Department of Physics

 The Department of Physics came to existence on 01.06.1987 and facilities are available for intensive training and research in basic areas of Physics. The Department has been recognized for special funding by DST under the Fund for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure (FIST) programme. The faculty members have received major research project grants for more than Rs.2.0 crores from different funding agencies like DST, AICTE, UGC, DRDO, DAE, INSA and CSIR, Government of India and published more than 300 papers in internationally reputed journals. Some of the faculty members received several national, international awards, fellowships and membership in the national committee’s and referees in many national and international journals. The Department conducts M.Sc. (Physics) programme and train research scholars for M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Physics in the following areas:
· Nonlinear Dynamics/Nonlinear Optics
· Spectroscopy
· Superionic Conductors
· Relaxation Mechanisms and Molecular Interactions
· Magnetic Materials
· Nano Materials

Programmes of study
M.Sc. Physics programme is offered with three Specializations (Condensed Matter Physics/ Laser Physics/ Electronics)
M.Sc. Physics (5 year Integrated)
M.Phil. Physics (Full-time)
Ph.D. Physics
[Full-time, Part-time (Internal & External)]

Entrance Examination
The question paper will consist of objective type questions.
For P.G. studies: The objective question paper covers all the subjects at U.G. degree with Physics as Main and Mathematics and Chemistry, as ancillaries.
For M.Phil. and Ph.D. Courses: The objective question paper covers all the subjects studies under P.G. course in Physics

Infrastructure facilities
The Department has sufficient infrastructure to conduct M. Sc. practical courses in routine as well as advanced level experiments. The department is equipped with the following facilities: Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer, Differential Scanning Calorimeter, Impedance Analyser, Ultrasonic Pulse Echo Interferometer, VSM (Lakeshore), UV-VIS-IR Spectrometer (Varian), Digital Nano Volt and Current Meters (Keithely), Advanced XRD and Excellent Computer Labs.

For more details refer Admissions
Dr. K. Porsezian, Head
For contacting on intercom numbers dial 2655991 to 2655998 and the number
 
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INFORMATION BROCHURE–2007
        Department Of Physics




Faculty Qualification Specialization/Interest Email id Phone
Professor
* K. Porsezian Ph.D. (Bharthidasan University, Tiruchirapalli) Non-linear Dynamics, Non-linear Fiber optics, Solitons, Theoretical Physics. ponzsol@yahoo.com
* T.K. Nambi Narayanan Ph.D.(University of Madras, Madras) Acoustics , Chemical Physics, Magnetic resonance. tknambi@yahoo.com 407,401
* N. Satyanarayana Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Madras) Solid state ionics, Solid state spectroscopy, Crystal growth, Magnetic resonance. nallanis2000@yahoo.com 404,401
* G. Govindaraj Ph.D. (University of Madras, Madras) Thin films, Solid state ionics, Dielectric Spectroscophy. ggraj_7@yahoo.com 405,401
Reader
* Dr. G. Chandrasekaran, Ph.D (Annamalai University) Geomagnetism, Magnetism and Magnetic materials, Spectroscopy. chandgc@rediffmail.com 406,401
* Dr. V. V. Ravikanth Kumar, Ph.D (Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati) Rare earth doped glasses and materials – Optical Spectroscopy and Photonic Crystal Fibers- Soft glasses vv_ravikanth@yahoo.com  
;Dr. S. Sivaprakasam  Ph.D (University of Hyderabad) Semiconductor Lasers, Quantum Electronics siva@iitk.ac.in
Dr. R. Sivakumar    Ph.D (IIT Madras)  Experimental Condensed Matter, Hydrogen in Metals, Computational Physics. siva.phy@pondiuni.edu.in  
Lecturer      
 Dr. S. V. M. Satyanarayana  Ph.D (IGCAR, Kalpakkam)  Nonlinear Dynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Biophysics. svmsatya@yahoo.co.uk  
 Mr. A. Ramesh Naidu,  M.Phil (University of Hyderabad)  Condensed Matter Physics, Cognitive Phenomena. a_rameshnaidu@yahoo.com  
 Dr. Alok Sharan,  Ph.D (IIT Kanpur)  Lasers, Nonlinear Optics, Nonlinear Optical Materials Characterization, Quantum computing and information processing.  aloksharan@gmail.com
 Dr. Rabindra Nath Bhowmik,  Ph.D (Jadavpur University / SINP, Kolkata)  Magnetism and Magneto-transport Phenomena. rabindranath.bhowmik@ saha.ac.in  

* Recognised as Supervisor for guiding scholars leading to M.Phil and Ph.D.