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• Dr. Sriparna Chatterjee, CSIR-Senior Research Associ- Fellowships
ate (Pool Scientist), elected as National Core Commit-
tee member for two years (2021-2023) in the Annual • Mr A.R. Sheik, Sr. Scientist, received Chevening CRISP
General Body meeting by the INSA-Indian National fellowship from Oxford University, Commonwealth
Young Academy of Science (INYAS). and Development Office, Gov. of UK
• Mr. Arya Das, AcSIR, PhD scholar under the
• Dr. Bikash K. Jena Selected as Member-The National supervision of Prof. S. Basu and Dr. M. Mohapatra,
Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-2021 received prestigious “Overseas Visiting Doctoral

• Dr. B. Bhoi, Chief Scientist & Head, AMT Dept. for Fellowship-2022” funded by Science and
becoming the Chairman of The Indian Institution of Engineering Research Board (SERB) Government of
Engineers, Odisha State Centre India. He will be carrying out his research on soft
landing of molecular sulphide clusters in Purdue
• Dr. Bikash K. Jena is invited as Editorial Board Mem- University, USA for a tenure of 12 months.
ber (Subject Editor) of Indian Journal of Chemistry
2021 • Ms. Yamini Mittal, PhD scholar, received prestigious
“IGSTC (Indo German Science and Technology) Ph.D.
• Dr. N. K. Dhal, Chief Scientist, received the “Interna- Industrial exposure fellowship (PIEF)” for 6 months,
tional Honour J.W. Hershberger Gold Medal 2021” funded by IGSTC, which is co-funded by Department
in recognition of contribution to the field of Ethno- of Science and Technology, Government of India &
botany for the year 2020 by Society of Ethnobotany, Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF),
Lucknow. Germany.
• Ms. Palak Saket, PhD scholar, received “Newton- • Mrs. Supriya Gupta, PhD scholar, received “DST-
Bhabha PhD Placement 2021-22”. Women Scientist Grant (WoS-B)”.
• Dr. Manas Kumar Dalai attended the inauguration • Ms. Ashmita Patro, PhD scholar, received “Swachhta
function of Atal Tinkering Lab (ATL) at Saraswati Saarthi Fellowship” of the Waste to Wealth Mission,
Shishu Vidya Mandir, Sector -9, CDA Cuttack on 15th spearheaded by the Office of the Principal Scientific
December 2021 as a Guest of Honour. Adviser to the Government of India, housed at
Invest India.
• Dr. Manas Kumar Dalai was invited as a Panel
Member in a Doordarshan Programme on the
occasion of World Science Day-2021.

Ph.D. Degrees
AcSIR at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar

Sl. Name of the Enrollment No. Supervisor Name Ph.D. Thesis Title Date of Ph.D.
No. Student Awarded

1. Ms. Sangamitra 10BB13J36001 Dr. M. Kumar Production of Biochars and its 02.05.2021
Mohapatra assessment for Cr Remediation in
Chromite mining overburden and
Wastewater.
2. Mr. Kishor 10CC13A36021 Dr. M. Mohapatra Synthesis of Fe, Cu and Ni oxalates 17.06.2021
Kumar Sahu and their oxides for photocatalytic
& and energy storage applications.
Dr. L. Besra
3. Ms. Sangeeta 20EE14J36014 Dr. D.P. Das Development of algorithms for 08.07.2021
Bagha active control of narrowband
noise.
4. Ms. Upasana 10CC18J36009 Dr. T. Das Chemical characterization & 13.12.2021
Panda source identification of ambient
& aerosol at Bhubaneswar
Dr. S.S. Gunthe

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