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YEAR BOOK 2017 WAST Designed & Printed at Sailee Press Pvt. Ltd. e-mail : [email protected] [email protected] : e-mail Ltd. Pvt. Press Sailee at Printed & Designed YEAR BOOK 2017 YEAR BOOK 2017 WEST BENGAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Jadavpur Kolkata 700 032 YEAR BOOK Registered under the West Bengal Act XXVI of 1961 (S/65001 of 1990-91) PAN – AAATW0707E 2017 Published by : Prof. Satyabrata Pal, Elected Member, ISI, FRSS Honorary Visiting Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Editor, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology Assisted by : Arun Bandyopadhyay, Ph.D. Senior Principal Scientist, CSIR-IICB, Kolkata-700 032 Secretary, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology WAST Secretariat CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology 4, Raja S. C. Mullick Road Jadavpur, Kolkata 700 032 Telephone: (033) 2499-5796 WEST BENGAL ACADEMY e-mail: [email protected] W A Website: http://www.iicb.res.in/wast/index.html S T Printed by : SCIENCE Sailee Press Pvt. Ltd. 4A, Manicktala Main Road WEST BENGAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Kolkata-700 054 Registered Office : CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Phone : 2351 9855 / 98300 54003 4, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur Fax : 2352 2263 Kolkata 700 032 e-mail : [email protected] 1 2 YEAR BOOK 2017 YEAR BOOK 2017 AD-HOC Committee (1986-1989) 1. Professor Sushil Kumar Mukherjee : Chairman Contents 2. Professor Syama Pada Sen Introduction 5 3. Professor Asok Ghosh Memorandum of Association 6 4. Dr. Satyesh Chandra Pakrashi Rules and Regulations 9 Approved Amendments–I 25 5. Professor Subodh Kumar Roy Approved Amendments–II 29 6. Professor Asok Kumar Barua Past Office Bearers 34 7. Professor Nityananda Saha Council : 2016-17 37 Sectional Committees : 2016-2017 39 8. Professor Kunal Ghosh The Fellowship 41 9. Professor Saroj Kumar Sanyal Honorary Fellows 165 Corporate Members 165 10. Professor Sankar Mukhopadhyay : Convener N.G.O. 165 Institutional Members 166 Endowment Fund 166 Fellows : Deceased 167 Fellowship : Alphabetic 173 Fellowship : Sectional Committeewise 267 3 4 YEAR BOOK 2017 YEAR BOOK 2017 Memorandum of Association Introduction 1. Name of the Society convention of scientists and technologists of West Bengal The name of the Society shall be ‘West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology’. was held on 29 April 1986 in the auditorium of Indian AInstitute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata, to consider the 2. Registered Office question of forming an Academy of Science in West Bengal. After The Registered Office of the Society shall at present be located a prolonged discussion, the house decided to form such an Academy at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4 Raja Subodh and constituted an ad-hoc committee to take necessary steps to Chandra Mullick Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700 032. give effect to this decision. In a general meeting on 20th January 3. Aims and Objectives of the Academy 1989 in the auditorium of IICB, the formation of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology with 136 Founder Fellows as The aims and objectives of the Academy shall be as under. per the recommendation as well as the Memorandum of Association 3.1 to promote and apply science and technology for the and Rules and Regulations prepared by the ad-hoc committee were welfare of the state of West Bengal and its people. approved. The house empowered the ad-hoc committee to continue 3.2 to coordinate activities of various agencies and institutions, till the Council and Officebearers were constitutionally elected. governmental as well as non-governmental, engaged in The ad-hoc committee then convened a General Meeting of the research and development; Founder Fellows on 16th August 1989 in the auditorium of IICB to elect the Council. The first elected council of the Academy met 3.3 to promote cooperation and excellence in scientific seminars, conferences, workshops, symposia, popular on 24 August 1989 in the conference room of IICB and elected the lectures etc. and through publication of scientific and office-bearers. The Academy then was registered as a Society (S/ technological journals, books, monographs, research 65001 to 1990-91) according to the West Bengal Societies papers, newsletters, etc. Registration Act 1961. Thus, a new Academy entitled ‘‘West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology’’ was born having its 3.4 to promote understanding among the basic and applied registered office at IICB, 4 Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Jadavpur, sciences and technology on the one hand and letters on the other; Kolkata 700 032. 