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Mrs. Nijin N working as a Research Associate in the VALUE @Amrita (Phase III), Amritapuri Campus – A project initiated by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India. After completing Post graduation in Microbiology from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeth (2009-2011), she joined in Computational Neuroscience department at the School of Biotechnology, Amritapuri campus as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering Virtual Labs in Amrita Virtual Lab project under the direction of Dr. Shyam Diwakar, Director, Amrita Mind Brain Center, Amritapuri Campus. In 2017, she worked as a Research Assistant in a project titled- Neurophysiological Imaging on Integrated Yoga-Meditation Practitioners. During this period, she served and guided life science students from BSc and MSc in their internship programs focusing on Neuroimaging techniques and Brain mapping studies. In 2019, she was promoted to Research Associate at Amrita Virtual Lab (Phase III) project, and during this period, she conducted many online and offline Virtual Lab Workshops within India as part of the National Outreach Programme. She published a great deal of research in the fields of computational neuroscience and e-learning educational technology in international journals and conference proceedings over her career. She received the Chancellor’s Publication Excellence Award at Amrita Innovation and Research Awards (AIRA) 2024 in the category of Q1 Journal (Tier 1). She is now pursuing a Ph.D. in Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience at Amrita Mind Brain Centre, Amritapuri Campus. Her research interests include Neuroimaging studies, Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience, and Brain Mapping studies. 

Research Publications

Journals

  • Bipin Nair, Remya Krishnan, Nijin Nizar, Rakhi Radhamani, Karthika Rajan, Afila Yoosef, Gopika Sujatha, Vijilamole Radhamony, Krishnashree Achuthan, Shyam Diwakar, Role of ICT-enabled visualization-oriented virtual laboratories in Universities for enhancing biotechnology education – VALUE initiative: Case study and impacts, FormaMente, Vol. VII (2012), n. 1-2, ISSN 1970-7118. 
  • Hemalatha Sasidharakurup, Rakhi Radhamani, Dhanush Kumar, Nijin Nizar,., Krishnashree Achuthan , Bipin Nair, Shyam Diwakar . Using Virtual Laboratories as Interactive Textbooks: Studies on Blended Learning in Biotechnology Classrooms,EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning 15(6): e4, ICST, DOI: 10.4108/el.2.6.e4, July 2015. 
  • Rakhi Radhamani, Dhanush Kumar, Nijin Nizar, Krishnashree Achuthan, Bipin Nair, Shyam Diwakar . Implementation of ICT-based Virtual Labs for Sustainable Laboratory Education in Universities, CSI journal of Computing, Vol. 3(2), 67-75, July, 2017 
  • Kumar D, Radhamani R, Nizar N, Achuthan K, Nair B, Diwakar S. 2018. Virtual and remote laboratories augment self-learning and interactions: Development, deployment and assessments with direct and online feedback. PeerJ Preprints 6:e26715v1https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.26715v1 

