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B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
His Area of Interest lies in Vibrational Spectroscopy.

Awards Recevied

• Received “Summer Research Fellowship”,from University of Madras, Tamilnadu Academy of Sciences and Science city during May2007.

• University Rank Holder during M.Sc. Physics obtained for Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.

• Received “Best paper award”, during 2nd National conference on Nano Photonics, from Department of Physics, BharathidasanUniversity, Trichy, held on March 06-07, 2016.

• Received “Certificate of Appreciation” during the Teachers’ day celebrations organized by Department of Education, SCSVMV UNIVERSITY during September 2016.

• Received “Best Researcher award”, from SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram, during May 2017.

• Received “Best Teacher award” during the Teachers’ day celebrations organized by Department of Education, SCSVMV UNIVERSITY during September 2017.

• Received “Certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing” from SpectrochimicaActa Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Elsevier Publications during April 2018.

Resource Person

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Astro Physics and an overview of Research” in Special seminar of the Physics association, organized by the department of Physics, Sri SankaraArts and Science college, Kanchipuram on March 9, 2012.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Molecular modeling using Vibrational Spectroscopic tools” in National workshop on modern physical and chemical instrumentation techniques (PCINTECH’12), organized by the departments of Physics and Chemistry at SCSVMV on March 21-22, 2012.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Spectroscopy and an overview of Research” in Special seminar on Spectroscopy, organized by the departments of Physics at Sri Agilandeswari college for women, Wandiwash on February 7, 2013.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Molecular modeling using Vibrational Spectroscopic tools” in Third National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics (PINTECH’14), organized by the department of Physics at SCSVMV on 31st October 2014.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Emerging Physics – Advances and Opportunities” in One day seminar on Advances in Physics, organized by the departments of Physics at Nourul Islam University, Kanyakumari on February 25, 2015.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Molecular modeling using Vibrational Spectroscopic tools” in Series of 3 workshops on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics, organized by the department of Physics at SCSVMV for B.Sc Physics final year students during March 2015.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Spectroscopy – Advances and Opportunities” in Faculty development programe, organized by the departments of Physics at Annai group of Institutions, Kumbakonam on May 25, 2015.

• Acted as Resource personand delivered a talk on “Molecular modeling using Vibrational Spectroscopic tools” in Fourth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics (PINTECH’15), organized by the department of Physicsat SCSVMV on 6th November 2015.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Molecular modeling using Vibrational Spectroscopic tools” in Fifth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics (PINTECH’16), organized by the department of Physics at SCSVMV on October 26, 2016.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Introduction to spectroscopy and its applications” in Special seminar on Spectroscopy, organized by the departments of Physics at Annai group of Institutions, Kumbakonam on June 21, 2017.

• Acted as Chairperson in the National conference on Innovative ideas in Research organized by Sri Agilandeswaricollege for women, Wandiwashon October 5, 2017.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Molecular modeling using Vibrational Spectroscopic tools” in Sixth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics (PINTECH’18), organized by the department of Physics at SCSVMV on March 12, 2018.

• Acted as Resource person and delivered a talk on “Molecular modeling using Vibrational Spectroscopic tools” in Seventh National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics (PINTECH’19), organized by the department of Physics at SCSVMV on February 27, 2019.

Membership in professional bodies:

-->Life member – Indian Science Congress Association.
-->Life member – Indian Physics Association
-->Life member – Laser and Spectroscopy Association
-->Life member – Indian Association of Physics Teachers

Reviewer/Editorial Board Member:

• SpectrochimicaActaPart A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Elsevier Publications (Impact factor – 2.29).
• Journal of Molecular Structure, Elsevier Publications (Impact factor – 1.7).
• Open Chemistry Journal, Walter de Gruyter Foundation, China (Impact factor – 1.027) [ISSN 2391-5420].
• Editorial board member – Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.
• Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, World Scientific publishing [Print ISSN: 0219-6336, Online ISSN: 1793-6888].
• International Journal of Computer & Mathematical Sciences [ISSN: 2347-8527].
• International Journal of Informative & Futuristic Research (IJIFR) [ISSN: 2347-1967].
• International Journal of Scientific and Engineering research [ISSN: 2229-5518].
• Indian Journal of Applied Research [ISSN: 2249-555X].
• International Journal of scientific research [ISSN: 2277-8179].
• Paripex – Indian Journal of Research [ISSN: 2250-1991].
• Global Journal for Research Analysis [ISSN: 2277-8160].
• Elixir International Journal [ISSN: 2229-712X].
• International Journal of Technology Management and Humanities [ISSN: 2454-566X].
• International Journal of Current Advanced Research [ISSN: 2319-6475].
• International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications [ISSN: 2250-3153].
• International Open Research Journal.
• International Journal of Science, Arts Engineering Development Research.

