Dept of Electronics - Faculty Details


Faculty NameDr. Rohith K. Raj (Head Of Department)
Email rohith_research@yahoo.com
Designation Associate Professor
Experience Details 10 years in Teaching
Qualifications M.Sc, Ph.D
Areas of Interest Communication Engineering
Field of Research Microwave Antennas
Guideship Details Nil
Subjects Handled Electromagnetics, Electronic Communication, Microwave and Radar, Medical Electronics, Instrumentation, Basic Electronics
Academic Responsibilities Undertaken \"1)Chairman, Board of Studies in Electronics (Combined), Kannur University, Kerala
2)Chairman, Board of Examiners (BoE) Kannur University, Kerala- 2018
3)Member Board of Studies in Electronics, UG, M.G. University, Kottayam- 2017
4)Member Board of Studies (UG & PG in Electronics), Kannur University (2015 2017)
5)Member, Board of Studies in Electronics, Kannur University (2013-15)
6)Served as University external examiner (Theory & practical), Kannur University, Kerala
7)Editorial board member of a book entitled ‘multitude’, published by UGC HRDC, Kannur University
8)Editorial board member of a book entitled ‘Gate way to Ham Radio’ published by Shri. Joseph Mattappally, VU2JIM, Webandcrafts Books, December 2018
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Duties Performed \"1) Serving as HOD, Dept. of Electronics, Government College Mananthavady
2) Served as HOD (in charge) Dept. of Physics, Government College Mananthavady
3) Co-ordinator of KIIFB project, Government College Mananthavady
4) Member, IQAC, Govt. College Mananthavady - NAAC Accreditation Cycle II
5) Convener, NAAC Criteria III, Reserch, Consultancy and Extension, IQAC, Government College Mananthavady, NAAC Accreditation Cycle II
6) Member, NAAC Steering Committee, Government College Mananthavady, NAAC Accreditation Cycle II
7) Convener, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Webinar series, organized by Department of Electronics, Government College Mananthavady
8) Editor, News letter of Government College Mananthavady, 1st Edition, December 2013
9) Nodal Officer, EDUSAT Satellite Interactive Terminal facility, Government College Mananthavady
10) Nodal officer, ORICE (Online Resources Initiatives of Collegiate Education) programme, Govt. of Kerala (2017 onwards)
11) Co-ordinator, Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP), Government College Mananthavady
12) Mentor of 6 College students in the Govt. of Kerala sponsored project Walk With a Scholar\'
Convener of GCM Centre for R &D at Govt. College Mananthavady
13) Member, RUSA BoG, GC Mananthavady
14) Member, RUSA Project Monitoring Unit, GC Mananthavady
15) Member Purchase committee (RUSA/UGC & plan fund), Govt. College Mananthavady, Wayanad
16) Member, NAAC 1st cycle accreditation committee, Govt. College Mananthavady
17) Member, College Council, Govt. College Mananthavady
18) Member, College Parent Teachers Association, GC Mananthavady
19) Member, Discipline Committee, GC Mananthavady
20) Member, Placement cell, Dept. of Electronics, Govt. College Mananthavady
21) Member, NAAC Criteria III, Reserch, Consultancy and Extension, IQAC, Government College Mananthavady, NAAC Accreditation Cycle III
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Research Projects Undertaken Nil
Research Publications \"Patent
1. US Patent, Dual polarized dielectric resonator antenna, Rohith K. Raj et al. (2012)

Book Chapter
2. Book chapter ‘Antennas for Mobile Communication’ in the book entitled ‘multitude’, published by UGC HRDC, Kannur University (February 2016)

