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'''Prafulla Kumar Jena''' (27 December 1931 – 7 March 2023)<ref>[https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/noted-odia-scientist-padma-shri-prafulla-kumar-jena-passes-away-at-92-198647 Noted Odia scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena passes away at 92]</ref> was an Indian [[metallurgist]] who served as director of the [[National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology]] (formerly Regional Research Laboratory) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]], [[Bhubaneshwar]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf | title=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile | publisher=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He previously held the ''TATA Chair for the Distinguished Professor'' ''of Metallurgical Engineering'' at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> The [[Government of India]] honored him with a [[Padma Shri]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>
'''Prafulla Kumar Jena''' (27 December 1931 – 7 March 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/noted-odia-scientist-padma-shri-prafulla-kumar-jena-passes-away-at-92-198647 |title=Noted Odia scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena passes away at 92 |access-date=7 March 2023 |archive-date=7 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307112101/https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/noted-odia-scientist-padma-shri-prafulla-kumar-jena-passes-away-at-92-198647 |url-status=live }}</ref> was an Indian [[metallurgist]] who served as director of the [[National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology]] (formerly Regional Research Laboratory) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]], [[Bhubaneshwar]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf | title=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile | publisher=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=27 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062121/http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> He previously held the TATA Chair for the Distinguished Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian award, in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Shri | publisher=Padma Shri | date=2015 | access-date=18 June 2015 | archive-date=15 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | url-status=dead }} </ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Born on 27 December 1931 in the Indian state of [[Odisha]], Jena completed his graduate degree in chemistry with honors and a master's degree in physical chemistry from [[Utkal University]].<ref name="IAS Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=J | title=IAS Fellows | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web | url=http://www.odiya.org/personality/perslink/pkjena.shtml | title=Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena | publisher=Odiya Org | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He remained at the university for his doctoral research to secure a PhD<ref name="IAS Fellows" /> and shifted his studies to [[University of British Columbia]] from where he completed MS in metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> He started his career as a senior scientist at the metallurgy division of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]], Trombay but moved, later, to [[Banares Hindu University]] as a professor of metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/chairman.htm | title=Organisation : Chairman | publisher=IATES | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> Before holding the ''Tata Chair of the Distinguished Professor'' at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]] at their department of metallurgical engineering, Jena served as the director of the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR) (1972)<ref name="Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/workaholic-scientist-prafulla-kumar-jena.html | title=Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena | publisher=The Pioneer | date=11 November 2014 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> and as the director general of CSIR (1986).<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He had also been a senior visiting professor at two overseas universities, [[Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil and [[Tohoku University]], [[Sendai]], Japan.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> A former president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation, Jena held the chair of the ''Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies'',<ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> an organization engaged technical consultancy and training in the fields of mining and mineral processing, management of waste and water resources and material development.<ref name="IATES about">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/aboutiates.htm | title=IATES about | publisher=IATES | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>
Jena was born on 27 December 1931 in Taliha, [[Jajpur]], [[Odisha]]. He completed his graduate degree in chemistry with honors and a master's degree in physical chemistry from [[Utkal University]].<ref name="IAS Fellows">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=J | title=IAS Fellows | publisher=Indian Academy of Sciences | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924064125/http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_all.php3?alpha=J | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web | url=http://www.odiya.org/personality/perslink/pkjena.shtml | title=Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena | publisher=Odiya Org | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924054814/http://www.odiya.org/personality/perslink/pkjena.shtml | url-status=live }}</ref> He remained at the university for his doctoral research to secure a Ph.D.<ref name="IAS Fellows" /> and shifted his studies to [[University of British Columbia]] at which he completed his M.S. in metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> He started his career as a senior scientist at the metallurgy division of the [[Bhabha Atomic Research Centre]], Trombay, but later moved to [[Banares Hindu University]] as a professor of metallurgical engineering.<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/chairman.htm | title=Organisation : Chairman | publisher=IATES | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=27 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627082304/http://www.iates.org.in/chairman.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> Before holding the Tata Chair of the Distinguished Professor at the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur]], department of metallurgical engineering, Jena served as the director of the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) of the [[Council for Scientific and Industrial Research]] (CSIR) (1972)<ref name="Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena">{{cite web | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/workaholic-scientist-prafulla-kumar-jena.html | title=Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena | publisher=The Pioneer | date=11 November 2014 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=23 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923230259/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/workaholic-scientist-prafulla-kumar-jena.html | url-status=live }}</ref> and as the director general of CSIR (1986).<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He had also been a senior visiting professor at two overseas universities, [[Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil and [[Tohoku University]], [[Sendai]], Japan.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> A former president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation, Jena held the chair of the Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies,<ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> an organization engaged in technical consultancy and training in the fields of mining and mineral processing, management of waste and water resources, and material development.<ref name="IATES about">{{cite web | url=http://www.iates.org.in/aboutiates.htm | title=IATES about | publisher=IATES | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924032236/http://www.iates.org.in/aboutiates.htm | url-status=live }}</ref>


