Dr. Vijayakumar S

9961322787, vijayakumar@nsscollegepandalam.ac.in

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Assistant Professor, Research Guide, University of Kerala
(Former Raman Research Fellow, University of Massachusetts USA;
Formerly in the Wireless Monitoring Organisation, Department of Telecommunication, Govt. of India)

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Dr. Vijayakumar S

Assistant Professor
(Former Raman Research Fellow, University of Massachusetts USA;
Formerly in the Wireless Monitoring Organisation, Department of Telecommunication, Govt. of India)

Name  Dr. Vijayakumar S
Designation Assistant Professor
Department P.G. and Research Department of Physics
Address Padinjare Puthukkattu, Muthukulam North Choolatheruve PO, Alappuzha Dist, Kerala
Mobile number 9961322787
E-mail address vijayakumar@nsscollegepandalam.ac.in
Academic qualifications MSc Physics, B.Ed., , Ph.D.(NIT),  PDF (USA)
Area of Interest / Specialisation Photo acoustics, Nonlinear Optics, Bio-medical Imaging
Area of Research Photo acoustics, Nonlinear Optics, Bio-medical Imaging
Major / Minor  Research Projects UGC RAMAN POST DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP
Responsibilities Undertaken
  • Regional Coordinator, All Kerala Physics Talent Search Examination, TSE 2015-2016, conducted by Academy of Physics Teachers Kerala.
  • Convener, College Level Monitoring Committee of Credit Based Choice Semester System, NSS College Pandalam.
  • Convener, Training for NET/SLET (UGC), NSS College Pandalam.
  • Convener, Remedial Coaching Scheme (UGC), NSS College pandalam.
  • Member, Internal Examination committee, NSS College Pandalam.
  • Nodal Officer for Uploading All India Survey of Higher Education.
  • Member, UGC Cell, NSS College Pandalam.
  • Nodal Officer-Procurement, RUSA, NSS College Pandalam.
  • Nodal Coordinator, MHRD- Virtual Laboratory, Amrutha VLab, Kerala.
  • Council Secretary, NSS College Pandalam (2020-2021)
  • Coordinator, College Level Clubs, NSS college Pandalam
  • FIST Coordinator
  • PG Students Forum Convener
  • V Lab Coordinator
  • Nature Club Coordinator
Seminars organized
  • State Level seminar entitled “Energy management-The Crisis Era” on 9th October 2014 in Collaboration with Energy Management Centre, Govt. Of Kerala.
  • National seminar entitled “TALENTA-Science for Nation Building” on 27th February 2015 sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment and Supported by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
  • International Seminar on “Energy Conservation Challenges” on 28th November 2017 in Collaboration with Energy Management Centre, Govt. Of Kerala.
  • National Science Day on 27-28 th February 2018 sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment and Supported by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.
  • Two Day National  Workshop on Research Methodology, Writing Practices, Language and Soft Skills sponsored by Women Scientist Division, Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment 2019.
  • National webinar on Physics of Climate Change on 29th September 2020 in collaboration with IQAC NSS College Pandalam.National Science Day on 27-28 th February 2022 sponsored by Academy of Physics Teachers Kerala.
