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| name = Kamalakanta Jena<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|04|25}}<br />
| birth_place = Januganj of [[Balasore district|Balasore]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = Lecturer (Physics)<br />
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| awards = Orissa Bigyan Academy<br>Prakruti Bandhu<br>Bigyan Prachar Samiti<br />
| notableworks = Popular Science Writer<br />
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'''Kamalakanta Jena''' ({{Lang-or|କମଳାକାନ୍ତ ଜେନା}}) is an Indian educator; and a humour, popular science and science text book writer in the [[Oriya Language|Oriya language]].<br />
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Jena has received awards for his books and articles.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Kamalakanta Jena was born on 25 April 1971 in the village Januganj in the [[Balasore district]] of [[Odisha|Odisha State]]. He graduated from the Januganj M. E. School in 1983. He completed his [[matriculation]] from Remuna High School in [[Remuna]], [[Balasore]] in 1986. He was in the First division, securing a record mark (88%) in second language English in his H.S.C. Examination. <br />
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He stood 3rd in [[Indian National Mathematical Olympiad|India National Mathematical Olympiad]] (Regional Level) Examination in 1987 while continuing with +2 Science at F. M. College, Balasore. He worked as Editor of "The South", the annual magazine of South Hostel, F. M. College, for the academic year 1990–91.He received his graduation degree from F. M. College under [[Utkal University]] in 1991 in [[Physics]] with honours. <br />
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Jena was an MSc student in the P. G. Department of Physics at [[Utkal University]] in [[Vani Vihar]], [[Bhubaneswar]] from 1991 through 1993. He worked as Editor of The Vanisourav, the annual magazine of Godavarish Hostel, Utkal University for the academic year 1992–93After completing his degree with First class (Second position in Utkal University), he became a [[Research fellow|Junior Research Fellow]] in the [[National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology|Regional Research Laboratory]] in Binhubaneswar. He qualified IIT – GATE and CSIR – NET.<br />
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==Profession==<br />
At age 28, Jena started working at the OES (Orissa Education Service) under the [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Higher Education]]. In 1999, he started his teaching career at the Department of Physics, Government College in [[Sundergarh|Sundargarh]], Orissa. He served for approximately 15 years at the Government College and the Government Women's Junior College in Sundargarh. <br />
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Since 2013, Jena has been working with the Department of Physics, Bhadrak Jr/Auto College in [[Bhadrak]], Orissa.<br />
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==Articles==<br />
Jena started reporting in 1986 at age 15 for The ''Chalachitra Jagat'', a Cine magazine published in [[Cuttack]]. His first article was published in the Oriya daily ''The Sambad'' on 8 December 1991. <br />
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Jena has published over 700 articles in publications like ''The Prajatantra, [[The Samaja]], [[The Samaya]], The Dharitri, The Pragativadi, Bigyanaloka (Orissa Bigyan Prachar Samiti), Sansar, [[Meena Bazaar|Meena Bazar]], Nandan Kanan, Shisulekha, Sishu Prativa, Pourusha, Yojana, Akshay Urja, NBT Bulletin, Emerging Science, [[The Statesman (India)|and The Statesman]], [[Science Reporter]] (NISCAIR).'' Jena is a Life Member of Orissa Bigyan Academy and has contributed articles to the academy publications "''Bigyan Academy''" and "''Science Horizon''". <br />
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Jena has also published humour/satirical articles in ''[[Haribol]], Rabibara Samaja, Dharitri Chhutidina, [[Sambad]], Byangabaani, Manorama, Tikie Hasa, Pragatibaadi, Lavanya, Teerataranga, Parichaya, Time Pass, and Byanga Darabar''. He is known as ADHAPOKA <br />
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Jena works as Associate Editor, DIGBALAYA, Orissa Physical Society, Bhubaneswar. He represented Orissa Chapter as a prominent Science Communicator in the 99th [[Indian Science Congress Association|Indian Science Congress]] of 2012 held in [[KIIT University]], Bhubaneswar.<br />
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== Radio ==<br />
Jena is a speaker on Popular Science in [[Talk radio|Radio Talk]] Programmes. <br />
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==Books ==<br />
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=== Science Books ===<br />
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* Kathaare Kathaare Bigyan (Pragati, Sundargarh),<br />
