DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS 4 Institute of Chemical Technology I Fibres and Textile Processing Technology Department of Physics Dr. Mohan Narayan PhD. Head of the Department Department of Physics at the ICT has the distinction of being one of the earliest Departments in the Institute. It was started as Optics Section in 1935 which was subsequently changed as Physics Section in the Second Five Year Plan and then to Department of Physics under MUICT. Department of Physics undertakes undergraduate and post graduate teaching in Physics. The Department participates in 1st year B.Tech and B.Chem. UG teaching - theory and practical’s. The Department offers electives at 2nd year B.Tech and B.Chem. The faculty of the Department undertakes a full course on Physical Methods of Analysis for all branches of M.Tech students in both the semesters which also serves as a credit course for majority of Ph.D. students. The Department has started M.Sc (Physics) (Material Science) course from year 2014 with maximum strength of 20. This is a unique course with industrial training as part of the syllabus. The faculty of the Department are actively engaged in various research activities. The faculty undertake studies of various aspects of Polymer Morphology/Orientation, Polymer composites / nanocomposites, Nano-drug delivery, Polymer dispersed Liquid crystals, Plasma processing of Materials, Statistical Mechanics applied to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Synthesis and functionalization of CNTs, nano technology, Energy storage, Super-capacitors, Magnetism, transport properties of quantum magnets and Low-temperature Physics, Solar Thermal applications, Solar Energy Harvesting. Faculty members have actively participated and attended national and international seminars / workshops and presented their papers. A good number of papers are published in peer reviewed journals. Faculty members have research projects from industry and various government funding agencies like from AICTE, DST and UGC; DAE/BRNS. Two patents on solar thermal system are also filed recently. Faculty does collaborative research with Polymer, Textile, Pharma and Chemical Engineering Departments. Also, with national institutions like Bharthiar University Coimbatore, BTRA, University of Delhi, BARC, IITB, etc. Department of Energy sciences of IITB had delivered a series of lectures on Solar Energy and Non-conventional Energy Sources in this year. INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL REPORT 1. Name : Dr. Mohan Narayan 2. Designation : Associate Professor Profile and accomplishments so far 3. a. Educational qualifications : B.Sc. (Mumbai, 1988), M.Sc. (Mumbai, 1990), Ph.D. (Madras, 1999) b. Fellowships/ Memberships of Professional Bodies : Member of the Board of Studies in Physics at University of Mumbai Member of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education) Member of the Board of Studies in Physics at Ramnarain Ruia College (Autonomous) 4. Highlights of research work done and it impart (maximum two single-spaced pages with figures/diagrams etc.): Phenomenological Consequences of Neutrino masses and Oscillations. Effect on Solar, Atmospheric and Long Baseline experiments. Connecting neutrino parameters to Gravity via effective Planck operators. Possible signals of CPT violations in neutrino Physics. Development of advanced equations of states and applications to thermo physical phenomenon. 5. a. Total No. of Publications (peer reviewed) so far : 28 b. Total No. of Patents : 00 c. Total No. Conference proceedings/papers : 03 d. Total No. of Seminars/Lectures/Orations delivered : 01 e. Total No. of Ph.D. s Awarded as single/ Co-Guide : 01 f. Total No. of Masters Awarded as single/ Co-Guide : 00 6. h-Index: 10 No. of Citations : 370 ANNUAL REPORT (2018-2019) Academic year (July 2018 to June 2019) (N B: Kindly furnish this information as soon as possible. Any update can be added later) 7. Name : Dr. Mohan Narayan 8. Subjects taught during 2018-19 : UG PG Statistical Mechanics Quantum Mechanics (S.Y.C.E.) (M.Sc., Physics) General Physics Lab Molecular Quantum Mechanics (F.Y.B.Tech.) (M.Sc., Physics) Classical Mechanics (M.Sc., Physics) 9. Research interests : Theoretical High Energy Physics, Molecular dynamics, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 10. Number of research students currently working : P.D.F.