Courses Taught: B.Sc. (All Semesters), M.Sc. (Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Mathematical Physics, Astrophysics, and Relativity)

Area of Expertise: Electronics, Theoretical Particle Physics

Awards and Achievements:

1. Fifth Rank in Mangalore University BSc examinations

2. First Rank with Gold Medal in Mangalore University MSc examinations

3. DST fellowship from Sept 2007 to Dec 2010

4. Principal Investigator of BRNS project from 2014 to 2017

5. Received VGST Award for Research Publications 2017-18 from Govt of Karnataka for research articles in international journals with a high Impact Factor

6. Received VGST Grant 2018-19 of Rs 20 lakh to establish “Center for Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics” at St. Philomena College, Puttur from Govt of Karnataka

Research Details:

Publications:

1. Properties of Charmonium States in a Phenomenological Approach, Communications in Theoretical Physics, Praveen P. D’souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Communications in Theoretical Physics,, 71, (2019)

2. Mass spectra and decays of ground and orbitally excited c\bar{b} states in non-relativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat and K. B. Vijaya Kumar,  Int. J.Mod. Phys. A, 32 (2017)

3. c\bar{b} spectrum and decay properties with coupled channel effects,  Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Phys.Rev. D, 95, (2017)

4. Effects of coupled channels on c\bar{b} mass and decays in NRQM with OGEP, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, International Journal of Modern Physics E, 26, (2017)

5. Radiative decays of ground state light vector mesons with nonrelativistic an relativistic phase spaces and other decay properties, A. P. Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Bhaghyesh, 52, (2014)

6. Ground state heavy meson spectrum in the framework of constituent quark models, Indian Journal of Physics K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhaghyesh and Antony Prakash Monteiro,, 87(5), 493 (2013)

7. The light D wave meson spectra in constituent quark Models Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar Archives of Physics Research, 3(3), 201 (2012)

8. Heavy quarkonia spectra and their decays in a relativistic quark model, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Chinese Physics C 34,1 (2011)

9. Bottomonium spectrum and decay with one gluon exchange potential,  Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, and Bhaghyesh. Commun. in Theor. Phys. 56(03), 476 (2011)

10. Heavy quarkonium spectra and its decays in a non-relativistic model with Hulthen potential, Bhaghyesh, K.B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 38, 085001 (2011)

11. and gg decays ofc0 and c2, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Archives of Physics Research, 1(4), 200(2010).

12. Light D wave meson spectrum in a relativistic harmonic model with instanton induced interaction, A. P. Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Journal of Natural Sciences, 2(11), 1292 (2010).

13. Light D wave meson spectrum in a non-relativistic quark model with instanton induced interaction, A. P. Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Canadian J. of Pure and Appl. Sciences, 4(3), 1311 (2010).

14. Light meson spectrum and their leptonic decay widths in the framework of constituent quark models, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and A. P. Monteiro, Chinese Phys. C34(9), 1396 (2010).

15. Ground State meson spectrum in a relativistic model with instanton induced interaction, A. P. Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Commun. in Theor. Phys. 53, 325 (2010).

16. Semi-relativistic quark model for light D wave mesons with Instanton induced interaction, A. P. Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Indian J. of Pure and Appl. Phys. 48, 240 (2010).

17. P wave meson spectrum in a relativistic model with Instanton Induced Interaction, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhavyashri, Y. L. Ma and A. P. Monteiro, Int. J. of Mod. Phys. A24, 4209 (2009).

18. The role of anti-symmetric Spin-Orbit potential of III in D wave K meson spectra in the framework of the relativistic harmonic model, A. P. Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Canadian J. of Pure and Appl. Sciences. 3(2) 847 (2009).

Paper Presentations:

1. Mass spectra of Ds Meson in a Non-Relativistic Quark model with Hulthen Potential, E.Deepak DSilva, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, Vipin Naik N.S. and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

2. Instanton Contribution to the charmonium Mass spectra, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018)(December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai) 5 of 15

3. Estimating the Branching ratio for the Charmonium: Two gluon decay, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

4. Mass spectrum of Low lying Bottomonium states in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Yukawa Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, Vidyalaksmi N., K.B Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

5. Mass spectrum of Low lying Charmonium Spectrum in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Wood-Saxon Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, Navya G.R., K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

6. S-Wave Mass spectrum of Exotic Mesons, P.N. Bapat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

7. P-Wave Mass spectrum of Exotic Mesons, P.N. Bapat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

8. Effects of Coupled channels in Charmonium Masses with Instanton Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

9. Properties of Bottomonium with coupled Channel Effects, Vipin Naik N.S., Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

10. The mass shift in Bs Meson spectrum with Hadronic Loop effects, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Vipin Naik N.S., Praveen P D’Souza, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

11. Hadronic Loop effects in Ds Meson Mass Spectrum, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Vipin Naik N.S., K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Praveen P. D’Souza, E.Deepak DSilva, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

12. Hadronic Loop effects in B Meson Masses in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model, Praveen P D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya 6 of 15 Kumar, Vipin Naik N.S., E. Deepak DSilva, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

13. Radiative Decays of Charmonium in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with an Instanton Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

14. Mass Spectrum of Orbitally Excited Bs Mesons in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Hulthen Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

15. Annihilation Decays of Charmonium in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with an Instanton Potential, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Praveen P. D’Souza and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

16. Mass spectrum of Orbitally Excited States of B Mesons in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Hulthen Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

17. Mass spectrum of Orbitally Excited Charmonium in a Non-Relativistic Quark model with an Instanton Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

