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'''Bikash Sinha''' (16 June 1945 – 11 August 2023) was an Indian physicist who was active in the fields of [[nuclear physics]] and [[high energy physics]]. Sinha was the director of the [[Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics]] and [[Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iopb.res.in/The-Governing-Council.pdf |title=VECC and SINP |access-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233201/http://www.iopb.res.in/The-Governing-Council.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990302/ige02011.html|title=Post-Pokharan effect: 'Hackers missed vital info at BARC'|date=2 March 1999|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=17 June 2011}}</ref> and the chairman of the Board of Governors of the [[National Institute of Technology, Durgapur]] in June 2005. He retired from service as the director of Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre and the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in June 2009. He was the [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha]] Chair Professor of the [[Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre]]. He was also a member of scientific advisory board to the [[Prime Minister of India]]. He received [[Padma Shri]] in 2001,<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> and [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards (2010)|url=http://padmaawards.gov.in:8888/?Name=Bikash%20Sinha&Award=Padma%20Bhushan|website=padmaawards.gov.in|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001175408/http://padmaawards.gov.in:8888/?Name=Bikash%20Sinha&Award=Padma%20Bhushan|archive-date=1 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
'''Bikash Sinha''' (16 June 1945 – 11 August 2023) was an Indian physicist who was active in the fields of [[nuclear physics]] and [[high energy physics]]. Sinha was the director of the [[Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics]] and [[Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre]] and the chairman of the Board of Governors of the [[National Institute of Technology, Durgapur]] in June 2005. He was also a member of scientific advisory board to the [[Prime Minister of India]].


==Life, education and career==
==Early life and education==
Bikash Sinha was born on 16 June 1945 in [[Kandi, Murshidabad]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7oZAAAAYAAJ&q=Bikash+Sinha+June+16+,+1945 |title=Reference India: S-Z |date=2003 |publisher=Rifacimento International |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences |url=https://opsias.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Sinha,_Prof._Bikash_Chandra |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=opsias.ias.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Murshidabad History - Kandi and Paikpara Raj Family |url=https://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-kandi-paikpara-raj.htm |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=murshidabad.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kandi Raj College |url=https://krc.edu.in/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=krc.edu.in}}</ref>
Bikash Sinha was born on 16 June 1945 in [[Kandi, Murshidabad]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W7oZAAAAYAAJ&q=Bikash+Sinha+June+16+,+1945 |title=Reference India: S-Z |date=2003 |publisher=Rifacimento International |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fellowship {{!}} Indian Academy of Sciences |url=https://opsias.ias.ac.in/describe/fellow/Sinha,_Prof._Bikash_Chandra |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=opsias.ias.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Murshidabad History - Kandi and Paikpara Raj Family |url=https://murshidabad.net/history/history-topic-kandi-paikpara-raj.htm |access-date=2023-08-12 |website=murshidabad.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Kandi Raj College |url=https://krc.edu.in/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=krc.edu.in}}</ref>


Sinha studied Physics for his bachelor's degree at [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]], Kolkata from 1961 to 1964, graduating with high honors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amartya Sen ultimately right: Sinha |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/amartya-sen-ultimately-right-sinha/cid/1715989 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref> He then proceeded to King's College, Cambridge, for higher studies in his subject.<ref name=":0" /> He was the recipient of S.N. Bose Birth Centenary Award of the [[Indian Science Congress]] Association in 1994.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=PTI |title=Renowned physicist Bikash Sinha passes away at 78 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/renowned-physicist-bikash-sinha-passes-away-at-78-2644857 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref> Sinha joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai in 1976 after returning from England and was Director of [[Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-11 |title=Renowned nuclear physicist Bikash Sinha dies at 78 in Kolkata |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/renowned-nuclear-physicist-bikash-sinha-dies-at-78-former-director-of-saha-institute-variable-energy-cyclotron-centre-101691747323278.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
Sinha studied Physics for his bachelor's degree at [[Presidency College, Chennai|Presidency College]], Kolkata from 1961 to 1964, graduating with high honors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amartya Sen ultimately right: Sinha |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/amartya-sen-ultimately-right-sinha/cid/1715989 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref> He then proceeded to King's College, Cambridge, for higher studies in his subject.<ref name=":0" /> He was the recipient of S.N. Bose Birth Centenary Award of the [[Indian Science Congress]] Association in 1994.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=PTI |title=Renowned physicist Bikash Sinha passes away at 78 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/renowned-physicist-bikash-sinha-passes-away-at-78-2644857 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>


==Career==
He was a fellow of the prestigious [[Indian National Science Academy]] as recognition of his outstanding research in Physics (1989). Sinha was also a Fellow of [[National Academy of Sciences, India|National Academy of Sciences]], Allahabad (1993) and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], Bangalore (2004).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Bikash Chandra Sinha |url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2004019 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>
Sinha joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai in 1976 after returning from England and was Director of [[Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.iopb.res.in/The-Governing-Council.pdf |title=VECC and SINP |access-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233201/http://www.iopb.res.in/The-Governing-Council.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990302/ige02011.html|title=Post-Pokharan effect: 'Hackers missed vital info at BARC'|date=2 March 1999|work=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=17 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-11 |title=Renowned nuclear physicist Bikash Sinha dies at 78 in Kolkata |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/renowned-nuclear-physicist-bikash-sinha-dies-at-78-former-director-of-saha-institute-variable-energy-cyclotron-centre-101691747323278.html |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> where he was the [[Homi J. Bhabha|Homi Bhabha]] Chair Professor.{{cn}}
He retired from service as the director of Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre and the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in June 2009.{{cn}}

