Swapan Kumar Pati (born 7 December 1968) is an Indian quantum chemist, a professor of the department of chemistry at the

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, Bangalore, India. JNCASR was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of Indi ...

and the head of the Quantum Theory Molecules to Materials Group at the institute. He is known for his studies on electronic optical and magnetic phenomena in molecular systems and is an elected fellow of the

Indian Academy of Sciences The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore was founded by Indian Physicist and List of Nobel laureates, Nobel Laureate Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 27 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it ...

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and

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. The

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, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 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 ...

, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2010, for his contributions to chemical sciences.

Biography

Born on 7 December 1968 in

Paschim Medinipur district Paschim Medinipur (English: ''West Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur a ...

in the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

, S. K. Pati did his graduate studies in chemistry at

Midnapore College Midnapore College, established in 1873, is the oldest college in Midnapore, in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in arts, sciences and vocational degree in Tourism & Aviation Manageme ...

of the

Vidyasagar University Vidyasagar University is a Public university, public research university that was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature which was notified in the ''Calcutta Gazette'' on 24 June 1981. It is an affiliating university in Paschim Me ...

and passed a master's degree from

Kalyani University The University of Kalyani, established in 1960, is a Government of West Bengal administered, UGC affiliated, NAAC accredited, collegiate public research university in Kalyani, West Bengal, India. It offers courses at the Undergraduate, Post ...

. Subsequently, he moved to

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to pursue his doctoral studies at Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit of the

Indian Institute of Science The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is a Public university, public, Deemed university, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The ...

and completed his post-doctoral work at

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and

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

. On his return to India, he joined the Theoretical Sciences Unit of the

as a member of faculty where he serves as a professor and the head of the Quantum Theory Molecules to Materials Group.

Legacy

Pati's researches fall into five major areas; Quantum Magnetism, Optical and Opto-electronic Properties, Transport in Nanostructures and Biomolecular Systems, Hydrogen Storage in Organic Molecular Solids and New Carbon based Materials and his studies are reported to have widened the understanding of electronic optical and magnetic phenomena in molecular systems. The process developed by him for the preparation of

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conjugates have earned him a patent. His researches have been documented by way of a number of peer-reviewed articles;

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, an online article repository of scientific articles, has listed 292 of them. He is a member of

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and

. He sits in the editorial board of ''Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research'' and has served as an advisory board member of

Journal of Materials Chemistry The ''Journal of Materials Chemistry'' was a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the applications, properties and synthesis of new materials. It was established in 1991 and published by the Royal Society of Chemistry. At the end of 20 ...

of the

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society and professional association in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemistry, chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the ...

and the

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of American Chemical Society, both during 2009–11. ; Patents *

Awards and honors

Pati, who is a junior associate at the

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) is a research center for physical and mathematical sciences, located in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. The center operates under a tripartite agreement between the Ita ...

since 2003, received the MRSI Medal of the Materials Research Society of India in 2006 and the Bronze Medal of the

Chemical Research Society of India Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) is an India based scientific society dedicated to the field of chemistry. It was established in 1999 as a part of celebrating India's 50th anniversary of independence Independence is a conditi ...

in 2007.

selected him as a Young Affiliate the same year; TWAS would honor him again with an elected fellowship in 2010 and with the TWAS Prize in 2012. In between, he received the Swaranjayanti Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology in 2006, the Birla Science Prize in 2008 and the Distinguished Lectureship Award of the

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in 2009. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him 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 ...

, one of the highest Indian science awards, in 2010 and he was elected as a fellow by the by

and the

in 2010.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pati, Swapan Kumar Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Science 1966 births Scientists from West Bengal Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences 20th-century Indian chemists Living people Fellows of the National Academy of Sciences, India People from Paschim Medinipur district Vidyasagar University alumni University of Kalyani alumni Indian Institute of Science alumni University of California, Davis alumni Northwestern University alumni TWAS fellows Indian theoretical chemists

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