==Legacy==
== Research ==
The research of Jena focused on the upgradation of ores and minerals, and the recovery of metal values from industrial wastes and is known to have developed methods for recovery of coal fines from slime, iron values from tailings and the [[beneficiation]] of low-grade iron and manganese ores.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He is reported to have developed metallothermic reduction processes for [[Niobium]], [[Tantalum]], [[Vanadium]], [[Tungsten]] and [[Molybdenum]].<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dd2Q7YT5nUC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA153 | title=Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6V7oPjy_0IwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA334 | title=Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> He had also contributed in the areas of chloride metallurgy of non-ferrous ores and extraction of [[nickel]], [[cobalt]], [[copper]], [[lead]], [[zinc]], [[vanadium]] and [[manganese]].<ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1">{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7p7W1rykpwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA123 | title=Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1 | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> His researches have assisted in developing new waste management processes as well as [[value recovery]] processes from industrial and mining wastes.<ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead">{{cite web | url=http://tsubbaiah.weebly.com/publications-proceeding-volumes--patents.html | title=T. Subbaiah - Lead }}</ref> His researches are documented in 240 published research papers{{cn|date=February 2020}} and he held 55 patents.<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium" /><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum" /><ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1" /><ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead" /><ref name="All India Patents">{{cite web | url=http://www.allindianpatents.com/patents/246958 | title=All India Patents | publisher=All India Patents | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron">{{cite web | url=http://www.google.com/patents/US6306195 | title=Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron | publisher=Google Patents | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref>
Jena's research focused on the upgradation of ores and minerals, and the recovery of [[Waste valorization|value resources]] from industrial wastes and is known to have developed methods for recovery of coal fines from slime, iron values from tailings and the [[beneficiation]] of low-grade iron and manganese ores.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He is reported to have developed metallothermic reduction processes for [[Niobium]], [[Tantalum]], [[Vanadium]], [[Tungsten]], and [[Molybdenum]].<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3dd2Q7YT5nUC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA153 | title=Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | isbn=9780849360718 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=8 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308043731/https://books.google.com/books?id=3dd2Q7YT5nUC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA153 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6V7oPjy_0IwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA334 | title=Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | isbn=9780849347580 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=8 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308043727/https://books.google.com/books?id=6V7oPjy_0IwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA334 | url-status=live }}</ref> He had also contributed in the areas of chloride metallurgy of non-ferrous ores and extraction of [[nickel]], [[cobalt]], [[copper]], [[lead]], [[zinc]], [[vanadium]], and [[manganese]].<ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F7p7W1rykpwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA123 | title=Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1 | publisher=CRC Press | date=2015 | isbn=9780849368042 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=8 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308043716/https://books.google.com/books?id=F7p7W1rykpwC&q=P+K+Jena+patent&pg=PA123 | url-status=live }}</ref> His research helped develop new waste management processes as well as value recovery processes from industrial and mining wastes.<ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead">{{cite web | url=http://tsubbaiah.weebly.com/publications-proceeding-volumes--patents.html | title=T. Subbaiah - Lead | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=27 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627135943/http://tsubbaiah.weebly.com/publications-proceeding-volumes--patents.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Over his career he published 240 research papers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Sciences - Prof. Jena |url=http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf |access-date=26 June 2015 |archive-date=27 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627062121/http://www.iates.org.in/BIODATA_AND_ACHIEVEMENTS%20OF%20PROF%20DR.%20P.%20K.%20JENA.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and held 55 patents.<ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium" /><ref name="Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum" /><ref name="Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1" /><ref name="T. Subbaiah - Lead" /><ref name="All India Patents">{{cite web | url=http://www.allindianpatents.com/patents/246958 | title=All India Patents | publisher=All India Patents | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=27 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627122304/http://www.allindianpatents.com/patents/246958 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron">{{cite web | url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US6306195 | title=Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron | publisher=Google Patents | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=29 June 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629163305/http://www.google.com/patents/US6306195 | url-status=live }}</ref>


