Outstanding Faculty of Eminence



Prof. Dr. Durairaj Sekar
Ph.D - University of Camerino, Italy
Associate Dean- School of Life, Health & Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Dr. A. M. Shanmugharaj
PDF - Kyushu University, Japan
Ph.D - IIT, Kharagpur
Professor
School of Design and Mechanical Engineering

Prof. Dr. Jomy Joseph
Ph.D - IIT, Kharagpur
Associate Dean - Admissions
Associate Professor
School of Design & Mechanical Engineering

Prof. Dr. Alasakani Karthik
Ph.D - BITS Pilani
Asst. Dean - Academics
Assistant Professor - Mathematics
School of Arts & Natural Sciences

Prof. Dr. Jaffino Stargen D
Ph.D - IIT, Madras
Post-doctorate - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
Asst. Dean - Research
School of Arts & Natural Sciences
Dr. Jaffino Stargen D is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, School of Arts & Natural Sciences at Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. He obtained his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. Afterwhich he did his PhD on Theoretical Physics in the Department of Physics, IIT Madras, Chennai. After his doctoral research, Dr. Jaffino did his Post-doctoral research at various reputed institutes in India and abroad: IIT Bombay, Mumbai; Chennai Mathematical Institute, Siruseri, Chennai; IISER Mohali, Punjab; and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA
Dr. Jaffino Stargen’s research area broadly involves investigating semi-classical aspects of gravity. Specifically on investigating the possibilities of realizing near-horizon black hole physics scenarios in laboratory settings, through the experimental realization of Unruh effect. His recent proposal on the experimental verification of Unruh effect has been published in Physical Review Letters https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.111303). Apart from research, Dr. Jaffino is broadly interested in reading historical aspects of physics, and its relevance to technology, literature, politics, and the advancement of society in general.

Prof. Dr. Johnsy Rani Ph.D.(Nursing.)
Associate Dean
School of Nursing
Dr. Johnsy Rani is currently serving as a Professor in the School of Nursing at Joy University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. She has her Doctoral degree in Community Health Nursing from Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai under The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai in the year 2019. She is presently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Srinivas University, Mangalore, Karnataka. She is a Research co-guide under Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, Srinivas University, Mangalore, and Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tiberwala University, Rajasthan.
She has a teaching experience of more than 13 years. She has achieved the Best Teacher Award thrice. She is a Life Member of the Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI), the Clinical Nursing Research Society (CNRS), and the Trained Nurses Association of India (TNAI). She has been a trainer in International projects funded by SAWSO, Norway, and NORAD. She has published about 16 research articles in reputed national and international journals and one book chapter under Jaypee Publications. She has done about 13 invited presentations. She is the editor of the International Journal of Community Health Nursing and the International Journal of Nursing Science Practice and Research.
She has international work experience as Assistant Professor in Male’, Maldives where she has been involved in Program, curriculum, module, and content development. She has worked as Nodal Officer for the Mentorship program under Mission Niramaya, Uttar Pradesh, and worked for the Quality ranking of nursing colleges by QCI under Mission Niramaya, Uttar Pradesh.

Prof. Dr. Mrityunjay Kumar
Ph.D - NIT, Patna
M.Tech - IIT, Hyderabad
Assistant Professor
School of Design & Mechanical Engineering
Prof.Dr. Mrityunjay Kumar is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the School of Design and in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. He has his Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) Belgaum and Master’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H). He has obtained his Ph.D from NIT, Patna.
Prof.Dr. Mrityunjay Kumar has a teaching experience of more than seven years in the domain of Mechanical Engineering. He has published one patent and two research articles. Prof.Dr.Mrityunjay kumar has qualified GATE (Mechanical Engineering) and he was also selected for the world bank project TEQIP-III. He has worked as a coordinator for many workshops and he has also attended more than ten FDPs and workshops.His areas of interest in research are Welding, 3D Printing, Fluid Mechanics and Machine Learning. His other interests are travelling, meditation, yoga, cooking etc.

