Date of Birth : 26 May, 1950 (Same year in which the Indian Republic was born !)

Place of birth : Mariyappally in Kottayam District in the beautiful state of Kerala in India

Present Address : Department of Physics, University of Calicut, Kerala - 673 635, India Telephone : 0091 - 494 - 401144 - Ext 416 ( Office)

: 0091 - 494 - 400 356 (Residence)

FAX : 0091 - 494 - 400 269 (Office)

Email
kmv@calicutcity.com reiravkm@rediffmail.com reiravkm@yahoo.com
kmv@unical.ac.in

Hobbies : Stamp Collection, Linux windows programming

Academic Qualifications :

a) B.Sc. (1970) Kerala University - I Class with 3rd Rank.
b) M.Sc. (1972) Kerala University - I Class with 2nd Rank.
c) Ph.D. (1978) I.I.T Mumbai : Thesis title : "Elastic scattering of 1.17 and 1.33 MeV gamma rays"
d) Post doctoral research experience : Worked as Research Associate for two years (1978 -1980) at the Van de Graaff lab at I.I.T., Kanpur on "Trace element analysis by the PIXE technique"

Also, visted Legnaro National Laboratory Italy as an INFN fellow during March - September, 1991

Fields Of Current Research Interest :

1. Heavy ion reactions around the Coulomb barrier
2. Gamma ray interactions
3. Nuclear Track detectors
4. Trace Element Analysis by the PIXE method

Has active collaboration with theNuclear Science Centre, New Delhi

Employment
a) Lecturer, Department of Physics Calicut University from 02-06-1980 to 01-06-1988
b) Reader,Department of Physics, Calicut University from 02-06-1988 to 31-05-1995
c) Professor, Department of Physics, Calicut University from 01-06-95 onwards

Awards/Prizes/Certificates etc. won

i) Awardee of the National Sceince Talent scholarship from 1967 to 1976.
ii) UGC National Associate from 1983 to 1986.
iii) INFN Post doctoral fellow at Legnaro, Italy (March-Sept. 1991).

Ph.D theses supervised :

i) "Single Quantum Annihilation of positrons" (1990)
ii) "Some studies on gamma ray interactions" (1993)
iii) "Some nuclear studies using CR 39 track detectors" (1993)
iv) "Fusion measurements in the near and sub barrier regions" (1996)
v) "Development of heavy detectors and transfer measurements at sub barrier energies"(2001)

Ph.D theses being supervised at present:

i) "Experimental and thoeretical studies in solid state track detectors"
ii) "Gamma ray interaction studies"
iii) "Gamma ray interaction studies"

Research projects :

a) completed

i) "Development of gas detectors for heavy ions" - Funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 1990 - 1995 - Total budget : Rs. 6,99,000/-
ii) "Heavy ion reaction studies" - Funded by the University Grants Commission, Govt of India and Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi - 1990 - 1994 Total budget : Rs.3,35,000/-
iii) "Light charged particle reaction studies and trace analysis by PIXE" - Funded by Department of Science & Technology - 1996 -99; Total budget : Rs. 18,97,500/-

b) Ongoing Projects :

"Investigation of anomalous fission fragment angular anisotropies in 12,13C + U systems at near and sub barrier energies" - Funded by theUniversity Grants Commission, Govt of India and Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi - 1999 - 2002 Total budget : Rs.2,25,000/- - ONGOINGG

International Conferences attended :

i) Denton accelerator conference, Texas(USA),November 1984
ii) International Radiation Physics Conference, Dubrovnick(Yugoslavia), June 1991
iii) International Nuclear Physics Conference, Bombay(India), December 1995
iv) International Workshop on heavy ion fusion (FUSION97) - Canberra, Australia - March 1997
v) International Workshop on Rare processes in Nuclear Physics - (IWRNP98) NSC, Delhi - 16 -21 November, 1998

Visits abroad :

i) University of Texas, Denton(USA), November 1984
ii) Indiana University Cyclotron Facility, Indiana(USA), November 1984
iii) University of Brookelyn, New York(USA), November 1984
iv) Legnaro National Laboratory, Padua(Italy), March - October 1991
v) GSI, Darmstadt(Germany), June 1992
vi) Australian National University, Canberra, Australia - March 1997
vii) University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia - March 1997 viii) National University of Singapore, Singapore - March 1997

Other positions held :

i) In - charge of Director, Centre for Paramedical Sciences, University of Calicut - From February 1998 to September 1998
ii) Member, Board of Examiners for M.Sc Exams of Calicut University, M.G. University, Kottayam, Kerala University, Thiruvananthepuram, Mysore University, Bangalore University and University of Mumbai
iii) Member, Board of evaluators of Ph. D. theses of M.G. University,Kottayam, Mysore University and University of Mumbai
iv) Member (1997 onwards) and Chairman (1999 onwards), Post Graduate Board of Studies in Physics, University of Calicut
v) Member, Accelerator Users Committe, Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi(Feb 1997 to Feb 1999)

Research publications :

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