Achievement of the School
BATCH AND COLUMN ADSORPTION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM ON AQUAGUARD WASTE ACTIVATED CHARCOAL (AWAC)
Kapilas Das from School of Applied Sciences, Department of Chemistry, KIIT, DU pursuing his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Sanjoy Kumar Maji. Kapilas Das attended the first International Conference on “Sustainable Advanced Technologies for Environmental Management ” organized by IIEST, Shibpur, Howrah, WB, India during 20-22nd December-2023. He delivered his oral presentation on the topic of “BATCH AND COLUMN ADSORPTION OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM ON AQUAGUARD WASTE ACTIVATED CHARCOAL (AWAC).” It is my immense pleasure to share that he was selected and announced the FIRST BEST PAPER PRESENTER and awarded the “FIRST BEST PAPER AWARD”.
Best Poster Award in Indian Science Congress Association
Indian Science Congress Association, Bhubaneswar Chapter in association with KISS & KIIT-DU organized the National Conference on “SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR SUSTAINABLE WORLD” at KIIT-DU on 14 th and 15 th March, 2023. More than 300 researchers from all over the world participated and presented their research work in the conference.
Among various categories, 14 best poster awards were given to young researchers out of which 4 awards were won by PhD students of School of Applied Sciences. Best poster prize were awarded to Ms. Ritu Roumya Samal in Engineering and Technology, Mr. Sagar Bisoyi and Ms. Arpita Priyadarshini Dixit in Physical Sciences and Ms. Sweta Mohanty in Biological Sciences. Congratulations to the students.
Ipsita Mohanty of being selected for the best poster awards in the Research Symposium
Mrs. Ipsita Mohanty, Research scholar, Dept. of Physics, School of Applied Sciences, working under the joint supervision of Dr. Sutanu Mangal and Dr. Udai P. Singh, participated and presented a research paper entitled “Defect Optimisation of CZTS/MASnI 3 Heterojunction Solar Cell Yielding 30.8 % Efficiency” which was awarded one among the best ten papers out of 200 papers presented in the Research Symposium held on 16 th February, 2023 on the occasion of Silver Jubilee
Selected for the best poster awards in the Research Symposium
Ms. Abhipsa Mohanty, PhD Research scholar, Dept. of Physics, School of Applied Sciences, working under the supervision of Dr. Dibyaranjan Rout and Dr. Gopal K. Pradhan participated and presented a research paper entitled “Thermal Conductivity and Stability of Unfilled and Mg-filled CoSb 3 Skutterudites” in the Research Symposium held on 16 th February, 2023 as part of the Silver Jubilee celebration of KIIT. Her presented paper was adjudged to be one among the best ten papers out of the 200 papers presented in this Research. The work was a result of active collaboration with Dr. Priyadasrhini Parida (Physics) and Dr. Pratap Deheri (Chemistry) from the School of Applied Sciences, KIIT.
Wellness of Tribal Children in Kandhamal District of Odisha
Research Publications of Mr. S. N. Sahu, PhD student, SAS listed in WHO global literature on Coronavirus disease
We Congratulate Mr. Satya Narayan Sahu, PhD Scholar, Life Sciences, School of Applied sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar for two of his publications being listed in World Health Organization (WHO) global literature on Coronavirus disease. He has total 26 numbers of Scopus indexed publications with 149 citations. He holds an expertise in Bioinformatics. Currently he is continuing research work under the supervision of Dr. Chandana Mohanty, Asst. Prof., SAS and Dr. Rojalin Sahu, Assoc. Prof., SAS KIIT-DU.
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Indian Education Award -2022 to Dr. T. K. Bastia, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University
Education connect plus in collaboration with Hypedge media has honoured Dr. Tapan Kumar Bastia, Associate professor, Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences,KIIT deemed to be University on 5 th September 2022 through online mode. He has been awarded with “Top 100 professors of India, 2022” for his ongoing commitment to excellence in education. Dr. Bastia has vast experience of 30 years in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students of various institutions and 15 years of research experience. He is working in KIIT group of institutions and KIIT University since last 18 years.