Prof. Dr. Rajesh Mahadeva
Ph.D - IIT, Roorkee
Associate Professor
School of Computational Intelligence
Professor Dr. Rajesh Mahadeva is currently working as an Associate Professor – School of Computational Intelligence, Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India. He received Bachelor degree from Samrat Ashok Technological Institute (SATI) Vidisha, Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV), Bhopal, M.P., India, Master degree from Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jalandhar, Punjab, India and Doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India. He has awarded Doctoral and Master degree fellowship from the Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India.
He has also received 8 National and International fellowships/scholarships (from MoE, Govt. of India; Co-Prepare Grant (CAG), IIT Roorkee India, University of Potsdam, Germany; and DAAD, Germany). He has 21+ research publications in International peer-reviewed and SCI journals, conferences, and book chapters. He has significantly valued ~10 publications in peer-reviewed Sustainable Computing: Informatics and Systems, IEEE Access, Water Supply, Desalination and Water Treatment journals. He has supervised 7 M.Tech. thesis and 6 B.E. projects. He has received 3 prestigious Awards (Best Paper/Best Poster/Best Presentation Awards) from prominent organizations.
Prior to joining Joy University, he has served extensively in the academia (Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, and TIT Group of Institution, Bhopal, M.P., India) totaling up his rich experience to 10+ years. His research interests include: Artificial Intelligence, Soft Computing Techniques, Process Control, Instrumentation, Electronics, Chemical Process Modeling and Simulation, Water Treatment, and Desalination. He is currently serving as a reviewer for peer reviewed indexed journals. He is also a member of IEEE, USA, and International Desalination Association (IDA), USA.

Prof. Dr. Jagamohan Meher
Ph.D – NIT, Raipur
Assistant Professor - Agriculture
School of Agricultural Sciences

Prof. Dr. Saket Chandra
PDF - North Carolina State University, USA
Ph.D - BIT Mesra
Assistant Professor - Biotechnology
School of Life & Health Sciences

Prof. Dr. Summi Dutta
PDF - North Carolina State University, USA
Ph.D - BIT Mesra
Assistant Professor-Biotechnology
School of Life & Health Sciences

Prof. Dr. Ramswaroop Saini
Ph.D - IIT, Madras
Asst. Dean
School of Life and Health Sciences

Prof. Dr. Priyanka Sarkar Ghosh
Ph.D - NIT, Durgapur
Assistant Professor - Biotechnology
School of Life & Health Sciences

Prof. Dr. Chithra D Gracia
Ph.D - NIT, Tiruchirapalli
Assistant Professor
School of Computational Intelligence
Dr. Chithra D Gracia is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computing & Information Systems under the School of Computational Intelligence, Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. She has her Bachelor’s Degree (B.E) in Computer Science and Engineering from Manonmanian Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Master’s Degree (M.E) in Computer Science and Engineering from Anna University, Chennai and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli.
She has worked as faculty in Engineering Colleges and University in Tamil Nadu and has handled classes in National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli. Prior to joining Joy University, she has 12 and 6 years of experience in teaching and research respectively. She is the only recipient of HTRA fellowship (2011 to 2016) in the department of Computer Science and Engineering for pursuing Ph.D at National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli from Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India.
She has presented her research papers in leading international and national conferences in leading institutions in India. She has published more than 20 research papers in SCI and SCOPUS indexed International Journals, Conferences and Book chapters of repute in the field of Data Science. She has delivered many invited lectures on Machine Learning, Recommender Systems. She has been a professional facilitator of students and her teaching experience includes experiments on Learner centric teaching and flipped classroom. During her tenure, she was a nominated member in various committees assisting the administration in matters of importance. She is a reviewer of the reputed International journal, IEEE Systems. Her research areas include Machine Learning, Web services, Cloud computing, Fog computing and Edge Computing. She is a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education (MISTE).

