सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान

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सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान

CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

Scientist's Profile

Scientists ▸ Mr.Somnath Sinhamahapatra
Somnath Sinhamahapatra

Somnath Sinhamahapatra

Principal Scientist & Leader (Refractory)

Refractories and Traditional Ceramics Division


Contact Information:

Phone: +91-33-2473 3469 (Extn. 3260)
Fax:+91-33-2473 0957
E-mail: somnaths@cgcri.res.in

Somnath Sinhamahapatra

Mr. S. Sinhamahapatra joined CGCRI on 14th August 2007.

Professional Career

Organisation

Position

Duration

H & R Johnson (I) Ltd. Mumbai

Executive/Senior Executive/Asst. Manager/Deputy Manager (R&D)

2001-2007

CSIR-CGCRI

 

Junior Scientist

2007-2010

Scientist

2010-2014

Senior Scientist

2014-2018

Principal Scientist

2018- till date

Education

Degree

Discipline

University

B. Sc. (Hons.)

Chemistry

University of Calcutta

B. Tech.

Chemical Technology

University of Calcutta

M. Tech.

Ceramic Engineering

University of Calcutta

Patents filed / Granted

Indian :2

  1. “A method for the manufacture of aqueous solution of metal complexes and a method of manufacturing high temperature coloured vitreous glass-ceramic tiles” .Dr. T. R. N. Kutty; Mathew, V. T. ; Mahapatra, S. S.; Chitwadgi, S., Kulkarni, M. G. (197957) India.
  2. “A method of manufacturing ceramic tile and the ceramic tile prepared there from”. Amit Chatterjee, S.N.Deshmukh, Somnath Sinhamahapatra. (507/MUM/2005) India.

Research Interest

Solid state reaction of oxides, refractory processing and characterisation, value addition to refractory raw materials, chemically bonded ceramics, traditional ceramics

Landmark Research Contribution

  • Chemically bonded ceramics for emery stone grinding wheel with improved performance
  • Development of high alumina refractory aggregates from Indian raw materials

Summary: in  Journal-18; in Conference-17

Selected papers

1.    S. Sinhamahapatra, K. Dana, S. Mukhopadhyay, H.S. Tripathi, Role of different rare earth oxides on the reaction sintering of magnesium aluminate spinel, Ceramics International, 45 (2019) 11413-11420.

2.    S. Sinhamahapatra, K. Dana, H.S. Tripathi, Enhancement of reaction-sintering of alumina-excess magnesium aluminate spinel in presence of titania, Ceramics International, 44 (2018) 10773-10780.

3.    S. Sinhamahapatra, M. Shamim, H.S. Tripathi, A. Ghosh, K. Dana, Kinetic modelling of solid state magnesium aluminate spinel formation and its validation, Ceramics International, 42 (2016) 9204-9213.

4.    S. Sinhamahapatra, H.S. Tripathi, A. Ghosh, Densification and properties of magnesia-rich magnesium-aluminate spinel derived from natural and synthetic raw materials, Ceramics International, 42 (2016) 5148-5152.

5.    S. Sinhamahapatra, K. Dana, A. Ghosh, V.P. Reddy, H.S. Tripathi, Dynamic thermal study to rationalise the role of titania in reaction sintering of magnesia-alumina system, Ceramics International, 41 (2015) 1073-1078.

…..full list

Supervision

M.Tech-2

Last Updated on May 12, 2021