Achievements of Professor Suddhasatwa Basu
Dr. Suddhasatwa Basu, FNASc, FICS,
Director CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneshwar, Feb, 2018-present (on lien from IIT Delhi)
Former Head of Chemical
Engineering Department, I.I.T. Delhi
Former Chairman of IIChE NRC
Former Assoc Dean R&D IIT Delhi
Former Chairman of IIChE NRC
Former Assoc Dean R&D IIT Delhi
| Education | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| # | Degree | University | Year of Passing |
| 1 | B.Tech. (Chem. Eng.) | University of Calcutta | 1987 |
| 2 | Ph.D. (Chem. Eng.) *MS converted to PhD | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | 1994 |
| 3 | Post-Doc. Fellow / Visiting Faculty | University of Alberta | 1994-1997 |
- National workshop on hydroprocessing in petroleum refining industry, Jan., 21 & 22, 2000 at IndianOil Institute of Petroleum Management (IIPM), Gurgaon, Haryana, Course coordinator – Dr. S. Basu Please refer Chemical Weekly March 7, 102-103 (2000) - Sponsored by LKMT, IOCL, EIL, IIChE NRC
- SERC school on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Its Engineering Applications, Aug 22-26, 2005, IIT Delhi (Dr. S. Basu one of the course coordinators) Sponsored by DST
- National Seminar on Challenges in Fuel Cell Science and Technology, Dec 1 and 2, 2006, IIT Delhi Convener: Dr. S. Basu (Sponsored by DST)
- National Workshop on Modeling and Simulation in Process Industry, June 9-13, 2009, IIT Delhi, Course coordinators Dr. S. Basu, Sponsored by LKMT, PetroFed, IOCL, Honeywell, IIT Delhi
- Indo-US workshop on Emerging Issues in Energy and Environment Security: Challenges and Research Opportunities, New Delhi, Dec 12-15, 2010 (Sponsored by IUSSTF, NSF, DST, MNRE, IITD)
- Eminent Chemical Engineer Award from IEI, 2021
- Among Top 2% Scientists in world ranking brought out by Stanford University, 2020-2021
- Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2020
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2020
- Fellow of International Association of Advanced Materials, Sweden, 2020
- Chemcon 2018 Distinguish Speaker Award organized at NIT Jalandhar
- Herdillia Award, Excellence in Basic Research in Chemical Engineering, IIChE 2016
- Dr A. V. Rama Rao Foundation's Best PhD Thesis and Research Award in Chemical Engineering / Technology, 2016 Jointly Awarded to Prof S. Basu and his PhD Student Dr Jyoti Goel, For Their Work on ‘Anode Catalyst Development for Direct Ethanol PEM Fuel cells’ (best PhD thesis)
- Research Excellence Award, The Indus Foundation Inc., USA and India 2016
- Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI), 2015
- Best paper award in Int Conf of Electrochem Soc of India, IISc Bangalore, Aug 7-9, 2014
- ISEAC Journal publication award 2012 – 1st prize publication in peer reviewed international journal
- Prof. R. D. Desai 80th Birthday Commemoration Medal & Prize, 2012, Indian Chemical Society
- Fellow of Indian Chemical Society, 2012
- Prof. Bal Krishna Memorial lecture - International Year of Chemistry, 48th Convention of Chemists, Indian Chemical Society, Dec 4, 2011
- Fellow of Institute of Engineers, 2011
- FITT award for best M.Tech. / Ph.D. thesis 2010; Rs 40,000/- prize money shared with student A. Awasthi
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Calcutta University, 2010
- Visiting Fellow, Royal Soc., UK, Univ. of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, 2008
- DAAD faculty Research award on Fuel cell Tech., Univ. of Karlsruhe, Germany 2006
- Visiting Prof./Sci Department of Chemical Eng., Univ. of Newcastle, Australia, 2005
- Visiting Prof., Department of Chem. & Mat. Eng., Univ. of Alberta, Canada 2000, 2002
- Best paper in Energy Engineering session: Verma, A., Singh, K. V. and Basu, S*., “Studies on alkaline fuel cell” 56th Annual session of IIChE, Chemcon 2003, Bhubaneshwar, Dec 19-22, 2003
- Best paper in Transfer Processes: Basu, S*., Sinha, S. N., and Nigam, K. D. P.,” The effects of surfactants on adhesion, spreading, and retention of fungicide droplet on the surface of the leaves and seeds”, Chemcon 2002, Hyderabad, Dec 19-22, 2002