Dr B S Shivashankar 

Name of the teacher: Dr B S Shivashankar

Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D.

Designation: Assistant Professor

Teaching experience: 04 years

Seminars/conference attended: 17

1. The second DAE-BRNS theme meeting on EXFOR compilation of nuclear data, TSH,

Anushaktinagar, Mumbai-400085, October 29 – November 2, 2007, ( Part of the organizing team)

2. National seminar on advances in material science (NSAMS-2008), Department of Physics,

Manonmanian Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, February 4-5, 2008

3. DAE-BRNS theme meeting on Covariance Error Matrix in Nuclear Data and its Applications in

reactor Fuel Cycle and Technology, Department of Statistics, Manipal University, Manipal, 25-28

February, 2008, ( Part of the organizing team, and Presented 2 hours of Lecture Session)

4. The third DAE-BRNS theme meeting on EXFOR compilation of Nuclear Data, University of Rajastan,

Jaipur-302004, November 3-7, 2009

5. A short course in error analysis and its applications, Department of Statistics, Manipal University,

Manipal, 16-18 September, 2010, ( Part of the organizing team, and Presented 3 hours of Lecture

Session)

6. The second DAE-BRNS workshop on Covariance error matrix in nuclear data and its applications

in reactor fuel cycle and technology, Vel Tech Dr. RR & Dr. SR Technical University,

Chennai-600062, 22 November – 3 december, 2010, ( Presented 2 hours of Lecture Session)

7. Recent Advances in Biostatistics, Manipal University, Manipal, 11 February, 2010, ( Part of the

organizing team)

8. East Asia Regional Biometric Conference 2010 & X Biennial Conference of International Biometric

Society (Indian Region), Manipal University, Manipal, 12-13 February, 2010, ( Part of the organizing

team)

9. International Workshop on Neutron Dosimetry & Spectrum Unfolding, BARC, Mumbai, 15-19

March, 2010

10. Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Reaction Data for Advanced Reactor Technologies, The

Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy, 3-14 May, 2010

11. 4th DAE-BRNS Theme Meeting on EXFOR Compilation of Nuclear Data, Department of Physics,

Panjab University, Chandigarh, April 4-8, 2011

12. Development of Nuclear Data Libraries, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna,

Austria, 28 November – 2 December, 2011

13. DAE-BRNS Theme Meeting on Nuclear Reaction Data Evaluation, BARC, Mumbai, February 13-17,

2012

14. National Workshop on Surrogate Reactions and its Applications (Surrogate-2013), Department of

Physics, Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, 24-25 January, 2013

15. Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Nuclear Data for Analytical Applications, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, October,

2013, ( Presented My Covariance Paper for 20 Minutes)

16. EMPIRE Modelling and Evaluating Nuclear Reaction Data for Energy and Non-Energy Applications,

IAEA, Vienna, Austria, 2-6 December, 2013

17. Theme meeting cum workshop on Nuclear Reaction Code – EMPIRE, Department of Physics,

University of Calicut, Kerala-673635, 10-13 November, 2014, ( Technical Support)

International Journals:    20

1. B. S. Shivashankar, S. Ganesan, Haladara Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, N. Sreekumaran Nair, K.

Manjunatha Prasad. Measurement and Covariance Analysis of Reaction Cross Sections for

58Ni(n; p)58Co Relative to Cross Section for Formation of 97Zr Fission Product in Neutron-Induced

Fission of 232Th and 238U at Effective Neutron Energies En = 5:89; 10:11; and 15:87MeV. Nuclear

science and engineering; the journal of the American Nuclear Society 04/2015; 179(4):423-433.

http://dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE14-19.

2. B. S. Shivashankar, H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, P. M. Prajapati, V. K. Mulik, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. V.

Thakare, A. Goswami, S. Ganesan. Measurement of reaction cross-sections for 64Ni(n; )65Ni at

En = 0:025eV and 58Ni(n; p)58Co at En = 3:7MeV. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear

Chemistry 05/2012; 292(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-1646-9.

3. H. Naik, B. S. Shivashankar, H. G. Raj Prakash, Deves Raj, Ganesh Sanjeev, N. Karunakara, H. M.

Somashekarappa, S. Ganesan, G. N. Kim, A. Goswami. Measurements of fission yield in 8MeV

bremsstrahlung induced fission of 232Th and 238U. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear

Chemistry 01/2014; 299(1). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2719-0.