Prof. Dr. Pallab Maiti
Ph.D - IIT, Bhilai
Assistant Professor
School of Arts & Natural Sciences
Dr. Pallab Maiti is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Arts & Natural Sciences at Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. He completed his B.Sc (H) degree in Mathematics from the University of Calcutta, West Bengal and his M.Sc in Mathematics from the Department of Mathematics, NIT Rourkela, Odisha. Afterward, Mr. Maiti joined as a Ph.D. scholar in the Department of Mathematics, IIT Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, and submitted his thesis in 2023.
Prof. Maiti’s research area lies in Fixed Point Theory and its Application. He submitted his thesis entitled “On Common Fixed Points of Set-valued Maps on Metric Spaces with Graph and Applications.” Moreover, his research covers the generalized Caputo fractional differential equation, q-analogue Bernstein operator, invariant best approximation theorems, and best proximity theory. He has published two research articles in reputed journals and has already communicated another three research articles. He qualified for GATE (Mathematics) and IIT-JAM (Mathematics). He attends several workshops and conferences. His other interests are cooking, yoga, and reading storybooks.

Prof. Dr. Reena Daphne
Ph.D - Anna University, Chennai
IQAC Coordinator
Prof. Dr. Reena Daphne is presently serving as the IQAC Coordinator in the Accreditation Department of Joy University. She has completed her Doctoral research in the area of Signal Processing from Anna University in 2017. She has her Bachelor’s Degree (B.E) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Manonmanian Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli and Master’s Degree (M.E) in Control and Instrumentation from Anna University, Chennai .She has a teaching experience of more than 16 years in the domain of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. She is a Life Member of The Institution of Engineers (India). She has published more than 8 research articles in reputed International Journals. Her areas of research include Control Engineering and Signal Processing. During her service as an IQAC Coordinator, she has played a key role in planning and execution of the goals towards quality enhancement and sustenance. She has also mentored institutions for the preparedness of accreditations from NAAC and NBA.

Prof. Dr. F. Dinusha Masil
Assistant Professor
School of Law
Dr. F. Dinusha Masil currently holds the esteemed position of Assistant Professor in the School of Law at Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. She embarked on her educational journey progressing to achieve an extensive academic portfolio that includes qualifications such as B.A. BL. from the Government Law College, Tirunelveli, an MBA from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, M.A in Criminology and Police Science, M.Sc. in Psychology, and two LLM degrees from esteemed universities. The pinnacle of her academic achievements is her Ph.D. in Business Administration-Commerce (Interdisciplinary) which she was awarded by Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli in 2022. Additionally, she is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Law.
Before joining Joy University, she practiced as an Advocate in the District Court of Kanniyakumari District, enriching her professional experience in the field of law from March 2010 to May 2015. She furthered her academic career by serving as an Assistant Professor in Thulasi College of Law for Women, Vallanadu, Thoothukudi District before her current tenure.
Throughout her academic career, she has shown keen interest in pertinent societal issues. This is reflected in her research projects which revolve around the protection of women from domestic violence, corporate laws concerning the Board of Directors’ role in company management, and the imperative topic of stress management for women in the informal sector. She has also made significant academic contributions by publishing six research articles in various esteemed journals. Her work has found a place in the UGC CARE list journal and other UGC-approved journals with significant impact factors. She has also authored chapters in books with ISBN, amplifying her research on stress management techniques and the correlation between working conditions and workplace stress.

Adv. Ms. Anto Didisha B.C.A., LL.B (Hons), LL.M
Assistant Professor
School of Law
Ms. Anto Didisha is working as an Assistant Professor in the School of law, Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. She got her B.C.A LLB (Hons) degree from School of Excellence in Law, Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University (TNDALU), Chennai and LLM degree in Constitutional Law and Human Rights from Government Law College, Tirunelveli.
She has worked as a Junior Advocate in Madras High Court, Chennai for 13 months. She has presented her research papers on the topic “Constitutional validity of Section 32 A of NDPS Act” in national conference and “The Role of Judiciary in Empowering Women” in an International Conference. Also she has participated in many moot competitions, paper presentations and seminars. She has been the department coordinator for Sports and Cultural activities in School of Excellence in Law from 2015 to 2020.Her other interests are dancing, photography, yoga, cooking etc.