18. A Green’s Function approach to the Non-Relativistic Wave Equation with Hulthen Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

19. Radiative Transitions of B and Bs Mesons in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Hulthen Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala) 7 of 15

20. Masses of P and D wave c_b States in Relativistic Model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

21. Mass Spectra of Orbitally Excited c_b states in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

22. Radiative Decays of c_b States in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

23. Radiative Decays of c_b States in a Relativistic Quark Model, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

24. Weak Decays and Life Time of Bc meson, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

25. S-wave Masses of B Meson in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Hulthen Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

26. Coupled Channel Effects in c_b Spectra, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

27. Ground State Charmed Meson Spectra in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, Praveen P. D’Souza, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

28. Annihilation Decays of Bottomonium, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, Praveen P. D’Souza, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata) 8 of 15

29. Realistic Results of Low-Lying Charmonium Masses Using Instanton Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K. B. Vijayakumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61 , (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

30. Analytical Solutions of the Schroedinger Equation with the Woods-Saxon Potential for l=0 states, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 60, (2015) (December 07-11, Sri SathyaSai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam-515134, AP, India)

31. Numerical Solution of Schroedinger Equation using matrix Numerov method with Woods – Saxon Potential, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 60, (2015) (December 07-11, Sri SathyaSai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam-515134, AP, India)

32. Mass Spectra of Bc Meson using Woods-Saxon potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 60, (2015) (December 07-11, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam-515134, AP, India)

33. Variation of Ground state Bc and B_c Meson Masses for various n values, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 60, (2015) (December 07-11, Sri SathyaSai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam-515134, AP, India)

34. Charmonium Properties in a Screened Potential, Bhaghyesh, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 59, (2014) (December 08-12, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi)

35. Mass spectrum of ground state charmonium states in relativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58, (2013) (December 02-06, BARC, Mumbai)

36. Properties of bottomonium in a semi-relativistic model, Bhaghyesh, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58, (2013) (December 02-06, BARC, Mumbai)

37. Radiative transitions of Charmonium and Bottomonium states in Relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B.Vijaya Kumar, and A. P. Radhakrishna, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58 , (2013) (December 02-06, BARC, Mumbai)

38. S wave cc spectrum in a semi-relativistic model, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhaghyesh, Antony Prakash Monteiro and V. K. Nilakanthan, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)( December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

39. Properties of charmonium in a semi-relativistic formalism, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, and V. K. Nilakanthan, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)(December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

40. Radiative decays of some light mesons with relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)( December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

41. Radiative decays of ground state light vector mesons with nonrelativistic and relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)( December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

42. Mass spectrum of heavy meson states with Qq and qQ wave function in nonrelativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011) (December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

43. Charmonium spectra and decay widths using Hulthen potential Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011) (December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

44. Spectrum and decays of bb mesons in a nonrelativistic model K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhaghyesh, and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011)(December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

45. Mass spectrum of singlet and triplet cb meson states in nonrelativistic quark model Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna, and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011)(December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

46. Three Photon decay of J= (1S) in non-relativistic quark model, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011)(December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

47. Mass spectrum and decays of charmonium states in non-relativistic quark model, A.P. Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Bhaghyesh, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

48. Bottomonium spectrum and leptonic decays in non-relativistic quark model, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, and Bhaghyesh, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

49. Charmonium and bottomonium radiative transitions in non-relativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, and Bhaghyesh, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

50. Light meson radiative transitions in non-relativistic quark model, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, and Bhaghyesh, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

51. The decay widths and the spectrum of charmonium, Bhaghyesh, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

52. Bottomonium spectrum in a relativistic quark model, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhaghyesh and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

53. and gg decay of heavy pseudoscalar quarkonia, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

54. P wave charmonium spectrum in a relativistic quark model, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at XIX DAE BRNS High Energy Physics Sympossium, Jaipur, Dec 13-18, 2010

55. The prediction of leptonic and radiative decay widths in the frame work of constituent quark models, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at National Conference on Engineering of Materials through Energetic Particles, Bahubali College of Engineering, Shravanabelagola, April 8-10, 2010.

56. The D-wave K meson spectrum in the frame work of relativistic harmonic model, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at Big Bang And Particle Physics Cosmic Connection Seminar, JSS College for Women, Chamarajanagar, March 31, 2010.

57. Light D wave meson spectrum in a relativistic harmonic model with instanton induced interaction, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at International DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics, BARC Mumbai, Dec. 8-12 2009.

58. Light D wave meson spectrum and the role of anti-symmetric spin-orbit potential of III in a non- relativistic quark model with instanton induced interaction K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at International DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics, BARC Mumbai, Dec. 8-12, 2009.

59. The spin polarizabilities of the baryons in relativistic baryon chiral perturbation theory. K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at International DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics, BARC Mumbai, Dec. 8-12, 2009.

60. Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics, K.B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at International Intra-disciplinary conference on the Frontiers of Astronomy, FMKMC College, Madikeri, Dec. 28-29, 2009.

61. P wave meson spectrum in a constituent quark model with instanton induced interaction, Bhavyashri, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at National Symposium on Nuclear Physics (NSNP), Payyanur College, Payyanur, Jan.13-15, 2009.

62. Ground state meson spectrum in a relativistic model with instanton induced interaction, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at National Symposium on Nuclear Physics (NSNP), Payyanur College, Payyanur, Jan.13-15, 2009.

63. The effect of instanton induced interaction on P wave meson spectra in constituent quark model, Bhavyashri, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics, IIT Roorkee, Dec. 22-26, 2008.

