Dr. Yashodhara I

@msrit.edu

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT)

EDUCATION

M.Sc., Ph.D.

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Radiation, Materials Science, Environmental Science
25

Scopus Publications

573

Scholar Citations

11

Scholar h-index

12

Scholar i10-index

Scopus Publications

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Interfacial polarization-driven charge transport in polyaniline/NiS nanocomposites
    J Pattar, SS Chandra, R Sreekanth, M Srinivas, K Mahendra, N Madihally, ...
    Materials Science and Engineering: B 329, 119470 , 2026
    2026
  • Radon in groundwater and associated dose to the public in a uranium-mineralised region of India
    I Yashodhara, KS Kumara, K Mahendra, N Karunakara
    Environmental Geochemistry and Health 48 (8), 350 , 2026
    2026
  • Micro-structure modifications and assessment of radiation tolerance in W-doped In 2 O 3 thin films exposed to high-dose gamma irradiation
    C Aparna, MG Mahesha, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, PK Shetty
    JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN ELECTRONICS 36 (31) , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Micro-structure modifications and assessment of radiation tolerance in W-doped In₂O₃ thin films exposed to high-dose gamma irradiation
    C Aparna, MG Mahesha, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, PK Shetty
    Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 36 (31), 2000 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Efficient removal of toxic dyes and nitrophenol using graphene oxide-ZrO2 hybrid catalysts
    A Amudha, K Mahendra, I Yashodhara, J Pattar, HNA Rao, ...
    Materials Science and Engineering: B 321, 118555 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Enhancement of gamma radiation sensitivity in tungsten-doped indium oxide thin films
    C Aparna, MG Mahesha, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, PK Shetty
    Journal of Luminescence 286, 121368 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Phosphorus and boron co-doped TiO 2 nanoparticles anchored on graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets: enhancing photocatalytic activity for environmental …
    UJR Babu, K Mahendra, I Yashodhara, J Pattar
    Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 36 (23), 1470 , 2025
    2025
  • Structural, optical, and electrical characteristics of gamma-irradiated Zn-doped indium oxide thin films for sensor applications
    C Aparna, MG Mahesha, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, PK Shetty
    Optical Materials, 117348 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Study of Photoluminescence Characteristics Through Judd–Ofelt Theory and Thermoluminescence Properties of CaAl4O7: Eu Phosphors Synthesized Via Microwave‑Assisted Combustion …
    RAK Mahesha Hegde, Rajashree Panda, Mitrabhanu Behera, I. Yashodhara, N ...
    Journal of Electronic Materials, 1-18 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • High-entropy oxide reinforced HDPE polymer composite: A novel approach to gamma-ray shielding
    YS Sidharth S Menon a, S. Arshia a, Amarnath Pasupathi a, Arun Prasath ...
    Materials Science & Engineering B 318, 1-9 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 3
  • Distribution of 226Ra, 210Pb and 210Po in soil of a uranium mineralised region of Northern Karnataka, India
    I Yashodhara, KS Kumara, N Karunakara
    Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 334 (1), 303-314 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Sensitivity estimation of indium oxide thin film for gamma sensing
    C Aparna, PK Shetty, MG Mahesha, I Yashodhara, N Karunakara
    Journal of Materials Science 58 (27), 11374-11391 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 17
  • Structural, optical and sensitivity study of optimized indium oxide thin film for gamma sensing applications
    C Aparna, PK Shetty, MG Mahesha, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 345, 113785 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • Environmental transfer parameters of strontium for soil to cow milk pathway for tropical monsoonal climatic region of the Indian subcontinent
    PMRNK P. Ujwal, I. Yashodhara, K. Sudeep Kumara
    Scientific Reports , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • Uranium tolerant phosphate solubilizing bacteria isolated from Gogi, a proposed uranium mining site in South India
    S Sowmya, PD Rekha, I Yashodhara, N Karunakara, AB Arun
    Applied Geochemistry 114, 104523 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 22
  • Comparison of radon and thoron concentration measuring systems among Asian countries
    M Janik, S Tokonami, K Iwaoka, N Karunakara, S Trilochana, MP Mohan, ...
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 (24), 5019 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • A study of temporal variations of 7Be and 210Pb concentrations and their correlations with rainfall and other parameters in the South West Coast of India
    MP Mohan, RS D'souza, SR Nayak, SS Kamath, T Shetty, KS Kumara, ...
    Journal of environmental radioactivity 192, 194-207 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 34
  • Estimation of air-to-grass mass interception factors for iodine
    N Karunakara, P Ujwal, I Yashodhara, KS Kumara, MP Mohan, ...
    Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 186, 71-77 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 4
  • Influence of humidity on calibration factor of activated charcoal based passive 222Rn detectors
    T Shetty, K Sudeep Kumara, I Yashodhara, MP Mohan, JJ Gaware, ...
    Proceedings of the thirty-third IARP international conference on … , 2018
    2018
  • Correlation between radionuclide and stable elemental concentrations in the soils of uranium mineralized zones of Gogi, Karnataka
    I Yashodhara, S Kumara, MP Mohan, N Karunakara, RM Tripathi
    Proceedings of the thirty-third IARP international conference on … , 2018
    2018

