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Subhendu Sekhar Bag
CChem · FRSC · FICS
(INSA Teacher Awardee)
Professor, Department of ChemistryHead, Central Instrumentation FacilityFormer Associate Dean, R&D SectionAssociated Faculty: SiSAS & JBM SHSTIndian Institute of Technology Guwahati
Brief Personal History
Prof. Subhendu Sekhar Bag, FRSC, joined the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Guwhati, Guwahati-781 039, Assam, INDIA in the year of 2008. Dr. Bag was born December 1, 1975 and brought up at Tikarpara, Baricha in the district of Bankura of West Bengal by his parents Guiram Bag and Gangarani Bag. His family, wife - Aditi Bag, kids-Saswata and Shreyasi are the major source of his Inspiration. He is now working as a Full Professor since 2017.
He is the Head of the Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF), IIT Guwahati. He served as Associate Dean, Research and Development, from 29 September 2020 to 17 January 2025.
Honors and Awards
| Sl. No. | Name of the Award | Society/Academy/ Institution | Purpose | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INSA Teachers Award | INSA, New Delhi | Outstanding Contribution in Teaching, Research and Student Guiding | December, 2022 |
| 2 | Incredible Scientist of India | Record Owner | Outstanding Contributions in Chemical Biology/Chemical Genomics | September, 2021 |
| 3 | Best Chemistry Professor of the Year | Education Icon Award 2021, Kite KitesKraft Productions | Outstanding Contribution in Research and Teaching Chemistry | September, 2021 |
| 4 | Chartered Chemist (CChem) | Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK | Academic and Research Excellency in Science | 2021 |
| 5 | Global Faculty Award 2020 (GFA20IN0767) | AKS Education Awards AKS Worldwide Pvt. Ltd. | Extraordinary Teaching Acumens, Unstoppable education spirit, Remarkable professional skills and Contribution in the field of Education. | 2021 |
| 6 | Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Lifetime International Award | IRDP Group of Journal | Outstanding Contribution in Research and Teaching | December, 2020 |
| 7 | Quarterly Franklin Membership (ID#RA87720) | Editorial Board of London Journals Press | Outstanding Contribution in Research | 2020 |
| 8 | Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC-653294) | Royal Society of Chemistry, London, UK | Outstanding contribution in Chemical Sciences | 2018 |
| 9 | Outstanding Faculty Award (FA16NC623) | The Venus International Foundation, Tamil Nadu | Outstanding contribution in Bioorganic Chemistry | 2016 |
| 10 | Post-Doctoral Fellow | JSPS, Government of Japan | Post-Doctoral Research | 2006-2008 |
| 11 | Post-Doctoral Researcher | SORST-JST, Government of Japan | Post-Doctoral Research | 2005-2006 |
| 12 | Canada-HOPE Research Fellowship | Canada Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Government of Canada [Competition among the young scientists of all developing countries in the world] | Post-Doctoral Research | 2005 |
| 13 | Fellow of Indian Chemical Society (F/5672) | Indian Chemical Society | Outstanding Contribution in Chemistry | 2001 |
| 14 | National Research Fellowship (NET-CSIR) | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, Govt. of India | JRF and SRF | June, 1998 |
| 15 | Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) (Score 97.23 Percentile) | An All India Test (IITs) | For M. Tech or Research | 1998 |
| 16 | Institute Silver Medal | IIT Kharagpur | First position in M. Sc. | 1998 |
| 17 | National Scholarship | Govt. of West Bengal, India | Outstanding record in B. Sc. (Hons.) | 1998 |
Academic recognitions
| Sl. No. | Recognition Name | Institution/Organization | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Member SFAC (JBMSHST Faculty Apprisal Committee) | IIT Guwahati | March 2025- February 2028 |
| 2 | Member, Board of Studies (Department of Basic and Applied Science) | National Institute of Technology, AP | 2025-2028 |
| 3 | Board of Studies (Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences) | Woxsen University | 2024-2027 |
| 4 | Member, Board of Studies (Chemistry) | Sikkim University | 2016-2019 |
| 5 | Member, Doctoral Committee | National Institute of Technology, AP | Since 2017 |
| 6 | Member, Doctoral Committee | National Institute of Technology, Silchar | Since 2016 |
| 7 | Member DFAC (Departmental Faculty Apprisal Committee) | IIT Guwahati | March 2022- February 2024 |
| 8 | Member, Department AER Connect Committee (DACC), Centre for the Environment | IIT Guwahati | April 2021- Present |
| 9 | Member, Institute Official Language Implementation Committee, IITG Responsibility: Website design Proof Checking Organizing Program such as Hindi Divas Celebration | IIT Guwahati | May 2013- April 2015 |
| 10 | Associated Faculty, International Joint M.Tech Degree in Food Science and Technology [IITG with GIFU University Japan.] Responsibility: Part of Curricula Design One Course Development Project Guidance | IIT Guwahati | July 2019-Present |
| 11 | Institute Faculty In-Charge, B.Tech. Preparatory Course Responsibility: Coordination among the Faculties from all branches of Sciences and Humanities and the Students Monitoring Students Progress Finalizing the Results Motivating the Students in all respect | IIT Guwahati | 2017-2018 |
| 12 | Associated Faculty, Centre for the Environment Responsibility: Part of Curricula Design of Proposed MS degree Course Development Ph.D. Guidance Space/Purchase Committee Frequently acted as In-Charge One Month acted as In-Charge and Organized one-day Symposium for celebrating Environment Day | IIT Guwahati | Since 2013 |
| 13 | Associated Faculty, School of Health Sciences and Technology | IIT Guwahati | Since 2021 |
| 14 | Member, Institute Research and Development Committee (IRDC) | IIT Guwahati | Dec’2016-Nov’2018. |
| 15 | Member, Institute Post Graduate Program Committee (IPPC) Responsibilities: Inputs to all Academic Curricula and Activities Ph.D. Selection and admission Process Monitoring the Progress of all the Ph.D. Students M.Sc. Thesis Evaluation Process | IIT Guwahati | 2012-Present |
| 16 | Institute Coordinator, Teachers Training Camp (TTC) Responsibilities: Produced 150 well Trained Chemistry Teachers called “School Mentors” and six (06) “Super School Mentor” from various Government Schools of Assam to strengthen the quality of teaching Offered Motivational and creative teaching methodology. Preparation of teaching modules covering the Class X-XII syllabus. Helping them in their Academic Requirement over Phone/Email | Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhijan (RMSA), Government of Assam | Since 2014. |
| 17 | Expert, Project Proposal Evaluation | Submitted to DST, BRNS, DBT | >16 no. of projects evaluated since 2013 |
| 18 | Expert, Faculty Recruitment | NIT Arunachal Pradesh | 2019 |
| 19 | Thesis Examiner | Various Academic/ Research Institution in India | 07 Thesis evaluated since 2018-2019 |
| 20 | Potent Reviewer | Various Academic Journals including ACS, Elsevier, RSC, Wiley, Bentham-Science, Springer etc. | Since 2012 |
| 21 | Member, Institute KIC-TEQIP Program, CET, IITG Responsibilities: Organizing Short term courses Overall Coordination among other faculty organizers Organizing Workshops | IIT Guwahati | Since 2013 |
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