Swapan Kumar Pati (born 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. It was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, to ...

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 Nobel Laureate C. V. Raman, and was registered as a society on 24 April 1934. Inaugurated on 31 July 1934, it began with 65 founding fellows. The first general meet ...

National Academy of Sciences, India The National Academy of Sciences, India, established in 1930, is the oldest science academy in India. It is located in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. Prof. Meghnad Saha was the founder president. Fellows *Suddhasatwa Basu * Sudha Bhattacharya * Ch ...

and

The World Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable deve ...

. The

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research ( IAST: ''vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada''), abbreviated as CSIR, was established by the Government of India in September 1942 as an autonomous body that has emerged as the ...

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

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

, 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 district or West Midnapore district (also known as Midnapore West) 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 and Purba M ...

in the Indian state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...

, 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 and sciences. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. ...

of the Vidyasagar University 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 Bengaluru 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, deemed, research university for higher education and research in science, engineering, design, and management. It is located in Bengaluru, in the Indian state of Karnataka. The institute was ...

and completed his post-doctoral work at

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...

and

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

. 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 Julolidine 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 American Physical Society,

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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 201 ...

of the

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

and the

Journal of Physical Chemistry ''The Journal of Physical Chemistry A'' is a scientific journal which reports research on the chemistry of molecules - including their dynamics, spectroscopy, kinetics, structure, bonding, and quantum chemistry. It is published weekly by the Amer ...

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 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 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 Chemical Society of Japan in 2009. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research awarded him the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

, 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 Indian scientific authors 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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