64. Ground State meson spectrum in a relativistic Harmonic model with instanton induced interaction, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, IIT Roorkee, Dec. 22-26, 2008.

Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:

One day National level Seminar on E-Resources, Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism – Issues and Challenges held at St. Philomena College, Puttur, Sep 09, 2018

Resource Person / Guest Lectures delivered:

Refresher Courses/Short Term/Orientation Courses attended

1.The Preparatory SERC School in Theoretical High Energy Physics, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Sept 23-Oct 20, 2008.

2.The 107th Orientation Course at UGC-HRDC, University of Hyderabad, Telangana from 27-06-2019 to 17-07-2019.

Courses Taught: B.Sc. (All Semesters)

Area of Expertise: Nuclear Physics and Radiation Physics (Research)

Awards and Achievements

1. Honored by Dr. Sham Chetty, Director NAL for contribution to Science Popularization on24.11.2015

2. Rewarded by VGST, Dept. of Science and Technology, GoK with “Instrumentation Center for Science Education, Research and Analysis” of worth 30 lakhs.

Research Details:

• Did research on the subject ” Studies on the Base Line Radiation Background in the Environment of Mangalore (1988-1993) under the Project sponsored by the Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), at Department of  Physics, Post-Graduation Centre, Mangalore University and obtained PhD from Mangalore University (1993).

• Completed  UGC minor research project entitled “A study on Radon concentration in drinking water and spa water of Putttur and surrounding region” (30 Nov 09, MRP(S) – 458/09-10/KAMA021/UGC-SWR)

• Submitted the major research project proposal entitled “Spatial distribution of uranium concentration and water quality parameters in  Kodagu, Chikmagalur and Chitradurga districts of Karnataka for BRNS funding and presented at High Power Committee  at BARC, Mumbai and awaiting for results.

• Google Scholar with citations 746, h -index 19 & I 10 index 23

• Mentioned in Research Gate with Research gate score 17.24

Publications:

3. A new natural background radiation on the west coast of India, Health Physics  (USA), 65 (4); 390 – 395 (1993)

4. External Gamma Radiation dose rates in coastal Karnataka, Journal of Radiological Protection (UK); 14, 257 – 64 (1994)

5. Prominent alpha nuclides activity in Kaiga environment, Indian Journal Environmental Protection, (India), Vol 14 (4), (1994)

6. Distribution and Enrichment of radio nuclides in the newly discovered high background area in Ullal on the southwest coast of India, Health Physics  (USA), Vol 69 (2); 178 -186 (1995)

7. Distribution of some natural and artificial radio nuclides in the coastal Karnataka of South India, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity (UK); Vol 28, 113-139, (1995)

8. Internal exposure to the population of coastal Karnataka of south India from dietary intake , Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol. 62, No. 3, 131-138, (1995)

9. Distribution of some natural and artificial radionuclides in Mangalore Environment of South India; Journal of Environmental Radioactivity , (UK); 30, 31 –54; (1996)

10. Atmospheric Radon levels and emanation rate in the environment of Kaiga; Radiation Measurements (UK), 26, 35 –41, (1996).

11. Bioindicators in the Tropical Forest of  Kaiga  Environment, Journal of Environmental  Radioactivity (UK); Vol 31, 189 –198, (1996).

12. Radioactivity in the tropical forest vegetation of Kaiga environment Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 31, No. 2, 189-198 (1996)

Paper Presentations in Conference/Symposium:

1. Absorption of radionuclide  from soil by medicinal plants , presented in UGC sponsored national conference on”RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENT”, at St. Philomena College, Puttur, Feb 5-6 2015.

2. Transport of Radionuclide’s through Soil – Plant human pathways by some medicinal plants, Chandrasekhar K, Radhakrishna AP, Somashekharappa H, 20th National Symposium on Radiation Physics (NSRP – 20), Proceedings, Oct – 28-30, 2015, 758 – 763, USIC, Mangalore University.

3. Mass spectrum of ground state charmonium states in relativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B.Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58 , December 02-06, 2013, BARC, Mumbai.

4. Radiative Transitions of Charmonium and Bottomonium states in Relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B.Vijaya Kumar, and A. P. Radhakrishna, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58 , December 02-06, 2013, BARC, Mumbai

5. Radiative decays of some light mesons with relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012), December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi.

6. Radiative decays of ground state light vector mesons with non-relativistic and relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)( December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

7. Mass spectrum of heavy meson states with Qq and qQ wave function in non-relativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011) (December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University.

8. Mass spectrum of singlet and triplet cb meson states in nonrelativistic quark model Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A.P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011)(December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University.

9. Dissolved 222Rn Concentration in Water samples of a Natural Hot Water Spa of Puttur, Coastal Karnataka, Presented in 30th IARP National  Conference on Radiological Protection and safety in Nuclear Reactors, Mangalore University, March 15-17, 2012.

Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:

1. Creation of Elements in violent Phenomena, UGC sponsored State Level conference on Astronomy and Astrophysics at Poornaprajna College, Udupi , January 6, 2011.

2. Problems of Science Translation in Kannada, National Seminar on Translation held at Hampi University, 25-26, Feb 2011.

