Department of Chemistry

Courses Attented - Refresher/Orientation

1. online Faculty Development Programme on ‘The Art of Framing Questions- Applying Blooms Taxonomy’ , 2021-06-07 to 2021-06-12, organized by UGC – STRIDE (Sanction No. F2-10/2019(STRIDE-1) , Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam in association with Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Sree Sankara College, Kalady, Participant, FDP

2. Online National Faculty Development Program on “Enhancing Quality of Chemistry Education in India”, 2021-02-25 to 2021-03-03, Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, a centre under PMMMNMTT, Ministry of Education, Government of India, Participant, FDP

3. 5 day FDP, ‘How Teachers can make a Difference’ by Teaching Learning Centre, 2020-05-26 to 2020-05-30, IQAC, S.S.C., Kalady, Kerala State Higher Education Council , Participant, FDP

4. Online Refresher Course in Chemistry for Higher Education Faculty , 2019-11-01 to 2019-03-30, ARPIT course , MHRD, Participant, Refresher

5. ORIENTATION COURSE, 2017-07-03 to 2017-07-29, HRDC in Bangalore University, UGC sponsored, Participant, Orientation

Courses Attented - Seminars / Workshops

1. International conference on Green Chemistry and Environmental Sciences, 2023-07-20 to 2023-07-20, Postgraduate and Research Department of Chemistry, SSC, Kalady in association with School of Chemical Sciences, M.G. University, Kottayam, IQAC,SSC,KALADY, Participant

2. NSIPR-2023, 2023-01-25 to 2023-01-25, Research and Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, SSC, Kalady, IQAC,SSC,KALADY, Coordinator

3. International Conference on Current Trends in Chemistry, CTric 2022, 2022-03-11 to 2022-03-12, Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Presenter

4. International Conference on Advances in Materials Science-ICAMS-2021, 2021-09-21 to 2021-09-21, Arunai International Research Fountation, Tamil Nadu, India, and Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calicut, Kerala, Presenter

5. International webinar MATCON-2021 , 2021-04-01 to 2021-04-01, Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Presenter

6. National Seminar on New Frontiers in Material and Environmental Sciences-NFMES-2020 , 2020-01-28 to 2020-01-29, Dept, of Chemistry, SH College, Thevara, Presenter

7. National Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Technology-NCMST-2019, 2019-12-18 to 2019-12-20, IISER,Tvm., Presenter

8. workshop on ICT enabled teaching- Digital Technologies in Higher Education’, 2019-02-01 to 2019-02-01, IQAC, SSC, Kalady, Participant

9. International Conference on Advances in Materials Science - ICAMS-2018, 2018-10-24 to 2018-10-25, Research and Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, SSC, Kalady, DST, KCSTE, Coordinator

Paper Publications

Publications
( International / National/Peer Reviewed/ISSN) )

1. A comprehensive review on cellulose, chitin, and starch as fillers in natural rubber biocomposites, Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications, Elsevier, 2666-8939, 2021-12-25

2. Isolation and characterization of cellulose nanowhiskers from Acacia Caesia, Journal of Applied Polymer Science. , Wiley Periodicals LLC, 15, ISSN: 1097-4628, 2020-09-30

3. Composites of resorcinol and hexamethylenetetramine modified nanocellulose whiskers as potential biofiller in natural rubber latex: synthesis, characterization and property evaluation, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Elsevier,

Academic / Research Journal:

1. Composites of resorcinol and hexamethylenetetramine modified nanocellulose whiskers as potential biofiller in natural rubber latex: synthesis, characterization and property evaluation , Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, Springer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-023-03850-5, Yes, (Seena K. Thomas1,2 · P. M. Sabura Begum1 · P. Dileep3 · K. V. Neenu1 · Deepthi Anna David1 · Ansa Santu1 · C. D. Midhun Dominic4), 2022-2023

2. A comprehensive review on cellulose, chitin, and starch as fillers in natural rubber biocomposites , Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications , 2 (2021) 100095, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carpta.2021.100095, Yes, (Seena K. Thomas a,b, Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai c,*, Senthilkumar Krishnasamy d, P. M. Sabura Begum a, Debabrata Nandi d, Suchart Siengchin d, Jinu Jacob George e, Nishar Hameed f, Nisa.V. Salim g, Natalia Sienkiewicz h), 2021-2022

3. Isolation and characterization of cellulose nanowhiskers from Acacia caesia plant , Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2020;1–11., Wiley, DOI: 10.1002/app.50213, Yes, (Seena K. Thomas1,2 | P. M. Sabura Begum1 | C. D. Midhun Dominic3 | Nisa V. Salim4 | Nishar Hameed5 | Sanjay Mavinkere Rangappa6 | Suchart Siengchin6 | Jyotishkumar Parameswaranpillai6), 2020-2021

Proceeding of seminar/workshop etc

1. Materials Today Proceedings (2021), Green Polymer Nanocomposites based on Natural Rubber and Nanocellulose Whiskers from Acacia-Caesia: Mechanical, Thermal and Diffusion properties, Advances in material sciences-ICAMS-2021, Elsevier Ltd. , (Seena K. Thomasa,b, P.M. Sabura Beguma,*, Dileep P,c), 2021-2022

2. Materials for the Millennium, MatCon-2021 international Conference proceedings, Effect of Replacement of Nanocellulose by Nanochitin in Natural Rubber by Latex Stage Processing, international Conference on Materials for the Millennium, MatCon-2021, ISBN: 978-93-5457-754-3, The Directorate of Public Relations and Publications For The Department of Applied Chemistry Cochin University of Science and Technology Kochi-682 022, Kerala, India, (Seena K. Thomas and P.M. Sabura Begum), 2021-

Other Positions Engaging

1. IIC-President, SSC, Kalady, 2022-09-01 - 2023-08-31 , 2022-2023

Programmes Organised

1. National, NSIPR-2023, 2023-01-25, 2023-01-25, IQAC,SSC,Kalady, Dr. Seena K Thomas, 2022-2023

2. State, Innovation day celebration, 2022-10-11, 2022-10-11, ED club, SSC, Kalady, Dr. Seena K Thomas, 2022-2023

Paper/Poster Presentations

1. Presented a paper in an International Conference on Current Trends in Chemistry, CTric-2022, Dept. of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology , Inter National, Time: 11:15, 2022-03-11

2. Presented a paper in an international conference on Advances in Material Sciences-ICAMS-2021on September 2021, Arunai international research foundation, India and Department of Chemistry, Calicut university, Kerala, Inter National, Time: 14:25, 2021-09-22

3. Presented a paper in a National Seminar New Frontiers in Material and Environmental Sciences-NFMES-2020 , S.H. College, Thevara, National, Time: 12:25, 2020-01-28

4. Presented a poster in National Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Technology-NCMST-2019 , Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, National, Time: 11:25, 2019-12-18

Invigilation / Valuation Details

1. CBCS BSc Chemistry Semester III -core chemistry, 48 papers are valued, 2024-01-22