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Department of Physics
Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

Department of Physics

Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra

About Us

The Department of Physics at Kurukshetra University was established in July 1961 with an intake of ten students to B.Sc.(Hons). The Department has rich teaching and research traditions since its inception and M.Sc. Physics was introduced in July, 1963 and the first Ph.D. in Physics was awarded in 1969. Late Professor K. K. Nagpaul was the founder Head of the Department. Late Sh. B.N. Chakarvarty, the then Governor of Haryana and Chancellor of the University laid the foundation stone of the present Physics block on October 27, 1967. It is a three-storey building of 21 bays and is centrally located on the University Campus. Within next couple of years, research laboratories in the fields of Experimental Nuclear Physics, High Energy Physics, Solid State Physics, Spectroscopy, Semiconductor Electronics and Lasers were established. Work in Theoretical Physics was also carried out simultaneously. Subsequently a significant number of students joined various research groups. Over the years the department has emerged as an excellent centre for teaching and research. The department has been fortunate enough to achieve an exalted status in academic and research environment in the discipline of Physics under the leadership of prominent Heads/Chairpersons viz: 1. Dr, K.K. Nagpaul (1961-1964, 1967-1970, 1982-1984), 2. Dr. Yog Prakash (1964-1965), 3. Prof. H.S. Hans (1965-1967), 4. Prof. Narendra Nath (1970-1982). 5. Prof. A.P. Sharma (1984-1986), 6. Prof. R.K. Mohindra (1986-1989), 7. Prof. K. Mahesh (1989-1992), 8. Prof. Ram Raj (1992-1995), 9. Prof. R.M.P. Jaiswal (1995-1997), 10. Prof. N.D. Sharma (1997- 2000), 11. Prof. H.C. Sharma (2000-2000), 12. Prof. D.K. Chaturvedi (2000-2003), 13. Prof. Nafa Singh (2003-2006), 14. Prof. Shyam Kumar (2006-2009), 15. Prof. S. C. Mishra (2009-2012), 16. Prof. M. S. Yadav (2012-2015), 17. Prof. R. K. Moudgil (2015-2018), 18. Prof. Sanjeev Aggarwal (2018-2021), 19. Prof. Fakir Chand (2021-2024), & Currently Prof. Rajesh Kharab is the Chairperson of the Department since October 18, 2024.

So far, department has produced about 187 Ph.Ds. and 240 M.Phils. At present 26 scholars are registered for their Ph.D. degree. So far about 700 research papers have been published by the faculty in the national and international journals of repute. At present the department offers four- semester M.Sc. (Physics) and Ph.D. (Physics) programs. In M.Sc. there are 120 seats. In the 1st and 2nd semesters, all the students have to take basic courses of Physics while in the 3rd and 4th semesters, they can opt for any two specializations out of six frontline courses in addition to two compulsory papers.

DEPARTMENT VISION AND MISSION

VISION
Be Globally Acknowledged as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ in Physics Teaching and Research

MISSION

To prepare a class of dedicated and hardcore Physicists who can contribute to the pool of scientists engaged in various scientific pursuits of the country and to develop the Department as ‘Center of Advanced Studies in Physics’.

Dr. Rajesh Kharab

The Department of Physics is one of the premiere departments for physics education and research in the northern region since 1961. Currently it offers two years M.Sc. (Physics) and Ph.D. (Physics) Programs well aligned with the Nation Education Policy 2020. The department has inspiring and dedicated faculty members pursuing research in diverse frontline areas such as Nuclear Physics, Material Science, Condensed Matter Physics, Non-linear Dynamics etc. The department has well equipped teaching laboratories, very rich library, ICT enabled Smart Classrooms. In addition, for carrying out cutting edge research in frontier areas several state-of-the-art facilities are available such as low energy ion accelerator, Raman Spectrometer, XRD, AFM, PARAM SHAVAK etc. There is a long list of the alumni of the department who are well placed at various academic as well as research institutes in India and abroad. The department has dedicated supporting staff for smooth functioning of the routine work.