Ranjan Dash

Background

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 & Doctor Benudhar Dash.

Education

Dash graduated with honours in B.Tech (Ceramic Engineering) from REC Rourkela, now National Institute of Technology 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 Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering and Master of Business Administration in Organization Management at Drexel University where he was the first student to pursue dual degree of a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Business Administration, both within 4 years.

Career

After graduating from National Institute of Technology 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 United States 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.

Achievements

• Drexel University"s Alumni Entrepreneur Award, 2011. TR35 Award, 2009. R&Doctorate 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 Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Business Administration. June 2005, Best Poster Award, 2005 Annual Meeting of North American Membrane Society (NAMS), Providence, Rhode Island. 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). April 2005, Best Poster Award, Research Day at Drexel University in the category “Business Research Initiatives".