Minor Research project of UGC, Govt. of India  (Oct 2003)

• Molecular vibrational spectral studies of biomolecules of importance and organic NLO materials using NIR-FT Raman and IR Spectra.
• Studies of Langmuir- Blodgett films and development of LB set up
• Quantum chemical computations using ab initio and Density Functional Theoretical methods for geometry Optimization and vibrational  spectral prediction of Biomolecules  for analysis of experimental results.
• Growth of new NLO crystals for structural and vibrational characterization.
• Vibrational spectral studies of natural product  molecules with medicinal properties.
• Vibrational spectral studies of anticancer drug molecules such as the latest COMBRETASTATIN molecules.

(i) Prof.Ole Furskov Nielsen,   Chem. Inst., University of Copenhagen, 5, Universitetsparken, DK-2100 Copenhagen,  DENMARK. 

(ii) Prof. George R Pettit
Reagent Professor of Chemistry and   Dalton Professor of Cancer Research and  Medicinal Chemistry  DIRECTOR, Cancer Research Institute, Arizona State University, P O Box 872404, TEMPE, AZ  85287 -2404 , U S A 

(iii) Prof. Jean Aubard
 ITODYS,   Universite’ Paris,  FRANCE

(i) Dr.V.George , 
Dept. of Phytochemistry Tropical and BotanicalGarden Research Institute, Palode, Thiruvananthapuram District.

(ii) Dr.C.P.R.Nair, 
Polymers and Special Chemicals Group,  Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,  Veli, Thiruvananthapuram, India

(iii) Prof.V.B.Kartha,
Center for Laser Spectroscopy, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal.

(iv) Prof.Dr.T.P.Radhakrishnan
School of Chemistry ,University of Hyderabad,   Hyderabad-500046,INDIA
 Email : tprsc@uohyd.ernet.in

2. NIR-FT Raman, SERS - and FT-IR Spectra and Ab initio Calculations of     the Natural Product Nodakenetin Angelate
J.Binoy^a, Jose P. Abrahama, I. Hubert  Joea, Varughese Georgeb ,   V. S  Jayakumara*, Jean Aubard c, and  Ole Faurskov Nielsend   J.Raman Spectrosc.  (2004)  (in press)

3. NIR-FT Raman and FT-IR spectral studies and  Ab Initio calculations of  the Anti-Cancer Drug Combretastatin-A4
J. Binoy^a, Jose P. Abraham^a, I.Hubert Joe^a, V.S.Jayakumar^a* ,  G. R. Pettit^b and O. Faurskov Nielsen J. Raman Spectroscopy (2004) ; 35 ; 939 

4. Vibrational Spectra and Density Functional Theoretical Calculations on the Antitumor Drug, Plumbagin
D.Sajan^a, K.P.Laladas ^b, I. Hubert Joe^a and V.S.Jayakumar^{a* a} Department of Physics, Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram-695 015, Kerala, India ^b Department of Zoology, St.Stephens College, Pathanapuram, Kollam, Kerala, India
Journal of Raman Spectroscopy  (2004) (communicated)

5. NIR – FT Raman and Infra red spectra and Ab Initio Computations of Glycinium Oxalate

D.SAJAN ^a  ,  J.BINOY ^a, B. PRADEEP ^b , K. VENKATA KRISHNA^c, V.B.KARTHA ^c, I. HUBERT JOE ^a, and V. S. JAYAKUMAR ^a*
Spectrochimica Acta Part A:Biomolecular Spectroscopy (2004) 

6..      Bis (glycylglycinium) oxalate at 100 K
 Krzysztof Ejsmont, Jacek Zaleski, Isaac H. Joe and  V S. Jayakumar
 Acta Crystallographica Section C 59(10) o553- o555 (2003) 

7. Vibrational spectroscopic studies on the natural product, columbianadin
Jose P Abraham, I.Hubert Joe , V.George, O.F.Nielsen, and V.S.Jayakumar
Spectrochimica  Acta ,Part A   vol 59(1) pp 193-199 (2003)  

8.  IR and Single crystal Raman Spectra of Langbeinites :M⁺₂Ni₂(SO₄)₃   (M= NH₄,K)
.S.Jayakumar, I.Hubert Joe, G.Aruldhas     
Ferroelectrics, 165, 307 (1995) 

9.  FT-IR and Polarised Raman Spectra N₂H₅H₂PO₄
 I.Hubert Joe ,V.S.Jayakumar,  G.Aruldhas
Acta Chimica Hungarica – Models in Chemistry 132(5),747  (1995) 

10. FT-IR and Polarised Raman Spectra of N(CH₃)₄H₂PO₄.H₂O.
 I.Hubert Joe ,V.S.Jayakumar,  G.Aruldhas
J . Solid State Chemistry 120(2)  343  (1995) 

11.  ‘Polarised Raman and IR spectra of Magnesium Diammonium Bis(Hydrogen)   Orthophosphate Tetrahydrate’.
 V.S.Jayakumar, P.Rajagopal and G.Aruldhas
 J.Raman Spectroscopy  22, 592 (1991) 

12.“IR and Polarised Raman spectra of   NH₄)₂Mg(SO₄)₂.6H₂O.”                         V.S.Jayakumar, G.Sekar, P.Rajagopal and G.Aruldhas
 Phy. Stat. Solidi (a) 109, 635 (1988)

1. ICORS (International Conferernce On Raman Spectroscopy) 2004 –held at Queensland, Australia in Aug 2004
 No.of papers presented- 5(Five)

VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA OF ORGANIC NLO COMPOUND,                         p-HYDROXY ACETOPHENONE
D. Sajan, T. Vijayakumar, I. Hubert Joe and V.S. Jayakumar*                                 

RAMAN STUDY OF VIBRATIONAL SPECTRA OF CHLORAMPHENICOL   

2.     . EUCMOS (European conference on Molecular Spectroscopy) 2004 -held in September 2004 at Poland (Paper presented)
Density Functional Calculations and Vibrational Spectroscopic Studies Of  Methyl P-hydoxy Benzoate
D.SAJAN ¹, JACEK ZALESKI ², I.HUBERT JOE ¹ and V.S. JAYAKUMAR 

3.  NIR-FT Raman , SERS and  FT-IR  Spectra and ab initio calculations of the    natural product   Nodakenetin Angelate
Jose P Abraham, I.Hubert Joe , V.George, J.Aubard,  O.F.Nielsen, and   V.S.Jayakumar Presented at PITTCON-2002, (Pittsburgh Conference on analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy), Pittsburgh, USA., March2002. 

4.  Presented a paper at the XIII  International Conference  on  Raman            Spectroscopy  (ICORS) 31 Aug-4 Sep 1992 at Wurzburg,  Germany

2.  International Conference  INCONS  2005   -  Feb 2005  at Chennai   No. of Papers accepted for presentation- 5

3.    DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium –2004  ( NLS-4) Jan10-13 , 2005  BARC, Mumbai , No. of papers accepted- 5 

4.   POLYMER- 2004   to be held in Dec 2004 at Trivandrum ,
No. of papers  accepted for presentation- one 

5.  DAE-BRNS  National Laser Symposium-NLS 2003 (Dec 2003)  held at IIT, Kharagpur, India
 No. of papers presented –11(Eleven) 

6. DAE-BRNS National laser Symposium   November 14-16  (2002)  held in SCTIMS Trivandrum

 i). Ab Initio Computations and Vibrational spectroscopic study  of L-Prolinium Tartrate

JOSE P ABRAHAM ^{a à} , VENKATA KRISHNA^b,V.B.KARTHA ^b, I.HUBERT JOE ^a,  and  V.S.JAYAKUMAR ^a*  
Proc.  DAE-BRNS National laser Symposium   November 14-16  p.380 (2002) 

ii) Density Functional Calculations  and Vibrational Spectra of L-Histidine   Dihydrochloride
C.JAMES ^{a à} , VENKATA KRISHNA^b,V.B.KARTHA ^b, I.HUBERT JOE ^a, and  V.S.JAYAKUMAR ^a *
Proc.  DAE-BRNS National laser Symposium   November 14-16  p.384 (2002) 

iii) NIR-FT Raman Spectral Analysis  and Ab Initio  Computations of Glycinium Oxalate
D.SAJAN ^{a  à} , B.PRADEEP ^b, J.BINOY ^a, VENKATA KRISHNA ^c,V.B.KARTHA^c, I.HUBERT JOE^a, and   V.S.JAYAKUMAR ^a*
 Proc. DAE-BRNS National laser Symposium  November 14-16  p.387 (2002)

iv) Ab Initio Studies on the Vibrational Spectra of  2,6 – Bis ( p-methyl benzylidine) Cyclohexanone
J.BINOY ^a , VENKATA KRISHNA^b,V.B.KARTHA^b, I.HUBERT JOE ^a, and  V.S.JAYAKUMAR^a *
 Proc. DAE-BRNS National laser Symposium November 14-16  p.382 (2002)

• 3 week Refresher Course in Physics at University of Mysore, Nov’90
• Refresher Course in Physics at University of Pondicherry-July1997. 
• Participated in the “International School on Crystal Growth: Methods and Processes” at Crystal Growth Center , Anna University ,Chennai from   24   Jan - 4 Feb 2000.
• Participated in the workshop for Heads of Institutions organized by NAAC of UGC at Madurai - Kamaraj University, Madurai  for institutional accreditation, representing Mar Ivanios College, 1998. 
• Partcipated and presented at DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-2002) at SCTIMS, November 14-16  (2002) Trivandrum  
• Partcipated and presented at DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS-2003 ) at IIT Kharagpur December 2003
• Participated in the Inter disciplinary Refresher Course on Spectroscopy, Chemical Reactions and biology held at Viswa Bharati, Santiniketan and S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata from 21 November to 7 December, 2002. 
• Participated in the two week Refresher Course in Experimental Physics sponsored by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, held from 28 Oct to 10 Nov 2003 at Goa University

• Member, Board of Studies in Physics (Pass), University of Kerala (1995-‘98)
• (ii) Chairman, Board of Studies in Physics (Pass),  University of Kerala (1998-2001)
• (iii) Member, Board of Studies in Physics (P.G),   University of Kerala (1998-2001)
• Member, Faculty of Science,  University of Kerala (1998-2001)
• Designed, the syllabi and course structure of a number of courses related to Physics.
• Organised a workshop for Physics teachers of the University of Kerala to prepare a Question Bank for B.Sc Physics (funded by the University of Kerala) and published an exhaustive Question bank (300pages) in Jan 2001.
• Conducted a two week workshop (funded by the University of Kerala) on Computational Physics and ‘C’ programming for Physics teachers of the University of Kerala in Nov.2001
• Project Guide for M.Phil (Physics) students of neighbouring universities (M.G.University and Cochin University of Science and Technology)

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