Key responsibilities
Past &Present
• Department Member – IQAC
• Board of Studies Member
• Member – Discipline Committee
• Member – Stock Verification Committee
• Member – Admission Committee
• Treasurer – Department Association
• Course Coordinator - Engineering Physics
• Course Coordinator - Astrophysics
• Coordinator – Department level IQAC committee
• Coordinator – Department level Discipline committee
• Coordinator – Department Placement activities
• Coordinator – Department Sports activities
• Coordinator – Department Web updation activities
• Coordinator – Department Profile preparation
• Coordinator – Research compendium preparation
• Coordinator – Industrial visit arrangements

Teaching

Engineering Physics
Engineering Physics Lab
Quantum Mechanics - I
Quantum Mechanics - II
Programming in ‘C’
Electronics
Advanced Physics
Spectrophysics
Research Methodology
Relativity and Wave mechanics
Applied Physics
Applied Physics practicals
Astro Physics
Nuclear power plant Engineering

Publications & Book chapters published

International Publications - Elsevier Publications

• S. Muthunatesan and V. Ragavendran, “A study of vibrational spectra and investigations of charge transfer and chemical bonding features of 2-chloro benzimidazole based on DFT computations”, SpectrochimicaActa Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, June 2014, Volume 134, Pages 148–154.

• V.S. Kavitha, R. Reshmi Krishnan, R. SreejaSreedharan, R. Jolly Bose, N. VenugopalaPillai, V. Ganesan, P. Sreenivasan, V. Ragavendran, S. Muthunatesan, V.P. MahadevanPillai, “Effect of annealing on the structural and optical properties of laser ablated nanostructured barium tungstate thin films”, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, September 2015, Volume 37, Pages 159-170.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “New insights into the conformal stability, influence of hydrogen bonding and vibrational analysis of 2,6- and 3,5-Dihydroxyacetophenone – A comparative study”, Journal of Molecular Structure, July 2016, Volume 1125, Pages 413-425.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “An insight into the conformal flexibility and vibrational behavior of 2-nitroso-1-napthol: A Density Functional Theory”, Spectroscopy Letters, January 2016, Volume 49, Issue 4, Pages 294-303.

• Jibi John, V.P MahadevanPillai, Anitta Rose Thomas, Reji Philip, Jaison Joseph, S.Muthunatesan, V.Ragavendran, RadhakrishnaPrabhu, “Synthesis, Structural and Morphological Property of BaSnO3 Nanopowder Prepared by Solid State Ceramic Method”, IOP Conf. Series: Materials Science and Engineering, January 2017, Volume 195, Pages 1-5 [doi:10.1088/1757-899X/195/1/012007].

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “New insights into the Vibrational Spectroscopic investigations on the S-cis and S-trans forms of 2-Methoxy benzoyl chloride”, Vibrational Spectroscopy, September 2017, Volume 92, Pages 35-45.

• G. Subhapriya, S. Kalyanaraman, M. Jeyachandran, V. Ragavendran, V. Krishnakumar, “Experimental and theoretical studies on the structural, spectroscopic and hydrogen bonding on 4-nitro-n-(2,4-dinitrophenyl) benzenamine”, Journal of Molecular Structure, January 2018, Volume 1158, Pages 294-303.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Muthunatesan, V. Santhanam and BiljanaArsic, “Synthesis and characterization of cinnamylidene acetone - A study on tuning of band gap by vibrational spectroscopic tools”, Journal of Molecular Structure, February 2019, Volume 1184, Pages 593-603.

Other International Publications

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Molecular Structure and vibrational spectroscopic (FT-IT, FT-Raman) analysis of DiphenylCarbazide by DFT calculations”, Indian Journal of Science, January 2015, Volume 14, Issue 42, Pages 84-97.

• V. Ragavendr anand S.Dhivya, “Synthesis, Vibrational Spectroscopic characterization and molecular docking studies of CinnamaldehydeSemicarbazone”, Journal of Physics Chemistry and Nanotechnology, May 2016, Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages 1-18.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Helen Kumari, “Molecular Structure and vibrational spectroscopic (FT-IT, FT-Raman) analysis of DiphenylCarbazide by DFT calculations”, International Journal of Current Research and Review, November 2018, Volume 10, Issue 21, Pages 64-69.

Full Articles Published in Conference Proceedings

• V. Ragavendran and B. Dinesh, “Image processing of NGC Galaxy”, National seminar on Frontier Areas of Spectrophysics, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV University, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-925639-4-7), pp 19-27, 2013.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Divya, “Vibrational Spectroscopic investigations and natural bond orbital analysis of 2MBA”, 2nd National Conference on Materials for Modern World, organized by Department of Physics, Easwari Engineering college, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89 843-74-8), pp 101-105, 2015.

