DESCRIPTION :

Mr. Ajit Dash has completed his B.Sc. in Physics Hons. from Samanta Chandra Sekhar (Autonomous) College, Puri in the year 2007. He has also completed MCA from IGNOU (study centre: KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar) in 2019. He joined here as a Technical Assistant in July 2009 and currently serving as a Technical Officer. He has done a lot of sample analysis in Micro Raman Spectrometer, Transmission Electron Microscope, and X-ray Diffractometer instruments. Also, he is a life member (LM-1194) in “Electron Microscope Society of India” since 2012.

• Technical Assistant in Advanced Materials Technology Department, CSIR-IMMT (10th July 2009 – 21st December 2010).
• Technical Assistant in Central Characterization Cell, CSIR-IMMT (22nd December 2010 – 9th July 2016).
• Technical Officer in Central Characterization Cell, CSIR-IMMT ( 10th July 2016 – 31st December 2018).
• Technical Officer in Central Characterization Department, CSIR-IMMT (1st January 2019 – Continuing).

• Materials Characterization.
• Information Technology.

• Award of appreciation certificate by BARC in April 2018 for sincere and insightful demonstration of micro Raman spectrometer in "BRNS-AEACI Thirteenth School on Analytical Chemistry (SAC-13)".
• Life member (LM-1194) in "Electron Microscope Society of India" since 2012.

• “Chlorination roasting coupled water leaching process for potash recovery from waste mica scrap using dry marble sludge powder and sodium chloride” Sandeep Kumar Jena*, Jogeshwar Sahu, Geetikamayee Padhy, Swagatika Mohanty, and Ajit Dash; International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials (IF = 1.319); DOI: 10.1007/s12613-020-1994-3 in 2020.
• “Surfactant directed synthesis of mesoporous alumina and α-alumina single crystal” Geetanjali Mishra, Barsha Dash*, Ajit Dash and I. N. Bhattacharya; Crystal Research & Technology (IF = 1.12); DOI: 10.1002/crat.201600087 in 2016.
• “Shear-force-dominated dual-drive planetary ball milling for the scalable production of grapheme and its electrolytic application with Pd nanostructures” G. Rajendra Kumar, K. Jayasankar*, Sushanta K. Das, Tapan Dash, Ajit Dash, Bikash Kumar Jena and Barada Kanta Mishra; RSC Advances (IF = 3.84); DOI: 10.1039/c5ra24810h  in 2016.
• "Highly Porous Pd Nanostructures and Reduced Graphene Hybrids: Excellent Electrocatalytic Activity towards Hydrogen Peroxide” Subash Chandra Sahu, Tapan Kumar Behera, Ajit Dash, Bijayalaxmi Jena, Arnab Ghosh and Bikash Kumar Jena*; New Journal of Chemistry; DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ02555A (IF = 3.086) in 2016.
• "Reduced graphene oxide-Ag3PO4 heterostructure; a direct Z-scheme photocatalyst for augmented photoreactivity and stability” Alaka Samal, Dipti P. Das*, Kamala Kanta Nanda, Barada Kanta Mishra, Jasobanta Das, Ajit Dash; Chemistry An Asian Journal (IF: 4.587); DOI: 10.1002/asia.201501286 in 2015.
• "Study of faceted Au nanoparticle capped ZnO nanowires: antireflecting, surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy and photoluminescence aspects” A Ghosh, R R Juluri, P Guha, R Sathyavathi, Ajit Dash, B. K. Jena and P. V. Satyam; IOPSciences Journal of Physics D (IF = 2.829) in 2015.
• "In-situ synthesis of flowery shape α-FeOOH/Fe2O3 nano paricles and their phase dependant super capacitive behaviour” Rasmita Barik, Bikash Kumar Jena, Ajit Dash and Mamata Mohapatra; RSC Advances; DOI: 10.1039/C4RA01258E (IF = 3.84) in 2014.
• "Manganese doped goethite: Structural, optical and adsorption properties” K. Rout, A Dash, M. Mohapatra*, S. Anand; Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering; DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2014.01.001 (SNIP = 1.198) in 2014.
• "Graphene induced Pd nanodendrites: A highly performance hybrid nanoelectrocatalyst” Subash Chandra Sahu, Aneeya K. Samantara, Ajit Dash, R. R. Juluri, Ranjan K. Sahu, B. K. Mishra and Bikash Kumar Jena*; Nano Research; DOI: 10.1007/s12274‐013‐0339‐1 (IF = 7.994) in 2013.
• " One‐pot fabrication of RGO‐Ag3VO4 nanocomposites by in‐situ photoreduction using different sacrificial agents: High selectivity towards catechol synthesis and photodegradation ability” D.P. Das*, Alaka Samal, J. Das, Ajit Dash, and Hariom Gupta; Photochemistry and Photobiology; DOI: 10.1111/php.12172 (IF = 2.266) in 2013.
  

• Granted Abroad: “Reduced graphene oxide-silver phosphate (RGO-AgP) and a process for the preparation thereof for the photodegradation of organic dyes” D. P. Das, A. Samal, J. Das, A. Dash (PCT/IN2013/000575, 24.09.2013, WO 2014207754 A1, CA2916855A1, EP3013742A1/B1 granted on 31.05.2018).

• Filed in India: "One‐pot in‐situ photoreduction process for synthesis of a robust reduced graphene oxide‐silver phosphate (RGO‐AgP) for a swift mineralization of organic textile dyes under visible light illumination" D.P. Das, A. Samal, J. Das, A. Dash (1870DEL2013, 26.06.2013).

• Worked in BRNS project:”Processing of ODS ferritic steel powder by high energy ball milling and its characterization (GAP-209)” as a team member.
  
• Worked in BRNS project: “Development of oxide based thermoelectric material (GAP-237)”as a team member.
• Worked in technical service project: “Characterization studies of metallurgical and environmental materials of CSIR-IMMT for external clients (TSP-001)” as a team member.
• Worked in technical service project: “Mineralogical, petrological and chemical characterization of ores and minerals for their industrial application (TSP-004)” as a team member.
• Working in laboratory testing project: “Central characterization department laboratory testing project (LT02-CCD)” as a team member.
• Worked in major laboratory projects: “Central characterization department projects (MLP-014, MLP-019 & MLP-026)” as a team member.
• Worked in major laboratory project: “Transmission electron microscope (TEM) facility (MLP-058)” as a team member.
• Worked in Jigyasa project: “CSIR Jigyasa Programme @CSIR-IMMT (NWP-101)” as a team member.
• Worked in CRTDH project: “Common Research and Technology Development Hub (CRTDH) at CSIR-IMMT” as a team member.