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सीएसआईआर-केंद्रीय काँच एवं सिरामिक अनुसंधान संस्थान
CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute
"Innovation in Ceramics and Glass for the mankind"
Dr. Mrinal Pal
Chief Scientist and Head
Functional Materials and Devices Division
Contact Information:
Phone: 033 24733469/3496/3477, (ext. 3455)
Mobile: 9433066938
E-mail: palm@cgcri.res.in
Dr. Mrinal Pal
Dr. Pal joined CSIR-CGCRI in March, 2014 (Bio-sketch)Professional Experience
- Post-doctoral fellow University of Roma, Italy, in 1998 (Four months).
- Post-doctoral fellow (STA) Japan, 1998-2000.
- CSIR-RA in India, 2000-2002.
- Joined in the Department of Physics of The University of Burdwan in 2002 (May) as a Lecturer.
- Served as a Senior Lecturer during 2006 (May) -2010 (March) in the same Department.
- Joined as Principal Scientist in the CAMP division at CMERI durgapur in 2010 (March). (PB-4)
- Joined as Principal Scientist in the Sensor & Actuator division at CGCRI, Kolkata in 2014 (May).
- Chief Scientist at CSIR-CGCRI from 2022 (March)
Education
| Degree | Discipline | University; Year |
|---|---|---|
| B.Sc. | Physics (Hon) | Calcutta University |
| M.Sc. | Physics (Solid State Special) | Calcutta University |
| Ph.D. | Science | IACS (Jadavpur University) |
Patents Filed/Granted:
- 0238NF2024/IN, “A Breath Analyzer System for the Detection of Diabetes and a Process for The Preparation Thereof”, Pal Mrinal, Das Sagnik, Mojumder Subhajit, Das Tanushri, Das Subhajit, Singh Arun Kumar, 19-Nov-2024.
- “A Novel Composition and Device Thereof For the Non-Destructive Room Temperature Detection of Formalin Adulteration in Fish” Pal Mrinal, Das Sagnik, Mojumder Subhajit, Das Tanushri, Das Subhajit, (under progress)
Institutional responsibility:
- Head: Functional Materials and Devices Division, 2022-
- Chairman: Technical & Purchase committee (above 25 Lakhs), CGCRI, 2019 – 2023
- Coordinator: Joint UGC-CSIR NET 2019, West Bengal.
- Chairman: Work, Planning & execution committee (WOPEC), CGCRI, 2024 –
- Chairman: Security tender committee, 2025
- Nodal Officer: RTI, CGCRI, 2020 –
- Management representative: ISO 9001: 2015.
- Reporting Officer: All staff members of the division.
- Reviewing officer: All Technical Officers, Technical Asst. of Division
- Member: Collegium and Empower committee, CSIR-CGCRI.
- Core committee member: CSIR-CGCRI Platinum Jubilee Celebration.
Awards / Recognitions:
MAJOR AWARDS
- Fellow:West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology – 2018
- MRSI Medal – 2016
- STA fellowship (JISTEC) of Govt. Of Japan(1998-2000).
- Top cited paper award: IOP Publishing, 2023
- CSIR fellowship (JRF)of Govt. Of India, 1991.
- Bharat Jyoti Award 2012 honoured by India International Friendship Society (IIFS).
MAJOR RECOGNITION
- Executive committee member: West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology, India (2014-2018, 2021-2023)
- Court member: The University of Burdwan (2008-2010), India
- Convenor: Fellow Sectional committee – II (Physical Sciences), West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (WAST)
- Expert panel member: Project evaluation (PAC) “Nanotechnology in Agriculture”, ICAR, India.
- Honorary Visiting Associate at S. N. Bose Centre (2007-2010).
- Planning committee member: West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology, India (2014-2018).
- Member: West Bengal State Council of Science and Technology, India (2018-2021).
- Advisory Board member. South African Nanotechnology Initiative (SANI), 2012-16.
- Chief guest: Inaugural session, “International Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical and Biological Sciences for Sustainable Future”, Dayananda Sagar College, Bangaluru, 2025.
