Faculty Profile

Dr. VIBHA B. VANSOLA

Ph.D. (Physics), M.Phil. (Physics), GSET Qualified
Assistant Professor (GPSC GES-II)
Department of Physics,
Government Science College,
Sector-15, Gandhinagar
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Personal Details

Email id : [email protected]
Date of Birth : 14th September, 1987
Language Known : Gujarati, English and Hindi
Total teaching experience : 7.5 Years

Educational Qualification

Year of
Qualification Percentage Conducting Authority
Passing

S.S.C. March, 2003 82.86% GSEB, Gandhinagar

H.S.C. March, 2005 52.15% GSEB, Gandhinagar
Buniyadi stree adhyapan
P.T.C. April, 2007 82.42% mandir,
Nardipur, Gandhinagar
B.Sc. Gujarat University,
March, 2010 76.86%
(Physics) Ahmedabad
M.Sc.
(Nuclear April, 2012 60.40% M.S. University, Baroda
Physics)
M.Phil.
(Theoretical School of Sciences, Gujarat
April, 2014 76.50%
Condensed University, Ahmedabad
Matter Physics)
Ph.D.
February,
(Nuclear N.A. M.S. University, Baroda
2020
Physics)
 Projects

B.Sc.
1st year: Detailed information about various plants.
Project guide: Miss Mona
2nd year: Fabricated 0-14 volts variable power supply in electronics.
Project guide: Dulari ma‟m
3rd year: Experiment for Moisture measurement of soil using GM
counter in Physics.
Project guide: Dr. D. G. Gadani
Shree C.U. Shah Science College, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

M.Sc.
Range and energy of unknown beta source using Feather‟s analysis.
Project guide: Dr. N. L.Singh
The Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda

M.Phil.
The Study of Superconducting State Parameters of Some Metals Using
Pseudopotential
Project guide: Dr. P. R. Vyas
School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

Ph.D.
Study of Neutron Induced Reaction Cross Sections up to 18 MeV for
Advanced Reactor Design
Guide: Dr. Surjit Mukherjee
Dr. H. Naik
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Baroda
BARC-TIFR, Mumbai

Achievements

 Cleared GPSC Examination (GES-II, Physics)

 Cleared GSET Examination held in September 2013.
 College First in B.Sc. in 2nd and 3rd year at Shree C.U. Shah Science
College, Gujarat University.
 Dr. M. J. Patni Medal for First Rank in my college and third rank in
Gujarat University in physics.
 School First in SSC in Shree D.N.J. Adarsh High school, Deesa.
 Conferences/Workshops Attended

1. Seminar on Research Orientation For B.Sc. students Organized by

Physics Department on 24th July, 2009.

2. Science Excellence-2010 on 9th January, 2010, Organized by

Department of Botany, Gujarat University, Ahmadabad and Gujarat
Council on Science and technology Gandhinagar.

3. Astronomy Astrophysics and Planetary- Space Sciences on March

02, 2011, held by C. C. Patel Community Science Center, Sardar Patel
University, Vallabh Vidyanagar.

4. Nuclear Technology for Raising Standard of Living on September

11, 2011, organized by C. C. Patel Community Science Center jointly
with Physics Alumni Association,, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh
Vidyanagar.

5. Open House Science Fair on 11th and 12th March, 2012, organized by
Faculty of science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

6. National workshop on Surrogate Reactions and its Applications on

24-25 January, 2013 Jointly organized by Department of Physics,
Faculty of Science, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara &
DAE- BRNS.

7. XXVII Gujarat Science Congress on 24th February, 2013 at Charotar

University of Science and Technology (CHARUSAT), Changa.

8. One day workshop on Antenna Theory and Design on September

28, 2013 Conducted by EC Engineering Branch, Department of EE,
Institute of Technology and Organized by Centre for Continuing
Education (CCE), Nirma University, Ahmedabad.

9. Workshop on Eyes on ISON on 19th October, 2013 at Vikram

Sarabhai Community Science Centre, Ahmedabad.

