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{{Short description|Indian scientist}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dr. R.K. Kotnala
| image =
| birth_name = Ravinder Kumar Kotnala
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|2 October 1957}}
| birth_place = Kotnali village, [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
| known_for =
| education = {{Plainlist|
* Delhi Government School
* [[Delhi University]] ([[Bachelor Degree]])
* [[IIT Delhi]] (Ph D in Silicon Solar Cell) in 1982.
}}
| employer =
| occupation = [[Scientist]]
| notable_works = Hydroelectric Cell, Green Hydrogen, Solar Cell, Spintronic Materials, Multiferroics, Ferrites, ISO based Quality System, Environmental Sciences & Biomedical Metrology.
| years_active = 1982 – present
| website = {{URL|erkkotnala.com}}
}}
'''Ravinder Kumar Kotnala'''<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-12-20 |title=Electricity-from-water scientist seeks commercialisation of invention |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/electricity-from-water-scientist-seeks-commercialisation-of-invention/articleshow/56081455.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-07-23 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kotnala |first=R K |date=24 February 2021 |title=Hydroelectric cell path breaking invention for green electricity production by splitting of water -An alternative to solar cell and fuel cell for masses |url=https://www.longdom.org/open-access-pdfs/hydroelectric-cell-path-breaking-invention-for-green-electricity-production-by-splitting-of-water-an-alternative-to-sola.pdf |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=www.longdom.org |issn=2157-7048}}</ref> known as '''R.K. Kotnala''' is an [[Indian Scientists|Indian scientist.]] He has worked on topics such as hydroelectric cell,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-20 |title=Indian scientists produce electricity from water without using energy: Know all about it |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/electricity-water-india-347483-2016-10-20 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=India Today }}</ref> solar cells, magnetic materials & magnetic field measurements. He has been involved in organizations such as [[National Physical Laboratory of India|National Physical Laboratory]], [[Department of Atomic Energy]], and [[National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories|National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)]]. He served as Head of Environmental Sciences & Biomedical Metrology in the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]]-[[National Physical Laboratory of India|NPL]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press Release Page |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1484839 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref>

==Awards and honours==
Kotnala is one of the [[Honorary Professor]] at [[Amity University, Noida|Amity Institute of Nanotechnology]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=::: Amity Institute of Nano Technology ::: |url=https://www.amity.edu/aint/honorary.asp |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.amity.edu |archive-date=18 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718113838/https://www.amity.edu/aint/honorary.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Noida]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year of award/honor!! Name of award or honour !! Awarding organization
! {{Ref.}}
|-
|2008
|MRSI Medal Award in Material Science (Magnetic Materials)
|Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Materials Research Society of India |url=https://www.mrsi.org.in/awardshonours.php |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.mrsi.org.in}}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| [[Academician]]
| Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM)
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academicians----Asia Pacific Academy of Materials |url=http://www.apam-mat.net/academicians/india/academician/index_5.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=www.apam-mat.net}}</ref>
|-
|2015
|Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (NASI)
|[[National Academy of Sciences, India|National Academy of Sciences]], [[Prayagraj|Allahabad]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kotnala, R.K. |url=https://nasi.org.in/fellows/kotnala-r-k/ |website=nasi.org.in}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|Raja Ramanna Fellow
|[[Department of Atomic Energy|Department of Atomic Energy, India]]
|
|-
|2020
|Chairman of National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL)
|[[Quality Council of India]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2020 |title=Detailed Profile of Prof. R.K. Kotnala |url=https://nabl-india.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Detailed-Profile-of-Prof-R-K-Kotnala.pdf |website=nabl-india.org}}</ref>
|-
|2018–present
|President
|Society for Scientific Values (SSV)
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Society For Scientific Values - Executive Council |url=http://www.scientificvalues.org/exec.html |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.scientificvalues.org}}</ref>
|}

==Selected publications==
===Books===

*{{Cite book |last1=Verma |first1=Kuldeek Chand |title=Multiferroics: Nanoparticles and Thin Films |last2=Negi |first2=N. S. |last3=Kotnala |first3=R. K. |publisher=LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=9783659880193 |publication-date=22 April 2016}}
*{{Cite book |last1=Kotnala |first1=R. K. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2xbFtgAACAAJ |title=Essentials of Solar Cell |last2=Singh |first2=N. P. |date=1986 |publisher=Allied Publishers Private}}
*{{Cite book |last1=Kotnala |first1=R. K. |url=http://www.opac.nitc.ac.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=18560&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=43709 |title=Basic physics for IIT |last2=Kotnala |first2=V. K. |date=1987 |publisher=Allied}}{{Better source needed|reason=Current source is to a library bookshelf, not a full link|date=January 2025}}
*{{cite book |url=https://opac.ssn.edu.in/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=59170&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=59130 |title=Elements of Electronic Instrumentations |date=1995 |publisher=LAXMI}}{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is to a library bookshelf. There is no such entry in Google Books.|date=January 2025}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.rkkotnala.com/ Official website]
* {{Google scholar ID|id=0oEW3RwAAAAJ |name=R.K. Kotnala}}

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[[Category:Fellows of the Indian National Science Academy]]

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