3. Participated in Research Based Pedagogical Tools (RBPT) workshop (October 11-14, 2017) conducted by IISER Pune in association with MHRD & Sheffield University UK and selected for the second level training at Indian National Academy of Science, New Delhi (December 6-7, 2017) and recognized as National level Trainer. Participated (October 2nd, 2018) in Webinar conducted by IISER, Pune on RBPT writer workshop to be held in January 2019

4. National Conference on Creative Writing in Science for Children” , National Centre for Science Communicators, HBSE, Mumbai, Oct 3-4, 2015

5. National Workshop on “Blood irradiation and its application in tranfusion of medicine” CART, Mangalore University, Oct 15, 2015

6. 20th National Symposium on Radiation Physics (NSRP -20) and chaired a session, USIC, Mangalore University Oct 28-30, 2015

7. DST Sponsored workshop on Science writing, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Mangalore University, March 20-22, 2014

8. XXXVI AI International Topical Conference on Polonium and Radioactive lead isotopes, organized by Mangalore University, Feb 11- 13, 2013

9. Participated as Resource person and delivered lecture on Astronomy at Kadoor, conducted by Science and Technology Department, of Karnataka, on 9.11.2013

10. Attended UGC sponsored National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Condensed Matter Physics” haled at Government First Grade College, Bettampady, 5-6, September, 2013

11. Research Papers  accepted for presentation in  DAE Nuclear Physics International Symposium held at BARC, Mumbai, December 2-7, 2013

12. Participated in National Seminar on “Changing Paradigms of Higher Education XII Five Year Plan Initiatives” organized by All India Federation University & College Teachers Organizations & AMCT at St.Aloysius College, Mangalore, December 1, 2013

13. Participated in State Level Conference of Science writers held at Gulbarga, organized by Karnataka Rajya Vijnyana Parishat, Bangalore and delivered invited talk on Techniques of Science writing, 16-17, February 2013

14. Attended UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Recent Trends in digital Communication, held at Milagris College, 16-17, December, 2012.

15. Participated in UGC assisted Initiative for Competence Building workshop, held at SPC, Puttur, on 25.1.2012

16. Participated  in 30th IAR Conference on “Radiological Protection and Safety in Nuclear Reactors and Radiation Installations “ and resented a research paper, held at Mangalagangotri, 15-17, March 2012

17. Presented research papers in DAE International Symposium on Nuclear  Physics held at Andra University, Vishakhapatnam on December 26 -30, 2012

18. Delivered a keynote Lecture “Black hole at the centre of Galaxies” in BRNS& CSIR sponsored National Workshop on Space Science at Manpal Institute of  Technology, Manipal, 27-28, May, 2012

19. Participated and presented a paper in DAE International Symposium  on  Nuclear Physics held at Department of Physics & Astrophysics, New Delhi, 3-7, December, 2012

20. Participated and presented a paper in 30th IARP National  Conference on Radiological Protection and safety in Nuclear Reactors, Mangalore University, March 15-17, 2012.

21. Participated and presented  a Paper at National Seminar on Knowledge Text Translation in Kannada at Kannada University, Hampi, 25&26, Feb, 2011

22. Delivered invited lecture on Fukushima Reactor Accident , at Rotary Club, Puttur, 20.5.2011

23. Delivered invited Lecture at MGM College Udupi on Science and Dr Karantha, 10.10.2011

24. Participated in UGC sponsored National Seminar in Physics, held at Govindadasa College, Suratkal, 16-17, September, 2011

25. Presented a paper “creation of Elements in violent phenomenon” at UGC sponsored National Conference on Astronomy & Astrophysics, Poornaprajna College, Udupi, 6,7 &8, January, 2011

26. Participated  in One day workshop on “Galaxy Forum”, Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengalore,20th August, 2011

Refresher Courses/Short Term/Orientation Courses attended

1. Refresher Course in Physics, held at Gulbarga University, CDC, Nov 17- Dec 8, 1997

2. Orientation Course held at Academic Staff College, Mysore, Dec 2 – Dec 29, 2000.

3. Refresher Course in Physics, held at Mangalore University, PG Centre, Dec1-Dec24, 1998.

4. Refresher Course in Physics & Material Science, held at Mangalore University, PG Centre, Oct 16-Nov 8, 2000

5. Refresher course on Contemporary Physics and Instrumentation held at Mangala Gangotri, Mnagalore University, PG Centre, Oct 16-Nov 6, 1993.

Resource Person / Guest Lectures delivered:

1. Conducting Sky watch programme

2. Publishing popular Science Articles in news papers and magazines.

3. Delivering lectures at school and Colleges.

4. Delivering Talk in All India Radio (AIR), Mangalore.

5. Participating as resource person in the school and colleges in connection with Science programme.

Membership on Societies/Academic/Professional Bodies:

1. Astronomical Society of India (ASI)

2. Indian Radiation Society, BARC, Mumbai,

3. Indian Association of  Physics Teachers (IAPT),   Kanpur

4. National Centre for Science Communicators (NCSC), Mumbai

5. Association of Physics Teachers (APT), Mangalore University.

6. Annual Member of

7. Association of Mangalore University College Teachers (AMUCT)

8. Member of Research Cell activiely involved in research activities.

9. Member in the Editorial Board of the research journal PEARL.

Other Details:

1. Regularly publishing Articles on Physics, Astrophysics and General Science in Kannada National Dailies –  UDAYAVANI, (ಉದಯವಾಣಿ) VIJAYAKARNATAKA (ವಿಜಯಕರ್ನಾಟಕ) and magazines – SUDHA (ಸುಧಾ) VIJNYANA LOKA (ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಲೋಕ), TARANGA (ತರಂಗ), KASTURI (ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ). More than hundred articles have been published. Contributing invited article to  KANADA (ಕಣಾದ)  – the annual magazine of  National Aero Space Laboratory (NAL), Bangalore

2. Written Science Column on Nobel Laureates (ನೊಬೆಲ್ವಿಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು)  in Sunday Magazine section of UDAYAVANI & JNYANA VIJNYANA (ಜ್ಞಾನ ವಿಜ್ಞಾನ).

