Santosh A Mani - K J Somaiya School of Engineering

Dr. Santosh A Mani

Associate Professor at K J Somaiya School of Engineering

Faculty

Department:
Science & Humanities
Institute:
K J Somaiya School of Engineering
Location:
Vidyavihar - Mumbai
Email Address:
santoshmani@somaiya.edu
Contact Details:
Landline No. : 022-66449558

Extension No. : 9558
Office Address :
Room No. A016, Physics Laboratory k. J. Somaiya School Of Engineering somaiya Vidyavihar University vidyavihar(e), Mumbai 400077
Timings For Visitors:
Monday to Friday 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
Curriculum Vitae

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Introduction

Working in K. J. Somaiya School of Engineering since 2002.

Currently Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Science and Humanities and

Joint Associate Dean, Research and Development, K. J. Somaiya School of Engineering, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai.

Worked as Associate Head, Department of Science and Humanities from July 2017 to June 2021.

Worked as In-charge Admission from July 2017 to march 2022.

Educational qualification: M.Sc(Physics), PhD(Physics)

Areas of interes: Engineering/Applied Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Material Science, Polymers and Nanomaterials.

Research publications: More than 25 research publications in peer reviewed journals and proceeding ; presentation of research papers in international/national conferences.

Academic achievement and awards: Recipient of various awards for research and academics.

Delivered invited talks and chaired session in conferences.

Sponsored research projects: Working on sponsored research project is going on. Completed two sponsored research projects.

Patents: Six (design and innovative) patents.

Book chapters: three book chapters.

Membership of professional bodies:

Life Fellow Member of Optical Society of India (L618).
Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education (LM35673)
Life Member of Indian Liquid Crystal Society (L422)
Life Member of Indian Association of Physics Teachers (10066 L6354)
Life Member of Indian Association of Physics (BOM/LM/12966)

Education

BSc (Physics),University of Mumbai,1999

MSc (Physics),University of Mumbai,2001

PhD (Physics),University of Mumbai,2017

Professional Experience

Academic

K J Somaiya School of Engineering, Associate Professor, July 2023 - Present
K J Somaiya School of Engineering, Assistant Professor, August 2002 - June 2023
K J Somaiya School of Engineering, Lecturer, February 2002 - May 2002
R.J. College, Lecturer, August 2001 - February 2002

Courses/Subjects Teaching

APPLIED PHYSICS- II

APPLIED PHYSICS - I

Research Specialisation

Soft Condensed Materials
Material Science
Polymers
Nanomaterials
Physics

Consultancy Expertise

Soft Condensed Materials

Consultancy Projects

No Information Available

Achievements, Recognitions & Awards

Best Presentation award at National Symposium on Smart synthesis techniques for smart materials & their application in Science and Engineering organized by Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI), Mumbai during January, 3rd to 4th 2020.
Research Appreciation Award by R and D cell of K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai in February 2019.
Best Oral Presentation Award at National Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and their Applications (ANA-2018) at National Institute of Technology, Allahabad, Praygraj in December 2018.
ISTE-KJSSE AWARD BY K. J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING FOR RESEARCH PAPER PUBLICATION IN APRIL 2018.
2nd Prize for Presentation at National Conference on Advanced Analytical Tools for Material Characterization at Birla College, Kalyan, in February 2018.
Dr. S. K. Somaiya Award for Excellence in Research by Somaiya Vidyavihar in September 2017.
Recipient of Best Paper award at International Conference on Modern Materials for Engineering and Research organized by Sengunthar Engineering College, September 29th to 30th 2022
Recipient of Young Researcher Award during International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid Mechanics and Nanoelectronics (ICRAFMN – 2023) organized by MIT Bengaluru and NIT Uttarakhand during July 12th to 14th, 2023

Letter of Appreciation for obtaining excellent faculty feedback by students from HOD S&H, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering for the academic year 2016-17
Delivered an Invited talk at International Conference on Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Nanosystems (ICLCPN 2019) organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, during December 13th to 15th , 2019.
Worked as Judge for 11th intercollegiate research Scholar’s meet held under star scheme by DBT, Govt. of India at K. C. College, Mumbai on February 25th, 2019.
Worked as organizing committee member for One Week AICTE-ISTE Approved STTP on “Linear Algebra, Statistics, Mathematical Modeling: Hands on” held at K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai during January, 8 to 12, 2019.
Delivered Guest Seminar on “Quantum Mechanics” at Konkan Gyanpeeth College of Engineering, Karjat on Tuesday, 23rd October 2018.
Delivered Guest Lecture on “Superconductivity and its Applications” at Atahrva College of Engineering, Tuesday, 16th October 2018.
Delivered Guest Lecture on “Fundamentals of LASERs and its Engineering Applications” at Konkan Gyanpeeth College of Engineering, Karjat on Monday, 9th April 2018.
Delivered Guest Lecture on “Basic in Nanotechnology” at R. J. College, Ghatkopar (W), Mumbai on 26th March 2012.
Delivered talk as keynote speaker at MULTICON-W 2023 (14th International & National Conference and Workshop at Thakur College of Engineering and Technology, Mumbai during February 24th to 25th , 2023

