, D., O'Shea, E., Doyle, J. G., 2000, Solar Physics, 196, 63 (IF=2.8, CI=30)
6. Banerjee, D., Teriaca, L., Doyle, J. G., Lemaire, P., 2000, Solar Physics, 194, 43 (IF=2.8, CI=30)
7. Banerjee, D., O'Shea, E., Doyle, J. G., Goossens, M. 2001, A&A, 380L, 39 (IF=4.6, CI=27)
8. Banerjee, D., Teriaca, L., Gupta, G. R., Imada, S., Stenborg, G., Solanki, S. K., 2009, A&A, 499L, 29
(IF=4.6, CI=26)
9. Banerjee, D., Pérez-Suárez, D., Doyle, J. G., 2009, A&A, 501L, 15 (IF=4.6, CI=23)
10. Banerjee, D., O'Shea, E., Doyle, J. G., Goossens, M., , 2001, A&A, 377, 691 (IF=4.6, CI=21)
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BANSAL, CHANDRAHAS (b 1949), UGC Emeritus Fellow University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500046
Professor Bansal has made fundamental contributions to the area of thermal expansion in solids and in
transport properties of nanoclusters films. This is the first time a model has been developed and
measurements carried out to deduce lattice properties of a solid from expansion measurements. Until
now thermal expansion measurements were treated classically and given in terms of a polynomial in kT
(see for example C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 5th edition, p 142). However a modification
of this work was carried out by treating the lattice vibrations as quantum oscillators (Debye oscillators for
acoustic phonon modes and Einstein oscillators for optic modes) by replacing the thermal energy kT of
the classical harmonic oscillators by the quantum energy of these oscillators. This gave rise to a very
powerful expression for the thermal expansion in terms of the lattice an-harmonic potentials and the
characteristic temperatures of the solid. This is equivalent to the Debye Model for specific heat.
He has shown that the conductivity of a metallic nanoclusters film can be varied by nine orders of
magnitude and goes from an insulating to metallic phase by changing the inter-cluster separation. This
work provides a new paradigm for design of nanostructures to get the desired properties in the same
material.
Proposer: Late Prof. K N Shrivastava Seconder: Prof. A K Bhatnagar
1. C. Bansal, G.S. Praveen, J.T.T. Kumaran and A. Chatterjee (2015) Inter-cluster distance dependence
of Electrical Conduction in Nanocluster Assembled Films, Scientific Reports (nature Publishig Group) 5,
7685 (if=6)
2. R. Botta, A. Rajanikanth and C. Bansal, 2015, Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering of L-Amino Acids
adsorbed on Silver , 618, 14-19 (if=1.991)
3. G. Upender, R. Satyavathi, B. Raju, K. Shadak Alee, D. Narayana Rao, C. Bansal (2011) Silver
nanocluster films as novel SERS substrates for ultrasensitive detection of molecules, Chemical Physics
Letters, 511,301 (if=1.991, ci=24)
4. C. Bansal , S. Sarkar, A.K. Mishra, T. Abraham, C. Lemier and H. Hahn, 2007, Electronically tunable
conductivity of a nanoporous Au–Fe alloy, Scripta Materialia, 56, 705 (if=2.97, ci=15)
5. C. Bansal and S. Sarkar, 2004, Phase transformtions in nanocrystalline alloys synthesized by
mechanical alloying, Journal of Materials Science, 39, 5023 (if=2.3, ci=7)
6. C. Bansal, H. Kawanaka, H. Bando, and Y. Nishihara, 2002, Structure and Magnetic properties of the
pyrochlore Ho2Ru2O7: A possible dipolar spin ice compound, , Phys. Rev. B. 66, 52406 (if=3.664, ci=24)
7. S. Sarkar, C. Bansal, and A. Chatterjee , 2000, Gibbs Thomson effect in nanocrystalline Fe-Ge,
Physical Review B. 62, 3218(if=3.664, ci=22)
8. G.D. Mukherjee, C. Bansal and A. Chatterjee, 1996, Thermal expansion study of ordered and
disordered Fe3Al : An effective method for determination of vibrational entropy, Physical Review Letters
76, 1876 (if=7.728, ci=39)
9. C. Bansal, Z.Q. Gao and B. Fultz 1995 Grain growth and Chemical ordering in (FeMn)3Si, NanoStructured Materials 5, 327 (ci=32)
10. C. Bansal, Z.Q. Gao, L.B. Hong and B. Fultz, 1994, Phases and Phase stabilities of Fe3X alloys
(X=Al, As, Ge,, In, Sb, Si, Sn, Zn) J. Appl. Phys. 76, 5961 (if=2.185, ci=65)
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BARMAN, ANJAN (b 1969), Professor, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata-98
Prof. Barman has made fundamental and outstanding contributions in the fields of magnetization
dynamics of nanomagnets, magnonics and spintronics. He experimentally imaged the spin waves in
confined magnetic thin films with picoseconds temporal and sub-micron spatial resolutions and
interpreted the nature of spin-wave and damping due to the dephasing of multiple spin wave modes. He
measured the magnetization dynamics of patterned nanomagnet arrays and showed a crossover to nonuniform precession for element size below 220 nm. He measured the intrinsic dynamics of single
nanomagnets with size down to 125 nm and showed a transition in frequency and damping values as a
function of nanomagnet size. He later showed very high and tunable magnonic frequency and Gilbert
damping in magnetic multilayers with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) and showed a linear
correlation between the PMA and damping due to the d-d hybridization between the Co and Pd(Pt) atoms
at the interface. He has extensively studied the collective magnetization dynamics of artificial
nanomagnetic lattices (magnonic crystals) and found tunable magnonic spectra, bandgap and damping
as a function of physical and material parameters of the artificial lattices and the external magnetic field.
Based upon these he developed a magnonic waveguide with tunable magnonic band structure. He also
showed resonant excitation of coupled gyration modes in pairs of magnetic vortices and demonstrated an
all-magnetic transistor operations based on coupled chains of magnetic vortices. Recently, he
demonstrated an all-optical measurement of spin Hall effect and spin Hall angle in Ni80Fe20/Pt bilayer
stripes.
Proposer : Prof. A. K. Raychaudhuri, Seconder : Prof. Tanusri Saha Dasgupta
1. D. Kumar, S. Barman and A. Barman, 2014, Magnetic Vortex Based Transistor Operations, Scientific
Reports 4, 4108. (if=5.078, ci=3)
2. S. Saha, R. Mandal, S. Barman, D. Kumar, B. Rana, Y. Fukuma, S. Sugimoto, Y. Otani and A. Barman,
2013, Tunable Magnonic Spectra in Two dimensional Magnonic Crystals with Variable Lattice Symmetry
Adv. Funct. Mater. 23, 2378. (if=9.765, ci=14)
3. J. W. Klos, D. Kumar, M. Krawczyk and A. Barman, 2013, Magnonic band engineering by intrinsic and
extrinsic mirror symmetry breaking in antidot spin-wave waveguides, Scientific Reports 3, 2444. (if=5.078,
ci=12)
4. R. Mandal, S. Saha, D. Kumar, S. Barman, S. Pal, B. Rana, K. Das, A. K. Raychaudhuri, Y. Fukuma,
Y. Otani, and A. Barman, 2012, Optically Induced Tunable Magnetization Dynamics in Nanoscale Co
Antidot Lattices, ACS Nano 6, 3397. (if=12.033, ci=20)
5. B. Rana, D. Kumar, S. Barman, S. Pal, Y. Fukuma, Y. Otani and A. Barman, 2011, Detection of
picosecond magnetization dynamics of 50 nm magnetic dots down to the single dot regime, ACS Nano, 5,
9559. (if=12.033, ci=15)
6. S. Sugimoto, Y. Fukuma, S. Kasai, T. Kimura, A. Barman and Y. Otani, 2011, Dynamics of coupled
vortices in a pair of ferromagnetic disks. Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 197203. (if=7.728, ci=46)
7. A. Barman, S. Wang, J. Maas, A. R. Hawkins, S. Kwon, A. Liddle, J. Bokor, and H. Schmidt, 2006,
Magneto-optical observation of picosecond dynamics of single nanomagnets, Nano Letters 6,
2939. (if=12.94, ci=59)
8. V. V. Kruglyak, A. Barman, and R. J. Hicken, J. R. Childress and J. A. Katine, 2005, Picosecond
magnetization dynamics in nanomagnets: crossover to nonuniform precession, Phys. Rev. B: Rapid
Communication 71, 220409(R). (if=3.664, ci=57)
9. A. Barman, V. V. Kruglyak, R. J. Hicken, J. M. Rowe, A. Kundrotaite, J. S. Scott, and M. Rahman,
2004, Imaging the dephasing of spin wave modes of a square thin film magnetic element, Phys. Rev. B
69, 174426. (if=3.664, ci=54)
10. A. Barman, V. V. Kruglyak, R. J. Hicken, A. Kundrotaite and M. Rahman, 2003, Anisotropy, damping
and coherence of magnetization dynamics in a 10um square Ni81Fe19 element, Appl. Phys. Lett. 82,
3065. (if=3.515, ci=52)
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BIRADAR, ASHOK MANIKRAO (b 1955), Chief Scientist & Head, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory,
New Delhi-110012
A memory device was prepared by Dr. Biradar’s group, which was based on ferroelectric liquid crystal
material. The device can store the data for more than 6 months without any power consumption. An
Indian and USA patent was granted for this device in the year 2001 and 2012. A device called spatial light
modulator was developed based on liquid crystal material using hydrogenated amorphous silicon
photoconductor. The devices can be used for defense purpose for target tracking. The devices prepared
by us are being used in Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Laboratory at
Deharadun for defense purposes, which were developed in the year 2003. Presently, Dr. Biradar’s group
is working in the high switching liquid crystal materials using metal/metal oxide nanoparticles dispersion in
ferroelectric liquid crystal materials for photonic applications. Presently, his group is also working in the
microfluidic devices for biosensor applications particularly heart related cardiac problems such as -CRP,
mioglobin, troponin and blood related sensors like cholesterol, urea and cancer etc. Recently in the year,
the group has developed a device for cholesterol detection which is a useful early indicator of
cardiovascular problems. Cholesterol contributes to the formation of arterial plaques. This work depicts a
convenient analytical test on paper to perform cholesterol detection as a result of bio-chemical reaction
analysis of human serum/blood. Measuring cholesterol level is significant for coronary diseases, liver
function, biliary function, intestinal absorption etc. This drop test mechanism of color formation is similar to
lateral flow test methods currently available in the market for infections and virus infected disease
detection. The prepared device was five times cheaper than the conventional devices available in the
market.