3. As IQAC coordinator (2013 -) instrumental in initiating various academic activities activities in the College.

4. Closely associated with PG studies in Physics – taking guest lectures, coordinating  the National Seminar and workshop, extension activities of PG section.

Courses Taught: BSc Physics

Area of Expertise: Environmental Radioactivity, Electronics

Awards and Achievements:

1. Passed State Level Eligibility Test (SLET) in Physics Subject in 1998

2. Received UGC-FIP Teacher Fellowship from University Grants Commission from 2014 to 2017.

3. Has been recognized as a Referee of Research articles in Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (Springer Publishers), an international journal in the field of Radiation Physics and Chemistry.

4. Member of Board of Examiners (BOE) in Physics for the Mangalore University.

Research Details:
Topic: “Studies on Concentration of Radionuclides and Trace Elements in Some Selected Medicinal Plants”

Publications in National and International Journals/Proceedings of National and International Conferences:
1.Chandrashekara, K., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2016). 210Po and 210Pb in medicinal plants in the region of Karnataka, Southern India. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 160, 87-92. (Elsevier Publications)
2.Chandrashekara, K., Somashekarappa, H. M., Radhakrishna A. P. (2019). “Disequilibrium of Uranium Series Radionuclides in Soil and Plants of South India”, Journal of radioanalytical and nuclear Chemistry https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06508-7. (Springer Publications)
3.Chandrashekara, K., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2016). Estimation of radionuclides concentration and average annual committed effective dose due to ingestion for some selected medicinal plants of South India. Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences, 9, 68-77. (Elsevier Publications).
4.Chandrashekara, K., Karunakara, N., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2015). Activity distribution and uptake of radionuclides in medicinal plants of Coastal Karnataka, India. Research Journal of Recent Sciences, 4, 101-109.
5.Chandrashekara, K., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2015). Soil to plant transfer factors of radionuclides in Ficus racemosa (L.), a medicinal plant. International Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 4(9), 43-47.
6.Chandrashekara, K., Radhakrishna, A. P., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2015). Concentration of natural and artificial radionuclides in Mesua Ferea auct. Linn- a medicinal plant. Life Sciences International Research Journal, 2 (2), 219-223.
7.Chandrashekara, K., Padhi, R. K., Kanagasabapathy, K. V., Satpathy, K. K., Somashekarappa, H. M. Study on trace elements concentration in medicinal plants using EDXRF technique (communicated to Michrochemical Journal). (Elsevier Publications).
8.Chandrashekara, K., Radhakrisna, A. P., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2015). Transport of radionuclides through soil-plant-human pathway by some medicinal plants. Proceedings of the 20th National Symposium on Radiation Physics (NSRP-20), ISBN: 978-93-82845-96-6, Oct. 28-30, Mangalore University.
9.Chandrashekara K., Padhi R. K., Satpathy K. K., Somashekarappa H. M. (2018). Concentrations of Trace Elements in Some Selected Medicinal Plants. Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Sciences and Biophysics (RAMSB) organized by Mangalore University.
10.Chandrashekara, K., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2016). Transfer factors of radionuclides from soil to Mesua ferea auct Linn., a medicinal plant of North Kerala. Proceedings of Fourth International UGIT Conference on “Remote Sensing and GIS Applications on Coastal Management”, ISBN: 978-81-930542-1-5, Feb. 16-17, University College, Mangalore.
11.Chandrashekara, K., Radhakrisna, A. P., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2017). ‘Activity concentration and AACED due to 40K in some selected medicinal plants’. Proceedings of National Conference in Radiation Physics, conducted by Bangalore University in collaboration with AMD Bangalore on 23rd and 24th November, 2017.

12.Chandrashekara K., Nagaraja K P., Somashekarappa H. M. (2023). Transfer Factors of 226Ra, 210Pb, and 210Po in Medicinal Plants of Malnad Region of Karnataka. Proceedings of the 20th National Symposium on Radiation Physics (NSRP-23) conducted by University of Mysuru, 19-21 January 2023 (Accepted for publication).

Paper Presentations:1.Chandrashekara, K., Yashodhara, I., Karunakara, N., Radhakrisna, A. P., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2014). Studies on concentration of radionuclides in medicinal plants. Fifth Symposium on Nuclear Analytical Chemistry (NAC-V), Jan. 20-24, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.
2.Chandrashekara, K., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2014). Activity distribution and uptake of radionuclides in medicinal plants of Coastal Karnataka, India. Fourth International Science Congress (ISC-2014), Dec. 8-9, Udaipur, Rajasthan.
3.Chandrashekara, K., Radhakrisna, A. P., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2015). ‘Concentration of natural and artificial radionuclides in Mesua ferea auct Linn. – a medicinal plant’, International Conference on ‘Ariculture,Veterinary &Environmental Sciences (ICAVES)-2015’, July 24-25, Conducted by IMRF at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.
4.Chandrashekara, K., Karunakara, N., Radhakrisna, A. P., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2015). Absorption of radionuclides by medicinal plants from soil. National Seminar on Radiation and Environment, Feb. 5-6, St. Philomena College, Puttur, Karnataka.
5.Chandrashekara, K., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2017). Absorption of natural and artificial radionuclides by medicinal Plants of Malnad Kerala. National Conference on Particle Accelerators in Interdisciplinary Research, Apr. 11-13, Mangalore University.
6.Chandrashekara, K., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2017). Ambient gamma dose rate in air in the region of Coastal Karnataka. National Conference on ‘Recent Advances in Physical Sciences-An Interdisciplinary Approach’ (RAPSIA-2017) Mar. 25, Government Science College, Hassan, Karnataka.
7.Chandrashekara, K., Radhakrisna, A. P., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2018). ‘Average Annual Committed Effective Dose and Threshold Consumption Rates of some Selected Medicinal Plants’ in National Conference on Applications of Radioisotopes and Radiation in Industry, Healthcare and Agriculture, September, 10-11, St. Alloysius College Mangalore.
8.Chandrashekara, K., Radhakrisna, A. P., Somashekarappa, H. M. (2018). Concentration of Radionuclides, Dose, and Threshold Consumption Rates of some Medicinal Plants of Malnad Karnataka. National Symposium on Environment (NSE-20), Dec. 13-15, IIT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

