Dr Selvakumar K - Bannari Amman Institute of Technology

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Experience Type	Organization	Date of Joining	To	Total Experience
Engineering	Bannari Amman Institue of Technology, Sathyamangalam	23.01.2017
Engineering	Muthayammal Engineering College	20.09.2006	31.05.2008	1 Year & 8 Month(s)

Degree	Specialization	Institute	University	Year of Passing
B.SC	Physics	Gobi Arts and Science College	Bharathiar University,Coimbatore	2004
M.SC	Physics	PSG College of Arts and Science	Periyar University, Salem	2006
M.PHIL	Physics	Periyar University	Periyar University, Salem	2007
Ph.D	Nuclear Physics	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	2017

S.No.	Subject Area
1	Experimental Nuclear Physics
2	Gamma Ray Spectroscopy
3	Nuclear Structure
4	Radiation Detection
5	Radioactivity
6	Heavy Ion Physics

Rajeevgandhi C, Bharanidharan S, Bharathi E, Selvakumar K, Viswanathan K, Guganathan L, Sandoval-Hevia G, Kandasamy M, “Tailoring the Magnetic Properties of GdₓCo₁₋ₓFe₂O₄ Nanoparticles Using the Co-Precipitation Technique”, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, Vol. 102, Issue 10, 2025, Article ID: 102027, DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2025.102027.

Selvakumar K, Elavarasan, Bharathi, Chinnaiyan, Rajeevgandhi, Ponnusamy, Sasikumar, Loganathan, Guganathan, Sambantham And Senthilvelan, “Application Of Natural Solar Photocatalytic And Dssc’s Studies Ac Loaded On Ag–In2o3 Nanoparticles By HydroThermal Approach”, Heliyon, Vol. No.10, Issue No.5, 2024

Selvakumar K, Kathirvel R, Poongodi M, Vetriarasu V, Vivekanandan K.E, Arivalagan Pugazhendhi And Geetha Venkatesan, “Quinoline-Quinoline Schiff-Base As An Effective Chromogenic, Fluorogenic And Smartphone Assisted Rgb Detection Of Pb2+ Ion In Near Aqueous Medium”, Environmental Research, Vol. No.250, Issue No.45444, 2024

Selvakumar, K, Duraisamy, V, Venkateshwaran, S, Arumugam, N, Almansour, A.I, Wang, Y, Xiaoteng Liu, T, Murugesan Senthil Kumar, S, “Development of Î±-MnO2 Nanowire with Ni- and (Ni, Co)-Cation Doping as an Efficient Bifunctional Oxygen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyst”, ChemElectroChem, Vol. No.9, Issue No.2, 2022

Luisetto, I, Stendardo, S, Senthil Kumar, S.M, Selvakumar, K, Kesavan, J.K, Iucci, G, Pasqual Laverdura, U, Tuti, S, “One-pot Synthesis of Ni0.05 ce0.95 o2âˆ’Î´ Catalysts with Nanocubes and Nanorods Morphology for Co2 Methanation Reaction and in Operando Drift Analysis of Intermediate Species”, Processes, Vol. No.9, Issue No.11, 2021

Shreema K, Mathammal R, Kalaiselvi V, Vijayakumar S, Selvakumar K and Senthil K,”Green Synthesis Of Silver Doped Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Using Fresh Leaf Extract Morinda Citrifoliaand its Antioxidant Potential”Volume 47, Part 9 , , Pages 2126-2131https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.04.627,2021

Selvakumar, K, Duraisamy, V, Senthil Kumar, S.M, “Activity Manifestation Via Architectural Manipulation by Cubic Silica-derived Co3O4 Electrocatalysts Towards Bifunctional Oxygen Electrode Performance”, New Journal of Chemistry, Vol. No.45, Issue No.36, Pages.16913-16925, 2021

Gupta, G, Selvakumar, K, Mamlouk, M, Lakshminarasimhan, N, Senthil Kumar, S.M, “The Effects of Morphology, Microstructure and Mixed-valent States of MnO2 on the Oxygen Evolution Reaction Activity in Alkaline Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis”, Journal of Power Sources, Vol. No.461, 2020