- Distinguish Lecture: University of Engineering and Management (UEM), Kolkata, 2025
MEMBER
TPSI Life membership no. L070
MRSI Life membership no. LMB117
IACS Life membership no. 2890
EMSI Life membership no. LM1353
MSI Life membership no. LM739
Indian ceramic Society Life membership no. EL – 760
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Research Interests
- Nanostructure semiconductor gas sensors
- Gas sensor towards human breath analysis for monitoring health
- Multiferroic and magnetic nanocomposites
- Spintornics materials
- Glass, Glass-ceramic
- Inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposites
- Light harvesting using inorganic nanostructured materials
Selected Publications
Publications: Summary: In SCI Journal Papers = 130+
Selected Papers:
Selected Papers:
- Mondal, O., Pal, M.*, (2011), Strong and unusual violet blue emission in ring-shaped ZnO nanocrystals, J. Mater. Chem., 21, 18354, (Cited by: 40, IF: 5.7). DOI: 1039/c1jm13083h
- Mukherjee, A., Basu, S., Manna, P.K., Yusuf, S.M., Pal, M* , (2014), Giant magnetodielectric and enhanced multiferroic properties of Sm doped bismuth ferrite nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2 (29), 5885, (Cited by: 151, IF: 5.7). DOI: 1039/C4TC00614C
- Chakrabarty, S., Dutta, A., Pal, M.* , (2015), Enhanced magnetic properties of doped cobalt ferrite nanoparticles by virtue of cation distribution, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 625, 216, (Cited by: 99, IF: 5.8). DOI: 1016/j.jallcom.2014.11.098
- Saha, D., Ghara, D.K., Pal, M.*, (2016), Nanoporous γ-alumina based novel sensor to detect trace moisture in high temperature and high pressure environment, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 222, 1043, (Cited by: 20, IF: 8.0). DOI: 1016/j.snb.2015.08.058
- Narjinary, M., Rana, P., Sen, A., Pal, M.*, (2017), Enhanced and selective acetone sensing properties of SnO2-MWCNT nanocomposites: Promising materials for diabetes sensor, Materials & Design, 115, 158, (Cited by: 106, IF: 7.6). DOI: 1016/j.matdes.2016.11.042
- Banerjee, M., Mukherjee, A., Chakrabarty, S., Basu, S., Pal, M.*, (2019), Bismuth Doped Nickel Ferrite Nanoparticles for Room Temperature Memory Devices, ACS Appl.Nano. Mater.2, 7795, (Cited by: 39, IF: 5.2). DOI: 1021/acsanm.9b01828
- Das, T., Das, S.,Karmakar, S.M., Chakraborty, S., Saha, D., Pal, M.*, (2020), Novel barium hexaferrite based highly selective and stable trace ammonia sensor for detection of renal disease by exhaled breath analysis, Sensor and Actuator B: , 325 (2020) 128765-1 to 128765-14, (Cited by: 61, IF: 8.0). DOI: 1016/j.snb.2020.128765
- Das, T., Mojumder, S., Chakraborty, S., Saha, D., Pal, M.*, (2022), Beneficial effect of Sn doping on bismuth ferrite nanoparticle-based sensor for enhanced and highly selective detection of trace formaldehyde, Applied Surface Science602, 154340-1 to 154340-15, (Cited by: 28, IF: 6.3). DOI: 1016/j.apsusc.2022.154340
- Mojumder, S., Das, T., Das, S., Chakraborty, N., Saha, D., Pal, M.* (2022). Y and Al co-doped ZnO-nanopowder based ultrasensitive trace ethanol sensor A potential breath analyzer for fatty liver disease and drunken driving detection.Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,372, 132611-1 to 132611-15. (Cited by: 31, IF: 8.0). DOI: 1016/j.snb.2022.132611
- Mojumder, S., Das, T., Mukherjee, M., Saha, D., Datta, A., Pal, M.*, (2023), Development of highly sensitive and selective trace acetone sensor using perovskite yttrium ferrite: Mechanism, kinetics and phase dependence study, Chemical Engineering Journal477, 146855-1 to 14685-16, (Cited by: 10, IF: 13.4). DOI: 1016/j.cej.2023.146855
Plenary /keynote /Invited Talk Delivered
- Invited Talk delivered in one day Symposium on “Sensors for Society” JNU, Delhi, January, 2023
- Invited Talk delivered in 29th National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics – Condensed Matter Days (CMDAYS21) during December 10-12, 2021 organized by Central University of Jharkhand.
- Invited Talk delivered in 65th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE-SSPS 2021) during December 10-12, 2021 organized by BARC , Mumbai.
- Invited talk delivered in “India – Russia Scientific Webinar on Materials Science on New materials and Nanotechnology” during 9-10 December, 2020, organized by Embassy of India, Moscow.
- Plenary lecture delivered in “International conference on nanomedicine (ICON-2019)” at Madurai Kamraj University, 2019.
- Delivered invited talk in 4th International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoAfrica 2012), During 1-4th April, 2012 at Bloemfontein, South Africa.
- Delivered invited talk in 7th BANGALORE NANO 2014, India.
- Delivered invited talk in International conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology “ICONN-2015” Chennai, India.
- Delivered MRSI Award lecture at NEIST, Jorhat during MRSI symposium – 2016.
- Delivered Invited talk in International Conference on Nanotechnology (ICN:31 -2017) at IIT Roorkee, during 6-8th December, 2017.
Executed: 12
Ph.D.: Completed: 9. Pursuing: 2
M. Tech: Completed: 3, Pursuing: 1
M.Sc.: Completed: 25
Last Updated on June 26, 2025
