Director
bk@iitgoa.ac.in
0832-249-0897
Address: Director Office, Admin Block, Main Building
Areas of Research
Particulate Materials, Discrete element methods (DEM), Appropriate Technology
Educational Qualifications
- Ph.D. (Metallurgical Engg) from University of Utah Salt Lake City, USA (1991)
- M.S. (Metallurgical Engg) from Wayne State University Michigan, USA (1986)
- B.Sc (Metallurgical Engg) from NIT Rourkela India (1981)
Professional Appointments
- Director CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar (Dec 2005 - March 2017)
- Chairman, Recruitment & Assessment Board CSIR, New Delhi (May 2015 - May 2016)
- Professor IIT Kanpur (July 2001 - June 2011)
- Visiting Professor, University of Utah, USA (Dec 2003 - July 2004)
- Associate Professor, IIT Kanpur (May 1997 - July 2001)
- Visiting Professor, Aston University, UK (July 1999 - July 2000)
- Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur (July 1993 - May 1997)
- Post-doctoral fellow, University of Utah, USA (Jan 1991 - June 1993)
- Project Engineer, IMFA, India (June 1981 - July 1984)
Representative Publications
- P.R. Behera, B. Bhoi, R.K. Paramguru, P.S. Mukherjee, B.K. Mishra, Hydrogen plasma smelting reduction of Fe2O3, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B., Issue 1, 2019.
- K.C. Sabat, R.K. Paramguru, B.K.Mishra, Formation of copper-nickel alloy from their oxide mixtures through reduction by low-temperature hydrogen plasma, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 2018
- S. Das, D.P. Das, C.K. Sarangi, B. Bhoi, B.K. Mishra, J. Ghosh, Optical emission spectroscopy study of Ar-H2 plasma at atmospheric pressure, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 46 (8), 2909-2915, 2018.
Recognition and Awards
- VASVIK Award, 2012
- Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering, 2009
- National Mineral Award, 2007
- IIME Mineral Beneficiation Award, 2007