The Physics Department is one of the oldest departments in the university. In the beginning it was started to cater to the needs of undergraduate teaching in various disciplines including those of Technology and Agriculture. M.Sc. (Physics) programme with specialization in Agricultural Meteorology, Biophysics and Instrumentation was started in 1973. A new field of specialization of Digital Electronics was also later added in the M.Sc. (Physics) programme. Ph.D. in Physics programme was started in 1983 by the department. The admissions to these programme are made through an entrance examination conducted by the university in the month of May. The department has facilities for research both in theoretical and experimental physics.

Mandate:

Imparting instructions to the UG students of the constituent colleges of the university.

Training of postgraduates with emphasis on nanotechnology, smart materials, nuclear reactor technology, Quantum Mechanics and High energy Physics.

Salient Accomplishments:

During the last 20 years or so, the department has considerably improved the infrastructure by way of equipments, modernization and availability of financial resources from various funding agencies. Our graduates (Ph.D’s) are well placed in reputed institutes.

Degrees Offered

M.Sc. (Physics) - Total No of seats 12

Ph.D. (Physics) - Total No of seats 5

Courses Offered

Laboratories

UG Lab for Physics I

UG Lab for Physics II

PG lab for Experimental Physics

Digital Lab specialized to M.Sc. Physics students.

Computational lab for PG students (M.Sc. and Ph.D.)

Nuclear Physics lab for research in collaboration with BARC, Mumbai

Equipments

Four Probe, Transister Characteristics of NPN and PNP (Common Emitter & Common Base), B. H. Curve, Hall Probe, Stefan’s Law, magnetic Susceptibility, Ultrasonic Interferometer, Solar Characterstics, ESR, Magnetic Field Measurement, G. M. Counter, Planck’s Constant, Iodine Spectrum, Michelson’s Interferrometer, Lattice Dynamics Kit, Dielectric Constant, Temperature Controlled Furnace, Biprism, Gamma ray Spectrometer.

Present Research Activities:

1. Development of Nanomaterials for various applications
2. Energy Storage materials
3. Nuclear reactor materials
4. High Energy Materials

Books Published

1. Physics - Oscillation, Waves, Optics, and Quantum Mechanics, Publisher- Pearson (2019) by Dr. H.M.Agrawal
2. Nuclear Physics - Problem-Based Approach Including MATLAB, Publisher- PHI (2016) by Dr. H.M.Agrawal
3. Classical Mechanics, Publisher- New Age International Publishers (2019) by Dr. H.M.Agrawal

Student Achievement

Ms Priya Paneru, Ph.D. Physics student,received 2nd prize for the oral presentation in 6th International conference on Recent Advances in Science held at Invertis University Bareilly (1-2 April, 2022)