Kankan Bhattacharyya was a modern non-linear

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scientist. His main interest is in

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dynamics in nano-confined systems that include biological assemblies. His primary discovery is the ultraslow nature of biological water. He was the director and chair professor of Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS),

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, the oldest centre for scientific research in Asia. He is a fellow of all of the national science academies of India and a senior editor of ''The Journal of Physical Chemistry''. He has received awards from many countries; most notably, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Science from the ( CSIR, India) in 1997 and the

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in 2007. He graduated from Presidency College under Calcutta University, and achieved his master's at Rajabazar Science College, Calcutta University. He did his doctoral research under the supervision of Professor Mihir Chowdhury, an eminent scientist in the field of molecular spectroscopy and

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at IACS (1984). he was a

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at Department of Chemistry,

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He was diagnosed with

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and died on 10th November 2022 at ''Tata Medical Centre, Kolkata'', at 68 years old, due to the disease.

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