  • World Space week Celebration on 8th October 2022 in association with VSSC ISRO Govt. of India
  • Energy Conservation Week 2022 in association with Energy management Centre Kerala
  • Space Week Celebrations 2023 in association with VSSC ISRO Govt. of India
  • FDP on V Lab 2023
Publications – Books / Chapters /  Journals
  • Lekshmi Jayamohan, J. Kawya,  T.C. Sabari Girisun , Remya Muralimanohar , Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Nonlinear optical and photostability studies of Allamanda Cathartica extract dye, Optical Materials 148(2024) 114843
  • Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal, Shiju Edappadikkunnummal, Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Pulsed laser ablation technique prepared gold nanoparticle in zinc tetraphenyl porphyrin for enhanced nonlinear optical response, High-Power Laser Ablation VIII, edited by Claude R.  Phipps, Vitaly E. Gruzdev, Proc. Of  SPIE  Vol. 12939, 1293913 · © 2024 SPIE · 0277-786X· doi:10.1117/12.3017044
  • Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal, Shiju Edappadikkunnummal , Rahul Soman ,Darshan Lal M. Nair , Viswanathan Kodakkal Kannan, Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Abdullah G. Al-Sehemi, Siji Narendran, Impact of photo induced energy transfer and LSPR of Au nanoparticles prepared by pulsed laser ablation technique on nonlinear optical response of zinc tetraphenyl porphyrin, Synthetic Metals, 301 (2024) 117517 Science Direct (ELSEVIER)
  • Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal , Kesavulu Culala Rajasekharaudayar , Rajesh Dagupati ,Yang Li , Sabina Drewniak , Zhi Chen , Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair ,Shiju Edappadikkunnummal, Down-/Up-conversion luminescence behaviors and energy transfer analysis in Tm3+ and Tm3+/Yb3+ co-doped tellurite glasses, ELSEVIER, Inorganic Chemistry Communications 158 (2023) 1113
  • Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal, Kesavulu Culala Rajeshekharaudayar, Rajesh Dagupathi, g Li, Zhe Chen,  Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair,Shiju edappadikkunnummal, Down Conversion and efficient NIR to visible up-conversion emission analysis in Ho3+/Yb3+ co-doped tellurite glasses, Ceramica Y Vidriyo (Elsevier), Journal of the Spanish Ceramic and Glass Society, 2023
  • Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal, Shiju Edappadikkunnummal, Joicy John, Sudheesh Palengara, Siji Narendran and Suresh Thelakkadan Puthiyaveettil, Reverse Saturable Absorption in Substituted Hydrazones and Structure – Property Relationship for Photonic Applications, Laser and Particle Beams, 2022 (Published May 2022) Cambridge University Press, ISSN: 1469803X, 02630346
  • Sharafudeen Kaniyarakkal, Tiny Thomas, Saravana Kumar Sadagopalan, Lekshmi Jayamohan, Remya Muralimanohar, Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair*, Synthesis, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Ag/ Al2O3 Nanocomposites, Materials 2022, 15 (18) 6322 Published September 2022, *Corresponding author
  • Lekshmi Jayamohan1 and Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair2*, Nonlinear optical properties of polyaniline doped with cardanol based dye, IOP Publishing Journal of Physics Conference Series 2357(2022)012012, *Corresponding author
  • Amina Yasin ++, Vijayakumar S Nair++, Mohd Hasbi Ab Rahima, Yoshihisa Yamaoka , Chandra S. Yelleswarapu  and Rajan Jose (++These authors contributed equally), Structural parameters versus third order optical susceptibility of zinc porphyrin molecules, Royal Society of Chemistry -RSC  Journal of Materials Chemistry C, J. Mater.Chem. C 2021, 9, 17461
  • Amina Yasin,a Vijayakumar S. Nair, S. Assa Aravindh,  Shaheen M. Sarkar, Maryam Hatamimoslehabadi, Somak Mitra, Mohd Hasbi A Rahim, Jeffrey La, Iman S. Roqan,  Mashitah M. Yusoff, Chandra S. Yelleswarapu and Rajan Jose, Meso-Zn(II)porphyrins of tailored functional groups for intensifying the photoacoustic signal , Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC    Journal of Materials Chemistry C, J. Mater. Chem. C 2021, 9, 17461
  • Edappadikkunnummal Shiju, Kaniyarakkal Sharafudeen, T. M. Remya, N. K. Siji Narendran,  Palengara Sudheesh and Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Silver nanoparticles under nanosecond pulsed laser     
    excitation as an intensity sensitive saturable absorption to reverse saturable absorption switching       
    Material, Photonics, 2021. 8, 413, 2021
  • Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Sarojini Sreelatha,  Maryam Hatamimoslehabadi,  Chandra S Yelleswarsppu , Optoelectronic and Photoacoustic studies of an organic dye synthesized through green route  Journal of Physics Series IOP.  J. Phys.  Series  906, 012022, 2017.
  • Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Aditya Pusala,Maryam Hatamimoslehabadi,Chandra S Yelleswarsppu; Impact of carbon nanotube geometrical volume on Nonlinear absorption and Scattering  Properties.Optical Materials 73(2017) 306-311
  • Vijayakumar S., Babu M., Balakrishna Kalluraya, Chandrasekharan K.,Third-order nonlinear optical response of newly synthesized acceptor/donor  substituted propylidene aryloxy acet hydrazide   Journal of Optik (Vol.123, Issue 1, 2012, pp 595-601
  • Vijayakumar S., Adithya A., Sharafudeen K. N., Balakrishna K.,  Chandrasekharan K.,Third-order nonlinear optical properties in 4-[(E)-(2- phenylhydrazinylidene)methyl]tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoline doped PMMA thin film using Z-scan technique, Journal of Modern Optics Vol. 57, No 8, May  2010, pp 670-676
  • Vijayakumar S., Adithya A., Balakrishna K., Sharafudeen K. N.,    Chandrasekharan K., “Study of Third-Order Optical Nonlinearities of Substituted Hydrazones in PMMA”, Journal of Applied Polymer Science (Vol.19,  2011, pp 595-601)
  • Sharafudeen K.N., Vijayakumar S., Sudheesh P., Adithya A., Balakrishna K., Chandrasekharan K., "Multiphoton absorption process and self-focusing effect in coumarin derivative doped PMMA films by z-scan and optical limiting studies", Journal of Current Applied Physics (Vol.11, February 2011, pp1089-1093)
  • Sudheesh P., Sharafudeen K.N., Vijayakumar S., Chandrasekharan K., ‘‘Preparation and study of nonlinear optical response of Ag and Au nano particles doped PVA/PVP thin films” , Journal of Optics (Vol. 40(4), December 2011, pp193-197)
  • Vijayakumar S, Sharafudeen K N, Sudheesh P, Chandrasekharan K., “Degenerate Four wave Mixing Studies and Ultrafast Optical Kerr effect measurements of third-order nonlinear optical response in a charge transfer organic material” (AIP Conference Proceeding, 1391, 689-690, 2011)
  • Sharafudeen K N, Vijayakumar S, Adithya A, Sudheesh P, B. Kalluraya, Chandrasekharan  K., ‘‘Third-order nonlinear optical study on Coumarin derivative at 1064 nm wavelength excitation using Z-scan technique” (AIP Conference Proceeding, 1391, 709-711, 2011)
Papers presented in seminars
  • Vijayakumar S., Sharafudeen K. N., Sudheesh P., Babu M., Balakrishna K., Chandrasekharan K. “Investigation of nonlinear optical properties of donor substituted Hydrazone derivatives”, Proc.of ICOP 2009, CSIO, Chandigarh, India, 30th  Oct.-1st  Nov., 2009.
  • Vijayakumar S., Sharafudeen K. N., Sudheesh P., Chandrasekharan K., “Third Order Nonlinear Optical Measurements in Donor Substituted Hydrazones Using Z-scan Technique” , Proc.of RETMAC 2010, NITK, Surathkal, Karnataka, India, 14th – 15th February, 2010.
  • Vijayakumar S., Adithya A., Balakrishna K., Chandrasekharan K., “ Nonlinear Absorption Studies in p-(N,N-dimethylaminophenyl)-2-chloro-5-nitro- Benzoylhydrazone, 10th International Conference on Organic Nonlinear Optics   (ICONO10), La Fonda Hotel Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501, US: May 18th-23rd May, 2008.
  • Sharafudeen K N, Vijayakumar S., Sudheesh P,Adithya Adhikari, Balakrishna Kalluraya,  Chandrasekharan K., “Nonlinear Absorption and Optical Limiting in 4-[ (E) - (2-phenylhydrazinylidene) methyl] tetrazole [1,5-a] quinoline”, Proc.of RETMAC 2010, NITK, Surathkal, Karnataka, India, 14th – 15th February, 2010.
  • Vijayakumar S, Chandrasekharan K., ‘‘Nonlinear optical properties in hydrazone derivative doped PMMA thin film at 532 nm”, International Conference On Functional Polymers, (Dept. of Chemistry and Leeds University,UK) NIT Calicut, 28-30 January 2011.
  • Vijayakumar S, Sharafudeen K N, Sudheesh P, Chandrasekharan K., “Degenerate Four wave Mixing Studies and Ultrafast Optical Kerr effect measurements of third-order nonlinear optical response in a charge transfer organic material” Optics’11, (Dept. of Physics NIT, Optical Society of India and  American Institute of Physics) NIT Calicut, 23-25 May 2011.
  • Sharafudeen K N, Vijayakumar S, Adithya A, Sudheesh P, B. Kalluraya, Chandrasekharan  K., ‘‘Third-order nonlinear optical study on Coumarin derivative at 1064 nm wavelength excitation using Z-scan technique” Optics’11, (Dept. of Physics NIT, Optical Society of India and  American Institute of Physics) NIT Calicut, 23-25 May 2011.
