B.M.S COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BENGALURU-19

Autonomous Institute, Affiliated to VTU Department of Physics

AY 2019-20 (1st of July 2019- 31st of June 2020)

1) Dr. Murugendrappa M.V

HOD & Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics

July 25th

– 26th

, 2019: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was deputed as a resource person to conduct the “Induction Program for first year B.

Tech. Students” at the mentee institute, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP and he

delivered a talk on glimpses of Engineering Physics -1 for two days.

August 1st

, 2019: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was published a research paper entitled “Structural, Electrical, Thermal and Transport

Properties of Poly Pyrrole/ La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 Perovskite Manganite Nano Composite Studies

above Room Temperature” in Springer published Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic

Polymers and Materials, with Impact Factor: 1.673 and Q2 Journal,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01241-w

August 9th

2019: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was published a research paper entitled “Room temperature ac conductivity, dielectric

properties and impedance analysis of polypyrrole-zinc cobalt oxide (PPy/ZCO) composites” in

Elsevier published Physica B: Condensed Matter, with Impact Factor: 1.874 and Q2 Journal,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2019.07.011

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01241-whttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2019.07.011

August 16th

, 2019: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was appointed as an examiner for Pre-Ph.D. Colloquium viva-voce examination of

research scholar Mrs Shubha A (1SI16PGJ01) At Research Centre of Department of Physics,

Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumakuru.

August 26th

-30th

, 2019: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department

of Physics was deputed to attend Professional development training programme (PDT) held at

IIM, Trichy. Tamil Nadu.

October 11th

, 2019: : Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was appointed as an examiner for Pre-Ph.D. Colloquium viva-voce examination of

research scholar Mr. Kotresh S (USN:4JN15PGJ03) and Mr. Babu Reddy (USN:5VX12PGN12)

at Research Centre of Department of Physics, JNN College of Engineering, Shivamogga.

November 12th, 2019: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics published a research paper entitled “Enhanced Charge Transport and Corrosion

Protection Properties of Polyaniline– Carbon Nanotube Composite Coatings on Mild Steel” in

Springer: Journal of Electronic Materials, https://www.DOI 10.1007/s11664-019-07783-6 Print

ISSN:

0361-5235 with Impact Factor = 1.676.

November 23rd, 2019: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head of Dept. of

Physics published a research paper entitled “Effect of Sn doping at Sb sites on the Structural and

optical properties of Co2Sb6 Nanostructures” in AIP Conference Proceedings 2162, (2019),

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130264, 020054-1–020054-7.

December 05th, 2019: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was appointed as an external examiner for Pre-Ph.D. Comprehensive viva-voce

examination of research scholar Mrs. Bhagya K R (USN:3PG16PGJ04) and Ms. Jyothi K R

(USN:3PG16PGJ01) at Department of Physics, RYM Engineering College, Bellary.

January 10th

, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was appointed as an external examiner for Pre-Ph.D. Comprehensive viva-voce

examination of research scholar Mrs. Ranjitha K (USN:1ST17PGS01) at Department of Physics,

Sambram Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

January 17th

, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was appointed as an external member for BOS Meeting at Presidency University,

Bengaluru.

January 19th

, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics published a research paper entitled “Conduction and relaxation mechanisms in

gadolinium oxide nanoparticle doped polyvinyl alcohol films” in Materials today

communications: Elsevier Publication, Volume 23, June 2020, 100942

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.100942 ISSN: 2352-4928 with Impact Factor = 1.859.

February 27th

& 28th

, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head,

Department of Physics attended the “CDIO WORKSHOP” held at BMSCE.

March 02nd

- 03rd, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department

of Physics participated in the international conference on “11th

BENGALURU INDIA NANO

2020” with this year's theme as 'New Dimensions in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for

Industry 4.0' held at The Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru organized by VGST, Govt. of Karnataka.

March 10th, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics was appointed as working chairman by the principal to the Research and Development

centre, B.M.S.C.E.

April 23rd, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics published a research paper entitled “Synthesis and characterization of advanced

functional dysprosium doped Sr2MgSi2O7 nanopowders for white LED application K” in

Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter Materials today communications: Elsevier

Publication, Volume 590, 1 August 2020, 412195,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2020.412195 ISSN: 2352-4928 with Impact Factor = 1.859.

