People

Harison Cota

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He completed his Bachelors degree in Physics in the year 2001 from Chowgule College, Margao. He was awarded the SERC School in Physics gold medal for obtaining the highest marks at the Masters degree programme in Physics at the Goa university in the year 2003. He has also cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) for Lectureship in the year 2004 through Pune University.

Designation
Assistant Professor (Physics) – Deputy Head of Department
Contact Info:
  • Department of Science & Humanities, Don Bosco College Of Engineering, Fatorda, Margao,Goa- 403 602.
  • Tel No : (0832) 2741045/2743944
  • Fax : (0832)2742648
  • E-mail: harison.cota@dbcegoa.ac.in
Work Experience

He served as a lecturer at Chowgule College, Margao for a period of 2 years, and then as a lecturer in Dhempe college for another 2 years. He also served as a lecturer at Agnel Polytechnic, Verna during the period between 2006-2007, after which he joined Shree Rayeshwar Institute of Technology, Shiroda for one year. He is now an Assistant Professor at Don Bosco college of Engineering since the year 2011.

Research Interest
  • Electronics
  • Robotics
  • Magneto-structural phase transitions
  • Photovoltaics
Seminars\Workshops\Talks Attended :
  • 7-days “Orientation Course for NSS Program Officers” conducted by NSS-ETI, Ahmednagar at Ahmednagar College, Ahmednagar from 13th to 19th Nov. 2014.
  • Two day workshop on “Applications of X-rays and neutrons in study of condensed matter” conducted by IAPT, Goa at Smt. Parvatibai Chowgule College from 3rd to 4th September 2015.
  • 2-week ISTE STTP on “Technical Communication for Engineers & Scientists” conducted by IIT Bombay, at GEC, Ponda from 8th Oct. 2015 to 5th Dec. 2015.
  • 2-week blended ISTE STTP on “Foundation Program in ICT for Education” conducted by IIT Bombay, at GEC, Ponda from 3rd Aug. 2017 to 13th Sept. 2017.
  • 2-week blended ISTE STTP on “Pedagogy for Online and Blended Teaching-Learning Process” conducted by IIT Bombay, at GEC, Ponda from Sept. 14th 2017 to 20th Nov. 2017.
  • One week AICTE- ISTE Workshop on “Statistical Techniques and Tools in Research Methodology”conducted by Dept. of Science & Humanities of Don Bosco College of Engg., Fatorda from 06th to 10th Nov. 2017.
  • One-day training workshop for “Gender Champions & Nodal Teachers” on 13th Jan 2018 at Dhempe College of Commerce & Econamics, Bambolim.
  • Course in “Documentation using LaTex” at Goa University from 24th Feb to 24th March 2018
  • GIAN Course in “Phase Transitions and their Technological Applications” at Goa University from 5th March to 19th March 2018.
  • One-day “Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Awareness Programme” organized by ASSOCHAM, Goa University, IP Office, at Goa University on 11th December 2018.
  • Half-day workshop on “Cognitive Skills, Design Thinking & Critical Thinking” on 29th December 2018 organised by IIC, DBCE.
  • One-day training workshop on “UGC Regulations 2015 (Redressal of Sexual Harrasment of Women at work place) and UGC Regulations 2009 on curbing of Ragging ” on 2nd March 2019 at Goa University.
  • 2-day workshop on “Material Science” organized by Goa University in association with University of Coimbra & University of Porto (Portugal) on 18th & 19th November 2019 at Goa University.
  • 12-week NPTEL course on “Experimental Physics III” from January to April 2020.
  • One Week Online Faculty Development Program on “Scilab” organized by Department of Electronics & Telecommunication Engineering, S. B. Jain Institute of Technology, Management & Research in association with Spoken Tutorial Project, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay funded by National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India from 4th – 9th May 2020.
  • One Week Online Faculty Development Program on “Moodle Learning Management System” organized by Department of Management Studies, J D College of Engineering and Management in association with Spoken Tutorial Project, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay funded by National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Govt. of India from 25th to 30th May 2020.
  • 5-week Coursera (online) course on “Solar Energy Basics” conducted by The State University of New York on 24th June 2020.
  • Two days webinar on “Principals and IQAC co-orinators Meet” organized by MasterSoft ERP Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur on 28-29th May 2021.
Seminars\Workshops\Talks Organized :
  • AICTE- ISTE Workshop on “Statistical Techniques and Tools in Research Methodology” conducted by Dept. of Science & Humanities of Don Bosco College of Engg., Fatorda from 06th to 10th Nov. 2017.
  • Seventh International Conference on Security, Privacy and Applied Cryptographic Engineering (SPACE 2017) conducted by Department of Computer Engineering & Dept. of Science & Humanities of Don Bosco College of Engg., Fatorda from 13th to 17th December 2017.
Conferences Attended/Presented
  • Asia-Pacific conference on “Recent trends in Material Science” held at Sahrdaya College of Engineering & Technology, Kodakara, Kerala-India, from 17th to 19th January 2020.
Office Hours :

9.00 am To 5.00 pm [on prior appointment]

Labs used :
  • Physics Laboratory