Jena's contributions are noted in the establishment of the Institute of Physics, Planetarium and Science Centre, Bhubaneswar and was its founder chairman. He had also been the founder president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF), Bhubaneswar and was the founder chairman of the Institute of Advance Technology & Environmental Studies (IATES), Bhubaneswar.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He has been the founder editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal, ''Journal of Sustainable Planet'' of the IATES, started in 2010.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" />
Jena's contributions are noted in the establishment of Odisha’s Science Park.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pattanayak |first=Pradeep |title=Noted Odia Scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena Passes Away - Odisha TV |url=https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/noted-odia-scientist-padma-shri-prafulla-kumar-jena-passes-away-at-92-198647 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Noted Odia Scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena Passes Away - Odisha TV |language=en}}</ref> He had also been the founder president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF), Bhubaneswar and was the founder chairman of the Institute of Advance Technology & Environmental Studies (IATES), Bhubaneswar.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /> He was the founder editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal, ''Journal of Sustainable Planet'' of the IATES, started in 2010.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" />


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==
Jena was an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="IAS Fellows" /> and the [[Institution of Engineers (India)|Institution of Engineers, India]] and a fellow of the [[Indian Institute of Metals]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He was a life member and former president of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]], a former member of the Planning Board of Orissa and a former President of Orissa Bigyan Academy.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" />
Jena was an elected fellow of the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="IAS Fellows" /> and the [[Institution of Engineers (India)|Institution of Engineers, India]] and a fellow of the [[Indian Institute of Metals]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He was a life member and former president of the [[Indian Science Congress Association]], a former member of the Planning Board of Orissa and a former president of Orissa Bigyan Academy.<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" />