9.D R Vinay, KR Radhika, B Sampreetha, NS Vipin Naik, AP Radhakrishna, K Chandrashekara (2022). Study of Activity Concentration and Transfer Factors of Radionuclides in Medicinal Plants. National Conference in Radiation Physics, 15-16 December, conducted by Bangalore University

Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:1.Attended UGC sponsored workshop on ‘In the Backdrop of Global Warming Energy Options in the Twenty First Century’ on 23rd and 24th, August, (2010) at Milagres College Kallianpur, Udupi.
2.Attended two day workshop on ‘Research methodology’ organised by Department of Computer Science , Mangalore University in February 2012
3.Attended two day National conference CAPSRAA– 2011 at Govinda dasa college Surathkal on 16 & 17th of September 2011.
4.Attended Science Model Competition & Exhibition (Puttur-Sullia-Bantwal Taluk level) as Adjudicator held at Government First grade College, Bettampady, Puttur on 22nd August 2011.
5.Attended UGC sponsored National Conference on Nanotechnology at NSAMIT, Nitte, Karkal, in August, 2007.
6.Attended two day National conference on ‘Laser Technology- Frontiers and Applications’ held on 25th & 26th August 2011 at SDM College Ujire.
7.Attended two day National conference on ‘Vijnana mathu Thantrajnanada Hosa Diganthagalu, Avakashagalu mathu Savalugalu’ organised by Karnataka Science and Technology academy and Mangalore University on 28,29th January, 2012.
8.Attended a National level work shop on measurement of radionuclides in environmental matrices conducted by Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Govt.of India, at USIC, Mangalore University from May 28 to June 1 2013.
9.Attended National conference on ‘Frontiers of Photonics’ at MGM College Udupi on 13th and 14th Nov., 2013.
10.Attended National conference on ‘Recent trends in condensed matter physis’ at Govt. First Grade College Bettampady, Puttur on 5th and 6th sep.2013.
11.Participated in National Seminar on “Changing Paradigms of Higher Education XII Five Year Plan Initiatives” organized by All India Federation University & College Teachers Organizations & AMCT at St.Aloysius College, Mangalore, December 1, 2013
12.Attended ‘AIFUCTO STATUTORY Conference 2013’from Nov.30 to Dec.2 2013 at St. Alloysius College Mangaloe.
13.Participated in a technical discussion related to trace element analysis of environmental samples at Environmental safety Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, during 20-24, April, 2015.
14.Participated in a workshop on Radiation-Its Application in Physical, Chemical and Life Sciences conducted jointly by UGC-DAE CSR, Kolkota and Mangalore University, during 24-25, June 2015, at Mangalore University.
15.Attended National Symposium on Radiation Physics (NSRP-20), held during 28-30, October 2015 at Mangalore University.
16.Attended National workshop on ‘Blood Irradiation and its Application in Transfusion Medicine’ organized by CARRT, Mangalore University on 17-10-2015.
17.Participated in a National Workshop on ‘Emerging Targets and Biomarkets in Cancer Therapy’ conducted by CARRT, Mangalore University from 16th to 18th May, 2016.
18.Participated as ‘Guide lecturer’ in State level Science Model Exhibition Competition conducted by Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath at Gavisiddeswara College, Koppala in January, 2019.
19.Attended one day National Conference on ‘Credit Based Semester Scheme and MOOC in Higher Education’ at St. Agnes College (Autonomous) conducted by AMUCT, on 28-06-2019.

20.Attended one day Workshop on ‘National Education Policy’ organized by Mangalore University at Town Hall Mangalore on 25th October 2021.

21. Attended workshop on implementation of ‘NEP in Undergraduate Colleges’ on 24th September 2021 at Dr. Sathish Pai Dayananda Pai Govt. First Grade College, Car Street Mangalore.

22.    Attended one day workshop on NEP in November 2021 organized by Mangalore University at Vivekananda College, Puttur.

Resource Person / Guest Lectures delivered:1.    Delivered a radio talk in kannada language on the topic ‘Vaathavaranadalli Vikiranagalu’ broadcasted by All India Radio, Mangaluru on 4th October 2022.

2.    Delivered Foundation day Lecture in the celebration of Birth anniversary of Msgr. Antony Patrao, Founder of Mai De Deus Institutions, Puttur, on 15th December 2021.

3.    Participated as Resource person in National Science Day Celebration at Govt. First Grade College, Sullia on 28th February, 2019 and delivered a talk on ‘Radiation and Environment’.

4.    Participatd as resource Person and delivered a talk on ‘Science in Daily Life’ at Govt. P.U.College Kumbra, Puttur,  Puttur, on 15-10 -2012.