Ette, P.M, Selvakumar, K, Senthil Kumar, S.M, Ramesha, K, “Ordered 1D and 3D Mesoporous Co3O4 Structures: Effect of Morphology on Li-ion Storage and High Rate Performance”, Electrochimica Acta, Vol. No.310, Pages.184-194, 2019

Selvakumar, K, Ulaganathan, M, Senthil Kumar, S.M, Thangamuthu, R, Periasamy, P, Ragupathy, P, “Electrospun Carbon Nanofiber Sprinkled with Co 3 O 4 as an Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Medium”, ChemistrySelect, Vol. No.4, Issue No.17, Pages.5160-5167, 2019

Duraisamy, V, Selvakumar, K, Krishnan, R, Kumar, S.M.S, “Investigation on Template Etching Process of SBA-15 Derived Ordered Mesoporous Carbon on Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction”, ChemistrySelect, Vol. No.4, Issue No.8, Pages.2463-2474, 2019

Selvakumar, K, Kumar, S.M.S, Thangamuthu, R, Rajput, P, Bhattacharyya, D, Jha, S.N, “2D and 3D Silica-Template-Derived MnO2 Electrocatalysts towards Enhanced Oxygen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Activity”, ChemElectroChem, Vol. No.5, Issue No.24, Pages.3980-3990, 2018

Ette, P.M, Selvakumar, K, Senthil Kumar, S.M, Ramesha, K, “Silica Template Assisted Synthesis of Ordered Mesoporous Î²â€“MnO2 Nanostructures and Their Performance Evaluation as Negative Electrode in Li-ion Batteries”, Electrochimica Acta, Vol. No.292, Pages.532-539, 2018

Chandrasekaran, N, Selvakumar, K, Premkumar, V, Muthusamy, S, Senthil Kumar, S.M, Thangamuthu, R, “Dual Heteroatom-Doped Carbon Monoliths Derived from Catalyst-free Preparation of Porous Polyisocyanurate for Oxygen Reduction Reaction”, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Vol. No.6, Issue No.7, Pages.9094-9103, 2018

Senthil Kumar, S.M, Selvakumar, K, Thangamuthu, R, “One-pot HydroThermal Synthesis of Supported CoS Electrocatalysts: The Effect of Support Nature on Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity in Alkaline Medium”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. No.43, Issue No.9, Pages.4773-4783, 2018

Senthil Kumar, S.M, Selvakumar, K, Karthikeyan, J, Thangamuthu, R, Murugan, P, Rajput, P, Jha, S.N, Bhattacharyya, D, Navascues, N, Irusta, S, “Manifestation of Concealed Defects in MoS2 Nanospheres for Efficient and Durable Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction”, ChemistrySelect, Vol. No.2, Issue No.17, Pages.4667-4672, 2017

Thangasamy, P, Selvakumar, K, Sathish, M, Kumar, S.M.S, Thangamuthu, R, “Anchoring of Ultrafine Co3O4 Nanoparticles on MWCNTs Using Supercritical Fluid Processing and its Performance Evaluation Towards Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction”, Catalysis Science and Technology, Vol. No.7, Issue No.5, Pages.1227-1234, 2017

Senthil Kumar, S.M, Selvakumar, K, Thangamuthu, R, Karthigai Selvi, A, Ravichandran, S, Sozhan, G, Rajasekar, K, Navascues, N, Irusta, S, “HydroThermal Assisted Morphology Designed MoS2 Material as Alternative Cathode Catalyst for PEM Electrolyser Application”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. No.41, Issue No.31, Pages.13331-13340, 2016

Selvakumar, K, Senthil Kumar, S.M, Thangamuthu, R, Ganesan, K, Murugan, P, Rajput, P, Jha, S.N, Bhattacharyya, D, “Physiochemical Investigation of Shape-designed MnO2 Nanostructures and Their Influence on Oxygen Reduction Reaction Activity in Alkaline Solution”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Vol. No.119, Issue No.12, Pages.6604-6618, 2015

Selvakumar, K, Senthil Kumar, S.M, Thangamuthu, R, Kruthika, G, Murugan, P, “Development of Shape-engineered Î±-MnO2 Materials as Bi-functional Catalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction and Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Medium”, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. No.39, Issue No.36, Pages.21024-21036, 2014

Selvakumar K, “Nuclear Structure Studies of 122cs Nuclei at High Spins”, National Conference on “Futuristic Materials in Science and Technology (ICFMST-23)”, BIT, 2023.

