ABOUT
Department Of Physics

The Department of Physics was started in 1969 with a Vision to spread Science and provide higher education. Dr. S.N. Behera was the founder of this Department. The Department offers a two years Master’s degree Course in Physics, beside M.Phil and Ph. D. Since its inception the Department has grown appreciably with the leadership of Prof. P. K. Mishra not only in terms of students and faculty strength but also in terms of the introduction of new courses and broadening research activities. The postgraduate curricula have recently undergone significant orientation congruent with the development and trends in different thrust areas, of the subjects like condensed matter physics, materials science, photonics, nuclear Science, nuclear astrophysics, particle physics, cosmology, etc.

The Department made an outstanding contribution to research and published more than 400 papers in reputed international and national journals in the above subjects. The hallmark of the Department is sincere teaching and outstanding research. Several candidates got their Ph.Ds from the Department. Faculty members of this Department Prof. N.C Mohapatra, Prof G.S.Tripathi, and Prof. R .Sahu received the “Samanta Chandra Sekhar award” by Odisha Bigyan Academy for the Years 1996, 2005 and 2010 respectively.

The Department has established a center for applied photonics with the financial support from DST-FIST, to conduct experimental research in the area of photovoltaic and nanomaterials. The Department is also coordinating the center of Excellence for Nano Science and Technology for the development of sensor, a project of Rs three hundred lakhs sanctioned by OHEPEE, Department of higher education, Government of Odisha.

The Department regularly organizes seminars, conferences, summer school /winter school .
Many of its students went abroad for higher studies, and some of them are absorbed in various institutions there. Some of our students are also faculty members in leading national-level institutions and laboratories. This Department is a vibrant place for academics and research.

Mission
Vision

List Of
External Mentors

  • Prof. G.S. Tripathy, Berhampur University, Mob-9937188485, Email:gstripathi@gmail.com
  • Prof. Simanchal Panigrahi, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, NIT, Sector-1, Rourkela, Mob-9437145313, Email:spanigrahi@nitrkl.al.in
  • Prof. Arun Pati, HCRI, Allahabad, Mob-915322274391, Email:akpati@hri.res.in
  • Prof. Pradeep Kumar Mohanty, SINP, Kolkata, Mob-9163233885, Email:pkmohanty@saha.ac.in
  • Mr. Ramesh Chandra Mallick, IISC Bangalore, Mob-8022932450, Email:remallik@iisc.ac.in

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Faculties

Research Area in the Physics

The faculty members and the research scholars of this Department are actively engaged in research. The various fields in which the research work is being undertaken are:

  • Theoretical Condensed Matter and Materials Physics.
  • Theoretical Nuclear Physics.
  • Theoretical Particle Physics.
  • Photonics (Theory and Experiment)
R & D ProjectMajor Project
Project Title Spectroscopic study of heavy nuclei
Funded byDST(Government of India)
Principal InvestigatorRetd. Prof. R. Sahu
Co InvestigatorDr. Snigdha Mishra
AmountAbout 12 lakhs
Period2013 - 2016
StatusOngoing from 2013

Alumni
Department of Physics Alumni Association

The department has formed its alumni association in November 2014. It is named as Berhampur University Physics Alumni Association (BUPAA).The next Alumni meeting was held on 20th March 2016. In this occasion two invited talks are delivered by two of our distinguished alumni Dr.H.K.Sahu, Prof.T.Sahu .