Proposer : Prof. R. C. Budhani, Seconder : Dr. H. C. Kandpal
1. A. M. Biradar, S. Wrobel and W. Haase (1989) Dielectric relaxation in the Smectic-A* and Smectic-C*
phases of ferroelectric liquid crystals, Phys. Rev. A 39, 2693. (if=2.99, ci=120)
2. S. S. Bawa, A. M. Biradar, K. Saxena and Subhas Chandra (1990) A novel alignment technique for
surface stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal, Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 1398 (if=3.51, ci=26)
3. S. Hiller, A. M. Biradar, S. Wrobel and W. Haase (1996) Dielectric behaviour at the Sm-C* to N* Phase
transition of a ferroelectric liquid crystal, Phys. Rev E 53, 641 (if=2.32, ci=58)
4. S. Kaur, S. P. Singh, A. M. Biradar, A. Choudhary, and K. Sreenivas (2007) Enhanced electro-optical
properties in gold nanoparticls doped ferroelectric liquid crystal, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 023120 (if=3.51,
ci=89)
5. J. Prakash, A. Choudhary, A. Kumar, D. S. Mehta, and A. M. Biradar (2008) Nonvolatile memory effect
based on gold nanoparticles doped ferroelectric liquid crystal, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 112904 (if=3.51,
ci=59)
6. A. Kumar, J. Prakash, D. S. Mehta, A. M. Biradar, and W. Haase (2009) Enhanced photoluminescence
in gold nanoparticles doped ferroelectric liquid crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 023117 (if=3.51, ci=64)
7. J. Prakash, A. Choudhary, D. S. Mehta, and A. M. Biradar (2009) Effect of carbon nanotubes on
response time of ferroelectric liquid crystal, Phys. Rev. E 80, 012701 (if=2.32, ci=47)
8. T. Joshi, A. Kumar, J. Prakash and A. M. Biradar (2010) Low power operation of ferroelectric liquid
crystal system dispersed with zinc oxide nanoparticles, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 253109 (if=3.51, ci=48)
9. A. Chandran, J. Prakash, K. K. Naik, A. K. Srivastava, R. Dąbrowski, M. Czerwiński and A. M. Biradar
(2014) Preparation and characterization of MgO nanoparticles/ferroelectric liquid crystal composites for
faster display devices with improved contrast, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2, 1844 (if=6.6, ci=5)
10. V. Sharma, A. Kumar, P. Ganguly and A. M. Biradar (2014) Highly sensitive bovine serum albumin
biosensor based on liquid crystal, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 043705 (if=3.51, ci=1)
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GANDHI, RAJ (b 1957), PROFESSOR (H+) Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad-211019
Prof Gandhi has made significant and highly cited contributions to the field of neutrino physics and
particle astrophysics, with an average citation of 59 per paper according to INSPIRE database. Upon
joining HRI as a faculty member, Prof Gandhi worked on ultra-high energy neutrino nucleon ,which are
essential to detectors like ICECUBE,AUGER and ANTYARES etc. These two papers ( no:s 4 and 5 )are
on INSPIRE list of renowned papers. He has recently been selected (January 2014) as an Intensity
Frontier Fellow by Fermilab, Chicago. He is also a member of the Long Baseline Neutrino Experiment
which will be the leading experiment in neutrino physics over the next decade.He is the physics coordinator of LBNE, India and co-author of a major proposal under consideration by DAE and DST jointly,
to build LBNE detector in India and co-aothor of several influential papers on LBNE ( see No: 10 ). His
work on matter effects on mu and tau neutrino and their impact on mass-hierarchy determination has
been crucial to the Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) in establishing it as a leading contender to pin
down the hierarchy in the near future ( see NO:s 6,7,8). Prof Gandhi's early work has been equally
impressive. His paper on observations of supernova neutrinos ( No:3 on list)was the first detailed study of
various detectors and their capabilities to determine supernova properties. In papers 1 ,2 below,he
studied how neutrinos could flip their helicity via standard model through W,Z and gamma exchange. The
importance of the problem lies in the fact that neutrino emission provides the most efficient mechanism
for astrophysical cooling.
Proposer : Prof. H S Mani, Seconder : Prof. J K Bhattacharjee
1. K J F Gaemers, R Gandhi and J M Lattimer 1989 "Neutrino helicity flips via electroweak interactions
and Sn 1987a" Phys Rev D40 309 (if=4.56)
2. R Gandhi and A Burrows 1990 "Massive Dirac neutrinosand the SN1987A signal" Phys Lett B246
149 (if=3.5, ci=92)
3. A Burrows, D Klein and R Gandhi 1992 " The future of neutrino supernova detection "Phys Rev D45
3361 (ci=147)
4. R Gandhi, C Quigg, M H Reno, I Sarcevic 1996 "Ultrahigh Energy Neutrino Interactions" Astropart
Phys 5 81 (if=2.76, ci=530)
5. R Gandhi,C Quigg, M H Reno and I Sarcevic 1998 " Neutrino Interactions at ultrahigh energies" Phys
Rev D58 093009 (if=4.56, ci=522)
6. R Gandhi, P Ghoshal, S Goswami, P Mehta and S Umashankar 2005 "Large matter effects in nu (mu)->nu (tau) oscillations "Phys Rev Lett 94 051801 (if=7.94, ci=43)
7. R Gandhi, P Ghoshal, S Goswami, P Mehta and S Uma sankar2006 " Earth matter effects at very long
baselines and the neutrino mass hierarchy" Phys Rev D73 053001 (if=4.56, ci=70)
8. R Gandhi, P Ghoshal, S Goswami, P Mehta , S Uma sankar and S Shalgar 2007 " Mass hierarchy
determination via future atmospheric neutrino detectors" Phys Rev D76 073012 (if=4.56, ci=54)
9. ISS Physics Working Group Collaboration 2009 "Physics at a future neutrino factoryand superbeam
facility" Rept Prog Phys 72 106201 (if=14.72, ci=323)
10. V Barger, R Gandhi, D Marfatia,A Bhatatcharya, A Chatterjee and M Masud 2014 " Configuring the
long baseline experiment" Phys Rev D89 011302 (if=4.56, ci=8)
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JAIN, INDRA PRABH (b 1946), Professor (Retired), Emeritus Professor, Centre for Non-conventional
Energy Resources, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur -302004
Assisted Nobel Laureate Prof. Kai Siegbahn during 1983-84 in Uppsala Sweden in building World’s Best
High Resolution ESCA Machine having 0.25 eV resolution for Al Kα. Developed, depth selective
conversion electron Mossbauer spectroscop (DSCEMS), unique machine in India, a non-destructive
surface science technique sensitive to 200nm Fe film. Developed Sievert’s type machine for studying
kinetics of hydrogen absorption/ desorption mechanism in metal hydrides in bulk materials and Thin Films
for Rs. 15 lacs. Commercial cost Sivert and DSCEMS is five times. To solve the world energy crises lot of
work has been done by us during last three decades on hydrogen storage in metal, alloys, composites
and nano composites both in thin film and bulk forms. We had improved hydrogen storage in many Fe,
Zr, Cr and Mg based metal hydride systems. Results of Hydrogen content in many of systems were found
to be the best in the world. Started hydrogen storage in thin film hydride during early nineties and got
good results of weight % of hydrogen. Swift heavy ion (SHI) induced mixing at metal/Si surfaces and
interfaces has undertaken on various Metals(Wo, Zr, Ni, Cr)/Si systems because the reaction of metal thin
films on silicon has its significance for electrical contacts in Si-device technology. Metal /Si interfaces
were irradiated using 100 -150 MeV Au ions resulting in the formation of silicides. Thin film and quantum
dot Si solar cell materials are being studied which are useful for absorbing almost full range of visible light
for solar energy generation.
Proposer : Prof. O N Srivastava , Seconder : Prof. K L Chopra
1. I.P. Jain, Chhagan Lal, and Ankur Jain: 2010, Hydrogen Storage in Mg: A Most Promising Material,
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 35, 5133 (if=4.086, ci=260)
2. I.P. Jain, Pragya Jain, Ankur Jain; 2010-Novel hydrogen storage materials: A review of lightweight
complex hydride.Journal of Alloys & Compounds, 503, 303-339 (if=2.726, ci=136)
3. I.P. Jain and Garima Agarwal, 2011- Ion Beam Induced Interfaces and Surface Engineering:Surface
Science Reports 66, 77-172(if=18.6, ci=68)
4. I.P.Jain, Y.K.Vijay, and R. Chandra, 1990-Ultra High Vacuum Depth Selective Conversion Electron
Mossbauer Spectroscopy, Vacuum, 41,1776-1779. (if=1.2, ci=-0)
5. Ankur Jain, R.K. Jain, Shivani Agarwal and I.P. Jain, 2007-Thermodynamics and Structural aspects of
hydrogen absorption in Zr1-xCrxFe2 alloys, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 32 , 24452449 (if=4.086, ci=18)
6. I.P.Jain, B.Devi, P.Sharma, A. Williamson and Y.K.Vijay, 2000- Hydrogen in FeTi thin films by ERDA
with Ag107 ions, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 25, 517-521 (if=4.086, ci=15)
7. Ankur Jain, R.K.Jain, Shivani Agarwal, V.Ganesan, N.P.Lalla, D.M.Phase & I.P. Jain, 2007-Synthesis,
characterization and hydrogenation of ZrFe2-xNix (x=0.2,0.4,0.6,0.8) alloys, International Journal of
Hydrogen Energy 32, 3965-3971 (if=4.086, ci=18)
8. Shivani Agarwal, Annalisa Aurora, Ankur Jain, I.P.Jain, Amelia Montone, 2009- Catalytic effect of
ZrCrNi alloy on hydriding properties of MgH2, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 34, 91579162 (if=4.086, ci=15)
9. I.P.Jain, Y.K.Vijay, K.S.Upadhyay and Mangej Singh, 1990-Kinetics of Hydrogen Absorption in
Obliquely Deposited FeTi Thin Films, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 15, 345. (if=4.086, ci=15)
10. Veenu Sisodia, D. Kabiraj and I.P.Jain, 2004-Schottky barrier height measurement of swift heavy ion
intermixed Ni-Silicide interface, Nuc. Instrum. & Meth.in Phy Research Sec- B, 225, 256-260. (if=1.324,
ci=8)
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KULKARNI, DNYANESHWAR KESHAORAO (b 1945), Former Prof.and Head Deptt of Physics,Institute
of Science, Nagpur-440010
Dr. D.K.kulkarni Former professor and Head of the Department of Pfysics ,Institute of Science,Nagpur
has done pioneering research work in the field of X-ray spectroscopy of mixed oxides. He has
synthesized and characterized several new cubic and hexagonal ferrites [ S,G, M,Y and W ]which are
widely quoted in the international scientific and technological literature[Landole-Bornstein,J.C.P.D.S data,
and ICDD. Crystal data reported by him is taken as standard for identification. His work on X-ray
spectroscopy has given a new path to find valence and site distribution in unique way. He has worked on
EXAFS and XANES of these compounds has given impetus to new researchers since 1971..For this work
he received a best paper award from MRSI in 1993.His work established a school in central India. He has
also studied some rare hexagonal ferrites with Ca and Sr ions from the point of
electrical,magbetic,dielectric and thermal characterization. Apart from these characterizations he has
determined the magnetic structures of Li-ferrets by using Neutron diffraction at CIRUS and DRUVA
reactors at BARC,. He has also studied oxalic magnetic spin glasses by using IUC-DAEF Indore and
Rajkot. He also worked on high Tc superconductors, and studied M,Y,W ferrites by Mossbauer
spectroscopy and other allied methods of investigations. His work on nano thin film is widely cited. He
prepared these materials by SILAR method .He found the effect of quantum size in these semiconducting
thin films..Most of the work done by him is published in the International Journals of repute. He has
attended International conferences on ferrites and magnetism at Warsaw and Tokyo.
