Department of Physics has organized following International/National Conferences/Seminars/Symposia
International Seminar on Current Developments in Disordered Materials, January 22-24, 1996.
Xth 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, during Nov. 29 to Dec. 8, 2007.
(Projects)
Sr.
No
Project Title
Investigators
Duration
from to
Funding
Agency
1.
Cluster Polymer Interactions
Prof. Shyam Kumar
2007 - 2010
Ongoing
IUAC
New Delhi
2
Effect of Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation on BaS:Bi Nano-phosphors
Prof. Nafa Singh
2008 - 2011 Ongoing
3.
Synthesis and SHI induced Modifications in Structural and Optical Properties of SrS based Nanostructures
4
Effect of irradiations on the properties of polymers
Dr. Sanjeev Aggarwal
UGC-DAE CSR, Mumbai Centre
5.
Excitation spectra and cross section for primary electron production by swift heavy ions penetrating through solids
Dr. Annu Sharma
2006 - 2009 Ongoing
DST
KU first University to have Ion Beam Facility
Kurukshetra University is set to earn a rare distinction as it is going to be 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 has been sanctioned by DST, New Delhi to set up state-of-the-art ‘Low Energy Ion Accelerator’ with Dr. Sanjeev Aggarwal as its Principal Investigator, Prof. Shyam Kumar, Prof. Nafa Singh, Dr. Annu Sharma (all from Department of Physics) and Dr. D. Kanjilal, Dr. Sundeep Chopra (both from IUAC, New Delhi) as its Co-Investigators to set up this facility for R & D at Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra.
This National Facility at Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra will be the ‘First’ of its kind in any University in India. Once installed, this will work as a Central facility and users will be allowed to undertake a wide variety of research in various disciplines.
The other achievements of the Department are as under:
FIST Level – I Programme of DST, New Delhi
The Department has 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 installed and the further development is currently in progress.
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 11th plan. Further development under this programme is currently in progress.
Department has produced about 122 Ph.Ds and 240 M.Phils. Currently 30 scholars are registered for their Ph.D. degree. Currently, the faculty members are actively engaged in the following domains of Research
Ion beam induced engineering and growth of materials
Irradiation induced modification in the properties of polymers
Stopping Power and Straggling of Heavy Ions in Polymers
Nano-phosphors
Nano-composites
Dynamics of Non Equilibrium/ Non Linear Systems, Solitons, Chaos and Disordered Systems (Classical and Quantum Studies)
Low Dimensional Nanoscopic Electron Systems
Nuclear Structure near Drip Lines
Several significant contributions in these fields have been made. So far about 500 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:
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre, BARC, Mumbai.
Central Electronics Engineering & Research Institute (CEERI), Pillani.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai.
Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi
Panjab University, Chandigarh
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
• Rs. 8.67 crores from DST, New Delhi for research project on Ion Beam Facility (during 2010-2015).
• Rs. 66 lacs from UGC, New Delhi under its SAP Programme ( for duration 2009-2013)
• Rs. 20 lacs from UGC, New Delhi under its BSR Scheme (for duration 2009-2011)
• Rs. 153 lacs from University/ State Govt. (during 2008-2011)
• Rs. 53 lacs from DST, New Delhi under its FIST Level - I Programme (during 2003-2008)
• Rs. 45 lacs from University (one time grant) (during 2005-2006)
• Rs. 16 lacs from UGC, New Delhi during 10th plan
International Awards/ Fellowships/ Academic Visits of the Faculty
Name of Awardee
Name of Award / Fellowship / Academic Visit
Year
Prof. S. C. Mishra
International Conference on Statistical Physics, UNESCO, France
International Conference on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Australia
July 22 - 29, 1998
July 7 - 20, 1998
Awarded UGC Visiting Fellowship under Cultural Exchange Programme of UGC at Institute of Nuclear Research, Debrecen, Hungary
September 28 - October 19 2002
Dr. R. K. Moudgil
Post Doctoral Fellowship by Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of Italy at University of Trieste, Italy
October 2000 to October 2002
Commonwealth Fellowship Award by Association of Commonwealth Universities & British Council, London, UK. at University of Liverpool, UK
October 2001 to September 2002
Dr. Rajesh Kharab
Nuclear Physics Summer School at University of Florida, Florida USA.
July 8-21, 2007
Awarded Post Doctoral Fellowship as an Assistant Professor by Danish Natural Science Research Council, Govt. of Denmark at University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Euro-Indo Forum on Energy,Eicoon Workshop and Summer School, Helsinki, Finland
Nov. 2002 – Dec. 2004
June 13-17, 2011
Dr. Manish Kumar
17th WIEN2k workshop & International Conference on Advanced Materials Modelling at Institut of Materiaux Jean Rouxel,
Nantes, France
Workshops; Electronic Structure with the Elk code; Density Functional Theory and Transmission Electron Microscopy, Lausanne, Switzerland
July 5-7, 2010
July 18-27, 2011
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