Dr. Somnath Sinhamahapatra

CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

Principal Scientist

Refractories and Traditional Ceramics Division

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

Dr. Sinhamahapatra joined CSIR-CGCRI on 14th August, 2007.

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

Degree	Discipline	University
Ph. D. (Tech)	Chemical Technology (Ceramic Engineering)	University of Calcutta
M. Tech.	Ceramic Engineering	University of Calcutta
B. Tech.	Chemical Technology	University of Calcutta
B. Sc. (Hons.)	Chemistry	University of Calcutta

Indian :2

“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.
“A method of manufacturing ceramic tile and the ceramic tile prepared there from”. Amit Chatterjee, S.N.Deshmukh, Somnath Sinhamahapatra. (507/MUM/2005) India.

Solid state sintering; New generation refractory; Refractory raw materials; Refractory recycling;

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

Selected papers

S. Sinhamahapatra, P. Das, K. Dana, and H. S. Tripathi, “Magnesium Aluminate Spinel: Structure, Properties, Synthesis and Applications,” Transactions of the Indian Ceramic Society, 81[3] 97-120 (2022).
S. Sinhamahapatra, C. Ghosh, H. S. Tripathi, and S. Mukhopadhyay, “Effect of Yb₂O₃ and TiO₂ on reaction sintering and properties of magnesium aluminate spinel,” Ceramics Internationa, 47[19] 27372-27385 (2021).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

Supervision

M.Tech-2