Friday, February 13, 2009

Indian Scientific Heritage Activities

Ø More than 1000 public Lectures spreading the messages of India since 2001
o on Indian Scientific Heritage, scientific analysis on rituals, customs, holistic health science, spirituality, Vasthu, Veda, Thantra, Astrology, Science of Life, Food, Flower etc…
o in Institutions (educational, govt., public & private) like WIPRO, ASTER, VIRTUSA, Orrissa Power Consortium etc., clubs (Lions & Rotary), IKBANA Flower arrangement Group, Many of the celebrated spiritual groups (Matha / Sathya Sai Baba / Sri Sri Sri Ravisankar / Vivekananda / Ramakrishna), temples, social groups (NSS, SNDP), Indian Council for Cultural Research etc. including National Institute of Nutrition, University of Hyderabad, IICT, GTECH/RSI, NGRI etc.
o at Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Most of the Cities and remote villages in Kerala, Delhi, Chennai, Mysore and a series of 42 lectures in 10 days at Oman and UAE (during October 2003)
Ø Active under Indian Institute of Scientific Heritage since 2002 as Advisory Council Member, National Co-coordinator for Forum for Scientists & Teachers and Coordinator for Hyderabad
Ø Involved in the Indian Activity of the Indian Heritage Research Foundation, Ontario
Ø Created more than 200 posters demonstrating Indian Scientific Heritage and Quotes for spreading the message through teachers & students. Conducted programmes at many schools including large programme like on teachers’ day at Chennai with over 1000 teachers for a full day.
Ø Participated as scientific team to analyse the environmental / spiritual / animal behavioural effect of YAGAM at Trichur (2003-Soma & 2004-Apthorami) , Mahavrutha Somayagam, Kochi (2005)
Ø Contributed articles in many periodicals, magazines, souvenirs etc.
Ø Compiled few books, Audio, Video and Power Point Presentations. Established the SEEDLING (Spiritual and Esoteric Energy Dowsing and HeaLING) and practices

Social Activities

§ Active in NSS and NCC during School / College
§ Active at Stage, Fine Arts, Literary activities at College / University
§ Brain behind the Keralotsav-2003 at Hyderabad: A Project of 65 Lakhs Rupees with Kerala Boat Race first time outside Kerala, inaugurated by Justice Ramachandran, High Court of Kerala, attended by Governor and Home Minister of AP and many Cine Stars et. al. (2003)
§ Contributed to many social causes through letters to editor on action required in dailies.
§ Involved in many Malayalee Samajams / Trusts etc. at Hydrerabad
§ Member of Beauty Without Cruelty against non-vegitarianism
§ Silver Privilege Member of Country Club
§ School Management / Charge, Parent Representative in Committees
§ Taken School Troops from Programmes in AIR / TV etc.
§ Judge for many school / club programmes on Art / Literary Competitions
§ Manasa Sarovar & Kailas Yatra, (2004)
§ Gives Volunteer Counseling help for students, Professionals & Families
§ Guest / Key-Note Speaker for Annual day celebrations, Raman’s Day, Ramanujam’s Day, Science day at Colleges etc.
§ Active in giving popular lectures on topics related Life / Culture / Practices / Rituals / Spirituality / Scientific Heritage / Vedic Lessons / Environment and have covered various audiences across the society like Institutions (educational, govt., public & private), clubs (ROTARY, LIONS), IKBANA Flower arrangement Group, Many of the celebrated spiritual groups (Matha Amruthananda Mayi Mat / Sathya Sai Baba / Sri Sri Sri Ravisankar / Vivekananda / Ramakrishna Mat), temples, social groups, Indian Council for Cultural Research, SNDP, NSS, Institute of Engineers, Institution of Architect, Private / Semi-Govt./ Govt Institutions (Orissa Power consortium, State Bank of Hyderabad, Syndicate Bank, Hospitals, National Institute of Nutrition, University of Hyderabad, IICT, NGRI etc). at Hyderabad, Karim Nagar, Most of the Cities and remote villages in Kerala, Delhi, Chennai, Mysore, Oman and UAE
§ Created more than 200 posters demonstrating Indian Scientific Heritage and Quotes for spreading the message through teachers & students. Conducted programmes at many schools including large programme like teachers’ day at Chennai with over 1000 teachers for a full day, October 2nd at VIHU, Ramakrishna Mat, Hyderabad
Ø Contributed articles in many periodicals, magazines, souvenirs, Compiled few books, Audio, Video and Power Point Presentations. Appeared on ASIANET, DD-1, E-TV, TEJA-TV, KAIRALI-TV with Interview / views / Presentations, Spoke on AIR, Reported the exerts of lectures / published articles / appeared through personal coverage on Indian Express, Times of India, Times of Oman, Malayalam Varika, Deccan Chronicle, Star of Mysore and most of the Malayalam Dailies.
Guest Faculty at Vivekananda Institute for Human Excellence, Ramakrishna Mat, Hyd,
On Technical Topics : Mathematics / Satellite Remote Sensing / Launch, Payloads & Satellites / Softcopy Photogrammetry / Mapping & GIS / Issues in Mapping from Space / Optical remote Sensing / Remote Sensing in Geography / Mapping from Space for Sustainable development / MATLAB for Image Processing
at NRSA, Hyderabad / IIRS, Dehra Dun / NIRD, Hyderabad / CBIT, Hyderabad / SOI, Uppal / CSIT & ASC-JNTU, Osmania University Hyderabad / various schools and colleges.
Science Communication :
· One Day Workshop conducted at Calicut University for Teachers / Research Scholars (2006 April 01),
· Answered the queries from students at a Program ‘ASK THE SCIENTIST’ for the Inter Students at Calicut City in many Schools (during October 2006),
· Apeeared on AIR, Calicut with a Program called “Cyber magic’ for computer literacy (October 2005) and a few interviews on Remote Sensing
· Talk “Scientists’ Communication” at National Seminar on “Changing Trends in Science Comunication” organized by Vignan Prasar, Dept. of Sc. &Tech, New Delhi at Institute of Management Studies, Noida on 9th Feb. 2008.
· Conducted Workshops and also Spoke to many of the Teachers as Guest Faculty on Educational Communication through Multimedia.

