Designation :                                   Assistant Professor
Educational Qualification :	M.Sc., Ph.D
Experience :	Research - 6 years
Area of Interest :	Electrochemical Sensors
Date of Joining at RVCE :	24/11/2025
Email ID :	kavyakn@rvce.edu.in

List of International Journal Publications:

• Kavya K. Nayak, Vinod Kumar Dorai, Rakesh Kumar Pradhan, Siddharth Jhunjhunwala, and Navakanta Bhat “An electrochemical continuous glucose monitoring sensor utilizing ferrocene-derivative as a mediator”, Microchemical Journal, 2025 (Accepted for Publication)

• Kavya K. Nayak and Navakanta Bhat, "Optimization of a Ferrocene Carboxylic Acid-Based Enzymatic Glucose Sensor for Continuous Glucose Monitoring", IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024.

• Saroj Kumar Das, Kavya K. Nayak, P. R. Krishnaswamy, Vinay Kumar and Navakanta Bhat, “Review—Electrochemistry and Other Emerging Technologies for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices”, ECS Sensors Plus 2022.

• K. Mahendra, Kavya K. Nayak, Brian Jeevan Fernandes, and N.K. Udayashankar, “Gamma irradiation effect on structural, optical and electrical properties of organometallic potassium hydrogen oxalate oxalic acid dihydrate single crystal”, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2018.

• K. Mahendra, Kavya K. Nayak, and N.K. Udayashankar, “Negative photoconductivity in metal-organic potassium oxalate oxalic acid dihydrate single crystal”, Materials Research Express, 2018.

Papers presented in Conference:

• Kavya K. Nayak and Navakanta Bhat, "Continuous Electrochemical Glucose Detection Using Ferrocene Carboxylic Acid Chemistry," IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON), Goa, India, 2024.

Awards:

• Best Poster Award at CeNSE Student Research Symposium - 2023

• Recipient of DST-INSPIRE Fellowship

• Cleared Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET)-2018.