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	'''Prafulla Kumar Jena''' (born 27 December 1931) is an Indian [[metallurgist]] and a former director of the [[National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology]] (formerly Regional Research Laboratory) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]], [[Bhubaneshwar]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile">{{cite web \| url=http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf \| title=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile \| publisher=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He previously held the ''TATA Chair for the Distinguished Professor'' ''of Metallurgical Engineering'' at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> The [[Government of India]] ~~honoured~~ him with a [[Padma Shri]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Shri \| publisher=Padma Shri \| date=2015 \| access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>		'''Prafulla Kumar Jena''' (born 27 December 1931) is an Indian [[metallurgist]] and a former director of the [[National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology]] (formerly Regional Research Laboratory) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]], [[Bhubaneshwar]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile">{{cite web \| url=http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf \| title=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile \| publisher=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He previously held the ''TATA Chair for the Distinguished Professor'' ''of Metallurgical Engineering'' at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> The [[Government of India]] honored him with a [[Padma Shri]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Shri \| publisher=Padma Shri \| date=2015 \| access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Born on 27 December 1931 in the [[India\|Indian]] state of [[Odisha]], P. K. Jena completed his graduate degree in chemistry with ~~honours~~ and a master's degree in physical chemistry from [[Utkal University]].<ref name="IAS Fellows">{{cite web \| url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=J \| title=IAS Fellows \| publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web \| url=http://www.odiya.org/personality/perslink/pkjena.shtml \| title=Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena \| publisher=Odiya Org \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He ~~stayed back~~ at the university for his doctoral research to secure a PhD<ref name="IAS Fellows" /> and shifted his studies to [[University of British Columbia]] from where he completed MS in metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> He started his career as a senior scientist at the metallurgy division of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]], Trombay but moved, later, to [[Banares Hindu University]] as a professor of metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman">{{cite web \| url=http://www.iates.org.in/chairman.htm \| title=Organisation : Chairman \| publisher=IATES \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> Before holding the ''Tata Chair of the Distinguished Professor'' at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] at their department of metallurgical engineering, Jena served as the director of the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR) (1972)<ref name="Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web \| url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/workaholic-scientist-prafulla-kumar-jena.html \| title=Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena \| publisher=The Pioneer \| date=11 November 2014 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> and as the director general of CSIR (1986).<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He has also been a senior visiting professor at two overseas universities, [[Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil and [[Tohoku University]], [[Sendai]], Japan.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> A former president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation, Jena holds the chair of the ''Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies'',<ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> an organization engaged technical consultancy and training in the fields of mining and mineral processing, management of waste and water resources and material development.<ref name="IATES about">{{cite web \| url=http://www.iates.org.in/aboutiates.htm \| title=IATES about \| publisher=IATES \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>		Born on 27 December 1931 in the [[India\|Indian]] state of [[Odisha]], P. K. Jena completed his graduate degree in chemistry with honors and a master's degree in physical chemistry from [[Utkal University]].<ref name="IAS Fellows">{{cite web \| url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=J \| title=IAS Fellows \| publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web \| url=http://www.odiya.org/personality/perslink/pkjena.shtml \| title=Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena \| publisher=Odiya Org \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He remained at the university for his doctoral research to secure a PhD<ref name="IAS Fellows" /> and shifted his studies to [[University of British Columbia]] from where he completed MS in metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> He started his career as a senior scientist at the metallurgy division of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]], Trombay but moved, later, to [[Banares Hindu University]] as a professor of metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman">{{cite web \| url=http://www.iates.org.in/chairman.htm \| title=Organisation : Chairman \| publisher=IATES \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> Before holding the ''Tata Chair of the Distinguished Professor'' at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] at their department of metallurgical engineering, Jena served as the director of the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR) (1972)<ref name="Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web \| url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/workaholic-scientist-prafulla-kumar-jena.html \| title=Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena \| publisher=The Pioneer \| date=11 November 2014 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> and as the director general of CSIR (1986).<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He has also been a senior visiting professor at two overseas universities, [[Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil and [[Tohoku University]], [[Sendai]], Japan.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> A former president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation, Jena holds the chair of the ''Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies'',<ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> an organization engaged technical consultancy and training in the fields of mining and mineral processing, management of waste and water resources and material development.<ref name="IATES about">{{cite web \| url=http://www.iates.org.in/aboutiates.htm \| title=IATES about \| publisher=IATES \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