Proposer : Prof.R.M.Singru, Seconder : Prof.P.D.Prasada Rao
1. D.K.KULKARNI and C. MANDE [1971] X-ray study of structural and ionic Configurations of CoMnCrO4
spinal, Acta.Cryst. B-27, 1044-47 (if=1.91, ci=27)
2. G.M.BHONGALE, V.B.SAPRE and D..K.KULKARNI [1992] Chemical shift in the K-absorption
discontinuities Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Cu in their oxidic spinels, J. Phys. Condensed matter 4, 545 – 552 (if=)
1.25, ci=37)
3. C.S.PRAKASH, V.M.NANOTI and D.K.KULKURNI [1995] Substitutional effect of magnetic behavior in
calcium hexaferrites, J. Mag. Material. 140, 2089 (if=1.208, ci=24)
4. N.Y.Lanje and D.K.Kulkarni JMMM [2011] Synthesis andcharacterization of CaLaFe11O19 234.114117 (if=1.329, ci=39)
5. N.Y.Lanje and D.K.Kulkarni Synthesis and transport and magnetic study of CaLc Cr11O19,
Mat.Letts.47,125-127 (if=1.188, ci=44)
6. D.S. Chouhari and D.K.Kulkarni [2004] Synthesis and ac susceptinility fo oxide YCa2Cu3O7-d, Solid
State Sciences 6, 1337-1339 (if=1.598, ci=44)
7. M.Y.Salunke and D.K.Kulkarni J.M.M.M. [2004] Structural - microstructural stidies of Sr2Ni2Fe12O22.
279, 64-68 (if=1.031, ci=34)
8. A.U.Ubale and D.K.Kulkarni [2005] Preparation and study of thickness dependant electrical
characteristics of zinc sulphaide thin films. Bull. Mat Sc.28, 43-47 (if=0.88, ci=17)
9. A. U. Ubale V.S. Sangawar, D. K. Kulkarni [2007] Size dependent nano thin films, Bull. of Materials
Science, 30/2, 147. (if=0.88, ci=18)
10. P.R Arjunwadkar, R.R.Patil and Dr. D.K Kulkarni [2008] Effect of sintering temperature on the
structural, electrical and magnetic properties of Li0.5Al1.0Fe2O4 ferrite prepared by combustion method
J.Alloys and Compounds 463, 403-407 (if=1.455, ci=33)
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MAJUMDAR, ARCHAN SUBHRA (b 1966), Professor, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences,
Kolkata-700098
Prof. Archan S. Majumdar's significant contributions belong to two areas of theoretical physics: (i)
Gravitation & Cosmology, and (ii)Quantum Information Science. He has investigated the cosmological
dark energy problem using different approaches highlighting crucial differences in observable predictions
amenable for verification in upcoming astronomical observations (Phys.Rev.D 64, 083503 (2001); ibid.
79, 103517 (2009); Phys. Lett.B 679, 167 (2009); Phys.Rev.D 80, 103508 (2009); MNRAS Letters 418,
L45 (2011); Gen.Rel.Grav. 45, 1971 (2013). He has shown that primordial black holes survive up to much
later eras contributing to baryon asymmetry and dark matter, and could be detected through gravitational
lensing (Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 031303 (2003); Int.J.Mod.Phys.D 14, 1095 (2005); Gen.Rel.Grav. 39, 583
(2007); MNRAS 385, 1467 (2008); Phys.Rev.D 80, 023529 (2009); JCAP 08, 039 (2010)). In the
upcoming area of quantum information science Prof. Majumdar has proposed the first operational method
to detect entanglement useful for quantum teleportation (Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 270501 (2011);
Phys.Rev.A 86, 032315 (2012); Phys.Rev.A 89, 052304 (2014)). He has formulated novel linkages of
fundamental quantum principles with information theoretic concepts of nonlocality, steering, memory and
purity (Phys.Rev.A 85, 024103 (2012); ibid. 87, 012105 (2013); ibid. 87, 012120 (2013); ibid. 89, 012104
(2014)), thus opening up new information science applications such as bounds on the rate of secret data
transfer in quantum cryptography (Phys.Rev.Lett. 110, 020402 (2013); Phys.Rev.A 90, 050305(R) 2014)).
Proposer: Arup Kumar Raychaudhuri, Seconder:Rabin Banerji
1. From brane assisted inflation to quintessence through a single scalar field, A. S. Majumdar, Phys. Rev.
D 64, 083503 (2001). (if=5.2 , ci=109)
2. Bohmian trajectories for photons, P. Ghose, A. S. Majumdar, S. Guha and J. Sahu, Phys. Lett. A 290,
205 (2001). (if=1.8 , ci=67)
3. Domination of black hole accretion in brane cosmology, A. S. Majumdar, Phys. Rev. Lett 90, 031303
(2003). (if=7.9 , ci=68)
4. Braneworld black holes in cosmology and astrophysics, A. S. Majumdar and N. Mukherjee, Int. J. Mod.
Phys. D14, 1095 (2005). (if= 1.2 , ci=120)
5. A k-essence model of inflation, dark matter and dark energy, N. Bose and A. S. Majumdar, Phys. Rev.
D 79, 103517 (2009). (if= 5.2 , ci=31)
6. Incompatibility between quantum mechanics and classical realism in the strong macroscopic limit, D.
Home and A. S. Majumdar, Phys. Rev. A 52, 4959 (1995). (if= 3.0 , ci=62)
7. Entanglement witness operator for quantum teleportation, N. Ganguly, S. Adhikari, A. S. Majumdar, J.
Chatterjee, Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 270501 (2011). (if=7.9, ci=21)
8. Fine-grained lower limit of entropic uncertainty in the presence of quantum memory, T. Pramanik, P.
Chowdhury, A. S. Majumdar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 110, 020402 (2013). (if=7.9, ci=15)
9. Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen steering using quantum correlations in non-Gaussian states, P. Chowdhury,
T. Pramanik, A. S. Majumdar, and G. S. Agarwal, Phys. Rev. A 89, 012104 (2014). (if=3.0, ci= 14)
10. Fine-grained EPR-steering inequalities, T. Pramanik, M. Kaplan, A. S. Majumdar, Phys. Rev. A 90,
050305(R) (2014). (if=3.0, ci=10)
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MAMIDIPUDI, GHANASHYAM KRISHNA
Hyderabad, Hyderabad-500046
(b 1963), Professor, School of Physics, University of
Prof. M. Ghanashyam Krishna has been working in the area of thin film growth, characterization and
devices for over twenty years. His work has added significantly to the understanding of the role of
substrates in the growth of thin films and their physical behaviour. He has also published on the bulk to
nano as a phase transition. The research from his group shows that UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometry is a
simple yet powerful probe to gain insight into the band and electronic structure of not only semiconductor
and dielectric but also metal thin films. The use of scanning probe microscopy to understand behaviour of
thin films at the nanoscale is noteworthy. His research group has developed a number of non-lithographic
techniques for the synthesis of nanostructured films such as ultra low energy ion beam sputter deposition
for Surface Plasmon resonance and photovoltaic applications; electric field and laser assisted
nanostructuring of thin films for magnetic applications; single step thermal oxidation of Zn films for the
formation of ZnO nanowires with interesting self-cleaning, optoelectronic and explosive detection
properties. His work on non-stoichiometric titanium nitride thin films has led to European and US patents
and the technology is being transferred to a company in Pune. For a researcher from an Indian University
this is a very creditable achievement. In addition, Prof. Ghanashyam Krishna has published about 120
refereed papers and two book chapters which have over 1300 citations with an h-index of 20 and i10
index of 44 according to Google scholar citations.