10. National Conference on “Novel Materials for Advanced

Technology” (NMAT2013) on September 13-14, 2013 organized by
Department of Physics, NIRT, Bhopal.

11. International Conference on “Nanomaterials: Science, Technology

and Applications” (ICNM ‟13) during 5-7 December, 2013 held at B.
S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai.
12. National Conference on „Research Trends in Smart Materials –
Igniting Young Minds‟ on 3rd & 4th of January 2014 held at Guru
Nanak College of Arts, Science & Commerce, G.T.B. Nagar, Mumbai,
Sponsored by UGC.

13. Workshop on Innovative Experiments in Physics on 9th March,

2014 Organized by Indian Association of Physics Teachers Regional
Council RC-7 (Gujarat) and St. Xavier‟s College, Ahmedabad.

14. 59th DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics on 8-12 December, 2014,

organized by Banaras Hindu University, Uttar Pradesh.

15. Workshop cum Theme meeting on EXFOR, 20-24, January 2015,

Department of Physics, Bangalore University, Bangalore, India

16. 60th DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics on December 7-11,

2015 organized Sri SathyaSai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi
Nilayam, Andhra Pradesh.

17. NDPCI-BRNS School on Nuclear Reactions and Applications

(NRA-2016) on 2 to 12 November, 2016 at BARC, Mumbai.

18. 61st DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics on December 5-9,

2016 organized Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata.

19. 62nd DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics on December 20-

24, 2017 organized Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology,
Patiala, Punjab.

20. Attended 28th online short term course on e-content development by

UGC-HRDC and Gujarat University, from 28/05/2020 to 03/06/2020.

21. Attended online course on “Comprehensive online intellectual

property rights (IPR)” from 06/07/2020 to 14/09/2020, organized by
Gujarat student start up and innovation hub.

22. Attended one month online faculty induction program by UGC-

HRDC and kurukshetra University, from 18/02/2021 to 20/03/2021
and obtained A+ grade.

23. Participated in webinar on “Woman empowerment at grassroot

level”, on 23 June, 2021, organized by Hindu kanya college,
kapurthala, Punjab.

24. Attended two-week inter disciplinary refresher course on

“environment and human health” by teaching learning center,
department of environmental studies, Ramanujan college, university of
delhi under the aegis of ministry of education, pandit madan mohan
 malaviya national mission on teachers and teaching, from 28/03/2022
to 11/04/2022 and obtained A+ grade.

25. Attended international symposium on nuclear energy solutions and

future aspects (INSNESFA-2023) organized on 16-17 march, 2023by
department of Physics and Electronics, Hansraj College, University of
Delhi and school of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Teaching Experience

 I have served as Adhoc lecturer in Sheth L. H. Science College,

MANSA from 1st August to 30th November, 2012.

 I have served as Visiting Faculty (Lecturer) in Ahmedabad Institute of

Technology from 23rd January to 28th April, 2014.

 I have served as Adhyapak Sahayak in Sir P. T. Sarvajanik College of

Science, Surat from 4th March, 2016 to 24th April, 2018.

 I have served as assistant Professor in Government Science College,

Idar from 25th April, 2018 to 3rd November, 2022.

 I have been serving as Assistant Professor in Government Science

College, Gandhinagar since 4th November, 2022.

Computer Skills

MS office, Linux (Ubuntu), Languages (C, C++, Fortran), Origin, Empire,

Talys, web design, google forms, spreadsheets

Journal Papers

1. The Comparative Study of Superconducting State Parameters for

Noble Metals Using Non Local Pseudopotentials
Vibha Vansola, Gunjan Shah, N. K. Bhatt, P. R. Vyas, V. B. Gohel
International Journal of advancement in electronics and computer
engineering (IJAECE), Volume 2, Issue 9, pages 257-260, ISSN:
2278 -1412 (2013).

2. Superconducting state parameters for alkaline earth metals using

first principle pseudopotentials
 Vansola Vibha, Patel Hiral, N. K. Bhatt, P. R. Vyas, V. B. Gohel
Journal of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Vol. 3 Special Issue-
NCRTSM, pages 179-185, ISSN:2319-6602 (2014).