  • Vijayakumar S ; “Attittude of Teacher Trainees towards Blended Learning Practices”,  International Seminar on Institutional Interventions to Bridge Competency Gulf in an e-World (NSS Training College Pandalam), 24-26 March 2014.
  • Vijayakumar S; “Self-Directed Learning: Strategy to enhance Learner Driven Learning among students at Graduate Level”,  National Seminar –UGC Sponsored- on Learner Driven Learning: Leveraging the Winds of the Change(NSS Training College Pandalam), 19-20 August 2015.
  • Vijayakumar S, Shabna Nazeeb; “Synthesis, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Characterization of Manganese Nanocolloids”, Optics-15, A National Seminar on Light Department of Physics, VTMNSS College, Dhanuvachapuram, 12-13, November 2015.
  • Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Maryam Hatamimoslehabadi, Chandra S Yelleswarsppu;    Structure-Nonlinear optical property relationship of carbon nanotubes: Poster presentation, Boston Photonics Centennial Conference ,Harward University Cambridge, USA, 26  th February2017.
  • Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Saravanakumar Sadagopalan,  Maryam    Hatamimoslehabadi,  Chandra S Yelleswarsppu  Nonlinear optical properties and Photoacoustic studies of Copper Oxide nanoparticles: (Oral presentation , Nanoworld Conference  Boston USA, April 03-05 2017).
  • Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Sarojini Sreelatha, Maryam Hatamimoslehabadi,  Chandra S Yelleswarsppu  Optoelectronic and Photoacoustic studies of an organic dye synthesized through green route : (Poster presentation, EDISON 20: 20th International Conference on Electron dynamics in Semiconductors, Optoelectronics and Nanostructures ,  University of Buffallo , NewYork , USA July 17-21 2017).
  • Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair, Saravanakumar Sadagopalan,  b, Chandra S Yelleswarsppu . Nonlinearoptical properties and  Photoacoustic studies ofCu2O nanoparticles for Photonic and biomedical applications :( Poster presentation, Optical Society of America, Frontiers in Optics and Laser Science Conference OSA, Washington DC USA, 17-21 Sept 2017.  
  • Vijayakumar Sadasivan Nair,  Chandra S Yelleswarsppu;    Geometrical volume -Nonlinear optical property relationship of carbon nanotubes: (Poster presentation, Optical Society of America, Frontiers in Optics and Laser Science Conference OSA, Washington DC USA, 17-21 Sept 2017.)
  • Namith Nava Krishnan, S Vijayakumar ;   Structural and Optical Characterization of Copper Selenide (Cu2-xSe) nanoparticles,: (International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials -ICAN 2018) February 26-28, 2018, Department of Nanoscience and Technology Agalappa University    Tamilnadu India.
  • Namith Nava Krishnan,  S Vijayakumar.  DFT studies on NLO active push-pull charge transfer Pyridine Derivative molecule: International Symposium on Crystallography and Advanced Materials (ISCAM-2018), 26-27 March 2018, Centre of Advanced Study in Crystallography and Biophysics, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai-Tamilnadu
  • Nonlinear optical properties of polyaniline doped with cardanol based dye, Lekshmi Jayamohan1 , Vijayakumar S *
    *Corresponding author: NPS 2022-15 Presented in the International Conference on Recent Trends in Photonics-NPS 2022 February 27-March 1, 2022  Organised by International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science    and Technology Cochin Kerala- 682022
  • Synthesis, linear and nonlinear optical properties of Ag andAl2O3 nanoparticles, Tiny Thomas1, Vijayakumar S * Lekshmi Jayamohan3, S, Saravana Kumar
  • Presented in the International Conference on Recent Trends in Photonics-NPS 2022 February 27-March 1, 2022 Organised by International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology Cochin Kerala- 682022
Courses & Workshops Attended
  • UGC- Sponsored Orientation Programme, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, 16-07-2015 to 12-08-2015.
  • Optics-15, A National Seminar on Light, Department of Physics, VTMNSS College, Dhanuvachapuram, 12-13, November 2015.
  • National Seminar –UGC Sponsored- on Learner Driven Learning: Leveraging the Winds of the Change (NSS Training College Pandalam), 19-20 August 2015.
  • VALUE Virtual Labs-MHRD: Workshop on Virtual Labs –An Event of IEEE International Conference on Technology for Education, (Amrutha Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kerala, 22 December 2014.
