• Member, Board of Studies, Physics (2022)
• Member, Board of Studies, Nanoscience (2019, 2024)
• Member, Purchase Committee (2012 -2023 )
• NAAC Coordinator (2019)
• Member, IQAC (2019 - )
• Convener, Purchase Committee (2024 - )
• Member, PTA (2017)
• RUSA Coordinator (2018 - )
• Editor, Science Chronicle (2011-2016)
• College Level Nodal Officer, AISHE (2016-2020)
• Member, UGC Cell (2013-2018)
• Member, DST-FIST Committee (2016 - )

Chapters in Books

• Saravana Kumar S, 2019, “Resonance Raman Study  of Nanostructured ZnS”, Research Frontiers in Sciences, Vol.II, Bhumi Publishing, ISBN No 978-81-931247-9-6, pp 5-10

Scopus / SCI / WoS Indexed Journals

• Unniyarcha K K,  Saravana Kumar S, Kathirvel, P., Mohan, Lakshmi. Enhancing Cu₂O nanoparticle stability with curcumin: a promising photocathode material for dye-sensitised solar cells. Appl. Phys. A 2026 132, 207. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-026-09394-5.
• Unniyarcha, K.; Saravana Kumar S. Enhanced Light Harvesting in Dye-Sensitised Solar Cells Using Chlorophyll-Curcumin-Anthocyanin Natural Dye Blend. ajc 2026, 38, 1135-1141.
• S. Suchithra, Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Saravana Kumar S, Vinoy Thomas, Remya Muralimanohar, Hubert Joe, and Alice Noble. Optical switching and nonlinear optical properties of plasmonic silver in sol–gel silica. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 2026 37 230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-025-16498-w
• Muralimanohar, R.; Saravana Kumar, S. Cytotoxicity Mitigated Silica-Entrapped Copper-Doped Zinc Sulfide Quantum Dots as Luminescent Nanoprobes for Biolabeling. Biomed. Mater. 2025, 20 (3), 035011. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-605X/adc230.
• Nair, S. S.; Nair, V. S.; Saravana Kumar S.; Muralimanohar, R.; Joe, H.; Noble, A. Eco-Friendly Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Persea Americana: Evaluation of Nonlinear Optical Behaviour and Antibacterial Efficacy. ajc 2025, 37, 2803-2808. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2025.34618
• Lakshmi Mohan, Keerthana Madhusoodanan, Kathirvel P., Saravanakumar S., Avinash Chithran, Exploring the Photocatalytic and Photodetection Potential of Undoped and Nickel-Doped Molybdenum Trioxide Nanoplates. Ceram. Int. 2024, 50, 33345–33355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2024.06.144
• Lakshmi Mohan, B Devu, Radhika R Menon, Malavika Surendran, Kathirvel P, D Maruthamani, Balraju P and Saravana Kumar S, Effective Degradation of Rhodamine B Using α-MoO₃ Nanoplates Synthesized by Thermal Decomposition. Phys. Scr. 2023, 98, 125926. https://doi.org/10.1088/1402-4896/ad05ee
• Kavya, S. G.; Amrutha, M. S.; Mohan, L.; Kathirvel, P.; Saravana Kumar, S. Influence of Zn/Sn Stoichiometric Ratio in Solution-Processed Zinc Stannate Microcubes for Photodetector Applications. J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 2023, 34, 95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09519-5
• Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal, Tiny Thomas, Saravana Kumar Sadagopalan, Lekshmi Jayamohan, Remya Muralimanohar, Lekshmi Vasanthakumaryamma, and Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Synthesis and Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Ag/Al₂O₃ Nanocomposites. Materials 2022, 15, 6322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15186322
• Lakshmi Mohan, A.V. Avani, P. Kathirvel, R. Marnadu, R. Packiaraj, J. Richards Joshua, N. Nallamuthu, Mohd Shkir, S. Saravanakumar, Structural, Morphological, and Electrochemical Properties of Mn-Doped WO₃ Nanoparticles for Supercapacitor Applications. J. Alloys Compd. 2021, 882, 160670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.160670
• Archana, V.; Mohan, L.; Kathirvel, P.; Saravana Kumar, S. Grain Boundary Effect on Structural, Optical, and Electrical Properties of Fe-Doped SnO₂ Nanoparticles. Chin. Phys. B 2021, 30, 048202. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-1056/abc2c1
• Mohan, L.; Sisupalan, N.; Ponnusamy, K.; Saravana Kumar, S. One-Step Synthesis of ZnO–ZnSe Heterostructures and Their Solar Photocatalytic Activity. J. Inorg. Organomet. Polym. Mater. 2020, 30, 2626–2632. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-020-01460-6
• Narmada, A.; Kathirvel, P.; Lakshmi Mohan; Saravana Kumar, S.; Marnadu, R. Jet-Nebulizer Spray-Pyrolyzed Indium Oxide and Nickel-Doped Indium Oxide Thin Films for Photodiode Applications. Optik 2020, 202, 163701. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2019.163701
• Prasad, S.; Saravana Kumar, S.; Muhamed Shajudheen, V. P. M. Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Activity of TiO₂ Nanoparticles. Mater. Today Proc. 2020, 33, 2286–2288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.04.196
• Muralimanohar, R.; Saravana Kumar, S. Silica Coating for Enhanced Photoluminescence in Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles. Mater. Today Proc. 2020, 33, 1283–1287. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.03.699.
