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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Basanta Kumar Sahu
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1937|2|19}}
| birth_place = [[Odisha]], India
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| residence = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], India
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| fields = {{ublist | [[Mathematical modelling]] | [[Sedimentology]] }}
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[Panjab University]] | [[National Institute of Technology, Rourkela]] | [[IIT Bombay]] }}
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Ravenshaw College]] | [[IIT Kharagpur]] | [[University of Wisconsin, Madison]] }}
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| known_for = Development of statistical and mathematical models
| awards = {{ublist | 1980 [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] | 1981 Society of Geologists and Allied Technologists Silver Medal }}
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'''Basanta Kumar Sahu''' (born 1937) is an Indian [[Mathematical geology|mathematical geologist]], [[sedimentologist]] and a Professor Emeritus at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay]].<ref name="Prof. Dr. B.K. Sahu">{{Cite web |url=http://members.tripod.com/neef_india/Profsahu.html |title=Prof. Dr. B.K. Sahu |date=2016 |publisher=National Ecology and Environment Foundation}}</ref> He is for known for his mathematical and quantitative studies in geology and the development of statistical and mathematical models.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=25 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> A founder member of the founded the International Association of Mathematical Geologists, he is a member of the [[American Association of Petroleum Geologists]] and the [[Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists]]. 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 1980.<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 ==

B. K. Sahu, born on 19 February 1937 in the Indian state of [[Odisha]], completed his graduate studies (BSc hons)) at [[Ravenshaw College]], Cuttack in 1956 and joined the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] from where he obtained a master's degree in engineering in 1958.<ref name="About the author">{{Cite book|title=Statistical Models in Earth Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=BS Publications|isbn=978-8178000794}}</ref> Moving to the US, he did his doctoral studies at [[University of Wisconsin, Madison]] as an ATCM fellow and after securing a PhD in 1962, he returned to India to start his career at [[Panjab University]]. Later, he moved to Regional Engineering College, Rourkela (present-day [[National Institute of Technology, Rourkela]]) where he served as an assistant professor and head of the department of geology till he was appointed as a professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai]] in 1976. He spent the rest of his academic career at IIT Mumbai and superannuated from service as the head of the department of geology in 1997. Post-retirement, he continues his association with the institute as an honorary emeritus professor.<ref name="Prof. Dr. B.K. Sahu" />

Sahu is known as a pioneer of mathematical geology and is credited with introducing mathematical and quantitative approaches to the science.<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=15 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 }}</ref> He used multivariate and time series procedures to interpret the statistical and mathematical models of sediments and ore deposits for which he designed computer-aided techniques. His work is detailed in one book, ''Statistical Models in Earth Sciences'',<ref name="Statistical Models in Earth Sciences">{{Cite book |url=https://www.abebooks.com/9788178000794/Statistical-Models-Earth-Sciences-Sahu-8178000792/plp |title=Statistical Models in Earth Sciences |last=B. K. Sahu |publisher=BS Publications |year=2005 |isbn=9788178000794 |page=211}}</ref> and chapters contributed to books edited by others.<ref name="Raju2015">{{cite book|author=N. Janardhana Raju|title=Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Resources in the Environment: Challenges, Processes and Strategies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfIUCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA153|date=30 November 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-18663-4|pages=153–}}</ref> His studies have been cited by several authors.<ref name="Sahu2003">{{cite book|author=B.K. Sahu|title=Time Series Modelling in Earth Sciences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MOWDtkRTKEoC&pg=PA232|date=1 January 2003|publisher=[[CRC Press]]|isbn=978-90-5809-267-0|pages=232–}}</ref><ref name="Berinde2007">{{cite book|author=Vasile Berinde|title=Iterative Approximation of Fixed Points|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dkS5BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA285|date=20 April 2007|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-540-72234-2|pages=285–}}</ref>

Sahu was among the scientists who founded the [[International Association for Mathematical Geosciences]], a society of geoscientists, in 1968.<ref name="Prof. Dr. B.K. Sahu" /> He is a life member of the [[American Association of Petroleum Geologists]] and a former member of the [[Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists]]. In India, he has been associated with several government agencies; he sat in the advisory council of the [[University Grants Commission of India]] during 1965–80, Oil Industries Development Board of the [[Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas]] from 1982 to 1986, the project advisory committee of the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)|Department of Science and Technology]] during 1980–86 and 1998–2000, and the management board of the [[Geological Survey of India]] during 1992–95. He served as the coordinator of the Korba Thermal Power Project and the NTPC project on Ash-pond location and was a member of the Board of Governors of IIT Mumbai in 1996. He was also associated with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research as the principal investigator for the preparation of books on mathematical geology during 1997–2000.<ref name="Prof. Dr. B.K. Sahu" />

== Awards and honors ==
Basu held the Technical Cooperation Mission fellowship from 1958 to 1961.<ref name="Prof. Dr. B.K. Sahu" /> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1980.<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 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200915/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Earth_SCIENCES.htm |archivedate=3 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1981, he received the Silver Medal of the Society of Geologists and Allied Technologists.<ref name="About the author" />

== Selected bibliography ==
; Books
* {{Cite book |title=Statistical Models in Earth Sciences |last=B. K. Sahu |publisher=BS Publications |year=2005 |isbn=9788178000794 |page=211}}

; Chapters
* {{cite book|author=N. Janardhana Raju (Editor), B. K. Sahu (chapter) |title=Geostatistical and Geospatial Approaches for the Characterization of Natural Resources in the Environment: Challenges, Processes and Strategies|date=30 November 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-18663-4|pages=153–}}

== See also ==
* [[Sedimentology]]
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== References ==
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