Debasish Sarkar | Bioceramics | Best Researcher Award
Professor at National Institute of Technology Rourkela | India
Prof. Debasish Sarkar, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Ceramic Engineering at the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India, specializing in ceramic nanoparticles, high-temperature ceramics, refractories, and bioceramics. He earned his Ph.D. in Ceramic Engineering from NIT Rourkela, following an M.Tech in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Kanpur and a B.Tech in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Calcutta. With more than two decades of academic and research experience, he has contributed significantly to ceramic processing, nanoparticle fabrication, microstructural engineering, and the development of advanced refractories and bioceramics. His professional achievements include securing multiple sponsored projects funded by the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of Biotechnology, and international collaborations. Sarkar has supervised numerous Ph.D. and M.Tech theses, authored over 97 peer-reviewed international journal articles, 15 conference papers, and several book chapters, in addition to publishing four books on ceramics and refractories. He also holds six patents related to advanced ceramic materials and processing. His research excellence is reflected in his Scopus profile, which records an H-index of 31, i10-index of 68, and more than 2,782 citations, underscoring his global academic impact. He has received prestigious recognitions such as the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Medal and has been an invited speaker at multiple international forums. As a life member of the Indian Ceramic Society, the Indian Institute of Metals, and the American Ceramic Society, Sarkar continues to drive innovation in sustainable and high-performance ceramic materials for structural, biomedical, and metallurgical applications.
Featured Publications
Sarkar, D., Mohapatra, D., Ray, S., Bhattacharyya, S., Adak, S., & Mitra, N. (2007). Synthesis and characterization of sol–gel derived ZrO₂ doped Al₂O₃ nanopowder. Ceramics International, 33(7), 1275–1282. Cited by: 264
Adhikari, S., Sarkar, D., & Madras, G. (2017). Hierarchical design of CuS architectures for visible light photocatalysis of 4-chlorophenol. ACS Omega, 2(7), 4009–4021. Cited by: 177
Adhikari, S., Sarkar, D., & Madras, G. (2015). Highly efficient WO₃–ZnO mixed oxides for photocatalysis. RSC Advances, 5(16), 11895–11904. Cited by: 149
Swain, S. K., & Sarkar, D. (2013). Study of BSA protein adsorption/release on hydroxyapatite nanoparticles. Applied Surface Science, 286, 99–103. Cited by: 148
Adhikari, S., Sarkar, D., Chandra, K. S., Kim, D. H., & Madras, G. (2018). Understanding the morphological effects of WO₃ photocatalysts for the degradation of organic pollutants. Advanced Powder Technology, 29(7), 159–169. Cited by: 137
Adhikari, S., Banerjee, A., Eswar, N. K. R., Sarkar, D., & Madras, G. (2015). Photocatalytic inactivation of E. coli by ZnO–Ag nanoparticles under solar radiation. RSC Advances, 5(63), 51067–51077. Cited by: 105
Adhikari, S., Mandal, S., Sarkar, D., Kim, D. H., & Madras, G. (2017). Kinetics and mechanism of dye adsorption on WO₃ nanoparticles. Applied Surface Science, 420, 472–482. Cited by: 103