April 23rd, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics published a research paper entitled “Structural, thermal and electrical properties of

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.100942

polypyrrole filled with ternary oxide cerium aluminate” Int. J. Microstructure and Materials

Properties, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2020, pp.141 – 155,Doi:10.1504/IJMMP.2020.106924 ISSN online

1741-8429, ISSN print 1741-8410

May 30th, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics published a research paper entitled “Facile green synthesis, characterization and

transport properties of LiAlSiO4:Ce3+ nanocomposites” in Elsevier: Ceramics International,

ISSN: 02728842 Impact Factor: 3.45 and Q1 Journal

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.12.238

May 30th, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics published a research paper entitled “Synthesis and characterization of advanced

functional dysprosium doped Sr2MgSi2O7 nanopowders for white LED application” in Elsevier :

Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter, Volume 590, 23 April 2020, Pages 412195, with

Impact Factor: 1.874, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2020.412195

June 22nd, 2020: Dr. Murugendrappa M V, Associate Professor and Head, Department of

Physics published a research paper entitled “A study on the effect of PVDF on the structural and

transport properties of polyaniline” in International Journal of Polymer Analysis and

Characterization: Taylor and Francis Publication, ISSN: 1023-666X (Print) 1563-5341

(Online) with Impact Factor = 1.426.doi.org/10.1080/1023666X.2020.1779431

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1) Dr. T.S Pranesha

Professor, Dept. of Physics

July 10th

, 2019: Dr. T.S Pranesha, Professor Department of Physics was invited as chief guest

for Induction program for Fresher’s in BMS Women’s College, Bangalore.

July 17th

, 2019: Dr. T.S Pranesha, Professor Department of Physics delivered a talk on

“Anthropogenic Influence on Climate – An overview” in Physics lab 2, II floor, Science Block

from 12.00 Noon - 1.00 PM.

July 24th

, 2019: Dr. T.S Pranesha, Professor Department of Physics was invited to the interview

panel for selection of the Ph.D candidates for BMSCE at Mangalore University, Mangalore.

October 23-24th, 2019: Dr. T.S Pranesha, Professor & Ms. Nisha P.G Research scholar,

Department of Physics visited NCPOR (National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research), Goa for

the discussions with Dr. Ravichandran M, Director, NCPOR regarding the Ph.D. work.

January 20th

-22nd

, 2020: Dr. Pranesha T.S, Professor, Dept. of Physics & COE, BMSCE Dept.

of Physics was deputed to attend the three days’ Workshop on “Exam Reforms”, KLE

Technological University, Hubli.

08th

June 2020: Dr. T.S Pranesha, Professor Department of Physics was invited as the member

of interview panel for the post of Associate Professor Position in Dept. of Physics in RVCE,

Bengaluru.

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3) Prof. T.Reuka

Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics

03rd December 2019: T. Renuka, Associate Professor, has been appointed a member, by the

Principal, for College Internal complaints committee (CICC).

27th Jan 2020: Prof. T. Renuka, Associate Professor, has been awarded a certificate for

reviewing two papers submitted for publication at ICTIEE, 2020.

27th Jan 2020 – 23rd

March 2020: Prof. T. Renuka, Associate Professor, attended an online

FDP, a 3 credit course for eight weeks, conducted by SWAYAM on E- content development.

06th April 2020 – 22nd April 2020: Prof. T. Renuka, Associate Professor, completed a two

weeks course on Digital transformation in Teaching Learning Process, conducted by IIT

Bombay.

18th June 2020 – 20th June 2020: Prof. T. Renuka, Associate Professor, successfully

completed pre and post workshop online activities on Bodhi tree and SAFE Tools conducted by

IIT Bombay.

18th June 2020 – 20th June 2020: Prof. T. Renuka, Associate Professor, participated a webinar

on Enhancement of curriculum through CDIO, conducted by BMSCE.

15th June 2020 – 30th June 2020: Prof. T. Renuka, Associate Professor, attended a two weeks

Johns Hopkins Teach-Out, in Coursera, titled, Fighting COVID-19 with Epidemiology.