International Journals
3. Sarin V. Pushpakaran, Rohith K. Raj, Anju Pradeep, Lindo A.O, C.K Aanandan, P. Mohanan, K. Vasudevan, “An Experimental verification of metamaterial coupled enhanced transmission for microwave antenna applications”, Applied Physics letters, vol.104, 2014
4. Sarin V.Pushpakaran, Nishamol M.S, Rohith K. Raj, Anju Pradeep and K. Vasudevan, “A Compact Stacked Dipole Antenna with Directional Radiation Coverage for Wireless Communications”, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, n0.12, 841-844, 2013.
5. Sarin V.P, Nishamol M.S, Rohith K. Raj, Dinesh R, Vinesh P.V P. Mohanan and K. Vasudevan, “A metaresonator inspired dual band antenna for wireless communications”, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol.62, no.4, 2287-2291, 2014
6. Ashkarali P, S Sreenath, RK Raj and CK Aanandan, Asymmetric Coplanar Strip fed Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna, 2 (6), 43-46
7. European Journal of Advances in Engineering and Technology 2 (6), 43-46 Rohith K. Raj, Benoit Poussot, Jean-Marc Laheurte and O. Vendier, Pattern Reconfigurable Microstrip antenna using flip chip mounted packaged RF MEMS, Microwave and optical Technology Letters, Vol. 52, No.3, March 2010, pp. 574-577
8. Rohith K. Raj, Manoj Joseph, C. K. Aanandan, K. Vasudevan and P. Mohanan, A new compact microstrip-fed dual-band coplanar antenna for WLAN applications IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol.54, no.12, pp 3755-3762, 2006
9. Rohith.K.Raj, Manoj Joseph, Binu Paul, P.Mohanan, Compact planar multiband antenna for PCS,DCS,2.4/5.8GHz WLAN applications, IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 41, No.6, pp.290-291, 2005
10. Rohith K. Raj, Sona O. Kundukulam, C. K. Aanandan, , P. Mohanan, Praveen Kumar, Compact amplifier integrated microstrip antenna, Microwave and Optical Technology Letters Volume 40, Issue 4, Date: 20 February 2004, Pages: 296-298
11. Manoj Joseph , Rohith.K.Raj, Binu Paul, P.Mohanan, Compact wide band antenna for 2.4GHz WLAN applications, IEE Electronics Letters, Vol. 40, No.23, pp.1460-1461,11th November 2004
12. Compact Asymmetric Coplanar Strip Fed Monopole Antenna for Multiband Applications, Deepu, V.; Raj, R. K.; Joseph, M..;Suma, M. N.; Mohanan, P..IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 55, issue 8, pp. 2351-23, 2007
13. Deepu V.; Rohith, K.R.; Manoj, J.; Suma, M.N.; Vasudevan, K.; Aanandan, C.K.Aanandan and Mohanan, P Compact uniplanar antenna for WLAN applications Electronics Letters Vol 43, no 2, Page(s) 70 - 72 , 2007
14. Planar branched monopole antenna for UWB applications, K. Francis Jacob, M. N. Suma, Rohith K. Raj, Manoj Joseph, P. Mohanan Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Volume 49 Issue 1, Pages 45 – 47, 2006
15. A compact dual band planar branched monopole antenna for DCS/2.4-GHz WLAN applications, Suma, M.N. Raj, R.K. Joseph, M. Bybi, P.C. Mohanan, P. Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE, May 2006, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, page(s): 275- 277
16. Compact dual-band antenna for DCS/2.4 GHz WLAN applications, Manoj Joseph, Rohith K. Raj, M. N. Suma, P. Mohanan,Microwave and Optical Technology Letters Volume 48 Issue 5 , Pages 856 – 859, 28 Mar 2006
17. Microstrip-fed dual band folded dipole antenna for DCS/PCS/2.4GHz WLAN applications, Joseph, Manoj, Raj, Rohith K, Suma, M N, Aanandan, C K, Vasudevan, K, Mohanan,P, International Journal on Wireless & Optical Communications, Vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 43-51. Jan. 2007
18. Compact ultra-wideband planar serrated antenna with notch band ON/OFF control Shameena, V.A. Suma, M.N. Rohith K. Raj , K. Bybi, P.C. Mohanan, P, Electronics Letters, November 9 2006, Volume: 42, Issue: 23, On page(s): 1323-1324

