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Arnab Sinha       is the founder of Novonanmek Material Sciences Private Limtied, a carbon management company. Arnab is a Mechanical Engineer with an Masters in Material Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science, and Technology in Shibpur, West Bengal. Arnab began his career as a Junior Research Fellow at the Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CGCRI), a distinguished CSIR Laboratory in Kolkata. During his time at CGCRI, Arnab focused on crafting prototypes of Multilayer Composites for Armour Applications.

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During the latter half of his tenure at the CGCRI, he also dedicated his efforts to establishing correlations between porosity and mechanical properties of Uranium Dioxide (UO2) and related Nuclear Fuel Materials. This involved the innovative use of ultrasonic waves to analyse porous nuclear materials.

Arnab has been invited to present papers & evaluate carbon capture technologies in the following events:

Coal Log India (CLI 2023): 3rd International Conference on Coal Supply Chain and Technology (Theme: Role of Coal – Transition to Net Zero),Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, India, September 15, 2023

NTPC Ltd. Global Energy Technology Summit (GETS) 2023, Power Management Institute, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, November 15, 2023: Paper Presented: Closed-Loop Hybrid Sorbent Direct-Air-Capture (DAC) Technology.

Okinawa Institute of Science & Technology (OIST), Okinawa, Japan: CO2 Removal Challenge, co-hosted by OIST Innovation and Lifetime Ventures, in partnership with Direct Air Capture Coalition and The OpenAir Collective.

 

Following are the papers, articles and book chapters authored by Arnab.

 

Publications:

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  • Sanyal, A.K. Mukhopadhyay, A. Sinha, R. Roy, S. Sarapure, D.K. Bhattacharya “Study of Nanoindentation behaviour and nano-mechanical properties of ceramics with widely varying toughness,” Proc. ICCES’05, S. M. Sivakumar et al. (Eds.), Tech Science Press, USA, 2005, pp.2488-2495 2005; International Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Science 2005 (ICCES’05) 1-10 Dec, 2005, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.

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  • Arnab Sinha, Decarbonizing India: Harnessing Direct-Air-Capture (DAC)to Combat the Climate Effects of Coal, Proceedings of Coal Log India (CLI 2023): 3rd International Conference on Coal Supply Chain and Technology (Theme: Role of Coal – Transition to Net Zero),Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata, India, September 15, 2023

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  • Arnab Sinha, A Closed-Loop Hybrid Sorbent Direct-Air-Capture (DAC) Technology, Presented at the NTPC Ltd. Global Energy Technology Summit (GETS) 2023, Power Management Institute, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, November 15, 2023.

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  • Sinha, A. (2023). The Nature of Matter. Cambridge Open Engage. doi:10.33774/coe-2023-q0452-v2 This content is a preprint.

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  • Sinha, A. (2023). The Theory of Everything | A Hypothesis. Cambridge Open Engage. doi:10.33774/coe-2023-h3jrb-v3 This content is a preprint.

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  • Sinha, A. (2023). A Historical Exit-Based Cash Flow Approach to Valuing pre-revenue Direct-Air-Capture (DAC) Start-Ups. Cambridge Open Engage. doi:10.33774/coe-2023-0mrmp This content is a preprint.

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Articles:

 

  1. My Prediction for the Future of Direct Air Capture (DAC)[ https://medium.com/@ronnysinha/my-prediction-for-the-future-of-direct-air-capture-dac-cc0fb580690f]

  2. Case Study: Investing in Direct-Air-Capture (DAC) can give investors up to 200X return [https://medium.com/@ronnysinha/case-study-investing-in-a-direct-air-capture-dac-can-give-investors-up-to-200x-return-e0ff1aec05ad]

  3. Unveiling Emotional Connections: Significance of Customer Gratefulness Index in Measuring Brand Affinity. [https://medium.com/@ronnysinha/unveiling-emotional-connections-the-significance-of-customer-gratefulness-index-cgi-in-measuring-e023f47b9d24]


Book Chapters:


Book: Nanoindentation of Brittle Solids (CRC Press USA)
Chapter 24: Nanoindentation on Multilayered Ceramic Matrix Composites
Chapter 27: Nanomechanical Behaviour of ZTA (Zirconia Toughened Alumina)
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742© 2014 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

Master’s Thesis: Preparation and Characterization of Ceramic Nanocomposite – A multilayer armour system using an alternating layer of Nano-Alumina and Nano Lanthanum Phosphate was developed and tested for failure energy.

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Following his tenure at CGCRI, Arnab has amassed 15 years of diverse industry experience. He has contributed his expertise to several notable companies, including:

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  1. Sandvik Materials Technology (Currently Alleima AB) as a Product Engineer

  2. Saint Gobain High Performance Materials as Sr. Application Engineer

  3. Tractors India Limited (Currently Gainwell India) as Manager – Mining Application

  4. Modular Mining Systems (A Komatsu Technology Company) Inc. as Sales Account Manger

  5. ANTS Ceramics (an IIT KGP Spinoff) as VP of Sales & Marketing

  6. Innovative Nano & Micro Technologies as Assistant General Manager – Sales & Marketing

  7. Novonanmek Material Sciences Private Limited as Founder & Chief Scientist

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Since 2019-20, Arnab has been developing DAC technology and has now reached a stage where it can be piloted and commercialized after overcoming various challenges.

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