Personal Information

Name

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Prince Alex

Designation

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Assistant Professor

Residential Address

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217, Revathy

Chavara Ring Road

Devagiri, Calicut-673008

Permanent Address

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Manthadiyil (H),

Arunapuram P.O.

Pala, Kottayam, Kerala

 India, Pin:686574

Mobile

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+91 8903 714 293

+91 9778 503 644

Email

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princealexanderm@gmail.com

princealex@devagiricollege.org

Educational Qualification

Ph.D.

Certified Specialist in Data Science, Analytics & Machine Learning

M.Sc. in Physics

B.Sc. in Physics

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Department of Physics, Pondicherry Central University

Thesis title: Study of Multiple Anodic Double Layers in Glow Discharge Plasma

Awarded year:2018

ICT,Kerala 

2024

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Year of completion:2009

Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Year of completion:2007

Teaching Experience

Date of Appointment

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03:01:2022

Designation Status

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Permanent Post

Teaching Experience

• Undergraduate Level
• Post Graduate Level

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2 year and 9 months

2 year and 9 months

Courses Taught Currently

• Post Graduate Level

• Undergraduate Level

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FPHY1C02 : Mathematical Physics – I (PG First Semester)

FPHY2C08: Computational Physics (PG Second Semester)

FPHY4E20: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers And  

                    Applications (PG Fourth Semester)

GPHY2B02T: Mechanics-II (UG Core First semester)

GPHY1C01T: Properties of matter & Thermodynamics (UG

                       Complementary First Semester)

GPHY5B06T: Computational Physics (UG Core Fifth

                        Semester)

GPHY6B13T: Relativistic Mechanics And Astrophysics (UG

                       Core Sixth Semester)

Tutor Assignment

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 University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ITALY (June 2019-May 2021) (October 2020 to September 2021)

Research Experience

Research Experience (post Ph.D.)

• Post-Doctoral Researcher

• Post-Doctoral Researcher

• Post-Doctoral Researcher

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4 years

University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ITALY (June 2021-December 2021)

University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ITALY (June 2019-May 2021)

LVPD group (https://www.ipr.res.in/lvpd/), Institute for Plasma Physics (IPR), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

Total Number of Publication

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22

Conference proceedings

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4

Total Number of Citation

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122

H-index

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7

Book published

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Nill

Book chapter published

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Nill

Area of Specialisation

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Experimental Plasma Physics

Research Interest

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Basic plasma, Toroidal plasma, Magnetic confinement, Turbulence and transport, Edge and boundary physics, Low temperature plasma, Plasma diagnostics, Waves and instabilities, Statistical analysis, Plasma nitriding, Nonlinear dynamics

Project Grant

1

Bicocca starting grant: Microbial abatement by Plasma Device (MAP) (2020) Department of Physics, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, ITALY (€ 52,000).

Conference/Seminar Organized

 Nill

Orientation/Faculty Development/ Refresher Course attended

1

Four Week Faculty Induction/Orientation Programme for “Faculty in Universities/Colleges/Institutes of Higher Education” from 20 February – 21 March 2023 organized by Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry Of Education Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission On Teachers And Teaching (online)

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Two - week refresher course in “PHYSICS” from 30th March – 12th April, 2024 organized by Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry Of Education Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission On Teachers And Teaching (online)

Professional Training/Certificate Courses/Add on Courses Completed

1

Two-day workshop on ExpEYES on 03/10/2023 and 04/10/2023 organized by PG and Research Department of Physics, Farook College (Autonomous), Calicut (DBT-STAR sponsored)

2

Hands-on training on creating 3D illustrations for the purpose of science communications using Blender held from 23/03/2023 to 26/03/2023 conducted by Scidart Academy.

3

NumPy Essential Training: 1 Foundations of NumPy (Linkedin Learning),2024

4

Python for Data Visualization (LinkedIn Learning), 2024.

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Programming Foundations: Fundamentals (LinkedIn Learning),2024.

6

Pandas Essential Training (LinkedIn Learning),2024.

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Machine Learning with Scikit-learn (LinkedIn Learning),2024.

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Learning Arduino: Foundations (LinkedIn Learning), 2024.

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Supervised Learning Essential Training (LinkedIn Learning), 2024.

10

Flask Essential Training (LinkeIn Learning), 2024.

