Physics Department Profile

Department Profile

The department was started in 2002 in affiliation with Osmania University in the government Degree College for Women in Wanaparthy offering M. Sc. Physics with Electronics and Instrumentation as specialization. The total intake of the students is 40. In 2008, it was shifted to government Degree College for Men. Subsequently, the department has become part of the Palamuru University in 2015. The department has five teaching faculties.

The M.Sc. Physics course is of two years duration with two semesters in a year. In the first two semesters, general physics, electronics, advanced electronics courses are covered in both theory and labs. In the third and fourth semesters, courses are covered on specialization related subjects along with some general physics courses. The department is conducting research on laser induced plasma, laser induced fusion energy, THz spectroscopy, metamaterials, fabrication of electronic materials, doped glasses, thin films, etc.

The department has necessary equipment required for laboratory courses. In the first semester and second semesters, lab courses are covered on Heat and Acoustics, Optics, Electronics and C-programming. In the third and fourth semesters, lab courses are on Nuclear Physics, Modern Physics, Analogue and digital simulations, and microprocessor and microcontrollers. The department has good number of reference books available in the library for the use of the students as well as staff.