3. Measurement of 197Au(n,𝛾)198gAu reaction cross-section at the

neutron energies of 1.12, 2.12, 3.12 and 4.12 MeV
Vibha Vansola, Reetuparna Ghosh, Sylvia Badwar, Bioletty Mary
Lawriniang, Arjun Gopalakrishna, Haladhara Naik, Yeshwant Naik,
NileshSubhashTawade, Suresh Chand Sharma, JigneshPravinchandra
Bhatt, Shri Krishna Gupta, Shankar Sarode, Surjit Mukherjee, NandLal
Singh, Pitambar Singh, and Ashok Goswami
RadiochimicaActa, Vol. 103, Issue 12, Page 817-823, 2015.

4. Determination of 110Cd(n,c)111mCd and 111Cd(n,n0)111mCd reaction

cross-sections at the neutron energies of 1.12–4.12 MeV
Reetuparna Ghosh, Sylvia Badwar, Bioletty Mary Lawriniang, Vibha
Vansola, Haladhara Naik, Yeshwant Naik, SaraswatulaVenkata
Suryanarayana, Nilesh Subhash Tawade, Sapna Padmakumar, Suresh
Chand Sharma, Shri Krishna Gupta, Betylda Jyrwa, Srinivasan
Ganesan, Pitamber Singh, Ashok Goswami
Journal of Radio analytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 307(2), 1481-
1487, Volume 307, Issue 2, June, 2015.

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5. Eu(n,c)152mEu reaction cross-section measurement at the neutron
energies of 1.12, 2.12, 3.12 and 4.12 MeV,
Sylvia Badwar, Reetuparna Ghosh, Bioletty Mary Lawriniang, Vibha
Vansola, Arjun Gopalakrishna, Haladhara Naik, Yeshwant Naik,
Saraswatula Venkata Suryanarayana, Sanjay Yeshwant Salunkhe, Arun
Agarwal, Shailaja Ware, Anil Kumar Gupta, Betylda Jyrwa, Srinivasan
Ganesan, Pitambar Singh, Ashok Goswami
Journal of Radio analytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 307(2), 1385-
1390, Volume 307, Issue 2, 1385-1390 (2015).

6. Study of (n,γ) reaction cross-section for Mn55 at energies 1.12, 2.12,

3.12 and 4.12 MeV, Vibha Vansola, S. Mukherjee, H. Naik, S.V.
Suryanarayana, R. Ghosh, S. Badwar, B. Lawriniang, Yerraguntla
Santhi Sheela
Radiochimica Acta. Volume 104, Issue 11, Pages 749–755, ISSN
(Online) 2193-3405, ISSN (Print) 0033-
8230, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ract-2016-2610 (2016).

7. Measurement of formation cross-section of 99Mo from the

98
Mo(n,γ) and 100Mo(n,2n) reactions, Sylvia Badwara, Reetuparna
Ghosha, Bioletty M. Lawriniang, Vibha Vansola, Y.S. Sheela,
Haladhara Naik, Yeshwant Naik, Saraswatula V. Suryanarayana,
Betylda Jyrwaa, Srinivasan Ganesan
Applied Radiations and Isotopes, Vol. 129, pages 117-123 (2017).
8. Measurements of the cross sections of the 186W(n,γ )187W, 182W(n,
p) 182Ta, 154Gd(n,2n)153Gd, and 160Gd(n,2n)159Gd reactions at
neutron energies of 5 to 17 MeV, Rajnikant Makwana, S.
Mukherjee,*, P. Mishra, H. Naik, N.L. Singh, M. Mehta, K. Katovsky,
S.V. Suryanarayana, V. Vansola, Y. Shanthisheela, M. Karkera, R.
Acharya, S. Khirwadkar
Physical Review C, Vol. 96, page 024608 (2017).

9. Measurement of cross-sections for the 93Nb(p,n)93mMo and

93
Nb(p,pn)92mNb reactions up to ∼20MeV energy, B. Lawriniang, R.
Ghosh, S. Badwar, V. Vansola, Y. Shanthi Sheela, S. V.
Suryanarayana, H. Naik, Y. P. Naik, B. Jyrwa
Nuclear Physics A, Vol. 973, Pages 79–88 (2018).

