Department Template

Research and Development

The department was recognized as one of the research centers of Madurai Kamaraj university in the year 2013.

Solar Astrophysics

Photonics

Solar Cells

Photo Sensors

Nanocomposites

Biomaterials

Communication Devices

Piezoelectric Materials

Left-Handed Materials

Quantum Mechanics

Non-linear Optics

Thin Films

Our staff members guide scholars for pursuing Ph.D. programmes under full/part time.

» Dr. K.S. Joseph Wilson

» Dr. A. Shanmugaraju

» Dr. S. Valanarasu

S.No.	Staff	Registered	Award	Submitted	Ongoing
1	Dr. I. Kulandaisamy (Retd)	03	03	0	0
2	Dr. M. A. Jothi Rajan(Retd)	08	06	0	02
3	Dr. K.S. Joseph Wilson	16	08	02	06
4	Dr. A. Shanmugaraju	07	05	01	02
5	Dr. S. Valanarasu	07	03	0	03
Total		41	25	03	13

2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	Total
17	46	40	31	21	20	175

2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	Total
05	02	02	02	06	02	19

S.No.	Period	Name of the Scholar	Guide	Scheme	Amount Rs.
1	2016 to 2019	N. Abirami	Dr. K. S. Joseph Wilson	Incentive Scheme for SC/ST Students, Government of Tamilnadu	Rs. 50,000 per year
2	2016 to 2018	K. Deva Arun Kumar	Dr. S. Valanarasu	Incentive Scheme for SC/ST Students, Government of Tamilnadu	Rs. 50,000 per year
3	2015 to 2018	G. Vanitha Kumari	Dr. M. A. Jothi Rajan	Rajiv Gandhi Memorial scholarship	Rs. 30,000/- per month for 3 years
4	2019 to 2021	M. Albert William	Dr. K. S. Joseph Wilson	TNSCST	Rs. 10,000 per month
5	2018-2019	M. Ismail Fatima	Dr. K. S. Joseph Wilson	Maulana Azad National Fellowship	Rs. 28,000 per month

Our staff members are sanctioned with both minor and major research projects from UGC, DST, DAE and TNSCST.

Year	Staff	Title	Agency	Amount (Rs.)
2012 - 2016	Dr. K. S. Joseph Wilson	Investigations of non-linear interactions in nanostructures	UGC	12,51,060
2013 - 2017	Dr. A. Shanmugaraju	Investigation on coronal mass ejections from the sun their associated activities and geo space consequences	UGC	10,56,000
2014 - 2017	Dr. M. A. Jothirajan	Comparative study on antimicrobial activity of polymer assisted synthesis/ assemble of some metal oxide nano-particles	UGC-DAE	1,68,000
2014 - 2018	Dr. S. Valanarasu	Fabrication and characterization of SnS/ N-type buffer layers for solar cell application	DST	24,90,000
2014 - 2017	Mrs. S. AshaUnder the Guideship of Dr. M. A. Jothirajan	Investigation on biomineralization of nano hydroxyapatite intercalated biopolymeric system	DST-WOSA	21,29,323
2015 - 2019	Dr. M. A. Jothirajan	Investigations on Magnetized Chitosan Nanofibre Composites for Hyperthermia Applications	UGC	3,20,000
2019 - 2021	Dr. K. S. Joseph Wilson	Design and fabrication of microstrip patch antenna	TNSCST	3,60,000
2020 - 2021	Dr. S. Sebastian	Investigation of Zinc Silicate doped with rare earth elements for LED applications	Management	9,000
2021 - 2022	Mrs. V. Buvaneswari	Investigation on metal oxide Nanoparticles based DSSC using the natural dye extracted from Rubia Cordifolia as photo sensitizer	Management	9,000
2022 - 2024	Dr. A. Shanmugaraju	Investigations of multi-wavelength observations of solar eruptive events and their effects, associated activates and their source region characteristics	DST-SERB	10,81,000

Year	Name of the Scholar	Collaborating Institute
2015	E. Bementa	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
	S. M. Sathiya	Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
	M. Syed Ibrahim	Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Kodaikanal
2016	M. Syed Ibrahim	Udaipur Solar Observatory, Udaipur
	G. Earnest Stephen	CSR-DAE consortium, Indore
	G. Earnest Stephen	University of Delhi, New Delhi
2018	Suresh Karuppiah	National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA
2019	J. Kabiriyel	Gandhigram Rural Institute, Dindigual

KYUN HEE University, South Korea

JA College for Women, Periyakulam

GTN College, Dindigul

National College, Tiruchirappalli

Loyola Institute of Frontier Energy, Loyola College, Chennai

Loyola Technical Institute, Madurai