Name                        :                  Dr. K.N. Sreekanthan                            

Designation              :                   Associate Professor & Head of the Department,

  Department of Physics, N.S.S College,

  Manjeri, Malappuram, Kerala 676122

  India

 Address                     :                10/1573, ‘GAYATHRI’, Vallissery Meethal,

   Chevarambalam, Calicut-17

                                                     Kerala, India Ph : 04952356878    Mob : 09447457279

   e-mail  sreekanthankn@gmail.com,

               sreekanthankn@yahoo.co.in

 Educational Qualifications    :           M.Sc, UGC-JRF(NET),  Ph.D:(Year & Univ) 1992,

    Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

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Course             Year &             Subjects           University                         % of Marks                          Class /                              Remarks

SSLC               1978                --------                       Kerala Board                        68.33                          I Class

Date of Joining Service                             : 18-10-1994

Teaching Experience :                      : 15 years of teaching experience inNSS College, Manjeri.
                                                                           3 Years PG level teaching experience in
                                                                          Arts, Science & Commerce college, Chalisgaon From 3-9-2001 to 30-6-2004.

Administrative : 

1.  Head of the Department of Physics, NSS College, Manjeri w.e.f  01-04-2001.

2.  NSS Programme Officer from 9-8-2004 to 8-8-2007, Unit No : 29, NSS College, Manjeri.

3.  Secretary, NSS College Co-operative Store – 2 years – 2000 to 2002.

4.  Secretary, College Staff Council - 2009 January-

5.  Member(Elected), Academic Council, Calicut University – April 2009-

6.  Student Advisor, Choice Based Credit & Semester System, NSS College, Manjeri – 2009 June-

7.  NAAC Coordinator, Steering Committee, NSS College, Manjeri - 2009

 Publications    :              

      1)   Applications of thin film field effect transistors for logic gates

            G.K.Shivakumar And K.N.Sreekanthan

            KREC Research Bulletin Vol.1  No. 2, Dec.1992.

      2)   Growth and Characterization of Cadmium Selenide Thin Films

K.N.Sreekanthan And G.K.Shivakumar

            KREC Research Bulletin Vol.2  No. 2, Dec.1993.

3)   Growth and characterization of semi conducting Cadmium Selenide Thin Films

            K.N.Shreekanthan, B.V. Rajendra, V.B.Kasturi and G.K.Shivakumar

            Cryst. Res. Technol. 38, No. 1, 30-33(2003)

4)   Growth and characterization of vacuum deposited cadmium telluride thin films

            K.N.Shreekanthan, V.B.Kasturi and G.K.Shivakumar

            Indian Journal of Eng. & Material Sci Vol. 10, Oct 2003, pp. 433-436

5)   Structure and Properties of  vacuum deposited cadmium telluride thin films

K.N.Shreekanthan, Kasturi.V.Bangara, G.K.Shivakumar And M.G.Mahesha

Ind. J. of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 44  (9), Sept 2006, pp. 705

  Paper presented in Symposia :

 S4-P53. Phase Modification in Vacuum deposited Cadmium Telluride Thin Films

K.N.Shreekanthan^*, V.B.Kasturi and G.K.Shivakumar

Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology, Surathkal, Srinivasnagar–575 025 Karnataka, India.

^*Present address: Department of Physics,N.S.S college, Manjeri-676122,Kerala, India. 
International symposium on solar cells & solar Energy Materials,22-26 Aug. 2004. Cancum Mexico.

Courses Attended  :             

1.      10 days course on Vacuum Science & Technology

        (With special reference to UHV) Conducted by Indian Vacuum Society

         in collaboration with Center for Advanced Technology, Indore 16-26 Oct.1989.

                        2.   Orientation Course : 2-3-96 to 29-3-96 ASC, Calicut University.

                        3.   Refresher Course in Computer Applicatons: 8-11-00 to 28-11-00

                               ASC, Calicut University.

                        4.   Refresher Course in Physics: 23-10-02 to 12-11-02

                                ASC, Calicut University.

                        5.   Refresher Course in Computer Applicatons :

              16-8-03 to 5-9-03  ASC, Calicut University.

 Seminar Attended/Workshops attended  :

 1.      Seminar on Project Designing, Writing  and Funding, NSS Colleges’ Central Committee, Changanacheri, 22 March 2003.

2.      Seminar on Science Research Projects – 2003, NSS College, Ottapalam 5^th July 2003.

3.      Workshop & Exhibition on “Fascinating world of Physics” Department of Physics, University of Calicut,1-5  December 2003.

4.      Delivered a Lecture on “Introduction to Linux” on 23^rd Oct 2003 in Dept. of Mathematics, Malabar Christian College, Calicut.

5.      IVth National Seminar on Crystal Growth organized by The mineralogical Institute & Department of studies in Geology, Mysore University, at Mysore 14-16 August 1989 and presented a paper entitled “ Growth and characterization of Cadmium Telluride thin films”.

6.      Inaugurated the Physics Association, Govt. College, Malappuram. Delivered a lecture on “Large Hadron Colliders". Dec 01, 2008.

 Seminar Organised : Convener, The ‘One Day Training Programme on Grading and Restructuring Under Graduate Education’, conducted by NSS College, Manjeri and Organised by Kerala State Higher Education Council was held at the NSS College Auditorium on 28^th January 2009.

 Project :

 1.      Principal Investigator : UGC - Minor Research Project of 2 Years Duration From June 2005 to June 2007.

Title : “Preparation and Characterization of Silicon – Cadmium Chalcogenide Thin Film heterojunctions”. Successfully completed.

 2.      Co-Investigator : UGC-Minor Research Project of 2 Years Duration From June 2005 to June 2007. Title : “Software development and verification for optimization by simulation with special  reference to Monte-Carlo technique.” (Principal Investigator : Sindhu.R.S, Department of Mathematics, Malabar Christian College, Calicut). Successfully completed.

 Extension : 

 Worked as coordinator and resource person for CSS-Science improvement programme for Higher Secondary School Teachers  in Malappuram district conducted by SCERT during 14 – 18 July 2004 at DIET,Tirur.

 Others :

 1.      Designed and Developed the Official Website of NSS College, Manjeri. The website was inaugurated on 15^th March 2007.  http://www.nsscollegemanjeri.org

2.      Software for Salary Bill Preparation of Staff of NSS College, Manjeri using Visual Basic, Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel, which is being used in College Office for preparation of salary bill.

3.      Developed a software for Admission to Degree courses, which can be used for any colleges in Calcut University, using VB with Access in the back end. This was used for admission in NSS College, Manjeri during 2008 and 2009 Admissions.

4.      Developed a software for Library using VB and Access.