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| name = Kshitindramohan Naha<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1932|1|2}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Comilla]], [[Bengal]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|5|24|1932|1|2}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India<br />
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| fields = {{ublist | [[Precambrian|Precambrian geology]] | [[Structural geology]] }}<br />
| workplaces = {{ublist | [[University of Calcutta]] | [[IIT Kharagpur]] }}<br />
| alma_mater = {{ublist | [[Presidency College, Kolkata]] | [[Rajabazar Science College]] | [[University of Calcutta]] | [[University of California, Berkeley]] [[La Trobe University]] }}<br />
| doctoral_advisor = {{ublist| Santosh Kumar Ray }}<br />
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| known_for = Studies on [[Precambrian|Precambrian geology]]<br />
| awards = {{ublist | 1958&nbsp;[[Asiatic Society]] S. L. Biswas Medal | 1970&nbsp;National Mineral Award | 1972&nbsp;[[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]] }}<br />
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'''Kshitindramohan Naha''' (1932–1996) was an Indian geologist and a professor and [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] Emeritus scientist at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]].<ref name="Naqvi1990">{{cite book|author=S.M. Naqvi|title=Precambrian Continental Crust and its Economic Resources|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=38HSe7XYoggC&pg=PR13|date=6 September 1990|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-086907-0|pages=13–}}</ref> He was known for his studies on structural geology of [[Precambrian]] era<ref name="Brief Profile of the Awardee">{{Cite web |url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/content/Detail.aspx?AID=314 |title=Brief Profile of the Awardee |date=2016 |publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> and was an elected fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]],<ref name="Deceased fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N77-0502 |title=Deceased fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian National Science Academy |access-date=27 April 2017 |archive-date=12 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812205330/http://insaindia.res.in/detail/N77-0502 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="Fellow profile">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Naha,_Prof._Kshitindramohan |title=Fellow profile |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences |access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]], the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology]], one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences in 1972.<ref name="View Bhatnagar Awardees">{{cite web | url=http://ssbprize.gov.in/Content/AwardeeList.aspx | title=View Bhatnagar Awardees | publisher=Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize | date=2016 | access-date=12 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
[[File:IIT Kharagpur Old Building 1951.jpg|thumb|left|235px|The [[Hijli Detention Camp]] (photographed in 1951) served as IIT Kharagpur's first academic building]]<br />
Born on 2 January 1932 in [[Comilla]], in the Bengal region of [[British India]] (presently in Bangladesh), Kshitindramohan Naha graduated in science from [[Presidency College, Kolkata]] and later completed his master's degree from the [[Rajabazar Science College]] where he continued at the same institution as a research scholar under the guidance of Santosh Kumar Ray.<ref name="K. Naha (1932-1996) ">{{Cite journal |url=http://www.geosocindia.org/index.php/jgsi/article/download/69881/54911 |title=Obituary - K. Naha (1932-1996) | journal=Journal of the Geological Society of India |date=August 1996 |publisher=Geological Society of India | volume=48 | pages=245–246 | access-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> In 1958, he moved to the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] as a member of faculty of the department of geology and geophysics and it was during his service there, he received the degree of Doctor of Science from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1959. He rose in ranks at IIT Kharagapur and when he superannuated from service in 1992, he was holding the post of a professor. During this period, he had two stints abroad as a visiting professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] (1968) and [[La Trobe University]] (1975–76).<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> Post retirement, he served as a [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research|CSIR]] Emeritus scientist of the institute till his death on 24 May 1996, at the age of 64.<ref name="K. Naha (1932-1996) " /><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Naha was known to have made extensive studies on the structural geology of [[Precambrian]] era and was credited with compiling an integrated geological history of Precambrian rocks in [[Ghatsila]] in [[Singhbhum district|Singhbhum]] of [[Bihar]] and in [[Simla]] region.<ref name="Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners">{{cite web | url=http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | title=Handbook of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Winners | publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research | date=1999 | access-date=5 October 2016 | pages=34 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304043957/http://www.csirhrdg.res.in/ssb.pdf | archive-date=4 March 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Through his studies, he estimated the time of formation and [[kinematic]] significance of deformation [[Lamella (materials)|lamellae]] in [[quartz]].<ref name="Time of Formation and Kinematic Significance of Deformation Lamellae in Quartz">{{Cite journal |title=Time of Formation and Kinematic Significance of Deformation Lamellae in Quartz |date=1959 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |doi=10.1086/626564 |bibcode=1959JG.....67..120N |volume=67 |issue=1 |journal=The Journal of Geology |pages=120–124 | last1 = Naha | first1 = Kshitindramohan|s2cid=128983650 }}</ref> [[Migmatites]] and its architecture, the geometry of reclined folds and the early precambrian [[terrance]] of the southern parts of India and central [[Rajasthan]] were some of the other foci of his studies.