Background
Bose, Ajay Kumar was born on February 12, 1925 in Silchar, India. Arrived in United States, 1947, naturalized, 2006. Son of Abinash C. and Amita Kumari (Chanda) Bose.
Bose, Ajay Kumar was born on February 12, 1925 in Silchar, India. Arrived in United States, 1947, naturalized, 2006. Son of Abinash C. and Amita Kumari (Chanda) Bose.
Bachelor of Science, University Allahabad, India, 1944. Master of Science, University Allahabad, India, 1946. Doctor of Science Institute of Technology, 1950.
Master in Engineering (honorary), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1963.
Research fellow Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950-1951. Lecturer, then assistant professor chemistry Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1952-1956. Research associate University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1956-1957.
Research chemist Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, 1957-1959. Associate professor Stevens Institute of Technology, 1959-1961, professor, 1961-1983, George Meade Bond professor chemistry, 1983-1996, professor, 1996—2007. Professor emeritus, 2007.
Founder, director Undergraduate Projects in Technology and Medicine, 1971-2007. Consultant various chemical companies.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, Indian National Science Academy. Member American Chemical Society (councillor 1964-1970, Dreyfus award 1999), Sigma Xi.
Married Margaret Lois Logan, September 13, 1950. Children: Ryan, Ranjan, Indrani, Indira, Krishna, Rajendra.