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4) Dr. B.L Suresha

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics

July 25th– 26

th, 2019: Dr. B L Suresha, Asst. Professor, Department of Physics was deputed as a

resource person to conduct the “Induction Program for first year B. Tech. Students” at the

mentee institute, MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, UP and he delivered a talk on glimpses

of Engineering Physics -2 for two days.

September 24th

-28th

, 2019: Dr. B.L Suresha, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics was

deputed to attend FDP on student induction programme at IET, ALWAR, Rajasthan from

September 24th-28th, 2019.

December 19th

-20th

, 2019: Dr. B.L Suresha, Asst. Prof Dept. of Physics & Sumantha H .S

Research scholar Dept. of Physics participated and presented a research paper “Synthesis and

characterization of Multiwalled carbon nanotubes by chemical vapour deposition over Calcium

carbonate catalyst” in Materials For Environment, Sustainable Society And Global

Empowerment – 2019 (MESSAGE – 2019) TEQIP III Sponsored conference at Visvesvaraya

Technological University Center for Postgraduate Studies, Muddenahalli, Chikkaballapur.

January 17th

-18th

, 2020: Dr. B.L Suresha, Asst. Prof. Dept. of Physics participated in the

International Conference on 'Advances in Materials, Ceramics & Engineering Sciences'

(AMCES- 2020), Organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry, DSCE,

Bengaluru.

January 20th

-22nd

, 2020: Dr. B.L Suresha, Asst. Prof Dept. of Physics was deputed to attend the

three days’ Workshop on “Exam Reforms”, KLE Technological University, Hubli.

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5) Dr. K.E Ganesh

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics

8th

to 13

th June 2020: Dr. K.E Ganesh, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics participated in the

Short term training programme on “Protecting against pandemic - Holistic Approach towards

Health” organised by IEEE BMSCE student branch along with IEEE SIGHT Bangalore section.

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6) Dr. Latakumari

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics

November 23rd, 2019: Dr. Latha Kumari, Asst. Professor of Dept. of Physics published a

research paper entitled “Effect of Sn doping at Sb sites on the Structural and optical properties of

Co2Sb6 Nanostructures” in AIP Conference Proceedings 2162, (2019),

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130264, 020054-1–020054-7.

December 19th-21th, 2019: Dr. Latha Kumari, Asst. Professor of Dept. of Physics participated

and presented a research paper “Synthesis and structural and optical properties of In filled CoSb3

Nanomaterials” in the International Conference on Multifunctional Materials (ICMM-2019)

organized by Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India,

February 05th

-07th

, 2020: Dr. Lathakumari , Asst. Professor of Dept. of Physics, participated

and presented a paper entitled “Structural and optical studies on strontium filled CoSb3

nanomaterials via solvo-hydrothermal method” in International Conference on Material Genome

(ACCMS-ICMG-2020) held from 05/02/2020 to 07/02/2020 at SRM University, Amaravati,

Andhra Pradesh.

June 11th 2020: Dr. Latha Kumari, Assistant Professor and Uday Kumar M, Swetha R,

Research Scholar, Department of Physics published a Paper entitled “Synthesis, structure and

optical properties of Indium filled CoSb3 nanomaterials” in Journal of Physics: Conference

series, Volume:1495.

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1495/1/012006

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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1495/1/012006

7) Dr. Ramya Hariharan

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics

October 17h, 2019: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Asst Professor, Department of Physics Successfully

completed the NPTEL-AICTE Faculty Development Programme course on Course design and

instruction of engineering course with the consolidated score of 79% and Selection of

Nanomaterials for energy harvesting and storage application with the consolidated score of 83%.

December 12th

-14th

, 2019: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Asst. Prof Dept. of Physics participated and

oral presented her research paper in the International Conference on Multidisciplinary

Approaches to Nurturing Children and Youth (ICCY-2019), Organised by Department of

Psychology at Christ University, Bengaluru

January 17th

-18th

, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Asst. Prof. Dept. of Physics participated in the

International Conference on 'Advances in Materials, Ceramics & Engineering Sciences'

(AMCES- 2020), Organised by Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry, DSCE,

Bengaluru.

January 22nd

-24h, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Asst. Prof Dept. of Physics participated in the

National Conference on Health And Wellness Through Nutrition And Nutraceuticals, Innovation

Through Science and Engineering For Safe and Healthy Food, Organised by Ramaiah Medical

College, Bengaluru.