Jena received the National Metallurgist Award in 1969<ref name="National Metallurgist Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.iim-india.net/images/nmd_awards_recepients_upto_2010.pdf | title=National Metallurgist Award | publisher=Indian Institute of Metals | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033401/http://www.iim-india.net/images/nmd_awards_recepients_upto_2010.pdf | archive-date=24 September 2015 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> from the [[Indian Institute of Metals]] and the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> He is a recipient of the [[FICCI|Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries]] Award (1982),<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> [[Institution of Engineers (India)]] Award (1998), Odisha Bigyan Academy Senior Scientist Award (1999),<ref name="Odisha Bigyan Academy Award">{{cite web | url=http://orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/(S(jady00nncb3uae45galwvije))/award_fss_prv_winner.html | title=Odisha Bigyan Academy Award | publisher=Odisha Bigyan Academy | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015}}</ref> [[Banaras Hindu University|BHU]] Distinguished Services Award (2008), [[Times of India]] Think Odisha Leadership Award (2010), and Rajiv Gandhi Professional Award (2012) and [[IIEST Shibpur|Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur]] Distinguished Scientist Award (2012).<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He has also received lifetime achievement awards from Ravenshaw Chemistry Alumni Association, [[Ravenshaw University]] (2008) and [[Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" />
Jena received the National Metallurgist Award in 1969<ref name="National Metallurgist Award">{{cite web | url=http://www.iim-india.net/images/nmd_awards_recepients_upto_2010.pdf | title=National Metallurgist Award | publisher=Indian Institute of Metals | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924033401/http://www.iim-india.net/images/nmd_awards_recepients_upto_2010.pdf | archive-date=24 September 2015 | df=dmy-all }} </ref> from the [[Indian Institute of Metals]] and the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] from the [[Government of India]] in 1977.<ref name="Padma Shri" /><ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> He is a recipient of the [[FICCI|Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries]] Award (1982),<ref name="Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena" /> Institution of Engineers (India) Award (1998), Odisha Bigyan Academy Senior Scientist Award (1999),<ref name="Odisha Bigyan Academy Award">{{cite web | url=http://orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/(S(jady00nncb3uae45galwvije))/award_fss_prv_winner.html | title=Odisha Bigyan Academy Award | publisher=Odisha Bigyan Academy | date=2015 | access-date=26 June 2015 | archive-date=27 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427133714/http://orissabigyanacademy.nic.in/(S(jady00nncb3uae45galwvije))/award_fss_prv_winner.html | url-status=dead }} </ref> [[Banaras Hindu University|BHU]] Distinguished Services Award (2008), [[Times of India]] Think Odisha Leadership Award (2010), Rajiv Gandhi Professional Award (2012), and [[IIEST Shibpur|Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur]] Distinguished Scientist Award (2012).<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" /> He has also received lifetime achievement awards from Ravenshaw Chemistry Alumni Association, [[Ravenshaw University]] (2008), and [[Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology]].<ref name="Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" /><ref name="Organisation : Chairman" />

== Death ==
Jena died on March 7, 2023, at his house in [[Bhubaneswar]] at age 91.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eminent Odisha scientist P K Jena passes away |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2023/03/07/cal26-od-scientist-death.html |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=The Week |language=en |archive-date=8 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308043732/https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2023/03/07/cal26-od-scientist-death.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Odisha government announced that his funeral would be held with state honors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pattanayak |first=Pradeep |title=Noted Odia Scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena Passes Away - Odisha TV |url=https://odishatv.in/news/odisha/noted-odia-scientist-padma-shri-prafulla-kumar-jena-passes-away-at-92-198647 |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=Noted Odia Scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena Passes Away - Odisha TV |language=en}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 14:56, 27 August 2024

Prafulla Kumar Jena
Born(1931-12-27)27 December 1931
Odisha, British India
Died7 March 2023(2023-03-07) (aged 91)
Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
OccupationMetallurgist
AwardsPadma Shri

Prafulla Kumar Jena (27 December 1931 – 7 March 2023)[1] was an Indian metallurgist who served as director of the National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (formerly Regional Research Laboratory) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Bhubaneshwar.[2] He previously held the TATA Chair for the Distinguished Professor of Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.[2] He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 1977.[3]

Biography

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Jena was born on 27 December 1931 in Taliha, Jajpur, Odisha. He completed his graduate degree in chemistry with honors and a master's degree in physical chemistry from Utkal University.[4][5] He remained at the university for his doctoral research to secure a Ph.D.[4] and shifted his studies to University of British Columbia at which he completed his M.S. in metallurgical engineering.[2][5] He started his career as a senior scientist at the metallurgy division of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, but later moved to Banares Hindu University as a professor of metallurgical engineering.[5][6] Before holding the Tata Chair of the Distinguished Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, department of metallurgical engineering, Jena served as the director of the Regional Research Laboratory (RRL) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (1972)[7] and as the director general of CSIR (1986).[5][6] He had also been a senior visiting professor at two overseas universities, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.[2][5] A former president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation, Jena held the chair of the Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies,[6] an organization engaged in technical consultancy and training in the fields of mining and mineral processing, management of waste and water resources, and material development.[8]

