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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Alok Krishna Gupta
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1942|12|4}}
| birth_place = Sanctoria, [[Paschim Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Mineralogy]] | [[Petrology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[University of Pittsburgh]] | [[University of Roorkee]] | [[University of Allahabad]] | [[University of Melbourne]] | [[University of Tasmania]] | [[University of Texas at Dallas]] | [[University of Bristol]] | Chernogolovka }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Jadavpur University]] | [[University of Pittsburgh]] | [[University of Western Ontario]] | [[Ruhr University]] | [[Hokkaido University]] }}
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| [[William Fyfe (geochemist)|William Fyfe]] | N. D. Chatterjee | Kenzo Yagi }}
| doctoral_students =
| known_for = Studies on the genesis of alkaline rocks
| awards = {{ublist | 1981 [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]] Career Award | 1986 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 1999 [[University of Allahabad|UoA]] Best Teacher Award | 2009 [[Indian Science Congress Association|ISCA]] Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Award }}
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'''Alok Krishna Gupta''' (born 1942) is an Indian [[mineralogist]], [[petrologist]] and a former Raja Ramanna Fellow of the [[Department of Atomic Energy]] at the National Centre of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology of the [[University of Allahabad]].<ref name="National Centre of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology">{{Cite web |url=http://allduniv.ac.in/home/pages/250 |title=National Centre of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology |date=2016 |publisher=Ahmedabad University}}</ref> He is known for his studies on the genesis of alkaline rocks<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=472 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and is an elected fellow of all three major Indian science academies viz. the [[National Academy of Sciences, India]],<ref name="NASI fellows">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |title=NASI fellows |date=2016 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences, India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150806211716/http://www.nasi.org.in/Year%20Book%202015.pdf |archive-date=2015-08-06 }}</ref> [[Indian National Science Academy]]<ref name="Indian fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail.php?id=N91-1076 |title=Indian fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Gupta,_Prof._Alok_Krishna |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences in 1986.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref>

== Biography ==
[[File:Jadavpur University Gate No. 4.jpg|thumb|235px|left|Jadavpur University]]
A. K. Gupta, born on 4 December 1942 in Sanctoria in [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] of the Indian state of [[West Bengal]], graduated in science from [[Jadavpur University]] and after completing his master's degree from the same institution, moved to the US to start his career as a teaching assistant at the [[University of Western Ontario]].<ref name="Indian fellow" /> Simultaneously, he did his post-doctoral work under the guidance of [[William Fyfe (geochemist)|William Fyfe]] and in 1975, he moved to [[Ruhr University]] to work with N. D. Chatterjee where he stayed for one year before joining [[Kenzō Yagi]] at [[Hokkaido University]] in 1975. Returning to India, he joined the [[University of Roorkee]] in 1978 as a member of faculty and his tenure there lasted till 1985 when he was appointed as a professor at the [[University of Allahabad]]. He served out his service at Allahabad University during which time he also served as a visiting professor at several universities viz. [[University of Melbourne]] (1979–80), [[University of Tasmania]] (1983), [[University of Texas at Dallas]] (1994), [[University of Bristol]] (1999) and Chernogolovka, Moscow (1987, 1998).<ref name="Academician selected for Raja Ramanna Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Academician-selected-for-Raja-Ramanna-Fellowship/articleshow/7648283.cms |title=Academician selected for Raja Ramanna Fellowship |date=7 March 2011 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

Gupta is married to Chhaya and the couple has two sons. The family lives in Allahabad.