• Muhamed Shajudheen V. P.; Saravana Kumar S.; Senthil Kumar V.; Uma Maheswari A.; Sivakumar M.; Sreedevi R. Mohan, Study of anticorrosive nature of spray coated titanium dioxide and nickel oxide composite thin films on stainless steel in briny surroundings, AIP Conf. Proc. , 2019, 2162, 020040. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5130250
• Rohith, N. M.; Kathirvel, P.; Saravana Kumar, S. Influence of Ag Doping on Structural, Optical, and Conductivity Characteristics of ZnO Nanorods. Optik 2018, 172, 940–952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijleo.2018.07.045
• Muhamed Shajudheen V P, Saravana Kumar S, Senthil Kumar V, Uma Maheswari A, Sivakumar M and Anitha Rani K. Investigation of anticorrosion properties of nanocomposites of spray coated zinc oxide and titanium dioxide thin films on stainless steel (304L SS) in saline environment. Materials Research Express 2018, 5 (1), 014006. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aaa2bd
• VP Muhamed Shajudheen, V Senthil Kumar, A Uma Maheswari, M Sivakumar, Saravana Kumar S and K Anitha Rani. Characterization and anticorrosion studies of spray coated nickel oxide (NiO) thin films. Materials Today: Proceedings 2018, 5 (2), 8577–8586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.11.555
• Shajudheen, V. P. M.; Sivakumar, M.; Kumar, S. Saravana Kumar S. Synthesis and characterization of NiO nanoparticles by thermal oxidation of nickel sulfide nanoparticles. Materials Today: Proceedings 2016, 3 (6), 2450–2456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2016.04.161
• Venugopal, M.; Saravana Kumar, S.; Nissamudeen, K. M.; Padma Kumar, H. Optical and dielectric characterisation of Ceria nanocrystals synthesized by an auto-igniting combustion technique. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 2016, 27 (9), 9496–9502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5000-9
• Kumar, H. P.; Saravana Kumar S.; Venugopal, M.; Binila, R.; Nissamudeen, K. M.; Thomas, J. K.; Solomon, S. Synthesis, characterization and photoluminescent properties of BaZrxNd1−xO3 perovskites. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2015, 629, 173–177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.01.011
• Kumar, H. P.; Vidya, S.; Saravana Kumar S.; Vijayakumar, C.; Solomon, S.; Thomas, J. K. Optical properties of nanocrystalline HfO2 synthesized by an auto-igniting combustion synthesis. Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies 2015, 3 (1), 64–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jascer.2014.10.009
• Uma Maheswari, A.; Mohan, S. R.; Sivakumar, M.; Saravana Kumar, S. Tweaking electrical and dielectric properties of nickel oxide nanocrystals by varying the surfactant. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2015, 15 (12), 9423–9430. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2015.11700
• Maheswari, A. U.; Mohan, S. R.; Saravana Kumar S.; Sivakumar, M. Phase tuning of zirconia nanocrystals by varying the surfactant and alkaline mineralizer. Ceramics International 2014, 40 (5), 6561–6568. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.11.109
• Maheswari, A. U.; Saravana Kumar S.; Sivakumar, M. Influence of alkaline mineralizer on structural and optical properties of ZrO2 nanoparticles. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 2013, 13 (6), 4409–4414. https://doi.org/10.1166/jnn.2013.7150
• Roshima, N. S.; Kumar, S. S.; Maheswari, A. U.; Sivakumar, M. Study on Vacancy Related Defects of CdS Nanoparticles by Heat Treatment. Journal of Nano Research 2012, 18, 53–61. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/JNanoR.18-19.53
• Saravana Kumar S.; Khadar, M. A.; Nair, K. G. M. Analysis of the effect of annealing on the photoluminescence spectra of Cu+ ion implanted ZnS nanoparticles. Journal of Luminescence 2011, 131 (4), 786–789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2010.12.004
• Saravana Kumar S.; Khadar, M. A.; Nair, R. M.; Ravindran, T. R.; Nair, K. G. M. Modification of spectroscopic properties of nanostructured CdS thin films by Cu+ ion implantation. Physica B: Condensed Matter 2010, 405 (12), 2715–2719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2010.03.062
• Saravana Kumar S.; Khadar, M. A.; Nair, K. G. M.; Dhara, S.; Magudapathy, P. Resonance Raman study of He+ ion implanted nanostructured ZnS. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 2008, 39 (12), 1900–1906. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.2056
• Nair, R. M.; Khadar, M. A.; Saravana Kumar S.; Rajalakshmi, M.; Arora, A. K.; Nair, K. G. M. Effect of N+ ion implantation on the optical properties of nanostructured CdS thin film prepared by CBD technique. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B 2007, 254 (1), 131–138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2006.10.068
• Kumar, S. S.; Khadar, M. A.; Dhara, S. K.; Ravindran, T. R.; Nair, K. G. M. Photoluminescence and Raman studies of ZnS nanoparticles implanted with Cu+ ions. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B 2006, 251 (2), 435–440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2006.07.002

