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Tapas Ranjan Sahoo

Tapas Ranjan Sahoo
School of Computer Engineering
Faculty Profile

Tapas Ranjan Sahoo

Associate Professor

Chemistry

Biography and academic profile

Dr. Tapas Ranjan Sahoo, is doctorate in Chemical Sciences by I.I.T. Kanpur, India and postdoctoral fellow at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands and Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He has obtained his M.Sc. degree from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Currently, working as an Associate Professor (II) in Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar. He has over 11 years of experience in teaching and administration at KIIT University. During this period, he has guided 4 PhD students and 6 MSc projects. Qualified GATE in Chemistry (2004) with 98.55 Percentile and All India Rank: 48, Dr. Sahoo has also been selected for Professor Dayanidhi Patnaik memorial award for best research paper (2017), by OCS and as Visiting Professor to IIM Indore. Dr. Sahoo's research group mainly focuses on synthesis of Metal Oxide, Mixed Oxide and Rare Earth Metal Oxide nanoparticles and its adsorption and photo catalytic activities for waste water treatment as well as dielectric, magnetic and biological applications.

Academic profile

Expertise, contributions
and professional engagement.

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Educational Qualifications

MSc, PhD, Postdoc

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Awards and Achievements

  1. Professor Dayanidhi Patnaik memorial award, by Orissa Chemical Society (OCS).
  2. Erasmus Mundus (European Commission), EMECW Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2010
  3. Erasmus Mundus Action 2, AREAS+ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2014.
  4. Visiting Professor to IIM Indore in 2013 for Integrated Programme in Management (IPM) course.
  5. .Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry (2004) with 98.55 Percentile. All India Rank : 48
  6. Best Paper Presentation (1st Prize) award in “National Conference on Nano-Materials as Catalysts” 25th- 26th January 2013, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar.
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Books and Book Chapters

  • 1. ""Technology for Separation of Organic Dyes: Role of Synthetic and Natural Materials"" a book by Tapas Ranjan Sahoo and Pankaj Parhi, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing (2017)
  • Book Chapter:
  • 1. “Adsorption processes for the removal of contaminants from wastewater: the perspective role of nanomaterials and nanotechnology” by Tapas Ranjan Sahoo and Benedicte Prelot, a chapter in ‘Nanomaterials for the Detection and Removal of Wastewater Pollutants’ published by Elsevier (2020).
  • 2. ""Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental Applications"" by Tapas Ranjan Sahoo, a chapter in 'Properties and Applications of Polymer Nanocomposites' published by Springer (2017).
  • 3. “Mössbauer spectroscopic study of Iron-doped Zirconia synthesized by Microwave route”. Tapas Ranjan Sahoo, S. Sundar Manoharan, Sajith Kurian and N. S. Gajbhiye, a chapter in ‘ICAME 2007’ published by Springer (2007).
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