R.K. Kotnala

Dr. R.K. Kotnala
Born	Ravinder Kumar Kotnala 2 October 1957 (1957-10-02) (age 67) Kotnali village, Uttarakhand, India
Education	Delhi Government School Delhi University (Bachelor Degree) IIT Delhi (Ph D in Silicon Solar Cell) in 1982.
Occupation	Scientist
Years active	1982 – present
Notable work	Hydroelectric Cell, Green Hydrogen, Solar Cell, Spintronic Materials, Multiferroics, Ferrites, ISO based Quality System, Environmental Sciences & Biomedical Metrology.
Website	erkkotnala.com

Ravinder Kumar Kotnala ^{[1] [2]} known as R.K. Kotnala is an Indian scientist. He has worked on topics such as hydroelectric cell, ^[3] solar cells, magnetic materials & magnetic field measurements. He has been involved in organizations such as National Physical Laboratory, Department of Atomic Energy, and National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). He served as Head of Environmental Sciences & Biomedical Metrology in the CSIR-NPL. ^[4]

Awards and honours

Kotnala is one of the Honorary Professor at Amity Institute of Nanotechnology, ^[5] Noida.

Year of award/honor	Name of award or honour	Awarding organization	Ref.
2008	MRSI Medal Award in Material Science (Magnetic Materials)	Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)	[6]
2013	Academician	Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM)	[7]
2015	Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (NASI)	National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad	[8]
2018	Raja Ramanna Fellow	Department of Atomic Energy, India
2020	Chairman of National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)	Quality Council of India	[9]
2018–present	President	Society for Scientific Values (SSV)	[10]

Selected publications

Books

• Verma, Kuldeek Chand; Negi, N. S.; Kotnala, R. K. (2016). Multiferroics: Nanoparticles and Thin Films. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (published 22 April 2016). ISBN   9783659880193.
• Kotnala, R. K.; Singh, N. P. (1986). Essentials of Solar Cell. Allied Publishers Private.
• Kotnala, R. K.; Kotnala, V. K. (1987). Basic physics for IIT. Allied.^{[ better source needed ]}
• Elements of Electronic Instrumentations. LAXMI. 1995.^{[ better source needed ]}

References

1. "Electricity-from-water scientist seeks commercialisation of invention". The Economic Times. 20 December 2016. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 23 July 2024.
2. Kotnala, R K (24 February 2021). "Hydroelectric cell path breaking invention for green electricity production by splitting of water -An alternative to solar cell and fuel cell for masses" (PDF). www.longdom.org. ISSN   2157-7048 . Retrieved 19 August 2024.
3. "Indian scientists produce electricity from water without using energy: Know all about it". India Today. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
4. "Press Release Page". pib.gov.in.
5. "::: Amity Institute of Nano Technology :::". www.amity.edu. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
6. "Materials Research Society of India". www.mrsi.org.in. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
7. "Academicians----Asia Pacific Academy of Materials". www.apam-mat.net. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
8. "Kotnala, R.K." nasi.org.in.
9. "Detailed Profile of Prof. R.K. Kotnala" (PDF). nabl-india.org. October 2020.
10. "Society For Scientific Values - Executive Council". www.scientificvalues.org. Retrieved 27 July 2024.

External links

• Official website
• R.K. Kotnala publications indexed by Google Scholar