Wellness of Tribal Children in Kandhamal District of Odisha
Following the footsteps of our beloved founder, funded by the Department of Science and Technology(DST), Govt. of India launches a project – “Wellness of tribal children in Kandhamal district of Odisha ” The project ensures – The water purification education and safe drinking water awareness by KSAS ( KIIT SCHOOL OF APPLIED SCIENCES ). menstrual hygiene awareness and education by KIMS ( KALINGA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES ). oral health awareness and education with thorough evaluation of oral hygiene by KIDS (KALINGA INSTITUTE OF DENTAL SCIENCES) in tribal children from various schools of kandhamal district.
Inaugurating the endeavour Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Hon’ble founder of KIIT & KISS group and hon’ble member of parliament said that welfare and wellbeing of tribal children is close to his heart and he is pleased to find that senior faculty from his organization are coming forward to share and work for his dream. Dr. Rojalin Sahu, Associate Professor in Chemistry and Associate Dean of Central Research Facility, KIIT Deemed to be University, PI of the project enlightened the students about the importance of safe and quality drinking water. Dr. Prasanta Rath, Professor in Chemistry, Dean, School of Applied Sciences has educated the students how to measure the different water quality parameters to ensure the safety of the drinking water. A team of researchers from School of Applied Sciences, Dr. Alok Kumar Panda, Asst. Prof. in Chemistry, Manoja Kumar Senapati, Technical Superident, Niharika Das, Research Scholar have demonstrated the measurement of water quality parameters and elaborated on the importance and various process of purification of water which would stimulate the young minds to adopt correct practice.
Participation of Research students under the scheme STUTI
The Scheme ‘Synergistic Training program Utilizing the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure’ (STUTI) is intended to build human resource and its knowledge capacity through open access S&T Infrastructure across the country. As a complement to the various schemes of DST funding for expansion of R&D Infrastructure at academic institutions, STUTI scheme envisions a hands-on training program and sensitization of the state-of-the-art equipment as well as towards sharing while ensuring transparent access of S&T facilities.
Two of the students of Dr. Rojalin Sahu, Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Mr. Subrat Swain, M.Sc. and Ms. Sarswati Soren, Ph.D. scholar are selected for this programme among more than 200 applicants across the country. The programme was organized by Department of Chemistry, VNIT, Nagpur and NIT, Warangal from 8th -14th August, 2022.
Invited Talk by Dr. Dibya Ranjan Rout
Dr. Dibya Ranjan Rout, Associate Professor, KIIT School of Applied Sciences (Physics) delivered an invited lecture at International Online Conference On Nano Materials (ICN 2022) organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India during 12/08/2022 – 14/08/2022. The topic of the talk was “Bismuth
Ferrite Nanoparticles as Emerging Visible Light Active Photocatalyst”.
Important Highlights of the Talk:
- Solar regulated photocatalytic technology as an appealing solution for environmental remediation.
- Role of co-doping in the development of novel bismuth ferrite based materials for visible light photocatalysis.
- Challenges and future prospective of those materials.
About the Conference:
- International conference on recent advances in interdisciplinary research on processing, morphology, structure and properties of nanomaterials.
- Speakers across the globe i.e. from Poland, France, Malaysia, Italy, Taiwan, Mexico, USA, Canada participated in the conference.
- Brainstorming panel discussions joint EU project under “HORIZON 2020”.
Invited Talk by Dr. Swetapadma Praharaj
Dr. Swetapadma Praharaj, Associate Professor, KIIT School of Applied Sciences (Physics) delivered an invited lecture at International Online Conference On Nano Materials (ICN 2022) organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India during 12/08/2022 – 14/08/2022. The topic of the talk was “Electrochemical Charge Storage in Co 3 O 4 Based Nanocomposites as Electrode Materials”
Important Highlights of the Talk:
- Importance of Transition Metal Oxides in Electrochemical Charge Storage with Special Reference to Cobalt Oxide (Co 3 O 4 ) Based Nanocomposites
- Role of morphology in improving Electrochemical Performance of the Nanocomposites
- Application of the Nanocomposite as Prospective Electrode materials in Supercapacitors
About the Conference:
- International conference on recent advances in interdisciplinary research on processing, morphology, structure and properties of nanomaterials.
- Speakers across the globe i.e. from Poland, France, Malaysia, Italy, Taiwan, Mexico, USA, Canada participated in the conference
- Brain storming panel discussions joint EU project under “HORIZON 2020”
