Person
Sinha, Hari Narayan (1929 - )
- Born
- 1929
Roorkee, India - Occupation
- Metallurgical Engineer
Summary
Hari Narayan Sinha, metallurgical engineer, led the CSIRO team that developed the process for the production of high grade zirconia for engineering ceramics in the late 1970s. Previously, all zircon-based processed had occurred overseas but used Australian minerals. It was Sinha's team that made it possible to carry out these processes in Australia, and this led to the construction of the world's largest zirconia plant, in Rockingham Western Australia.
Details
Chronology
- ? - 1993
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist and Deputy Chief of the CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry/Mineral Products
- 1950
- Education - Bachelor of Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, India
- 1950 - 1953
- Career position - Lecturer in Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, India
- 1953 - 1956
- Education - Phd in Metallurgical Engineering, University of Melbourne, as a Colombo Plan Fellow
- 1956 - 1958
- Career position - Reader at the Banaras Hindu University, India
- 1958
- Career event - Established the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology at Bombay, India
- 1961 - c. 1964
- Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow of the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Melbourne
- 1964 - 1967
- Career position - Senior Research Scientist with the CSIRO Division of Mineral Chemistry
- 1968 - 1977
- Career position - Research Manager of Murphyores Inc Pty Ltd
- 1973
- Award - Distinguished Alumnus Award, Banaras University
- 1978 - ?
- Career event - Senior Principal Research Scientist, Division of Mineral Chemistry
- 1983
- Award - RACI Award for best paper on Process Chemistry presented at Chemeca
- 1987
- Award - Ceramic Achievement Award of Australian Ceramic Society
- 1987
- Award - Sir Ian McLennan Achievement for Industry Award
- 1990
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia
- 1993
- Career event - Retired from the CSIRO
- 2001
- Award - Federation Centenary Medal
Related entries
Published resources
Resources
- 'Sinha, Hari Narayan (1929-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1491923. Details
Resource Sections
- Ward, C., 'Hari Narayan Sinha', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Sinha-Hari-Narayan. Details
Rebecca Rigby
Created: 29 May 2012, Last modified: 3 October 2012