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'''Kshitish Ranjan Chakravorty''' (born 1916) was an Indian engineer, fertilizer scientist and the head of the Planning and Development Division of the [[Fertilizer Corporation of India]] (FCI).<ref name="Morehouse1971">{{cite book|author=Ward Morehouse|title=Science in India: Institution-building and the Organizational System for Research & Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLjv80UDv4sC&pg=PA122|year=1971|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-501-8|pages=122–}}</ref><ref name="Sachs2013">{{cite book|author=Ignacy Sachs|title=Studies in Political Economy of Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-dsBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA213|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-1-4831-5816-7|pages=213–}}</ref> He was credited with the establishment of Planning and Development Division of FCI and with the development indigenous fertilizer plants in India.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=280 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref> Born on 1 February 1916, Chakravorty was the author of two books, ''Science Based on Symmetry, Volume 1''<ref name="Chakravorty1977">{{cite book|author=K. R. Chakravorty|title=Science Based on Symmetry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DiQKAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Firma KLM}}</ref> and ''Energy Field of the Universe and Atom, Part 1''
'''Kshitish Ranjan Chakravorty''' (1 February 1916 – 29 September 1994<ref name = "Samsad">"Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan Vol.II in Bengali edited by Anjali Bose, published by Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata, India, January 2019 edition Page 101
<ref name="Chakravorty1964">{{cite book|author=K. R. Chakravorty|title=Energy Field of the Universe and Atom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpvkAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=s.n. Roye, technical publications officer, P & D Division, Fertilizer Corporation of India}}</ref> and he held the patent for a process on ''an ionexchange material from the acid sludge''.<ref name="Process for preparation of an ionexchange material from the acid sludge resulting from sulphuric acid washing of crude light oils">{{Cite web |url=https://www.google.com/patents/US3088924 |title=Process for preparation of an ionexchange material from the acid sludge resulting from sulphuric acid washing of crude light oils |last=Ranjan Chakravorty Kshitish |date=May 7, 1963 |website=Patent No. US3088924 A |publisher=United States Patent}}</ref> He sat in the Committee on Tachnical Consultancy Services of the Government of India<ref name="Kumar1988">{{cite book|author=Virendra Kumar|title=Committees and Commissions in India, 1947-73|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qydb7X45MzYC&pg=PR3|date=1 December 1988|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-209-5|pages=3–}}</ref> and was an Indian member of the Indo-US Workshop on the Management of Organization of Industrial Research held in 1970.<ref name="BrownTellez1973">{{cite book|author1=Harrison Brown|author2=Theresa Tellez|title=National Academy of Sciences: International Development Programs of the Office of the Foreign Secretary : Summary and Analysis of Activities, 1961-1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jIrAAAAYAAJ&pg=SL4-PA22|year=1973|publisher=National Academies|pages=4–|id=NAP:14684}}</ref> He received the fourth highest Indian civilian award of the [[Padma Shri]] in 1954,<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Government of India |date=2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=2014-11-15 }}</ref> making him one of the first recipients of the award.<ref name="Notifications">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_02/ACC%20NO%20007-BR/RAS-1954-08-15-1838.pdf |title=Notifications |date=2016 |publisher=Government of India}}</ref> 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 Engineering Sciences in 1968.<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 | access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref>
{{ISBN|978-81-7955-292-6}}</ref>) was an Indian engineer, fertilizer scientist and the head of the Planning and Development Division of the [[Fertilizer Corporation of India]] (FCI).<ref name="Morehouse1971">{{cite book|author=Ward Morehouse|title=Science in India: Institution-building and the Organizational System for Research & Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QLjv80UDv4sC&pg=PA122|year=1971|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7154-501-8|pages=122–}}</ref><ref name="Sachs2013">{{cite book|author=Ignacy Sachs|title=Studies in Political Economy of Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T-dsBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA213|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-1-4831-5816-7|pages=213–}}</ref> He was credited with the establishment of Planning and Development Division of FCI and with the development indigenous fertilizer plants in India.<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=280 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref> Born on 1 February 1916, Chakravorty was the author of two books, ''Science Based on Symmetry, Volume 1''<ref name="Chakravorty1977">{{cite book|author=K. R. Chakravorty|title=Science Based on Symmetry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DiQKAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Firma KLM}}</ref> and ''Energy Field of the Universe and Atom, Part 1''<ref name="Chakravorty1964">{{cite book|author=K. R. Chakravorty|title=Energy Field of the Universe and Atom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpvkAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=s.n. Roye, technical publications officer, P & D Division, Fertilizer Corporation of India}}</ref> and he held the patent for a process on ''an ionexchange material from the acid sludge''.<ref name="Process for preparation of an ionexchange material from the acid sludge resulting from sulphuric acid washing of crude light oils">{{Cite web |url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3088924 |title=Process for preparation of an ionexchange material from the acid sludge resulting from sulphuric acid washing of crude light oils |last=Ranjan Chakravorty Kshitish |date=May 7, 1963 |website=Patent No. US3088924 A |publisher=United States Patent}}</ref> He sat in the Committee on Tachnical Consultancy Services of the Government of India<ref name="Kumar1988">{{cite book|author=Virendra Kumar|title=Committees and Commissions in India, 1947-73|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qydb7X45MzYC&pg=PR3|date=1 December 1988|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-209-5|pages=3–}}</ref> and was an Indian member of the Indo-US Workshop on the Management of Organization of Industrial Research held in 1970.<ref name="BrownTellez1973">{{cite book|author1=Harrison Brown|author2=Theresa Tellez|title=National Academy of Sciences: International Development Programs of the Office of the Foreign Secretary : Summary and Analysis of Activities, 1961-1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0jIrAAAAYAAJ&pg=SL4-PA22|year=1973|publisher=National Academies|pages=4–|id=NAP:14684}}</ref> He received the fourth highest Indian civilian award, the [[Padma Shri]], in 1954,<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Shri |publisher=Government of India |date=2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=2015-10-15 }}</ref> making him one of the earliest recipients of the award.<ref name="Notifications">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pib.nic.in/archive/docs/DVD_02/ACC%20NO%20007-BR/RAS-1954-08-15-1838.pdf |title=Notifications |date=2016 |publisher=Government of India}}</ref> 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 Engineering Sciences in 1968.<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 | access-date=November 12, 2016}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 05:00, 12 January 2025