Present Office Bearers

  1. President: Prof.H.K.Sahu, Scientist H, IGCAR
  2. Vice-President: Dr.Bana Bihari Panigrahy, Principal IC, Chatrapur Science College
  3. Secretary: Prof. Sukant Kumar Tripathy, Berhampur University
  4. Joint Secretary:Dr. Sidhartha Sekhar Panda(B.U.), Mr.Sumant Kumar Pattanaik(NIST)
  5. Treasurer: Mr. Santosh Kumar Padhi

Some important Alumni

In USA

1971 S. N. Sahu, Medical Physicist USA
1973 Debraj Sahu, Space Scientist USA
1974 Budhinath Padhy, Computer Enginerer USA
1977 Kailash Sahu, Space Scientist USA
1979 Swasti Panigrahi, Computer Engineer USA
1980 M. Mohapatra, SBI Officer USA
1981 Meenakhi Mohapatra, Research Scientist USA
1983 Sanjay Das, Computer Engineer USA
1984 Kalyan Das, Research Professor USA
1987 Upendra Das, Materials Scientist and Computer USA
1994 Nihar Behera, Medical Physicist USA
1995 Satya Narayan Panda, Chemical Physicist USA
1996 Keshab Panda, Materials Scientist USA
1996 Ajit Mohapatra, Research Scientist USA

In reputed National Institutes

1972 Prof. N. Nayak(Retd), Faculty, S. N. Bose national Centre, Kolkata
1973 Prof. H. K. Sahu(Retd), Scientist H, IGCAR, Kalpakkam
1975 Prof. P. K. Mohapatra, Pro ViceChancellor, WBUT, Kolkata
1980 Dr. P. L. Sahu, Scientist. IGCAR. Kalpakkam
1988 Prof. A. K. Pati, Harish Chandra Institute, allahabad
1994 Prof. P. K. Mohanty, SINP, Kolkata
1995 Prof. P. K. Tripathy, IITM, Chennai
1998 Prof. R.C. Mallik, IISc, Bangalore
1999 Prof. Sashi Ratha, IIT, Bhubaneswar

Faculty in Other Universities

1972 Prof. K. Moharana(Retd.), Utkal University
1975 Prof. S. Mishra, Dean of Basic Sciences, OUAT, BBSR
1978 Prof. S. Panigrahi, NIT, Rourkela
1981 Dr. B. Panda, Ravenshaw University
1986 Prof. S. K. Udgata, Hyderabad University
1997 Prof. A.K. Pattnaik, VSSUT, Burla
1999 Dr. S. Mishra, BPUT, Odisha
1999 Dr. T. Routray, SOA University
1999 Dr. D. Mishra, SOA University
2012 S. Behera, VSSUT, Burla
2012 S. Patri, VSSUT, Burla

Faculty in Our University

1976 Prof. G.S. Tripathy
1976 Prof. R. Sahu
1976 Prof. R.C. Nayak
1976 Prof. T. Sahu
1977 Dr. S. Nayak
1981 Dr. C. Das
1984 Dr. S. Das
1985 Dr. M. Patra
1985 Mr. S. Padhy
1988 Dr. S.S. Panda

Department Facilities

Our
Events

Department of Physics conducted an Alumni meet followed by one day scientific session by Dr.H.K.Sahu, Retd. Scientist(H) IGCAR, Madras on topic “Exciting alleys in Physics” and Prof.T.Sahu, Ex-Professor BU on “Quantum Semiconductor Devices” on 20th March 2016.

Department of Physics conducted one day seminar on the eve of science day on 27th February 2016. Prof. S.M. Bhattacharya of Institute of Physics delivered an interesting talk on “Application of physics in biology”.

One day talk by V.N.Mani of CMET,Hyderabad , has been organized by the Department.

One day seminar was held on 13.03.2015 by Prof. Hiranmaya Mishra ( PRL, Ahmedabad) with topic “Matter under Extreme Conditions”. National Science Day was observed on 28.02.2015 with a seminar on “Superstitions in Science” by Prof. Simanchal Panigrahy (NIT Rourkela). A national Seminar on Recent Advances in Physics was organized on 4th-5th May, 2014

Department of Physics conducted a National Seminar on “Recent Advances in Physics” on 5th & 6th May 2014. It was organized in collaboration with Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar. The seminar covered the topics like Solid State Physics, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and Bio-Physics. In the seminar the talks are delevered by eminent scientists from PRL, Ahamadabad; SINP & VECC, Kolkota and IIT & Central University, Hyderbad.

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