WORLD RENOWNED DR. SURESH NARINE- AN ACADEMIC TREASURE TO THE WORLD OF SCIENCE
The celebrated Dr. Suresh S. Narine is a 43-year-old research scientist who hails from the village of Herstelling, on the East Bank of Demerara; a place that still remains dear to his heart. He grew up in a disciplined Hindu home and as the lone boy among his three well-behaved sisters; a rebellious Narine was constantly pulled in line. Even though he had his misgivings, as any normal young boy would, his passion for something greater proved that Dr. Narine, even at a young age, was never going to be “just an ordinary” young man. Gaining a place at one of the country’s top secondary schools, Queen’s College, was perhaps his first sign of this. However, the decision for Dr. Narine to attend the school was a difficult one. Financial constraints at the time meant that after high school his sister would have to join the workforce to help support her little brother’s education. It was a worthwhile investment as he graduated with exceptional grades at the GCE/CXC examinations. For this country boy, to have secured a double distinction in English Language and Literature was an extremely major accomplishment which earned him the Ivy Loncke prize. He had the desire to pursue a career in law but his passion for physics, chemistry and mathematics
saw him sitting these very subjects at A Levels exams and he did exceedingly well, also. He then pursued studies in Canada. At Trent University, he did an undergraduate degree. He soon acquired a joint degree in Chemistry and Physics, and earned minors in Economics and Philosophy at Trent. He then moved on to his Master’s degree in Chemical Physics. For his outstanding work, he received a prestigious Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada scholarship. Dr. Narine subsequently did his Ph.D. in Food Science and Materials Physics at the University of Guelph. It was a decision that would end up changing his life. Within two and a half years, he was already considered among the top five academics in the field of lipids. In fact, before he even completed his Ph.D., he was already offered a high paying job as a senior
research scientist with the food giant, M&M Mars. As fate would have it, it would also be the period of his life that would see him becoming the father of triplets: Vandana, Rudra and Geetanjali. It marked the spectacular beginning of a new chapter for him and his loving wife. Shortly after working at Mars, he was recruited by the University of Alberta, as the Alberta Value-Added Research Chair, a Professor at the young age of 27. He later returned to Trent University, where he is a Senior Professor and Director of the Trent Centre for Biomaterials Research. But with his amazing contributions in Canada and beyond, Dr. Narine would soon return to his homeland and this was upon the invitation of former President Bharrat Jagdeo. He had taken on the herculean task of revitalizing the Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST). Under his stewardship, IAST has become one of the leading labs in the Caribbean. Professor Narine is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the “Growing Alberta Leadership Award for Innovation” which he received in 2005 for pioneering the development of technology to produce polyurethanes from vegetable oils. 