3.5 to establish, maintain and upgrade scientific and technological library and documentation facilities; and 5 6 YEAR BOOK 2017 YEAR BOOK 2017 3.6 to do and perform all other acts, matters and things that We, the several scientists and technologists whose names with may assisting, conduce to or be necessary for the official designation are subscribed here under are desirous of forming fulfillment of the above mentioned aims and objectives; ourselves in an Academy (Association) in pursuance of the 3.7 The income and the properties of the Society shall be Memorandum of the Association under the provision of the West applied solely towards the promotion and objects of the Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961. Society and no portion shall be given to any member by Sl Name Designation way of profits, etc. No. 4. Management of the Academy 1. Prof. S. Aditya Professor The management of the affairs of the Academy shall be 2. Prof. D. K. Basu –do– entrusted, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Academy, to a Council of which the first members are: 3. Prof. M. K. Dasgupta –do– Name Designation 4. Prof. D. K. Datta Majumder –do– Prof. S. K. Mukherjee – President 5. Prof. A. N. Daw –do– Dr. S. C. Pakrashi – Vice-President 6. Prof. Asok Ghosh –do– Prof. R. K. Poddar – Vice-President 7. Prof. S. K. Mukherjee –do– Prof. S. Mukhopadhyay – Secretary 8. Prof. S. Mukhopadhyay –do– Prof. N. Saha – Treasurer Prof. A. N. Daw – Editor 9. Prof. B. D. Nag Chowdhury –do– Prof. D. Nasipuri – Member 10. Prof. D. Nasipuri –do– Prof. Asok Ghosh – Member 11. Dr. S. C. Pakrashi Scientist Prof. D. K. Basu – Member 12. Prof. R. K. Poddar Professor Prof. S. Aditya – Member Prof. M. K. Dasgupta – Member 13. Prof. S. K. Roy –do– Prof. D. Datta – Member 14. Prof. N. Saha –do– Prof. S. K. Roy – Member 15. Prof. S. P. Sen –do– Prof. S. P. Sen – Member Dr. B. D. Nag Chowdhury – Member 7 8 YEAR BOOK 2017 YEAR BOOK 2017 2.3 Any citizen – who is a resident of the State of West Bengal is eligible for the Fellowship of the Academy. Rules and Regulations 3. Election and Admission to Fellowship [Please check out the ammendments done on 3.1 Fellows, other than the Foundation Fellows shall be 15-05-2002 and 21-04-2010] admitted on this basis of election. 1. Definition 3.2 The election of Fellows shall be governed by the 1.1 ‘‘Academy’’ means the West Bengal Academy of Science regulations framed by the Council. These regulations shall and Techology. provide, among others, the following: 1.2 ‘‘Seal’’ means common seal of the Academy. 3.2.1 The number of Fellows to be elected annually 1.3 ‘‘Year’’ means the calender year commencing from January shall not exceed 25. 1 and ending on December 31. 3.2.2 At least five Fellows are to jointly nominate a 1.4 ‘‘Fellow’’ means a fellow of the Academy as elected by candidate, on personal knowledge, for fellowship the Council. in a prescribed form. 1.5 ‘‘Foundation Fellows’’ means a constituent member of the Academy at the time of its foundation. 3.2.3 The nominations so received shall be scrutinised by appropriate sectional committees appointed by 1.6 ‘‘Fellow of Good Standing’’ is one who has paid the the Council, to which the Sectional Committees annual subscription for the current year on or within 31st March of the Year. shall send their recommendations for admission to the fellowship. 2. Fellowship 3.2.4 Subscription, payable annually by a Fellow of the 2.1 The eligibility for Fellowship of the Academy will be Academy, shall be decided from time to time by determined by excellence in scientific and technological the Council and ratified at a general meeting. At endeavours. present the subscription has been fixed at Rs. 50.00 (Rupees fifty only) per year. Fellows of the 2.2 The Fellows of the Academy shall be limited to a maximum number of 500, of which not more than 200 shall be Academy above the age of 65 years are not to pay nominated as Foundation Fellows. annual subscription. 9 10 YEAR BOOK 2017 YEAR BOOK 2017 3.2.5 The foundation and elected Fellows are entitled 7. Register of Fellows to use ‘‘F.A.Sc.T’’ to indicate their Fellowship of 7.1 A register of the Fellows of the Academy containing the the Academy. following particulars shall be maintained. 7.1.1 Name, address, date of birth, qualification, 4. Rights of Fellows occupation and expertise, date of admission, and 4.1 Every Fellow shall have the right to attend and participate date of termination/cessation. in all general meetings, open functions, conferences and 7.1.2 The register will be kept open during office hours other activities of the Academy. for inspection on requisition by any Fellow. 4.2 Every Fellow of good standing shall have one vote. 4.3 Every Fellow shall have right to inspect the register of 8. Administration fellows, books of accounts and minute books etc. during The administration, direction and management of the affiars of office hours.