Research

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Jena's research focused on the upgradation of ores and minerals, and the recovery of value resources from industrial wastes and is known to have developed methods for recovery of coal fines from slime, iron values from tailings and the beneficiation of low-grade iron and manganese ores.[2] He is reported to have developed metallothermic reduction processes for Niobium, Tantalum, Vanadium, Tungsten, and Molybdenum.[9][10] He had also contributed in the areas of chloride metallurgy of non-ferrous ores and extraction of nickel, cobalt, copper, lead, zinc, vanadium, and manganese.[11] His research helped develop new waste management processes as well as value recovery processes from industrial and mining wastes.[12] Over his career he published 240 research papers[13] and held 55 patents.[9][10][11][12][14][15]

Jena's contributions are noted in the establishment of Odisha’s Science Park.[16] He had also been the founder president of the Natural Resources Development Foundation (NRDF), Bhubaneswar and was the founder chairman of the Institute of Advance Technology & Environmental Studies (IATES), Bhubaneswar.[2] He was the founder editor-in-chief of the quarterly journal, Journal of Sustainable Planet of the IATES, started in 2010.[2]

Awards and honours

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Jena was an elected fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences[4] and the Institution of Engineers, India and a fellow of the Indian Institute of Metals.[2][6] He was a life member and former president of the Indian Science Congress Association, a former member of the Planning Board of Orissa and a former president of Orissa Bigyan Academy.[2][6]

Jena received the National Metallurgist Award in 1969[17] from the Indian Institute of Metals and the civilian honour of Padma Shri from the Government of India in 1977.[3][5] He is a recipient of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries Award (1982),[5] Institution of Engineers (India) Award (1998), Odisha Bigyan Academy Senior Scientist Award (1999),[18] BHU Distinguished Services Award (2008), Times of India Think Odisha Leadership Award (2010), Rajiv Gandhi Professional Award (2012), and Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur Distinguished Scientist Award (2012).[2][6] He has also received lifetime achievement awards from Ravenshaw Chemistry Alumni Association, Ravenshaw University (2008), and Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology.[2][6]

Death

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Jena died on March 7, 2023, at his house in Bhubaneswar at age 91.[19] The Odisha government announced that his funeral would be held with state honors.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Noted Odia scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena passes away at 92". Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies profile" (PDF). Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Studies. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "IAS Fellows". Indian Academy of Sciences. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Odiya Org: Prafulla Kumar Jena". Odiya Org. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g "Organisation : Chairman". IATES. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Workaholic Scientist Prafulla Kumar Jena". The Pioneer. 11 November 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  8. ^ "IATES about". IATES. 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  9. ^ a b Extractive Metallurgy of Niobium. CRC Press. 2015. ISBN 9780849360718. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  10. ^ a b Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum. CRC Press. 2015. ISBN 9780849347580. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  11. ^ a b Hydrometallurgy in Extraction Processes, Volume 1. CRC Press. 2015. ISBN 9780849368042. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  12. ^ a b "T. Subbaiah - Lead". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  13. ^ "Institute of Advanced Technology and Environmental Sciences - Prof. Jena" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  14. ^ "All India Patents". All India Patents. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Process for the preparation of high grade synthetic rutile and pig iron". Google Patents. 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  16. ^ Pattanayak, Pradeep. "Noted Odia Scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena Passes Away - Odisha TV". Noted Odia Scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena Passes Away - Odisha TV. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  17. ^ "National Metallurgist Award" (PDF). Indian Institute of Metals. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  18. ^ "Odisha Bigyan Academy Award". Odisha Bigyan Academy. 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  19. ^ "Eminent Odisha scientist P K Jena passes away". The Week. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  20. ^ Pattanayak, Pradeep. "Noted Odia Scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena Passes Away - Odisha TV". Noted Odia Scientist Padma Shri Prafulla Kumar Jena Passes Away - Odisha TV. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
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