• V. Ragavendran, R. Bharathiraja and S. Muthunatesan, “Synthesis and vibrational spectroscopic characterization of 1-nitrosonapthalen-2-ol”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89 843-03-8), pp 101-103, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, P. Saravanarajan and S. Muthunatesan, “FTIR and FT-Raman spectral characterization of Thiophene phenyl hydrazone”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89 843-03-8), pp 104-106, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Divya and S. Muthunatesan, "Synthesis and vibrational spectroscopic characterization of [(E)-[(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enylidene]amino]urea]”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89 843-03-8), pp 107-109, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “An insight into the conformal preferences of 2-nitroso-1-napthol: A DFT approach”, National conference on preparation and characterization of crystalline materials, organized by Govt. Arts college, Tiruvannamalai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-931566-1-2) pp 109-110, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Conformal stability and vibrational behavior of 1-nitroso-2-napthol: A DFT approach”, National conference on preparation and characterization of crystalline materials, organized by Govt. Arts college, Tiruvannamalai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-931566-1-2), pp 115-116, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Density Functional Theory studies and Mulliken population analysis of 1N2N”, 3rd National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8), pp 93-95, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Density Functional Theory based conformal flexibility of 2-nitrosonapthalen-1-ol”, 3rd National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai,(ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8),pp 96-98, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Influence of hydrogen bonding in determining vibrational picture of 2,6- & 3,5-DHAP”, 3rd National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai,(ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8),pp 99-102, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Muthunatesan, S. Divya and Pushpamangai, “Synthesis, UV-Visible spectral analysis and thermal analysis of 2-(3-phenylprop-2-en-1-ylidene) hydrazine carboxamide”, 3rd National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai, pp 103-106, (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8),2016.

• V. Ragavendran, “Conformal flexibility and Vibrational analysis of 2-Nitroso-1-napthol”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai,Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8), pp 39-41, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Vibrational analysis of two different environments of Dihydroxy acetophenones”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8), pp 42-44 , 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “UV-visible spectral analysis of 2-(3-phenylprop-2-en-1-ylidene) hydrazine carboxamide”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8),pp 45-48, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “New insights into the conformal flexibility (S-cis & S-trans) of 2MBC”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8),pp 49-51, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “DFT based Mulliken population analysis of 1-nitroso-2-napthol”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-16-8), pp 52-54, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Density Functional Theory based vibrational analysis of Dihydroxy Acetophenone – A comparative study”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-934054-7-5), pp 41-44,2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “New insights into the Influence of Steric interaction and Inductive effect on geometry of 2-Methoxy benzoyl chloride”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-934054-7-5), pp 44-47, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Divya and P. Dhivya, “Structural (XRD) and Thermal (TGA, DTA) analysis of Cinnamaldehyde Semicarbazone”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-934054-7-5), pp 47-52, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Divya and P. Dhivya, “Natural bond orbital analysis of 2-(3-phenylprop-2-en-1-ylidene) hydrazine carboxamide”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-934054-7-5), pp 52-55, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “New insights into the intramolecular charge transfer between two different environments of 2MBC”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-934054-7-5), pp 55-58, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, V. Nivetha and S. Helen Kumari, “Mulliken Atomic Charges Analysis of 3’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone and 4’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenones – A comparative Study”, 5th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-75-5), pp 38-41, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, A. Nithya and T. Sathish, “Density Functional Theory studies of P-(P-Methoxy benzylidene amino) Benzonitrile”, 5th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-75-5), pp 126-129, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, B. Logeswaran and S. Kamaraj, “DFT Based Vibrational Spectroscopic Investigations of P-Butyl Benzaldehyde Diethyl Acetal”, 5th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-75-5), pp 121-125, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, D. Rajalakshmi and Karpagam, “Vibrational and Fronetier Molecular Orbital Analysis of 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-2-Naphthol”, 5th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, Proceedings (ISBN: 978-81-89-843-75-5), 130-137, 2018.

Book chapters published

• Published a chapter entitled “A Guide to Vibrational Spectroscopy” in the book “Instrumentation techniques – A primer” released during Seventh National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics,SCSVMV Publications, pp 23- 33, February 27, 2019.
• Published a chapter entitled “A Guide to Vibrational Spectroscopy” in the book “Instrumentation techniques – A primer” released during Sixth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics, SCSVMV Publications, pp 23- 33, March 12, 2018.
• Published a chapter entitled “A Guide to Vibrational Spectroscopy” in the book “Instrumentation techniques – A primer”released during Fifth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics,SCSVMV Publications, pp 23- 33, 2016.
• Published a chapter entitled “A Guide to Vibrational Spectroscopy” in the book “A Beginner’s guide to Instrumentation relating to typical preparation and characterization set-up in a research laboratory” released during Fourth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics, SCSVMV Publications, pp 22- 32, November 04, 2015.
• Published book chapter entitled “An insight into the conformal preferences of 2-nitroso-1-napthol: A DFT approach”, National conference on preparation and characterization of crystalline materials, organized by Govt. Arts college” ISBN : 978-81-925639-4-7, pp 109-110, Published by JACS Directory, Research Journals and Books Publishing Group during Aug’ 2016.
• Published book chapter entitled “Conformal stability and vibrational behavior of 1-nitroso-2-napthol: A DFT approach” ISBN : 978-81-931566-1-2, pp 115-116, Published by JACS Directory, Research Journals and Books Publishing Group during Aug’ 2016.

