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AWARDS/RECOGNITIONS

• ‘Gold medal’ for standing 1^st position in M. Tech. (Ceramic Engineering) Examination, University of Calcutta
• ‘Order of Merit Certificate’ for standing 1^st position in B. Tech. (Ceramic Engineering) Examination’, University of Calcutta
• Guest Teacher at Department of Chemical Technology (Ceramic Engineering Division), University of Calcutta, 2016-2020
• Received and completed a Student Project entitled ‘Evaluation of refractory performance of castables containing calcium aluminate sol-gel coatings on graphite’ as P.I. (Project cost: Rs. 50,000/-) funded by ‘Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP-Phase II)’, University of Calcutta
• Recipient of ‘Senior Research Fellowship Award (SRF-Direct)’, from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India
• Recipient of ‘Junior Research Fellowship Award (JRF)’, from University Grant Commission (UGC), Government of India
• Recipient of ‘Best paper award (Oral presentation) for Bimal Chatterjee Memorial Scientific Oration Competition for student’, International Conference on Ceramic Science on the occasion of 78^th Annual Session of The Indian Ceramic Society, Jamshedpur
• Recipient of ‘Award of Teaching Assistantship’, from Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP), University of Calcutta
• Recipient of ‘Kamal Krishna Raha Book Prize (Book Award)’, University of Calcutta
• Recipient of ‘Ramcharan Mitra Educational Endowment Fund’, University of Calcutta

Membership in Professional Bodies 

• Life member, Indian Ceramic Society
• Life member, Indian Institute of Ceramics
• Life member, The Indian Science Congress Association

Summary: In Journal: 15, In conference proceedings: 15

Selected papers:

1. Paromita Das, Udayan Mukherjee, Savan Kumar Sharma, S. Mukhopadhyay, Barun K. Sanfui, “Synergistic effect of YAG particulate reinforcement on microstructural and thermo-mechanical properties of pressureless sintered MgAl₂O₄ spinel ceramic composites”, Ceramics International, 2024, 50 (21) Part A, 41892-41903
2. P. Das, S. K. Sharma, S. Mukhopadhyay, B. K. Sanfui, “Effects of Binary Oxide Coated MWCNTs Toward Tailoring the Mechanical, Thermo-Mechanical, and Microstructural Properties of Pressureless Sintered MgAl₂O₄ Spinel Ceramic Composite”, Glass and Ceramics, 2024, 80 (9), 445-450
3. P. Das, S. K. Sharma, B. K. Sanfui, “Unveiling the reinforcement potentiality of MWCNTs architecture towards the improvement of microstructural vis-a-vis mechanical and thermo-mechanical properties of pressureless sintered MgAl₂O₄ spinel ceramic composite”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2023, 960, 170654
4. Paromita Das, Savan Kumar Sharma, Barun K. Sanfui, “Engineering of the structural and morphological characteristics of MWCNTs employing a nano-dimensional binary oxide coating with enhanced thermal oxidation resistance properties for the tailoring of their reinforcement potential”, New J. Chem., Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2022, 46, 5975-5995
5. P. Das, S. Sinhamahapatra, K. Dana, S. Mukhopadhyay, “Improvement of thermal conductivity of carbonaceous matrix in monolithic Al₂O₃-C refractory composite by surface-modified graphites”, Ceramics International, 2020, 46 (18) 29173-29181
6. P. Das, S. Dutta, N. Das, S. Mukhopadhyay, “Extended studies on surface‐treated graphite vis-à-vis its application in high alumina refractory castable”, International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 2018, 15 (3) 668-677