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THE DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
The Department of Physics was started in the year 1973 and has crossed many milestones in its development. It has a team of dedicated staff members who are striving their best to achieve academic and research excellence. The staff strength at the inception of the course was three. But currently it has gone up to 12 due to the addition of UG and PG programmes. The Research Programme was started during 2000. Within a short span of time, the research activities have grown by leaps and bounds.
Courses
| Course |
Duration |
Established Year |
| BSc |
3 Years |
1978 |
| MSc |
2 Years |
1984 |
| MPhil (FT) |
1 Year |
2000 |
| PhD (FT / PT) |
3/4 Year |
2000 |
The enrichment of Syllabi leads the students to keep pace with the latest developments in Science.
Staff
PhD 7
MPhil 5
Total 12
Research Activities
Physics Department has been adjudged as "The Best Research Department Award" in the college for last two consecutive years (2006-07, 2007-08).
| Research Guidance |
Working |
Submitted |
Completed |
| MPhil |
9 |
- |
46 |
| PhD |
16 |
2 |
5 |
| Publications |
Proceedings |
Journals |
| National |
145 |
10 |
| International |
105 |
75 |
| Research Projects |
Minor |
Major |
Total Amount |
| Completed |
2 |
2 |
20,25,000 |
| Ongoing |
- |
3 |
33,15,000 |
Faculty |
Awards & Fellowships |
National |
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| Dr.R.Sathyamoorthy |
UGC Research Award (2004 – 2007) |
Common wealth Academic Fellowship Award 2007 |
Collaborations and MoUs
The Physics Department has the following collaborations and MoUs with various National and International Universities: MoU
- Monterry University, Monterry, Mexico.
- CIE – UNAM, TMEXICO, Mexico.
- Institute of Physics, Puebla University, Mexico.
Collaborations
- Norway University, Norway.
- Chonbuk National University, South Korea.
- Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea.
- University of Bath, U.K.
- Loughborough University, U.K.
- IUAC, New Delhi.
- Interuniversity Centre, Indore Centre.
- Institute of Physics, Bhuvaneswar.
- CUSAT, Cochin.
- Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
- Bharathidasan University, Tirichirapalli.
- Alagappa University, Karaikudi.
- CECRI, Karaikudi.
The rooms are provided with all amenities. There is a Hygiene Committee which looks after the cleanliness of the rooms and toilets in the hostel. A separate 100 KVA generator is available to ensure uninterrupted power supply to the hostel and mess.
National / State Fellowship
| Fellowships |
Scholar |
Supervisor |
Year |
Field |
Funding Agency |
| SRF |
S.Senthilarasu |
Dr.R.Sathyamoorthy |
2004 - 2006 |
ThinFilm Physics |
CSIR |
| JRF |
S.Chandramohan
R.Saravanakumar |
Dr.R.Sathyamoorthy
Dr.R.Sathyamoorthy |
2004 - 2006
2005 - 2006 |
ThinFilm Physics
ThinFilm Physics |
IUAC
DST |
| Project Fellow |
B.Kavitha
P.Sudhagar
P.Madheswaran |
Dr.M.Dhanam
Dr.R.Sathyamoorthy
Dr.R.Sathyamoorthy |
2007 - 2010
2004 -
2007
2007 - 2010 |
ThinFilm Physics
ThinFilm Physics
ThinFilm Physics |
JNF
UGC
IUAC |
Tamilnadu
Government Scholarship |
R.Amudha
S.Inbakumar
K.Senthil |
Dr.A.Subbarayan
Dr.A.A.Anukaliani
Dr.R.S.Sarojini |
2004 - 2005
2005 - 2007
2004 - 2005 |
ThinFilm Physics
Plasma
Physics
Applied Spectroscopy |
Tamilnadu Govt.
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List of Projects
Facilities in UG and PG Laboratories
- Microprocessors
- Microcomputers
- Interferometer
- Arc Unit
- Hall Effect Instruments
- Magnetometer
- Gaussmeter
Nano Technology Laboratory
To promote advanced research in nanotechnology a 'Nanotechnology Centre' has been established in the college at the cost of Rs.75 lakhs.
Facilities in the Research Laboratories
- Coating Unit
- Digital LCR meter
- Broad band Energy meter
- Planar Magnetron DC/RF Sputtering Unit
- SS Plasma Chamber with Vacuum production Systems
- Nanosynthesis setup
- Digital Balance with 41/2 digits.
Job Opportunities
The department provides multiple opportunities to the students in various fields such as
- Higher Studies
- Electric and Electronic fields
- IT fields
- Medical fields
Student Achievements
- Received overall trophy for cultural and academic events from various institutions
- Received best paper award in National and International Conferences
- Participated in various summer schools organized by IIT’s and National institutes
- Many of our students are placed in software companies through the placement cell of our college. Majority of the students are pursuing higher studies.
- Many of our students are placed in various Engineering and Arts & Science Colleges as faculty members.
- Our students (both UG & PG) got University ranks continuously.
- Some of our students are pursuing collaborative research abroad through prestigious Visiting Fellowships.
Notable Alumni
- Dr.K.Sekar, Professor, Dept. of Biophysics and Bioinformatics, IISc , Bangalore.
- Dr.R.Agilan Ramanathan, I.A.S., Prochancellor, Bharath University, Chennai and Member, Tamilnadu State Council of Higher Education
- Dr.S.Sengottuvan, Scientist, Hitachi, Japan
- Dr.S.Balakumar, Scientist, Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore.
- Dr. K.Rajendran , Scienctist,IBM,US.
- Dr.N.Muthukumarasamy, Lecturer(SS), Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore.
- Dr.S.Senthilarasu, PDF, Chonbuk University, South Korea.
- Dr. G.Vishwanathan, Lecturer, Dept of Nanotechnology, Bharathiar University.
- Mrs.S.Malarvizhi, Secretary, Sree Krishna group of Institutions,Coimbatore.
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