Proposer : Prof. A.K.Bhatnagar, Seconder : Prof. A.P.Pathak
1. MG Krishna, KN Rao, S Mohan,1990, Optical and structural characterization of evaporated zirconia
films, Applied Physics Letters, 57, 557-559 (if=3.739, ci=39)
2. S Mohan,M Ghanashyam Krishna, 1995, A review of ion beam assisted deposition of optical thin films,
Vacuum, 46, 645-659(if=1.412, ci=78)
3. M.Ghanashyam Krishna, Y.Debauge, A.K.Bhattacharya, 1998, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and
spectral transmittance study of stoichiometry in sputtered vanadium oxide films, Thin Solid Films, 312,
116-122 (if=2.038, ci=87)
4. A Hartridge, MG Krishna, AK Bhattacharya, 1998, Optical constants of nanocrystalline lanthanidedoped ceria thin films with the fluorite structure, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids,59, 859866 (if=1.635, ci=37)
5. MG Krishna, M Rajendran, DR Pyke, AK Bhattacharya, 1999, Spectral emissivity of ytterbium oxidebased materials for application as selective emitters in thermophotovoltaic devices, Solar Energy
Materials and Solar Cells,59 (4), 337-348 (if=5.471, ci=22)
6. D Pamu, MG Krishna, KCJ Raju, AK Bhatnagar, 2005, Ambient temperature growth of nanocrystalline
titanium dioxide thin films, Solid State Communications,135 (1), 7-10 (if=1.781, ci=23)
7. GK Prasad, TP Radhakrishnan, DS Kumar, MG Krishna, 2005, Ammonia sensing characteristics of thin
film based on polyelectrolyte templated polyaniline, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 106 (2), 626631 (if=4.101, ci=81)
8. K Sitarama Raju, M Ghanashyam Krishna, KA Padmanabhan, K Muraleedharan, NP Gurao, G Wilde,
2008, Grain size and grain boundary character distribution in ultra-fine grained (ECAP) nickel, Materials
Science and Engineering: A, 491, 1-7 (if=2.590, ci=31)
9. K Vasu, MG Krishna, KA Padmanabhan, 2011, Substrate-temperature dependent structure and
composition variations in RF magnetron sputtered titanium nitride thin films, Applied Surface Science,257
(7), 3069-3074 (if=2.469, ci=16)
10. Ummar Pasha Shaik, S Kshirsagar, M Ghanashyam Krishna, Surya P Tewari, Debarun Dhar
Purkayastha, V Madhurima, 2012,Growth of superhydrophobic Zinc oxide nanowire thin films, Materials
Letters, 75, 51-53 (if=2.288, ci=19)
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OJHA, DURGA PRASAD (b 1961), Professor & Head, School of Physics, Sambalpur University,
Sambalpur-768019, Odisha, India
Prof. Ojha has made a significant contribution in the area of Liquid Crystals by publishing 151 (Single
Author: 39, First Author: 31 & Group Author: 81) research articles in the journal of International repute,
and handled 10 major research projects, as Principal-Investigator, funded by the Govt. of India funding
agencies. His research focused on the investigation of novel organic Liquid Crystal materials in order to
study their phase structure formation at molecular level. Since, the study of phase structure formation and
band gap engineering of liquid crystals requires special attention from basic and application point of view,
he aimed to take up this aspect exclusively. The note worthy contributions to his research on solvent and
substituents effect on the different molecules in UV-Vis region reveals that the electro-optic switching
properties of the ‘solutions’ are, to some extent better than those of ‘pure liquid crystals’. It has been
observed by him that the energy band gap values are independent of solvent effects. But, the different
substitutions play a dominant role in band gap engineering, and hence affect the conductivity of the
molecules. Since liquid crystal materials are used in a variety of optical displays, his findings of research
are not only addresses the issues concerning the organic electronics, but may also revolutionize the
performance of digital displays ranging from the digital watches to flat panel televisions.
Proposer: Prof. N. Suryaprakash, Seconder:Dr. Satishchandra B. Ogale
1. D.P. Ojha, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 624,163 (2016). Phase Stability and Ordering of Nematogen at
Molecular Level – A Computer-Aided Modeling (if=0.496, ci=2)
2. D.P. Ojha, Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst.,623, 139 (2015). Ordering and Nematic Phase Behaviour of NaphtylEster –A Computational Model Based on Semiempirical Approach (if=0.496, ci=16)
3. P.L. Praveen, and D.P. Ojha*, Liquid Crystals, 41, 872 (2014). Photo Sensitivity, Substituent and
Solvent-Induced Shifts in UV-Visible Absorption Bands of Naphthyl-Ester Liquid Crystals: A Comparative
Theoretical Approach (if=2.486, ci=46)
4. P. L. Praveen, and D.P.Ojha*, J. Molecular Liquids.169,110 (2012). Calculation of Spectral Shifts in
UV-Visible Region & Photo Stability of Thermotropic Liquid Crystals: Solvent and Alkyl Chain Length
Effects (if=1.599, ci=27)
5. P. L. Praveen, and D.P.Ojha*, Physical Review, E83, 051710 (2011). Computational Analysis on
Molecular Properties and Spectral Characteristics of Cyano Containing Liquid Crystals – Role of Alkyl
Chains (if=2.288, ci=42)
6. P. L. Praveen, and D.P. Ojha*, Materials Chem. & Phys., 126, 248 (2011). Role of Molecular Rigidity
on Phase Organization of a Smectic Liquid Crystal- A Theoretical Model (if=2.123, ci=39)
7. D.P. Ojha, J. Molecular Modeling, 12, 161 (2006). A Computational Analysis of Ordering in ABCHN at
Nematic-Isotropic Transition Temperature (if=1.736, ci=29)
8. D.P. Ojha, J. Molecular Liquids. 129, 185 (2006). The Effect of Dielectric Medium on p-nDecyloxybenzoic Acid (10OBAC) at Nematic-Isotropic Transition Temperature-A Computational
Analysis (if=1.599, ci=32)
9. D.P. Ojha, J. Mol. Struct.: Theochem. 716, 39 (2005). Ordering of Smectogens in Dielectric Medium at
Phase Transition Temperature-A Comparative Statistical Analysis (if=1.371, ci=37)
10. D.P. Ojha, Annalen der Physik, 13, 357 (2004). Ordering of p-n-Alkylbenzoic Acids (nBAC) Having
Four, Five and Six Alkyl Chain Carbon Atoms-A Computational Analysis (if=3.048, ci=49).
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PAL, MRINAL (b 1966), CSIR-Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata-700032
I am delighted to nominate Dr. Mrinal Pal, Principal Scientist CSIR-CMERI for the fellowship of The
National Academy of Sciences, India. Dr. Pal’s recent works on establishment of novel routes for
synthesis of ZnO nanostructures and tailoring of the electromagnetic response of these nano systems
with appropriate doping are significantly important in the field of nanoscience and technology (see for
example Effects of annealing on structure and optical properties of Mn-substituted ZnO nanoparticles, J.
Appl. Cryst. 44, 991(2011); Strong and unusual violet blue emission in ring-shaped ZnO nanocrystals. J.
mater. Chem, 21, 18354(2011)). Dr. Pal has also utilized electron and neutron scattering techniques to
probe the atomic and magnetic structure of doped ZnO crystals ( J. Appl. Cryst. 42 (2009) 1085.). While
there is a considerable volume of literature on preparation of elemental oxide nano particles, such
detailed studies using sophisticated structural probes are generally missing. Here it needs to be pointed
out that these studies are relatively new and hence the number of citations is still rising. But his earlier
studies on Ni-Zn and Mn – Zn ferrites (1-4) are highly cited. It is also creditable that Dr. Pal has been able
to pursue a high caliber research in the area of physical science in a laboratory whose mandate is
primarily mechanical engineering. However, the materials and methods he is pursuing have strong
potential for application in sensors and actuators which are essential for development of robotics and
mechatronics. I strongly endorse his nomination.
Proposer: PROF. RAMESH CHANDRA BUDHANI, Seconder : PROF. GAUTAM BISWAS
1. M Pal, P Brahma, D Chakravorty, 1996, Magnetic and electrical properties of nickel-zinc ferrites doped
with bismuth oxide, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials , 152 (3), 370 (if=1.97, ci=57)
2. M Pal, P Brahma, D Chakravorty, D Bhattacharyya, HS Maiti, 1996, Nanocrystalline nickel-zinc ferrite
prepared by the glass-ceramic route, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials 164 (1), 256 (if=1.97,
ci=50)
3. D Das, M Pal, E Di Bartolomeo, E Traversa, D Chakravorty, 2000, Synthesis of nanocrystalline nickel
oxide by controlled oxidation of nickel nanoparticles and their humidity sensing properties, Journal of
Applied Physics 88 (11), 6856 (if=2.18, ci=41)
4. M Pal, T Sasaki, N Koshizaki, 2001, Preparation of Pd/TiO 2 nanocomposite by magnetron sputtering,
Scripta materialia 44 (8), 1817 (if=3.22, ci=16)
5. K Mandal, S Chakraverty, SP Mandal, P Agudo, M Pal, D Chakravorty, 2002, Size-dependent
magnetic properties of Mn0. 5Zn0. 5Fe2O4 nanoparticles in SiO2 matrix, Journal of applied physics 92
(1), 501 (if=2.18, ci=41)
6. P. K. Verma, A. Giri, N. TK Thanh, Le Duc Tung, O. Mondal, M. Pal, S. K. Pal, 2010,
Superparamagnetic Fluorescent Nickel-Enzyme Nanobioconjugates: Synthesis and characterization of a
novel multifunctional biological probe., J. Mater. Chem., 20, 3722 (if=4.69, ci=19)
7. B. Roy, O. Mondal, D. Sen, J. Bahadur, S. Mazumder and M. Pal, 2011, Effects of annealing on
structure and optical properties of Mn-substituted ZnO nanoparticles, J. Appl. Cryst 44, 991 (if=3.95, ci=7)
8. O. Mondal and M. Pal, 2011, Strong and unusual violet blue emission in ring-shaped ZnO
nanocrystals, J. mater. Chem, 21, 18354 (if=4.69, ci=17)
9. M Karmakar, B Mondal, M Pal, K Mukherjee, 2014, Acetone and ethanol sensing of barium hexaferrite
particles: a case study considering the possibilities of non-conventional hexaferrite sensor, Sensors and
Actuators B: Chemical 190, 627 (if=4.09, ci=15)
10. A Mukherjee, S Basu, PK Manna, SM Yusuf, M Pal, 2014, Giant magnetodielectric and enhanced
multiferroic properties of Sm doped bismuth ferrite nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2 (29),
5885 (if=4.69, ci=14)
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RANA, JAGMOHAN SINGH (b 1965) Associate. Prof. of Physics, H.N.B. Garhwal University (Central),
SRT Campus, Badshahithaul (Tehri-Garhwal) - 249 199
Dr. Rana is actively engaged in research in the field of Theoretical high energy physics from last 25 years.
He contributed significantly on various topics in QFT, monopole and Dyon solutions, GUT’s, D-branes,
Born - Infeld gauge theories, Quantum spin tunneling and phase transitions etc. His efforts include classic
work on ‘non-perturbative’ QCD, dynamical symmetry breaking and quark confinement. He utilized
Supersymmetry and various dualities to study bulk QCD magnetic properties, quantum corrections and
(chromo)- dyonic superconductivity.
