Department : Computer Science & Applications
Faculty : Rural Oriented Sciences
Designation : Prof. & Head
Date of Birth : 17.04.1953
Sex : Male
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: Dr. K. SOMASUNDARAM Department : Computer Science & Applications Faculty : Rural Oriented Sciences Designation : Prof. & Head Date of Birth : 17.04.1953 Sex : Male |
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Address and Phone Number:
| Office: Department of Comp. Science & Applications Gandhigram Rural Institute Gandhigram - 624 302 Tamil Nadu Phone: 0451-245371 |
Residence:
Thirunagar III Street Ambathurai - 624 302 Tamil Nadu
Phone: 0451-2452572 |
E-mail : gricc@vsnl.com
ksomasundaram@hotmail.com
Academic Qualification
| Degree | University | Year |
| Ph.D. |
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. |
1984 |
| P.G.D.C.M. | Madurai Kamaraj University | 1989 |
| M.Sc. | Madras | 1976 |
| B.Sc. | Madras | 1974 |
Teaching Experience : U.G. - 26 years(Comp.Sci. - 16 Yrs.)
P.G. - 17 years(Comp.Sci. - 12 Yrs.)
Current area of research
Computational Physics,
PC-Based and Microprocessor based instrumentation, Multimedia
Data Compression
Multimedia for Teaching
PC-Based instrumentation
Theoretical and Computational Plasma Physics
Network
List of Articles Published
Alfven Surface Waves Along Cylindral Plasma Column. Plasma Physics, 22, 747 (1980)
Alfven surface waves along cylindrical plasma column surrounded by neural gas. Plasma Physics 24, 465(1982).
Acoustic surface wave generation along cylindrical plasma column surrounded by a compressible gas. Phys. Rev., A25, 2414(1982).
Two-mode structure of Alfven surface waves, Phys. Rev. Lett., 49, 39(1982).
Compressibility effects on hrdromagnetic surface waves, Solar Phys. 81, 1982.
Note on the stability of Parallel magnetic fields. Astrophys. Space Sci., 247 (1982).
Alfven Surface Waves Along Coronal Streamers, Astrophys and Space Sci. 109, 357 (1985).
Characteristics of Alfven Surface Waves along moving cylindrical plasma columns. Plasma Phys. and Control. Fusion, 29, 504 (1987).
On the existence of Hydromagnetic interface waves at a Structured Atmosphere. Basic Plasma Process on the Sun, IAU, 262 (1990)
Physics Teaching Through Computers. Bulletin of Indian Association of Physics Teachers, 144(1992)
A PC-Based Temperature Co-efficient Measuring System, National Symposium on Instrumentation, Dharwad, 1994.
A PC-Based Solar Radiation Measuring System, Journal of Solar Energy Society of India, 6, 59(1996)
Wave Generation by Magnectohydrodynamic Surface Waves at Coronal Streamers, 12th National Symposium on Science and Technology of Plasma, Ahmedabad, 1997.
Hydromagnetic Surface Waves Along a Amoving Plasma Slab surrounded by a Stationary Neutral gas. 13th National Symposium on Science and Technology of Plasmas, Saurashtra Univiersity, Rajkot, 1998.
A PC-Based Flowmeter, National Symposium on Instrumentation, Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi 1998.
Hydromagnetic Surface Waves along Compressible Cylindrical flux tubes with Steady flows. Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 41, 1421 (1999).
Hydromagnetic surface waves along a compressible cylindrical plasma column surrounded by Neutral gas plasma physics and controlled Fusion 43, 39-51, (2001).
Magneto acoustic-gravity surface waves with evershed flow-a model for running penumbral waves. Solar physics, 198, 79-87, (2001)
Book published
Programming in COBOL, 1992.
Membership in Professional / Academic bodies :
Member of Academic Council, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram.
Chairman, Board of Studies in Computer Applications, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram.
Member, Board of Studies in Mathematics & Computer Applications, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram.
Served as Member, Board of Studies in Computer Application, GTN Arts College, Dindigul.
Served as Member of Senate, Gandhigram Rural Institute, (1991-1997)
Served as Member of Syndicate, Gandhigram Rural Institute, (1997-2000).
Served as Member, Board of Studies in Computer Science, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.
Served as Member, Board of Studies in Computer Science, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai.
Member, Board of Studies in Computer Application, P.S.N.A. College of Engineering, Dindigul.
Member, Board of studies in Computer Science, Gobi Arts College, Gobichettipalayam.
Awards/Fellowship Received
Development Fellowship, Association of Common Wealth Universities (UK), 1998-99
Workshops / Symposium conducted
Joint organizer, for UGC sponsored, 15 days workshop on "Computer Oriented Operations Research for Rural Development", Gandhigram, 1985.
Conducted Computer Raining Programmes for Personnels from Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board, for 19 batches under Indian Training Network (ITN) sponsored by Govt, of India, 1998-1999.
Conducted Computer Training programmes (2 batches) for personnels from DANIDA
Conducted Employment oriented Desk Top Publishing (DTP) training to two batches of rural youth.
Conducted 3 days workshop on "Information Technology for Rural Development", 27th to 29th March 2002, Gandhigram
No. of Ph.D. produced : 2
No. of M.Phil Guided : 5
List of projects completed
DST sponsored project on ‘Study of MHD Surface Waves on Solar Atmosphere’, 1993-1997.
UGC sponsored Minor Research Project on "PC-Based Spectral Analyser" 1995-96.
Multimedia for Teaching, sponsored by Association of Commonwealth Universities, 1999.
Membership in National / International Bodies :
Member, Indian Society for Technical Education.
Short Term Courses/Symposium/Conferences attended
National :
Short term Institute in Item/Question Bank, Gandhigram, 1978.
Short term course on ‘Space Environment and its interaction with spacecrafts’, organized by ISRO, I.I.Sc., Bangalore, 1979.
National Symposium on Plasma Physics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, 1980.
National Space Science Symposium, I.I.Sc., Bangalore, 1982.
Symposium on Science and Technology of Plasma, I.I.Sc., Bangalore, 1983.
National Symposium on Solar Energy, Ramakrishna Vidyalaya, Coimbatore, 1984.
National Workshop on Solar Physics, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Kodaikanal, 1985.
Third National Symposium on Science and Technology of Plasmas, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1985.
Solar Selective Black Coatings, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, 1987.
All India workshop on Utilization of Solar Energy, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Coimbatore, 1988.
Short term course on Microprocessors and Microcomputers in Physics, COSTED, I.I.T., Madras, 1988.
Use of Computers in Administration and Financial Management in Universities, A.I.U., University of Poona, Pune, 1992.
9th National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology, Guwahathi, Assam, 1994.
Training Programme on PC based Instrumentation, I.I.Sc., Bangalore, 1994.
Short term course on Java Programming and Hotjava, I.I.T., Chennai, 1996.
Information Technology for Rural Development, Gandhigram, 2002.
National Conference on Recent Trends in Computational Mathemeatics, Gandhigram, 2004
National Conference on Distributed Database And Computing, Gobichettipalayam, 2004.
International :
Spring College on Plasma Physics, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 1987.
International Astronomical Union, Symposium 142, Bangalore, 1989.