10. Investigation of (n,p), (n,2n) reaction cross sections for Sn isotopes

for fusion reactor applications Siddharth Parashari, S. Mukherjee,
Vibha Vansola, Rajnikant Makwana, N. L. Singh, Bhawna Pandey
Applied Radiation and Isotopes 133, 31 (2018).

11. Measurement of 232Th(n,γ) reaction cross-sections in the neutron

energy range 11-19 MeV. Siddharth Parashari, S. Mukherjee, A. P.
Singh, Vibha Vansola, H. Naik, B. K. Nayak, Rajnikant Makwana, S.
V. Suryanarayana, N. L. Singh, Mayur Mehta, Y. S. Sheela, M.
karkera, R. D. Chauhan, S. C. Sharma
Physical Review C 98, 014625 (2018).

12. Measurement of 232Th and 238U neutron capture cross-sections in

the energy range 5 to 17 MeV
S. Mukherjee, Vibha Vansola, Siddharth Parashari, R. Makwana, N.
L. Singh, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. C. Sharma, B. K. Nayak, H. Naik
Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 143, 72 (2019).

Conference Papers

1. “The Comparative Study of Superconducting State Parameters for

Noble Metals Using Non Local Pseudopotentials” in National
Conference on Novel Materials for Advanced Technology on
September 13-14, 2013, Organized by Department of Physics, NIRT-
Bhopal

2. “The Role of Conduction-Core Exchange Potentials in Studying

Superconducting State Parameters for Noble Metals Using first
Principle Pseudopotentials” in International Conference on
“Nanomaterials: Science, Technology and Applications” (ICNM ‟13)
during 5-7 December, 2013 held at B. S. Abdur Rahman University,
Chennai, India.
3. “Superconducting state parameters for alkaline earth metals using
first principle pseudopotentials” in national conference on „research
trends in smart materials – igniting young minds‟ on 3rd & 4th of
January 2014 held at Guru Nanak college of arts, science & commerce,
GTB Nagar, Mumbai, sponsored by UGC.

4. Study of (n,p) and (n,γ) cross-sections for 232Th, 231Pa, 233U isotopes
Vibha Vansola, Bhawna Pandey, Mayur Mehta, S. Mukherjee,
Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 59, pages 548-549
(2014).

5. Neutron activation and cross-section calculation for tungsten as a

Divertor material in Fusion Reactor, Mayur Mehta, Bhawna Pandey,
Rajnikant Makawana, Vibha Vansola, S.S.Khirwadkar, Proceedings
of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 59, pages 546-547 (2014).

6. Determination of 55Mn(n,γ) reaction cross-section at the neutron

energies of 1.12 and 2.12 MeV, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS
Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 60, pages 496-497 (2015).

7. Neutron induced cross-section for Sn isotopes of interest in fusion

reactor technology, Vibha Vansola, S. Mukherjee , Rajnikant
Makwana, C. M. Vadagama, N. L. Singh, Bhawna Pandey,
Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, pages 572-
573 (2016).

8. Measurement of 232Th(n,g) reaction cross-section at the neutron

energy 5.09 MeV, Vibha Vansola, S. Mukherjee, R. Makwana, N.L.
Singh, S.V. Suryanarayana, P.R. Desai, H. Naik, Proceedings of the
DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, pages 570-571 (2016).

9. Experimental Cross-section Measurement of natNb(p,n)93mMo

reaction up to 20 MeV Energy, B. Lawriniang, R.Ghosh, S. Badwar,
V. Vansola, B. Jyrwa, H. Naik, Y. Naik Proceedings of the DAE-
BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, pages 548-549 (2016).

10. 238U(n,γ) reaction cross-section at the neutron energy 8.96 MeV,

Vibha Vansola, S. Mukherjee, S. Parashari, R. Makwana, S.V.
Suryanarayana, H. Naik, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl.
Phys. 62, pages 570-571 (2017).