Raman Centre for Applied and          Interdisciplinary Sciences


 

  Founded in the Golden Jubilee Year of Independence


  First Research Institute in India devoted to Interdisciplinary Research

         

 

16A Jheel Road
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal 700075

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ON GOING RESEARCH AREAS

Alternative environment friendly technologies

Environmentally safe, and the first ever bio-release fertilizers
Systems of organic farming for different crops
Utilization of mica wastes for fertilizers and chemicals


     Computational chemistry

Quantum mechanics in materials design 
Modelling approach to origin of life    
Thermodynamics of mineral formation & experimental geochemistry
Non-classical mathematics in applied sciences
Fuzzy logic applications in modelling geochemical phenomena
 

Agriculture

Soil carbon photo-oxidation 

Soil degradation & soil organic matter

Clay-humus complexes

Degradation of forest soils


Earth Science

Earthquake prediction

  • SEMINARS

    (A) Patents : The Changing Scenario

    (B) Professor SK Mukherjee Annual Commememoration Lectures : Speakers :(1) Dr Krishan Lal, President, INSA (2) Dr S Ayyappan, DG, ICAR (3) Dr Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, DST (4) Professor Tathagata Roy, Governor of Tripura (5) Maharajkumar Dr SN Nandy, Honorary Fellow, Asiatic Society (6) Dr SK Acharyya, ex-DG, GSI


PROJECTS COMPLETED

Sponsored projects (Selective List)
1.  Computational study of boron carbide-silicon carbide (B4C-SiC) systems. DMRL, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India.

2.  Development of a novel slow-releasing nitrogenous fertilizer. Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.

3. Modelling chemical behaviour of non-oxide ceramics : A tool for virtual design and virtual study. Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India.

4. Novel slow-release iron-manganese and molybdenum fertilizers : Pilot scale investigations. Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India

5. Bio-release multinutrient fertilizer for high altitude agriculture. Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India. 

6. Geochemistry of low-temperature processes : A new concept for modelling silicate equilibria in sediments Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.

7. Development of new fertilizer materials : Slow-releasing compounds of iron, manganese and molybdenum. Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.                

8. Transformation of primary minerals by humic substances in relation to pedogenesis and nutrient release from soils. Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Government of India.

9. Modelling chemical behaviour of non-oxide ceramics : A tool for virtual design and virtual study. Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India             

10.  Slow-release zinc polyphosphate fertilizer : Foundations for pilot level production. Department of Scientific & Industrial Research (DSIR) and National Fertilizers Ltd, Government of India

 11-14. Four Projects on Earthquake prediction in the Himalayan foothills, Bihar and Bengal basin : Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.

 15-18. Three Projects : Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi


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16A Jheel Road
Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal 700075

ph: 91-33-24830029
alt: 91-9831088010

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