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{{short description|Indian scientist}}
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| birth_place = Jonaki Nagar, [[Golaghat]]<ref name="News18">{{cite news | url=https://assam.news18.com/news/assam/assam-scientist-dr-binoy-kumar-saikia-awarded-shanti-swarup-bhatnagar-prize-manju-b-154895.html
| title=Assam Scientist Awarded : অসমৰ বিজ্ঞানী ড॰ বিনয় কুমাৰ শইকীয়ালৈ ভাৰতৰ বিজ্ঞান ক্ষেত্ৰৰ সৰ্বোচ্চ সন্মান শান্তি স্বৰূপ ভাটনাগৰ বঁটা| date=26 September 2021 | accessdate=27 September 2021}}</ref>
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| work_institution = [[Tezpur University]] [[North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat]]
| alma_mater = [[Debraj Roy College]] [[Cotton College]] [[North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat]]
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| prizes = [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], 2021<ref name="HT">{{cite news | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/names-of-11-scientists-declared-for-india-s-highest-science-award-101632678640267-amp.html| title=Names of 11 scientists declared for India's highest science award| accessdate=27 September 2021}}</ref>
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'''Binoy Kumar Saikia''', an eminent scientist and academician in India and currently at [[North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat]] (NEIST), [[Assam]], India. He is also leading the Coal & Energy Research Group of NEIST and a Professor of AcSIR. His research interests span sustainable energy and environment in general and in particular coal-based nanotechnology, carbon and nano-materials, atmospheric chemistry, and energy storage devices. He has developed different chemical processes/technologies towards alternative applications of coal feedstocks presenting a new promising opportunity to reposition coal from a polluting energy source to a value-added material platform in the fight against climate change. He has developed and patented, both in India and the US, a technology for the production of blue-fluorescent carbon quantum dots from Indian coal.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Karmakar |first1=Rahul |title=Cancer cell detection 'dots' developed from coal in Assam |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/cancer-cell-detection-dots-developed-from-coal-in-assam/article28077873.ece |website=The Hindu |publisher=The Hindu |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Process for the preparation of blue-fluorescence emitting carbon dots (CDTS) from sub-bituminous tertiary high sulfur Indian coals |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US10655061B2/en |website=Google Patents |publisher=Google |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>

Saikia earned his MSc degree in inorganic chemistry from [[Gauhati University]] in 2001 and PhD degree from [[Dibrugarh University]] in 2008 for a thesis titled "Some aspects of the structural investigation of Assam coal".

==Honours and awards==

The honours and awards conferred on Saikia include:<ref name="CV">{{cite web |title=Bio-data |url=https://neist.res.in/1177.php |website=CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat |publisher=CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref>

* [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]] in 2021 for his contributions to earth, atmosphere, ocean and planetary sciences<ref>{{cite web |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |url=https://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=579 |website=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology |publisher=CSIR Human Resource Development Group |access-date=8 October 2021}}</ref>
* Prof (Dr) MP Singh Memorial Coal Science Award (2019) from the Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI)
* IIME Coal Beneficiation Award (2015) by Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers
* MESA Award (2014) by Mineral Engineering Science Association of India
* Achiever Awards 2021 in Science and Innovation by Asomiya Pratidin
* Associate member of [[Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers]] (IIChE)
* Fellow of [[Geological Society of India]] (FGS)
* Member of International X-ray Absorption Society, Italy
* Member of [[Indian Science Congress Association]]
* '[[Assam Saurabh]]' Award (2022) by the Government of Assam[https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/assams-highest-civilian-award-asom-baibhav-goes-to-oncologist-dr-tapan-saikia20230104160425/]
* [[Asian Scientist 100]], ''[[Asian Scientist]]'', 2022

==References==
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==External links==
*{{google scholar id|t2q_TNMAAAAJ}}
*{{YouTube|FYzPLAGOa8g|Low-quality coal to CQDs}}

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