Book chapters published

• Edited a book entitled “Instrumentation techniques – A primer” released during Seventh National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics, SCSVMV Publications, February 27, 2019.
• Edited a book entitled “Instrumentation techniques – A primer” released during Sixth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics, SCSVMV Publications, March 12, 2018.
• Edited a book entitled “Instrumentation techniques – A primer” released during Fifth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics, SCSVMV Publications, 2016.
• Edited a book entitled “A Beginner’s guide to Instrumentation relating to typical preparation and characterization set-up in a research laboratory” released during Fourth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques in Physics, SCSVMV Publications, November 04, 2015.
• Edited a Magazine entitled “Vision of Science” released during National Science Day Celebrations, SCSVMV Publications, February2015.


Papers presented in Conferences / Workshops/Seminars


• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan“Vibrational Spectroscopic, NBO and HOMO, LUMO Analysis of 2-chloro benzimidazole”, International conference on molecular spectroscopy of advanced materials and biomolecules, organized by Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, Kerala, August 07-09, 2012.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan“Scaled Quantum mechanical analysis of the vibrational spectra of 2, 3-diamino-5-fluoro quinazoline”, International conference on Perspectives in vibrational Spectroscopy, organized by Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, Kerala, August 06-09, 2013.

• V. Ragavendran and B. Dinesh, “Image processing of NGC Galaxy”, National seminar on Frontier Areas of Spectrophysics, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV University, December 19-20, 2013.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “DFT calculations of Diphenylcarbazide”, International conference on Perspectives in vibrational Spectroscopy, organized by Dept. of Physics, Mar Ivanios college, Trivandrum, Kerala, July 08-12, 2014.

• V. Ragavendran and Varsha singh, “Infrared spectroscopic studies of 2-Methylthio benzoic acid based on DFT calculations”, National level seminar on recent trends in Physics’14, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, August 20-21, 2014.

• V. Ragavendran and S.Divya, “Infrared spectroscopic analysis of 2-Methylamino benzoic acid – A Semiemprical approach”, National level seminar on recent trends in Physics’14, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, August 20-21, 2014.

• V. Ragavendran and Cinnadurai, “Infrared spectroscopic studies of 4-Methylthio benzoic acid”, National level seminar on recent trends in Physics’14, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, August 20-21, 2014.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Vibrational spectroscopic studies and NBO analysis of 2,3-dimethoxy benzoic acid based on DFT calculations”, National conference on recent advances in molecular spectroscopy (NCRAMS’14), Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for post graduate studies, Puducherry, September 14, 2014.

• V. Ragavendran and Gubendiran, “Vibrational spectroscopic investigations of 2,6 –Dichlorophenol”, International Conference on Frontier areas of Physics (INACFAP’14), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV University, December 18-19, 2014.

• V. Ragavendran and Paramasivam, “Density Functional theory studies on 2, 4- Dichlorophenol and assignments done on VEDA”, International Conference on Frontier areas of Physics (INACFAP’14), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV University, December 18-19, 2014.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Vibrational spectroscopic studies and NBO analysis of DPC”, International Conference on Frontier areas of Physics (INACFAP’14), organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV University, December 18-19, 2014.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Scaled Quantum Mechanical, vibrational spectroscopic and NBO analysis of Diphenylcarbazide based on DFT calculations”, National conference on Materials Science & Technology, organized by Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, Kerala, February 04-06, 2015.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Divya, “Density Functional theory as an investigating tool in analyzing vibrational spectra of 2-MABA”, National conference on Science and Technology for indigenous development in India, organized by SRM university & Indian Science congress, Chennai, November 26-28, 2015.

• V. Ragavendran and P.R. Anandaraj, “Vibrational spectral (FTIR & FT-Raman) investigations of Alizarin based on DFT calculations”, National conference on Science and Technology for indigenous development in India, organized by SRM University & Indian Science congress, Chennai, November 26-28, 2015.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Divya, “Vibrational Spectroscopic investigations and natural bond orbital analysis of 2MBA”, 2nd National Conference on Materials for Modern World, organized by Department of Physics, Easwari Engineering college, Chennai, September 28-29, 2015.

