Dr. S.K. Sharma

 

Designation:    Scientist-F & Head, Information Technology Cell

 
Qualification:   M.Sc.     (Rohilkhand University, Bareilly)
  M.Tech.  (IIT Delhi)
  Ph.D.     (University of Delhi)

Areas of Specialization:     Timber Mechanics

Research Interest:

  •   Wood quality assessment of plantation grown timbers

Other areas of Interests:

  • Timber Mechanics

  • Network Administration

  • Web Designing

Awards/Special recognitions:

  • CSIR Senior Research Fellow during 1985-1989.

  • CSIR Research Associate during 1989-2002.

  • TCTA Fellowship for advancement in Wood Science and Technology by Overseas Development Authority (ODA) - 6 months at School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor (UK) and TRADA Technology Ltd., High Wycombe (UK) in 1997.

  • Examiner for Ph.D. students.

  • Supervisor/Co-supervisor for Ph.D. students.

  • Guiding MCA students.

  • Member of Panel of Experts for selection/assessment committee in the area of Engineering and Technology in one of the CSIR laboratories.

  • Editor, Journal of the Indian Academy of Wood Science 

  • Referee for various Indian Journals published by CSIR New Delhi and ICFRE Dehra Dun

  • In-charge, Information Technology (IT) Cell of IWST Bangalore.

  • Delivering lectures on computer applications to IWST staff and research scholars of FRI University to enhance their computer skills.

  • Delivering lectures on timber joinery and timber grading to the in-service officials of various organizations.

Details of Publications:

(a) Research Papers:

  • S.K. Sharma and N.C.M. Rajan (2007). "A note on bark properties of plantation grown Simarouba glauca DC". J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci. (NS). Vol. 4(1&2): 30-34.

  • M. Sujatha, S.K. Sharma, R.V. Rao and A.K. Sethy (2007). “Evaluation of anatomical properties of seven year old plantation grown Simarouba glauca”. J. Timber Dev. Assoc. of India.  Vol. 52(3&4): 14-32.

  • P. Kumar, S.R. Shukla, R. Sudheendra, M. Sujatha, S. Shashikala, S.K. Sharma, A.K. Sethy and R.V. Rao (2007). "Evaluation of wood quality parameters of plantation grown Eucalyptus citriodora Hook (lemon scented gum)". Indian Forester. Vol. 134(2): 255-262.

  • S.R. Shukla, R.V. Rao, S.K. Sharma, P. Kumar, R. Sudheendra and S. Shashikala (2006). “Physical and mechanical properties of plantation-grown Acacia auriculiformis of three different ages”,  J. Australian Forestry.  Vol. 70(2): 86-92.

  • S.K. Sharma, Y.M. Dubey, P. Kumar, R. Sudheendra and R.V. Rao (2006). “Assessment of wood quality of Simarouba glauca for its timber value”, J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci. (N.S.).  Vol. 3(2): 49-54.

  • S.K. Sharma, Y.M. Dubey and R.V. Rao (2005). “Estimation of strength properties of timbers, bamboo and palms by non-destructive test method”,  Annals of Forestry, Vol. 13 (2): 304-310.

  • S.K. Sharma, Y.M. Dubey, R.V. Rao and S.S. Joshi (2005), “Variation of shrinkage and specific gravity in wood of plantation grown Simarouba glauca”, J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci. (N.S.), Vol. 2 (2): 36-40.

  • S.K. Sharma, Y.M. Dubey, Dhyan Singh, K.H. Shankarnarayana, G. Ravikumar and R.V. Rao  (2005). “Effect of ammonia treatment on strength properties and internal structure of coconut (Cocos nucifera) wood”, J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci. (N.S.), Vol. 2 (1): 18-24. 

  • Y.M. Dubey, M. Sujatha, S.K.Sharma and R.V. Rao (2005). "Studies on dielectric properties of plantation timbers".  J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci. (N.S.), Vol. 2 (1): 29-35.

  • S.K. Sharma, Y.M. Dubey, R.V. Rao, Dhyan Singh and S.R. Shukla (2005). “Bending of coconut wood by vapour phase ammonia treatment for value addition”, Wood News, Vol. 14 (4): 68-70.

  • R.V. Rao, P. Kumar and S.K. Sharma (2005). “Utilization of bamboo culms”, in Proc. of Meeting on State Level Consultative Meet on Bamboo in Karnataka, organized by NABARD, Bangalore, p. 46-47. 

  • S.K. Sharma, R.V. Rao, S.R. Shukla, P. Kumar, R. Sudheendra, M. Sujatha and Y.M. Dubey (2005). “Wood quality of coppiced Eucalyptus tereticornis for value addition”, IAWA Journal   (The Netherlands), Vol. 26 (1): 137-147.

