Biochemistry & Analytical Biochemistry

Asit Baran Manda

Biography

Dr Asit Baran Mandal was the Director of Central Leather Research Institute since 1st July 2006 to 31st March 2015. Presently, he is the Outstanding Scientist (Director’s Grade) at CSIR-CLRI. He has had a distinguished career, starting with a Bachelor’s degree in Science with Chemistry Honours from University of Burdwan and Master’s and Doctoral degrees in Chemistry with Physical Chemistry as specialization from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He carried out Post-Doctoral Research at the Chemistry department of University of Saskatchewn, Canada. He has represented Indian Science Community in a host of countries including Canada, USA, UK, Germany, Singapore, Italy, China, Spain, Japan, Australia, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Turkey, Czech Republic and Mexico. He has served the Oil and Natural Gas Commission as a Chemist, prior to joining CLRI as a Scientist. Published more than 350 research papers in national and international journals of most repute and delivered more than 130 invited lectures in India and abroad and also chaired many scientific sessions for national and international symposia including American Chemical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Fine Particle Society, Colloid and Surface Sciences, Environmental Sciences and Technology.

Research Interest

Rheology, Surface Tension, Viscoelasticity, Light Scattering, Nanomaterials, Rheometry, Soft Materials, Viscosity, Liquid Crystals, Emulsion Polymerization, Small Angle Neutron Scattering, Static Light Scattering, Interface Science, Capillarity, Small Angle Scattering, Interfacial Mechanics, Lyotropic liquid crystals