Kshitish Ranjan Chakravorty
Kshitish Ranjan Chakravorty
Born(1916-02-01)1 February 1916
West Bengal, India
Died29 September 1994(1994-09-29) (aged 78)
Known for
  • Development of fertilizer plants in India
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Kshitish Ranjan Chakravorty (1 February 1916 – 29 September 1994[1]) was an Indian engineer, fertilizer scientist and the head of the Planning and Development Division of the Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI).[2][3] He was credited with the establishment of Planning and Development Division of FCI and with the development indigenous fertilizer plants in India.[4] Born on 1 February 1916, Chakravorty was the author of two books, Science Based on Symmetry, Volume 1[5] and Energy Field of the Universe and Atom, Part 1[6] and he held the patent for a process on an ionexchange material from the acid sludge.[7] He sat in the Committee on Tachnical Consultancy Services of the Government of India[8] and was an Indian member of the Indo-US Workshop on the Management of Organization of Industrial Research held in 1970.[9] He received the fourth highest Indian civilian award, the Padma Shri, in 1954,[10] making him one of the earliest recipients of the award.[11] 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 Engineering Sciences in 1968.[12]

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  1. ↑ "Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan Vol.II in Bengali edited by Anjali Bose, published by Sahitya Samsad, Kolkata, India, January 2019 edition Page 101 ISBN 978-81-7955-292-6
  2. ↑ Ward Morehouse (1971). Science in India: Institution-building and the Organizational System for Research & Development. Popular Prakashan. pp. 122–. ISBN 978-81-7154-501-8.
  3. ↑ Ignacy Sachs (22 October 2013). Studies in Political Economy of Development. Elsevier. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-1-4831-5816-7.
  4. ↑ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  5. ↑ K. R. Chakravorty (1977). Science Based on Symmetry. Firma KLM.
  6. ↑ K. R. Chakravorty (1964). Energy Field of the Universe and Atom. s.n. Roye, technical publications officer, P & D Division, Fertilizer Corporation of India.
  7. ↑ Ranjan Chakravorty Kshitish (7 May 1963). "Process for preparation of an ionexchange material from the acid sludge resulting from sulphuric acid washing of crude light oils". Patent No. US3088924 A. United States Patent.
  8. ↑ Virendra Kumar (1 December 1988). Committees and Commissions in India, 1947-73. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 3–. ISBN 978-81-7022-209-5.
  9. ↑ Harrison Brown; Theresa Tellez (1973). National Academy of Sciences: International Development Programs of the Office of the Foreign Secretary : Summary and Analysis of Activities, 1961-1971. National Academies. pp. 4–. NAP:14684.
  10. ↑ "Padma Shri" (PDF). Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Notifications" (PDF). Government of India. 2016.
  12. ↑ "View Bhatnagar Awardees". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2016.


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