Dr Rajesh K

About

Academician with 17 years of teaching and 12 years of research experience. Specialized in Condensed Matter Physics and published 11 papers in International Journals and presented 10 papers in National and International conferences in the field of Polymer nanocomposites.

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Education Qualifications

Sl.No	Qualification Level	University	Area of Specialization	Year of Compeltion	Awards
1	PhD	VTU	Polymer nanocomposites	2020
2	PG	Mangalore University	Condensed Matter Physics	2007
3	UG	Kannur University	Physics	2005

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Responsibilities At SJEC

Chairperson - LLG

Coordinator- Epsilon

Publicity Committee-Chairperson

ISO Coordinator-Physics

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Work Experience

• Current
  • Designation:Associate Professor
  • Start Date:01-10-2022
• Previous
  • Company/Organisation:St Joseph Engineering College Mangalore
  • Designation:Assistant Professor
  • Start Date:01-01-2012 
  • End Date:30-09-2022
  • Designation:Lecturer
  • Start Date:06-08-2007
  • End Date:31-12-2011

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Research Areas

Polymer nanocomposites

Polymer Blends

Dielectric and optical properties of materials

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Journal Publications

1.       Enhanced optical third-harmonic generation in phase-engineered nanostructured Zn _1−x Cd_xS thin films for optoelectronic device applications Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Volume 57, Number 16, Raghavendra Bairy, H Vijeth, K Rajesh, Suresh D Kulkarni, Neelamma Gummagol and M S Murari DOI 10.1088/1361-6463/ad1edd
2. 2. Effect of TiO₂/ZnO nanofillers on structural, optical and nonlinear optical properties of PVA K Rajesh, V Crasta, R Bairy, PS Patil Optical Materials 145,114481DOI:10.1016/j.optmat.2023.114481
3. 3. Effect of Nano fillers on Electrical, Mechanical, Fluorescent and Third Order NLO properties of PVA(2019)Gananatha Shetty B, Vincent Crasta, Rithin Kumar N B, Rajesh K, Raghavendra Bairy Materials Research Express 6 (7), 075055https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab17f6
4. Promising PVA/TiO₂, CuO filled nanocomposites for electrical and third order nonlinear optical applications G. Shetty B, V. Crasta, R. Kumar N B, Rajesh K, R. Bairy, and P. Shankaragouda Patil(2019) Opt. Mater. (Amst). vol.   95 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2019.109218 

    

5. Effect of MoO₃ nanofiller on structural, optical, mechanical, dielectric and thermal properties of PVA/PVP blend(2019)K. Rajesh,Vincent Crasta, N. B. Rithin Kumar, Gananatha Shetty, SangappaYMaterials Research InnovationsDOI: 10.1080/14328917.2019.1653558

6.   Structural, optical, mechanical and dielectric properties of titanium dioxide doped PVA/PVP nanocomposite

   K. Rajesh,Vincent Crasta, N. B. Rithin Kumar, Gananatha Shetty, P. D. Rekha(2019)J Polym Res 26: 99 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10965-019-1762-0

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Conference Proceedings

1.  Advancement In Structural, Morphological and Dielectric Studies of PVA Filled TiO₂ and Zno Nanocomposites AIP Conference Proceedings 2269, 030092 (2020);Gananatha Shetty, Vincent Crasta, and Rajesh K https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0019630

2.     Structural, mechanical and optical properties of PVA doped with TiO₂ and ZnO nanoparticles Gananatha Shetty, Vincent Crasta, Rithin Kumar, and Rajesh Kochi AIP Conference Proceedings 2100, 020064 (2019);  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5098618 

3.  Effect of CuO nanofillers on PVA/PVP blend K. Rajesh,Vincent Crasta, Gananatha Shetty AIP Conference Proceedings 2269, 030091 (2020); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0019626

