CURRICULUM VITAE
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Personal:
a) Name
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RAGHU. P.
b) Date of Birth
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05/03/1987
c) Nationality
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Indian
d) Gender
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Male
e) Marital status
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Unmarried
f) Address for Communication
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Raghu.P
# 3949, 17th D Cross, 4th Main
Near Post Office, BSK II Stage
Bangalore - 560070
Phone
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9972962895/9886237995
E-mail
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dpr3270@gmail.com
dpraghu@live.com
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Educational qualifications:
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Registered for Ph.D. Degree entitled “Studies on the effect of buffer layers in
enhancing the efficiency of CdTe based thin film Solar Cells” under the guidance of
Dr. H M Mahesh, Associate Professor, Dept. of Electronic Science, Bangalore
University, Bangalore form 12-03-2011 onwards.
Master degree in Electronics (M Sc.) from the Kuvempu University, Shimoga, India.
2007-2009
Bachelor’s degree in Science (B. Sc.) with Physics, Mathematics and Electronics as
major subjects from the University of Mysore, India. 2004-2007
Research experience:
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Presently working as a JRF under BRNS-DAE major research project entitled “Studies
on effects of electron radiation on buffer layers in the CdTe based thin film
solarcells” sanctioned to Dr. H M Mahesh, PI & Associate Professor, Dept. of
Electronic Science, BUB.
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Worked as a JRF under BRNS-DAE major research project entitled “Studies on
effects of electron and Bremsstrahlung radiations on MOS devices and Cadmium
Telluride (CdTe) based thin film solar cells using Microtron facility of Mangalore
University” sanctioned to Dr. H M Mahesh, Chairman & PI, Dept. of Electronic
Science, BUB, form 03-01-2011 to 30-09-2011.
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Teaching experience:
6 months (As a Guest Faculty)
Worked as a Lecturer in the UG Department of Electronics, Sahyadri Science College
(Constituent College of Kuvempu University), Shimoga, India, from October 2009 to April
2010
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Project reports:
Carried out project work on “Electrical and Structural Properties of Polyaniline / Fullerene
(C60) Composites” at Polymer Electronics Lab Kuvempu University as part of M.Sc
curriculum under the guidance of Dr. Madihalli Nagaraja during 2008-09.
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Workshop/Conference/Seminars Attended:
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Attended 13th INUP Hands-on Training on Photovoltaics held at Centre for Nano
Science and Engineering (CeNSE), IISc, Bangalore, during 18th-28th June, 2012
INUP familiarization workshop on Nanofabrication technologies held at centre for
Nano science and Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, during 16th-18th April, 2012
Nano Technology: Past, Present and Future, held at Physics Dept., Kuvempu
University, Shimoga 2008 – 09.
Recent Trends in Electronics and Computer Science held at JSS College, Ooty Road,
Mysore 2006 – 07.
Four weeks course on Advanced Electronics Servicing held at SJCE campus in Mysore
2002 – 03.
Publications:
In International / National Journals
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Optical and Structural Properties of CdS/ZnSe Bi-Layer Thin Films Prepared by E-Beam
Technique. International Journal of Materials Science and Applications. Vol. 3, No. 3,
2014, pp. 116-120. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmsa.20140303.18
Raghu P., Naveen C. S., Shailaja J., Ganesh Sanjeev, Murugaiya Sridhar Ilango, and
Mahesh H. M.
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Thickness Dependent Optical Properties of ZnSe Thin Films. International Journal of
Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT), ISSN 2278-0181, Vol. 2 (11), pp.35683572, Nov. 2013.
Raghu P., C. S. Naveen, Ganesh Sanjeev and Mahesh H. M.
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Transconductance and Transfer characteristics of 8 MeV Electron Irradiated Dual Nchannel MOSFETs. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced
Engineering (IJETAE), ISSN 2250-2459, Vol. 4 (9), pp.247-250, Sept. 2014.
Mahesh H. M., Raghu P., Naveen C. S., Mrudula K., Shailaja J. and Ganesh Sanjeev
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Temperature Dependent Optical and Morphologica Properties of Sb2Te3 Thin Films.
International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering (IJETAE),
ISSN 2250-2459, Vol. 4 (8), pp.807-810, August 2014.
Mahesh H. M., Shailaja J., Naveen C. S. and Raghu P.
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Optimization of thickness of Sb2Te3 thin film as back contact for CdTe thin film solar
cells. Advanced Materials Letters. Vol. 5, doi: 10.5185/amlett.2014.7589
Shailaja J., Naveen C. S., Raghu P. and Mahesh H. M.
