Dr. Tapas Ranjan Sahoo
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
School of Applied Sciences,
KIIT University, Campus - III
Bhubaneswar - 751024, Odisha, India.
As a highly regarded Professor, Dr. Tapas Ranjan Sahoo has held many roles, both research-based and student-facing. Read below for more details about his academic background and professional career so far.
Academic Qualification
Ph.D. (Jan' 2011): Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India.
Title of Thesis: “Substitutional effects of Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, Na in Cubic ZrO2 & Fe: CeO2:
Structural, Magnetic & Spectroscopic studies”.
M. Sc. (1999, 1st Class): Department of Chemistry, Utkal University, Odisha, India.
B. Sc. (1997, 1st Class): Utkal University, Odisha, India.
+2 Science (1994, 1st Class): C.H.S.E., Odisha, India.
Matriculation (1992, 1st Class): D. M. School, Odisha, C.B.S.E. Board, New Delhi, India.
Post Graduate Diploma in Information Technology (PGDIT) (2001, 1st Class): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur.
Professional Experiences
Associate Professor-I, Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, March 2018 – till now (continuing).
Assistant Professor-II, Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, January 2014 – February 2018.
Assistant Professor-I, Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India, September 2011 – December 2013.
Postdoctoral Researcher, (November 2014 – May 2015), Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy.
Visiting Professor, (April 2013 – June 2013), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Assistant Professor (Adhoc) (July 2011 – September 2011), Department of Chemistry, Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar (National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi)
Postdoctoral Researcher, (August 2010 – June 2011) Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Guest Scientist, (February 2011 – March 2011), Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin fur Materialien and Energie, Berlin, Germany
Lecturer, (Jan’ 2010 – May’ 2010) Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Raipur
Awards and Fellowships
Professor Dayanidhi Patnaik memorial award for best research paper of the year 2017, by Orissa Chemical Society (OCS).
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry (2004) with 98.55 Percentile. All India Rank : 48
Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, 2004-2006.
Senior Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, 2006-2009.
Erasmus Mundus Action 2, AREAS+ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2014.
Best Paper Presentation (1st Prize) award in “National Conference on Nano-Materials as Catalysts” 25th- 26th January 2013, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, Bhubaneswar.
Best Poster Presentation (1st Prize) award in "National Conference on Recent Developments in Organic and Applied Chemistry" 18th March, 2017, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.
Recognition and Honors
Reviewer for the International Journal: Nanoscale Research Letter (NRL).
Life time member of the Materials Research Society of Singapore, since 2007.
Life time member of the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), since 2007.
Life time member of Indian Science Congress, since 2012.
Life time member of Odisha Chemical Society (OCS), since 2016.
Executive Member of Odisha Chemical Society (OCS), 2016-17.
Member of organizing committee (Sectional committee) in 99th Indian Science Congress - 2012
Conferences and Seminar delivered
DAE-BRNS sponsored 'Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology' (SESTEC-2018), BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa campus, Goa, 23rd-26th May, 2018.
International conference on Magnetic Materials and Applications (ICMAGMA-2017), Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL) and Magnetics Society of India, Hyderabad, 1st-3rd February, 2017.
Joint Workshop GDRi CNRS MECANO and GDR CNRS OXYFUN, "Quantifying and engineering strain in metal oxides - coupling with magnetic and electrical properties", UC Louvain, Belgium, April 16 and 17, 2015.
International workshop on "100th Anniversary of Superconductivity: Hot Topics and Future Direction", Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands, 04-08 April 2011.
“International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2007)”,
Singapore, 1-6 July 2007.