February 27th

& 28th

, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Asst. Prof Dept. of Physics attended the

“CDIO WORKSHOP” held at BMSCE.

March 10th, 2020: Dr. Ramya hariharan, Asst Professor, Department of Physics was appointed

Member by the principal to the Research and Development centre, B.M.S.C.E.

April 22nd, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, delivered an

online Workshop on “Reference Management for Technical Paper/Thesis” organized by R&D

Centre, B.M.S. College of Engineering.

April 29th 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, participation

during the workshop on “Improving Research Planning Skills at Technical Institute!” held on

29th April 2020 co-organized by Elsevier & VTU Consortium.

May 05th-08th, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics participated

& completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online FDP on

"Data Sciences" from 04-05-2020 to 08-05-2020 at MSME – TECHNOLOGY

DEVELOPMENT CENTRE (PPDC) Meerut.

May 08th, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics completed

“Multiple Linear Regression with scikit-learn” an online non-credit course authorized by Rhyme

and offered through Coursera.

May 09th, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics completed “Linear

Regression with NumPy and Python” an online non-credit course authorized by Rhyme and

offered through Coursera.

May 16th, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics participated in the

Virtual Symposium: International Day of Light 2020 organized by Dept. Physics, IIT Guwahati

and IEEE Photonic Society and SPIE Student Chapters.

May 17th, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics participated in the

workshop on: ‘Effective and Efficient Online Teaching in the Age of Corona, A Hands On

Workshop' organized by Teaching Learning Centre (ICT) at IIT Bombay, through IIT Bombay

BodhiTree platform.

May 25th, 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics completed

“Classification Trees in Python, From Start to Finish” an online non-credit course authorized by

Rhyme and offered through Coursera.

03rd

June 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, participated in

JCR-South Asia Training & Certification Program 2020 by obtaining the Journal Citation

Reports (JCR) Certification organised by Clarivate Web of Science Group.

10th

June 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics completed

“Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods” an online non-credit course authorized by

Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and offered through Coursera.

15th

-19th

June 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Attended

ATAL Sponsored FDP on Quantum Computing conducted by conducted by NITTTR,

Chandigarh.

20th

-21st June 2020: Dr. Ramya Hariharan, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Attended The

Bodhi Tree and SAFE Tools for Effective Online Teaching: A Hands-On Workshop conducted

by IIT Bombay.

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8) Dr. Kaliprasad

Asst. Professor, Dept. of Physics

August 3rd

, 2019: Dr. Kaliprasad C S, Asst Professor , Department of Physics was published a

research paper entitled “Distribution of 210Po and 210Pb radionuclides and their dependence on

physico‑ chemical parameters of soil in Madikeri taluk, Coorg district, Karnataka, India” in

published Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry,

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06680-w

September 11th, 2019: Dr. Kaliprasad C.S, Asst. Professor, Department of Physics, BMSCE

has published book on “Radioactivity in Rivers”. Published by Lambert Academic Publishing,

Mauritius, ISBN 978-620-0-27769-5

November 08-10th, 2019: Dr. Kaliprasad C S, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics

presented a research paper entitled “Distribution of radionuclides and risk assessment in

construction materials using in Mangalore district, India” in “National symposium on Radiation

Physics-22” NSRP-22 held at USIC, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

February 24th

- 26th

, 2020: Dr. Kaliprasad C.S, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics attended

faculty development Program on Internet of Things at IIT, Bombay.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-019-06680-w

April 06th

to 22nd, 2020: Dr. Kaliprasad C.S, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics attended

AICTE approved FDP course of two weeks MHRD, Swayam Program and obtained the

certificate on Digital Transformation in Teaching Learning Process offered by IIT, Bombay.

April 01st, 2020: Dr. Kaliprasad C.S, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics published a

research paper entitled “Crystalline and optical properties of new synthesized chalcone

compound (2E)-1-(4′-bromobiphenyl-4-yl)-3-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)prop-2-en-1-one” Int. J.

Materials today, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2020,

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.156

ISSN: 2214-7853 with Impact Factor = 1.09

May 18th, 2020: Dr. Kaliprasad C.S, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics participated in

the One day Webinar on Graphene, The Future Material Organized by Department of

Mechanical Engineering Cambridge Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

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