Born in village-Badbahal of Sundargarh district in Odisha,Dr Mahendra Patel,obtained Ph. D. from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and Dr. Sci. from University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris (France) with trainings taken in U.K., France, Holland and Germany on SEM an X-ray Microprobe equipments.
He has earned reputation as a leading Scientist in fundamental and applied research at international level in Nanotechnology, Paper Technology, Material Science and Mineralogy with 250 publications, 8 patents, supervising 6 Ph. D. thesis and author 7 books in multidisciplinary subjects including nanotechnology.
He is recipient of:
· Samanta Chandra Shekhar Award from Orissa Vigyan Academy in Engineering & Technology (1996),
· Malavya Award from Indian Ceramic Society (1986),
· Special award from Director General, CSIR for his contribution during Bhopal Gas tragedy (1984),
· Research Excellence of the Year (2009-2010) from Pulp and Paper International.
At International level; he is presently honorary member of American Nanotechnology Society, Paper Industry Technical Association (U.K.) and earlier-Member of Research Management Committee of Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry (USA); Project reviewer of International Science Foundation and Expert- Nomenclature Committee on X-ray Spectrometry of International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.
He served as a Member of the Editorial Board/ Advisory board of International Journal of X-Ray Spectrometry (U.K.) from 1985 to 2008 and Ceramics Science and Technology-Silicates industrials (Belgium) 1983-2004. He was invited to deliver presentations in Asian Paper, Bangkok on subject of Nanotechnology for the pulp and paper industries in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018. He writes regularly for Paper Technology journal (U.K.) since 2012 and reviews papers for many international journals.
He was in the Editorial Board of “Research and Industry”, “Indian Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research”, “Indian Journal of Technology” and “Indian Journal of Chemical Technology” and Executive Editor of Bioenergy Journal, published by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India. He is member of Alert Committee of Bureau of Indian Standard in Pulp, Paper and Packaging and attends meeting from Indian Agro and Recycled Paper Mills Association in many meetings of Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Cess Committee), Central Pollution Control Board etc.
His notable contributions are in setting up of National Aluminium Company in Damanjodi and Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Bhopal. He is a well-known figure in the Indian pulp and paper industry with important contributions as Director, Pulp and Paper Research Institute, Executive Secretary-Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association and organizing international conferences-PAPEREX (in New Delhi and Chennai) from 2005 till date.
Presently he is serving in Indian Agro and Recycled Paper Mills Association, New Delhi as Adviser-Technical and engaged at personal capacity in Technical consultancy and writing Scientific books. His web-presence is through 2 websites: www.industrypaper.net and www.nanoindustry.in