Prof. Mrs. Achsha shiny.A
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
Ms. Achsha Shiny is currently a professor at the School of Nursing, Joy University, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu. She received her UG & PG in Nursing from Dr.MGR medical university, Chennai. She specializes in child-health nursing. Her academic project on a quasi-experimental study to evaluate the efficacy of using ice cubes before intramuscular injection for pain reduction using a numerical pain rating scale in children aged 8 to 12 years is still recommended by many university students. She has been a member of TNAI and an active participant in SNA activities.
She received the best academic achievement award and best student award during her course of study in nursing. With her passion for managing students and management studies. She earned her MBA in Human Resources from Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. She has hosted/presented papers and publications at many international conferences. She is pursuing her PhD in management studies at Madurai Kamaraj University.
She is currently conducting her doctoral research on job stress, coping strategies, and their effects on teachers’ job performance. Recently, she published a dissertation on “Dynamic Management Practices in the Digitalized Era” which is used by many MBA students and other researchers. She has more than 11 years of teaching and training experience in the field of nursing. Dedicated, resourceful, and goal-driven, professional educator with a vision and commitment to the academic growth and development of every student.

Prof. Dr.Hari Sundar.G
PGCP - IIM, Kashipur
FDP - IIM, Kozhikode
Associate Dean
School of Entrepreneurship and Management
Prof. Dr.Hari Sundar.G completed his MBA from Anna University in 2006 and completed his Doctoral research in the area of Consumer Behaviour from Anna University in 2013.
He has also successfully completed the FDP from IIM Kozhikode as well as PG Certificate programmes in Market Research and Data Analytics from MICA and Strategic Management from IIM Kashipur. He has also completed his Post doctoral research on Bhagavad Gita and Executive development from Commonwealth University. He has worked as faculty in many leading management institutions in Kerala and Tamil Nadu including VIT Business School, Department of Management Studies, SNGCE Kolenchery and TKM Institute of Management Kollam. He has 7 years of industry and 17 years of academic experience.
He has presented his research papers in leading national and international conferences in leading institutions in India and abroad including IIM A, IIM B, IIM L, IIM K, BHU, CUSAT, IIT Madras, IIT Mumbai and BITS. He has several publications in SCOPUS indexed, ABDC and UGC CARE journals. He has also edited four conference proceedings. An accomplished trainer, he is also the Life member of ISTD Kochi chapter and won several awards for his contributions to the field of management education. He is also specialized in Case methodology of teaching and Case writing. He has also authored 9 cases on various management topics.

Prof. Dr. G.Arunachalam
Ph.D - Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Associate Dean
School of Pharmacy
Prof. Dr. G.Arunachalam born on 02nd July 1974, passed B.Pharm from S.R.M College of Pharmacy, Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu under The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Chennai-32 in 1997. Thereafter he took M.Pharmacy (Pharmacognosy) Degree in 2000 from Periyar College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Trichy-21 under The Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Chennai-32. In 2000 he joined ICMR Virus Unit Kolkata, ID & BG Hospital Campus, Beliaghata, Kolkata – 10, India as Research Assoiciate. In 2003 he moved to Pallavan Pharmacy College, Kancheepuram – 631502, Tamil Nadu, India as Assistant Professor.
Prof. Dr. G.Arunachalam obtained his Ph.D Degree in Pharmacy from Jadavpur University, Kolkata in 2005. After obtaining his Ph.D Degree he became as Professor cum Principal in S.A. Raja Pharmacy College, Vadakangulam. In May 2007 he took over as Professor cum Principal of PGP College of Pharmaceutical Science and Research Institute, Namakkal. He has published more than 75 research articles in international and national journals also contributed in one book chapter such as Pharmacological activities of three ethnomedicines of little Andaman. “Search for Natural drugs”. In: Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants. J N Govil Ed. Studium Press Texas, USA. He is also Published Two more Books such as Herbal Drug Technology – Third Year B.Pharm VI Semester and Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry – Second Year B.Pharm V Semester – According to the syllabus based on Pharmacy Council of India, Thakur Publication PVT. LTD., Lucknow, India. He is life members for more than 6 Professional Societies. He has presented more than 16 research articles in International and National Conferences related to Pharmacy. He also visited different University and gave lecture on different topics related to Role of Research in Education and Important of Medicinal Plants (Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry).

