Preface
Professor K. Babu Joseph, who held the positions of teacher of physics, head of the
department and later the Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Cochin University of
Science and Technology (CUSAT), has promenaded into his octogenarian year. On
his 80th birthday on 6th July 2020, we are greatly honoured to dedicate this
Festschrift to Prof. K. Babu Joseph, our guru and mentor, to whom we all are
immensely indebted for making our lives meaningful. This Festschrift is designed
as a tribute to his distinguished achievements in various fields of physics and
applied mathematics. This book is a compilation of research review articles by his
research students to reflect his innovative thoughts that have made his professional
life so rewarding. His contributions to popularizing science in the form of writings
and lectures are greatly appreciated by the state and central governments.
Professor Babu Joseph is a versatile genius in Physics. His doctoral work was in
the area of spectroscopy under the guidance of Prof. K. Venketeswarlu, the founder
head of the Department of Physics, CUSAT, and former Professor and head of the
Department of Physics, Annamalai University. Then he extended his research to
domains of Theoretical Physics, like gravitation and cosmology, quantum field
theory and high energy Physics, the areas of nonlinear dynamics—solitons,
machine learning, neural networks, chaos, fractals and their applications, limited to
not only Physics but also Biology and Economics.
This book is divided into four sections based on the contributions of Prof. Babu
Joseph and his students.
The first section is on cosmology in which Moncy V. John, Suresh P. K. and
Sivakumar C. present their research work during and after their doctoral research.
Suresh P. K. has completed his Ph.D. under the guidance of the late Prof. V. C.
Kuriakose, who was a student of Prof. K. Babu Joseph.
The second section deals with contributions to high energy physics and gravitation by Satheesh K. P. and Titus K. Mathew—a student of the late Prof. M Sabir,
who, in turn, was a student of Prof. K. Babu Joseph. In the third section, contributions to Mathematical Physics by Vinod G. and Leelamma K. K. are enlisted.
The fourth section is on nonlinear dynamics and its applications where the research
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Professor K. Babu Joseph, who held the positions of teacher of physics, head of the
department and later the Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Cochin University of
Science and Technology (CUSAT), has promenaded into his octogenarian year. On
his 80th birthday on 6th July 2020, we are greatly honoured to dedicate this
Festschrift to Prof. K. Babu Joseph, our guru and mentor, to whom we all are
immensely indebted for making our lives meaningful. This Festschrift is designed
as a tribute to his distinguished achievements in various fields of physics and
applied mathematics. This book is a compilation of research review articles by his
research students to reflect his innovative thoughts that have made his professional
life so rewarding. His contributions to popularizing science in the form of writings
and lectures are greatly appreciated by the state and central governments.
Professor Babu Joseph is a versatile genius in Physics. His doctoral work was in
the area of spectroscopy under the guidance of Prof. K. Venketeswarlu, the founder
head of the Department of Physics, CUSAT, and former Professor and head of the
Department of Physics, Annamalai University. Then he extended his research to
domains of Theoretical Physics, like gravitation and cosmology, quantum field
theory and high energy Physics, the areas of nonlinear dynamics—solitons,
machine learning, neural networks, chaos, fractals and their applications, limited to
not only Physics but also Biology and Economics.
This book is divided into four sections based on the contributions of Prof. Babu
Joseph and his students.
The first section is on cosmology in which Moncy V. John, Suresh P. K. and
Sivakumar C. present their research work during and after their doctoral research.
Suresh P. K. has completed his Ph.D. under the guidance of the late Prof. V. C.
Kuriakose, who was a student of Prof. K. Babu Joseph.
The second section deals with contributions to high energy physics and gravitation by Satheesh K. P. and Titus K. Mathew—a student of the late Prof. M Sabir,
who, in turn, was a student of Prof. K. Babu Joseph. In the third section, contributions to Mathematical Physics by Vinod G. and Leelamma K. K. are enlisted.
The fourth section is on nonlinear dynamics and its applications where the research
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