• V. Ragavendran, “Synthesis and characterization of Thiophene Phenylhydrazine”, 5th International conference on competency building strategies in business and technology for sustainable development, organized by Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem, February 19, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, “Vibrational spectral characterization of 1-nitrosonapthalen-2-ol using DFT as an elucidating tool”, 5th International conference on competency building strategies in business and technology for sustainable development, organized by Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem, February 19, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, “Synthesis and vibrational spectroscopic investigations of N[furan-2-ylmethylidene”, 5th International conference on competency building strategies in business and technology for sustainable development, organized by Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem, February 19, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, R. Bharathiraja and S. Muthunatesan “Synthesis and vibrational spectroscopic characterization of 1-nitrosonapthalen-2-ol”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, organized by Department of Physics, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, February 24-25, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, P. Saravanarajan and S. Muthunatesan, “FTIR and FT-Raman spectral characterization of Thiophene phenyl hydrazone”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, organized by Department of Physics, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, February 24-25, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Divya and S. Muthunatesan, "Synthesis and vibrational spectroscopic characterization of [(E)-[(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enylidene]amino]urea]”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, organized by Department of Physics, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, February 24-25, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, “Comparative theoretical and experimental spectral investigations of N[furan-2-yl methylidene]”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, organized by Department of Physics, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, February 24-25, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, “Spectral investigation and frontier molecular orbitals of Diphenylcarbinol”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, organized by Department of Physics, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, February 24-25, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, “Density functional theory studies of [(E)-Thiophene-2-yl methylidene amino] urea”, National conference on advances in materials science and nonlinear science, organized by Department of Physics, Abdur rahman university, Chennai, February 24-25, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, “Density Functional Theory studies of some poly atomic molecules”, 2nd National conference on Nano Photonics, organized by Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, March 18-19, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “An insight into the conformal preferences of 2-nitroso-1-napthol: A DFT approach”, National conference on preparation and characterization of crystalline materials, organized by Govt. Arts college, Tiruvannamalai, August 04-05, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Conformal stability and vibrational behavior of 1-nitroso-2-napthol: A DFT approach”, National conference on preparation and characterization of crystalline materials, organized by Govt. Arts college, Tiruvannamalai, August 04-05, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Density Functional Theory studies and Mulliken population analysis of 1N2N”, 3rd National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 15-16, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Density Functional Theory based conformal flexibility of 2-nitrosonapthalen-1-ol”, 3rd National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 15-16, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Influence of hydrogen bonding in determining vibrational picture of 2,6- & 3,5-DHAP”, 3rd National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 15-16, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Muthunatesan, S. Divya and Pushpamangai, “Synthesis, UV-Visible spectral analysis and thermal analysis of 2-(3-phenylprop-2-en-1-ylidene) hydrazine carboxamide”, 3rd National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering College, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 15-16, 2016.

• V. Ragavendran, “Density Functional theory based conformal flexibility of O-Anisoyl benzoyl chloride”, 6th Indo-Global International conference, organized by Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem, February 10, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “Vibrational spectral analysis of 2,6- and 3,5-Dihydroxy acetophenone”, 6th Indo-Global International conference, organized by Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem, February 10, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “Density Functional Theory studies of 4-biphenyl carbaldehyde”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, March 02-03, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “DFT studies and mulliken population analysis of 3-methyl-4-methoxy benzaldehyde”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, March 02-03, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “DFT studies of 3-ethoxy-4-methoxy benzaldehyde”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, March 02-03, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “Vibrational analysis of 3-ethoxy-4-hydroxy benzaldehyde”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, March 02-03, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “DFT studies of 2,4,6-trimethyl benzaldehyde”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, March 02-03, 2017.

• V.Ragavendran, “Vibrational Spectroscopic investigations of 2,4-dimethoxy acetophenone”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, March 02-03, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “Conformal flexibility and Vibrational analysis of 2-Nitroso-1-napthol”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 14, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Vibrational analysis of two different environments of Dihydroxy acetophenones”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 14, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “UV-visible spectral analysis of 2-(3-phenylprop-2-en-1-ylidene) hydrazine carboxamide”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 14, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “New insights into the conformal flexibility (S-cis & S-trans) of 2MBC”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 14,2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “DFT based Mulliken population analysis of 1-nitroso-2-napthol”, 4th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 14, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “Density Functional Theory based vibrational analysis of Dihydroxy Acetophenone – A comparative study”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, October 05, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “New insights into the Influence of Steric interaction and Inductive effect on geometry of 2-Methoxy benzoyl chloride”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, October 05, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Divya and P. Dhivya, “Structural (XRD) and Thermal (TGA, DTA) analysis of Cinnamaldehyde Semicarbazone”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, October 05, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Divya and P. Dhivya, “Natural bond orbital analysis of 2-(3-phenylprop-2-en-1-ylidene) hydrazine carboxamide”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, October 05, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran and S. Muthunatesan, “New insights into the intramolecular charge transfer between two different environments of 2MBC”, National conference on Innovative research in Materials Science’17, organized by Sri Akilandewari College, Wandawash, October 05, 2017.

