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Ph.D. (1991) - Nonlinear Dynamics - Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, INDIA.
Thesis: ON THE NONLINEAR DYNAMICS OF THE DISCRETE AND NUUM SPIN SYSTEMS; Supervisor: Prof. M. LAKSHMANAN.
M.Sc.(1985) - Physics - First Class - University of Madras, Madras, INDIA.
B.Sc.(1983) - Physics - First Class - University of Madras, Madras, INDIA.

Professor, March’06 onwards, Pondicherry University, INDIA
Professor & Head, June’06 – May’09, Pondicherry University, INDIA
Reader, November’02- February’06, Pondicherry University, INDIA
Assistant Professor; May ‘01 to October’ 02 - Anna University, INDIA
Lecturer; April '93 to April 2001 - Anna University, INDIA
Post Doctoral Fellow; June '95 to April '97 - Hannover University, GERMANY
Research Scientist; May ‘91 to March '93 - Bharathidasan University, INDIA
Research Fellow, September '85 to April '91 - Bharathidasan University, INDIA

Solitons and Modulation Instability in Nonlinear Fibre Optics, Fibre Bragg Grating, Photonic fibres, Bose Einstein Condensates and Self-Induced Transparency: Solitons in Magnetic Systems, Integrability Aspects of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Born 5th June 1963; Married; Two Children

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1. Organizer, International Workshop on “ Optical Solitons : Theory and Experiments” at Kochi during January 24-29,2002 ( with Prof.V.C.Kuriakose, Cochin University of Science and Technology)
2. Organizer, Winter School on “Nonlinear Optics: Theory and Applications” held at Department of Physics, Bharathidasan University, during 1-13, Dec.2003 [With Prof.M.Lakshmanan (Bharathidasan University) and Prof. S. Duttagupta (University of Hyderabad).
3. Convener, DAE Awareness Workshop on “ The Facilities of UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research” held at Department of Physics, Pondicherry University, during 4-5, November 2004
4. Convener, “Second DST Programme Advisory Committee on Plasma, High Energy, Astronomy& Astrophysics and Nonlinear Dynamics ” held at Pondicherry University, during 14-15, February, 2005
5. Convener, One day Seminar on Concepts of Theoretical Physics, held at Pondicherry University on 23rd September 2005
6. Co-Director, Second SERC School on NONLINEAR DYNAMICS held at Pondicherry University, during 4-24, January 2006
7. Convener, DST FAST Track Programme committee meeting, August 23-24, 2007
8. Convener, DST PAC meeting on Optics, January 18, 2008
9. Convener, DST PAC meeting on High Energy Physics, February 11-12, 2008
10 .Convener, National Level TPSC workshop on “ Recent Advancements in Theoretical Physics and Quantum Computation” 17-19, March 2009
11. Convener, National Level TPSC workshop on Nonlinear Physics: Theory, Experiments and Applications , March 29-31, 2010
12. Convener, XXXVII National Symposium of Optical Society of India , January 23- 25, 2013
13. Coordinator, DST INSPIRE Science Camp, April 5-9, 2013

1. Member, PG Board of Studies, Pondicherry University (2002 – 2005)
2. Chairman, PG & UG Board of Studies , Pondicherry University (2006 – 2008)
3. Member, UG Board of Studies, Periyar University (2005 – 2009)
4. Member, UG Board of Studies, Govt. Arts College for Men, Bharathidasan University, Kumbakonam (2006 – 2008)
5. Member, PG Board of Studies, Kongu Arts & Science College, Barathiyar University, Coimbatore (2007 – 2008)
6. Member, PG Board of Studies, Barathiyar University (2007 – 2009)
7. Member, Executive Council, Academic Council, Planning committee & Court, Pondicherry University (2007-2009)
8. Member, PG Board of Studies, Alagappa University, Karaikudi (2007-2014)
9. Member, Research Advisory Committee, Gandigram University, Gandigrama (2013-2015)