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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik
| native_name = ନିଖିଳ ମୋହନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ
| native_name_lang = [[Oriya language|Oriya]]
| image = Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik.jpg 
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| alt = Pattnaik speaking during FUEL GILT Conference 2014, Pune.
| caption = Pattnaik speaking during FUEL GILT Conference 2014, Pune.
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| birth_place = [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]]
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| residence = [[Bhubaneswar]]
| citizenship = Indian
| nationality = Indian
| fields = [[Biochemistry]], [[Popular Science]]
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| alma_mater = [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur]] (M.Tech)<br/>[[University of Chicago]] (PhD)
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| spouse = Pushpashree Pattnaik 
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'''Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik''' is an Indian scholar, scientist, and science author. He obtained a [[PhD]] from the [[University of Chicago]] in [[Biochemistry]].<ref name=nie>{{cite news|last1=Rath|first1=Deepsha|title=The digital book binder|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/The-digital-book-binder/2013/09/01/article1757468.ece1|accessdate=5 May 2015|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=1 September 2013}}</ref>
[[File:Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik speaking during FUEL GILT Conference 2014, Pune.webm|thumb|Nikhil Mohan Pattnaik speaking during FUEL GILT Conference 2014, Pune]]

== Early life ==
Pattnaik was born in [[Cuttack]] in the Indian state of [[Odisha]].<ref name=nie/>

== Marriages ==
Pattnaik was married to [[Pushpashree Pattnaik]].

== Academic career ==
Pattnaik obtained [[Master of Technology|Master of Science (Chemistry)]] from [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur]], in 1971 and [[PhD|PhD (Biochemistry)]] from [[University of Chicago]], [[Illinois]], USA, in 1976.<ref name=nie/>

== Travel to United States in 1970s==
Pattnaik traveled to [[Chicago]] for research at the University of Chicago. He worked with activity-based science education and extracurricular science activities with studies and research in political realism, youth based scientific research, and building science related educational systems. He worked as a Biochemistry research scientist until 1991.

== Return to Odisha ==
In 1983 Pattnaik returned to Odisha and he started working with [[Eklavya foundation]] and [[Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad]]. He launched "Bharat Gyan Bigyan Jatra", a campaign with the theme 'people’s science' using [[folk art]] as the medium to simplify science.

== Foundation of Srujanika ==

In 1983 Pattnaik founded [[Srujanika]], a science education and research non-profit in [[Bhubaneswar]]. The philosophy behind Srujanika's work has been "learning with things around" which promotes science activities for children with readily available material. Groups involved in the "Bharat Gyan Bigyan Jatra" campaign started a science journal "Bigyana Taranga".<ref name=nie/> In 2004 Pattnaik supported "Project Rebati" at Srujanika for creating awareness for [[Linux]] and [[Open Source software]], and [[Oriya language]] [[Language localization|localization]]. Pattnaik also initiated the project "Open Access to Oriya Books", building low-cost tools for digitizing old Oriya books and periodicals, and open source processing software in collaboration with [[National Institute of Technology, Rourkela]] and Pragati Utkal Sangh.<ref name=oaob>{{cite web|title=Open Access to Oriya Books - Project OAOB|url=http://oaob.nitrkl.ac.in/|accessdate=5 May 2015}}</ref> This project resulted in digitizing the [[Purnachandra Ordiya Bhashakosha]], a seven-volume, 9,500-page, four-language [[lexicon]] compiled by [[Gopala Chandra Praharaj]]. In addition to the digitization of other 1,300,000 pages from sixty-one old and rare magazines and editions of fourteen newspapers published between 1850 and 1950,<ref name=tie>{{cite news|last1=Singha|first1=Minati|title=150-year-old Odia magazines, newspapers digitized|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/150-year-old-Odia-magazines-newspapers-digitized/articleshow/18311524.cms|accessdate=5 May 2015|work=The Times of India|date=3 February 2013}}</ref> Oriya dictionaries published between 1811 and 1942 were digitized and compiled as the three-volume collection "Odia Bhasa Sadhana".<ref name=nie1>{{cite news|title=Generously borrow words from other languages|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article67598.ece?pageToolsFontSize=100%25|accessdate=5 May 2015|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=10 August 2009}}</ref> Pattnaik has authored the Oriya adaptation of ''[[The Man Who Knew Infinity]]'' on the life and work of Indian [[mathematician]] [[Srinivas Ramanujan]].<ref name=fuel>{{cite web|title=Speakers presenting at FUEL GILT Conference 2014|url=http://fuelproject.org/gilt2014/speaker|publisher=FUEL Project|accessdate=5 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505094150/http://fuelproject.org/gilt2014/speaker|archive-date=5 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== Publications==
Pattnaik has authored several technical papers, compilations, and one guidebook.
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* {{Citation
|last = Pattnaik
|first = Nikhil Mohan
|orig-year =
|date = 1976
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|title = Enzymatic Probes of Lipoprotein Structure and Function
|trans-title = Action of Lipolytic Enzymes on Human Serum High Density Lipoproteins
|place = Chicago
|work = University of Chicago, Department of Biochemistry
|volume =
|pages = 168
|issue =
|doi =
|url= https://books.google.com/?id=4ZK7GwAACAAJ
|format = PDF
|bibcode =
}}
* {{Citation
|last = Pattnaik
|first = Nikhil Mohan
|date = 2010
|publication-date = 2014
|via = Journal of Scientific Temper
|title = Science for the Odia Public
|location = [[New Delhi]], India
|work = [[National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources]]
|volume = 2(1-2)
|pages = 86–120
|url= http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/JST/article/download/7009/115
|format = PDF
}}
* {{Citation
|last = Pattnaik
|first = Nikhil Mohan
|orig-year =
|date = 2010
|via =
|publication-place =
|title = Science writing in Oriya (1850-1950)
|trans-title = An Electronic Compilation of Science Articles and Books in Oriya Language
|place = New Delhi
|work = Vigyan Prasar
|volume =
|pages =
|issue =
|doi =
|url= http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/science-writings-oriya.pdf
|bibcode =
}}
* {{Citation
|last = Pattnaik
|first = Nikhil Mohan
|orig-year =
|date =
|via =
|publication-place =
|title = Exploring Nature
|trans-title = A guidebook on activity based nature study
|place = New Delhi
|work = National Council for Science & Technology Communication
|volume =
|pages = 127
|issue =
|doi =
|url= http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/exploringnature.pdf
|bibcode =
}}
* {{Citation
|last = Pattnaik
|first = Nikhil Mohan
|year = 2003
|publication-date =
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|title = Bikasa pain binasa
|trans-title = (Oriya translation of Arundhati Roy's 'Greater common good')
|language = or|place = Bhubaneswar
|work = Srujanika
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|pages =
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==References==
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==External links==
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