• V. Ragavendran, “Vibrational Spectroscopic investigation of 3,5-Diert-Butyl-4-Hydroxy benzaldehyde”, 7th International conference on Advances, Strategic innovations and emerging perspectives, organized by Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem, February 09, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, “Vibrational Spectroscopic characterization of P-(P-Methoxy benzylidene amino) Benzonitrile using DFT as an elucidating tool”, 7th International conference on Advances, Strategic innovations and emerging perspectives, organized by Sri Ganesh school of business management, Salem, February 09, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, “DFT studies of 3’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone”, 7th International conference on Advances, Strategic innovations and emerging perspectives, organized by Sri Ganesh School of business management, Salem, February 09, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, “Density Functional Theory studies of P-Butyl Benzaldehyde Diethyl Acetal”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, June 26-27, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, “Vibrational Analysis, Natural Bond Orbital Analysis and Fronetier Molecular Orbital Analysis of 3’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone and 4’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, June 26-27, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, “Comparative Study on the Molecular Geometry and Vibrational Spectra of 3’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone and 4’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, June 26-27, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, “Density Functional Theory studies of P-(P-Methoxy benzylidene amino) Benzonitrile and Vibrational Assignments based on VEDA”, International conference on Functional Materials, organized by Dept. of Physics, SCSVMV, June 26-27, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, V. Nivetha and S. Helen Kumari, “Mulliken Atomic Charges Analysis of 3’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenone and 4’-(trifluoromethyl) acetophenones – A comparative Study”, 5th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 18-19, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, A. Nithya and T. Sathish, “Density Functional Theory studies of P-(P-Methoxy benzylidene amino) Benzonitrile”, 5th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 18-19, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, B. Logeswaran and S. Kamaraj, “DFT Based Vibrational Spectroscopic Investigations of P-Butyl Benzaldehyde Diethyl Acetal”, 5th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 18-19, 2018.

• V. Ragavendran, D. Rajalakshmi and Karpagam, “Vibrational and Fronetier Molecular Orbital Analysis of 5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-2-Naphthol”, 5th National conference on Materials for modern world, organized by Easwari Engineering college, Ramapuram, Chennai, September 18-19, 2018.

• V.Ragavendran, “Synthesis and characterization of 2,2'-[(1Z,11Z)-2,5,8,11-Tetraazadodeca-1,11-diene-1,12-diyl] diphenol”, International conference on Advances in Materials Research, organized by Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, February 12, 2019.

• V.Ragavendran, “Density Functional Theory studies of 2,2'-[(1Z,11Z)-2,5,8,11-Pentaazapentadeca-1,14-diene-1,15-diyl] diphenol”, International conference on Advances in Materials Research, organized by Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, February 12, 2019.

• V. Ragavendran, “Vibrational Spectroscopic characterization of (3E,5E)-6-phenyl-3,5-hexadien-2-one”, International conference on Advances in Materials Research, organized by Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Tirupattur, February 12, 2019.

• V. Ragavendran, S. Muthunatesan, V. Santhanam and Bilijana Arsic, “Synthesis and Characterization of (3E, 5E)-6-phnyl-3,5-hexadien-2-one”, 7th National conference on Materials for Hierachically Structured Materials, organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Ramapuram campus, Chennai, February 22-23, 2019.

Conferences / Workshops/Seminars / FDPs attended

• Participated in the International Program ROPE organized by department of Physics, NIT Trichy held during August 8-9, 2007.

• Participated in the National Seminar organized by department of Physics, NIT Trichy held during December 8-12, 2009.

• Attended the National Program on Values for living organized by Swami Dayananda College, Manjakudi, Tiruvarurheld during January 28-30, 2009.

• Participated in National Seminar on Healthy attitudes and values organized by Swami Dayananda College, Manjakudi, Tiruvarur held during January 21-23, 2010.

• Participated in the National Seminar on Network and distributed security organized by Dept. of CSE, SCSVMV during January 20-21, 2011.

• Participated in the National Workshop on Modern Techniques in analytical ChemistryOrganized by the department of Chemistry, SCSVMV during February 10-11, 2011.

• Participated in the FDP Program held at SCSVMV during February18-19, 2012.

• Participated in the International Workshop on Recent trends in advanced materials Organized by VIT Vellore during February 20-22, 2012.

• Participated in the National Mathematics day at SCSVMV, organized by department of Science and Humanities on February 29, 2012.

• Participated the National Workshop on Modern physical and chemical instrumentation techniques (PINTECH’12), organized by the department of Physics,SCSVMV during March 21-22, 2012.

• Participated in the Workshop on Hands-On training on cloud computing, held at SCSVMV on March 30, 2012.

• Participated in the Two days National Workshop on Scientific characterization of crystalline materials and their applications, organized by Anna University during July 16-17, 2012.