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> His studies also assisted in developing methodologies for the recognition of angular run conformity in metamorphic terraces as well as the coaxial refolding prior to non- coaxial deformation. His researches are available as several peer-reviewed articles<ref name="Browse by Fellow">{{Cite web |url=http://repository.ias.ac.in/view/fellows/Naha=3AKshitindramohan=3A=3A.html |title=Browse by Fellow |date=2016 |publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref><ref name="Naha, Kshitindramohan on Library of Congress">{{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98015377.html |title=Naha, Kshitindramohan on Library of Congress |date=2016 |publisher=Library of Congress Name Authority File}}</ref>{{Refn|group=note|Please see ''Selected bibliography'' section}} and he was associated with the ''Indian Journal of Earth Science'', ''Indian Journal of Geology'' and ''[[Precambrian Research]]'' as a member of their editorial boards. He chaired the Indian National Committee on Continental [[Lithosphere]] and served as a member of the council of the Indian National Science Academy during 1990–92.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /><br />
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== Awards and honours ==<br />
Naha received the S. L. Biswas Medal of the [[Asiatic Society]] in 1958 and the National Mineral Award in 1970.<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> The [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] awarded him the [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], one of the highest Indian science awards, in 1972.<ref name="Earth Sciences">{{Cite web|url=http://www.csir.res.in/External/Heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Earth_SCIENCES.htm |title=Earth Sciences |date=2016 |publisher=Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200915/http://www.csir.res.in/external/heads/career/award/BPRIZE/Earth_SCIENCES.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 }}</ref> The Indian National Science Academy elected him as their fellow in 1977<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> and he became an elected fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences in 1983.<ref name="Fellow profile" /> He was also a fellow of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of India and the [[Geological Society of India]].<ref name="Deceased fellow" /> He delivered several award orations which included Professor K. P. Rode Memorial Lecture of the [[Indian Science Congress]] (1992), Professor H. C. Dasgupta Memorial Lecture of the Geological, Mining and Metallurgical Society of India (1992) and Dr. S. Balakrishna Memorial Lecture of the Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences (1992). ''Evolution of Geological Structures in Micro- to Macro-scales'',<ref name="Evolution of Geological Structures in Micro- to Macro-scales">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sl9CAAAQBAJ |title=Evolution of Geological Structures in Micro- to Macro-scales |first=S. | last=Sengupta |date=6 December 2012 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-94-011-5870-1}}</ref> edited by [[Sudipta Sengupta]] and published by [[Springer Science+Business Media|Springer]] in 1997 is a [[festschrift]] on [[Subir Kumar Ghosh]], another noted geologist and Naha, but the book could be released only after the latter's death.<ref name="Sengupta2012">{{cite book|first=S. | last=Sengupta|title=Evolution of Geological Structures in Micro- to Macro-scales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sl9CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT18|date=6 December 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-011-5870-1|pages=18–}}</ref> The Indian National Science Academy and the Geological Survey of India have instituted awards, ''Professor K. Naha Memorial Medal''<ref name="Professor K. Naha Memorial Medal">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php#pkn | title=Professor K. Naha Memorial Medal | publisher=Indian National Science Academy | date=2016 | access-date=10 December 2016 | archive-date=16 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916233840/http://insaindia.res.in/recipients.php#pkn | url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''K. Naha Award'' respectively, in his honour.<ref name="K. Naha Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.geosocindia.org/index.php/gsi/pages/view/sa_kna | title=K. Naha Award | publisher=Geological Survey of India | date=2016 }}</ref><br />
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== Selected bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Kshitindramohan Naha |title=Time of Formation and Kinematic Significance of Deformation Lamellae in Quart |journal=Journal of Geology |publication-date=January 1959 |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=120–124 |doi=10.1086/626564 |bibcode=1959JG.....67..120N |year=1959|s2cid=128983650 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Kshitindramohan Naha |title=Steeply Plunging Recumbent Folds |journal=Geological Magazine |publication-date=April 1959 |volume=96 |issue=2 |pages=137–140 |doi=10.1017/S0016756800060015 |year=1959|bibcode=1959GeoM...96..137N |s2cid=129853434 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Kshitindramohan Naha, Subir Kumar Ghosh |title=Archaean Palaeogeography of Eastern and Northern Singhbhum, Eastern India |journal=Geological Magazine |publication-date=October 1960 |volume=97 |issue=5 |pages=436–439 |doi=10.1017/S0016756800061781 |year=1960|bibcode=1960GeoM...97..436N |s2cid=140183934 }}<br />
* {{Cite journal |last=Kshitindramohan Naha |title=Structural Geometry and the Time-Relation of Metamorphic Recrystallization to Deformation in the Precambrian Rocks near Simulpal, Eastern India: Discussion |journal= Geological Society of America Bulletin|publication-date=December 1971 |volume=83 |issue=7 |pages=2201–2204 |doi=10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[2201:sgatto]2.0.co;2 |year=1972|bibcode=1972GSAB...83.2201N }}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Precambrian]]<br />
* [[Sudipta Sengupta]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Cite web |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98015377.html |title=Naha, Kshitindramohan on Library of Congress |date=2016 |publisher=Library of Congress Name Authority File}}<br />
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