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Mnemonical Journey of Dr. Arijit Das, Innovator of Chemical Education – written by Senior Journalist, foxstoryindia.com, Sept 14, 2021
Arijit Das was born in Kacharghat, Kailashahar, Unakoti Tripura on 14 March, 1978. His father (Lt. Anil Ranjan Das), who was also a teacher of chemistry motivated him to study chemistry from his childhood. After completing his graduation in chemistry in 1998 from Ramkrishna Mahavidyalaya, he pursued his masters in inorganic chemistry in 2001 and Ph.D in 2008 from Tripura University.
At present, he is holding the post of Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.), Department of Chemistry, Bir Bikram Memorial College (BBMC), Agartala, West Tripura, India (Link: http://www.bbmc.nic.in/chemistry). Dr.Das is basically an innovator in the Chemical Education (Link: http://www.arijitchemistryworld.com/index.html) and author of the book ‘Innovative Mnemonics in chemical education-A Handbook for Classroom Lectures’ published September 2019 by the Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK (Link: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-3922-8) indexed in the British Library, London, UK. Dr. Das innovated 21 teaching methodologies and invented 40 formulae in the field of Organic and Inorganic Chemistry through using mnemonics which have been recognized in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America (2011-2021). Minerazzi.com, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, USA have launched two educational software tools namely “Hydrocarbons Parser” and “Bond Order Calculator” by applying Dr.Das’s invented 18 formulae in Aug 2015 and Dec 2018 respectively(Link:http://www.minerazzi.com/tools/hydrocarbons/parser.php; http://www.minerazzi.com/tools/bond-order/calculator.php). These tools later indexed in computational section of the City College of New York, USA in 2017 and 2018 respectively (https://library.ccny.cuny.edu/chemistry/computational). He has secured recognition of his inventions through copyright from the copyright office, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, New Delhi in August, 2018 and September 2019 (Link: http://www.arijitchemistryworld.com/CopyRightCertificate.pdf;
http://www.arijitchemistryworld.com/Copyright/Copyright2.pdf).
He is a member of the Chemical Education Division of the American Chemical Society (Link: https://communities.acs.org/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/8426), and a Lifetime Fellow of the Directorate of Chemical Science, as recognised by the International Agency for Standards and Ratings, which also mentioned him among the world’s “500 Most Influential Experts in Chemical Science” in 2018[Link:https://sites.google.com/site/usanewscorp/dr-arijit-das-from-india-wins-world-championship-2018-in-chemical-education-innovative-mnemonics-out-of-86-countries]. He has published nine articles in chem.libretexts.org , University of California, DAVIS, USA (2015–2018) [Link: https://chem.libretexts.org/Special:Search?qid=&fpid=230&fpth=&path=&search=Arijit+Das]. Dr. Das’s all innovative teaching methodologies indexed by the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), US Department of Education (2013-2021) [Link:https://eric.ed.gov/?q=arijit+chemistry]. Dr. Das is a regular Author of the WikiEducator, OER, Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand since May, 2021(Link: https://wikieducator.org/Special:WhatLinksHere/User:Arijitdas78chem). He is an Editorial Board Member, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK since Oct 2019 (Link:https://www.cambridgescholars.com/editors/item/2568 and reviewer of different International Journal of Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, CSIR etc.
Dr. Arijit Das – Research Excellence Award, InSc Awards 2020
Link: https://www.insc.in/awards/singleinfo.php?tid=2434
Dr. Arijit Das is basically a Chemical Educationist and specifically Inorganic Chemist. At present, he is holding the post of Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.), Department of Chemistry, Bir Bikram Memorial College (BBMC), Agartala, West Tripura. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree from Tripura University in 2001 and 2008 respectively. Apart from teaching assignments he had also SERB-DST sponsored research Laboratory namely ‘Synthetic Inorganic Research Laboratory’ (ESTD-Dec-2013) at Ramthakur College, Agartala, Tripura (2013-2019). He is working in the research field of ‘Innovation in Chemical Education’ and ‘Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry’ (Mixed ligand complexes, X-Ray Crystallography, DFT study, TGA, Luminescent, Antibacterial, and antifungal activity studies etc.). Dr. Das is a nominated member of the ‘American Chemical Society’, US since Dec 2013; Fellow of the ‘Indian Chemical Society’; Fellow of the IASR, US; Life member of the ‘Indian Science Congress’; and ‘Indian Academy of Forensic Science’. Dr. Das innovated 19-time economic teaching methodologies and invented 39 formulae in the field of Organic and Inorganic Chemical Education within the period (2011-2020). Dr. Das’s 09 articles published in the chem.libretexts.org, University of California, UC DAVIS, US. Dr. Das’stwo educational tools namely ‘Hydrocarbons Parser’ and ‘Diatomic Bond Order Calculator’ launched from the minerazzi.com, Bayamon, Puerto Rica, US in 2015 & 2018. These toolslater indexed in the library of City College of New York, City College Chemistry Web Resources Page (CUNY.edu.) in their Computational Chemistry Section. Dr. Das achieved two copyrights for his outstanding innovational research works in the field of Chemical Education from the copyright office, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India, New Delhi dated Aug 2018 and Nov 2019respectively. Dr. Das published 52 research articles and 03 books. His most popular innovative book, entitled ‘Innovative Mnemonics in Chemical Education: A Handbook for Classroom Lectures’, published (online) dated Sept. 2019 and published (Hardcopy) dated Nov 2019 by the Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK which was later indexed in the British Library, London, UK (Link: https://www.cambridgescholars.com/innovative-mnemonics-in-chemical-education).On April 2019, Dr. Das’s Biography includedfrom the ‘Wikipedia’ in the ‘Wiki bios’, UK (Link: https://en.everybodywiki.com/Arijit_Das). Dr. Das is working as the ‘Chemistry Editorial Advisory Board Member’, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK since Oct 2019 and as an Editor of the ‘World Journal of Chemical Education’, SEP, US since Dec 2013. Dr Das working as a reviewer of Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Indian Chemical Society, and CSIR-NISCAIR Journals. Dr. Das received ‘Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science in Chemical Science’ from the ‘International Agency for Standards and Rating (IASR), dated Nov 8, 2019.IASRcertified Dr. Das as a ‘Father of Modern Chemical Education (Innovative Mnemonics)’ and ‘Life Time Fellow of Directorate of Chemical Science’, IASR ,USA among 500 worldwide eminent scholars-2018 and won the Award ‘World Championship 2018 in Chemical Education (Innovative Mnemonics)’ among World’s 500 Most Influential Experts in Chemical Science for the Year 2018. Dr. Das achieved ‘Best Researcher Award’ in the International Scientist Awards on Engineering, Science and Medicine, organized by the VDGOOD Professional Association, India, July 2020, Coimbatore, India.