National & International Conference Proceedings
19. Manoj Joseph, Rohith.K.Raj, K.Vasudevan, C.K.Aanandan, P.Mohanan A Novel Compact Wideband Antenna, XXVIIIth URSI GA 2005, New Delhi, October
20. Manoj Joseph, Rohith.K.Raj, P.Mohanan, Compact planar multiband antenna, Proc. IEEE APS International Symposium, Washington DC, July 3-8
21. Rohith K. Raj, Sona O. Kundukulam, Shynu S.V., C.K. Aanandan, K. Vasudevan, P. Mohanan and Praveen Kumar Compact slotted active Microstrip antenna, CODEC-04 January 1-3, 2004, Kolkata, India
22. Rohith K. Raj, Sona O. Kundukulam, C.K. Aanandan, K. Vasudevan, P. Mohanan and Praveen Kumar Compact active Microstrip antenna 1st International Conference on Microwaves, Antenna, Propagation and Remote Sensing (ICMARS-2003), December 15 -19, Jodhpur
23. Manoj Joseph, Rohith K Raj, Binu Paul, , C.K. Aanandan, P.Mohanan K.Vasudevan and K.G Nair, Compact wideband antenna for Bluetooth applications Proc. of the National Symposium on Microwave Antennas and Propagation, APSYM-04, pp.64-67, Cochin, 2004
24. Rohith K Raj, Manoj Joseph, C.K. Aanandan, K.Vasudevan and P.Mohanan Compact Coplanar Antenna for active antenna applications Proc. of the National Symposium on Microwave Antennas and Propagation, APSYM-04, pp.222-225, Cochin, 2004
25. Rohith K. Raj, Manoj Joseph, C. K. Aanandan, K. Vasudevan and P. Mohanan. A New Compact Printed Antenna with Coplanar Configuration IEEE Antennas and propagation International symposium, 2005
26. Manoj Joseph, Rohith K. Raj, C. K. Aanandan, K. Vasudevan and P. Mohanan Compact Planar Multiband Antenna APS 2005
27. Compact dual band antenna for WLAN applications
Deepu. V, Rohith K. Raj, Manoj Joseph, Suma M N, Mohanan, P, IEEE APS International Symposium, 2007, 9-15 June 2007 On page(s): 2053-2053
28. Fractal PBG Microstrip antenna, Roihith K. Raj, Jayaram, Sreedevi K. Menon, C.K. Aanandan, K. Vasudevan, P.Mohanan, National Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, December 2002, Cochin
29. Shynu S. V, Rohith K. Raj, Anupam R. Chandran, Aanandan C. K, Mohanan P. and Vasudevan K. “Single Feed Dual Frequency Dual Polarized Microstrip Antenna with Hexagonal Slot” Proc. of IEEE APS International Symposium, Monterey, CA, USA, June 20-25, 4380-4383
30. A new compact coplanar antenna, Rohith K. Raj, Manoj Joseph, K.Vasudevan, C.K. Aanandan and P.Mohanan, XXVIIIth URSI General Assembly, New Delhi, October2005
31. Sarin V.P, Rohith K. Raj, Lindo A.O, C.K Aanandan, P. Mohanan and K. Vasudevan, “Metamaterial Monolayer Coupled Enhanced Transmission in Parallel Plate Dipole Antenna”, URSI, Beijing 2014
32. Sarin V.P and K. Vasudevan, “A novel surface wave launcher for directional endfire radiation”, URSI, Beijing 2014
33. Sarin V.P, Rohith K. Raj, Anju Pradeep, Lindo A.O, P. Mohanan, C.K Aanandan, K. Vasudevan,” Enhanced transmission phenomenon using metamaterials for antenna applications” Regional Conference on Radio Science (URSI), Pune, 2014.
34. Sarin V.P, Rohith K. Raj, Anju Pradeep, Vinesh P.V. P. Mohanan, C.K Aanandan, K. Vasudevan, “ A Metamaterial Inspired Stacked Plate Dipole Antenna for Directional Communications”, IEEE Applied Electromagnetic Conference-2013
35. Sarin V.P, Rohith K. Raj, Vinesh P.V, C.K Aanandan, P. Mohanan, K. Vasudevan, “ A Stacked Dogbone Plate Metamaterial Inspired Multiband Antenna”, IEEE Applied Electromagnetic Conference-2013
36. Sarin V P, Nishamol M.S, Rohith K. Raj, C.K Aanandan, P. Mohanan and K Vasudevan, “ A metamaterial inspired stacked plate dipole antenna for directional communications”, Indian Antenna week-2013.
37. A new compact coplanar antenna, Rohith K. Raj, Manoj Joseph, K.Vasudevan, C.K. Aanandan and P.Mohanan, XXVIIIth URSI General Assembly, New Delhi, October2005
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Books Published Book chapter ‘Antennas for Mobile Communication’ in the book entitled ‘multitude’, published by UGC HRDC, Kannur University (February 2016)
Paper Presentations \"Invited Talks & Seminar presentations
1. Conducted a webinar for Bharat Scout and Guides, Wayanad District committee on ‘Introduction to Amateur Radio’, on 22-08-2020
2. Conducted an invited talk at MES college Erumely on NAAC Accreditation process - 2020
3. Invited talk on ‘Academic and Research opportunities for Electronics’ at Department of Electronics, WMO College of Arts and Science, Muttil, Wayanad on 10th November 2016
4. Delivered a talk on Radiation pattern reconfigurable microstrip antenna for in flight internet access, during Retec-2012 (National Seminar) held at GC Mananthavady
5. Invited talk on Amateur Radio Communication under Visiting Faculty Scheme, Kalan Memorial IHRD College, Mananthavady, Wayanad
6. Invited talk on Antennas from fundamental, at Kalan Memorial IHRD College of Applied Science, Mananthavady, Wayanad under Visiting Faculty Scheme
7. Invited talk on Amateur radio Communications at Department of Electronics, WMO College of Arts & Science, Muttil, Wayanad.