4.     Effect of ZnO nanofiller on dielectric and mechanical properties of PVA/PVP blend K. Rajesh,Vincent Crasta, N. B. Rithin Kumar, Gananatha Shetty AIP Conference Proceedings 2162, 020096 (2019); https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130306

5.     Study of structural, optical and photoluminescence properties of ZnO doped PVA/PVP nanocomposite K. Rajesh,Vincent Crasta, N. B. Rithin Kumar, Gananatha Shetty AIP Conference Proceedings 2100, 020045 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5098599

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Research Grants

1.Co-PI for Irradiation supported design and study of nonlinear optical materials for Photonic applications by DAE-BRNS Govt of India, Rs.2098695 in 2015 - 2019

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Awards and Recognitions

Best presentation award for a research paper titled  "Structural and Dielectric Studies of PVA/PVP Blend filled with V₂O₅ Nanofillers" in ICASEM-2024 held at Vidya Vihar Institute of Technology Purnea, Bihar

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Membership in professional Bodies

1.Manipal-GoK Bioincubator-Life time member

2.MISTE- Life time member

3.Member-Indian Association for Physics Teachers

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Workshop/FDPs Attended

1) 3-day Face-to-Face FDP on ‘Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education’ organized by AICTE at SJEC, Mangaluru 18th October to 20th October 2023

2)Has successfully completed IS/ISO9001:2015 Quality Management Systems(QMS) Internal Auditor Training Course held at SJEC on 24^th and 25^th April 2023 by TUV India Private Limited

3) Attended a two day workshop on Physics Using Mat lab during 1, 2 June 2023 at SJEC.

4) Attended a workshop on “Patent Searching and Prior Art Assessment” on 8 November 2022.

5) Attended a FDP on IUCEE Mission NEP 2020 on 6 May 2022 at SJEC.

6) Attended a workshop on “Tools to design E-book content” 29 April, 2022.

7)Attended a User Awareness Programme on IRINS on  26 April, 2022

8)Attended an online FDP organized by VCET Puttur on “Role of Materials Science in the Continual Progress of Engineering and Technology “during  28-31 March, 2022

9) Participated in workshop on “Strategic Leadership for faculty members organized by IQAC and Quality Governance group at SJEC on 7^th, 14th, 21st and 28^th September 2021.

10) Successfully completed the part 1 of the online UHV Refresher 1 FDP organized by AICTE from 30^th August 2021 to 3^rd September 2021.

 

11) Participated in Integra 2021, Six day Faculty Development Program ON Curriculum Development Inspired by NEP-2020 at SJEC Mangaluru during 8-10^th April 2021 and 15-17^th April 2021.

 12) Webinar on ‘Brain Inspired Technologies for Future Artificial Intelligence’ organized by Department of Physics, SJEC, Mangaluru in association with its students’ association Epsilon on 12^th June 2021

13) Attended STTP on “Solid waste A Hidden Treasure” by department of civil engineering BLDEA's CET vijayapur from 23^rd to 28 November 2020.

14) Participated in the webinar on “Nep 2020-Curriculum Framework For Higher Education” by Professor B Thimme Gowda, Former Vice Chancellor of Bangalore University on 23 rd October 2020

15) Participated in “Hands on Workshop Series on Online Teaching Tools and Virtual Labs” Organized by SANJOSH SJEC from 21^st to 30^th Sepember 2020

 

16)Participated in online workshop on Social Entrepreneurship, Swachhta & Rural Engagement for Higher Educational Institutions in Association with Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education on  25^th September 2020

17) Participated in a webinar on “HCD Approach towards Solving Challenges of the Social Sector “organized by the community engagement group on 19^th August 2020.

