Ms Smitha Maria DSouza

Assistant Professor

About

Teaching, for me, is a calling that fuels my passion and creativity.

It offers the opportunity to uncover students' hidden talents and contribute to their growth. I focus on instilling values, fostering a love for learning, and using innovative methods to create a positive, engaging classroom environment that inspires and empowers future learners.

 

 


Education Qualifications

Sl.No Qualification Level University Area of Specialization Year of Compeltion Awards
1 MSc Managalore University Applied Chemistry 2012
2 B.Ed Bangalore University Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics 2014

Second rank holder in B.Ed examination from Frank College of Education, Bangalore

3 B.Sc St Aloysius College(Autonomous) Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics 2010

Received Principal roll of Honour in the year 2008.


Responsibilities At SJEC

Admission Coordinator

Autonomy Examination Squad Team - Committee Member

Member: Board of Examiners in English

Member of Professional Society Group 

Member of Academics and Admission Group

Department Website Coordinator

Department Course Coordinator

First Year Contineo Coordinator

Class Advisor

Mentor

ChemAtom Coordinator 2022-2023

AICUF Coordinator 2020-2022

College Magazine Coordinator 2019-2020

 

 

 

 


Work Experience

12 Years of Teaching Experience

Current

Designation: Assistant Professor

Start Date: 06/03/2019 

Previous

Organization: St Joseph Engineering College

Designation: Lecturer

Start Date: 25/01/2016

End Date: 05/03/2019

Organization: Jyothi Nivas PU College, Bengaluru

Designation: Lecturer

Start Date: 14/05/2013

End Date: 25/11/2015

Organization: Lourdes Central School, Mangaluru

Designation: Lecturer

Start Date: 01/06/2012

End Date: 10/04/2013


Research Areas

Synthesis and Characterization: Innovating novel methodologies for the assembly of intricate organic compounds and Employing sophisticated analytical techniques to elucidate the structural and functional attributes of these compounds.

Studies 

1) Biological Studies: Exploring the bioactivities of synthesized compounds to discern their prospective applications in medicinal and industrial contexts.

2) Corrosion Studies: Investigating the corrosion resistance of synthesized compounds to evaluate their potential industrial applications.

3) Computational Studies: Utilizing computational methodologies to simulate and anticipate the behaviors and interactions of organic molecules, thereby augmenting empirical research findings.


Journal Publications

Fernandes, Sheetal Tresa, Jyothi Damodara, and Smitha Maria DSouza. "EVALUATION OF 1, 3-THIAZOLE DERIVATIVES WITH PHARMACEUTICAL AND CHEMICAL ACTIVITY: A REVIEW." Heterocycles: an international journal for reviews and communications in heterocyclic chemistry 106.5 (2023): 819-839.


Awards and Recognitions

Best Presentation Award in the research Sholar category for the paper titled "Quinazoline Scaffold: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation through the integration of Computational Approaches" at International Conference on Advancements in Science, Engineering and Management (ICASEM) 2024 Jointly Organized by Vidya Vihar Institute of Technology, Purnea, Bihar, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India on 30th & 31st May 2024.in the Fourth International Conference on Research advancement and Development (ICARD) on 30 January 2024.

Secured Silver Medal for in NPTEL Online Certification course on Psychology for everyday from Aug - Sept 2021.

Secured Silver Medal for in NPTEL Online Certificate Course on Enhancing Soft Skills and Personality from Feb - April 2019


Membership in professional Bodies

Member - AIChe (The Global Home for Chemical Engineers)

Member - International Statistical Engineering Association

Member - IAEng (International Association of Engineers)


