Dr. Samrat Dey, Assistant Professor of Physics at AssamDonBoscoUniversity has been honoured with the “Special Mention- Young Faculty” award in prestigious 2nd Academic Brilliance Awards-14 (
The award ceremony of ABA-14 will be held in Noida (Delhi NCR) on 9th February 2014.
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Dr Dey is the only one from North East India to have been selected for “Special Mention- Young Faculty” award which recognizes outstanding contributions made by a faculty at relatively early stages in their careers that include contributions & achievements in teaching, research & other activities.
Dr. Dey did his M.Sc. (Physics) and Ph.D from NorthEasternHillUniversity. He also has two other master degrees, – M.Sc. (Computer Science) and MBA – to his credit.
Throughout his academic career he has been a rank holder, being 1st class first in both B.Sc and M.Sc.
A NEHU gold medal winner in M.Sc, Dr Dey is presently working in as many as four different fields of research. He has a large number of publications in reputed national and international journals. He has also authored and edited national and international journals and books.
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