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词条 Asok Kumar Barua
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  2. See also

  3. References

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| occupation = Condensed matter physicist
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| awards = Padma Shri
Distinguished Materials Scientist of the Year Award
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}}Asok Kumar Barua is an Indian condensed matter physicist and the honorary Emeritus Professor of Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur,[1][2] who focuses on research in optics and optoelectronics.[3] He was honoured by the Government of India in 2003 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[4]

Biography

Asok Kumar Barua was born on 1 July 1936[5] in Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.[1] He did his schooling at Hare School and graduated in Physics with honours from the Presidency College, Kolkata.[1][6] His masters studies were at Kolkata University (1956) after which he secured his PhD[5] in 1960[6] from the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) under the guidance of Professor B. N. Srivastava.[1] After completing his post doctoral research in USA, he started his career in 1964 by joining IACS[5] as a Reader where he became a professor in 1971,[7] a director in 1982 and worked there till 1989.[1][6][8]

Barua has done research in optics and optoelectronics and has been credited with the indigenous development of amorphous silicon (a-Si) solar cells and solar modules[6][9] including production technology and equipment.[1] He is also known to have developed a process for Radar opaque coating of aircraft canopies and windshields.[1] His researches have been documented by way of over 300 scientific papers published in peer reviewed journals of international stature.[1][3][6] He has also mentored several students in their doctoral research.[1][6][7]

An honorary professor of the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur[2] since 2010,[1] Barua is an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore[10] and the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology.[5][6][7][9][11] He has held the chair of the Research and Development committee of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission on solar photovoltaics.[1] He has been a member of the Task Force on Solar Research Initiatives set up by the Department of Science and Technology.[1][5][6][7] He has served the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials as its member,[1] the Sixth International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference as its chairman,[7] the Indian Physical Society as its president[7] and Birla Industrial and Technological Museum as the chairman of its governing council.[5][6] He is also associated with Hhv Center For Advanced Photovoltaic Technologies as an additional director.[12]

Barua received the Distinguished Materials Scientist of the Year Award in 2002 from the Materials Research Society of India.[1][6] The Government of India honoured him in 2003 with the civilian award of Padma Shri. He is also a recipient of the Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference Award from the Solar Energy Society of India[6] and ICSC-Materials Science prize of the Materials Research Society of India.[5][5]

See also

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  • Optics
  • Optoelectronics
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References

1. ^10 11 12 13 {{cite web | url=http://www.kiit.ac.in/icosep/speakers.html | title=KIIT University | publisher=KIIT University | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.iiests.ac.in/academics/distinguished-prof | title=IIEST | publisher=Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203000710/http://www.iiests.ac.in/academics/distinguished-prof | archive-date=3 February 2015 | dead-url=yes | df=dmy-all }}
3. ^{{cite web | url=http://65.54.113.26/Author/52561122/asok-kumar-barua | archive-url=https://archive.is/20150210052509/http://65.54.113.26/Author/52561122/asok-kumar-barua | dead-url=yes | archive-date=2015-02-10 | title=Microsoft Academic Search | publisher=Microsoft Academic Search | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015 }}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2015 |accessdate=6 February 2015 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.niic.nsc.ru/apam/members/india/india_m.html | title=NSC | publisher=NSC | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015}}
6. ^10 {{cite web | url=http://www.iacs.res.in/eru/erakb/ | title=IACS | publisher=IACS | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209180051/http://www.iacs.res.in/eru/erakb/ | archive-date=9 February 2015 | dead-url=yes | df=dmy-all }}
7. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.rcais.res.in/akb.htm | title=RCAIS | publisher=RCAIS | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015}}
8. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.rcais.res.in/peopleofrcais.htm | title=RCAIS Council | publisher=RCAIS | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015}}
9. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.technoindiauniversity.ac.in/research1/tiusolar/index.php?id=8 | title=Techno india University | publisher=Techno india University | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209171209/http://www.technoindiauniversity.ac.in/research1/tiusolar/index.php?id=8 | archive-date=9 February 2015 | dead-url=yes | df=dmy-all }}
10. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=B | title=Indian Academy of Sciences | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015}}
11. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.iicb.res.in/wast/fellow_wast.pdf | title=WAST Fellow | publisher=IICB | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015}}
12. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.looknfind.info/director/asok-kumar-barua/6540951 | title=Look n Find | publisher=Look n Find | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015}}

External links

  • {{cite web | url=http://65.54.113.26/Author/52561122/asok-kumar-barua | archive-url=https://archive.is/20150210052509/http://65.54.113.26/Author/52561122/asok-kumar-barua | dead-url=yes | archive-date=2015-02-10 | title=Profile on Microsoft Academic Search | publisher=Microsoft Academic Search | date=2015 | accessdate=9 February 2015 }}
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