Prof. Dr. Chandan Kumar
PDF - IIT, Delhi
Ph.D - IIT, Guwahati
Assistant Professor
School of Design & Mechanical Engineering

Prof. Dr. Kanagarathinam D.V
Ph.D - IIT, Madras
Assistant Professor - History
School of Arts & Natural Sciences

Prof. Dr. Jomon Sebastian
Ph.D – NIT, Calicut
Assistant Professor – Biotechnology
School of Life & Health Sciences

Prof. Dr. Sourav Kumar Kajli
Ph.D - IIT, Madras
Assistant Professor - Physics
School of Arts & Natural Sciences

Prof. Dr. Nishant Kumar
Ph.D - IIT, Madras
Assistant Professor - Philosophy
School of Arts & Natural Sciences

Prof. Dr. Ashish Kumar Nayak
Ph.D - IIT, Kharagpur
Assistant Professor - Civil
Engineering
School of Design & Civil Engineering
Prof. Dr. Ashish Kumar Nayak has recently submitted his dissertation to fulfill the requirement for his Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering (Specialization: Environmental Engineering) at IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal. Before that, he had done B.Tech. in Civil Engineering from NIT Rourkela, Odisha and M. Tech in Civil Engineering (Specialization: Environmental Engineering) from IIT Guwahati, Assam. He has previously worked as an Assistant Professor at BPUT Odisha for one year and as a Teaching Assistant for the NPTEL course at IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal for four months. He also got the prestigious GATE fellowship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India.
He has published his research findings in reputed international civil and environmental engineering journals such as Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Engineering (American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)) and others. He has also written book chapters for international publishers, such as Springer and Taylor & Francis. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited over 389 times.
His primary research interests include water and wastewater treatment, adsorption, process optimization and modeling, waste recycling and composting technology. He is not limited to the above interests; he is open to collaborating with environmental projects that address real-world problems.

Prof. Dr. Abhishek Kumar Shrivastava
Ph.D - IIT, Dhanbad
Associate Professor - CSE
School of Computational Intelligence
Dr. Abhishek Kumar Shrivastava is currently serving as an Associate Professor (CSE) in the School of Computational Intelligence, Joy University, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.

Prof. Dr. Pradeepkumar Yadav
Ph.D - BITS Pilani
Assistant Professor - Physics
School of Arts & Natural Sciences

Prof. Dr. Shivangi Priya
Ph.D - BITS Pilani
Assistant Professor - English
School of Arts & Natural Sciences
Dr. Shivangi Priya is working as an Assistant Professor of English in the School of Arts & Natural Sciences, Joy University. Before joining Joy University, she worked with Manipal University Jaipur for a year. Dr. Priya has pursued her doctoral research from BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, and her thesis explores the Indian language policy and planning in the context of the Maithili language. In 2016, she received the prestigious Fulbright Fellowship from the University of Utah. Dr. Priya has also worked as a JRF(Junior Research Fellow) in UGC major project in English language teaching at BITS Pilani, Pilani campus (2014-2015).

Prof. Dr. Sunitha Rakesh
Ph.D - JECRC University
Assistant Professor - Physics
School of Arts & Natural Sciences