On HR / Management Topics : Self-Discipline/ Conflict management / Stress Management / HR / Personality development / Mind Control / Strategic Management / Teenage Management / Knowledge Management / Power of Positive thinking
at GETECH, RCI, DRDO, Hyderabad / MG University Extn. Centre at Malappuram / CMC Centre, Alappuzha / Mayyil Institute of Technology, Kannur / Badruka Institute for IT, Hyderabad /Academic Staff College, JNTU, Hyderabad / Commerce Department, Osmania University
For Teachers on Value Education / Social & Cultural Impact of Information Technology / Effective and Affective Teaching / Adaptive Learning & Teaching / Educational Communication etc. at Various Education Colleges (BEd and MEd Students), Orientation / Refresher Course at Academic Staff Colleges,
National Service Scheme Camps & College Coordinators on Human Values / Life management / Leadership / Peer Education / Disaster Management.

Individual Workshops Conducted

E-Content Development Skills at
Ø Mar Athenasious College for Advanced Studies, June, 2006
Ø Photonics Department, Cochin University of Science & Technology, March 2007
MATLAB for IMAGE PROCESSING at
Ø Nirmala College, Moovaattupuzha, Ernakulam, Kerala 15th March 2008.
LIFE SKILL / SOFT-SKIL
Ø ICICI, LIC, Link Pharma , LUGI, P&T, VIMTA Labs etc.
Empowering Teachers
Ø Calicut Training College for Teachers of Plus-Two of Kerala, November, 2006
Ø Many Training Colleges in Kerala, Mysore, Hyderabad
Ø Teachers at TN on Teachers Day-2004
UGC-NET Training
Ø Many Colleges Under Calicut University, 2005-2006
Ø Mattannur College, Kannur, February, 2007
Ø Department of Electronics, Cochin University, March, 2007SPIRITUAL SESSIONS including GITA / DHARMA etc..