• Participated in the Two day International Conference on Molecular spectroscopy of advanced materials and biomolecules, organized by department of Physics, Bishop moore College, Mavelikara, Kerala during August 7-9, 2012.

• Participated in the program Convergence-2012, held at NIT Trichy during December 21-22, 2012.

• Participated in the National Mathematics day Organized by department of Science and Humanities, SCSVMV on January 28, 2013.

• Participated in the National Workshop on Writing Scientific Proposals and Papers for Quality Research (WSPPQR 2013) at SCSVMV, organized by Science & Humanities department on February 14, 2013.

• Participated in the One day Workshop on Advanced Techniques for Mechatronics and Robotics at SCSVMV, organized by department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering on February 15, 2013.

• Participated in the Research Colloquium 2013 organized by Research & Publications wing, SCSVMV on March 22, 2013.

• Participated in the two days National Workshop on Latex for researchers held at VIT Vellore during June 26-27, 2013.

• Participated in the International Conference on perspectives in vibrational spectroscopy, Organized by department of Physics, Bishop moore College, Mavelikara, Kerala during August 6-9, 2013.

• Participated the International Workshop on Advanced Topics in Chemistry and Physics (IWATCP 2013), organized by department of physics, SCSVMV during November 26-27, 2013.

• Participated in National Seminar on Frontier Areas of Spectrophysics, organized by the department of Physics, SCSVMV during December 19-20, 2013.

• Participated in the National Conference on Advances in Chemical Sciences and Engineering”, Organized by department of Chemistry, SCSVMV during March 06-07, 2014.

• Participated in the National Seminar on Recent trends in physics’14, Organized by department of Physics, Sri Agilandeswari Women’s College Wandawash during August 20-21, 2014.

• Participated in the International Conference on perspectives in vibrational spectroscopy, Organized by department of Physics, Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum, Kerala during September 8-12, 2014.

• Participated in the National Conference on recent advances in molecular spectroscopy (NCRAMS) held at KanchiMamunivar Centre for post graduate studies, Puduchery, on September14, 2014.

• Participated in the Workshop on Elemental, Compound and phase analysis by powder X-ray Diffraction held at NIT, Tiruchirappalli during September 19-20, 2014.

• Participated in the Workshop on Matlab and its Applications, organized by the department of Mathematics, SCSVMV on October 14, 2014.

• Participated in the One day Seminar on Crystallography and its Applications, organized by the department of Physics, SCSVMV, November 21, 2014.

• Participated in International Conference on Frontier Areas of physics, organized by the department of Physics (INACFAP’14), SCSVMV during December 18-10, 2014.

• Participated in the One day Seminar on Enhancement of Quality in Higher Education – Role of Teachers Programme on, Organized by SCSVMV on January 30, 2015.

• Participated in the National Conference on Materials and Technology, Organized by department of Physics, Bishop moore College, Mavelikara, Kerala during February 04-06, 2015.

• Participated in the National Workshop on Analytical Techniques for Chemical Characterization- ATCC 2015 organized by the department of Chemistry at SCSVMV on March 13, 2015.

• Participated in the One day User Awareness Programme on Shodhganga and Anti- Plagiarism Software, Organized by SCSVMV University Library on March 26, 2015.

• Participated in the National Workshop on Introduction to MATLAB, organized by the department of Physics, SCSVMV on September 29, 2015.

• Participated in the Workshop on MATLAB and its Applications, organized by the department of Mathematics, SCSVMV on October 12, 2015.

• Participated in the Fourth National Workshop on Instrumentation Techniques (PINTECH’15), organized by the department of Physics, SCSVMV on November 06, 2015.

• Participated in the Two day National Workshop on Role of Nuclear and Radiation Chemistry in Energy Generation (RNRCEG-2016), Organized by department of Chemistry at SCSVMV during January 27-28, 2016.

• Participated in the One day National Workshop on Effective teaching and learning Methodology, Organized by department of ECE at SCSVMV on February 18, 2016.

• Participated in the National Level Faculty Development program on “Embedded system Design usingArduino”, Organized by department of ECE at SCSVMV during February 19-25, 2016.

• Participated in the One day National Special seminar on “Salient Aspects of NAAC”, Organized by department of Mech. Engg. at SCSVMV on March 25, 2016.

• Participated in the National Seminar on Growth and investigations on crystalline materials, Organized by department of Physics, Sri Agilandeswari Women’s College Wandawash on August 08, 2016.

• Participated in the National Seminar on Internal Quality of Assurance, organized by the department of IT, SCSVMV on August 12, 2016.

• Participated in the Two day National Workshop on Materials and characterization techniques, Organized by department of physics at SRM University, Ramapuram, Chennai during September 2-3, 2016.

• Participated in the National Seminar on Recent advances in physics, organized by the department of physics, SCSVMV on September 09, 2016.

• Participated in the Quality Enrichment Programme, organized by the department of Mathematics, SCSVMV on September 20, 2016.

