BRIEF BIODATA

Educational Qualifications

  • BSc- Queen Mary's College - Autonomous - 1991
    Madras University
  • MSc- Indian Institute of Technology- Madras - 1993
  • PhD -Indian Institute of Technology- Madras - 1999
    Thesis Title: Physico-chemical studies on hydrogen bonded binary mixtures of polar liquids

    Academic Distinctions: Qualified in two national level tests

  • Selected in a national wide examination for a Research Fellowship jointly conducted by Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and University Grants Commission National Entrance Test (CSIR-UGC NET)
  • Qualified in the Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers (GATE) conducted by Indian Institute of Technology. With a high percentile (97.12 percentile)

    Awards

  • Tamil Nadu Government Education Ministry "Jawaharlal Nehru Science Talent Scheme" Award for 1988-89 for Physics in B.Sc.
  • Secured centum in allied Chemistry practical and secured second rank in chemistry at BSc.
  • Merit scholarship of IIT Madras during MSc.

    Professional Experience:

  • Senior Lecturer at National Institute of Technology and Science - Chennai, (University of Madras and Anna University) October 5th 1998 to May 31st 2001
  • Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Physics - Saveetha Engineering College -Chennai. (Anna University) June 1st 2001 to July 14th 2003.
  • Reader(Associate Professor) in Department of Physics, Mizoram University since February 5th 2007.

    Post-Doctoral Experience:

  • Post-doctoral work at the University of Hyderabad in the School of Physics - 20th December 2003 to 28th February 2005.
  • Research Associate Under the Universities with Potential for Excellence (UPE) Scheme of University of Hyderabad in the Project titled Low dimensional systems and nano structured materials; 1st March 2005 to 31st July 2005.
  • Research Associate of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) from 1st August 2005 to date

    Consultancy/project experience:

  • Short term summer project (May-June 1992) in the Physics Department IIT Madras as a project associate in the project "Microwave photo conductivity of Zn3P2 and CdS semiconductors"
  • Junior research fellow in the Indo-US project "High resolution Fourier Transform Spectroscopy" under Center for Industrial Consultancy and Research (IC &SR) of IIT Madras from 10-07-93 to 15-08-94.
  • Senior Research Fellow in the Government of India Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Project "Development and characterisation of large size low and high dielectric constant copper clad PTFE/Glass/Ceramic type laminates for microwave applications" from 06-07-98 to 29-09-98.
  • Evaluation of Computer Based Tutorials (CBT) and Web Based Tutorials (WBT) prepared by many clients for M/s Trilux Technologies Singapore Ltd in the capacity of Secretary to the Institute of online studies (Centre of Academic Excellence) form December 2001 to February 2002.

    Professional Body Memberships

  • American Chemial Society
  • International Liquid Crystal Society
  • Indian Association of Physics Teachers

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