Background
Jena, Prafulla Kumar was born on December 27, 1931 in Taliha Jajpur, Orissa, India. Son of Braja Kishore and Tilotoma Jena.
educator environmentalist metallurgist
Jena, Prafulla Kumar was born on December 27, 1931 in Taliha Jajpur, Orissa, India. Son of Braja Kishore and Tilotoma Jena.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Utkal University, Cuttack, India, 1950. Master of Science, Utkal University, Cuttack, India, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Utkal University, Cuttack, India, 1956.
Master of Science, University British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 1959.
Senior scientist Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Bombay, 1959-1967. Professor metallurgy Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, 1967-1972. Director Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, India, 1972-1989.
Director general Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, 1988—1989. Senior visiting professor department material science and metallurgy Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, 1990, 1992—2003. Distinguished professor, Tata chair Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 1990.
Senior visiting professor metallurgy Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1991.
Member planning board Government of State of Orissa, India, 1974-1982. Board dirs.Indsl. Development Corporation of Orissa, 1973-1990. Founder, president Natural Resources Development Foundation, Bhubaneswar, since 1988.
Founder, chairman Institute AdvancedTech. and Environmental Studies, Bhubaneswar, since 1996. President Orissa Bigyan (Science) Academy, 1986-1990. Fellow Indian Academy Sciences (life), Institution Engineers of India (life).
Mem.Indian Institute Metals (National Metallurgist award 1969).
Married Manju Prova Mahapatra, March 9, 1953. Children: Bhanu, Sujata, Bharat, Satyajeet.