Background
Das, Lakshmi Kanta was born on June 12, 1948 in Burdwan, West-Bengal, India. Son of Tara Pada and Mukta Das.
Das, Lakshmi Kanta was born on June 12, 1948 in Burdwan, West-Bengal, India. Son of Tara Pada and Mukta Das.
Student, P.K.Roy Memorial College, University Ranchi, 1963—1964. Master of Science Applied Geophysics, Indian School Mines, 1969. Doctor of Philosophy Science, Indian School Mines, Dhanbad, 1979.
Diploma Public Administration, Lal Bahadur Sastry National Academy Administration, 1975.
Senior technical assistant Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Dehradun, India, 1970. Assistant geophysicist, Geological Survey India, Lucknow, India, 1971—1973, junior geophysicist, 1974—1981, geophysicist, since 1981. Instructor graduate students University Calcutta.
Doctor of Philosophy examiner Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Indian School Mines Dhanbad, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Consultant ground water WAPCOS India Ltd., New Delhi, 1978. Researcher Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory University California, Berkeley, 1979.
Research advisory member Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi, 2001—2004, Indian Institute Geomagnetism, Mumbai, since 2001. Apex exploration council member Atomic Mineral Division, New Delhi, Hyderabad, since 2005.
Married Jyotsna Das, November 21, 1973. Children: Aparna, Devdulal.