Chaired a session at International Conference on Liquid Crystals, Liquid Crystalline Polymers and Nanosystems (ICLCPN 2019) organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, during December 13th to 15th , 2019.
Selected for Indian Education Award 2019, Techprolabz, Incubation Center, IIT Patna in April 2019
Certificate of Excellence at FEAST 2018 at National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli in April 2018
Letter of Appreciation for obtaining excellent faculty feedback by students from HOD S&H, K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering for the academic year 2017-18
Selected for Innovative Technological Research and Dedicated Teaching Professional Award at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in October 2017

MDP / FDP

- PARTICIPATED IN FIVE DAYS NATIONAL E-WORKSHOP ON &LDQUO;INSTRUMENTATION TECHNIQUES IN CHEMICAL SCIENCES&RDQUO; (ITCS-2021), ORGANIZED BY VEER BAHADUR SINGH PURVANCHAL UNIVERSITY JAUNPUR, DURING JUNE 25^TH TO 29^TH 2021.
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- ATTENDED ATAL ONLINE FDP ON &LDQUO;QUANTUM COMPUTING" ORGANIZED BY VARDHAMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,&NBSP;HYDERABAD, DURING OCTOBER 5^TH TO 10^TH 2020.
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- ATTENDED ATAL ONLINE FDP ON "NOVEL MATERIALS" ORGANIZED BY RAJKIYA ENGINEERING COLLEGE BANDA DURING SEPTEMBER 18^TH TO 22^ND 2020.
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- ATTENDED ONE WEEK ONLINE FDP ON &LDQUO;NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY- CURRENT PERSPECTIVES&RDQUO; ORGANIZED G. H. RAISONI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, NAGPUR DURING JULY 27^TH TO AUGUST 1^ST2020.
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- ATTENDED FDP ON &LDQUO;ADVANCED MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE APPLICATIONS&RDQUO; ORGANIZED BY VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE, CHENNAI DURING JULY 18^TH TO 22^ND 2020.
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- ATTENDED TEQIP III SPONSORED ONLINE WORKSHOP ON &LDQUO;ADVANCED TECHNIQUES FOR MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION&RDQUO; ORGANIZED BY MALVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MANIT) JAIPUR, DURING JULY 6^TH TO 10^TH 2020.
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- PARTICIPATED IN ONE WEEK SHORT TERM COURSE (STTP) ON &LDQUO;RECENT ADVANCEMENT IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIAL SCIENCES" (RACEMS2019) ORGANIZED BY MAULANA AZAD NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MANIT), BHOPAL, DURING DECEMBER 25^TH &NBSP;&NBSP;TO 29^TH , 2019.
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- PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOP ON MOODLE: LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) K. J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MUMBAI DURING SEPTEMBER, 27^TH , 2019.
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- ATTENDED WEBINAR ON DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT OF ANDROID APPLICATION FOR TEACHING, LEARNING WITH MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES BY IUCEE AT KJSSE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10^TH , 2019.
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- ATTENDED WEBINAR ON USE OF KAHOOT AS A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION BY INDO UNIVERSAL COLLABORATION FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION (IUCEE) AT KJSSE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3^RD , 2019.
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- PARTICIPATED IN ONE DAY &LDQUO;WORKSHOP ON 150 YEARS OF THE PERIODIC TABLE&RDQUO; AT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, MUMBAI DURING NOVEMBER 3^RD , 2018. &NBSP;
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- COMPLETED &LDQUO;LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR BUILDING INSTITUTIONAL LEADERSHIP&RDQUO; BY TRASCENDER SERVICES PVT. LTD. AT K. J. SOMAIYA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MUMBAI DURING JANUARY 2018 TO OCTOBER 2018.
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- PARTICIPATED IN ONE DAY &LDQUO;LECTURE CUM HANDS-ON-TRAINING ON REFERENCE MANAGEMENT&RDQUO; ORGANIZED BY SOMAIYA INITIATIVE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY AT SOMAIYA VIDYAVIHAR DURING AUGUST 11^TH , 2018.
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- COMPLETED ONE WEEK AICTE-ISTE INDUCTION/REFRESHER PROGRAMME ON &LDQUO;INNOVATIVE TEACHING LEARNING PRACTICES&NBSP; TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME BASED EDUCATION AND ACCREDITATION AT SARDAR PATEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MUNSHI NAGAR, ANDHERI (W), MUMBAI 400 058 DURING MAY 3^RD TO 9^TH , 2018.&NBSP;
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- PARTICIPATED IN ONE WEEK GIAN COURSE ON X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY AND ITS APPLICATION TO NANOMATERIALS (XASAN-2017) AT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MNNIT) ALLAHABAD, ALLAHABAD 211004, DURING DECEMBER 21^ST&NBSP; TO 28^TH , 2017.
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- PARTICIPATED IN FOUR MONTHS COURSE &LDQUO;PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTORS &LDQUO;CONDUCTED BY CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR FROM 15^TH AUGUST 2017 TO 20^TH NOV 2017.
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- PARTICIPATED IN TWO DAYS NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON &LDQUO;ADVANCES IN NANO-DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM&RDQUO; AT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, MUMBAI DURING MARCH 23TH &NBSP;TO 24^TH , 2017.
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- PARTICIPATED IN TWO DAYS NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON &LDQUO;RECENT TRENDS IN SURFACE PHYSICS PHENOMENA&RDQUO; AT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, MUMBAI DURING MARCH 21^ST &NBSP;TO 22^ND , 2017.
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- COMPLETED ONE WEEK TEQIP-II SPONSORED STTP ON &LDQUO;NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY: FUNDAMENTALS, SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATION&RDQUO; AT SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, MUMBAI DURING JANUARY, 2^ND &NBSP;TO 7^TH , 2017.
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- PARTICIPATED IN TWO WEEK GIAN COURSE ON &LDQUO;MAGNETIC NANOMATERIALS&RDQUO; AT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, MUMBAI DURING DECEMBER 19^TH &NBSP;TO 30^TH , 2016.
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- ATTENDED ONE DAY &LDQUO;TEACHING LEARNING WORKSHOP&RDQUO; AT DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI, MUMBAI ON FEBRUARY 25^TH , 2016.
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- Participated in two days’ workshop on “Analysis of Composite and Advanced Materials using FEM” organized by the Vellore Institute of Technology during October 12^th to 13^th 2023.
- Participated in one week FDP on “Functional Materials and Devices: Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development' organized by the Department of Physics, Presidency University during July 10^th to 14^th 2023.
- Participated in four months course in Classical Electromagnetism-2 (Magnetostatics) organized by Centre for Continuing Education, IIT Kanpur, during August, 15^th to December 25^th, 2022.
- Completed one-week ISTE approved STTP on “Quantum Computing” held during by K.J. Somaiya Institute of Engineering & Information Technology, Mumbai, during December 12^th to 17^th, 2022.
- Completed one week FDP on Quantum Physics leading way to Photonics, organized by G.H Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur during October 10^th to 14^th, 2022