He also worked on Non Relativistic Quark Model while making
significant contributions on Chiral Constituent Quark Model and Proton spin problem. He worked on
fermions mass matrices, CP-violation, flavour mixing and chiral symmetry breaking including multi-quark
states in QCD. Dr. Rana had also worked on synthesis and characterization of conducting and nonconducting polymers and contributed significantly on various studies of effect of Swift Heavy Ion beam
irradiation on polymers and other materials to create micro and nano-structures. For the last three & half
years, Dr. Rana had excellently lead Uttarakhand State Biotechnology Department(Ministry of Science
&Technology and Biotechnology), Govt. of Uttarakhand as Director contributing significantly for HRD,
Biotechnology Education, Research and Development, creating world class R&D Infrastructure facilities,
establishment of Biotechnology Park and various other programmes under the activity Science & Society
for overall educo-socio-economic development of Uttarakhand. During his Tenure (Jan.2010 –June 2013)
as Director of USBD, He had Authored/edited twelve(12) Books in the different fields of Biotechnology. He
has thus made concerted efforts to develop thoughtful proposals, initiatives and solutions for actions such
as to establish multidisciplinary forum, creation of Network and database in biotechnology for integrated,
sustainable and over all development of Uttarakhand State.
Proposer : Prof. Dr. Bansi D Malhotra, Seconder : Prof. Dr. K.K. Bhasin
Ten Best Publications
1. Supersymmetric dyons. J.M.S. Rana,et al: Phys. Rev. D43 (1991) 3550 -3556 (Impact factor 4.922)
2. Charge spectra of dyonic quarks. J.M.S. Rana: Int. Jour. Theo. Phys. 32 (1993) 357. (Impact factor 0.
942)
3. Simple calculation of quantum spin tunneling effects. J.Q. Liang, H.J.W. Mueller-Kristen and J.M.S,
Rana, Phys. Lett. A231 (1997) 255. (Impact factor 2.009)
4. Quantization of a particle in the field of a electric flux tube. J. Zhang, H.J.W. Muller-Kristen, J.M.S.
Rana and F. Zimmerschied Jour. Phys. A31 (1998)7291. (Impact factor 1.577)
5. Duality and color confinement in restricted gauge theory. J.M.S. Rana: Cand Jour. Phys. 77 (1999)
795 – 811. (Impact factor 0.864)
6. A condition for first order phase transition in quantum mechanical tunneling models: H.J.W. MuellerKristen, D.K.Park and J.M.S. Rana: Phys. Rev. B60 (1999) 6662. (Impact factor 3.475)
7. Chiral quark model and the coupling strength of Eta(n): H. Dahiya, Manmohan Gupta and J.M.S.
Rana: International Journal of Modern Physics A 21(2006) 4255 – 4267. (Impact factor 0.941)
8. “A Comparatijve study of the effect of the effect of O+7 ion beam on Polypyrrole and CR-39 (DOP)
Polymers”, R. C. Ramola, Subhash Chandra, J. M. S. Rana, R. G Sonkawade, P. K. Kulriya, Fouran
Singh, D. K. Avasthi and S. Annapoorni, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 41 (2008) 115411- 115417. (Impact factor
2.35)
9. Duality, confinement and supersymmetry in restricted quantum chromodynamics, J.M.S Rana:
International Journal of Modern Physics A24( 2009) 3592 – 3604 (Impact factor 0.945)
10. Low temperature resistivity study of nanostructured polypyrrole films under electronic excitations.
Subhash Chandra, S. Annapoorni, Fouran Singh, R.G. Sonkawade, J.M.S. Rana and R.C. Ramola, NIMB, 268 (2010) 62-66. (Impact factor 1.05)
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SENGUPTA, SURAJIT (b. 1962) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Centre for Interdisciplinary
Sciences, Hyderabad-500075
Prof. Surajit Sengupta has done path-defining work on structure and fundamental processes of materials.
• His method, now accepted as standard, to obtain elastic parameters from strain fluctuations has
resulted in new experimental techniques for non-invasive measurement of elastic constants of soft
materials. His method has been used to study colloids in solution, at interfaces, on the surface of nematic
liquid crystals, in magnetic fields, on quasicrystalline surfaces etc. and has been extended to interfacial
rheology and shear thinning. The work is featured in many review articles and constitutes a really
important contribution.
• Prof. Sengupta and colleagues showed that non-elastic degrees of freedom, hitherto neglected,
determine how solids choose between diffusionless and diffusional microstructures. This idea has many
applications. He has been invited to present this work in important meetings, e.g., the ICOMAT and the
KITP school on Glasses.
• His doctoral work on the phase diagram of the vortex liquid in High-Tc super-conductors is the first
definitive work on the subject, and changed prevailing paradigms substantially. It has been extended by
many groups to systems well beyond the original:to harmonically trapped bosons, surface melting of
vortex lattices and to vortex lattices with disorder and the influence of pinning.
• Recently, Prof. Sengupta made a significant finding: that "active matter" effects playa far greater role
than hitherto assumed, in the origin of chromosome territories and gene-density based radial segregation
of chromosomes.
Published in a high-impact biology journal, this work has been featured in the extremely prestigious
Journal Club of Condensed Matter Physics ({ HYPERLINK ''http://www.condmatjournalclub.org/?p=2525''
}).
Proposer : Rama Govindarajan, Seconder : V Chandrasekhar .
1. Elastic moduli, dislocation core energy, and melting of hard disks in two dimensions, S Sengupta, P
Nielaba, K Binder Physical Review E 61 (6),6294, (2000), I.F.: 3.69; Citations: 101
2. Elastic properties of 20 colloidal crystals from video microscopy, K Zahn, A Wille, G Maret, S Sengupta,
P Nielaba Physical review letters 90 (15),155506 (2003) I.F.: 7.37; Citations: 95
3. Freezing of the vortex liquid in high- T_ (c) superconductors: A density-functional eooroecti.i, S
Sengupta, C Dasgupta, HR Krishnamurthy, GI Menon, TV Ramakrishnan Physical review letters 67 (24),
3444-3447 (1991) I.F.: 7.37; Citations: 86
4. Reentrant melting in laser field modulated colloidal suspensions, J Chakrabarti, H. R Krishnamurthy, A.
K Sood, S. Sengupta Physical review letters 75 (11),2232-2235 (1995) I.F.: 7.37; Citations: 90
5. Elastic constants from microscopic strain fluctuations, S Sengupta, P Nielaba, M Rao, K Binder,
Physical Review , E 61 (2), 1072 (2000) I.F.: 2.26; Citations: 67
6. Density-functional theory of flux-lattice melting in high- T_{c} superconductors, G. I Menon, C
Dasgupta, HR Krishnamurthy, TV Ramakrishnan, S Sengupta Physical Review B 54 (22),16192 (1996)
I.F.: 3.69; Citations: 42
7. Nucleation of solids in solids: Ferrites and martensites, M Rao, S Senguptal, Physicat review letters 91
(4), 045502 (2003) I.F.: 7.37; Citations: 25
8. Non-affine deformation in microstructure selection in solids: I. Molecular dynamics, J. Bhattacharya, A.
Paul, S. Sengupta, M. Rao, Journal of Physics Condens. Mater. 20, 365210, (2008) I.F.: 2.33; Citations:
11
9. Driven disordered polvmorphic solids: Phases and phase transitions, dynamical coexistence and peak
effect anomalies, Ankush Sengupta, Surajit Sengupta, Gautam I. Menon, Physical Review B 81, 144521
(2010) I.F.: 3.69; Citations: 14
10. Chromosome positioning from activity-based segregation, Nirmalendu Ganai, Surajit Sengupta and
Gautam I. Menon, Nucleic Acids Research, (2014),1-15 doi:10.1093/nar/gkt1417I.F.: 8.28; Citations: 6
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MATH, SHIVAPRASAD SONNADA (b 1957), Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced
Scientific Research, Bangalore-560064
Shivaprasad performs state-of-the-art experiments probing the surface-physics of hetero-epitaxial
interfaces thin-films and epitaxial nanostructures. He has reported the growth diagrams of defect-free
epitaxial III-nitride films and novel 2D phase-diagrams of several metal-semiconductor interfaces. His
novel method of ‘Superlattice Matched Epitaxy’ and ‘Nano-Lateral Growth’ have enabled formation of
defect-free GaN and InN thin-films with unprecedented mobilities. He has spontaneously formed
kinetically-controlled self-assembled GaN nanostructures and elucidated the underlying mechanisms.
These manifestations display exciting optical properties such as plasmon-mediated and cavity-confined
emission, and also nano-magnetism in electron-confined regions. He has recently fabricated a novel
nanostructures InGaN materials that has the potential to yield unprecedented band-edge emission that
can lead to high brightness LED’s and Laser Diodes Shivaprasad has made outstanding contributions to
the field of Surface-Physics and Nanoscience in terms of 188 SCI research publications, forging national
and international collaborations, setting-up Epitaxy laboratory at JNCASR and Surface Science
Laboratory at NPL, and training young-researchers and students. He has been nominated as Indian
Representative to IUVSTA, WMRIF and EICOON. His work has been recognized by Dr. Raja Ramanna
Karnataka State Award for Senior Scientists, ICSC-Superconductivity and Materials-Science Prize, CSIR
Young Scientist Award, MRSI Lecture Medal, CNR Rao Oration Award and NPL Outstanding Scientist
Award. He is the recipient of prestigious Commonwealth, Boyscast, UNIDO and RAK-CAM International
Fellowships. In view of his outstanding and consistent research performance to setting up sophisticated
laboratories, and significant contributions to surface and interface science, I strongly recommend his
candidature for the prestigious NASI fellowship.
