Academic and professional career
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, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
· 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 Manipal 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
Research 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.
Research guidance:
Ph.D. ------ Six Students (Completed-3, Ongoing-5)
M.Sc. ------19 Students (Completed-18, Ongoing 1)
Project grant sanctioned:
1. Research Grant from BRNS, Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
Project Title: "The Study of Effects of Radiation on Eu₂O₃ Doped Lead Fluoroborate Glasses"
Amount: INR 17.52 lakhs
Duration: 2012-2016
Grant Number: 2012/34/17/BRNS
2. Research Grant from Dept. of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB), Govt. of India
Project Title: "Development of Low-Cost Thin Film Solar Cells Using Cu₂ZnSn(SₓSe₁₋ₓ)₄ as Absorber Layer"
Amount: INR 26.1 lakhs
Duration: 2017-2020
Grant Number: 2017/EMR/002575
3. Seed Money to Young Scientist for Research 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
c. Subjects handled for UG /PG
· Engineering Physics
· Applied Physics
· Nuclear and Particle Physics
· Fundamentals of Electronics
· Research Methodology and Technical communication
· Modern Physics
d. Award/Prize/Recognitions etc.:
1. Recognized as National level trainer on “Research 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 Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal 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.
6. Master of Ceremony in many national conferences and workshops.