	==Legacy==		==Legacy==
	The research of P. K. Jena focused on the upgradation of ores and minerals, and the recovery of metal values from industrial wastes and is known to have developed methods for recovery of coal fines from slime, iron values from tailings and the [[beneficiation]] of low grade iron and manganese ores.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He is reported to have developed metallothermic reduction processes for [[Niobium]], [[Tantalum]], [[Vanadium]], [[Tungsten]] and [[Molybdenum]].<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium">{{cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dd2Q7YT5nUC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA153 \| title=Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium \| publisher=CRC Press \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum">{{cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6V7oPjy_0IwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA334 \| title=Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum \| publisher=CRC Press \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He has also contributed in the areas of chloride metallurgy of non ferrous ores and extraction of [[nickel]], [[cobalt]], [[copper]], [[lead]], [[zinc]], [[vanadium]] and [[manganese]].<ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1">{{cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7p7W1rykpwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA123 \| title=Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1 \| publisher=CRC Press \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> His researches have assisted in developing new waste management processes as well as [[value recovery]] processes from industrial and mining wastes.<ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead">{{cite web \| url=http://tsubbaiah.weebly.com/publications-proceeding-volumes--patents.html \| title=T. Subbaiah - Lead ~~\| work=Weebly \| access-date=2015~~}}</ref> His researches are documented in 240 published research papers{{cn\|date=February 2020}} and he holds 55 patents.<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium" /><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum" /><ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1" /><ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead" /><ref name="All India Patents">{{cite web \| url=http://www.allindianpatents.com/patents/246958 \| title=All India Patents \| publisher=All India Patents \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron">{{cite web \| url=http://www.google.com/patents/US6306195 \| title=Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron \| publisher=Google Patents \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>		The research of P. K. Jena focused on the upgradation of ores and minerals, and the recovery of metal values from industrial wastes and is known to have developed methods for recovery of coal fines from slime, iron values from tailings and the [[beneficiation]] of low grade iron and manganese ores.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He is reported to have developed metallothermic reduction processes for [[Niobium]], [[Tantalum]], [[Vanadium]], [[Tungsten]] and [[Molybdenum]].<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium">{{cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dd2Q7YT5nUC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA153 \| title=Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium \| publisher=CRC Press \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum">{{cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6V7oPjy_0IwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA334 \| title=Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum \| publisher=CRC Press \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He has also contributed in the areas of chloride metallurgy of non ferrous ores and extraction of [[nickel]], [[cobalt]], [[copper]], [[lead]], [[zinc]], [[vanadium]] and [[manganese]].<ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1">{{cite web \| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7p7W1rykpwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA123 \| title=Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1 \| publisher=CRC Press \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> His researches have assisted in developing new waste management processes as well as [[value recovery]] processes from industrial and mining wastes.<ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead">{{cite web \| url=http://tsubbaiah.weebly.com/publications-proceeding-volumes--patents.html \| title=T. Subbaiah - Lead }}</ref> His researches are documented in 240 published research papers{{cn\|date=February 2020}} and he holds 55 patents.<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium" /><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum" /><ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1" /><ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead" /><ref name="All India Patents">{{cite web \| url=http://www.allindianpatents.com/patents/246958 \| title=All India Patents \| publisher=All India Patents \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron">{{cite web \| url=http://www.google.com/patents/US6306195 \| title=Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron \| publisher=Google Patents \| date=2015 \| access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

	Jena's contributions are noted in the establishment of the Institute of Physics, Planetarium and Science Centre, Bhubaneswar and was its founder chairman. He has also been the founder president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF), Bhubaneswar and is the founder chairman of the Institute of Advance Technology & Environmental Studies (IATES), Bhubaneswar.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He has been the founder editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal, ''Journal of Sustainable Planet'' of the IATES, started in 2010.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" />		Jena's contributions are noted in the establishment of the Institute of Physics, Planetarium and Science Centre, Bhubaneswar and was its founder chairman. He has also been the founder president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF), Bhubaneswar and is the founder chairman of the Institute of Advance Technology & Environmental Studies (IATES), Bhubaneswar.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He has been the founder editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal, ''Journal of Sustainable Planet'' of the IATES, started in 2010.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" />

