Dipankar Das Sarma

Sarma, is an Indian scientist[1] and structural chemist,[2] known for his researches in the fields of Solid State Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, and Nanoscience.

[4][8][12] He also served as a visiting professor at the University of Tokyo (2001–02) and at the Istituto di Struttura della Materia, CNR at their Rome and Trieste centres in 2002.

[8] He has also been an adjunct professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai[4] till October 2014 for a second term, the initial tenure being a six-year period from 2003 to 2009.

Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (2003-2006),[3][8] a member of faculty at the UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research.

[3][4][7] Prof. Sarma is a member of many professional bodies such as the Council of Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Tachnology, Indore, the Steering Committee for the Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facilities (SAIF) programme of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and the Academic Advisory Committee of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research and is the coordinator of the group set up by the Government of India for India's collaboration with the International Centre for Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science Applications in the Middle East (SESAME).

[8] He holds the chair of the Research Council of the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune and has held the chairs of the Proposal Review Committee of Elettra Synchrotron Centre, Trieste and the Scientific Advisory Committee of the UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research of which he has also served as a member of the governing body and the governing council.

[8] He has also served the scientific council of the Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR), the general council of the Asia Pacific Centre for Theoretical Physics, Pohang, Korea, and the working group of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR) for the formulation of the 12th Five Year Plan, 2011 as a member.

[3][4][6] His contribution is reported in discovering the existence of a new phase in solid state materials through high-energy spectroscopies and theory.

[3][8] UNESCO awarded him the Biennial Javed Hussain Prize in 1989[12] and a year later, in 1990, he received the medal of excellence[12] from the Materials Research Society of India.

[8][11] He was honored with the Knight of "The Order of the Star of Italy" in 2014, and an Honorary Doctorate[25] from the Faculty of Science and Technology at Uppsala University in 2015.