  • National Workshop on Energy Materials (EM-2014), Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala, 04 December 2014.
  • International Seminar on Institutional Interventions to Bridge Competency Gulf in an e-World (NSS Training College Pandalam), 24-26 March 2014.
  • MSc Syllabus Revision workshop-2013, PG Board of Studies, University of Kerala, 29-30 November 2013.
  • National Colloquium on Theoretical Physics (Srinivasa Ramanujan Centre for Basic Sciences – Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Enviornment, Thiruvananthapuram), 9-11 August 2013.
  • Optics’11- International Conference on Light, (Dept. of Physics NIT, Optical Society of India and American Institute of Physics) NIT Calicut 23rd-25th May 2011.
  • International Conference On Functional Polymers, (Dept. of Chemistry and Leeds University, UK) NIT Calicut, 28th-30th January 2011.
  • International Conference On Recent Trends in Materials And Characterization,(RETMAC –2010) NIT Karnataka, 14th – 15th February, 2010.
  • International conference –“POLYMCON 2009-Polymers Changing Frontiers”, January 9-11, 2009 held at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), India.
  • National Workshop on Nonlinear Optics (NWNO-2008), 4-5th January 2008 held at National Institute of Technology Calicut (NITC), India.
  • Foundations of Nonlinear Optics FO-NLO: August 9-11, 2016, Tufts University MA, USA.
  • Materials Day Symposium and Poster Session, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; October 18 2016 USA.
  • IEEE  Emerging  Optical Materisls Workshop, MIT Lincoln Lab, April 5, April 12, April 19, April 26 2017.
  • Three Days Residential Workshop on Computer Interfaced Science experiments at Kerala State Higher Education Council, Thiruvananthapuram November 16 –November 18, 2017.
  • BSc Syllabus Revision workshop-2018, UG Board of Studies, University of Kerala.
  • UGC- Sponsored Refresher Programme in Material Science UGC-Human Resource Development Centre, University of Kerala, 30-10-2018 to 21-11-2018.
  • KSHEC Sponsored One week E-Summer School –Advanced Functional materials for energy Harvesting Storage and Biomedical Applications-Organized by Bishop Moore College Mavelikara during 13-19 May 2020.
  • UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Physical Science - UGC HRDC Kannur University during 09-22th October 2020.
  • UGC Sponsored Workshop on MOOCs, Online Courses & Open Educational Resources- UGC HRDC Kannur University during 20-26th November 2020.
  • UGC Sponsored Refresher Course in Physical Science, 2022
Achievements year wise
  1. UGC-Raman Post-Doctoral Fellowship in USA-University of Massachusetts, 2015-16
  2. Junior Wireless Officer, International Wireless Monitoring Station, Ministry of Communications & IT, Dept. of Telecom, Govt. of India (2003-2012)
  3. Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) conducted by Inter University Center for  Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) in the year 2000
  4. SET Examination conducted by Government of Kerala for Lectureship held in   the year 2002
  5. Proficiency in the reception and transmission of Morse code-2003
Any other information
  • Resource Persons on Soft Skill Development, Energy Conservation and Management, Science and Technology for sustainable future
  • Expert-Career Guidance and Career Counselling
International and National Collaborations
  • Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts USA
  • Centre for Advanced Intelligent Materials, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Malaysia
  • Department Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University Japan
  • Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudia Arabia
  • Bernal Institute, Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Limerick, Castletroy Limerick, Ireland
  • Department of Physics, Institute of Aeronautical Engineering (IARE), Hyderabad India
  • Fun glass. Alexander Dubcekb University of Trencing, Slovakia
  • Department of Bio medical Engineering, Gaungzhou Medical University, China
  • Zhiang Lab, Hangzhou, China
  • Department of Optoelectronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
  • Zhejiang Lab, Hangzhou 311100, China
  • Department of Mathematical Modelling, Faculty of Mathematics, Samarkand State University, University Boulevard, 15, Samarkand 140104, Uzbekistan
  • Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Doha 35004, Al-Asimah, Kuwait.
  • National Institute of Technology Calicut
  • VIT Chennai
  • Mangalore University
  • International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology CUSAT, Cochin. India
  • Nanophotonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
  • Department of Pharmaceutics, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Kochi 682 041, India
  • Chinmaya Vishwavidyapeeth Institute of Science and Technology, Ernakulam, Kerala
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