  • S.R. Shukla, S.K. Sharma, Y.M. Dubey, P. Kumar, R.V. Rao and K.S. Shashidhar (2005). “Need to develop processing technologies (for value addition) of the species evaluated for their properties and uses”, In Proc. 36th Annual Meeting of International Research Group (IRG) on Wood Protection, held at Bangalore, India, April 24-28, 2005.

  • R.V. Rao, S. Shashikala, P. Kumar, S.K. Sharma and R. Sudheendra (2004). “Culm quality of Pseodooxytenanthera stocksii”, in Proc. of National Seminar on "Wood substitution through engineered wood, bamboo and other lignocellulosics", organized by IPIRTI, Bangalore, p. 83-86.

  • S.K. Sharma, S.R. Shukla, Y.M. Dubey and P. Kumar (2004). “A note on electret effect in plantation grown timbers”, J. Ind. Acad. Wood Sci. (N.S.), Vol 1 (1&2): 128-133.

  • 16.  S.R. Shukla and S.K. Sharma (2004). “Dielectric properties and ionization energies of some plantation grown timber species”, J. Timber Dev. Assoc. of India, Vol. 50 (3&4): 50-59.

  • Y.M. Dubey, S.K. Sharma, R.V. Rao and A.S. Kambo (2004). “Studies on the effect of vapour phase ammonia treatment on strength properties of Eucalyptus tereticornis wood".  J. Timber Dev. Assoc. of India, Vol. 50 (3&4): 47-49.

  • S.R. Shukla, S.K. Sharma and R.V. Rao (2003). “Specific gravity and shrinkage behaviour of eight-year-old plantation grown Tecomella undulata",  J. Tropical Forest Products (Malaysia).  Vol. 9 (1&2): 35-44.

  • S.K. Sharma, S.R. Shukla, P. Kumar, R. Sudheendra, Y.M. Dubey and R.V. Rao (2003). “Utilization potential of coppiced Eucalyptus tereticornis wood”, In Proc. Ist Seminar on Panel Industry - Wood and Beyond. Panelexpo 2003, organized by Federation of Indian Plywood & Panel Industry and Fair Design India Pvt. Ltd. at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India, p. 49-53.

  • B.S. Kamala, Vimal Kothiyal and S.K. Sharma (2000). “Assessment of wood quality of Grevillea robusta from Bangalore, Karnataka”, The Indian Forester  (India), Vol. 126 (6): 625-633.

  • Vimal Kothiyal, R.V. Rao, S.R. Shukla  and S.K. Sharma (2000). “Eucalyptus as a timber in India”. CTA Workshop on Eucalyptus at Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), Coimbatore, India.

  • S.R. Shukla, S.K. Sharma, Vimal Kothiyal and R.V. Rao (2000). “Casuarina equisetifolia:  Potential for Timber Utilization”, CTA Workshop at Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), Bangalore, India.

  • B.S. Kamala, P. Kumar, S.K. Sharma (1999). S.R. Shukla, Sudheendra R R.V. Rao and A.M.M. Hussain, “Evaluation of wood quality of Tecomella undulata grown under a social forestry programme”, J. Tropical Forest Products (Malaysia), Vol.5 (2): 204-208.

  • S.R. Shukla, S.K. Sharma, B.S. Kamala and R.V. Rao (1998), “Suitability of plantation grown timber species raised under social forestry programmes for meeting the domestic needs of people”, Timber Science Conference-98. New Delhi, India.

  • S.K. Sharma, S.R. Shukla and B.S. Kamala (1997). Studies on DC electrical resistivity of plantation grown timbers”, Holz als Roh-und Werkstoff (Germany), Vol. 55: 391-394.

  • S.K. Sharma and A.K. Gupta (1989). "Effect of thickness on surface potential characteristics of corona charged poly (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) layers", Acta Polym. (Germany),  Vol. 40: 552-553.

  • S.K. Sharma, A.K. Gupta and P.K.C. Pillai (1988). "Studies on electrothermographic behaviour of poly (styrene‑co‑allyl alcohol) and leucomalachite green mixed system", Acta Polym. (Germany),  Vol. 39: 121-124.

  • A.K. Gupta, S.K. Sharma and Archana Venaik (1987). "Electrothermographic behaviour of corona charged cellulose acetate and the leucomalachite green mixed system",  Appl. Phys. A. (UK),   Vol. 42: 167-171.

  • P.K.C. Pillai, A.K. Gupta, Manju Gupta and S.K. Sharma (1987). "Effect of thermal sensitization on steady‑state conductivity in polyvinyl butyral", Mater. Sci. Lett. (UK), Vol. 6 : 292-294.

