Department of Physics

The Department of Physics came into existence in June 1987. The department offers postgraduate programmes and conducts research in frontier areas of Physics. The Department has been recognized for special funding by DST under the fund for Improvement of Science and Technology Infrastructure (FIST-Level II) and UGC-SAP DRS-I Programms. The faculty members have obtained major research grants exceeding Rs 7.0 crore from different funding agencies such as DST, AICTE, UGC, IFCPAR, DRDO, DAE, INSA and CSIR, Government of India. The research activities have resulted in publication of more than 425 research papers in peer-reviewed journals. The members of the faculty have been accorded with several national, international awards, fellowships and are members in the National Committees, referees of many national and international journals.

A large number of visitors come to interact with faculty/students and for collaborative research work with faculty members. At present, our faculty members are doing collaborative research work with leading scientists in India and Abroad and are doing International projects with Germany and Brazil Scientific agencies. The Department currently offers a five-year integrated M.Sc., a two-year M.Sc with three specializations viz., Lasers, Condensed Matter Physics and Electronics.