BHUBANESWAR: Former leading scientist at Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), now Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT), Bhubaneswar, Dr Satyabrata Sahoo, passed away in the state capital on Wednesday morning. He was 75.
During his 33-year career at RRL from 1975 to 2008, Sahoo spearheaded a campaign over three decades for the economic benefit of farmers and cultivators of aromatic and medicinal (A&M) plants in the state and beyond.He developed an indigenous technology for the extraction ofessential oils from such plants and trained thousands of people.
He ran a central scheme of perennial projects to train farmers, industrialists and bank officials in the cultivation of such useful plants and extraction of the essential oils that were supplied to soap, perfumery, medicine and mosquito repellent manufacturers. Sahoo taught them the techniques of cultivation of A&M plants, the distillation process, and the extraction of essential oils. He was also engaged in kewda oil distillation.
He worked on cymbopogon (palmarosa & lemon grass), ocimum (Tulsi), eucalyptus, pogostemom (patchouli), hyptis (wild Tulsi), and various species of mint on medicinal and biocidal properties. His work on a project of the Coconut Development Board got him a US patent on biocides of coconut pathogens.
Sahoo studied at OUAT and Utkal University. To advance his scientific career at RRL, Sahoo visited several foreign countries, including the UK, then the USSR, and Thailand. He published over 100 research papers on A&M plants in national and international journals.
For his work, he collaborated with two CSIR labs in Lucknow — the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), and the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), on a regular basis. He had bagged a special project from the central government for the development of the A&M plants sector in the north-eastern region of the country.
He developed the plant tissue culture lab in the A&M division at RRL and headed the division for 10 years. He led a team of two dozen scientists and research scholars in the division to make the division the most productive one during his tenure at RRL.
In the 1990s, Sahoo was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for his contribution to the field of A&M plants in India. He also featured in the popular scientific TV programme ‘Turning Point’ of the 1990s. He regularly conducted conferences and seminars to popularise the use of A&M plants.
Sahoo leaves behind his wife, three daughters and a son. The scientific community of IMMT and beyond has condoled his death.
During his 33-year career at RRL from 1975 to 2008, Sahoo spearheaded a campaign over three decades for the economic benefit of farmers and cultivators of aromatic and medicinal (A&M) plants in the state and beyond.He developed an indigenous technology for the extraction ofessential oils from such plants and trained thousands of people.
He ran a central scheme of perennial projects to train farmers, industrialists and bank officials in the cultivation of such useful plants and extraction of the essential oils that were supplied to soap, perfumery, medicine and mosquito repellent manufacturers. Sahoo taught them the techniques of cultivation of A&M plants, the distillation process, and the extraction of essential oils. He was also engaged in kewda oil distillation.
He worked on cymbopogon (palmarosa & lemon grass), ocimum (Tulsi), eucalyptus, pogostemom (patchouli), hyptis (wild Tulsi), and various species of mint on medicinal and biocidal properties. His work on a project of the Coconut Development Board got him a US patent on biocides of coconut pathogens.
Sahoo studied at OUAT and Utkal University. To advance his scientific career at RRL, Sahoo visited several foreign countries, including the UK, then the USSR, and Thailand. He published over 100 research papers on A&M plants in national and international journals.
For his work, he collaborated with two CSIR labs in Lucknow — the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), and the National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), on a regular basis. He had bagged a special project from the central government for the development of the A&M plants sector in the north-eastern region of the country.
He developed the plant tissue culture lab in the A&M division at RRL and headed the division for 10 years. He led a team of two dozen scientists and research scholars in the division to make the division the most productive one during his tenure at RRL.
In the 1990s, Sahoo was honoured with the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award for his contribution to the field of A&M plants in India. He also featured in the popular scientific TV programme ‘Turning Point’ of the 1990s. He regularly conducted conferences and seminars to popularise the use of A&M plants.
Sahoo leaves behind his wife, three daughters and a son. The scientific community of IMMT and beyond has condoled his death.
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