Kinshuk Dasgupta
{{Short description|Indian research scientist (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox scientist
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|12 April 1977}}
| birth_place = Bally, Howrah, West Bengal, India
| name = Kinshuk Dasgupta
| alma_mater = Institute of Chemical Technology
Jadavpur University
| awards = Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (2020)
VASVIK Industrial Research Award (2020)
| fields = Material engineering
| workplaces = 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.{{cite web |title=HBNI Faculty 2018-19 |url=http://www.hbni.ac.in/faculty/flist.html |website=www.hbni.ac.in |publisher=Homi Bhabha National Institute |access-date=21 October 2020}} 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.{{cite news |last1=Banerjee |first1=Pritha M. |title=Interview: Uttarpara boy Kinshuk Dasgupta wins the Bhatnagar Prize 2020 for developing special bullet proof jackets |url=https://thebengalstory.com/english/interview-uttarpara-boy-kinshuk-dasgupta-wins-the-bhatnagar-prize-2020-for-developing-special-bullet-proof-jackets/ |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=The Bengal Story - English |date=28 September 2020}}
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.{{cite news |last1=Anand |first1=Aditya |title=Cheap and light: BARC offers first indigenous bulletproof vest |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bulletproof-jackets-from-barc/article23673507.ece |work=The Hindu |date=25 April 2018 |language=en-IN}}{{cite news |title=Three Mumbai researchers win Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/three-mumbai-researchers-win-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize-6617422/ |work=The Indian Express |date=27 September 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Awardee Details: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/Detail.aspx?AID=566 |website=ssbprize.gov.in}} He has also received VASVIK Industrials Research Award in Materials Engineering for the year 2020.|url=https://vasvik.org. He has also been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar during 2018–2019 at University of Cincinnati.{{cite web |title=Kinshuk Dasgupta {{!}} Fulbright Scholar Program |url=https://www.cies.org/grantee/kinshuk-dasgupta |website=www.cies.org |publisher=Fulbright Program, U.S. Department of State}}
Selected bibliography
=Articles=
- {{cite journal |last1=Bisht |first1=Ankita |last2=Dasgupta |first2=Kinshuk |last3=Lahiri |first3=Debrupa |title=Investigating the role of 3D network of carbon nanofillers in improving the mechanical properties of carbon fiber epoxy laminated composite |journal=Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing |date=November 2019 |volume=126 |pages=105601 |doi=10.1016/j.compositesa.2019.105601 |s2cid=202216948 |language=en |issn=1359-835X}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Das |first1=Tapas |last2=Banerjee |first2=Seemita |last3=Dasgupta |first3=Kinshuk |last4=Joshi |first4=J. B. |last5=Sudarsan |first5=V. |title=Nature of the Pd–CNT interaction in Pd nanoparticles dispersed on multi-walled carbon nanotubes and its implications in hydrogen storage properties |journal=RSC Advances |date=2015 |volume=5 |issue=52 |pages=41468–41474 |doi=10.1039/C5RA03508B|bibcode=2015RSCAd...541468D }}
- {{cite journal |last1=Dasgupta |first1=Kinshuk |last2=Joshi |first2=Jyeshtharaj B. |last3=Banerjee |first3=Srikumar |title=Fluidized bed synthesis of carbon nanotubes – A review |journal=Chemical Engineering Journal |date=July 2011 |volume=171 |issue=3 |pages=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=
- {{cite book |last1=Sharma |first1=Raghunandan |last2=Ravikumar |first2=N. L. |last3=Dasgupta |first3=Kinshuk |last4=Chakravartty |first4=J. K. |last5=K. Kar |first5=Kamal |title=Composite Materials: Processing, Applications, Characterizations |date=14 October 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-662-49514-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GqZDDQAAQBAJ |language=en}}
References
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External links
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Category:Homi Bhabha National Institute
Category:Engineers from West Bengal