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'''Prafulla Kumar Jena''' (born 27 December 1931) is an Indian [[metallurgist]] and a former director of the [[National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology]] (formerly Regional Research Laboratory) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]], [[Bhubaneshwar]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf | title=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile | publisher=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He previously held the ''TATA Chair for the Distinguished Professor'' ''of Metallurgical Engineering'' at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him with a [[Padma Shri]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born on 27 December 1931 in the [[India|Indian]] state of [[Odisha]], P. K. Jena completed his graduate degree in chemistry with honours and a master's degree in physical chemistry from [[Utkal University]].<ref name="IAS Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=J | title=IAS Fellows | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web | url=http://www.odiya.org/personality/perslink/pkjena.shtml | title=Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena | publisher=Odiya Org | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He stayed back at the university for his doctoral research to secure a PhD<ref name="IAS Fellows" /> and shifted his studies to [[University of British Columbia]] from where he completed MS in metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> He started his career as a senior scientist at the metallurgy division of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]], Trombay but moved, later, to [[Banares Hindu University]] as a professor of metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/chairman.htm | title=Organisation : Chairman | publisher=IATES | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> Before holding the ''Tata Chair of the Distinguished Professor'' at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] at their department of metallurgical engineering, Jena served as the director of the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR) (1972)<ref name="Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/workaholic-scientist-prafulla-kumar-jena.html | title=Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena | publisher=The Pioneer | date=11 November 2014 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> and as the director general of CSIR (1986).<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He has also been a senior visiting professor at two overseas universities, [[Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil and [[Tohoku University]], [[Sendai]], Japan.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> A former president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation, Jena holds the chair of the ''Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies'',<ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> an organization engaged technical consultancy and training in the fields of mining and mineral processing, management of waste and water resources and material development.<ref name="IATES about">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/aboutiates.htm | title=IATES about | publisher=IATES | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

==Legacy==
The research of P. K. Jena focused on the upgradation of ores and minerals, and the recovery of metal values from industrial wastes and is known to have developed methods for recovery of coal fines from slime, iron values from tailings and the [[beneficiation]] of low grade iron and manganese ores.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He is reported to have developed metallothermic reduction processes for [[Niobium]], [[Tantalum]], [[Vanadium]], [[Tungsten]] and [[Molybdenum]].<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dd2Q7YT5nUC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA153 | title=Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6V7oPjy_0IwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA334 | title=Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He has also contributed in the areas of chloride metallurgy of non ferrous ores and extraction of [[nickel]], [[cobalt]], [[copper]], [[lead]], [[zinc]], [[vanadium]] and [[manganese]].<ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7p7W1rykpwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA123 | title=Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1 | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> His researches have assisted in developing new waste management processes as well as [[value recovery]] processes from industrial and mining wastes.<ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead">{{cite web | url=http://tsubbaiah.weebly.com/publications-proceeding-volumes--patents.html | title=T. Subbaiah - Lead | work=Weebly | access-date=2015}}</ref> His researches are documented in 240 published research papers{{cn|date=February 2020}} and he holds 55 patents.<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium" /><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum" /><ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1" /><ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead" /><ref name="All India Patents">{{cite web | url=http://www.allindianpatents.com/patents/246958 | title=All India Patents | publisher=All India Patents | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron">{{cite web | url=http://www.google.com/patents/US6306195 | title=Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron | publisher=Google Patents | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>

Jena's contributions are noted in the establishment of the Institute of Physics, Planetarium and Science Centre, Bhubaneswar and was its founder chairman. He has also been the founder president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF), Bhubaneswar and is the founder chairman of the Institute of Advance Technology & Environmental Studies (IATES), Bhubaneswar.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He has been the founder editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal, ''Journal of Sustainable Planet'' of the IATES, started in 2010.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" />

==Awards and honours==
Jena is an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="IAS Fellows" /> and the [[Institution of Engineers (India)|Institution of Engineers, India]] and a fellow of the [[Indian Institute of Metals]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He is a life member and former president of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]], a former member of the Planning Board of Orissa and a former President of Orissa Bigyan Academy.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" />

Jena received the National Metallurgist Award in 1969<ref name="National Metallurgist Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.iim-india.net/images/nmd_awards_recepients_upto_2010.pdf | title=National Metallurgist Award | publisher=Indian Institute of Metals | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033401/http://www.iim-india.net/images/nmd_awards_recepients_upto_2010.pdf | archive-date=24 September 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> from the [[Indian Institute of Metals]] and the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> He is a recipient of the [[FICCI|Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries]] Award (1982),<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> [[Institution of Engineers (India)]] Award (1998), Odisha Bigyan Academy Senior Scientist Award (1999),<ref name="Odisha Bigyan Academy Award">{{cite web | url=http://orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/(S(jady00nncb3uae45galwvije))/award_fss_prv_winner.html | title=Odisha Bigyan Academy Award | publisher=Odisha Bigyan Academy | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> [[Banaras Hindu University|BHU]] Distinguished Services Award (2008), [[Times of India]] Think Odisha Leadership Award (2010), and Rajiv Gandhi Professional Award (2012) and [[IIEST Shibpur|Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur]] Distinguished Scientist Award (2012).<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He has also received lifetime achievement awards from Ravenshaw Chemistry Alumni Association, [[Ravenshaw University]] (2008) and [[Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" />

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