8. Delivered a talk on Amateur radio Communications SPECTRUM 2012 (National Seminar) held at GC Chittoor, Palakkad, organized by Department of Electronics, GC Chittoor and Sponsored by Department of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala

9. Invited talk on Fundamentals of Wireless Communication, Department of Physics, MG College Iritty (National Seminar) in the year 2015

10. Presented a paper entitled ‘Fractal PBG Microstrip Antenna’ in biennial National symposium APSYM 2002

11. Presented a paper entitled Compact slotted active Microstrip antenna in International symposium CODEC 2004

12. Presented a paper entitled ‘Compact Coplanar Antenna for active antenna applications’ in biennial National symposium APSYM 2004

13. Poster presentation ‘A new compact coplanar antenna’ at URSI GA 2005 New Delhi
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Seminars / Workshops Organized \"1. Organizing Committee member, 4 day National workshop on Design & Fabrication Tools in Electronics, Organized by Department of Electronics, Government College Mananthavady, Sponsored by Department of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala December 2019
2. Organizing committee member, Star watching
3. Organized a Syllabus restructuring workshop at SN College, Kannur on 10-05-2019, by Board of Studies in Electronics, Kannur University

4. Organizing Committee member, Photonics Trends and Applications, 7-8 November 2018, Sponsored by Department of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala

5. Organizing committee member, 1 day workshop on Computer Aided Design in Modern Antenna Engineering, Sponsored by IEEE APS Kerala chapter, organized by Department of Electronics, Government College Mananthavady, 11 th December 2017
6. Member, Organizing committee, 4 day Workshop on Internet of Things (IoT), Sponsored by Department of Collegiate Education, Organized by Department of Electronics, Govt. College Mananthavady, 16-19 February 2017

7. Co-ordinator of 7 day workshop on Electronics & Photonics Simulation Tools, Sponsored by Department of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala

8. Co-ordinator of 1 day seminar on Amateur radio Communications, organized by Department of Electronics, Govt. College Mananthavady
9. Member, Organizing committee of 21 day ASAP state level residential training camp, held at Govt. College Mananthavady (2013) for ASAP faculties from various Arts and Science Colleges in Kerala
10. Faculty in charge of 2 day Exhibition of Department of Electronics, GC Mananthavady at Technical High school, Dwaraka, Wayanad – November 2017 for popularizing electronics in home appliances

