Biswa Ranjan Nag
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| Born | 1 October 1932 Comilla, Chittagong Division, British India |
| Died | 6 April 2004 (aged 71) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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| Known for | Studies on semiconductors |
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Biswa Ranjan Nag (1 October 1932 – 6 April 2004) was an Indian physicist and the Sisir Kumar Mitra chair professor at Rajabazar Science College, University of Calcutta. Known for his research in semiconductor physics, Nag was an elected fellow of the Indian National Science Academy and Indian Academy of Sciences. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards for his contributions to Physical Sciences in 1974.