Selvakumar K, “Fabrication of Target Materials For Nuclear Experiments”, National Conference on “Quantum Materials, Nano science & Nanotechnology, Conquest – 2022”, BIT, 2022.

Purnima Singh, Somnath Nag, K. Selvakumar, A. K. Singh, Abhijit Bisoi, A. Goswami, S. Bhattacharya, Surender Kumar, Kuljeet Singh, Jasmine Sethi, Sudipta Saha, T. Trivedi, S. K. Jadav, R. Donthi, B. S. Naidu, and R. Palit, “Observation of maximally aligned states in gamma-h11/2- pi-h11/2 band of 122I”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Visakhapatnam, December 2018.

K. Selvakumar, A. K. Singh, Abilash S. R, and D. Kabiraj, “Fabrication of 94Mo Target”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE, BARC, Mumbai, December 2013.

Abhijit Bisoi, S. Ray, D. Pramanik, R. Kshetri, S. Nag, K. Selvakumar, P. Singh, A.Goswami, V. Nanal, R. Palit, S. Sarkar, M. Saha Sarkar S. Saha, J. Sethi, T. Trivedi, B. S.Naidu, and R. Donthi,, “High spin states in 33S”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Mumbai, December 2013.

J. Ray, U. Datta Pramanik, R. K. Bhowmik, S. Chakraborty, A. Chakraborty, R. Garg, S. Goyal, S. Ganguly, S. Kumar, S. Mandal, B. Mukherjee, P. Mukherjee, S. Muralithar, D. Negi, A. Rahaman, I. Ray, M. Roy, M. Saxena, K. Selvakumar, P. Singh, A. K. Singh, and R. P. Singh, “De-excitation of hot rotating nuclei near proton dripline”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Delhi, December 2012.

Sudatta Ray, A. Bisoi, D. Pramanik, R. Kshetri, S. Nag, K. Selva Kumar, P. Singh, A. Goswami, S. Saha, J. Sethi, T. Trivedi, B. S. Naidu, R. Donthi, V. Nanal, R. Palit, S. Sarkar, and M. Saha Sarkar, “Study of side-feeding time for light mass nuclei”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Visakhapatnam, December 2011.

Abhijit Bisoi, S. Ray, D. Pramanik, R. Kshetri, S. Nag, K. Selva Kumar, P. Singh , A.Goswami, S. Saha, J. Sethi, T. Trivedi, B. S. Naidu, R. Donthi, V. Nanal, R. Palit, S. Sarkar, and M. Saha Sarkar, “High Spin Spectroscopy of 34Cl”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Visakhapatnam, December 2011.

J. Ray, U. Datta Pramanik, R. K. Bhowmik, S. Chakraborty, A. Chakraborty, R. Garg, S. Goyal, S. Ganguly, S. Kumar, S. Mandal, B. Mukherjee, S. Muralithar, D. Negi, A. Rahaman, M. Saxena, K. Selvakumar, I. Ray, Purnima Singh, A. K. Singh, and R.P. Singh, “Exotic Decay Mode Of Nuclei Near Proton Drip Line”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Visakhapatnam, December 2011.

Somnath Nag, Purnima Singh, K. Selvakumar, A. K. Singh, Abhijit Bisoi, A. Goswami, S. Bhattacharya, Surender Kumar, Kuljeet Singh, Jasmine Sethi, Sudipta Saha, T. Trivedi, S. K. Jadav, R. Donthi, B. S. Naidu, and R. Palit, “Study of valence space excitations in 122Te”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Visakhapatnam, December 2011.

J. Ray1, U. Datta Pramanik1, S. Ganguly2, R. K. Bhowmik3, S. Chakraborty1, A. Chakraborty4, R. Garg5, S. Goyal5, S. Kumar6, S. Mandal5, B. Mukherjee5, S. Muralithar3, D. Negi3, A. Rahaman1, M. Saxena5, K. Selvakumar6, I. Ray1, Purnima Singh6, A. K. Singh6, and R.P. Singh3, “Shape Transition From Prolate to Oblate In Exotic Cs And La Isotopes Near Proton drip Line”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Visakhapatnam, December 2011.