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Optical and Structural properties of radiant heated and vacuum annealed electron beam
deposited CdS thin films. International Journal of ChemTech Research CODEN (USA):
IJCRGG, ISSN: 0974-4290, Vol. 6 (3), pp.1952-1955, May-June 2014.
C. S. Naveen, Raghu P., Ganesh Sanjeev and Mahesh H. M.
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Optimization of Thickness of ZnTe Thin Film As Back Contact for CdTe Thin Film
Solar Cells. International Journal of Engineering Research and Technology (IJERT),
ISSN: 2278-0181, Vol. 3 (5), pp.431-435, May 2014.
Shailaja Jeetendra, Naveen C. S., Raghu P. and Mahesh H. M
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Concentration Dependent Optical and Structural Properties of Mo doped ZnTe Thin
Films Prepared by e-beam Evaporation Method. Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 9 (2014) pp.
2944-2954, March 2014.
Shailaja Jeetendra, Nagabhushana H., Mrudula K., Naveen C. S., Raghu P. and Mahesh
H. M.
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Optical and structural properties of highly porous shell structured Fe doped TiO2 thin
films. J. Rare Met. Vol. 33 (5) pp. 578-582, 2014.
C. S. Naveen, Raghu P., Mahesh H. M., Narasimha Rao K., Rakesh Kumar R. and Phani
A. R.
10. Antireflective Properties of Nano-Structured CeO2 and CeO2-SiO2 Composite Thin
Films. International Journal of Emerging Technology and Advanced Engineering
(IJETAE), ISSN 2250-2459, Vol. 3 (7), pp.131-135, July 2013.
Naveen C. S., Raghu P. and Mahesh H. M.
International Conferences/ National Seminars / Symposia
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Influence of thickness on optical parameters of vacuum evaporated cadmium telluride
thin films for solar cells, 2nd International Conference on Advanced Functional
Materials (ICAFM 2014), Feb. 19-21, 2014.
Naveen C. S., Raghu P., Shailaja J. and Mahesh H. M.
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Optical and Structural properties of CdS/ZnSe multilayer thin films prepared by e-beam
technique, KSTA Regional Conference on Science & Technology for Development, Jan.
30-31, 2014.
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Raghu P., Naveen C. S., Ganesh Sanjeev and Mahesh H. M.
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Antireflecting properties of CeO2 thin films, National Conference on VLSI and
Communication (VCS-2012), Oct. 30-31, 2012, Bangalore Institute of Technology,
Bangalore.
Naveen C. S., Raghu P. and Mahesh H. M.
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Antireflecting properties of iron doped TiO2 Thin films on glass and silicon substrates,
In; 2nd Int. Conf. on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2011),
Dec. 8-10, 2011.
Mahesh H. M., Naveen C. S., Raghu P.
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ZnO-TiO2 Nano composite Antireflective thin films, 4th Int. Conf. of Bangalore Nano
2011, Dec. 8-9, 2011.
Naveen C. S., Raghu P. and Mahesh H. M.
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Computer literacy:
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Work experience on windows platforms.
Knowledge of computing and analyzing data using sophisticated Softwares like
Microcol Origin, MS Excel, etc.
Scientific Research/Technical Skills:
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Thin Film Deposition Techniques (Thermal Evaporation, Electron Beam Evaporation
and Sol-gel spin coating).
Worked with 12A4D Vacuum Coting Unit & sol-gel Spin Coting Unit at Dept. of
Electronics, BUB.
Experience in working in a class 1000 clean room environment.
Experience in handling UV-Visible-IR Spectrophotometer.
Experience in handling Keithley SMU for I-V Characteristics.
Language skills:
Good knowledge of the languages - English, and Kannada to read, write and speak.
11. Research Interests:
Interested to carry out research in the field of thin film devices, especially on understanding
the basic properties of nano-composites and their characteristics and applications.
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Reference:
1. Dr. H M Mahesh
Associate Professor,
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Dept. of Electronic Science,
Bangalore University, Jnanabharathi,
Bangalore- 560056, Karnataka, INDIA
E-mail: hm_mahesh@rediffmail.com
Contact:+91-9448233962/+91(0)80-22961552
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Declaration:
I hereby confirm that, the above mentioned information is true to the best of my knowledge.
Date: 15/10/2014
Place: Jnanabharathi, BUB
(RAGHU P.)
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