Research Papers

Santosh Mani.(2020).Developing Analytical and Observational Approach in Undergraduate Learners.Journal of Engineering Education Transformations (JEET),33(Special Issue,ICTIEE):571-575.http://doi.org/10.16920/jeet/2020/v33i0/150120

Santosh Mani.(2020).Effect of Ferroelectric Nanopowder on Electrical and Acoustical Properties of Cholesteric Liquid Crystal.Non-Metallic Material Science,2(1):12-16.https://doi.org/10.30564/omms.v2i1.1821

Santosh Mani.(2019).A study of structural parameters and photoluminescence of Tb doped ZnO nanoparticles.Materials Today: Proceedings,1(ICONSEA-2018):2214-7853.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2019.05.377

Santosh Mani.(2018).Optical and Thermal studies on CNT doped Liquid Crystal Mixtures.Advanced Materials Proceedings,3(1):41-44.http://doi.org/10.5185/amlett.2018/737

Santosh Mani.(2017).Investigations of Optical and Thermal Response of Polymer Dispersed Binary Liquid Crystals.Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals,647(1):244-252.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2017.1287478

Santosh Mani.(2017).Optical Characterization of Inorganic Nanoparticles doped in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal.Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals,647(1):244-252.https://doi.org/10.1080/15421406.2017.1289603

Santosh Mani.(2016).Comparative study of nanoparticles doped in Liquid Crystal Polymer System.Journal of Molecular Liquids,224(1):668-671.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2016.10.075

Santosh Mani.(2016).Study of Optical, Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Nematic Liquid Crystal Elastomer.Journal of Information Display,17(4):169-176.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15980316.2016.1241832

Title : SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS
Application No : 202321026355
Inventors : Krishnakant Mishra, Nitin Sood, Pradip Sarawade, Sameer Hadkar, Samriti Khosla, Santosh Mani & Suman Lal
Status : Complete Specification

Title : DEEP LEARNING WITH NANOTECHNOLOGY APPROACH TO THE EFFECT OF TOPICAL CREAMS FOR TREATING BLOOD CANCER NODES
Application No : 202221058459
Inventors : .samriti Khosla, Pradip Sarawade & Santosh Mani
Status : Complete Specification

Title : LIGHTWEIGHT AND OUTSTANDING MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF AGAVE FIBER REINFORCED SILICA AEROGEL BLANKET
Application No : 202221065528
Inventors : Pradip Sarawade, Santosh Mani & Sapana Jadhav
Status : Complete Specification

Physics

Thermal And Optical Characterization Of Quantum Dots Dispersed In Liquid Crystal System

April 2018