INFORMATION ON SEMINARS & CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

Department of Physics has organized following International/National Conferences/Seminars/Symposia 

• International Seminar on Current Developments in Disordered Materials, January 22-24, 1996.

• X^th National Symposium on Solid State Nuclear Track Detectors, October 3-5, 1996.
• Department of Atomic Energy Solid State Physics Symposium, December 27-31, 1998.
• National Conference on Materials and their Applications (NCMA-2004), March 11-13, 2004.
• National Conference on Recent Advances in Materials Science (RAMS-2006), September 27- 29, 2006.
• Awareness Workshop on the Facilities of UGC-DAE CSR, Indore, December 4-5, 2006.
• National Workshop on Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Nov. 29 to Dec. 8, 2007.
• Role of Basic Sciences: Igniting Young Minds, February 9-10, 2011.
• National Workshop on “Advanced Characterization and Simulation Techniques”  March 12-17, 2012.
• 84^th BRNS-IANCAS National Workshop, October 23-27, 2013.
• Training course on ‘Safety Aspects in the Research Applications of Ionizing Radiation ’RA-42’ December 02-10, 2013.
• Symposium on Recent Research Trends in Physics, March 1-2, 2014.
• Two days National Workshop on Ion Beam Induced Growth and Engineering of Materials, March 11-12, 2014.
• 2^nd National Workshop on Ion Beam Induced Growth and Engineering of     Materials, March 4-5, 2016.
• One Day NSM workshop on High Performance Computing (HPC), May 04, 2018.
• Two Day National Conference in Recent Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, October 12-13, 2018.

 INFORMATION ON ACHIEVEMENTS

200kV Ion Beam Facility

The department of Physics, Kurukshetra University has earned a rare distinction as it is the first University in India to house a unique National ‘Ion Beam Facility’. A research project “Ion Induced Growth and Engineering of Materials” worth Rupees 8.67 Crores was sanctioned by DST, New Delhi to set up state-of-the-art ‘Low Energy Ion Accelerator’ to facilitate R & D at Department of Physics, Kurukshetra  University, Kurukshetra.

 This National Facility at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra is the ‘First’ of its kind in any University in India. This Central facility is open to users to undertake a wide variety of research in various disciplines.

The other achievements of the Department are as under: 

Identification Under Special Programmes

• FIST Level – I Programme of DST, New Delhi. 

The Department had been granted Rs. 53 lacs by Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi under its FIST Programme (2003- 2010) for up-gradation of Teaching and Research Labs during 10th plan. By now, research facilities to the tune of 47 lacs have been.

• SAP Programme of UGC, New Delhi

The Department has been granted Rs. 66 lacs by University Grants Commission, New Delhi under its SAP Programme (2009-2014) for up-gradation of Teaching and Research Labs during 11^th plan.

Research Outcomes

Department has produced about 175Ph.Ds & 240 M.Phils. and about 30 scholars are registered for their Ph.D. degree. Currently, the faculty members are actively engaged in the following domains of research.

Experimental Physics:

• Ion beam induced engineering and growth of materials.

• Irradiation induced modification in the properties of materials.
• Stopping power and straggling of heavy ions in polymers.
• Nano structuring of materials.
• 2D materials and Polymer electrolytes for energy harvesting and storage devices (Batteries, Supercapacitors, fuel cells, Hydrogen splitting).
• Optical filters, Sensors.
• Ion-induced fusion-fission reactions via pre-scission neutron multiplicity, fission fragment mass and angular distribution measurements.

 Theoretical Physics

• Dynamics of non-equilibrium systems/ nonlinear systems, Solitons, Chaos and Intergerable Systems.
• Simulation of Solar-cells.
• Low Dimensional Nanoscopic Electron Systems.
• Heavy ion induced nuclear fusion reactions around barrier energies.
• Breakup and fusion reactions induced by weakly bound projectiles.
• Synthesis of super heavy nuclei through cold and hot fusion reactions.
• Nuclear structure near drip lines.

Several significant contributions in these fields have been made. So far about 600 research papers have been published by the faculty in the national and international journals of repute. 

Faculty members are engaged in Research Collaborations both at National and International levels with the following Institutions: 

National Institutions 

• Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi.

• UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre, BARC, Mumbai.
• Central Electronics Engineering & Research Institute (CEERI), Pillani.
• Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkatta.
• UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore Centre, Indore.
• Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.
• Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
• Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam.
• National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi.
• NISER Bhubaneshwar.
• IIT, Kanpur.
• MNIT, Jaipur.
• NIT, Kurukshetra.
• ABV-IITM, Gwalior.
• Panjab University, Chandigarh.
• University of Delhi, Delhi.
• Kumaun University, Nainital.
• Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
• H.P. University, Shimla.
• University of Mumbai, Mumbai.
• CU, Punjab Bhatinda.
•  Amity University, Noida.
• Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar.
• Ch. Devi Lal University, Sirsa.
• CBLU, Bhiwani.
• IGU, Meerpur, Rewari.
• JC Bose University, Faridabad.
• Pt. B D Sharma, PGMIS, Rohtak.
• Kalpana Chawla Medical College, Karnal.
• Punjabi University, Patiala.

International Institutions 

• International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy)

• University of Trieste, Trieste (Italy)
• Institute of Nuclear Research, Debracen (Hungary)
• University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark 
• University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesberg, MS, USA.

Major Grants

•         Rs. 8.67 crores from DST, New Delhi for research project on Ion Beam Facility (2010-2015).

•         Rs. 66 lacs from UGC, New Delhi under its SAP Programme (2009-2013).

•         Rs. 20 lacs from UGC, New Delhi under its BSR Scheme (2009-2011).

•         Rs. 153 lacs from University/ State Govt. (2008-2011).

•         Rs. 53 lacs from DST, New Delhi under its FIST Level - I Programme   (2003-2008)

•         Rs. 45 lacs from University (one time grant) (2005-2006)

•         Rs. 16 lacs from UGC, New Delhi during 10th plan

 International Awards/ Fellowships/ Academic Visits of the Faculty