Skills

      Synthesis techniques like chemical co-precipitation technique, sol-gel technique, in-situ polymerization, electrochemical polymerization, plasma polymerization, spin coating etc.

    Material Characterization techniques like XRD, VSM, Mössbauer spectroscopy, UV optical spectroscopy, AFM, FT-IR., Impedance Spectroscopy, cyclic voltametry, dc resistivity and Positron annihilation Spectroscopy.

    Radiation dose measurements techniques like GM-tube based environmental gamma dose survey meter, SSNTD based twin-cup radon thoron dosimeter, thermo-luminescent detector based dosimeter, TL-card badge reader.

    Computer knowledge includes latest Microsoft Ms office soft wares, Adobe PageMaker, Origin, d-base, NORMOS fitting program, Win TLD (Specially designed software from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai), Map source (a GPS software)  etc.

 

Visits to National Institutes

1.      MANIPAL University, Uduppi- for attending 55^th DAE-SSP during Dec. 2010

2.      BANASTHALI Women’ University, Jaipur, Rajasthan during July 2010

3.      TIFR, Mumbai- for delivering an invited seminar talk on Rare earth substituted low T_c superparamagnetic nano-ferrites- on 13^th April 2010

4.      IUAC, New Delhi- for beam time- during March 2010; for workshop- during Sept. 2006

5.      IIT Bombay- for attending MR08- during  May 2008; lab visits- during Feb. 2006

6.      UGC DAE CSR Indore- for annual report presentation on behalf of UE & P lab NIT, Calicut- during Feb. 2010; for Mössbauer measurements- during Nov.- Dec. 2007

7.      UGC DAE CSR Kolkotta- for positron annihilation life time measurement- during  March 2007

8.      Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkotta- for attending International conference on structure & dynamics: from macro to micro- during December 2006

9.      BARC Mumbai- for training as part of a research fellowship- during Feb. 2006; Sept. 2006; June 2008

10.  IISc, Bangalore, during  Feb. 2005

Memberships & Activities

1. Member of International NanoScience Community
2. Reviewer of many reputed international and national journals in Materials Science
3. Executive member, Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Kollam, Kerala.
4. Honorary Research Fellow, Mössbauer and Magnetism Lab, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India.
5. Joint Secretary, National Conference on Thermo physical Properties (NCTP ‘07) held at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala (2007).
6. Local coordinating committee member, National Conference on Organic electronics, held at S. N. College, Kollam, Kerala (2006)
7. Actively participated in Jyothirgamaya ’05 Conference at Sree Narayana College, Kollam, Kerala
8. Actively involved and monitored four M.Sc project works and one M.Phil dissertation work during the period of my Ph. D.
9. Actively involved in the case-control study of low level radiation area in the south west coast of Kerala and prepared a detailed report on it and submitted to BARC, Mumbai.
10. Resident Tutor, E-Hostel, NIT Calicut, Kerala during Nov. 2009 to April 2010
11. Execute member, Venpalakkara West Residence Association, Kollam Since 2002.

Experiences

Teaching Experiences:  

2012 October – Present: Assistant Professor of Physics, Sree Narayana College, Punalur,Kollam, Kerala (India)

                                                                                                   

2011 March – 2012 August: Assistant Professor of Physics, Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering, Vadamavandal (near Kanchipuram), Tamil Nadu (India)

2010 August – 2011 February: Assistant Professor of Physics, Jagannath University (Deemed), Chaksu, Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)

2010 May - 2010 July: Sr. Lecturer in Physics, SADTM Campus, Jaipur National University (Deemed), Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)

Research Experiences:

2009 Nov. - 2010 April: Research Assistant in BRNS sponsored research program at National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, India

2009 April- 2009 Oct.: Research Fellow, Mossbauer and Magnetism Lab., University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan (India)

2006 Feb. - 2009 March: Junior Research Fellow in BRNS sponsored research program at Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, S. N. C., Kollam, Kerala, India

Technical:

2004 August ­­­- 2006 January: Trainee, School of Instrumentation and Information Technology (SIIT), Kottayam, Kerala, India