Extension/Administrative/Co-curricular activities

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IQAC Department Coordinator (2023 June Onwards)

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Research Program and Policy Development Committee

Programming/Software skills

     MATLAB, Python (numpy, matplotlib, seaborn, pandas, sklearn), Scilab, Arduino, ExpEYES (SEELab), Blender, Origin, Latex, SQL, Tableau

Training/Schools/Visiting Fellow/Workshops

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Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics (6 Nov-18 Nov,2016) International centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), ITALY

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Workshop on Computational Techniques for Energy Materials (19 march-2016) Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Chennai, INDIA

3

SERB School on ‘Tokamak and Magnetized Fusion Plasma’ (25 Feb-15 Mar, 2013) Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Gandhinagar, INDIA

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Workshop on ‘Advances in Computational Physics’ (14 Feb-16 Feb,2013) Central University of Tamilnadu, INDIA

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SERC School on ‘Laser Produced Plasma’ (9 july-21 July,2012) RRCAT, Indore, INDIA

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Visiting Fellow (20 Aug-05 Sep, 2013) Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata, INDIA

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Visiting Fellow (PSSI Fellow) (15 Mar-15 Jun, 2012) Facilitation Center for Industrial Plasma Research (FCIPT), Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Fellowship/Award

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Basic Science Research (BSR) fellowship (2014), University Grant Commission (UGC), India

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Plasma Science Society of India fellowship (PSSI fellowship) (2012), Plasma Science Society of India

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International Travel Award (2017), American Physical Society-Division of Plasma Physics (APS DPP)

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International Travel Support Fellowship (2016), Department of Science and Technology (DST-SERB), INDIA

Poster Presentation Award

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Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at “Joint ICTP-IAEA College on Plasma Physics”, ICTP, ITALY (2016).

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Best Poster Presentation Award at “3^rd International Conference on Laser and Plasma Application in Material Science”, KOLKATA, INDIA (2015)

Membership in Scientific Societies

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Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI) (Membership ID: LM-962)

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Energy Science Society of India (ESSI) (Membership ID:1203201637 L)

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Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies-Division of Plasma Physics (AAPPS-DPP) (Membership ID:1014)

List of Publication

1

Prince Alex, Ruggero Barni and Claudia Riccardi, Blob and hole dynamics in the rotating plasma column of a simple magnetised torus in open field line configuration, 98,14 Pramana (2024)[IF:2.8]

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Ruggero Barni, Prince Alex  and Claudia Riccardi, Pulsed Dielectric Barrier Discharges for Gas-Phase Composition Control: A Simulation Model. Plasma, 6, 735–752 (2023) [IF:1].

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M. Perumal, A. Saravanan, Sneha Latha Kommuguri, Prince Alex, K. V. Sunooj, Maheswaran Mani, P. Bharathi & Suraj Kumar Sinha,’ Extraction of Energetic N2 Neutrals for Efficient Plasma Food Processing of Finger Millet Flour’, Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing (2023)[IF-3.6].

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Thangjam RishikantaSingh, Prince Alex, Suraj KumarSinha,’Interplay between electron and ion plasma waves’, PhysicsLetters A 477,128897(2023)[IF-2.6].

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P. Alex, R. Barni and C. Riccardi,‘Intermittent structures and quasi-stationary equilibrium in a simple magnetized torus in open field line configuration’ Journal  of Physics Communication 6, 015010 (2022)[iF-1.2].

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Jayaprakash Kaliyamurthy, Prince Alex, Saravanan Arumugam,Kumar Sinha Suraj, Doubly forced anharmonic oscillator model for floating potential fluctuations in DC glow discharge plasma, Physics letter A, 410, 127521 (2021)[IF-2.6].

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P. Alex, R. Barni, E. Ghorbanpour, and C. Riccardi,’A study of the electrical characteristics of a doublé plug-probe aimed to the measurement of plasma fluctuations in a toroidal magnetised plasma’, Review of Scientific Instruments, 92, 043533 (2021)[IF-1.6].

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R. Barni, P. Alex A. Salanti, C. Canevali, L. Zoia, M. Orlandi and C. Riccardi, Optical emission spectroscopy of a gliding arc tornado device, Eur. Phys. J. D, 75,147(2021)[IF-1.8].

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R. Barni, P. Alex, E. Ghorbanpour, and C. Riccardi,’ A spectroscopical study of H2 emission in a simply magnetized toroidal plasma’, Eur. Phys. J. D, 75: 101(2021)[IF-1.8].

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R Barni, Prince Alex, C. Riccardi, ‘A multiple pin Langmuir probe for the measurement of the electric field drift and its spatial derivatives’, Review of Scientific Instruments,92, 023512 (2021)[IF-1.6].

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Prince Alex, Amulya Sanyasi, Prabakar Srivastav, Pankaj Srivastava, Ritesh Sugandhi and L.M.Awasthi,’Radial control of electron temperature gradient with optimized operational configuration of double plasma device’,Plasma Source Science and Technology, 29, 8 (2020)[IF-3.8].

