Kinshuk Dasgupta

Kinshuk Dasgupta
Born	12 April 1977 (1977-04-12) (age 48) Bally, Howrah, West Bengal, India
Alma mater	Institute of Chemical Technology Jadavpur University
Awards	Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (2020) VASVIK Industrial Research Award (2020)
Scientific career
Fields	Material engineering
Institutions	Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

Kinshuk Dasgupta is an Indian at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. He also holds a professorship at the Homi Bhabha National Institute. ^[1] He earned his Bachelor in Engineering from Jadavpur University in metallurgy and PhD from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in chemical engineering. His research expertise mainly includes work on carbon based nano materials and composites with the use of nano materials. ^[2]

Awards and honors

Dasgupta is of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize in Engineering Sciences (2020) for the development of light-weight bullet-proof jacket Bhabha Kavach. ^{[3] [4] [5]} He has also received VASVIK Industrials Research Award in Materials Engineering for the year 2020. He has also been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar during 2018–2019 at University of Cincinnati. ^[6]

Selected bibliography

Articles

• Bisht, Ankita; Dasgupta, Kinshuk; Lahiri, Debrupa (November 2019). "Investigating the role of 3D network of carbon nanofillers in improving the mechanical properties of carbon fiber epoxy laminated composite". Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing. 126 105601. doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.105601. ISSN   1359-835X. S2CID   202216948.
• Das, Tapas; Banerjee, Seemita; Dasgupta, Kinshuk; Joshi, J. B.; Sudarsan, V. (2015). "Nature of the Pd–CNT interaction in Pd nanoparticles dispersed on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and its implications in hydrogen storage properties". RSC Advances. 5 (52): 41468–41474. Bibcode:2015RSCAd...541468D. doi:10.1039/C5RA03508B.
• Dasgupta, Kinshuk; Joshi, Jyeshtharaj B.; Banerjee, Srikumar (July 2011). "Fluidized bed synthesis of carbon nanotubes – A review". Chemical Engineering Journal. 171 (3): 841–869. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2011.05.038. In 2021, Dasgupta became a laureate of the Asian Scientist 100 by the Asian Scientist .

Book chapter

• Sharma, Raghunandan; Ravikumar, N. L.; Dasgupta, Kinshuk; Chakravartty, J. K.; K. Kar, Kamal (14 October 2016). Composite Materials: Processing, Applications, Characterizations. Springer. ISBN   978-3-662-49514-8.

References

1. "HBNI Faculty 2018-19". www.hbni.ac.in. Homi Bhabha National Institute . Retrieved 21 October 2020.
2. Banerjee, Pritha M. (28 September 2020). "Interview: Uttarpara boy Kinshuk Dasgupta wins the Bhatnagar Prize 2020 for developing special bullet proof jackets". The Bengal Story - English. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
3. Anand, Aditya (25 April 2018). "Cheap and light: BARC offers first indigenous bulletproof vest". The Hindu.
4. "Three Mumbai researchers win Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". The Indian Express. 27 September 2020.
5. "Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". ssbprize.gov.in.
6. "Kinshuk Dasgupta | Fulbright Scholar Program". www.cies.org. Fulbright Program, U.S. Department of State.

External links

• Kinshuk Dasgupta publications indexed by Google Scholar