Adinath Lahiri
Adinath Lahiri | |
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Born | Pabna, British India | 24 August 1916
Died | 26 August 1975 | (aged 59)
Occupation(s) | Geochemist Fuel technologist |
Years active | 1942–1975 |
Known for | Institution builder Researches on Coal |
Awards | Padma Bhushan Padma Shri Imperial College Judd Memorial Prize |
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Adinath Lahiri (1916–1975) was an Indian
Biography
Adinath Lahiri was born on 24 August 1916.[4] After completing his master's degree in geology and geochemistry from the University of Calcutta, he obtained Sir Palit Foreign Fellowship of the university and did his doctoral studies at the Imperial College of the University of London to secure a PhD, winning the Judd Memorial Prize for the best thesis in geochemistry.[5] He started his career as a research associate at the Department of Chemical Technology at Imperial College in 1942, but joined the Royal Air Force during World War II to serve as a Scientific Officer and, later, as the Head of the Fuel and Oil Research Section at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough airfield. After the war was over, he returned to India, in 1945, to take up the position as the Assistant Director (Planning) at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) when he contributed to the planning and establishment of the Central Fuel Research Institute (CFRI), Dhanbad.[1] He joined the institute after its inception as the Deputy Director and when the founder director, J. W. Whitteker left, he took over as the director in 1953 to stay with the institute till his superannuation in 1974.[6] In between, he also underwent training under a Summer Fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science in 1950.[5] After his retirement from CFRI, he joined the United Nations as an advisor and served in Chile when he died on 26 August 1975, two days after his 60th birthday, succumbing to a cardiac arrest.[5]
Lahiri's research interests covered the fields of
Lahiri was an elected Fellow of the
See also
- De Nobili School, FRI
- Imperial College London
- List of Imperial College London people
References
- ^ a b c d e "Deceased Fellow - INSA". Indian National Science Academy. 2016. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
- ^ "Profile". Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research. 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "24 August 1916". Indianage.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ .
- ^ "60 Years of CFRI" (PDF). CFRI. 2016. pp. 5 of 285. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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- ISSN 0022-2755.
- ^ Adinath Lahiri (1937). Trekking on the Southern Bhutan Frontier. Calcutta Geological Society. p. 5.
- ^ "Notification" (PDF). Gazette of India. 1960. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ "Green chemistry key to sustenance". The Telegraph. 22 April 2005. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
External links
- "Padma Shri Awards from West Bengal". Season Media. 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.