Non-Indexed Journals

• Lekshmi Priya S , Remya Muralimanohar , Suchithra S , Saravana Kumar S. Electronic Structure Modulation and Photocatalytic Evaluation of Graphene-Based Systems: A Density Functional Theory Approach. IJSAT-International Journal on Science and Technology 2025, 16 (3).
• Muralimanohar, R.; Anu Jyothi S, Sreekumar, A.; Saravana Kumar S. Structural and Optical Characterization of Cadmium Ferrite and Manganese Ferrite Nanoparticles synthesized via Co-precipitation route. REFLECTION 2023, 1 (1), 1–12.
• Muralimanohar, R.; Sreelekshmi, S.; Saravana Kumar, S. Role of Calcination Temperature on the Photocatalytic Activity of Zinc Tungstate Nanoparticles. Int. J. Res. Appl. Sci. Eng. Technol. 2023.
• Shajudheen, V. P. M.; Rani, K. A.; Saravana Kumar S. V.; Maheswari, U. A.; Sivakumar, M.; Kumar, S. S. Optical and Corrosion Studies of Spray Pyrolysis Coated Titanium Dioxide Thin Films. Advanced Science Letters 2018, 24, 5836–5842.
• Binildev, R.; Hareesh, P. S.; Prasad, S.; Saravana Kumar, S. Characterization of ZnO:Cu Nanoparticles by Photoluminescence Technique. Int. J. Adv. Res. Sci. Eng. 2017, 6 (Spec. Issue), 353–358.
• Muhamed Shajudheen, V. P.; Rani, K. A.; Senthil Kumar, V.; Sivakumar, M.; Saravana Kumar, S. Low temperature Synthesis of Zinc Oxide nanoparticles and their characterization. Advance Physics Letter 2016, 3 (4), 19–23.
• Muhamed Shajudheen, V. P.; Senthil Kumar, V.; Rani, K. A.; Maheswari, A. U.; Saravana Kumar, S. Structural and Optical Properties of NiS Nanoparticles Synthesized by Chemical Precipitation Method. International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology 2016, 5 (8), 15099–15103.
• Shajudheen, V. P. M.; Viswanathan, K.; Rani, K. A.; Maheswari, A. U.; Saravana Kumar S. A simple chemical precipitation method of titanium dioxide nanoparticles using polyvinyl pyrrolidone as a capping agent and their characterization. Int. J. Chem. Mol. Eng. 2016, 10, 556–559

