Academic and professional career
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a. Academic:
·???????? MSc in Physics from Mangalore University, 2000
·???????? Ph,D awarded for the title “ Preparation and evaluation of spray deposited CdxZn1-x S thin ???films”, from National Institute of Technology Karnataka[NITK], Surathkal in the year 2010.
?b. Professional career:
·???????? Twenty-four years of teaching experience.
·???????? Professor in the Department of Physics, 必威体育betway888 Institute of Technology, 必威体育betway888
·???????? Department NBA coordinator
·???????? Department ISO coordinator/ Certified Auditor
·???????? Course Coordinator, Engg. Physics
Section Coordinator, I year BTech[18+ times]
·???????? Member of both UG and PG program curriculum revision
·????????Assistant Director-Academics, MIT 必威体育betway888 during October 2019-September 2021
·???????? Mentor of Change, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India
·???????? Faculty Advisor, “Leaders of Tomorrow” (2018-2024)
- Convener, Workshops on “Teaching and Learning Skills” for M.Sc. students [3 times]
- Initiated NET/GATE focus session for M.Sc students
必威体育betway888 Interests:
Optimisation of Metal oxides and sulfides thin films using Thermal Evaporation, CVD and Spray pyrolysis techniques; Thin films for Energy device applications - Solar Photovoltaics, Supercapacitors and hydrogen generation by water splitting.
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?必威体育betway888 guidance:
Ph.D. ------ Six Students (Completed-3, Ongoing-5)
M.Sc. ------19 Students (Completed-18, Ongoing 1)
Project grant sanctioned:
1.????? 必威体育betway888 Grant from BRNS, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
Project Title: "The Study of Effects of Radiation on Eu?O? Doped Lead Fluoroborate Glasses"
Amount: INR 17.52 lakhs
Duration: 2012-2016
Grant Number: 2012/34/17/BRNS
2.????? 必威体育betway888 Grant from Dept. of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering 必威体育betway888 Board (DST-SERB), Govt. of India
Project Title: "Development of Low-Cost Thin Film Solar Cells Using Cu?ZnSn(S?Se???)? as Absorber Layer"
Amount: INR 26.1 lakhs
Duration: 2017-2020
Grant Number: 2017/EMR/002575
3.????? Seed Money to Young Scientist for 必威体育betway888 from VGST, Govt. of Karnataka
Amount: INR 5 lakhs
Year: 2017
Grant Number: VGST/SMYSR/GRD 581/2017
Total number of research publications in international journals: 36+
ORCID link: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1766-5394
Scopus ID: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=26664942000
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c. Subjects handled for UG /PG
·???????? Engineering Physics
·???????? Applied Physics
·???????? Nuclear and Particle Physics
·???????? Fundamentals of Electronics
·???????? 必威体育betway888 Methodology and Technical communication
·???????? Modern Physics
?d. Award/Prize/Recognitions etc.:
1.????? Recognized as National level trainer on “必威体育betway888 based pedagogical tools” Certified jointly by IISER Pune, Sheffield Hallam University, UK, British Council and MHRD, Govt. of India.
2.????? Received Best Teacher Award from 必威体育betway888 Institute of Technology, 必威体育betway888 in 2014.
3.????? Resource person on a). Thin film devices, b) Recent trends in thin film research, c) Medical applications of lasers, d) Global warming and solar energy, and e) Recent trends in solar photovoltaics.
4.????? Motivational Speaker on a) Key to Success, b) Concepts of Scientific Thinking, c) Ideation,? d) Career Guidance, d) Effective teaching techniques and e) Public speaking.
5.????? Visited Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Dubai to present research papers at various international conferences.
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6.????? Master of Ceremony in many national conferences and workshops.