ARTICLE 15th 70th B'Day Volume 2009-2010 of Professor Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana

ARTICLE 15 trusciencetrutechnology@blogspot.com, Dated 23rd November 2009
70th Birth Day Volume 2009-2010, ARTICLE 15 on PLASMA PHYSICS EFFORT BY
Professor Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
Retd Prof of Physics,SU
17-11-10,Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony, Maharanipeta. P. O. Visakhaptnam-530002. Mobile 9491902867
Email ID: lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:
The topics investigated under the guidance of Prof. Dr. K. L. Narayana at Shivaji University, Kolhapur-416004, Maharashtra State, include several aspects of Plasma Physics of Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Neutron stars and Gravitational quantization. Gravy Quarks are proposed with Spinorial Optical properties. Plasma Physics specialization and Space Science subjects were initiated. Exciton plasmas and other related studies of Solid State and Device applications have been taught by him with the introduction of a new specialization termed the “GENERAL PHYSICS”. It was thought to enlighten students on defence related topics.
keywords: Plasma Physics, Shivaji University, NOAA (Boulder),PRL(India), General Physics, Space Physics, Radio Astronomy, Gauge Invariance, Quark-Gluon Plasma, Canonical Quantization, Gravity,
Preamble:
It’s very interesting that the Board of Studies has approved Prof. Dr. K. L. Narayana proposed syllabus on November 23, 1983 [official letter No.SU/BOS/M.Sc./Physics/4228] by Shivaji University, Kolhapur as “Introduction of New paper Plasma Physics and Applications” for semester IV. For the Registrar one Mr. Powar has signed the intimation letter with the syllabus given by Prof. Dr. K. L. Narayana reproduced overleaf. (See attached scan images).

After having taught it for a couple of years and the student notes were ready the paper has been allotted to Dr. Ashok Sharma who joined the department of Physics from PRL. He brought in, Plasma Physics book by F. F. Chen and syllabus has been redrafted by KLN for incorporating the several chapters in that book and was again taught by Prof. Dr. K.L.Narayana, as an elective paper for “General Physics specialization” students a common paper for as well to Space Science students.
Dissertation works made by Prof.Dr. K. L. Narayana for the benefit of students led undoubtedly for the initiation of Plasma (PRL) & Space Research (NOAA) centres and Energy research (Florida) collaborations by him. Subsequently he developed as well the thin film and the AIRGEL (FRANCE) study centres and their foreign collaborations.
Professor Dr. K. L. Narayana has been directly responsible for several student workings in the subjects of Plasma Physics and other topics of Theoretical Physics, General Physics and other specialization students since he joined the Physics Department as a lecturer in Theoretical Physics on 1st June 1966. (With a delay of issue of his orders of appointment by a couple of days hence he lost his seniority, to the candidate who has been selected along with him for another subject, who has managed being local to join fifteen days earlier).
A collaborative proposal for the creation of PRL-Ionosphere research programme has been drawn without the knowledge and involvement of Prof. Dr. K. L. Narayana. Some PRL scientists have got the benefit of this collaboration. As well the IMD of Mumbai sent a team of people to cooperate with Prof Dr. K L. Narayana, HOD on Plasma Research. Notable among them is Dr. M. K. Mukherjee who recorded AIRGLOW using a nightsky camera of the night sky. Also Dr. Ashok Sarma has been guiding students on Meteors and their observations during night time. An important contribution by Narayana has been to record the colour of the observed meteors. Prof R. V. Bhonsle with the competent vacuum tube expert technical staff, has brought in RADIOSONDE equipment age-old of Swedish make from Delhi IMD. Somehow it has been brought into order with encouragement and personal attention by the then Head of the Department of Physics, Prof. Dr. K. L. Narayana. Someone said the Prof Dr. K. L. Narayana developed the department by creating about 17 research and student laboratories to cater to the needs of eight different specializations that have been successfully run during his tenure of just three years. This achievement in three years has been found far beyond the earlier twenty years effort in the Department by others.
Effort by Prof. Dr. K. L. Narayana M.Inst.P. (Lond) had been to produce dissertation works in Plasma Physics, Magneto hydrodynamics, Alfven waves, Sun & Rhythm, Ferroelectrics, Unitary Symmetry, Microprocessors, Computer programming in C, Fortran, Pascal and C++ etc and had also developed online data acquisition using the ADC cards from Dynalog company of Mumbai. Soon staff and students have begun aware of advancement by him and they have immediately copiously used these techniques in their project and other research endeavours. First Ph.D thesis has been produced by him using the IBM1620 Machine of TIFR, Mumbai for the calculations of the Force Field Vibrations of Polyatomic Molecules.

Dr K V N Rao’s article in Proc. of the IRE the Special Issue of Plasma Physics in the year 1961 December p.1877-1890,Vol 49,No.12,might have prompted me to initiate studies in Plasma Physics and as well in Solar-Terrestrial Environment research problems. Perhaps that provided Prof. Dr. K. L. Narayana, an imputes to start the Plasma Physics specialization at Shivaji University, when he was a Lecturer in the Department of Physics.