11. Member, organizing committee of Science Exhibition RIDDHI 2016 organized by Department of Electronics, Government College Mananthavady for public

12. Organizing committee member, IEEE APS Kerala Chapter sponsored 1 day workshop on Computer aided design in Modern Antenna Engineering- December 2017

13. Member, organizing committee of 3 day national seminar RETEC-2012, sponsored by Department of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala
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Seminars Attended \"1) Attended National Seminar on Photonics Trends & Applications organized by Department of Physics, GC Mananthavady, Sponsored by DCE Kerala, 7th & 8th November 2018
2) Attended 3 day FLAIR Training Programme on Communication Skill Development organized by FLAIR, Govt. of Kerala, 12th & 13th December 2014
3) Attended 5 day FLAIR Induction training programme ‘Good Learning’ from 6th to 10th January 2014, Organized by FLAIR Government of Kerala
4) Attended UGC sponsored National seminar, Diaspora Narratives History, Identity and Power, Department of English, Govt. College Mananthavady (September 2015)
5) Attended National Seminar on Higher Education policies: Prospects and challenges, AKGCT, March 2013
6) Attended National seminar on Perspectives of Post Colonial Literatures, sponsored by Dept. of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, organized by Dept. of English, Govt. College Mananthavady (Feb 2012)
7) Attended National seminar Agriculture Sector under Economic reforms and management of Agriculture credit, organized by Dept. of Commerce, Govt. College Mananthavady (February 2012)
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Workshops Attended \"1) Attended 2 day workshop on MOODLE: Learning Management System organized by IQAC Govt. College Mananthavady, Sponsored by DCE Kerala, 11th & 12th November 2019
2) Attended in 3 day workshop on Redesigning of Courses for Outcome Based Education (OBE) held at Kannur University, Thavakkara Campus by Kerala State Higher education council (29th to 31st January 2019)
3) Attended 1 day workshop on Revised Accreditation Framework of NAAC: A Rejuvenation of HEIs, Organized by IQAC Cell, GC Mananthavady on 16-02-2019
4) Attended 1 day sensitization workshop on Improving quality standards of Higher education and NAAC Accreditation, sponsored by Dept. of Collegiate Education, Govt. of Kerala, held at Govt. College Mananthavady (November 2012)\"
Refresher Courses Attended \"1) 21 days Refresher course (Winter School) in Basic Sciences at UGC HRDC, Kannur University (2018 )
2) Participated in 5 day FLAIR induction training, Govt. of Kerala (2014)\"
Orientation Programmes Attended 1) 4 Weeks Orientation programme at UGC HRDC, Kannur University (2016)
Awards / Honours / Patents Conferred \"1) Recipient of International Young Scientist Award from URSI, Belgium in the year 2005
2) Invited to Rashtrapathi Bhavan by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the then President of India in the year 2005, in connection with URSI Young Scientist Award
3) Received ‘A Big Salute’ Certificate from District Collector, Thrissur for the Ham radio Emergency communication service done at Thrissur District during Kerala Flood 2018
4) Hold a US patent for an invention related to Dielectric Resonator Antenna
5) 155 citations for my IEEE publication entitled A new compact microstrip-fed dual-band coplanar antenna for WLAN applications IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol.54, no.12, pp 3755-3762, 2006 (as on December 2017)
6) Received Post Doctoral research fellowship from University Paris Est Marne la Vallee France
7) Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, IEEE USA
8) Reviewer, IET Electronics Letters UK
9) Reviewer, International Journal of Antennas and Propagation (IJAP)
10) Reviewer, APSYM International Symposium, Cochin University of Science and Technology (2014 & 2016)
11) Hold Ham Radio license from Govt. of India to Establish, operate and maintain Wireless Telegraph Station (Call sign VU2EMR)
12) Chair of International Conference in Antennas and Propagation, APSYM, organized by Department of Electronics, CUSAT- 2020.\"
Membership (s) in Nil
Assigned Office Charges Disciplinary action /students advisory system
Countries Visited France & UK