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Dr. G.C. Joshi
Radiations & Isotopic Tracers Laboratory

Dr. G.C. Joshi

Professor & Officer Incharge RITL
  • DesignationProfessor & Officer Incharge RITL
  • QualificationM.Sc. Ph.D. (Physics)
  • SpecialisationNuclear Physics (Applications of Nuclear Techniques)
  • Emailgirishjoshibppgbpuatacin, drjoshigirishgmailcom
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  • Contact No.+91-7500241550 (M)

Teaching Experience and Courses Taught

Teaching Experience:   25 years

Research Experience:   30 years

Courses taught are as follows:

Post Graduate

  • BPC-512 Radioisotopic Techniques in Mechanical Engineering
  • BPP-525 Spectroscopy
  • BPP-554 Radiation Biophysics
  • BPP-661 Nuclear Techniques in Agriculture & Biology
  • BPC-515 Radiochemistry
  • BPP-560 Nuclear Physics
  • BPP-760 Advance Nuclear Physics
  • BPP-640 Experimental Biophysics I
  • BPP-641 Experimental Biophysics II

    • Under Graduate

  • BPP-126 Elementary Physics
  • BPP-190 General Physics
  • BPP-195 Physics I
  • BPP-196 Physics II

    • Research Areas/Areas of interest

  • Nuclear Physics (Applications of Nuclear Techniques), Spectroscopy & Material Science

    • Selected Research Publications

    Research Article: ~55   |   Invited Article/Talk: ~04   |   Research Abstract: ~25   |   Popular Article: 02

    1. Investigation of the effect of gamma-ray irradiation on SnO2 nanoparticles for photocatalysis application (2025); R Bisht, G C Joshi, J P Singh, C S Joshi; Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Vol 568, 165862.
    2. Study the effect of annealing temperature on photocatalytic and dielectric properties of starch-assisted WO3 nanoparticles (2025); Manjula Tiwari, G C Joshi, Amit Joshi, C S Joshi; Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 36 (26), 1680.
    3. Starch-assisted precipitation synthesis of molybdenum-doped WO3 nanoparticles for degradation of crystal violet and rhodamine-B dye under direct sunlight (2025); Manjula Tiwari, G C Joshi; Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 115 (3), 1096-1115.
    4. Photocatalytic performance of starch-supported cobalt-doped WO3 nanoparticles for sunlight driven catalytic removal of Rhodamine-B and crystal violet dye (2025); M Tiwari, G C Joshi; Solid State Communications 397, 115808.
    5. Investigation of the effect of Cu doping on dielectric and photocatalytic behaviour of SnO2 nanoparticles (2025); R Bisht, G C Joshi, C S Joshi; Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 36 (4), 235.
    6. Investigation of Mg-doped SnO nanoparticles as an efficient photocatalyst for the degradation of crystal violet dye (2024); R Bisht, G C Joshi, C S Joshi; International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 14 (12), 506-523.
    7. Structural and optical investigations of starch-assisted Mn-doped WO3 nanoparticles for photocatalytic degradation of dyes (2023); A J Manjula Tiwari, G C Joshi; Material Research Innovation 47 (6).
    8. Starch-assisted synthesis of WO3 nano particles for degradation of crystal violet dye (2023); Manjula Tiwari and G C Joshi; Materials Science and Technology 39 (6), 1-14.
    9. Production of long-lived radionuclide 53Mn, 54Mn, 55Fe, 59Ni and 60Co via charged particle induced reaction inside fusion reactor environment (2023); G C Joshi; Proc. Sixteenth Biennial DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear and Radiochemistry.
    10. Gamma irradiation induced effect on structural, optical and elastic properties of nickel-cobalt ferrite (2023); D Kholiya, R C Srivastava, C S Joshi, G C Joshi; Proc. Sixteenth Biennial DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear and Radiochemistry.
    11. Investigation on the effect of gamma radiation on structural and optical properties of Mg doped SnO2 nanoparticles (2023); R Bisht, G C Joshi and J P Singh; Proc. Sixteenth Biennial DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear and Radiochemistry.
    12. Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of rGO@SnO2 Nanopowder Obtained via Chemical Co-precipitation Method (2022); G C Joshi and Jagat Pal Singh; Journal of Nano- and Electronic Physics 14 (01), 01028-4.
    13. Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of rGO@SnO2 Nanopowder Obtained via Chemical Co-precipitation Method (2022); Jagat Pal Singh, G C Joshi; Sumy State University.
    14. Computational study of the intermolecular interactions and their effect on the UV-visible spectra of the ternary liquid mixture of benzene, ethanol and propylene glycol (2020); Hema, T Bhatt, T Pant, G C Joshi, C C Dhondiyal, M Rana and P Chowdhury; Journal of Molecular Modeling 26 (10), 268.
    15. Elemental profile of agricultural soil by the EDXRF technique and use of the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method to interpret the complex data (2011); V Singh, H M Agrawal, G C Joshi, M Sudershan, A K Sinha; Applied Radiation and Isotopes 69 (7), 969-974.
    16. Study on the effect of laser irradiation on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) variety PBW-373 seeds on zinc uptake by wheat plants (2012); S Joshi, G C Joshi and H Agrawal; Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 294 (3), 391-394.
    17. Re-investigation of the spin dependence of the S-wave neutron strength function (2005); S K Singhal, M Bhatnagar, Prajapati, R Kumar, G C Joshi and H M Agrawal; Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics 31 (10), S1959-S1964.
    18. Elemental study of Nainital Lake water by EDXRF (2006); G C Joshi, H M Agrawal, B Mohanta, M Sudarshan, A K Sinha; Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, Vol. 251, 223-26.
    19. Statistical analysis of p-wave neutron reduced widths (2000); G C Joshi and H M Agrawal; Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 69 (2), 5-5.
    20. Multielemental analysis of soil samples by fast-neutron activation (1995); G C Joshi and H Agrawal; Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 198 (2), 475-485.

    Student Guided

    Masters

  • Guided: 28

    • Ph.D.

  • Guided: 04

    • Professional Achievements and Awards

    Awards:

  • Scientist of the year 2014 conferred by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture & Technology
  • SSDAT Fellow 2017 conferred by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture & Technology
  • Best Poster Presentation Awards — 03 times in different conferences.

    • Life Membership of Professional Societies

  • Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied sciences (IANCAS)
  • Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT)
  • Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture & Technology
  • Book Trust of India
  • Uttarakhand Sodh Santhan
  • Ex- member New york Society of Academic Sciences

    • Other Information

    Administrative: Successfully performed/ performing

  • Asstt warden PG hostels (Shastri & Shivalik Bhawan):    ~3 yrs
  • Warden Shivalik Bhawan:     ~5 yrs
  • Establishment officer, GBPUAT:     ~4 yrs
  • Placement counselor, Counseling and Placement Cell, CBSH:     ~12 yrs
  • Incharge, Biophysics unit:     ~02 years
  • Manager /Vice President Bal Niliyan and Bal Mangalum Vidhyalaya:     ~4 yrs
  • Estate officer:     ~2.5 yrs
  • Joint Director Labour Welfare (continuing):     ~2.5 yrs

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