Asok Kumar Barua (1 July 1936 – 30 May 2021) was an Indian condensed matter physicist and the honorary Emeritus Professor of Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur,[1][2] who focused 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 the Rajabazar Science College, 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 had done research in optics and optoelectronics and had 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 was 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 had 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] from 2010-2018,[1] Barua was 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 had 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 had 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 had 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 was 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 was 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]
Barua died from COVID-19 in Kolkata on 30 May 2021, at the age of 84.[13]
See also
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 KIIT University. KIIT University(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 IIEST. Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Microsoft Academic Search. Microsoft Academic Search(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ Padma Awards. Padma Awards(2015). Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 NSC. NSC(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 IACS. IACS(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 RCAIS. RCAIS(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ RCAIS Council. RCAIS(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Techno india University. Techno india University(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ Indian Academy of Sciences. Indian Academy of Sciences(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ WAST Fellow. IICB(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ Look n Find. Look n Find(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ↑ Condolence Message. Asutosh Mookerjee Memorial Institute on Facebook(4 June 2021). Retrieved 14 February 2024.
External links
- Profile on Microsoft Academic Search. Microsoft Academic Search(2015). Retrieved 9 February 2015.
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