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| Arun Kumar Biswas | 3/3 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arun_Kumar_Biswas | reference | science, encyclopedia | 2026-05-05T17:42:09.091544+00:00 | kb-cron |
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India (volume 1 – Archaeological Evidence, Volume – 2 Literary Evidence) (D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd., 1996) Gleanings of the past and the science movement : in the diaries of Drs. Mahendralal and Amritalal Sircar (The Asiatic Society, 2000); History, Science and Society in the Indian context (The Asiatic Society, 2001); Minerals and Metals in the Pre-Modern India (DK Printworld, 2001); Father Lafont of St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and the Contemporary Science Movement (The Asiatic Society, 2001); Collected Works of Mahendralal, Father Lafont and the Science Movement (The Asiatic Society, 2003); Science in Archaeology and Archaeo-materials (DK Printworld, 2005); Mineral Processing to Elemental Science in the Medieval World: India and Europe (The Asiatic Society, 2011); Mineral Engineering in India – Reflections (IIME, 2012); etc.
=== Writings in Bengali === Biswas's writings were not confined to English language alone. He also wrote several books and articles in Bengali and the topics encompassed spirituality, art and science to short stories; for example:
ŚrīśrīRāmakr̥shṇa janmot̲asaba o abatāra-pūjāra ādiparba (Kalakātā :Phārmā Ke. Ela. Ema, 2003). Aśarīrī (Ḍhākā : Dibyaprakāśa, 2007) Raktakheko hīrera putula (Dhākā : Jāgr̥ti Prakāśanī, 2011) Mâtri Sâdhanâ O Kamâlâkânta (Ananda Publishers Private Ltd. and Signet Press, Kolkata, 2013) Rgveda Theke Rta Sri Ramakrishna (Samskrita Pustak Bhandar, Kolkata, 2008)
== Postscript == As a part of IIT Kanpur Golden Jubilee Celebration, Biswas delivered the lecture (4th lecture under EC Subbarao Lecture Series), 'IIT Kanpur Formative Years: Some Recollections, Residents and Visitors' – a nostalgic recollection of IIT Kanpur formative years. He also delivered Institute Lecture (18 February 2009), Why did Scientific Renaissance Take Place in Pre-Modern Europe and not in India. He died on 30 November 2015. As a mark of respect and tribute to Professor Biswas, the organising committee of The International Conference on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT 2016), the fourteenth edition in the series and the annual technical meeting of the Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers (IIME) (January 2016, Pune), organized a special plenary session dedicated to his memory. A Special Commemorative Issue of Trans IIM on Mineral Processing and Metallurgy in Memory of Professor Arun Kumar Biswas is published (Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, Volume 70, Issue 2, March 2017). The issue was released during MPT 2017, held at Mahabalipuram from 1–3 February 2017.
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