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Soil to rice transfer factors for 226Ra, 228Ra, 210Pb, 40K and 137Cs: a study on rice grown in India
    N Karunakara, C Rao, P Ujwal, I Yashodhara, S Kumara, PM Ravi
    Journal of environmental radioactivity 118, 80-92 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 123
  • Assessment of ambient gamma dose rate around a prospective uranium mining area of South India–a comparative study of dose by direct methods and soil radioactivity measurements
    N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, KS Kumara, RM Tripathi, SN Menon, ...
    Results in Physics 4, 20-27 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 115
  • Evaluation of radon adsorption characteristics of a coconut shell-based activated charcoal system for radon and thoron removal applications
    N Karunakara, KS Kumara, I Yashodhara, BK Sahoo, JJ Gaware, ...
    Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 142, 87-95 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 61
  • Studies on soil to grass transfer factor (Fv) and grass to milk transfer coefficient (Fm) for cesium in Kaiga region
    N Karunakara, P Ujwal, I Yashodhara, C Rao, KS Kumara, BN Dileep, ...
    Journal of environmental radioactivity 124, 101-112 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 49
  • A study of temporal variations of 7Be and 210Pb concentrations and their correlations with rainfall and other parameters in the South West Coast of India
    MP Mohan, RS D'souza, SR Nayak, SS Kamath, T Shetty, KS Kumara, ...
    Journal of environmental radioactivity 192, 194-207 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 34
  • Uranium tolerant phosphate solubilizing bacteria isolated from Gogi, a proposed uranium mining site in South India
    S Sowmya, PD Rekha, I Yashodhara, N Karunakara, AB Arun
    Applied Geochemistry 114, 104523 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 22
  • Study of natural radioactivity and estimation of radiation dose in the environment of Tumkur, Karnataka, India
    A Jayasheelan, S Manjunatha, I Yashodhara, N Karunakara
    Radiation protection dosimetry 158 (1), 73-78 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 18
  • Sensitivity estimation of indium oxide thin film for gamma sensing
    C Aparna, PK Shetty, MG Mahesha, I Yashodhara, N Karunakara
    Journal of Materials Science 58 (27), 11374-11391 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 17
  • Structural, optical and sensitivity study of optimized indium oxide thin film for gamma sensing applications
    C Aparna, PK Shetty, MG Mahesha, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 345, 113785 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 16
  • Radiation levels and radionuclide distributions in soils of the gogi region, a proposed uranium mining region in north Karnataka
    I Yashodhara, N Karunakara, KS Kumar, R Murthy, RM Tripathi
    Radiation Protection and Environment 34 (4), 267-269 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 16
  • Concentration of 222 Rn in drinking water along coastal Kerala and evaluation of ingestion doses
    D Primal, Y Narayana, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, S Kumara
    Radiation Protection and Environment 34 (3), 197-200 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 14
  • Comparison of radon and thoron concentration measuring systems among Asian countries
    M Janik, S Tokonami, K Iwaoka, N Karunakara, S Trilochana, MP Mohan, ...
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 (24), 5019 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • Grass to cow milk transfer coefficient (Fm) of iodine for equilibrium and emergency situations
    PV Geetha, U Prabhu, I Yashodhara, S Kumara, R Karpe, PM Ravi, ...
    Radiation Protection and Environment 37 (1), 14-20 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 7
  • A walk-in type 222Rn chamber for calibration of radon and progeny measuring devices and inter-comparison measurements
    T Shetty, HM Somashekarppa, K Sudeep Kumara, I Yashodhara, ...
    Proceedings of the thirteenth DAE-BRNS nuclear and radiochemistry symposium … , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 6
  • Natural radioactivity in Udupi and Karkala Taluks of coastal Karnataka
    G Pinto, N Karunakara, HM Somashekarappa, C Rao, U Prabhu, ...
    Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics 48 (7), 527-529 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 6
  • Environmental transfer parameters of strontium for soil to cow milk pathway for tropical monsoonal climatic region of the Indian subcontinent
    PMRNK P. Ujwal, I. Yashodhara, K. Sudeep Kumara
    Scientific Reports , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • Effect of humidity on thoron adsorption in activated charcoal bed
    KS Kumara, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, BK Sapra, BK Sahoo, ...
    Radiation Protection and Environment 37 (2), 77-79 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 5
  • Micro-structure modifications and assessment of radiation tolerance in W-doped In₂O₃ thin films exposed to high-dose gamma irradiation
    C Aparna, MG Mahesha, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, PK Shetty
    Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 36 (31), 2000 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Efficient removal of toxic dyes and nitrophenol using graphene oxide-ZrO2 hybrid catalysts
    A Amudha, K Mahendra, I Yashodhara, J Pattar, HNA Rao, ...
    Materials Science and Engineering: B 321, 118555 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4
  • Enhancement of gamma radiation sensitivity in tungsten-doped indium oxide thin films
    C Aparna, MG Mahesha, N Karunakara, I Yashodhara, PK Shetty
    Journal of Luminescence 286, 121368 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 4