  • A.K. Gupta, S.K. Sharma and Archana Venaik (1987). "Temperature‑dependent charging currents in poly (methyl methacrylate) and leucomalachite green mixed system", Acta Polym. (Germany),  Vol. 38: 199-200.

  • S.K. Sharma, A.K. Gupta and P.K.C. Pillai (1986) "Thermally stimulated discharge current studies in (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) sensitized with leucomalachite green for application in electrothermography", Mater. Sci. Lett. (UK), Vol. 5: 244-246.

  • S.K. Sharma, A.K.Gupta and P.K.C. Pillai (1986). "Studies on the temperature dependence of the DC conductivity of thermally sensitized poly (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)", Phys. Stat. Sol. (a)  (Germany),  Vol. 93: K75-K78.

  • P.K.C. Pillai, A.K. Gupta, Manju Gupta and S.K. Sharma (1986). "Effect of forming conditions and sensitization on temperature dependence of d.c. conductivity of  cellulose acetate", Acta Polym. (Germany),  Vol. 37: 634-637.

  • P.K.C. Pillai, A.K. Gupta and S.K. Sharma (1985). “Effect of sensitization on thermal depolarization current studies of poly (methyl methacrylate)", Acta Polym. (Germany),  Vol. 36: 393-394.

  • P.K.C. Pillai, A.K. Gupta and S.K. Sharma (1985). "Effect of thermal treatment on the electrothermographic and electrical properties of poly (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene)", Angew. Makromol. Chem. (Germany), Vol. 130: 91-97.

  • B.C. Chakravarty, B.K. Das, S.N. Singh, S.K. Sharma, S.U.M. Rao, Ravi Kumar and B.R. Chakraborty (1993). "A comparative study of screen printed and evaporated back contact of silicon solar cells and their effect on open circuit voltage and short circuit current", Mater. Sci. Lett. (UK),  Vol. 12: 447-448.

  • S.N. Singh, S.K. Sharma, P.K. Singh and B.K. Das (1992). "A model of front illuminated n+pp+ high efficiency silicon solar cell", IEEE Trans. Electron Dev. (USA.), Vol. 39: 362-369.

  • B.C. Chakravarty, K. Chakraborty, S.N. Singh, P.K. Basu, N.K. Arora, B.K. Das, S.K. Sharma, and Ravi Kumar (1992). “A simple processing sequence to obtain 15% efficient silicon solar cell at global AM1.5, one sun", Paper Presented at XVIIIth Annual Convention & Exhibition of IEEE India Council, held at BITM Calcutta, India.

  • S.K. Sharma, P.K. Singh, S.N. Singh and B.K. Das (1992). "Modeling of a front illuminated n+pp+ silicon solar cell for concentrated sunlight", in Proc. 6th International Photovoltaic Science & Engineering Conference (Ed. B.K. Das & S.N. Singh), Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India. p. 803-810. 

  • S.K. Sharma, B.C. Chakravarty, S.N. Singh and B.K. Das (1990). "Oxidation of silicon in rf induced oxygen plasma",  Mater. Sci. Lett. (UK),  Vol. 9: 982-984.

  • B.C. Chakravarty, S.K. Sharma, S.N. Singh, B.K. Das, Ravi Kumar and B.R. Chakraborty (1989). "Effect of the growth of thin SiO‑interlayers on the performance of Si solar cells", Phys. Stat. Sol. (a),  (Germany),  Vol. 115: K125-K128.

  • S.K. Sharma, B.C. Chakravarty, S.N. Singh, B.K. Das, D.C. Parashar, J. Rai and Prabhat K. Gupta (1989). "Kinetics of growth of thin anodic oxides of silicon at constant voltages", Phys. Chem. Solids (USA.),  Vol. 50: 679-784.

  • B.K. Das, S.N. Singh, B.C. Chakravarty, S.K. Sharma, P.K. Singh and S.C. Jain (1989). "New approaches to high efficiency silicon solar cell structures", in Proc. Vth International Workshop on Physics of semiconductor Devices (Ed. W.S. Khokle & S.C. Jain) Macmillan India Ltd., New Delhi, India, p. 276-280.

  • S.K. Sharma, B.C. Chakravarty, S.N. Singh and B.K. Das (1988). "Growth kinetics of thin anodic oxides of silicon and its dependence on phosphorous concentration in silicon", Thin Solid Films (Switzerland), Vol. 163: 373-377.

  • S.K. Sharma, B.C. Chakravarty, S.N. Singh and B.K. Das (1987). "Field assisted migration of mobile ions in SiO2 in MOS structures under temperature stress", in Proc. Microelectronics and Photonics, (Ed. R.P. Bajpai), Siddarth Publications, New Delhi, p. 387-392.

