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About the Department

The Department was established in the year 1987. We offer B.Sc and M.Sc programmes in Physics. There are 19 faculty members in our department. 6 of them are doctorates and 3 are pursuing Ph.D. 1 member has completed UGC NET. Dr.S.Santhakumari served as member of Board of studies of the Bharathidasan university from 2012 to 2015.

Many of our students are pursuing Ph.D. Our Alumni are working in ISRO, Wipro Infosys, TCS and abroad. We motivate our students to question everything so that they learn more. We conduct exhibitions and interdepartmental quiz programmes every year. We take students to visit the Planetarium and industries. They attend internship at BSNL.

Vision and Mission

To provide a comprehensive degree program in physics.

Nurture Scientific temper, Research & innovation

To empower students to compete with others in making a bright career.

To train students to relate current technology to economic development.

The Department of Physics, Shrimati Indira Gandhi College is one of the oldest and vibrant departments of the college, serving the student community for the past three decades. Established in the year 1984 as an allied department for Maths with two staff members, it then flourished into major department in the year 1987 and has been offering B.Sc. Physics with Maths and Computer Science as allied subjects. The department has got permanent affiliation for two sections of UG in 1994. The introduction of PG program in Physics in the year 2003 is one of the milestones in its journey. Every year, nearly 100 students enroll for UG program and 40 students for PG program.

There are 17 faculty members in our department. 6 of them are doctorates and 3 are pursuing Ph.D. 2 of them completed UGC NET. Dr.S.Santhakumari Head & Asst. Professor served as member of Board of studies of the Bharathidasan university from 2012-2015 and Now again appointed as a member of board studies for BDU from 2021-2024. Our faculty Dr.S. Vidhya, Assistant Professor serve as an Editorial member and Reviewer of various Reputed journals from 2021 onwards.

LABORATORIES : The department has spacious and well equipped laboratories with necessary amenities – UG general lab for major students, UG electronics lab for allied students and a PG lab with latest instrumentation and a darkroom provision for doing spectrum photography experiments. The department also has a department library that provides an easy access to the reference books.

Department Highlights

Alumnae: Our alumnae are well placed in research institutes, educational institutions and various organizations in India and abroad. Many of them are working as teachers and professors in government and private institutions. Besides, our students also work in IT, Public sectors, Police department, High- Court and Entrepreneurs. Many of them are pursuing research programs in various reputed institutions.

Many of our students are pursuing Ph.D. Our Alumni are working in ISRO, Wipro Infosys, TCS and abroad. We motivate our students to question everything so that they learn more. We conduct exhibitions and interdepartmental quiz programmes every year. We take students to visit the Planetarium and industries. They attend internship at BSNL.

Students

Our students always bring laurels to the department by getting university ranks and prizes in various sports and cultural competitions. Some of our students carried out their final year projects in NIT, BARC Kalpakkam and University of Malaysia.

Dr. S. Santhakumari, Dr.K.Sujatha and Dr.S.Vidhya have published a book entitled “Engineering Physics” in 2020Staff members attend international and national conferences and present papers. They also publish articles in reputed journals.

Every year our students secured 5 ranks in UG and 10 ranks in PG til now.Three of our students have cleared TNPSC –IV exams. Two of our PG Students Passed the Ph.D Entrance Examinations and selected for the JRF.

We received the Rs.7500 as funds from TNSCST in 2021-2022 for student funded project.Some of our students carried out their final year projects(PG) in NIT, BARC Kalpakkam and University of Malaysia.

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