Proposer: Professor C.N.R. Rao , Seconder:Professor M.R.S. Rao
1. Surface-modified CuO layer in size-stabilized single-phase Cu2O nanoparticles”, Applied Physics
Letters, 79, 19, 3176-3178, 2001(if=3.820, ci=113)
2. Modifying the nanocrystalline characteristics--structure, size, and surface states of copper oxide thin
films by high-energy heavy-ion irradiation , Journal of applied physics 92, 3304-3310 (if=2.183, ci=87)
3. Microstructural and electrochromic properties of tungsten oxide thin films produced by surfactant
mediated electrodeposition M Deepa, AK Srivastava, SN Sharma, SM Shivaprasad Applied Surface
Science 254 (8), 2342-2352 (if=2.7135, ci=66)
4. Bimetallic Cu–Ni nanoparticles of varying composition (CuNi 3, CuNi, Cu 3 Ni) J Ahmed, KV
Ramanujachary, SE Lofland, A Furiato, G Gupta, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and
Engineering Aspects 331 (if=2.108, ci=62)
5. Platinum‐induced morphology and reactivity changes on W (111) CZ Dong, SM Shivaprasad, KJ Song,
TE Madey The Journal of chemical physics 99 (11), 9172-9181 (if=2.952, ci=58)
6. Electrochromic nanostructured tungsten oxide films by sol-gel: Structure and intercalation properties M
Deepa, AG Joshi, AK Srivastava, SM Shivaprasad, SA Agnihotry Journal of the Electrochemical Society
153 (5), C365-C376 (if=3.266, ci=53)
7. Morphological instabilities induced by ultrathin films on W (111) TE Madey, J Guan, D Cheng-Zhi, SM
Shivaprasad Surface science 287, 826-830 (if=1.835, ci=50)
8. Size dependence of core and valence binding energies in Pd nanoparticles: Interplay of quantum
confinement and coordination reduction I Aruna, BR Mehta, LK Malhotra, SM Shivaprasad Journal of
Applied Physics 104 (6), 064308 (if=2.813, ci=49)
9. Enhancement of luminescent properties of ZnS: Mn nanophosphors by controlled ZnO capping N
Karar, H Chander, SM Shivaprasad Applied physics letters 85 (21), 5058-5060 (if=3.302, ci=49)
10. Studies of interaction of amines with TOPO/TOP capped CdSe quantum dots: Role of crystallite size
and oxidation potential. SN Sharma, H Sharma, G Singh, SM Shivaprasad Materials Chemistry and
Physics 110 (2), 471-480 (if=2.503, ci=47)
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SINGH, RAJENDER (b. 1951) Professor, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad500046
Member of the NASI:Yes
His work on oxide glasses (1984-2013) provided insight into short range magnetic interactions in various
glass systems is well cited and included in the Hand Book of Glass Data published by Elsevier. Work on
BiCaSrCuO glasses and glass ceramics gave new results i.e. adiabatic hopping conduction in the glass,
process of getting single phase Bi(2212) superconductors. Report of exponential decay of Jc with applied
field in Y-123 (1989) is an addition to the literature. His work on Bi-manganite revealed the intrinsic
electronic phase separation leading to FM and AFM cluster formation in bulk samples (2008-13). The
work on Cu-Zn spinel ferrite nano-crystalline magnetic thin films by RF –sputtering and their detailed
structural, magnetic and optical properties is cited well. The studies on multilayer of [SnO2/Co,Mn] and
[SnO2/Cu-Zn ferrite] provided insight into the role of interfaces on the magnetic and optical properties of
these structures. Recently he has published on micro rheological, magneto-viscocity and micro structural
properties of ferro-fluids (2014-16). He has published work on BiOS superconductors (2014-16). He
spearheaded the establishment of cryogenics facilities including helium and nitrogen liquefiers, high
magnetic field and low temperature property measurement facilities and has contributed immensely in
setting up various teaching labs and research facilities during last three decades at University of
Hyderabad. He has written three invited book chapters. He has also filed a patent on Superconducting
motor.
Proposer : Prof. ANIL K. BHATNAGAR, Seconder : Prof. A.P. PATHAK
1. Effect of Fe ions on electrical conductivity and ESR in tellurium-vanadate glasses R. Singh J. Phys.
D: Appl. Phys. 17 L57,1984. IF=2.544 CI=24
2. Electrical DC conductivity in iron-containing bismuth-vanadate glasses R. Singh and K Sethupathi, J.
Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 22 709 1989 IF=2.544 CI=17
3. Systematic studies on Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O glasses and glass ceramics R Singh and E Zacharias, J. Phys.
D: Appl. Phys. 23 199, 1990 IF= 2.544 CI=10
4. dc conductivity of V2O5-containing zinc tellurite glasses R. Singh and J. S. Chakravarthi Phys. Rev.
B 55, 5550 ,1 March 1997 IF=3.691 CI=16
5. Thermoelectric power of the Bi2Sr2Ca1−xPrxCu2Oy system R. Singh, D.R. Sita Physica C:
Superconductivity, 249, 21, 1998 IF=1.014 CI=25
6. Magnetic and optical properties of rf-sputtered zinc ferrite thin films M.Sultan,R. Singh, J Appl Phys
105 (7) , 07A512, 2009 IF=2.18 CI=23
7. Magnetization and crystal structure of RF-sputtered nanocrystalline CuFe2O4 thin films M. Sultan, R.
Singh. Materials Letters 63 (21) , pp. 1764-1766, 2009 IF=2.49 CI=16
8. Magnetic Properties of Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles Thirupathi and R. Singh, IEEE Trans Magnetics, 48
(11), 3630 – 3633, 2012 IF=1.39 CI=12
9. Electron spin resonance and magnetization studies of ZnO–TeO2–Fe2O3 Glasses Sandhya Rani P.
and R.Singh J Phys and Chem of Solids 74, 338–343, 2013 IF=1.85 CI=7
10. Magneto-viscosity of MnZn –ferrite ferrofluid. Thirupathi G and R.Singh Physica B : Condensed
Matter 448 , 346-348, 2014 IF=1.32 CI=6
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YAJNIK, URJIT AJITLAL (b 1957), Institute Chair Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,
Mumbai-400076
Prof. Urjit Yajnik has broken fresh grounds in the emerging areas of Astroparticle Physics and
Supersymmetric Unified theories. His early work is concerned with two pioneering theorems connected
with Grand Unified Theories with relevance to Cosmology. The theorem about Exotic Configuration of
gauge theory vortices establishes gauge inequivalent vortex configurations which can be
superconducting. Subsequently he established a quantum mechanical stability criterion for vortices in the
presence of fermion zero modes. This theorem has important bearing on the Baryon Asymmetry of the
Universe and the proposed Exotic Configurations have become accessible to upcoming cosmological
observations. The theorem about stability of the vacuum state shows that the presence of topological
objects can destablilise the vacuum. This theorem has been elaborated in recent years, providing a NoGo theorem for a large class of models. The recently considered corollary to this theorem, in two
dimensions is testable in condensed matter systems. Prof. Yajnik's recent pioneering work bears on
Parity symmetric unified theories which incorporate the right handed neutrinos elegantly. His work has
highlighted the restrictions placed on the Supersymmetric Left-Right symmetric models due to
spontaneous Parity breaking in the early Universe. The work strongly suggests that the new gauge forces
with B-L ( baryon minus lepton number) charge as well as the heavy Majorana neutrinos are within the
reach of current and upcoming accelerators. Prof. Yajnik was the founder Dean of IIT Gandhinagar and
subsequently Dean at IIT Bombay. Since 2014 he holds Institute Chair Professorship.
Proposer: Prof. Utpal Sarkar, Seconder:Prof. Y.K. Gambhir
1. A. Stern, Urjit A. Yajnik, 1986 "SO(10) Vortices and the Electroweak Phase Transition" Nucl.Phys.
B267 (1986) 158 (if=3.92, ci=21)
2. U.A. Yajnik 1986, "Phase Transition Induced By Cosmic Strings" Rapid Comm. Phys.Rev. D34, 12371240 (if=4.64, ci=21)
3. Urjit A. Yajnik, 1987 "Exotic Configurations for Gauge Theory Strings", Phys.Lett. B184, 229 (if=6.13,
ci=6)
4. Narendra Sahu, Urjit A. Yajnik, 2004, "Quantum mechanical stability of fermion-soliton systems"
Phys.Lett. B596, pp 1-7 (if=6.13, ci=5)
5. Narendra Sahu, Urjit A. Yajnik, 2005 "Gauged B - L symmetry and baryogenesis via leptogenesis at
TeV scale" Phys.Rev. D71, 023507 (if=4.64, ci=33)
6. Anjishnu Sarkar, Abhishek, Urjit A. Yajnik 2007 "PeV scale left-right symmetry and baryon asymmetry
of the Universe", Nucl.Phys. B800, 253-269 (if=3.92, ci=8)
7. Sudhanwa Patra, Anjishnu Sarkar, Utpal Sarkar, Urjit Yajnik, 2009. "Spontaneous Parity Violation in a
Supersymmetric Left-Right Symmetric Model" Phys.Lett. B679, 386-389 (if=6.13, ci=10)
8. Sasmita Mishra, Urjit A. Yajnik, 2009 "Spontaneously broken parity and consistent cosmology with
transitory domain walls" Phys.Rev. D81, 045010 (if=4.64, ci=6)
9. Debasish Borah, Urjit A. Yajnik, 2011 "Supersymmetric Left-Right models with Gauge Coupling
Unification and Fermion Mass Universality" Phys.Rev. D83, 095004 (if=4.64, ci=9)
10. Bum-Hoon Lee, Wonwoo Lee, Richard MacKenzie, M.B. Paranjape, U.A. Yajnik, Dong-han Yeom,
2013, "Tunneling decay of false vortices" Phys.Rev. D88, 085031 (if=4.64, ci=8)
244
BHORASKAR, VASANT NAGESH (b 1947), Distinguished Professor.Department of Physics.S.P.Pune
University.Pune-411007
Prof. Bhoraskar in Pune University indigenously developed experimental systems required for his
research work, namely (a) 7 MeV electron accelerator called Race-Track Microtron,(b)14 MeV Neutron
Generator, (c) 200 keV Ion Accelerator,(d) Electron & Ion irradiation systems, and(e) Atomic- Oxygen
plasma source. He utilized these systems for radiation processing of materials, with focus on
development of innovative materials and devices for nano, semiconductor and space technologies. He
studied irradiation effects of MeV electrons on the switching characteristics of high power thyristors and
diodes, manufactured by B.H.E.L., Bangalore. He developed electron irradiation process, as an
alternative to the gold diffusion process routinely used by semiconductor industries. For this work,
ELCINA-1986 Award (New Delhi) was given jointly with B.H.E.L. Under I.S.R.O. projects, he developed
systems for simulating space radiation environment. He exposed a number of space quality solar cells
and electronic devices to different fluences of 1 MeV electrons, and studied degradation in the electrical
characteristics. He also investigated interactions of 5-10 eV atomic oxygen species with polymers. Using
keV and MeV electrons,(i)synthesized nanoparticles of metals and semiconductors,(ii) studied diffusion of
elements in polymers at room temperature(iii) measured lifetime of minority carriers in
semiconductors,etc. He studied 40-100 MeV heavy- ions induced defects in semiconductors and
correlated with the energy loss processes. Using 14MeV neutrons(a) analyzed explosive class materials,
and(b) measured cross-sections for formation of metastable states of nuclei. He has published more than
170 research papers in journals, worked in a number of foreign universities, and delivered invited talks
Proposer: Prof. Ram Prakash Singh, Seconder: Prof.K.N. Ganesh
1. K. A. Bogle, S. D. Dhole and V. N. Bhoraskar,2006,:Silver nanoparticles: synthesis and size control by
electron irradiation.. Nanotechnology, 17(13), 3204 (if=3.652, ci= 134)
2. Bogle K. A., Dhole S. D. and Bhoraskar V. N.; Diffusion mediated growth of (111) oriented silver
nanoparticles in PVA film under 6 MeV electron irradiation:2006; Applied Physics Letter 88,
263105 (if=3.82, ci= 17)
3. Mahapatra S. K., Bogle K. A., Dhole S. D. and Bhoraskar V. N.; , 2007:Synthesis of gold and silver
nanoparticles by electron irradiation at 5 -15 keV energies..Nanotechnology; 18(13), 135602. (if= 3.652,
ci= 29)