18) Attended online workshop on Universal Human Values organized by AICTE from 10^th August 2020 to 14^th August 2020

19)Participated in a webinar on "Empower your English Grammar using Sententia Tool" : A database through VTU Consortium held on 31st July 2020, organized by department of Central Library in association with Library and Learning Group, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru

20)Participated in in One Week Online FDP on "Insights on Writing Research Proposals & Funding Opportunities" held from 20th to 24th July 2020, organized by Research and Fecilities Group, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru

21)Participated in a webinar on LOW DIMENSIONAL PHYSICS: A NEW PARADIGM held on 14th July 2020, organized by department of Physics, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru

22)Participated in the webinar on Vedic Mathematics and its appliations organizes by Mathematics Department on 6th July 2020

23)Participated in the International Level webinar on “The Physics of Artificial Intelligence: What lies ahead?” organized by the Department of Physics, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, on 29 June, 2020

24)Participated in TEQIP - 3 sponsored Webinar on "Characterization Techniques for Nanomaterials" held on June 26, 2020 organized by Department of Physics, National Institute of Engineering Mysuru

25)Participated in the National level webinar on "Medical Physics and beyond" organized by the department of Physics at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru on 24th June 2020

26)Attended a national level seminar on “Renewable Energy Sources” on 29th February 2020 at Sri Bhuvanendra College Karkala

27)Participated in the workshop “Scopus & Mendeley :Toools for Empowering Research” organized by Library Advisory Committee with department of computer applications on 21st September 2019 at St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru

28)FDP on Course Design & Management organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)at SJEC from 16^th

July 2018 to 18^th July 2018.

29)Feel Teacher programme conducted by CLHRD from 2nd July to 4th July 2018 at SJEC

30)Workshop on Information Discovery-Tips,Tools and Technologies on 14th July 2018 at SJEC

31) Workshop on OBE and New SAR, Integra-2016 held on 22^nd January 2016.

32) Workshop on Preparation for Accreditation, New SAR & Introduction to CBCS, Integra-2015 held on 20^th and 21^st July 2015.

33)Workshop on Course Plans and CEO Attainment, Integra-2015 held on 19^th January 2015

34)Workshop on Mentoring and Counselling, Cornea-2015 held on 23^rd  January 2015

35)Workshop on Google Apps, Spoorthi-2015 held on 21^st January 2015 at SJEC

36)Participated in the National Conference on Current Trends in Scientific Research for Engineering Applications organized by departments of science SJEC on 17-18 July 2014

37)Workshop on Latex Software organized by department of mathematics SJEC on 22^nd May 2013

38) “Advanced Materials Research for Device Applications” from 25^th to 26^th July 2013 at N.M.A.M Institute of Technology Nitte.

39) Attended a workshop on Research Methodologies & Latex organized by VTU e-learning centre Mysore for the research scholars in Shree Devi Institute of Technology, Mangalore on 13^th & 14^th September, 2012

40) Participated in the Summer School on “Advances in Engineering Physics” from 6^th to11^th July 2009 at The National Institute of Technology (NITK) Surathkal.

41) Participated in the short term course for Quality Improvement Programme (STTP-QIP) on “Nanotechnology for Clean Energy” from 2^nd June to 14^th June 2008 at IIT Madras.

42) Participated in the Physics Colloquium 2004 organized by Department of Physics, Pazhassi Raja N.S.S. College Mattanur, on 9^th November 2004.

43)Participated in one day seminar on Astrophysics organized by Department of Physics, Government College Kasaragod on  22-09-2004

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Conferences attended

1.     Presented a research paper on “Structural and Optical Properties of PVA/PVP Blend filled withV₂O₅ Nanofiller” at  St Aloysius College (Autonomous) on 19 April 2023
2. 2. Presented a research paper titled “Effect of V₂O₅ nanofillers on PVA/PVP Blend” in the 9^th National Conference on CMPA-2021 at MIT Manipal during 16-17 September 2021 in online mode.
3. 3. “Advancement in Structural, Morphological and dielectric Studies of PVA filled TiO₂ and ZnO nanocomposites ” in the International Conference on Multifunctional Materials held from 19^th December to 21^st December 2019 at Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology Hyderabad

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