4. Naik, H, Surayanarayana, S. V, Mulik, V. K, Prajapati, P. M, Shivashankar, B. S, Jagadeesan, K. C,

Thakare, S. V, Raj, D, Sharma, S. C, Bhagwat, P. V, Dhole, S. D, Ganesan, S, Bhoraskar, V. N and

Goswami, A. Measurement of the neutron capture cross-section of 238U using the neutron

activation technique. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 2012;293(2):469-478.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-012-1815-x.

5. H. Naik, V. K. Mulik, P. M. Prajapati, B. S. Shivasankar, S. V. Suryanarayana, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. V.

Thakare, S. C. Sharma, A. Goswami. Mass distribution in the quasi-mono-energetic

neutron-induced fission of 238U. Nuclear Physics A 913 (2013) 185–205.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2013.05.017.

6. R. Crasta, S. Ganesh, H. Naik, A. Goswami, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. C. Sharma, P. V. Bhagwat, B. S.

Shivashankar, V. K. Mulik, P. M. Prajapati. Measurement of the 238U(n; )239U and 238U(n; 2n)237U

Reaction Cross Sections Using a Neutron Activation Technique at Neutron Energies of 8.04 and

11.90 MeV. Nuclear science and engineering; the journal of the American Nuclear Society 09/2014;

178(1):66-75. dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE11-90.

7. Naik, H, Crasta, Rita, Suryanarayana, S. V, Prajapati, P. M, Mulik, V. K, Shivasankar, B. S, Jagadeesan,
8. C, Thakare, S. V, Sharma, S. C and Goswami, A. Mass distribution in the quasi-mono-energetic

neutron-induced fission of 232Th. The European Physical Journal A 2014;50(9):1-11.

https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2014-14144-4.

8. Sadhana Mukerji, Pritam Das Krishnani, Byrapura Siddaramaiah Shivashankar, Vikas Kaluram

Mulik, Saraswatula Venkat Suryanarayana, Haladhara Naik, Ashok Goswami. Measurements of

fission product yield in the neutron-induced fission of 238U with average energies of 9.35 MeV and

12.52 MeV. Journal- Korean Physical Society 07/2014; 65(1):18-24.

https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.65.18.

9. V.K. Mulik, S.V. Surayanarayana, H. Naik, Sadhana Mukerji, B. S. Shivashankar, P.M. Prajapati, S.D.

Dhole, V.N. Bhoraskar, S. Ganesan, A. Goswami. Measurement of the neutron capture cross-section

of 238U at neutron energies of 5:9 _ 0:5 and 15:5 _ 0:7 MeV by using the neutron activation

technique. Annals of Nuclear Energy 01/2014; 63:233-240.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2013.07.042.

10. Bhawna Pandey, P. M. Prajapati, Ajit Mahadkar, A.T.T Mostako, B. S. Shivashankar, S. Jakhar,

Sudhirsinh Vala, B. Sarkar, S. V. Suryanarayana, B. K. Nayak, A. Saxena, C. V. S. Rao, T. K. Basu.

Chromium target preparation for the measurement of nuclear data for fusion technology. Journal

of Material Sciences and Engineering; Vol. 1(3), 2014; 78-80.

https://www.jmsse.in/files/134%20bhawna%20et%20al.pdf.

11. P. M. Prajapati, H. Naik, S. Mukherjee, S. V. Suryanarayana, B. S. Shivashankar, R. Crasta, V. K. Mulik,
12. C. Jagadeesan, S. V. Thakre, S. Ganesan, A. Goswami. Fission Product Yield In The

Neutron-Induced Fission of 232Th With Average Energies of 5.42, 7.75, And 10.09 MeV. Nuclear

science and engineering: the journal of the American Nuclear Society 01/2014; 176(1):106.

dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE12-78.

12. H. Naik, Rita Crasta, S. V. Suryanarayana, Ganesh Sanjeev, B. S. Shivashankar, H. G. Raj Prakash, N.

Karunakara, H. M. Somashekarappa, M. Kumar, V. T. Nimje, K. C. Mittal, A. Goswami. Photo-neutron

cross-section measurement in the 8 and 10 MeV bremsstrahlung induced reaction of 238U. Journal

of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 11/2013; 298(2).

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2488-9.

13. V. K. Mulik, H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. D. Dhole, P. M. Prajapati, B. S. Shivashankar, K. C.