TEACHING Experience

1986-1988 During JRF Period at University Visweswaraiah College of Engineering, Bangalore - Complex Analysis and Differential Equations for B.Tech.
1990-1994 ADRIN Internal Induction Trainings / User Trainings - Applied Mathematics for Engineers & Scientists
2003-2004 Strategic Management for MBA at Mahila College, OU University
1990-till date During ADRIN Training - Remote Sensing, Image Processing, Photogrammetry, Mapping & Cartography for the Induction Programme and Refresher Courses for the User Agencies (More than 30 Batches are trained)
2003-till date Various Subjects related to Mathematics / IT / Space Remote Sensing/ Image Processing / Indian Scientific Heritage / HRM / Education for Teachers Orientation / Refresher Course at UGC-Academic Staff College & Centre for Spatial Information Technology, JNTU, Hyderabad and Engineering Colleges around for Special Courses
2003-till date Self-Discipline, Personality Development, Mind Management, Positive Thinking etc. at Vivekananda Institute of Human Excellence, Ramakrishna Mat and many Management Colleges under Osmania Univeristy. 2005 – 2006 At Calicut University as DIRECTOR, UGC-ASC (Professor Grade)

Papers in National Journals / Proceedings / Presented / Invited Talks

1. Radiative Heat Transfer in Fluids, Symposium on Continuum Mechanics, Bangalore (1987)
2. Two-Flux Model for Heat Transfer in Porous Beds, Symposium on Convection Through Porous Media, Bangalore (1987)
3. Effect of Radiative Transfer on the Onset of Convection in Porous Medium, 32nd ISTAM, Bombay (1987)
4. The Influence of Radiative Transfer on Double-Diffusive Convection in a Porous Medium, 33rd ISTAM, Varanasi (1988)
5. Two-Flux Modeling of Radiative Effects on Convection, Symposium on Recent Trends in Continuum Mechanics, Bangalore (1989)
6. Effect of Non-Grayness and Optical Thickness on the Onset of Instability in a Radiating Two-Component System, 34th ISTAM, Coimbatore (1989)
7. Radiation in a Double-Diffusive Convection System, 76th ISCA, Madurai (1989)
8. Hydrodynamic Instability of a Radiating Non-Gray Porous Medium, 77th ISCA, Cochin (1990)
9. DEM from SPOT Stereo Models : An Illustration, 11th INCA, Hyderabad (1991)
10. Towards a PC Based Cartography– ASRKVM Mohan, 11th INCA, Hyderabad (1991)
11. Control Extension Using SPOT Data : By Partial Modeling on IMA, 13th INCA, Dehra Dun (1993)
12. Soft-Copy Photogrametric Developments at ADRIN, 13th INCA, Dehra Dun (1993)
13. Orbit-Attitude Modeling with Single GCP and Extraction of 3D Topographic Information from SPOT Stereo Pairs, ISRS Symposium, Gawahati, p199 (1993)
14. An Indigenous Digital Photogrammetric System”, ISRS Symposium, Gawahati, p279 (1993)
15. Hierarchical Approach to Stereo Matching, ISRS Symposium, Gawahati, p198 (1993)
16. A Desk Top Digital Photogrammetric System for Product Generation, 14th INCA, Bangalore (1994)
17. Training Requirements on New Tools in Cartographic Applications in India, 14th INCA, Bangalore (1994)
18. SPOT Triangulation using OAM with Single GCP, ICORG, Hyderabad (1994)
19. A User Friendly Remote Sensing System & Services with people Participation, ISRS Symposium, Thiruvananthapuram (2003)
20. India in Space – 2020, Bharat-Rakshak on Net (2003)
21. Health Threat Due to Radiation– Indian Esoteric Solutions, ISTRAC, Bangalore (2004)
22. “Geography in Ancient India”, International Conference on Digital Geography, APGEOS (2005)
23. Multispectral Imaging for Microlevel Planning, AIR, Calicut, (19th March, 2006)
24. “Higher Education : Wider Perspective”, National Council for Teacher Education’s Journal “Anweshika” (Submitted in April, 2006)
25. “Human Rights Education”, Inaugural Address at Workshop on Human Rights Education, Govt. College of Teacher Education, Calicut, Kerala (21st June, 2006)
26. “Gandhi’s Conflictology”, National Seminar on Gandhian Legacy with Special Reference to his Contribution for Nation Building, Chair for Gandhian Studies and Research, University of Calicut, Kerala (9th August, 2006)
27. “Physics of Imaging”, Seminar, OPTIC (Organization of Physics Teachers in Calicut University), Malabar Christian College, Calicut, Kerala (26th August, 2006)
28. “Physics in Space Research”, Workshop on Astrophysics and Space Physics, MEA SS College, Areacode, Malappuram, Kerala (23rd September, 2006)
29. “Cultural Literacy in a Global Information Society through e-learning – Language Studies (Malayalam as a Case)”, Language, Society and Culture : Educational Seminar, Kerala Varma Collge, Trichur, Kerala (30th September, 2006)
30. “Ecotourism in India”, Keynote Address at National Seminar on Eco Tourism in India, Providence Women’s College, Calicut (7th October, 2006)
31. “Innovative Practices in Teacher Education”, Fifth State Convention & National Seminar on Total Quality Management in Teacher Education”, Council for Teacher Education, Ottapalam, Kerala (14th October, 2006)
32. “Space Research in India”, Keynote Lecture at National Seminar “Technology for Self-Reliance and Prosperity” , Secred Heart College, Cochin, (16th October, 2006)
33. “Modern Trends in Information Technology in Malayalam Teaching”, First State Seminar of Malayalam Language Teaching Innovation Organization (MALTIO), Adimali, Idukki, Kerala (17th November, 2006)
34. “Science of Imaging” , IT Vision-2005, Computer Society of India, Zamorin’s Guruvayurappan College, Calicut, Kerala (10th December, 2005)
35. “Personalized Adaptive Learning”, National Conference on Web Intelligence, Cochin, (15-16 December, 2006)
36. “Biorhythm”, Interview in Subhadinam, Kairali TV, Trivandrum, (17th December 2006)
37. “Human Rights Education”, UGC Workshop, NSS Training College, Ottapalam, (18th – 20th December, 2006)
38. “Make Teaching : Effective & Affective”, Workshop on Value Education, RIMSE, Mysore (4th February 2007)
39. “Modeling & Simulation : Technological Applications”, Invited Talk, Kerala Mathematical Association Seminar at KE College, Kottayam, (17th July, 2007)
40. “Scientists’ Communication” at National Seminar on “Changing Trends in Science Comunication” organized by Vignan Prasar, Dept. of Sc. &Tech, New Delhi at Institute of Management Studies, Noida (9th Feb. 2008)
41. “MATLAB for Image Processing”, Nirmala College, Moovaattupuzha, Kerala, (15th march 2008)