- RA - Ph.D. (Tech.) - Ph.D. (Sc) - 01 M.Tech. - M.Chem. Engg. - M.Sc. - Others (if any) - 11. Number of research publications: International - 03 National- 00 Peer-reviewed- 00 Conference proceeding- 00 Books - 00 12. Number of patents : International - 00 Indian - 00 13. Number of sponsored projects: Government - 00 Private - 00 14. Professional Activities (Membership of important Committees): Member of the Board of Studies in Physics at University of Mumbai Member of ISTE (Indian Society for Technical Education) 15. Special Awards/Honours: NA 16. Undergraduate students’ seminars/projects/home papers: Seminars Name of the Student No. Topic (Beginning with Last name) Project / Home paper No. Name of the Student Topics (Beginning with Last name) 17. Post graduate students’ seminars/projects (name of student, previous institute, title) : Seminars No. Name of the Student Topic (Beginning with Last name) Research Projects Ph.D. (Tech) Research Scholar Previous No. Supervisor (Beginning with Last name) Institution Project Ph.D. (Science) Research Scholar Previous No. Supervisor (Beginning with Last name) Institution Project x-ray spectroscopy University 1 Kasturirangan Siddharth of highly charged Dr. Mohan Narayan of Mumbai ions & plasma University Advanced cubic department equations of state for 2 of Physics, Dr. Mohan Narayan Ghoderao Pradnya Prabhakar fluids and fluid University mixtures. of Pune M. Tech. / M.Chem. Eng. Research Scholar Previous No. Supervisor (Beginning with Last name) Institution Project M.Sc. (Chemistry) (By Research) Research Scholar No. Previous Institution Supervisor (Beginning with Last name) Project 18. Postdoctoral/Ph.D. students’ research projects (name of students, previous institute, title) : Research Scholar No. Previous Institution Supervisor (Beginning with Last name) Project 19. Details of sponsored projects – Government and Private (name of sponsor, title of project, duration, grant, principal investigator/co-investigators, names of research fellows) I. Government Agencies: Sponsor Title Duration Total amount Principal Investigator Research Fellows II. Private agencies: Sponsor Title Duration Total amount Principal Investigator Research Fellows 20. Details of National and International collaborations 21. Publications Vol. No. Title and authors Journal Pages Year No. 22. Patents : No. Inventors Title Country Funding agency 23. Book and book chapters : No. Author(s) Title Publisher Place Year 24. Book chapter: No. Author(s) Title of the chapter Editor Publisher Place Year Page 25. General publications: 26. Membership of In-house Committees: UGPC & PGPC Member of TA ICT. 27. Seminars/ Lectures/ Conferences/ Symposia/ Workshops/ Summer or Winter Training Schools attended/Oral OR Poster Presentations : 28. Events Organized : 29. Industrial Consultancy : 30. Details of Post-graduate/Ph.D. students who passed out (name, course, title of project) : Name Course Title 31. Major accomplishments : 32. Photograph (self) softcopy.* 33. Photograph (laboratory) (soft copy) (with names). * 34. Group photograph with research students (soft copy). * 35. Any other relevant additional information. * 36. Brief career profile upto 200 words Basic training and research work including post-doctoral work in Theoretical High Energy Physics. Mainly on Neutrino Physics and related phenomenology. Also developed constraints on low scale gravity models which are one of the approaches of addressing what is known as the “hierarchy” problem. Since the last few years investigating certain aspects of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics with the aim of developing better equations of state (EOS) to fit thermophysical data and more efficient mixing rules to be applied to fluid mixtures. This is in collaboration with Dr. V. H. Dalvi from Chemical Engineering department. We have already developed a new Cubic EOS with four parameters which works very well for pure fluids and also well for mixtures which is now published. INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL REPORT 37. Name : Prof. R. R. Deshmukh 38. Designation : Professor Profile and accomplishments so far 39. a. Educational qualifications : B.Sc. (Pune, 1991), M.Sc. (N. M. U. Jalgaon, 1994), B.Ed. (Mumbai, 1995) Ph.D. (Mumbai, 2002) b. Fellowships/ Memberships of Professional Bodies : • General Advisory Committee for Research and Liaison of Bombay Textile Research Association (BTRA), LBS Marg, Ghatkopar (W), Mumbai – 400 086 • Advisory Committee member of International conference on materials and characterization techniques held during Dec 14-16 at VIT, Vellore, India. • Member, Board of Studies in Physics, BATU, Lonere • Research Recognition Committee, BATU, Lonere. • Member, Expert Committee in Physics, Nagpur University, Nagpur. • Membership of Editorial Boards with name of journal and agency: International J of Materials Science and Applications, Science Publishing Group, USA. International J of Chemical and Physical Sciences. • Member UGPC / PGPC, ICT • Academic Council, ICT • Member HOD Council, ICT 40. Highlights of research work done and it’s impart (maximum two single-spaced pages with figures/diagrams etc.): (A) Plasma Processing of Polymeric materials: Low temperature plasma has attracted attention of Scientist and Researchers to convert inexpensive polymer in