• Participated in the AICTE recognized short term course on “Bio-medical Instrumentation through ICT” held at National Institute of Technical Teachers Training Research, Chandigarh, organized by Department of EEE during October 03-07, 2016.

• Participated the International Workshop on Functional Materials (ICFM’16), organized by department of physics, SCSVMV on November 29, 2016.

• Participated in the National Conference on Art of drafting project proposals and publishing quality research articles, organized by department of Physics, Sri Agilandeswari Women’s College Wandawash on December 23, 2016.

• Participated in the International Seminar on Astrophysics, organized by the department of physics, SCSVMV on January 01, 2017.

• Participated in the International Seminar on Recent Advances in chemical science, organized by the department of physics, SCSVMV on August 09, 2017.

• Participated in the International Seminar on Condensed Matter Physics, organized by the department of physics, SCSVMV on November 03, 2017.

• Participated in the National Seminar on Glimpses of Indian Space Program, organized by the department of physics, SCSVMV on January 25, 2018.

• Participated in the Science Academies sponsored the two days National Lecture workshop on spectroscopy and Microscopy, organized by the department of chemistry, SCSVMV during January 29-30, 2018.

• Participated in IMPULSE 2K18 – An Intercollegiate Physics meet, organized by the department of physics, SCSVMV on February 17, 2018.

• Participated in the National Seminar on Interaction and research consultancy with professors from Kasetsart University and King Mongkut University, Thailand, organized by the department of physics, SCSVMV during March 08-09, 2018.

• Participated in the sixth National Workshop on instrumentation techniques in physics, organized by the Department of Physics, SCSVMV on March 12, 2018.

• Participated in the National Workshop on Electronics circuits and projects, organized by the Department of Physics, SCSVMV on April 02, 2018.

• Participated in the “National Seminar on Awareness program on Intellectual property rights”, organized by the Department of Mech. Engg., SCSVMV on April 13, 2018.

• Participated in the “Two day National Workshop on Structural Characterization of Materials and Interpretation”, Organized by department of physics at SRM-IST, Ramapuram, Chennai during September 27-28, 2018.

• Participated in the AICTE recognized short term course on “IoT in Manufacturing through ICT”, Organized by department of Mechanical Engineering, SCSVMV during October 15-17, 2018.

• Participated in the AICTE recognized short term course on “Next Generation Wireless Technologies through ICT”, Organized by department of ECE, SCSVMV during November 26-30, 2018.

• Participated in the AICTE recognized short term course on “Tools for Scientific Research in Engineering & Science through ICT”, Organized by department of EEE, SCSVMV during November 12-16, 2018.

• Participated in the seventh National Workshop on instrumentation techniques in physics, organized by the Department of Physics, SCSVMV on February 27, 2018.

Conferences / Workshops/ Seminars - Organized

• Organizing Secretary

• Third National workshop on instrumentation techniques in Physics (PINTECH’14).
• Fourth National workshop on instrumentation techniques in Physics (PINTECH’15)
• International workshop on Functional materials – 2016
• Wellness training Programme – 2016
• International Seminar on Astrophysics -2017
• Sixth National workshop on instrumentation techniques in Physics (PINTECH’18)
• Seventh National workshop on instrumentation techniques in Physics (PINTECH’19)

• Organizing Member

• National Workshop on values for living - 2009.
• National Workshop on Healthy attitudes and values – 2010.
• National Workshop on National workshop on modern techniques in analytical chemistry – 2011.
• Tarunyam – The youth fest - 2011
• National workshop on modern physical and chemical scientific Instrumentation techniques – 2012
• Youth fest – Talent Fest - 2012
• International workshop on advanced topics in chemistry and physics – 2013
• National workshop on writing scientific proposals and papers for quality research – 2013
• National Seminar on Frontier Areas of SpectrosphysicsNASFAS 2013
• National workshop on introduction to Matlab – 2014
• Special Seminar on Crystallography and its Applications-2014
• International Conference on Frontier Areas of Physics INACFAP 2014
• Instrumentation Workshops for B.Sc. Students.- I PINTECH 2015
• Instrumentation Workshops for B.Sc. Students.- II PINTECH 2015
• Tarunyam – The youth fest - 2015
• National workshop on introduction to Matlab - 2015
• International Seminar on Modern Synthetic Chemistry – Approaches andAchievements. Chief Guest:Nobel Laureate: “Prof. Ei-Chi Negishi”, H.C. Brown Distinguished Professor, Departmenof Chemistry, Purdue University, USA.
• National seminar on recent advances in Physics – 2016.
• Fifth National workshop on instrumentation techniques in Physics (PINTECH’16).
• International conference on Functional materials -2017
• National Seminar on Glimpses of Indian Space Programme - 2018
• Workshop on Electronic Circuits and Projects - 2018
• International conference on Functional materials -2018
• National Science Day - 2019