He was a fellow of the prestigious [[Indian National Science Academy]] as recognition of his outstanding research in Physics (1989).{{cn}} He received [[Padma Shri]] in 2001,<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> and [[Padma Bhushan]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards (2010)|url=http://padmaawards.gov.in:8888/?Name=Bikash%20Sinha&Award=Padma%20Bhushan|website=padmaawards.gov.in|access-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001175408/http://padmaawards.gov.in:8888/?Name=Bikash%20Sinha&Award=Padma%20Bhushan|archive-date=1 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also a Fellow of [[National Academy of Sciences, India|National Academy of Sciences]], Allahabad (1993) and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]], Bangalore (2004).<ref name="IAS">{{Cite web |title=Prof. Bikash Chandra Sinha |url=https://fellows.ias.ac.in/profile/v/FL2004019 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=Indian Academy of Sciences}}</ref>


Sinha was the chairman of board of governors, [[National Institute of Technology, Durgapur]] (NIT Duragpur).<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Institute of Technology Durgapur-713209, West Bengal, India |url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/old/bog/academics/notices/2018/08/04/Minutes_of_the_33rd_BOG.pdf |website=National Institute of Technology}}</ref> He was nominated as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister from 27 January 2005. He has been re-elected for the second time as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister from December 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sactopm.gov.in/htm/members.html |title=Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council |access-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214035703/http://sactopm.gov.in/htm/members.html |archive-date=14 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Sinha was the chairman of board of governors, [[National Institute of Technology, Durgapur]] (NIT Duragpur).<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Institute of Technology Durgapur-713209, West Bengal, India |url=https://nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/old/bog/academics/notices/2018/08/04/Minutes_of_the_33rd_BOG.pdf |website=National Institute of Technology}}</ref> He was nominated as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister from 27 January 2005. He has been re-elected for the second time as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister from December 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://sactopm.gov.in/htm/members.html |title=Prime Minister's Scientific Advisory Council |access-date=21 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214035703/http://sactopm.gov.in/htm/members.html |archive-date=14 February 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Revision as of 17:23, 13 August 2023

Bikash Chandra Sinha
Sinha in 2010
Born(1945-06-16)16 June 1945
Kandi, Murshidabad district, Bengal Province, British India
Died11 August 2023(2023-08-11) (aged 78)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma mater
Known forHigh energy physics, nuclear physics
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics

Bikash Sinha (16 June 1945 – 11 August 2023) was an Indian physicist who was active in the fields of nuclear physics and high energy physics. Sinha was the director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre and the chairman of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur in June 2005. He was also a member of scientific advisory board to the Prime Minister of India.

Early life and education

Bikash Sinha was born on 16 June 1945 in Kandi, Murshidabad.[1][2][3][4]

Sinha studied Physics for his bachelor's degree at Presidency College, Kolkata from 1961 to 1964, graduating with high honors.[5] He then proceeded to King's College, Cambridge, for higher studies in his subject.[6] He was the recipient of S.N. Bose Birth Centenary Award of the Indian Science Congress Association in 1994.[6]

Career

Sinha joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai in 1976 after returning from England and was Director of Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre,[7][8][9] where he was the Homi Bhabha Chair Professor.[citation needed] He retired from service as the director of Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre and the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics in June 2009.[citation needed]

He was a fellow of the prestigious Indian National Science Academy as recognition of his outstanding research in Physics (1989).[citation needed] He received Padma Shri in 2001,[10] and Padma Bhushan in 2010.[11] He was also a Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (1993) and the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2004).[12]

Sinha was the chairman of board of governors, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur (NIT Duragpur).[13] He was nominated as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister from 27 January 2005. He has been re-elected for the second time as a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister from December 2009.[14]

Bikash Sinha died on 11 August 2023, at the age of 78, in Kolkata.[15][16][17]

Awards and honours

Bikash Sinha was awarded D.A.E. – Dr. Raja Ramanna Prize 2001 and delivered the Pandya Endowment lecture Award, IPA, 2001 and Rais Ahmed Memorial Lecture Award, Aligarh, 2001.[18]

Sinha was a member of the Visva-Bharati University's Academic Council.[19] He became the Fellow of the 3rd World Academy of Sciences, Italy, 2002 and Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2004.[20][21] He was elected to the fellowship of the Institute of Physics, UK.[18] Bikash Sinha was the Vice-chancellor of West Bengal University of Technology from February 2003 to 18 December 2003 and also a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet, Govt. of India in 2005.[6][22] Sinha was awarded the R.D. Birla Award for Excellence in Physics in 2002.[18]

The Ministry of Human Resource Development appointed Sinha as the Chairman of the Local Committee of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, in June 2005. He was awarded the Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany, in November 2005.[23] He was awarded Meghnad Saha Memorial Lecture Award (2007) from The National Academy of Sciences, India,[19] on 28 August 2007 and he was elected as President of the Indian Physics Association in November 2007.[24] Sinha was elected as Fellow of the Institute of Physics, London, in 2009.[18]

Bikash Sinha was conferred Padma Bhushan Award in 2010 for his significant contribution in science and technology.[25] He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Netaji Subhas Open University in 2013, and National Institute of Technology Agartala in 2013.[26][27]

References

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  26. ^ "NIT Agartala to confer D.Sc on CERN chief". India Today. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  27. ^ "Third Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Memorial Lecture" (PDF). Netaji Subhas Open University.
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