Binoy Kumar Saikia

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Binoy Kumar Saikia is Senior Scientist at North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat (NEIST), Assam, India. He is also the Group Leader of the Coal and Energy Research Group in the Materials Science and Technology Division of NEIST. His research interests span energy and environment in general and in particular chemistry and technology of coal, carbon and nano-materials, atmospheric aerosols and air pollution. He has developed and patented, both in India the US, a technology for the production of blue-fluorescent carbon quantum dots from Indian coal.[1][2]

Saikia earned his MSc degree in inorganic chemistry from Gauhati University in 2001 and PhD degree from Dibrugarh University in 2008 for a thesis titled “Some aspects of structural investigation of Assam coal”.

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The honours and awards conferred on Saikia include:[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Karmakar, Rahul. "Cancer cell detection 'dots' developed from coal in Assam". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Process for the preparation of blue-fluorescence emitting carbon dots (CDTS) from sub-bituminous tertiary high sulfur Indian coals". Google Patents. Google. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Bio-data". CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat. CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. CSIR Human Resource Development Group. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

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