Jagadeesan, S. V. Thakre, V. N. Bhoraskar, A. Goswami. Measurement of 56Fe(n; p)56Mn reaction

cross-section at En = 5:9; 9:85; 14:8 and 15:5 MeV. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear

Chemistry 06/2013; 296(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2419-9.

14. Sadhana Mukerji, H. Naik, S. V. Surayanarayana, B. S. Shivashankar, V. K. Mulik, Sachin Chachara,

Sudipta Samanta, A. Goswami, P.D. Krishnani. Application of Neutron Activation Techniques for the

Measurement of 238U(n; ) and 238U(n; 2n) Cross Section at Neutron Energies of 13.5 and 17.28 MeV.

05/2013; 2(2):104-113. http://www.academicpub.org/DownLoadPaper.aspx?PaperID=3554.

15. Reetuparna Ghosh, Sylvia Badwar, B. S. Shivashankar, R. Acharya, S.V. Suryanarayana, H. Naik, T.N.

Nathaneil, B.M. Jyrwa, V.M. Datar, A.Goswami. Determination of Potassium and Magnesium in the

Glass Sample by Neutron Activation Technique. Journal of Basic and Applied Physics, Feb. 2013,

Vol. 2 Iss. 1, PP. 24-27. http://www.academicpub.org/DownLoadPaper.aspx?PaperID=3617.

16. Sylvia Badwar, Reetuparna Ghosh, B. S. Shivashankar, R. Acharya, S. V. Suryanarayana, H. Naik, T.
17. Nathaniel, B. M. Jyrwa, V. M. Datar, A. Goswami. Determination of Sodium and Aluminum in the

Glass Sample by Neutron Activation Technique. Journal of Basic and Applied Physics, Nov. 2012,

Vol. 1 Iss. 3, PP. 69-72. https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=

2&ved=0ahUKEwi1-dT-trjWAhVBN48KHRJFAgYQFggqMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.academicpub.

org%2FDownLoadPaper.aspx%3Fpaperid%3D3619&usg=AFQjCNHxIVccHj5XvXjROavQfiq7z30kWQ.

17. Rita Crasta, H. Naik, S.V. Suryanarayana, B. S. Shivashankar, V.K. Mulik, P.M. Prajapati, Ganesh

Sanjeev, S.C. Sharma, P.V. Bhagwat, A.K. Mohanty, S. Ganesan, A. Goswami. Measurement of the

232Th(n; )233Th and 232Th(n; 2n)231Th reaction cross-sections at neutron energies of 8:04 _ 0:30

and 11:90 _ 0:35 MeV. Annals of Nuclear Energy 09/2012; 47:160–165.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anucene.2012.02.010.

18. Sadhana Mukerji, H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. Chachara, B. S. Shivashankar, V Mulik, Rita

Crasta, Sudipta Samanta, B. K. Nayak, A. Saxena, S. C. Sharma, P. V. Bhagwat, K. K. Rasheed, R. N.

Jindal, S. Ganesan, A. K. Mohanty, A. Goswami, P. D. Krishnani. Measurement of 232Th(n; ) and

232Th(n; 2n) cross-sections at neutron energies of 13.5, 15.5 and 17.28 MeV using neutron activation

techniques. Pramana 08/2012; 79(2).

http://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/pram/079/02/0249-0262.

19. P. M. Prajapati, S. Mukherjee, H. Naik, A. Goswami, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. C. Sharma, B. S.

Shivashankar, V. K. Mulik, K. C. Jagdeesan, S. V. Thakre, S. Bisnoi, T. Patel, K. K. Rasheed, S.

Ganesan. Measurement of Neutron-Induced Reaction Cross Sections in Zirconium Isotopes at

Thermal, 2.45 MeV and 9.85 MeV Energies. Nuclear science and engineering. The journal of the

American Nuclear Society 05/2012; 171(1):78-84. dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE11-02.

20. H. Naik, P. M. Prajapati, S. V. Surayanarayana, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. V. Thakare, D. Raj, V. K. Mulik, B.
21. Shivashankar, B. K. Nayak, S. C. Sharma, S. Mukherjee, Sarbjit Singh, A. Goswami, S. Ganesan, V.
22. Manchanda. Measurement of the neutron capture cross-section of 232Th using the neutron

activation technique. European Physical Journal A 04/2011; 47(4):1-9.

https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/i2011-11051-2.

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