4. K. Bogle, S. Ghosh, S. Dhole, V. Bhoraskar, L. Fu, M. Chi, N. Browning, D. Kundaliya, G. Das and S.
Ogale,:2008:Co:CdS diluted magnetic semiconductor nanoparticles:, Radiation synthesis, dopant-defect
complex formation and unexpected magnetism. Chemistry of Materials 20(2), 440. (if= 6.397, ci= 42)
5. B Lalremruata,S.D.Dhole,S.Ganesan and V.N.Bhoraskar:2009;Double differential cross sections of
(n,ά) reaction in aluminium and nickel at 14.77 MeV neutrons.Nuclear Physics-A;A821(1),23. (if= 2.21, ci=
15)
6. Lalremruata B., Dhole S.D., Ganesan S., and Bhoraskar V.N.; 2009:Excitation function of the
93Nb(n,2n)92Nbm reaction from threshold to 24 MeV; Phys. Rev. C 80 , 014608 (if= 3.416, ci= 2)
7. Xianhui Meng, Dong-Wook Shin, Seong Man Yu, Jae Hun Jung, Hong Ik Kim, Hyun Myuong Lee,
Young-Ho Han, Vasant Bhoraskar and Ji-Beom Yoo;2011;, Growth of hierarchical TiO2 nanostructures
on anatase nanofibers and their application in photocatalytic activity; Cryst. Eng. Comm, 13, 3021 (if=
4.006, ci= 26)
8. S.P.patole,H.I.Kim,J.H.Jung,A.S.Patole,H.J.Kim,I.T.Han,V.N.Bhoraskar
and
J.B.Yoo.2011.The
synthesis of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes on an aluminium foil laminated on steel: Carbon
49(11),3522 (if= 6.1, ci= 15)
9. FDM Attar,S.D.Dhole and V.N.Bhoraskar :2014; Cross sections of the (n,p) reactions of the Se-78 and
Se-80 isotopes measured for 13.73 MeVto14.77 MeV and estimated for10MeV to 20MeV neutron
energies;Phys. Rev. C 90(6),064609 (if= 3.416, ci= -----)
10. J.W. Shin,S.I.Bak,C.Ham,E.J.In,K.J.Min,Y.Zhou,T.S.Park,S.W.Hong and V.N.Bhoraskar:2015:
Neutron spectra produced by 30,35 and 40MeV proton beams at KIRAMS MC-50 cyclotron with a thick
beryllium target: Nucl. Instr. & Meths -A;797,304 (if= 1.27, ci= 2)
245
DHARAMVIR, KEYA (b 1950), Professor (Retd.), Panjab University, Chandigarh-160014
Dr. Keya Dharamvir’s much cited early contributions have been in the theory of mixed valence systems
(magnetic impurities in metals) in which a model based on electron correlations was analysed using
diagrammatic perturbation techniques and helped to elucidate some important observations.
Later she worked on properties of the molecular solids – bulk C60 and ropes of carbon nano-tube (CNT).
Using inter-atomic potential models, they obtained structure, vibrations and phase transitions in these
solids. Such models have also been used to analyze thermal and mechanical properties of a single CNT,
nano-systems comprising of CNTs in contact with other surfaces and clusters, boron nitride nanotubes,
and low dimensional silicon and gold, all of which are systems of global interest because of their
projected applications. Furthering the study of clusters she used density functional theory (SIESTA,
VASP, GAUSSIAN software packages) to establish the stability sequences, structures and electronic
properties of various clusters of metallic and nonmetallic elements, standalone or supported on graphene,
or contained within a C60 bucky-ball or a CNT. Continuing work on carbon nano-systems she has
irradiated these materials with swift heavy ions. Analysis with the help of Raman spectroscopy, electron
microscopy and other techniques show a sequence of transformations brought about as a result of
irradiation, which is well explained by a phenomenological model developed by her. Her further
experimental work involves production and alignment of CNTs and their modification using magnetic and
other quantum dots. Thus Prof. Dharamvir has considerable contributions in Condensed Matter Physics -theoretical, computational and experimental.
Proposer: Prof. K. N. Pathak, Seconder:Prof. K. K. Bhasin
1. T. V. Ramakrishnan and K. Sur, 1982, Theory of Mixed Valent Impurities, Phys. Rev. B 26, pp. 17981811 (if=3.74, ci=186)
2. N. Read, K. Dharamvir, J. W. Rasul and D. M. Newns, 1986, Theory of a Tm Impurity in Metals in a j-j
Coupling Model, J. Phys C 19, pp. 1597-1616 (if=2.35, ci=45)
3. Bindu A. Bambah, Keya Dharamvir, Rupinder Kaur and Avinash C. Sharma, 1992, Exact String
Potential and Heavy Quarkonia, Phys. Rev. D 45, pp. 1769-1778 (if=4.643, ci=16)
4. Navdeep Bajwa, Alka Ingale, D.K. Avasthi, Ravi Kumar, A.Tripathi, K. Dharamvir and V.K.Jindal, 2003,
Swift Heavy Ion Induced Modification Studies of C60 Thin Films, Journal of Applied Physics 94, pp. 326 –
333 (if=2.183, ci=54)
5. Shuchi Gupta, Keya Dharamvir and V.K.Jindal, 2005, Elastic Moduli of Single –Walled Carbon
Nanotubes and their Ropes, Phys. Rev. B 72, pp. 165428-165444 (if=3.74, ci=93)
6. Veena Verma, V.K.Jindal and Keya Dharamvir, 2007, Elastic Moduli of a Boron Nitride Nanotube,
Nanotechnology 18, pp. 435711-435716 (if=3.821, ci=85)
7. Navdeep Bajwa, Alka Ingale, D.K. Avasthi, Ravi Kumar, A.Tripathi, K. Dharamvir, and V.K.Jindal, 2008,
Role of Electron Energy Loss in Modification of C60Thin Films by Swift Heavy Ions, J. Appl. Phys. 104,
pp. 054306 (if=2.183, ci=17)
8. Kiran Jeet, L. M. Bharadwaj, D. K. Avasthi, V. K. Jindal and Keya Dharamvir, 2010, Damaged Carbon
Nanotubes get Healed by Ion Irradiation, J. Appl. Phys. 108, pp. 034302 – 6 (if=2.183, ci=27)
9. Hitesh Sharma, Isha Garg, Keya Dharamvir and V. K. Jindal, 2010, Structure of Polynitrogen Clusters
Encapsulated in C60 – A Density Functional Study, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, pp. 9153–9160 (if=4.772,
ci=19)
10. Gautam S, Dharamvir K, Goel N, 2011, Structural evolution and stability of hydrogenated Li(n) (n = 130) clusters: a density functional study, J. Phys. Chem. A, 115, pp. 6383-6389 (if=2.693, ci=10)
246
JHA, RATNESHWAR (b 1954), Professor and Dean, Institute for Plasma Reserch, Bhat, Near Indira
Bridge, Gandhinagar, Gujarat – 382428
Ratneshwar Jha has contributed significantly in the understanding of plasma turbulence in the scrape-off
layer of tokamak Aditya, one of several magnetic confinement fusion devices that are presently being
studied extensively throughout the world. His seminal work reported in Physical Review Letters in 1992
became the cause of investigation of various aspects of intermittency phenomena in fusion plasma, both
in the boundary layer and in the confinement region. The nominee himself is responsible for introducing
several new analysis tools, namely, conditional averaging, wavelet analysis, Levy statistics and analysis
based on Empirical Mode Decomposition and Hilbert transform in order to investigate different aspects of
intermittency phenomena. Now it has become obvious that mass and heat transfers in the boundary layer
of fusion plasma take place in the form of intermittent burst, instead of steady ooze that was prevalent
assumption before 1992. This issue has also attracted extensive theoretical/ numerical studies, so much
so that in IAEA Fusion Energy Conference in recent years, at least one session is devoted to both
experimental and theoretical studies of intermittency like phenomena. The nominee has contributed to
studies of transport and confinement in fusion plasma, in particular, improvement in confinement by using
a few controlled puffs of working gas. He has also developed diagnostics and reported measurement
studies of diamagnetic energy and radiation power from Aditya tokamak in international journals of
repute. Presently he is actively engaged in studying the plasma flows in the boundary layer of Aditya
tokamak.