Workshop/FDPs Attended

  • Organized & participated in an online International Webinar on ""Carbon Nanomaterials and their applications in Nanotechnology" on 24 June 2022, by Prof. Dr Suraya Abdul RashiOrganized & participated in an online workshop on "Tools to design E-book" by Prof. Vimal Rarh on 29 April 2022.
  • Particpated in an webinar 'User awareness programme on IRNS' conducted on 26 April 2022 organised by IQAC, LLG & RFG of SJEC in association with INFLIBNET Centre, Gujrat.
  • Participated in a 6 day FDP (offline) on 'Industry tool for programming and media creation' on 11 to 13 April 2022 and 18 to 20 April 2022 organized by CSE & MCA dept of SJEC, Mangaluru.
  • Participated in 5 day FDP (online) on 'Academic writing' from 4 april 2022 to 8 april 2022 at St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru.
  • Participated in one FDP (offline) on IUCEE Mission NEP 2020 conducted on 6 May 2022 by Dept of Physics, SJEC, Mangaluru.
  • Organized & participated in an International Webinar on "Optical Nanostructures in Nature" by Dr Nonappa, Finland, organized by Department of chemistry, St Joseph Engineering College,
  • Participated in Webinar on "Nutrition during Covid Times" held on 13th July 2020, organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru.
  • Participated in one week online FDP "Insights on Writing Research proposals and Funding Opportunities" held from 20th to 24th July 2020, organized by Research and Facilities group, St Joseph Engineering
  • Participated in Fit India Freedom Run 2.0 organised by St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru from 13 August to 02 October 2021.
  • Participated in five day FDP on "Implementation of NEP 2020 at Engineering Institutions" held at St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru during 30 August - 6 September 2021 securing 96/100.
  • Participated in Workshop cum Training on CONTINEO SOFTWARE held on 21 September 2021 organisded by Academic Assesment Group St Joseph Engineering College
  • Participated in 33 National council 2021 program held by AICUF on 13 and 14 August 2021.
  • Participated in National Webinar on " New Horizon of Bioinspired Nano-chemistry" conducted by the Department of Chemistry on 23 July 2021 organised by P C Jabin Science College Vidyanagar, Hubli.
  • Participated in National Webinar on " Innovation in catalysis for sustainable organic synthesis" by Dr Kishore Natee, CSIR, Dhradun organised by the department of Basic Science SVCE, Bengaluru on 20 July 2021.
  • Participated in one day live webinar on " Research Thesis writing skill"conducted on July 6 2021 organised by R & D, IEDC, IQAC cells and EIE departmenet Bangalore Institue of Technology, Bengaluru
  • Participated and hosted in an online webinar " The role of technology in building effective response mechanisms for delevireing health care services under disruption" organised by Asset Management Society, India on 21 August 2021
  • Participated and orgainsed a Webinar on "Computational Study of Molecules with Gaussian Software" by Dr. Jayashree Nagesh ,Ramanujan Fellow, IISc ,Bengaluru,organised by Department of Chemistry ,St
  • Participated in a webinar on " Writing a research proposal" on 17 July 2020 organised by the Department of Civil engineering St Joseph Engineering Colleg
  • Participated in a Webinar on "NEP-2020 Curriculum Framework for higher education" by Dr. B Thimme Gowda, organised by St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru, on 23rd, October 2020.
  • Participated in Webinar on "Trends in future research in Chemistry”, organized by the Department of Chemistry, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru - 575 003 on 13 July 2020
  • Participated in two weeks FDP on "Advanced Concepts for Developing MOOCS", Organised by Teaching Learning centre Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, Sponsored by Ministry
  • Participated in Bootcamp on Active Learning Strategies a five days Faculty Development Program on organized by St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru, during 15th to 19th July 2019.
  • Participated in a Workshop on “Scopus & Mendeley: Tools for Empowering Research” held on 21st September 2019 at St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru.
  • Attended Two weeks Faculty development Programme on “Managing Online Classes and Co-creating MOOCS 2.0 " organized by Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College University of Delhi, from May 18
  • Participated in a Webinar session on “Research Methodology and Data Analysis" organized by Karnataka Science and Technology Academy [KSTA], Department of Science and technology Govt. of Karnataka
  • Participated in Webinar on "Efficient, Economical and Environmental Friendly Use of Fenton’s Oxidation in wash and waste management for COVID-19 virus", Organised by the Department of Civil Engineering ,St
  • Participated in Webinar on "From Heart attacks to Pattern Formation: Understanding the complexities of nature through Chemistry”, organized by the Department of Chemistry, St Aloysius College, Mangaluru
  • Participated in three day online Faculty Development Programme on "PLC Programming and Industrial Interface", organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru
  • Participated in Webinar on "Gate way to options and opportunities", Organised by the Department of Civil Engineering ,St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru on Tuesday, 24th June 2020
  • Participated in a Webinar on "Various career paths for Civil Engineer & building a holistic profile as a student for better careers", Organised by the Department of Civil Engineering ,St Joseph Engineering College,
  • Participated in International Webinar on "3D Electron Microscopy For Structural Nanotechnology”, organized by the Department of Chemistry, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru - 575 003 on 25th
  • Attended a two day Faculty development Programme on “Effective E - Content Design " organized by Deparment of Computer Science(PG), Kristu Jayanti College Bengaluru on 11 and 12 June 2020.
  • Participated in One day National webinar on “Scientific Writing” organized by the Research committee of Maharani Lakshmi Anmanni College for women (Autonomus) Bengaluru on 21st May 2020.
  • Participated in Webinar on " Whats it like to be an Empathetic Teacher" on June 20, 2020 organizes by the Department of Psycology, Loyalla Degree College Bengaluru.
  • Participated in Webinar on "Qualitative to Quantitaive Understanding of Processes: How and Why”, organized by the Department of Chemistry, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru - 575 003 on 3 July
  • Participated in Webinar on "Vedic Mathematics and its applications", Organised by the Department of Mathematics ,St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru on 6 July 2020.
  • Participated in Webinar on "Cheminformatics”, organized by the Department of Chemistry, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru - 575 003 on 17 June 2020
  • Participated in an International Webinar on "Optical Nano structures in Narure", Organised by the Department of Chemistry ,St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru on 8 July 2020.
  • Attended one week workshop on Materials Technology advancement in current scenario organised by the departmentof physics Sathyabama Institue of technology Chennai from 4 to 10 July 2020
  • Attended a course on MFHRD from 12th to 22nd January 2019 at College for human resource development (CLHRD) in Kadri Mangalore.
  • Participated in a two-day workshop on "Intellectual Property Rights" Organized by the Innovation Club on 21st and 22nd February 2019.
  • Workshop on "New Model Curriculum for first year BE/B. Tech-CBCS Detailed Syllabus (2018-19) as per Outcome-Based Education (OBE) format including CO and Bloom's Taxonomy" under Tequip-1.3 held on 19th May 2018 at SCEM, Mangaluru organized by VTU, Belagavi.
  • Workshop on “Information Discovery: Tips, Tools and Technologies” held on 14th July 2018 at St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru.
  • Workshop on "FEEL TEACHER" Learning and Development Intervention by CLHRD held on 2nd to 4th July 2018 at St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru.
  • Particpated in “Integra – 2018”, a three days FDP on “Course Design & Management” organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), held on 16th to 18th July 2018.
  • Participated in a Five day Faculty Development Program organized by St Joseph Engineering College from 18th to 22nd July 2016.
  • Participated in a two-day workshop on Quality Assurance in Engineering Education through OBE held on 30th to 31st January 2017 at St Joseph Engineering College, Mangaluru.
  • Participated in  FDP“Spoorthi – 2016” at St. Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru on 21st January 2016.
  • Participated in FDP “Integra – 2016, OBE and New SAR” at St. Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru on 22nd January 2016.