• Remya Muralimanohar, Saravana Kumar S, “Silica Coating for Enhanced Photoluminescence Intensity in Zinc Sulphide Nanoparticles”, ICPSE - 2019 International Conference on Photochemistry and Sustainable Energy 2019 held at Camelot Convention Centre, Alappuzha, Kerala, India (October 16–19, 2019), 2019.
• Remya Muralimanohar, Saravana Kumar S, “Characterization of ZnS and Zn(1-x) CuxS Nanoparticles by Photoluminescence Technique”, International Conference on Innovations in Chemical Sciences 2019 held at Kongunad Arts and Science College, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India (February 19, 2019), 2019.
• Saravana Kumar S, “Physics of nanostructured Materials”, UGC sponsored seminar, New Trends in Material Science (NTriMS -2016) at St. Michael's College, Cherthala (February 4–5, 2016) [Invited Talk], 2016.
• K. J. Anithalekshmi, S. Anupama, S. Saravana Kumar, “Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and Study of its catalytic and bactericidal activity”, 23rd Swadeshi Science Congress held at MG University, Kottayam (November 6–8, 2013), 2013.
• Shilpa Prasad, S. S. Swathy, S. Saravana Kumar, “Study of influence of concentration of reactants and the nature of capping agent on the structural properties of Cu2O nanoparticles”, 23rd Swadeshi Science Congress held at MG University, Kottayam (November 6–8, 2013), 2013.
• Hridya Rajan, Saravana Kumar S, “Semi empirical analysis of natural dyes for possible dye sensitized solar cells”, 25th Kerala Science Congress, Thiruvananthapuram (January 29 – February 1, 2013), 2013.
• Sreedevi R. Mohan, Arya Gopal, Lakshmi Mohan, H. Padmakumar, S. Saravana Kumar, “Synthesis and Characterization of Calcium Oxalate nanoparticles”, National Seminar on Luminescent and Lasing Materials (NSLLM – 11) at St. Aloysius College, Edathua (August 19–21, 2011), 2011.
• S. Saravana Kumar, “Optical Properties of II-VI nanomaterials”, National Conference on Smart & Electronic Materials and Devices at Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore (October 23–24, 2009) [Invited Talk], 2009.
• S. Saravana Kumar, M. Abdul Khadar, R. Madhusoodanan Nair, T. R. Ravindran, K. G. M. Nair, “Effect of ion implantation induced disorder on the optical absorption and Raman spectra of Mn+ ion implanted nanostructured CdS thin films”, International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT-2008) at Chennai, India (March 13–17, 2009), 2009.
• S. Saravana Kumar, M. Abdul Khadar, K. G. M. Nair, “Analysis of effect of annealing on the photoluminescence spectra of Cu+ ion implanted ZnS nanoparticles”, Second International Conference on Frontiers in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Cochin Nano – 2009) at Cochin, India (January 3–6, 2009), 2009.
• S. Saravana Kumar, M. Abdul Khadar, R. Madhusoodanan Nair, T. R. Ravindran, K. G. M. Nair, “Study of the effect of Cu+ ion implantation on the optical properties of nanostructured CdS thin films”, DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE – SSPS – 2007) at Mysore University, Mysore (December 27–31, 2007), 2007.
• M. Abdul Khadar, S. Saravana Kumar, K. G. M. Nair, “Photoluminescence and resonance Raman study of Cu+ and He+ ion implanted nanostructured ZnS”, 15th International Conference on Surface Modification of Materials by Ion Beams (SMMIB – 15) at Mumbai, India (September 30 – October 5, 2007) [Invited Talk], 2007.
• S. Saravana Kumar, M. Abdul Khadar, R. Madhusoodanan Nair, K. G. M. Nair, “Study of the effect of Mn+ ion implantation on the optical properties of nanostructured CdS thin films”, 15th International Conference on Surface Modification of Materials by Ion Beams (SMMIB – 15) at Mumbai, India (September 30 – October 5, 2007), 2007.
• S. Saravana Kumar, M. Abdul Khadar, K. G. M. Nair, “Effect of Cu+ and Mn+ ion implantation on the UV – Visible absorption spectra of nanostructured CdS thin films prepared by CBD technique”, National Conference on Smart Electroceramics at Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology, Thrissur (March 8–9, 2007), 2007.
• R. Madhusoodanan Nair, M. Abdul Khadar, S. Saravana Kumar, “Study of size dependent optical properties of CdS nanoparticles”, International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICNSNT – 2006) at University of Madras (August 26–28, 2006), 2006.
• S. Saravana Kumar, S. Dhara, S. Kalavathy, K. G. M. Nair, M. Abdul Khadar, S. V. S. Rao, S. K. Manjula, “Size dependent resonance Raman spectroscopic study in ZnS nanoclusters”, 8th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (NANO – 2006) at IISc, Bangalore (August 20–25, 2006) [Oral Presentation], 2006.
• R. Madhusoodanan Nair, M. Abdul Khadar, S. Saravana Kumar, “Study of Photoluminescence and Raman spectra of Nanostructured CdS thin films”, 8th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials (NANO – 2006) at IISc, Bangalore (August 20–25, 2006), 2006.
• S. Saravana Kumar, M. Abdul Khadar, S. K. Dhara, T. R. Ravindran, K. G. M. Nair, “Ion Irradiation Induced Phase Transition in ZnS Nanoparticles”, International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT-2006) at IIT Delhi (March 16–18, 2006), 2006.
• R. Madhusoodanan Nair, M. Abdul Khadar, S. Saravana Kumar, M. Rajalakshmy, A. K. Arora, K. G. M. Nair, “Study of Optical properties of N+ Ion Implanted Nanostructured CdS Thin Films”, National Conference on Advanced Characterisation Techniques on Nanomaterials (ACTON 2005) at Institute Instrumentation Centre, IIT-Roorkee (August 24–26, 2005), 2005.
• S. Saravana Kumar, M. Abdul Khadar, S. K. Dhara, T. R. Ravindran, K. G. M. Nair, “Optical and Raman Studies of ZnS nanoparticles Implanted with Cu+ ions”, National Conference on Advanced Characterisation Techniques on Nanomaterials (ACTON 2005) at Institute Instrumentation Centre, IIT-Roorkee (August 24–26, 2005), 2005.
• S. Saravana Kumar, S. Natarajan, “Semiempirical and Molecular Mechanical Study of the Tautomeric forms of Eriodictyol”, National Conference on Recent Advances in Molecular Interactions (NCRAMI – 2004) at P.S.G. College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, 2004.
• S. Saravana Kumar, S. Natarajan, “A Quantum Chemical Method of Analysing the Antioxidant Properties of Some Natural Products”, National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Molecular Physics (NASETMP-2004) at Annamalai University, 2004.
• S. Saravana Kumar, S. Natarajan, “A Computational Study of Piperine and Its Geometrical Isomers”, National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Science and Technology (ETSAT-2004) at Karunya Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, 2004.
• S. Saravana Kumar, “Physics leading to Brahmam”, State level P.G. Students One Day Seminar conducted by Indian Spectrophysics Association at Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai, 2002.

• UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in “Nanosciences” organized by UGC-ASC, University of Kerala from 11/11/2014 to 1/12/2014
• Participated in One Day Workshop on Outcome Based Education organized by University of Kerala on 01.06.2019
• “48th Orientation Course” organized by the UGC Human Resource Development Centre, JNT University Hyderabad from 20-11-2017 to 18-12-2017.
• Refresher Course in “Citation Network Analysis and Exploratory Data Analysis using R, organized by UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala from 18-02-2020 to 02-3-2020
• Refresher Course in “Physics”, organized by TLC, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, from 10-4-2022 to 24-4-2022
• Refresher course in Material Science organized by UGC HRDC, University of Calicut from 17th June 2022 to 30th June 2022.
• National Education Policy Orientation & Sensitization Programme organised by the Malaviya Mission Centre of the Astronomy Centre for Educators of IUCAA from 1 - 15 July, 2024.

• Patent (Granted): Muralimanohar, R.; Saravana Kumar, S. A Method for Treating Effluent Using a Photocatalyst. Indian Patent 574958, Application No. 202441059487; filed August 6, 2024; granted November 30, 2025.
• Received ‘Young Scientist Award’ in the field of Physical Sciences for the year 2008 from Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Government of Kerala.
• Worked as Project Associate in UGC- DAE collaborative project between Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Kerala and Particle Irradiation Facility Section, Materials Science Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam for three years.