Proposer : Prof. P.K. Kaw, Seconder : Prof. Abhijit Sen
1. R. Jha, P. K. Kaw, S. K. Mattoo, et al. (1992) Intermittency in tokamak edge turbulence, Phys. Rev.
Lett. 69, 1375-1378 (IF=7.621, CI=76)
2. R. Jha, P. K. Kaw, S. K. Mattoo, el al. (1993) Fluctuation induced inward particle transport in tokamak
SOL plasma, Nucl. Fusion, 33, 1201-1204 (IF=3.303, CI=10)
3. R. Jha and Y. C. Saxena (1996) Wavelet analysis of ADITYA edge turbulence: Evidence of non-linear
interaction, Phys. Plasmas, 3, 2979-2989 (IF=2.320, CI=12)
4. R. Jha, S. K. Mattoo and Y. C. Saxena (1997) Strucrures, wavelet and intermittency in tokamak edge
turbulence, Phys. Plasmas, 4, 2982-2988 (IF=2.320, CI=8)
5. B. K. Joseph, R. Jha, P. K. Kaw, et al. (1997) Observation of vortex-like coherent structures in the edge
plasma of ADITYA tokamak, Phys. Plasmas, 4, 4292-4300 (IF=2.320, CI=41)
6. R. Jha, P. K. Kaw, D. R. Kulkarni and J. C. Parikh (2003) Evidence of Lévy stable process in tokamak
edge turbulence, Phys. Plasmas, 10, 699-704 (IF=2.320, CI=30)
7. Nirmal Bisai, Amita Das, Shishir Deshpande, Ratneshwar Jha, et al. (2004) Simulation of plasma
transport by coherent structures in scrape-off layer tokamak plasmas, Phys. Plasmas 11, 4018-4024
(IF=2.320, CI=19)
8. R. Jha, D. Raju and A. Sen (2006) Analysis of tokamak data using a novel Hilbert transform based
technique, Phys. Plasmas, Vol. 13, pp. 082507(1-9) (IF=2.320, CI=5)
9. Kumudni Tahiliani, Ratneshwar Jha, MV Gopalkrishna et al. (2009) Radiation power measurements on
ADITYA tokamak, Plasma Phys. Contr. Fusion 51, 085004 (1-13) (IF=2.466, CI=3)
10. R. Jha, A. Sen, P. K. Kaw et al. (2009) Investigation of gas puff induced fluctuation suppression in
ADITYA tokamak, Plasma Phys. Contr. Fusion 51, 095010 (1-17) (IF=2.466, CI=2)
247
KANJILAL, DINAKAR (b 1955), Scientist-‘SH’, Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg,
New Delhi – 110067
Dr. Dinakar Kanjilal is a versatile Scientist having excellent expertise in research and development in
condensed matter physics and materials science, and accelerators. He made fundamental contributions
related to interaction of energetic ions with materials leading to controlled modification of properties of
materials. His works in the development of deeper understanding on creation of columnar structures in
cuprate superconductors causing improved flux-pinning at dc and UHF field are highly appreciated. He
made extensive contributions on phase transition and modification of surface and interface due to dense
ionizing irradiation. His works got cited more than 2100 times.
He has been involved in a leading role in successful development and completion of large projects of
Accelerators and related research facilities. He made original contributions to innovate a novel electron
cyclotron resonance ion source (ECRIS) using high temperature superconducting tape. He successfully
commisioned the superconducting LINAC. He produced nine PhDs in Physics under his direct
supervision. In addition to that, he supervised research activities of many Research Associates and a
large number of Research Scholars from other institutes.
He has been contributing towards the scientific program of the country as a member of the Program
Advisory Committee (PAC) for Condensed Matter Physics & Materials Science of DST, as the Joint
Secretary of Indian Physics Association, and as a member of the DAE-DST Programme Steering
Committee (PSC) on Accelerator Science and Technology.
I strongly recommend Dr. Dinakar Kanjilal for election as a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences,
India.
Proposer : Dr. Amit Roy, Seconder : Prof. G. K. Mehta
1. D. Kanjilal, S. Chopra, M. M. Narayanan, I. S. Iyer, V. Jha, R. Joshi and S. K. Datta (1993) Testing and
operation of the 15UD Pelletron at NSC, Nucl. Instr. and Methods in Phys. Res. A328, 97 (IF=1.317,
CI=147)
2. S.E. Lofland, S.M. Bhagwat, M. Rajeswari, T. Venkatesan, D. Kanjilal, L. Senapathi, G.K. Mehta (1995)
Microwave observation of vortex locked in state in YBa2Cu3O7 thin films with columnar defects, Phys.
Rev., B51, 8489 (IF=3.475, CI=22)
3. A. K. Pradhan, S. B. Roy, P. Chaddah, D. Kanjilal, C. Chen and B. M. Wanklyn (1996) Effects of 200
MeV Ag ion irradiation on magnetization in A Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x single crystal, Phys. Rev., B53, 2269
(IF=3.475, CI=27)
4. JP Singh, R Singh, D Kanjilal, NC Mishra, V Ganesan (2000) Electronic excitation induced mass
transport on 200 MeV Ag ion irradiated Si surface, , Journal of Applied Physics 87, 2742 (IF=2.072,
CI=40)
5. JP Singh, R Singh, NC Mishra, D Kanjilal, V Ganesan (2001) Temperature-dependent roughness of
electronically excited InP surfaces, Journal of Applied Physics 90 (12), 5968 (IF=2.072, CI=26)
6. D Kanjilal, G Rodrigues, P Kumar, A Mandal, A Roy, C Bieth, S Kantas, P Sortais (2006) Performance
of first high temperature superconducting ECRIS, Review of scientific instruments 77, 03A317 (IF=1.521,
CI=16)
7. YS Katharria, S Kumar, F Singh, J. C. Pivin, D. Kanjilal (2006) Synthesis of buried SiC using an
energetic ion beam, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 39, 3969 (IF=2.083, CI=14)
8. P. K. Kuiri, B. Joseph, H. P. Lenka, G. Sahu, J. Ghatak, D. Kanjilal, and D. P. Mahapatra (2008)
Observation of a universal aggregation mechanism and a possible phase transition in au sputtered by
swift heavy ions, Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 245501 (IF=7.328, CI=9)
9. Nupur Saxena, Pragati Kumar, Avinash Agarwal, Dinakar Kanjilal (2012) Lattice distortion in ion beam
synthesized silicon nanocrystals in SiOx thin films, Physca Status Solidi A, 209, 283 (IF=1.463, CI=2 (in a
few months))
10. R. Vishnoi, R. Singhal, K. Asokan, J. C. Pivin, D. Kanjilal, D. Kaur (2013) Energetic ion irradiation
induced crystallization of Ni-Mn-Sn ferromagnetic shape memory alloy thin film, Vacuum, 89, 196
(IF=1.208, CI=- (Printed in March 2013))
248
KUNDU, ANJAN (b 1953), Senior Professor H+, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata-700064
Anjan Kundu has made pioneering contributions to nonlinear dynamics and integrable systems both at
classical and quantum level. His Gauge unification scheme [JMP'84, Physica'87] for integrable solitonic
systems, recognized through named equations like Kundu-Eckhaus, Kundu and Radhakrishnan-KunduLakshmanan [PRE'99] equation appear in title/abstract of citing articles. His innovative ancestor model
scheme [PRL99b] unifies solvable quantum models and discovers new quantum integrable relativistic
Toda chain [PLA'94] and derivative NLS model [JMP'83]. Long-standing problem of non-ultralocal models
was solved by Kundu through novel braided Yang-Baxter equation [IJMPA'96], discovering quantum
mKdV model [MPLA'95]. His delta-function anyon gas [PRL'99a] becomes a basic model in the field. New
PT-symmetric Calogero model [PRB'00], nonholonomic deformation of integrable systems [JMP'09]
applicable in optical beam bending [PhysicaD'14], formulation of integrable defect [NPB'08] and variable
mass sine-Gordon model [PRL'07], topological models with Hopf invariant [JPA'82], non-spherical
Skyrmion [PLB'82] and recently discovered integrable 2D NLS equation describing ocean rogue waves
[PRSA'14], innovative solution of defect problem through dual symplectic approach [JHEP'15] are other
significant contributions of Kundu. These fundamental contributions with theoretical and applicable
significance are well recognized nationally and internationally, with Kundu being selected as Editorial
Board Members of Proc. Royal Society A and World J. Mechanics, Humboldt Foundation Fellow, INSA
Senior Scientist, Fellows of INSA (N.Delhi) and IASc (Bangalore).
Proposer : Prof. Parthasarathi Mitra , Seconder : Prof. M. Lakshmanan
1. Kundu A (2009) Integrable nonautonomous NLS equations are equivalent to the standard NLS, Phys.
Rev E 79, 015601(R) [Rapid Communications] (if= 2.326, ci=36)
2. Habibullin I and Kundu A (2008) Quantum and classical integrable sine-Gordon model with defect, Nucl
Phys B 795, 549 (if= 4.327, ci=44)
3. Kundu A (2007) Shape changing and accelerating solitons in integrable variable mass sine-Gordon
model, Phys Rev Lett 99, 154101-4 (if= 7.728, ci= 11)
4. Basu-mallick B and Kundu A (2000) Exact solution of Calogero model with competing long-range
interactions, Phys Rev B 62, 9927(if= 3.664, ci=34)
5. Radhakrishnan R, Kundu A, Lakshmanan M (1999) Coupled nonlinear Schroedinger equations with
cubic-quintic nonlinearity: Integrability and soliton interaction in non-Kerr media, Phys Rev E 60 ,
3314 (if=2.326, ci=55)
6. Kundu A (1999) Exact solution of double-delta function Bose gas through interacting anyon gas, Phys
Rev Lett 83 1275 (if=7.728, ci=68)
7. Kundu A (1999) Algebraic approach in unifying quantum integrable models, Phys Rev Lett 82 ,
3936 (if=7.728, ci=31)
8. Kundu A (1987) Exact solutions to higher order nonlinear equations through gauge transformation,
Physica D 25, 399-406 (if=1.829, ci=43)
9. Kundu A (l984) Landau-Lifshitz and higher order nonlinear systems gauge generated from NLS type
equations, J Math Phys 25, 3433-8 (if=1.296 , ci=162)
10. Kundu A and Rybakov Yu (l983) Closed vortex-type solution with Hopf index, J Phys A 25 26975 (if=1.689 , ci=85)
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LOKHANDE, CHANDRAKANT DNYANDEV (b 1956), Professor and Head, Department of Physics,
Shivaji University, Kolhapur-416004
Prof Lokhande has contributed greatly to the field of Materials Science. According to the article published
in Journal of Library and Information Technology.32 (2012), 477, Prof Lokhande ranked 12th in India
amongst Indian Materials Scientists by considering citation and journal publications in Materials Science
during 2001-10. He also ranked 2nd by considering average citation per article and 4th position by
considering h-index.

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