* Barshaa Bijulira Khela (Vidyapuri, Cuttack),<br />
* Chhota Nuhen Chhota Kathaa (Nalanda, Cuttack, selected by State Library),<br />
* Big Bang Machine (The Book Point, Bhubaneswar),<br />
* Gapare Gapare Bigyan (The Book Point, Bhubaneswar), Awarded by Orissa Bigyan Academy in 2011<br />
* Barshaa Bijuli Ghadaghadi (Vidyapuri, Cuttack),<br />
* 0Anapaaramparika Shakti (Holy Faith International, Cuttack),<br />
* Gachha Lataara Gahana Kathaa (Holy Faith International, Cuttack)<br />
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[[File:Popular Science 01.JPG|250px|Popular Science Books by Kamalakanta Jena]], [[File:Popular Science 02.JPG|250px|Popular Science Books by Kamalakanta Jena]]<br />
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=== Text Books ===<br />
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* Environmental Education (+2, Vidyapuri, Cuttack),<br />
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* Paribesha Shiksha (+2, Vidyapuri, Cuttack),<br />
* Practical Physics (+2, Nalanda, Cuttack),<br />
* Ama Bigyan – Class I (Holy Faith International, Cuttack),<br />
* Ama Bigyan – Class II (Holy Faith International, Cuttack),<br />
* Ama Bigyan – Class III (Holy Faith International, Cuttack),<br />
* Ama Bigyan – Class IV (Holy Faith International, Cuttack),<br />
* 0Ama Bigyan – Class V (Holy Faith International, Cuttack)<br />
* Barsa Bijulira Khela<ref>[http://www.vidyapuri.com/store/items/author/350 vidyapuri.com: KAMALAKANTA JENA]{{Dead link|date=February 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><br />
* Paribesa Sikhya<br />
* Solar cells grow thinner, but glow brighter<ref>[http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/kamalakanta-jena indiaenvironmentportal.org.in: Solar cells grow thinner, but glow brighter]</ref><br />
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[[File:Text Book 01.JPG|250px|Text Books by Kamalakanta Jena]], [[File:Text Book 02.JPG|250px|Text Books by Kamalakanta Jena]]<br />
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[[File:Paribesh Siksha.JPG|150px|College Text Book by Kamalakanta Jena on Environment, Publisher – Vidyapuri, Cuttack]], [[File:Environmental Education.JPG|150px|College Text Book by Kamalakanta Jena on Environment, Publisher – Vidyapuri, Cuttack]], [[File:Physics Practical XI.jpg|150px|Physics Practical Book by Kamalakanta Jena, Publisher – Nalanda, Cuttack]],<br />
[[File:Ama Bigyan 3.jpg|150px|Science Text Book for Class-III by Kamalakanta Jena, Publisher-Holy Faith International]], [[File:Ama Bigyan 4.jpg|150px|Science Text Book for Class-IV by Kamalakanta Jena, Publisher-Holy Faith International]], [[File:Ama Bigyan 5.jpg|150px|Science Text Book for Class-V by Kamalakanta Jena, Publisher-Holy Faith International]]<br />
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==Awards==<br />
Jena received the Orissa Bigya Academy Award for 2011 for his story book ''Gapare Gapare Bigyan'' on popular science.<br />
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Other awards:<br />
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* Award for Innovative Teaching Physics, 2012 Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sundargarh<br />
* Pranakrushna Parija Popular Science Award, 2011, Orissa Bigyan Academy, Bhubaneswar<br />
* Parashamanee Sammana, 2011, ''Parashamanee Magazine'', [[Baripada]]<br />
* Padmacharan Smruti Sammana, 2011, Ispat Sahitya Sansad, [[Rourkela]]<br />
* Janapriya Bigyan Puraskar, 2010, Bigyan Prachar Samiti, Cuttack<br />
* Telingibaza Bigyan Sammana, 2009, ''Telingibaza Magazine'', Rourkela<br />
* Chandrama Prabandha Sammana, 2009, ''Chandrama Magazine'', Anugul<br />
* Sishu-Sahitya Sammana, 2008, Sishu-Sahitya Sansad, Keonjhar<br />
* Laabanya Saraswat Sammana, 2008, ''Laabanya Magazine'', Sundargarh<br />
* Naba Pratibha Sammana, 2008, Biswa-Sahitya Seva Sangha, Ctc<br />
* Prakruti Bandhu, 2007, [[Government of Odisha|Government of Orissa]]<br />
* Utkal Prabha, 2007, Neelachakra Prakashan, [[Puri]]<br />
* Bigyan Lekhaka Sammana, 2007, SCART, Cuttack<br />
* Abhinandan Pratibha Sammana, 2006, ''Abhinandan Newspaper'', Balasore<br />
* Tiki Kaincha Pratibha Sammana, 2006, ''Tiki Kaincha Magazine'', [[Bolangir]]<br />
* Gopinath Mohanty Pratibha Puraskar, 2005, Bigyan Prachar Samiti<br />
* Best Graduate, 1991, [[Rotaract Club]], [[Bhadrak]]<br />
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* Felicitated by Ispat Sahitya Sansad.<ref>[http://www.orissabarta.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6166:ispat-sahitya-sansad-celebrates-40th-anniversary&catid=35:top-stories orissabarta.com: Ispat Sahitya Sansad celebrates 40th Anniversary]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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== Publications ==<br />
