Ranjan Dash
Ranjan Dash | |
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Ranjan Dash | |
| Born | February 24, 1976 |
| Alma mater | NIT Rourkela Drexel University |
| Occupation | Chief Executive Officer of Y-Carbon |
| Parent(s) | Mrs. Ambika Dash Dr Benudhar Dash |
Dr. Ranjan Dash (Odia: ରଞ୍ଜନ ଦାଶ) is an Indian Industrialist. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Y-Carbon, a materials science company located at Philadelphia.[2]
Early life
Ranjan Dash was born in a Jhadua Brahmin family in Hillapalli village of Sambalpur district, Orissa in the year 1976 to parents Mrs Ambika Dash & Dr Benudhar Dash.[3]
Education
Dash graduated with honours in B.Tech (Ceramic Engineering) from REC Rourkela, now NIT Rourkela in the year 1998. He is an alumnus of the A.J.Nanotechnology Institute, where he did his research on the core technology that Y-Carbon is commercializing. He has a Ph.D in Materials Science and Engineering and MBA in Organization Management at Drexel University where he was the first student to pursue dual degree of a Ph.D. and MBA, both within 4 years.[4]
Career
After graduating from NIT Rourkela, Dash worked as a senior officer in Tata Refractories Limited from 1998-2000. He then joined Network Program India Limited and worked there till 2002 when he went to US to pursue higher education in Drexel University. At Drexel, he met Yury Gogotsi, a fellow research scientist who was leading the group which developed Y-Carbon's core technology of which Dash was also a member. They used a novel chemical recipe to engineer nanoscopic pores into the carbon materials used in ultracapacitors.[5]
Awards and Honours
- Drexel University's Alumni Entrepreneur Award, 2011.
- TR35 Award, 2009.
- R&D 100 Award, 2009.
- Drexel University's Young Alumni Entrepreneur Award, 2009.
- Best Thesis, Carbon journal for thesis submitted between 2004 and 2006 (Elsevier).
- Most Likely to Enhance Drexel's Reputation Award (Engineering and Physical Sciences), Drexel University, 2006
- First student at Drexel University to simuntaneously pursue Ph.D. and MBA.
- Jun 2005, Best Poster Award, 2005 Annual Meeting of North American Membrane Society (NAMS), Providence, RI.
- May 2005, Best Poster Award, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Quebec “Pore Structure Engineering in Carbons for Electrochemical Applications”.
- May 2005, Travel Grant to attend the 2005 Annual Meeting of North American Membrane Society (NAMS).
- Apr 2005, Best Poster Award, Research Day at Drexel University in the category “Business Research Initiatives".[6]