Sarat Kumar Swain

Prof. Sarat Kumar Swain is a Professor of Chemistry at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT), Burla, India, since 2011. Previously, he served as Associate Professor at North Odisha University and held several key positions at VSSUT, icluding Dean of Academic Affairs and Head of the Chemistry Department. He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Akron, Ohio, after earning his Doctoral degree from Utkal University, and has been a visiting researcher at IACS, Kolkata, and JNCASR, Bengaluru. Prof. Swain has received different awards such as BOYSCAST, DAE-Young Scientist Research, Samanta Chandra Sekhar. With over 25 years of teaching and research experience, Prof. Swain focuses on hybrid nanomaterials and advanced materials for environmental remediation and decarbonization. He has published over 150 research papers in SCI-indexed journals, authored or edited seven books and 35 book chapters, and holds two patents—one in the USA and another in India.

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