Name & Qualifications :   Dr.D.Sarala  

                          M.Sc Physics with Specialisation in  Electronics

  M.Phil Electronics,PGDCS ,

                                    University of Hyderabad.

    M.B.A (HRM) from O.U

    email:  saralatvs@gmail.com  Contact: 7032393763

Address :                        Head Department of Physics & Electronics 

                   ICT Coordinator 

                  St.Ann’s College for Women,

                                      NAAC Reaccredited with ‘A+’ Grade

   College with Potential for Excellence status by UGC

    Mehdipatnam, Hyderabad-500028.

Teaching Experience : 36 years from 1986 till date.

Academic Contributions: 

Teaching: 

B.Sc Physics and Electronics,  Computer Science , M.Sc Computer Science 

Research: 

• Published Papers at  the National /International level – 20

• International  conferences       - 4 

• Minor research project completed   -   2 

• Ongoing - 1

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• Authored textbooks for B.Sc Electronics published by Telugu Akademi       -   3

• Preparation of  lab manuals       -   6

Member of Board of Studies: Involved in the curriculum development

• Osmania University – Electronics

• Maulana Azad National University – Physics

• Autonomous colleges 

Resource person: Contributed to the Faculty Development Workshops

• Osmania University

• Flipped Classroom teaching

• Technology enabled teaching Physics at Jubilblic school Hills Public School.

• Technology Integrated Learning and Teaching at Satya Sai School

•  SMART – National Level Faculty Development Program for College Teachers.

Leadership & Organisation Capabilities:

• Involved in the establishment of M.Sc Computer Science course as a Head of the department.

• Attended  UGC workshops  as a Dean of Academics

• Organised  National Conferences on Quality issues as an IQAC coordinator

• Organised  seminars on Autonomy preparation as an Autonomy Coordinator

• Represented the institution and presented the proposal for the status of College with Potential for Excellence by UGC.

• Instrumental in the preparation of the proposal for the grant of Autonomy to UGC.

• Taken up the responsibility of maintaining the college website and IT infrastructure of the institution as an ICT Coordinator.

• Undertaken the task of curriculum revision, development, and evaluation work of examinations as a Board of studies member.

• Participated in the preparation of the Self-study report of  NAAC in the last three cycles and continue to render support in the 4th  cycle as a Steering Committee member.

• Served as a coordinator for the institution being awarded the “ College with Potential for Excellence” twice 

Teaching Innovations:

1. Using Google ClassRooms for teaching Physics and Electronics

2. Conducting online Quiz and Assignments

3. NPTEL - Active Single point of Contact - IIT, Chennai- National Platform for Technology Enabled Learning.

   1. Conducting Awareness and Orientation Programs enabling Students and Faculty members  to enroll in online certification courses

   2.  Mentoring the registered students 

   3. Reviewed the e-content of NPTEL video content -

      1. 1. Basic Electronics

         2. Analog Circuits

4. Guiding students with Simulation of Physics and Electronics Experiments.

5. Virtual Laboratories Nodal Officer in collaboration with IIITH- conducting workshops for the students in using the Virtual Laboratory.

6. Self-recording of lectures and managing a Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/saralatvs/channels?view_as=subscriber

7. Using these videos posted in my Google classroom for flipped classroom teaching

8. NPTEL Online Courses Coordinator

9. Nodal Officer - Virtual Laboratories - IIITH

List of Publications:

 1)      Information Literacy & Teaching with Technology” –National conference on “Information Literacy –the role of college “ on 29th and 30th January 2010 ( ISBN- 978-81-7446-814-7)

 2)      “Climate Change and Weather Patterns “ – International conference on “ Green Summit Climate Change –Issues & Concerns “ 12th and 13th November 2010( ISBN- 978-81-314-2701-9).

 3) “Digital Image Processing – A Remote Sensing Perspective”– International Conference held on 22nd Nov 2014. (ISSN 2278-0211)

 4)  “RFID Technology – An Institutional Perspective”– International Conference on Scholarly Communication and Knowledge Management in HE Institutions, held on 28th, 29th Nov 2014 at K L University, Vijayawada  ISBN 9788184249569)

 5)  “Mental Health and Well Being in School Settings” IASE, Osmania University held on 22nd, 23rd Dec 2014. ( ISBN 978-93-84845-04-9)

 6)  “Growth of Electronics Industry for Comfortable Living” APAS golden Jubilee Celebrations-Mini Science Congress on 13th-15th November,2014

7)  " Home Automation Systems " - International Journal of Innovative Research and Development,

(Vol 5,  Issue 2,  S.No 56,    Pg 332,   ISSN: 2278-0211)

 8 ) Autonomous Vehicle System for the Disabled and Elderly to lead a Quality Life - Science Spectrum   Vol 1(2), Pg 194-196, April 2016,  ISSN 2455-5053

 9)   “Embedded Systems in Medical Field”   Ann Quest  (ISSN No. 2321-3043)

 10)   ‘Impact of Biomaterials in leading quality life’ International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology  6.209  e-ISSN23198753

11)   " Gold Nanoparticle in imaging for Longevity " - IJSER - International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research ISSN: 2229 - 5518. 

12) https://www.morebooks.de/books/gb/published_by/lap-lambert-academic-publishing/47/products

Innovations in Physics Teaching:  ISBN 978-620-0-78765-1

13) A Study on Educational Technologies Utilised From March 2020 - March 2021during

Covid-19 Pandemic - e-ISSN: 2319-8753 Impact Factor: 7.512| Volume 10, Issue 6, June 2021.

14) Effectiveness of Online Faculty Development Programs during Covid -19 ISSN:  p-ISSN: 2320-6710| 

15) Video guided Automatic medicine dispensing Robot 

WAFFEN-UND KOSTUMKUNDE JOURNAL 

ISSN NO: 0042-9945  Video guided and automatic medicine reminding Robot. 

16)Journal of Information and Computational Science 

ISSN: 1548-7741  Design and Implementation of a portable Arduino-based touchless thermometer with distance compensation 

17) Plotting of  Gaussian distribution using Phet Simulation  ISSN: 1869-9331

18)Using Excel sheet to calculate the errors in Physics experiments ISSN: 0044 0477

19)Wifi enabled Robo receptionist: 1006  7930  

20) Estimation of errors in Physics Experiments - Indian Association of Physics Teachers - ISSN: 2277-8950.

21)Wi fi Enabled Robot Receptionist  - JXAT Journal Volume XIV Volume 5, issue May ,2022 1006-7930

22) Calculations of errors in Physics experiments -YMER -0044-4477

23) Simulation of Fourier transformation- ISSN 1006 -8341

Awards:

• Dr.Durga Bai Deshmukh  Gold medal for topping the SSC examination.

• Dr.Saraswathi Rao medal as the best school pupil leader 

• Proficiency prizes in school and colleges

• National Merit scholarship at P.G

• Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.

• Smt. Indira  Priyadarshini award for Excellence in Education.

• Active coordinator from IIT Chennai for coordinating NPTEL Courses.

• St.Ann's Meritorious award

• Telangana State Meritorious Teachers Awards

• International You Tube Award