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About The Department

Established in 1951, the department has a long standing history of excellence in teaching and research. The department currently offers various academic programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The academic programs include the five year integrated M. Sc. through IIT-JEE, the integrated M.Sc - Ph.D, M. Tech.(Solid State Tech.), Ph. D. and a minor in Physics for students majoring in ot ... Read More

Established in 1951, the department has a long standing history of excellence in teaching and research. The department currently offers various academic programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. The academic programs include the five year integrated M. Sc. through IIT-JEE, the integrated M.Sc - Ph.D, M. Tech.(Solid State Tech.), Ph. D. and a minor in Physics for students majoring in other subjects. In addition, the department offers basic and topical courses for the entire student community of IIT Kharagpur. With more than 30 faculty members, several post-doctoral researchers and around 100 research scholars, the department has a very vibrant research environment. The areas of research interests and expertise spans a wide range including Astrophysics and Cosmology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Biophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Non-linear Dynamics and Hydrodynamics, Nuclear and High-energy Physics, Optics and Photonics, Statistical Physics etc. covering both theoretical and experimental aspects. The faculty members of the department are also involved in several sponsored research and industrial consultancy projects. Browse our website to know more about various academic programs, research interests of the individual faculty members and the ongoing research projects. Please feel free to contact us for more information. Read less

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Message from the Head

Prof. Prasanta Kumar Datta

Head of the Department

hod@phy.iitkgp.ac.in

+91-3222-282286   |   +91-3222-255303, 282700

The list of subjects for Minor in Physics under new curriculum is given below:
     
A. Any four Physics core subjects from the list below (12-16 credits)

1. Quantum Physics

2. Classical Dynamics and Special Relativity

3. Electromagnetism

4. Quantum Mechanics

5. Statist ... Read More

The list of subjects for Minor in Physics under new curriculum is given below:
     
A. Any four Physics core subjects from the list below (12-16 credits)

1. Quantum Physics

2. Classical Dynamics and Special Relativity

3. Electromagnetism

4. Quantum Mechanics

5. Statistical Physics

6. Condensed Matter Physics

7. Nuclear Physics

 
B. Any two Physics Departmental Electives (6-8 Credits)

C. One Physics Department lab course worth 4 credits (4 Credits) Read less

MRSI-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Annual Prize

MRSI Medal Award

Homi J. Bhabha Award : University Grants Commission

Prof. Somnath Bharadwaj is selected as a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences India

Prof. A. Taraphder, Prof. P. Shukla, and Prof. P K Datta are regular associates of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Prof. S K Roy has been appointed the director of S N Bose Centre, Kolkata.

  • 2nd Year Lab(M.Sc. Integrated)
  • 3rd Year Msc
  • 3rd/4th Year (M.Sc. Nuclear Expt.)
  • 4th Year Lab
  • 5th Year Lab. M.Sc.(Int. & 2yr)
  • Advanced Condensed Matter (Fist)
  • Atmospheric (Computational)
  • B. Tech. Laboratory For Physics
  • B.Tech 1st Year
  • Computer Lab
  • Computer Lab
  • Condensed Matter Physics Lab
  • Double Beta Decay Simuations
  • Electronic Materials
  • Ferroelectronics/Multiferroics, High Vac., Thermoelectric
  • Fist Lab
  • Fist Lab
  • M. Tech. (Functional Materials And Devices)
  • M.Tech (Solid State Tech.)
  • Magnetism And Magnetic Materials
  • Microscience
  • Non-Linear Instability
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Preparatory Lab
  • Radiation Measurements & Systems Lab
  • Research Lab: Raman Spectroscopy
  • Semiconductor
  • Solid State Ionics, Material Processing
  • Spintronics & Magnetic
  • 3D printing of energy devices
  • AdS/CFT duality
  • Agent-Based Simulations
  • Airy pulse dynamics
  • Applied Opics
  • Applied Superconductivity
  • Astroparticle Physics
  • Astrophysics
  • Beyond Standard Model Physics
  • Biological Active Matter
  • Biological and active matter systems
  • Biomedical devices, Flexible electronics
  • Biophysics
  • Classical and quantum gravity
  • Computational Physics
  • Correlation Optics
  • Cosmology
  • Data & Image Analysis
  • Density Functional Theory for Solids
  • Disordered Superconductors
  • Electron transport
  • Electronic & magnetic materials
  • Electroweak Symmetry Breaking
  • Energy materials
  • Experimental Bio-Photonics, Imaging
  • Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
  • Extra dimensions
  • Fiber & Integrated Optics, Photonics
  • Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
  • Frustrated quantum magnets
  • Functional materials
  • Gamma-ray spectroscopy
  • Gas Sensors and catalysis
  • General Relativity and Modified Gravity
  • Geometric Phase Holograms
  • GMR & Magneto-electric & Magneto-caloric Materials
  • Graphene Optics
  • Gravity
  • Hiearchical Nanostructures for Devices
  • High Energy Physics
  • Hydrodynamic Instabilities
  • Integrable Models
  • Interfacial Waves
  • Laser Physics
  • Light matter interaction: Atomic clock
  • Light-matter interaction
  • Local Magnetism
  • Low dimensional semiconductor structures
  • Low temperature physics
  • Low-Reynolds number Hydrodynamics
  • Magnetic Vortices and Skyrmions
  • Magnetism and Spintronics
  • Magnetoconvection
  • Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Microresonators
  • Microrheology
  • Multifunctional ceramics
  • NanoPhotonics
  • Nanoscale optoelectronics
  • Non-Einsteinian phases of gravity
  • Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
  • Nonequilibrium quantum many-body systems
  • Nonlinear Cavity Dynamics, CavitySoliton
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Nonlinear Photonics
  • Nuclear detectors
  • Nuclear Structure
  • Optical Fiber Sensors and Devices
  • Optofluidics
  • Organic Electronic Devices
  • Organic Electronics
  • Organic thin film growth
  • Particle Physics
  • Photonic Crystals
  • Physics education
  • Physics of Topological Materials
  • Physics of ultra cold atom
  • Plasmonic Directional Coupler Devices
  • Protein folding
  • Quantum Computing and Machine Learning
  • Quantum entanglement in QFTs
  • Quantum field theory
  • Quantum Information Theory
  • Quantum Materials and Applications
  • Quantum matter, Condensed matter Theory
  • Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Information
  • Quantum phase transitions & criticality
  • Quantum spin systems
  • Quantum/classical turbulence
  • Raman Scattering
  • Random Lasers
  • Relativistic hydrodynamics
  • Relativistic many-electron theory
  • Semicondutor Thin Films
  • Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy
  • Singular Optics
  • Soft Matter Physics
  • Solar Photovoltaics
  • Spintronic nanomaterials and devices
  • Statistical Physics
  • Statistical Studies of Complex Systems
  • String Theory
  • Supercapacitors
  • Swift heavy ion-matter interaction
  • System Dependent Random matrix theory
  • Technologies for Affordable Healthcare
  • Theoretical Biophysics
  • Theoretical High Energy Physics
  • Thin Film Heterostructure
  • Turbulence
  • Two dimensional materials
  • Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy
  • Unconventional Superconductors
  • Waveguide Array
  • Waves in Geophysics and Oceanography