Papers Published in International Journals

1. Effect of Radiative Heat Transfer on the On the Onset of Convection - D Vortmeyer, N Rudraiah & T P Sasikumar, J. of Heat & Mass Transfer Vol.32, No.5, Pp873-878 (1989)
2. Radiation & Non-Darcy Effects on Convection in Porous Media – N Rudraiah & T P Sasikumar, Chemical Engng. Communication, MS#900-88 (1989)
3. Convective Instability of a Radiating Fluid-Saturated High Porosity Porous medium – T P Sasikumar, Proc. 4th ACFM, Hong Kong, Vol-1, H41-44 (1989)
4. Effect of Radiation on the Stability of Double-Diffusive Liquid Layer – T P Sasikumar, R M Barron & N Rudraiah, Fluid Dynamics Research, Japan, 8/90 (1990)
5. Double Diffusive Convection in an Absorbing, Emitting and Scattering Porous Medium – T P Sasikumar & N Rudraiah, ASME J of Heat Transfer, Vol-35, Pp 234-256 (1990)
6. Orbit-Attitude Modeling and Derivation of Ground Coordinate from SPOT Stereo Pairs – P V Radhadevi, T P Sasikumar & R Ramachandran, ISPRS J of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 49 (4), Pp22-28 (1994)
7. “Adaptive E-Learning System for Generic and Adult Education in Geomatics”, Submitetd – ISPRS-Beijing (2008)
BOOK
“Learning & Teaching : Principles & Pedagogy for E-, Web-, and Adaptive Learning”,
Reference Press, New Delhi, ISBN:81-8405-033-X

A few titles compilations in Spiritual / Indian Rituals sold over lakhs called “Nithya Sloka”, Shiva Rathri, Devi etc.

“LIFE made SIMPLE’ : an orkut born book published by Indological Trust, Calicut

Edited Proceedings / Course Materials
1. Co-Edited INCA Proceedings “Indian Cartographer’, Vol-XIV (1994)
2. Course Book in Remote Sensing for the Teachers Workshop conducted by ISRS (1998)
3. Training Material on Mapping from Space (Remote Sesning / Image Processing / Photogrammetry / Geographic Information System / Applications) – ppts Digitally in CD & Hard-Copy Material - 6 Volumes, ADRIN (2002-2004)


HRM / Management Related Projects
Ø “Human Resource Management in DOS/ISRO”, Involved in the Analysis and Report Generation of Project conducted by MPR Panicker (1996)