  • S.K. Sharma, S.N. Singh, B.C. Chakravarty and B.K. Das (1986). "Determination of minority carrier diffusion length in a p silicon wafer by photocurrent generation method", J. Appl. Phys. (USA.), Vol. 60: 3550-3552.

(b) Project/Research Reports/Technical Documents:

  • S.R. Shukla, S.K. Sharma, R.V. Rao, S.P.S. Rawat, P. Kumar, N.C.M. Rajan and S. Shashukala (2007). “Studies on fracture mechanics in solid wood and wood composites using acoustic emissions”, Project No. IWST/WPU/X16, IWST Bangalore., India.

  • R.V. Rao, P. Kumar, S.R. Shukla, A.K. Sethy, S.K. Sharma, R. Sudheendra, M. Sujatha, S. Shashikala, Maddurappa, O.K. Remadevi, Pankaj Aggarwal, V.G. Angadi and K.T. Chandrasekhar, “Evaluation of culm quality before, during and after flowering in bamboo (Bambusa bambos and Dendrocalamus strictus) species”, Project No. IWST/WPU/X14, IWST Bangalore, India.

  • S.K. Sharma, Y.M. Dubey, R.V. Rao, P. Kumar, S.R. Shukla, R. Sudheendra and M. Sujatha (2006). “Assessment of wood quality of Simarouba glauca for its timber value“, Project No. IWST/WPU/X10, IWST Bangalore, India. 

  • R.V. Rao, S.K. Sharma, S.R. Shukla, P. Kumar, Y.B. Srinivas, M. Sujatha, S. Shashukala, R. Sudheendra, K.T. Chandrashekar, Maddurappa and A. Das (2006). “Evaluation of wood quality parameters of plantation grown Eucalyptus citriodora Hook.for different end uses”, Project No. IWST/WPU/X09, IWST Bangalore, India.

  • Y.M. Dubey, S.K. Sharma, R. Sudheendra and M. Sujatha (2006). “Use of sonic and ultrasonic testing techniques to evaluate wood strength of plantation species – A non-destructive test method”, Project No. IWST/WPU/X17, IWST Bangalore, India.

  • S.K. Sharma, R.V. Rao and S.R. Shukla, “Ammonia Plasticization of coconut wood for value addition” (2007). A technical document published by Wood Properties and Uses Division, IWST Bangalore, India.

  • S.K. Sharma, Y.M. Dubey, Dhyan Singh, S.R. Shukla and R.V. Rao (2004). “Plasticisation of palm and bamboo“, Project No. IWST0005/WPU0005, IWST Bangalore, India.

  • R.V. Rao, S.K. Sharma, P. Kumar, S. Shashikala, R. Sudheendra and Maddurappa (2004). “Wood quality parameters for improving planting stock of Bambusa arundinacea, Dendrocalamus strictus and Pseudooxytenanthera stocksii” Project No. IWST/WPU-009, IWST Bangalore, India.

  • S.K. Sharma, S.R. Shukla, R.V. Rao, P. Kumar, R. Sudheendra, M. Sujatha and Y.M. Dubey (2003). “Relationship of the wood properties of coppice plantation grown Eucalyptus species“, Project No. IWST0013/WPU0013, IWST Bangalore, India.

  • S.R. Shukla, R.V. Rao, S.K. Sharma and Y.M. Dubey (2003). “Production of reconstituted wood  products/wood composites -laminated veneer lumber (LVL) from different plantation grown timber species and to study their different physical and mechanical properties”, Project No. IWST0010/WPU0010, IWST Bangalore, India.

  • R.V. Rao, S.R. Shukla, S.K. Sharma, T.R. Hemavathi, P. Kumar, Y.M. Dubey, Dhyan Singh, R. Sudheendra, M. Sujatha, S. Shashikala and Maddurappa (2003). “Study of anatomical, physical and mechanical Properties of plantation grown Acacia auriculaeformis, Acacia  mangium, Tecomella  undulata and Eucalyptus tereticornis clones”, Project No. IWST0001/WPU0001, IWST Bangalore, India. 

  • S.K. Sharma, S.N. Singh, B.C. Chakravarty, B.K. Das, R.K. Kotnala and Ravi Kumar (1986). “Nondestructive evaluation of minority carrier diffusion length by photo-current generation method”, Research Report No. NPL-86-B.3-0190, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India.

Address for correspondence :

Dr. S. K. Sharma
Scientist-F and Head, Information Technology Cell

Wood Properties and Uses Division

Institute of Wood Science and Technology
P.O. Malleswaram

Bangalore – 560 003 (INDIA)

Tel:  0091-80-22190171
Fax: 0091-80-23340529
E-Mail :  sks@icfre.org