KM Chakravarty

Kshitindra Mohan "K.M." Chakravarty (1 May 1900 – 19 February 1988) was an Indian chemist, fuel technician and teacher.

In 1945, in response to the demands of the Indian government, he traveled to the United States and Great Britain as a member of the technical mission to understand and choose the process of the Sindri fertilizer plant. He was a chief chemist in the Sindri fertilizer factory and served until stabilizing the operation till 1958. Later, he was appointed principal of the GC College of Silcher until 1960. Under C.S.I.R, he worked as a Retired Scientist for research. Fellow of Institute of Fuel(London) and member of Government of India Board of studies in Chemical Engineering and chemical technology. Primary coating process, process for preparing fertilizer coated with lac, patent number : In 109184.

Research and publications X-Ray Diffraction Studies of a Nickel–Thoria–Kieselguhr Catalyst for Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis Catalytic Formation of Methane from Carbon Mono-oxide And Hydrogen—A study Of Nickel aluminia catalyst prepared from the hydroxide using potassium, Sodium And aluminium Hydroxides As precipitants Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie, K.M. Chakravarty, 1938