Dr. Rajendra Girjappa Sonkawade

R G Sonkawade is presently working as a Professor at Department of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He has taken keen interest in the upliftment of the downtrodden society, he was actively engaged in Delhi for arranging the social meetings of the Ministers, Member of Parliaments, burrocrats, academicians, etc., who belongs to SC/ST category. His contribution for the equity, social justice and social rights are tremendous. He is n actively engaged in social media for giving his views pertaining to the upliftment, rights and harassments, etc., He was born in a village in the middle class family, his mother Smt. Bharatbai and Father Shri Girjappa were the source of his inspiration who were belongs to a very humble & poor family background. His better half Mrs. Sheetal along with his two sons were always witness to his contribution to the downtrodden society especially during his 18 years stay at Delhi, all of them always motivates and contributes in his social welfare. He continuously  thinks about the betterment of the downtrodden society, through his various ideas his prime aim is to give world class education access to the SC/ST students and motivate them for building the nation.

He worked at Inter University Accelerator Centre (formerly Nuclear Science Centre), New Delhi for around 18 years as a senior scientist. He has also worked as Professor at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central University), Lucknow and served on various prestigious positions of Dean, School for Physical Sciences, Head, Department of Applied Physics, Director (i/c), Residential Coaching Academy, at BBAU (central University), Lucknow. He was chairman of various statutory bodies such as Board for Post Graduate Studies, School Board, Research Development Committee at BBAU.  He is a recipient of Visiting Scientist status from Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). He is a member of the Governing Council, Governing Board, Board of Management, Finance Committee, Planning Board, etc., at Central/State and Deemed Universities. He is academic council member at Central & Sate Universities. He was member of Governing Council, Governing Board, Finance Committee, etc., on Institute of National Importance at Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi. He was  member of Governing Boards of  various  autonomous Colleges. He has worked as an expert on various Central/State universities for selections of Professors and other positions.  Ministry of Social Justice, Govt., of India nominated him as a Member of General Council  at NIHH, Mumbai. University Grants Commission (UGC) nominated him as member on various committees such as expert on Common Wealth Scheme and minor research Projects of UGC.  Nominated UGC observer of  Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) at various universities to review the promotion of readers to professors. He is a member Coordinator of National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore for  peer team. He has accredited various State/Deemed Universities, National Institute of Technology (NIT), various colleges in the country. Former Patron and  President (2-term)  of Nuclear Track Society of India (NTSI), which is one of the oldest society located at BARC, Mumbai. He has visited many countries for his scientific pursuits . His current research mainly involves synthesis and characterization of conducting/composites for sensing applications, supercapacitors and other material science research. A patent is also credited to him. He has published around 75 research papers in the refereed journals, 23 in the conference proceedings and 57 in the book of abstracts and 15 technical reports. He has delivered numerous invited talks within and outside the country. He was recognized guide from number of National Institutes and Central Universities. He organized number of an International and National Conferences in the capacity of Organizing Secretary/Convener. He has guided many research scholars.

He obtained his Master in Physics from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad (Maharashtra); post M. Sc. Diploma in Radiological Physics (DRP) from Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, and Ph.D from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna University, Srinagar (Garhwal), Uttaranchal.

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