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Pune institute’s scientist Sakya Sen bags INSA Young Scientist Medal 2018
Sakya Sen is also the recipient of the CSIR-Young Scientist award in chemical sciences in 2017 and has been selected as a Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2017-2020).
A senior scientist at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL) Pune, Sakya Sen, has received the INSA Young Scientist Medal 2018 from the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi.
The organisation was established with the aim to promote science in India and harness scientific knowledge for the cause of humanity and national welfare, and every year, this award is bestowed upon young scientists in India, who with their work and creativity have made notable research contributions in the field of science and technology.
Sen, who is one of the prominent scientists at CSIR NCL, is heading a research group which is working on topics like, synthesis of low oxidation state and low coordination number, s-and p-block compounds and its application into small molecule activation as well as in catalysis.
Sen has published more than 50 research papers, in peer reviewed international journals and currently has been guiding 6 PhD students at the institute.
He was also the recipient of the CSIR-Young Scientist award in chemical sciences in 2017 and has been selected as a Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (2017-2020).
Another feather to his cap
The INSA award which will add another feather to his cap, will be presented to him at the annual general meeting of the academy, which is scheduled to be held in December this year. Sen completed his MSc in Chemistry from the Indian Institute Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in 2006 and later went to University of Göttingen, Germany in 2010, to obtain his Ph.D. in Chemistry.
He later received the Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship and joined the laboratory of Prof. Holger Braunschweig at the University of Würzburg, Germany.