Conference Proceedings

  • Hemalatha Sasidharakurup, Rakhi Radhamani, Nijin Nizar., Krishnashree Achuthan., Bipin Nair , Shyam Diwakar. Neuroscience Virtual Lab decreases teaching time and improves students’ perception in blended learning environment, Proceedings of the International symposium on Translational Neuroscience & XXXII Annual Conference of the Indian Academy of Neurosciences, NIMHANS, Bangalore , India, Nov 1-Nov 3, 2014. 
  • Rakhi Radhamani, Hemalatha Sasidharakurup, Dhanush Kumar., Nijin Nizar, Bipin Nair , Krishnashree Achuthan Shyam Diwakar. Explicit Interactions by Users Form a Critical Element in Virtual Labs Aiding Enhanced Education – A Case Study from Biotechnology Virtual Labs, Proceedings of International Conference on Technology for Education (IEEE T4E 2014), Kerala,December 18-21, 2014. 
  • Shyam Diwakar, Rakhi Radhamani, Hemalatha Sasidharakurup, Dhanush Kumar, Nijin Nizar, , Krishnashree Achuthan , Bipin Nair. Role of ICT enabled Virtual Laboratories in Biotechnology Education: Case studies on blended and remote learning, Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, 2015 World Engineering Education Forum, Florence, Italy, Sept 20-24, 2015. 
  • Shyam Diwakar, Rakhi Radhamani, Hemalatha Sasidharakurp, Dhanush Kumar, Nijin Nizar, Krishnashree Achuthan, Bipin Nair, Assessing Students and Teachers Experience on Simulation and Remote Biotechnology Virtual labs: A Case Study with a Light Microscopy Experiment, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on e-Learning e-Education and Online Training (eLEOT 2015), Novedrate, Italy, September 16-18, 2015. 
  • Rakhi Radhamani, Hemalatha Sasidharakurp, Dhanush Kumar, Nijin Nizar, Krishnashree Achuthan, Bipin Nair, Shyam Diwakar. Role of Biotechnology Simulation and Remotely Triggered Virtual labs in Complementing University Education, International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication, Technologies and Learning, Mediterranean Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece, 19-20 November 2015.
  • Dhanush Kumar, Hemalatha Sasidharakurp, Rakhi Radhamani, Nijin Nizar, Krishnashree Achuthan, Bipin Nair, Shyam Diwakar. Mobile Learning and Biotechnology Education via Remote Labs:Deployment-based study on Real Time Shared Resources, International Conference on Interactive Mobile Communication, Technologies and Learning, Mediterranean Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki, Greece, 19-20 November 2015.
  • Shyam Diwakar, Dhanush Kumar, Rakhi Radhamani, Hemalatha Sasidharakurp, Nijin Nizar, Krishnashree Achuthan,Prema Nedungadi, Reghu Raman Bipin Nair. Complementing Education via Virtual Labs: Implementation and Deployment of Remote Laboratories and Usage Analysis in South Indian Villages, International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), Vol 12, No 3, pp 8-15, 2016. 
  • Rakhi Radhamani, Nijin Nizar, Dhanush Kumar, Krishnashree Achuthan, Bipin Nair, Shyam Diwakar. Low Cost Neuro-Inspired Robots for Sustainable Laboratory Education, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kollam, Kerala, Dec 18-20, 2016. 
  •  Nijin Nizar, Rakhi Radhamani, Dhanush Kumar, Krishnashree Achuthan, Bipin Nair, Shyam Diwakar. Implementation of Analog Electrical Neurons As Virtual Labs for Neuroscience Education, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics (ICACCI-2017, Manipal University, Karnataka, India, Sept 13-16,2017. 
  • Shyam Diwakar, Rakhi Radhamani, Nijin Nizar, Dhanush Kumar, Bipin Nair, Krishnashree Achuthan. Using Learning Theory for Assessing Effectiveness of Laboratory Education Delivered via a Web-based Platform, 15th International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV 2018), Duesseldorf, Germany, March 21-23, 2018. 
  • Diwakar S, Radhamani R, Nizar N, Nair B, Achuthan K. Using Learning Theory for Assessing Effectiveness of Laboratory Education Delivered via a Web-based Platform, International Conference on Remote Engineering and Virtual experimentation (REV 2018), Dusseldorf, Germany, March 21-24, 2018. 
  • R., Divakar, A., Nair, A.A., Sivadas, A., Mohan, G., Nizar, N., Nair, B., Achuthan, K., Diwakar, S. Virtual Laboratories in Biotechnology are Significant Educational Informatics Tools. 2018 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2018, art. no. 8554596, pp. 1547-1551. 
  • Krishnan, M., Edison, L., Radhamani, R., Nizar, N., Kumar, D., Nair, M., Nair, B., Diwakar, S. Experimental Recording and Computational Analysis of EEG signals for a Squeeze Task: Assessments and Impacts for Applications. 2018 International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications and Informatics, ICACCI 2018, art. no. 8554913, pp. 1523-1527. 
  •  Akhil Kalariparambil Santhosh, Muralikrishna Sangilirajana,Nijin Nizar, Rakhi Radhamani, Dhanush Kumara, Sandeep Boddaa, Shyam Diwakar. Computational Exploration of Neural Dynamics Underlying Music Cues Among Trained and Amateur Subjects. 2019. Third International Conference on Computing and Network communication, CoCoNet 2019, December 18-21, Trivandrum, Kerala, India, CoCoNet 2019. 
  • Nijin Nizar, Akhil Chittathuparambil Aravind, Rupanjana Biswas, Anjali Suresh Nair, Sukriti Nirayilatt Venu and Shyam Diwakar. Electroencephalography Measurements and Analysis of Cortical Activations among Musicians and Non-Musicians for Happy and Sad Indian Classical Music.2020. International Conference on Cybernetics, Cognition & Machine Learning Applications –ICCCMLA 2020, August 29-30. 
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