* ''Jena, Kamalakanta''. Thoughts on Doomsday Catastrophe in 2012. ''Science Horizon''. Orissa Bigyan Academy. July 2011.<br />
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==External sources==<br />
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*''Orissa Bigyan Academy''<br />
Orissa Bigyan Academy, Unit-IX(F),. Bhubaneswar-751022, ORISSA, INDIA, Tel: 0674 – 2543468 ... '''Kamalakanta Jena'''. 43. 15. 5W's + H ... Because the all-round developments in areas such as health, environment, ... ... modern time are in the portals of wavebands ... <br />
www.orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/ ... /pdf/SHAugust-20113.pdf – Cached – Similar<br />
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*''Orissa Bigyan Academy''<br />
29 Jul 2011 ... The Unsung Indian Medical Scientist. G. C. Sahoo and V. J. Vikram. 7. 5. Thoughts on 'Doomsday' Catastrophe in 2012. '''Kamalakanta Jena'''. 8. 6. Value added..<br />
www.orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/ ... /Science%20Horizon%20July-2011.pdf – Cached – Similar<br />
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*''Orissa Bigyan Academy''<br />
19 Sep 2011 ... Sciences from scientists, technologists and professionals to be published in the English magazine"SCIENCE HORIZON". The articles should be lucid ... '''Kamalakanta Jena'''. 39. 12. ... The author needs to be congratulated for ... <br />
orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/ ... /pdf/SH_September_2011.pdf – Cached – Similar<br />
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*''Orissa Bigyan Academy'' 10 May 2011 ... '''Kamalakanta Jena'''. 19. 8. Nobel Laureate Subrahmanyam Chandra Sekhar. Bhagaban Patra. 23. 9. The Science of Genetics. Sushil Pradhan ... <br />
www.orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/ ... /pdf/Science_Horizon_May_2011.pdf – Cached – Similar<br />
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* ''Orissa Bigyan Academy''<br />
4 Jan 2011 ... 5. Dwarf Planets. '''Kamalakanta Jena'''. 11 ... . Assuming 10 hours of daily use use of fluorescence ... . September 2007, NASA launched the Dawn space probe to ... <br />
www.orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/ ... /Science%20Vision%20January-2011.pdf – Cached – Similar<br />
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*''Kamalakanta Jena | India Environment Portal''5 Jan 2008 ... India Environment Portal by Centre for Science and Environment is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 India ... <br />
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/taxonomy/term/ ... /all? ... 2 ... – Cached – Similar<br />
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* ''Solar Cells | India Environment Portal''14 Aug 2008 ... Skip to main content. India Environment Portal logo ... Author(s): '''Kamalakanta Jena'''. Source: Akshay Urja ... Inside Environment Portal ... <br />
www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solar-cells? ... – Cached – Similar<br />
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* Statesman (India) article archives from August 2006, page 34 ... <br />
... '''Kamalakanta Jena''' points to the problem plaguing Nasa space shuttles ON 1 February ... filed under the Right to Information Act by a Shillong daily on ... <br />
www.accessmylibrary.com/archive/ ... /august-2006-page34.html – Cached – Similar<br />
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* ''Tiles and foam that matter.''5 August 2006 ... (From The Statesman (India)) From the ill-fated Columbia through to Discovery and the forthcoming Atlantis, '''Kamalakanta Jena''' points to the problem plaguing Nasa space shuttles ON 1 February 2003, Columbia exploded at an altitude of 63&nbsp;km ... <br />
* '''Show Journals (Yojana, New Delhi)'''Bharatendu Harishchandra Awards 2010 ... , Human Right by Dr. Purushottam Biswal, Chemistry for Mankind by Kamala Kanta Jena, Role of Chemistry in day to ... <br />
www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/j_show.asp?id=14 – Cached – Similar<br />
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* ''Rrrlf Books Selected For – Culture Department, Govt. of Orissa, India''20 Oct 2010 ... TITLE PUBLISHER AUTHOR 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 AALAAP ANGYATA BASA ... 256 136 216 256 136 216 SCIENCE URBAN SCIENCE URBAN SCIENCE URBAN ... NITYANANDA SWAIN 753002 NEW HORIZON PUBLICATION, ... BINOD BIHARI, CUTTACK- KAMALAKANTA JENA 2 1ST 1ST 2007 2007 ... <br />
www.scribd.com/doc/39751877/RRRLF – Cached – Similar<br />
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* Chemistry lecturer awarded – indiareport.com<br />
Rourkela (Orissa), 21 Apr (PTI) Kamalakanta Jena, a chemistry lecturer of Sundargarh Government Women's college, was awarded Telengi Baja Samman 2009 for ... <br />
www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/805018/ ... /1 – Cached – Similar<br />
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