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Prince Alex, Perumal M. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,"Coexistence of chaotic and complexity dynamics of fluctuations with long range temporal correlation",Nonlinear dynamics, Springer,101, 655–673(2020)[IF-5.6].

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Prince Alex, and Suraj Kumar Sinha,"Generation scenarios of anodic structures and experimental realization of turbulence in unmagnetized plasma", Plasma Science and Technology, 22,08,(2020)[IF-1.7].

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Prince Alex, Amulya Sanyasi, Prabhakar Srivastav, Pankaj Srivastava, Ritesh Sugandhi and L.M.Awasthi," Radial Variation of Electron Temperature Gradient in a Double Plasma Laboratory Device", Physics of Plasmas,26,112115, 29, 8 (2020)[IF-2.2].

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Prince Alex, Benjamin Andres Carreras, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,” Self-organized criticality: An interplay between stable and turbulent regimes of multiple anodic double layers in glow discharge plasma” Physics of Plasmas 25, 053514(2018)[IF-2.2].

16

Saravanan A., Prince Alex and Suraj Kumar Sinha,” Feedback model of secondary electron emission in DC gas discharge plasma”, Plasma Sci. Technol. 20, 025404 (6pp) (2018)[IF1.7].

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Prince Alex, Benjamin Andres Carreras, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,” Self-Organized criticality in cold plasma”, Physics of Plasmas 24, 120701 (2017).

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Saravanan A., Prince Alex and Suraj Kumar Sinha,” Effective secondary electron emission coefficient in DC abnormal glow discharge plasmas”, Physics of Plasmas 24, 112106(2017).

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Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,” Triggering of Buneman instability and existence of multiple double layers in laboratory, Physics Letters A, 381, 3652–3658(2017).

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Saravanan A., Prince Alex and Suraj Kumar Sinha,” Effective secondary emission coefficient of Brass”, Current Smart Materials, 2, 1-5 (2017).

21

Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha, “Order-Chaos-Order-Chaos transition and evolution of multiple anodic double layers in glow discharge plasma”,Results in Physics 5, 235–240 (2015).

22

Suraj Kumar Sinha and Prince Alex,” An exact calculation of the N₂⁺ and H₂⁺ influx at cathode surface N₂-H₂ discharge”, Results in Physics 4, 73–74 (2014).

Proceedings

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Roberto Benocci, Andrea Potenza , Valentina Zaffaroni Caorsi , Giovanni Zambon , Hector Eduado Roman, Prince Alex, Studying environment sounds using transfer entropy: Application to an urban park in the city of Milan, Italy, Inter Noise, Nantes, France (2024)

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Prince Alex, Ruggero Barni, Claudia Riccardi,’ Effect of finite vertical field on plasma profiles and dynamics of density structures in simple toroidal device ‘Thorello’’,47^th European physical society conference on plasma physics, June-2021.

3

Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha, ‘Effect of Ion Induced SEEC from Cathode Material in the Formation of Multiple Double Layers in Diode Plasma’, Proceedings of the3rd International Conference on Laser and Plasma Application in Materials Science (2015).

4

Prince Alex, Alphonsa Joseph, Subrato Mukherjee,’ Phase depth distribution study of nitride layer in the mirror polished plasma nitride AISI304 stainless steel using XRD characterization’, Proceedings plasma (2012).

Invited Talks

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Study of Intermittent Plasma Objects in a Current-less Toroidal Device” in the 8th oral session of the National Symposium on Gaseous Discharges (NSGD-2023) on August 11, 2023 held at Pondicherry University.

Oral Talks

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Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,” Evolution of multiple double layers in glow discharge plasma and its inherent properties”, 58th Annual meeting of the APS division plasma physics, San Jose, CA, USA, 2016.

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Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha, ‘Critical current associated with the formation of anodic double layers’, 3rd International conference on laser and plasma application in material science, Kolkata, India, 2015

3

Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,’ Effect of ion induced SEEC from cathode material in the formation of multiple double layers in diode plasma’, National conference on materials for energy conversion and storage, VIT, Chennai, India, 2015.

Conference presentations

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Prince Alex, Ruggero Barni, H. E. Roman and Claudia Riccardi, Effect of connection length on plasma dynamics in a simple magnetized torus ‘THORELLO’, Plasma 2022, IIT Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

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Prince Alex, Ruggero Barni, Claudia Riccardi,’ Effect of finite vertical field on plasma profiles and dynamics of density structures in simple toroidal device ‘Thorello’’,47th European physical society conference on plasma physics, June-2021(Virtual conference).