== Legacy ==
Gupta's researches have been focused on petrology and mineralogy and he is known to have pioneered the field of experimental petrology in India.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=19 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> He is reported to have done extensive work on the genesis of alkaline rocks and has experimentally proved the genesis of pseudoleucite, [[ultrapotassic]] rocks and [[analcime]].<ref name="Indian fellow" /> His studies have been detailed in two books, ''Petrology and Genesis of Leucite-bearing Rocks''<ref name="GuptaYagi2012">{{cite book|author1=A. K. Gupta|author2=K. Yagi|title=Petrology and Genesis of Leucite-Bearing Rocks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SDKSBgAAQBAJ|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-67550-8}}</ref> and ''Young Potassic Rocks''<ref name="GuptaFyfe2003">{{cite book|author1=Alok K. Gupta|author2=W. S. Fyfe|title=The Young Potassic Rocks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Af8CAAAACAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Ane Books|isbn=978-81-8052-002-0}}</ref> as well as several peer reviewed articles;{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} the online article repository of the Indian Academy of Sciences has listed a number of them.<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Gupta=3AAlok_Krishna=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref> He was the first professor of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences of the University of Allahabad and has contributed to the establishment of the National Centre of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology, Allahabad where he served as a director.<ref name="Ex Directors and Faculty Members">{{Cite web |url=http://ncemp.org/ |title=Ex Directors and Faculty Members |date=2016 |publisher=National Centre of Experimental Mineralogy and Petrology}}</ref> He also served as the vice president of the Indian News Science Association<ref name="Eminent Speakers">{{Cite web |title=Eminent Speakers |date=2016 |publisher=World Confluence on Humanity, Power and Spirituality}}</ref> and the Indian National Science Academy during 2007–09.<ref name="Recent Past Vice-presidents">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/recent_past_office_bearers.php |title=Recent Past Vice-presidents |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
Gupta received the Career Award of the [[University Grants Commission of India]] in 1991; UGC would honor him again with the National lectureship in 1986.<ref name="Indian fellow" /> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1986.<ref name="Earth Sciences">{{Cite web|url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Earth_SCIENCES.htm |title=Earth Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200915/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Earth_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> In 1999, University of Allahabad awarded him the Best Teacher Award and he received the Birbal Sahni Birth Centenary Award of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]] in 2009.<ref name="Academician selected for Raja Ramanna Fellowship" /> The National Academy of Sciences, India elected him as a fellow in 1988 and the Indian National Science Academy and Indian Academy of Sciences followed suit in 1991 and 1994 respectively.<ref name="Fellow profile" /> The [[Department of Atomic Energy]] selected him as the Raja Ramanna Fellow in 2011, the same year as he delivered the Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture of the Indian National Science Academy.<ref name="Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php#jncl |title=Jawaharlal Nehru Birth Centenary Lecture |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy}}</ref> The other award orations delivered by him include Prof. K.P. Rhode Memorial lecture and P. N. Dutta Memorial Lecture.<ref name="Prof Alok K Gupta selected for Raja Ramanna Fellowship">{{Cite web |url=http://www.indiaeducationreview.com/news/prof-alok-k-gupta-selected-raja-ramanna-fellowship |title=Prof Alok K Gupta selected for Raja Ramanna Fellowship |date=2011 |publisher=Indian Education review}}</ref>

== Selected bibliography ==
=== Books ===
* {{cite book|author1=Alok K. Gupta|author2=W. S. Fyfe|title=The Young Potassic Rocks|year=2003|publisher=Ane Books|isbn=978-81-8052-002-0}}
* {{cite book|author1=A. K. Gupta|author2=K. Yagi|title=Petrology and Genesis of Leucite-Bearing Rocks|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-67550-8}}

=== Articles ===
* {{Cite journal |author1=Gupta, A. K. |author2=Yagi, Kenzo |title=Experimental investigation on forsterite-grossularite incompatibility in presence of excess water |journal=Bulletin of Volcanology |publication-date=1978 |volume=41 |issue=4 |pages=657–663 |doi=10.1007/BF02597391|year=1978 |s2cid=129236990 }}
* {{Cite journal |author1=Agrawal, Snehmani |author2=Bindal, M. M. |author3=Gupta, Alok K. |title=High pressure-temperature studies on an olivine tholeiite and a tholeiitic picrite from the pavagarh region, Gujarat, India |journal=Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Earth and Planetary Sciences |publication-date=1990 |volume=99 |issue=1 |pages=91–98 |doi=10.1007/BF02871898|year=1990 |doi-access=free }}
* {{Cite journal |author1=Kar, Ruchira |author2=Gupta, Alok K. |title=Experimental studies on the system Phlogopite-Mn-Phlogopite at 1 and 10 kbars and variable temperatures in presence of excess water under nno buffer conditions |journal=National Academy Science Letters |date=1993 |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=17–21}}
* {{Cite journal |last=Gupta, Alok K. |title=Evolution of the earth's mantle and core: convective cycle within the mantle and different plate tectonic environments related to magma generation |journal=Current Science |date=1996 |volume=70 |issue=11 |pages=961–969}}
* {{Cite journal |author1=Pati, Jayantha K. |author2=Arima, Makoto |author3=Gupta, Alok K. |title=Experimental study of the system diopside- albite -nepheline at P(H2O)= P(total)= 2 and 10 kbar and at P(total)= 28 kbar |journal=Canadian Mineralogist |date=2000 |volume=38|issue=5 |pages=1177–1191 |doi=10.2113/gscanmin.38.5.1177 }}

== See also ==
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* [[Ultrapotassic igneous rocks]]
* [[Analcime]]
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Cite web |url=http://www.alokkrishnagupta.com |title=Alok Krishna Gupta |date=2016 |work=Personal website}}

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