J. Ray, U. Datta Pramanik, P. Banerjee, R.K. Bhowmik , S. Chakraborty, A. Chakraborty , R.Garg, S.Goyal, S.Ganguly, S.Kumar, S. Mandal, B.Mukherjee, S.Muralithar, D.Negi, M.Saxena, K. Selvakumar, A. Rahaman, I.Ray, Purnima Singh, A.K.Singh, and R.P. Singh, “Study of high spin states of very neutron-deficient La, Ba, Cs , Xe nuclei near proton-drip line”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Pilani, Rajasthan., December 2010.

Abhijit Bisoi, S. Ray, M. Roy Basu, Debasmita Kanjilal, Somnath Nag, K. Selva Kumar, A. Goswami, N. Madhavan, S. Muralithar, R. K. Bhowmik, S. Sarkar, and M. Saha Sarkar, “Are there Superdeformed states in 35Cl? “, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Pilani, Rajasthan, December 2010.

K. Selvakumar, Subhashri Das, A. K. Singh, Purnima Singh, A. Gowsami , R. Raut , M. Kumar Raju, A. Mukherjee, U. Datta Praminik, P. Dutta, S. Roy , G. Gangopadhyay , S. Bhowal, S. Muralithar, Rakesh Kumar, R. P. Singh, and Thomas Reddy, “Investigation of Shape Coexistence in Mass 125 Region”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Pilani, Rajasthan, December 2010.

Indrani Ray, S. Bhowal, S. Bhattacharya, A. Goswami, G. Ganguly, S.Nag, A. K. Singh, K. Selvakumar, P. Singh, D. Negi, A. Dhal, G. Mohanta, S. Muralithar, R. P. Singh,and R. K. Bhowmik, “Structure of 169W nucleus”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Mumbai, December 2009.

Sudatta Ray, Moumita Roy Basu, Abhijit Bisoi, Debasmita Kanjilal, Somnath Nag, K. Selva Kumar, Asimananda Goswami, N. Madhavan, S. Muralithar, R. K. Bhowmik, Sukhendusekhar Sarkar, and M. Saha Sarkar, “Transition rates in mirror nuclei 35Ar and 35Cl”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Mumbai, December 2009.

K. Selvakumar, Subhashri Das, A. K. Singh, Purnima Singh, A.Gowsami, R. Raut, A. Mukherjee, U. Datta Praminik, P.Dutta, S. Roy, G. Gangopadhyay, S. Bhowal, S. Muralithar, Rakesh Kumar, R. P. Singh, M. Kumar Raju, and Thomas Reddy, “Lifetime measurements in 123Cs”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE-BRNS, Mumbai, December 2009.

Abhijit Bisoi, S. Ray, M. Roy Basu, D. Kanjilal, S. Nag, K. Selva Kumar, A. Goswami, N. Madhava, S. Muralithar, R. K. Bhowmik, S. Sarkar, and M. Saha Sarkar, “High spin states in 38K”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata.

Abhijit Bisoi, S. Ray, M. Roy Basu, D. Kanjilal, S. Nag, K. Selva Kumar, A. Goswami, N. Madhava, S. Muralithar, R. K. Bhowmik, S. Sarkar, and M. Saha Sarkar, “High spin states in 38K”, DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, DAE, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics Kolkata.

J. Ray, U. Datta Pramanik, R. K. Bhowmik, I. Ray, A. Rahaman, A. Chakraborty, S. Chakraborty, R. Garg, S. Goyal, S. Ganguly, S. Kumar, S. Mandal, B. Mukherjee, P. Mukherjee, S. Muralithar, D. Negi, M. Saxena, K. Selvakumar, P. Singh, A. K. Singh, and R. P. Singh, “Exotic decay of hot rotating nuclei near proton drip line”, EPJ Web of Conferences.;

S.No.	Title	Date	Reg. No.	Status	Level	Funding Agency
1	Method and System for Depositing Agins2 Films via Pulse Plating: Controlling Structural, Electrical, and Optical Properties through Duty Cycle Modulation	05.08.2024	202441036410	Filed	National	Self
2	METHODS TO MODIFY THE BINDING SPECIFICITY OF LECTINS TOWARDS CARBOHYDRATES	04.01.2021	202141000185	Filed	National	Self

S.No.	Awards
1	Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) award during the year 2010 - 2014 from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India.