3

P. Alex, R. Barni, E. Ghorbanpour, C.Riccardi,’ A study of the electrical characteristics of a double plug-probe aimed to the measurement of plasma fluctuations in a toroidal magnetised plasma’ High temperature plasma diagnostics conference, Dec 14-17,2020, Santafe, New Mexico (Virtual meeting).

4

R. Barni, P. Alex, C.Riccardi,’ A multiple pin Langmuir probe for the measurement of the ExB velocity field and its spatial derivatives’ High temperature plasma diagnostics conference, Dec 14-17,2020, Santafe, New Mexico (Virtual meeting)

5

Alex, Prince; Barni, Ruggero; Riccardi, Claudia,’ Plasma dynamics and quasi equilibrium in simply toroidal plasma in open field line configuration’, APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting 2020 (APS-DPP 2020) (Virtual meeting).

6

Prince Alex, A.K.Sanyasi, Prabhakar Srivastav, P. K. Srivastava, Ritesh Sugandhi and L. M. Awasthi, Spatial Control of Plasma Parameters in a Double Plasma Device by Selective Biasing of a Mesh Separator, 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics (AAPPS-DPP) 26-31, October, 2020(Virtual meeting).

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Ruggero Barni, Prince Alex, Esmat Ghorbanpour and Claudia Riccardi, optical emission spectroscopy of H2 in a toroidal magnetised plasma, 30th Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases, 24-28 Auguest, 2020, Serbia (Virtual meeting).

8

Prince Alex, Benjamin Andres Carreras, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,’ Laboratory observation of multiple double layer resembling space plasma double layer’, 59th Annual meeting of the APS division plasma physics, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (2017).

9

Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,’ Multiple Double Layers in Glow Discharge Plasma’, Joint ICTP-IAEA college on plasma physics, ICTP, ITALY (2016).

10

Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha,’ Effect of ion induced SEEC from cathode material in the formation of multiple anodic double layers in diode plasma’, 3rd International conference on laser and plasma applications in material science, Kolkata, India (2015).

11

Prince Alex, A.K.Sanyasi, Prabhakar Srivastav,P.K. Srivastava, Rithesh Sugandi, L.M. Awasthi, ‘Electron Temperature Control using Multi- Grid Biasing System in Prototype Double Plasma Device’, National symposium Plasma-2018, Institute for plasma research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

12

Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Self-Organization scenario of multiple anodic double layers’, National symposium Plasma-2017, Institute for plasma research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

13

Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha’, National symposium Plasma-2017, Institute for plasma research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

14

Jayaprakash K., Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Understanding floating potential oscillation and ADL formation by pray predator model’, National symposium Plasma-2017, Institute for plasma research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

15

Saravanan A, Prince Alex, Suraj Sinha, ‘Feedback model for secondary electron emission for DC gas discharge plasma’, National symposium Plasma-2017, Institute for plasma research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

16

Perumal M., Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Self-Organization and emergence of chaos associated with multiple anodic double layers in glow discharge plasma’, National symposium Plasma-2017, Institute for plasma research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

17

Saravanan A, Prince Alex, Suraj Sinha,’ Effective secondary electron coefficient of cathode under abnormal glow discharge condition’, National symposium Plasma-2017, Institute for plasma research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

18

Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Onset and hysteresis properties of double layers in glow discharge plasma’, 2nd National symposium MECS-2016, Pondicherry University, INDIA.

19

Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Multiple anodic double layers in glow discharge plasma’, National symposium Plasma-2015, SINP, Kolkata.

20

Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Critical Current associated with the formation of anodic double layers’, National conference on MECS,2015, VIT, Chennai, India.

21

Prince Alex, Saravanan A. and Suraj Kumar Sinha, ‘Critical current associated with the formation of anodic double layers’, 3rd International conference on laser and plasma application in material science, Kolkata, India, 2015.

22

Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Intermittency route to chaos and back in simple plasma devices’, National symposium Plasma 2014, M.G. University, Kottayam, India.

23

Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ A Model for the Calculation N2+ and H2+ ion influx’, National symposium Plasma 2014, M.G. University, Kottayam, India.

24

Saravanan A, Prince Alex, Suraj Sinha,’ Estimation of Secondary Electron Emission Coefficient from the power Balance of cathode under plasma condition’, KIIT university, Odissa,2013

25

Prince Alex, Saravanan A, Suraj Sinha,’ Nitrogen depth profile of SS304’, SERB School on Tokomak,IPR, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 2013.

26

Prince Alex, Alphonsa Joseph, Subrato Mukherjee, Suraj Sinha,’ XRD characterization of Phase depth distribution of Plasma nitrided SS304’, National symposium Plasma -2012, Pondicherry, India.