Conferences attended

Presented a paper on "Synthesis Characterization and Biological Activity of quinazoline Scaffolds enhanced by Computational Techniques" at the International Conference on Advancements in Science, Engineering, and Management (ICASEM) 2024 Jointly Organized by Vidya Vihar Institute of Technology, Purnea, Bihar, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India on 30th & 31st May 2024.
 
Presented a paper on "Sulfonamide-Fused Thiazole Hybrids: Antibacterial, Antitubercular Activities, and Quantum Chemical Insights" at International Conference on Advancements in Science, Engineering and Management (ICASEM) 2024 Jointly Organized by Vidya Vihar Institute of Technology, Purnea, Bihar, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India on 30th & 31st May 2024.
 
Presented a paper on “Quinazoline Scaffold: Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation through the Integration of Computational Approaches” in the Fourth International Conference of Advancement in Research & Development (ICARD 2024) organized by the Department of Commerce, Indira Priyadarshini Govt. Degree College for Women, Autonomous, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India on 30th and 31st January 2024 (Best Paper Award).
 
Presented a paper on “Corrosion mitigation of mild steel by N-substituted sulfonamide derivative: Experimental and theoretical evaluation” in the Fourth International Conference of Advancement in Research & Development (ICARD 2024) organized by the Department of Commerce, Indira Priyadarshini Govt. Degree College for Women, Autonomous, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India on 30th and 31st January 2024.
 
Presented a paper on “Structural Hybrids of Sulfonamide and Thiazole Moieties: Synthesis, Characterization, Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity and Theoretical Studies” in the Fourth International Conference of Advancement in Research & Development (ICARD 2024) organized by the Department of Commerce, Indira Priyadarshini Govt. Degree College for Women, Autonomous, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India on 30th and 31st January 2024 
 
Presented a paper on “Investigation of corrosion inhibition of mild steel in hydrochloric acid by pyrazoline derivative using experimental and computational approaches” in Fourth International Conference of Advancement in Research & Development (ICARD 2024) organized by the Department of Commerce, Indira Priyadarshini Govt. Degree College for Women, Autonomous, Nampally, Hyderabad, Telangana, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India on 30th and 31st January 2024 
 
Presented a paper on “Quinazoline scaffold expolartion, Synthesis Characterization and biological assessment with integrated Computational Approaches” in the International Conference on "Advanced Materials and Fluid Mechanics" (JCAMFM-2023) organized by the Departments of  Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics, BNMIT, Bengaluru during 23rd & 24th November 2023.
 
Presented a paper on "Synthesis, Characterization and Quantum Chemical Calculation of Sulfonamide Quinazoline Derivative" at Two day International Conference on Recent Trends on Applied Sciences (ICRTAS-2022) organized by Srinivas Institute of Technology, Mangaluru on 3rd and 4th August 2022.

Participated in International Conference on NANOTECHNOLOGY- 2019 “Opportunities and Challenges”, Organized by St Aloysius College (Autonomous) Mangaluru on 10th & 11th January 2019.

Participated in the International Conference on Green Chemistry and Nanotechnology Opportunities and Challenges (GCNOC – 2017) held on 27-28th February 2017 at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru.


Contact Information


Ms Smitha Maria DSouza

Assistant Professor

B.Sc, M.Sc

smithad@sjec.ac.in