5.    Chief Guest in the Annual day celeberations of Sri Devi High School Puncha, Bantwal on 03-02-2013.

6.    Participatd as resource Person and delivered a talk on “Vijnanada Vismayagalu” on 15 12-2014 at Primary School Pariyalthadka, Puncha, Bantwal.

7.    Participated as Adjudicator in Mangalore University level Paper Presentation competition held at Mahaveera College Mudabidre on 12-1-2015.

8.    Participated as Resource Person and delivered a talk on ‘Science in Life’ for the NSS students of Vivekananda College Puttur on 27th Dec. 2013 at Iswara Mangala, Puttur.

9.    Participated as resource person in ‘Sarvajna Jayanthi’ programme at Minividhana soudha Puttur, organized by Government of Karnataka, on 24th February, 2021.

10.Participated as resource person in National Science Day Celebration at Govt. First Grade College, Bettampady, Puttur on 28th February, 2021 and delivered a guest talk on ‘Radiation in the Environment’.

Refresher Courses/Short Term/Orientation Courses attended
1.Attended 28 days orientation course from 07-12-2004 to 05-01-2005 at Manasagangotri, Mysuru University.
2.Attended 21 days refresher course in Physics Feb. 14 – March 07, 2007 at Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
3.Attended Refresher Course in Physics held at UGC-Academic Staff College, H.P. University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh during 26.04.2010 to 15.05.2010.
4.Attended 21 days refresher course on IT at Sambalpur University, Odisha’ during February 21-March 15, 2013.

Membership on Societies/Academic/Professional Bodies:
1.    Life Member of National Association For Application of Radioisotopes and Radiation in Industry (NAARRI)

2.    Life Member of Indian Society of Radiation Physics (ISRP)

3.    Life Member of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)

4.    Life Member of Kannada Sahithya Parishat (KSP), Karnataka

5.    Member of Association of Mangaluru University College Teachers Association (AMUCT)

6.    Member of Association of Physics Teachers of Mangaluru University (APTMU)

Other Details:
1.Co-authored a Text book of Physics for for II BSc Course, Mangalore University. Publisher: Association of Physics Teachers, Mangalore University.
2. As guide lecturer, participated in State level Science Model Exhibition Competition on 9th&10th Nov. 2013, conducted by Collegiate Education, Karnataka Rajya Vijnana Parishath and Prouda Devaraya Engineering College, Hospet, Bellary and the guided model won the I Prize.

Courses Taught :Mathematical Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Nuclear Physics and Radiation Physics

Area of Expertise :Nuclear and Particle Physics.

Awards and Achievements:

1. Qualified the eligibility test for UGC-CSIR Lectureship – NET held on 18-12-2016 with national level 60th rank in Physical Science in General Category.

2. Qualified the Karnataka State Eligibility Test (K-SET) for Lectureship in Physics held on 30-11-2014 in IIIB category.

3. Have attended the "76th Online Short Term Course on E - Content Development" during 25/06/2020 to 01/07/2020 organized by UGC – Human Resource Development Centre, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.

4. Have completed I semester course - Primer of "Master Facilitator in Leadership and Human Resource Development (MFLHRD)" at College for Leadership and Human Resource Development (CLHRD), Aims Insights Mangalore.

5. Participated in Summer Fellowship Programme conducted by Centre For Application of Radioisotopes and Radiation Technology (CARRT), Mangalore University and has worked on a project entitled “Dosimetric Studies of Gamma Chamber by Fricke Dosimetric Method”.

Research Details:
Publications:

1. Properties of bottomonium in relativistic harmonic model (submitted)

2. Mass spectra and decay properties of B and Bs meson (under review)

Paper Presentations:

1. Radiative Decays of D and Ds Mesons in NRQM with OGEP, Praveen P. D Souza, A. P. Monteiro, Vipin Naik N. S., K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64, (2019) (December 23-29, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P.-226007)

2. Calculation of Splittings in the masses of Bottomonium, Vipin Naik N. S., A.P. Monteiro, Praveen P DSouza, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64 , (2019) (December 23-29, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P.-226007)

3. Calculation of Mass Splittings in D and Ds meson systems in a Non Relativistic Quark Model with OGEP, A.P. Monteiro, Vipin Naik N. S., Praveen P DSouza, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 64 , (2019) (December 23-29, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P.-226007)

4. Calculations of Mass Splittings in B and Bs meson systems in NRQM with Hulthen Potential, Vipin Naik N. S., Praveen P DSouza, A.P. Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64 , (2019) (December 23-29, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P.-226007)

5. Instanton Contribution to Bottomonium Mass Spectra, Praveen P. D Souza, A.P. Monteiro, Vipin Naik N. S., K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64 , (2019) (December 23-29, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P.-226007)

6. Decay constants of Pseudoscalar and Vector D, Ds, B and Bs Mesons, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Praveen P DSouza, Vipin Naik N. S., A.P. Monteiro, E. Deepak DSilva, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 64 , (2019) (December 23-29, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P.-226007)

7. Comparison study of Decay Constants of Heavy Quark Mesons, A.P. Monteiro, Praveen P DSouza, Vipin Naik N. S., K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 64 , (2019) (December 23-29, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P.-226007)

8. Mass spectra of Ds Meson in a Non Relativistic Quark model with Hulthen Potential, E. Deepak DSilva, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, Vipin Naik N.S. and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63 , (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

9. Properties of Bottomonium with coupled Channel Effects, Vipin Naik N.S., Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAEBRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63 , (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

