Binoy Kumar Saikia

Binoy Kumar Saikia is a Principal Scientist at North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat (NEIST), Assam, India. He is also the Group Leader of the Coal and Energy Research Group in the Materials Science and Technology Division of NEIST. His research interests span energy and environment in general and in particular chemistry and technology of coal, carbon and nano-materials, atmospheric aerosols, and air pollution. 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.[3][4]

Binoy Kumar Saikia
Born
Jonaki Nagar, Golaghat[1]
NationalityIndian
Alma materDebraj Roy College
Cotton College
North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat
AwardsShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, 2021[2]
Scientific career
InstitutionsTezpur University
North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat

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:[5]

References
  1. "Assam Scientist Awarded : অসমৰ বিজ্ঞানী ড॰ বিনয় কুমাৰ শইকীয়ালৈ ভাৰতৰ বিজ্ঞান ক্ষেত্ৰৰ সৰ্বোচ্চ সন্মান শান্তি স্বৰূপ ভাটনাগৰ বঁটা". 26 September 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  2. "Names of 11 scientists declared for India's highest science award". Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  3. Karmakar, Rahul. "Cancer cell detection 'dots' developed from coal in Assam". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  4. "Process for the preparation of blue-fluorescence emitting carbon dots (CDTS) from sub-bituminous tertiary high sulfur Indian coals". Google Patents. Google. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  5. "Bio-data". CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat. CSIR-North East Institute of Science & Technology, Jorhat. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  6. "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. CSIR Human Resource Development Group. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
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