Kinshuk Dasgupta is an Indian at

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is India's premier nuclear research facility, headquartered in Trombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by Homi Jehangir Bhabha as the Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) in January 1954 ...

. He also holds a professorship at the

Homi Bhabha National Institute The Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) is an Indian deemed university established by the Department of Atomic Energy, which unifies academic programmes of several of its constituent institutions. Deemed universities in India have been divi ...

. He earned his Bachelor in Engineering from

Jadavpur University Jadavpur University ( abbr. JU) is a public state funded research university with its main campus located at Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was established on 25 July in 1906 as ''Bengal Technical Institute'' and was converted into ...

metallurgy Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the ...

and PhD from the

Institute of Chemical Technology An institute is an organizational body created for a certain purpose. They are often research organisations (research institutes) created to do research on specific topics, or can also be a professional body. In some countries, institutes ca ...

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chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

. His research expertise mainly includes work on carbon based nano materials and composites with the use of nano materials.

Awards and honors

Dasgupta is of the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize Shanti or Shanthi may refer to: In Sanskrit * Inner peace, a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress * Kshanti, one of the paramitas of B ...

in Engineering Sciences (2020) for the development of light-weight bullet-proof jacket Bhabha Kavach. He has also received VASVIK Industrials Research Award in Materials Engineering for the year 2020., url=https://vasvik.org. He has also been a Fulbright Visiting Scholar during 2018–2019 at

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Selected bibliography

Articles

* * * In 2021, Dasgupta became a laureate of the

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by the ''

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''.

Book chapter

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dasgupta, Kinshuk Living people Indian scientists Homi Bhabha National Institute Engineers from West Bengal Institute of Chemical Technology alumni 1977 births