Academic Profile: 

1. PhD (2017) : University :- Homi Bhaba National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Research Centre:- Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India

2. BEd (2009) : N.S.S–Training College, Ottappalam (Calicut University), Kerala State, India

3. MSc (2007) : S.V.N.S.S–College, Wadakkanchery (Calicut University), Kerala State, India

4. BSc (2005) : S.V.N.S.S–College, Wadakkanchery (Calicut University), Kerala State, India

5. HSE (2002) : S.M.T.G.H.S.S, Chelakara, Kerala State, India

6. SSLC (2000) : ST:Thomas H.S, Mayannur,  Kerala State, India

Additional Qualifications:

1. Chief Minister's Nava-Kerala Post Doctoral Fellow (CMNKPDF)

2. National Eligibility Test (NET) 

3. State Eligibility Test (SET) 

4. Graduate Aptitude Test In Engineering (GATE) 

Awards:

* “Outstanding Doctoral Student Award”, On the occasion of the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) foundation day celebration, dated 03-June-2019 held at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.

* Chief Minister's Nava-Kerala Post Doctoral Fellowship -2022 (CM-NKPDF-2022), Kerala Higher Education Council (KHEC), , Government of Kerala, Thiruvanthapuram, dated 16-05-2022, Kerala.

* Best Paper Presentation Award in Scientist Category, 37th Kerala Science Congress (KSC), dated 07-02-2025 to 10-02-2025,  Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur.

Experimental Skills:

• Light–Matter Interactions

• Raman Spectroscopy (RRS, SERS & TERS)

• Photoluminescence Spectroscopy 

• Photovoltaics-Perovskite Solar Cells

• Near–field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)

•  Plasmonics 

• Thin films and Nanoscience 

• Synthesis and Characterizations of Group III nitrides

• Synthesis and Characterizations of Lanthanum Vanadate

Achievements:

1. Chief Minister's Nava-Kerala Post Doctoral Fellowship -2022 (CM-NKPDF-2022)

2. Member of Raman International Optronic Society (RIOS) ID: RIOS/0054/2022

3. Outstanding doctoral student award winner with Homi Bhabha Gold Medal and Cash Prize.

4. Published 15 peer-reviewed journals as first author and another 10 journals as co-author with a total impact factor (IF) of 44.97 and an average of 3.21.

5.  Published 5 conference proceedings.

6. Wrote one Book Chapter based on light-matter interactions at near-field regime

7. Received an Indian patent (Patent No.332519).

8. Coordinated a faculty development program (FDP-3 days), International Webinar, and a Technical Session.

9. Contestant in First Kerala Science Slam -2024, at IIT, Palakkad

10. Visited ELETTRA Synchrotron Trieste, Italy (30-Nov-2024 to 02-Dec-2024) for High Pressure XRD measurements funded by DST, Government of India, administrated through IISc, Bengaluru

11. Best Paper Presentation Award in Scientist Category, 37th Kerala Science Congress (KSC), Thrissur, Kerala 

Patent:

“A process for preparing pseudoboehmite from aluminium metal”, Sankara Narayanan Potty S, Packia Selvam I and Sivadasan A. K. (Patent No.332519, Application No. 201611036739, Date of Filing : 26-10-2016, Date of Grant : 20-02-2020 )

Book Chapter:

 “Plasmonic and proximity induced optical confinement assisted imaging of nanostructures in the sub-diffraction limit”, A. K. Sivadasan and S. Dhara (Accepted by Springer Publishers)