10. Mass shift in Bs Meson spectrum with Hadronic Loop effects, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Vipin Naik N.S., Praveen P D’Souza, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63 , (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

11. Hadronic Loop effects in Ds Meson Mass Spectrum, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Vipin Naik N.S., K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Praveen P. D’Souza, E. Deepak DSilva, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

12. Hadronic Loop effects in B Meson Masses in a Non Relativistic Quark Model, Praveen P D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Vipin Naik N.S., E. Deepak DSilva, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)
     

Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:

1. Participated in 64th DAE - BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, held on December 23-27, 2019 at Department of Physics, Lucknow University, Lucknow, U.P.-226007

2. Participated in 63th DAE International Symposium on Nuclear Physics, held on December 10-14, 2018 at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400 085, India

3. Participated in the State level workshop on Complex Analysis, conducted by Dept of Physics, Christ’s College, Irinjalkuda, Kerala.

4. Participated in the National level seminar on Radiation and Environment, conducted by Dept of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

5. Participated in the National level seminar on Theoretical Aspects of High Energy Physics, conducted by PG Dept of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

6. Participated in the National level seminar on Astrophysics, conducted by Dept of Physics, Poorna Prajna College, Udupi.

Organizing Committee Member for the Workshops / Seminars:

1. A Webinar-Series on ‘Sicence and Technology’ held from January 18^th to 22nd of 2021 conducted by Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur in association with Plikula Regional Science Center (PRSC), Mangalore.

2. A Webinar on ‘Stellar Evolution and Structural of Galaxies’ on 8th June 2020 conducted by Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

3. A two-day Workshop on Astronomy - ‘Vismaya Vishwa’ on 13th December 2019 held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

4. A One-day Workshop on ‘Radio Programme Presentation’ on 28th August 2019 held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

5. A One-day Workshop entitled ’Science Writing and Communication’ on 6^th September 2018, at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

6. A one-day National Workshop on Access to E-Resources for Academic and Research Excellence, on 1st February 2017 held at Library and Information Center, St Philomena College, Puttur.

7. NBHM Sponsored Two-day National Workshop on ’Mathematical Physics’ on 23rd and 24th October 2017, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

8. SERB and CSIR sponsored one-day National Workshop on ‘Quantum Field Theory and Applications’ on 28th March 2017, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

9. ISRO and INSA sponsored one-day National Workshop on ‘Observational Astronomy and Data Analysis Techniques’ on 5th November 2016, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

10. BRNS, UGC, KSTA and KSCST sponsored Two-day National Workshop on ‘Quantum Mechanics and Applications’ on 20th and 21st October 2015, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

11. A Two days’ Workshop on ‘Application of MATLAB in Physics’ on 20^th and 21st September 2015, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

12. A Two days’ Workshop on ‘Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)’ on 21st and 22nd August 2015, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

13. KSCST and KSTA sponsored One-day National Seminar on ‘Theoretical Aspects of Particle and High Energy Physics’ on 4th April 2015, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

14. UGC sponsored Two days’ National Seminar on ‘Radiation and Environment’ on 5th and 6th February 2015, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

15. A One-day Workshop on ‘Essentials of Computer Applications’ on 10^th October 2014, held at Department of Physics, St Philomena College, Puttur.

Participations:

•          Participated and got first place in seminar in the intercollegiate university level fest “PHYSICA 2019” held at Mangalore University.

•          Participated and got second place in State level Conference and presented paper on the topic Synthesis of Cobalt diselenide by hydrothermal process for supercapacitor application held at SRSMNGFG College & Post Graduate Study Centre, Barkur, Udupi.

•          Participated and presented a paper on Characterization of hydrothermal prepared Cobalt diselenide for supercapacitor application at the National Conference on Novel Materials and Devices for Future Applications (NMDFA) organized by the Department of physics, St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru in association with the ‘Association of Physics teachers of Mangalore University’ and supported by ‘Star College Scheme’, DBT, Government of India.

•          Completed a research project on “Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Diselenide for its supercapacitive application” under the guidance of Dr.CS Rout at Jain University, Bangalore.

•          Participated in one day national workshop on accelerator based science research by CUK Kerala and IUAC, New Delhi held at central university of Kerala

•          Participated and got consolation prize in essay competition in Mysuru Divisional level competitions for PG science students held at Pilikula Regional Science Centre Mangaluru, Karnataka

•          Participated in seminar competition in Physica 2020 held at Mangalore University.

•          Participated in the District level competition and exhibition (Inspire awards) of various science models held at Pilikula

•          Participated and got 3rd place in group dance in district level Pratibha karanji competition held at Surathkal

•          Best Outgoing student of the year 2012-2013 of Knanaya Jyothi English Medium High School Kadaba

•          Performed nearly 100 dance programmes in Karnataka and Kerala

•          Hosted several Programmes at school and Colleges

Extra-curricular activities:

•          Vidwath in Bharathanatyam conducted by Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board

•          Completed junior grade in Carnatic music exam conducted by Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board

Paticipation

• Refesher and Preparative Winter School (RPWS)-2022 in Physics at IISER Thirivananthapuram during December 5-22,2022

• Project work entitled "Peparation of Spray Pyolyzed Cobalt Doped ZnS Thin Films Gas Sensor Applications" at Nanoscience Research Laboratory,Dept.of Physics,NMAM Institution of Technology,Nitte (Deemed to be University) fron June 15 -August 16,2022

• The virtual introductory Summer Scool in Astronomy and Astrophysics oganized by IUCAA during May 10- June 11,2021 and May 16-June 17,2022