Physics

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS:

1.    Year of establishment: 1957

2.    Names of Programmes / Courses offered : UG (Physics Hons)

3.    Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved:   Yes

        Electronics , ETC , EVS

4.    Annual/ semester/choice based credit system: - Semester with CBCS.

5.    Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:

       - Conduct of project work, seminars, practicals, faculty recruitment, etc.

6.    Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors)

 

	Sanctioned	Filled
Professor	NIL
Associate Professors	08	03
Assistant Professors		02

 

7.    Faculty profile :

Name	Qualification	Designation	Specialisation	No. of years of Experience	No. of Ph. D students guided in the last 4 years
Mr. Shaktipada Kalia	M.Sc.	Reader	Solid state	34	NIL
Dr. Arundhati Mishra	M.Sc. M.phil, Ph.D	Reader	Solid State, Nuclear	33	NIL
Dr. Sarojini Panda	M.Sc. Ph.d	Reader	Electronics & Chemical Physics	32	NIL
Mr.   Mihir Kumar Das	M.Sc.	Lecturer	Condensed matters of physics and Acoustics	16	NIL
Mr. Prasanta Ku. Parida	M.Sc.	Lecturer	Elementary particle physics	15	NIL

 

8.      Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty - programme-wise information: Nil

9.      Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio:

         Hons.          :      20:1                              

         Pass            :      20:1                              

         ETC           :      20:1      

         IGNOU      :      20:1

10.    Number of academic support staff:

         sanctioned and filled:

         Demonstrator                       -      01

         Laboratory Attendant          -      02

         Store Keeper                        -      01

         Mechanic                              -      01

         Peon                                     -      02  

 

11.     Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project-wise.:- 01 (National)

12.     Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received: NIL

13.     Research facility / centre with:

         •         state recognition: Yes

         •         national recognition:

         •         international recognition:

14.    Publications:

         •         number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international): 20

         •         Monographs: Nil

         •         Chapter(s) in Books: Nil

         •         Editing Books : Nil

         •         Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers: Nil

          •        Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science,  Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)

         •         Citation Index - range / average

         •         SNIP

         •         SJR

         •         Impact factor - range / average

         •         h-index

15.    Details of patents and income generated: Nil

16.    Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil

17.    Faculty recharging strategies: Attending seminars/workshops/refresher course regularly

18.    Student projects

          •        Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental: 100%  (Since project is included in syllabus)

          •        Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / institutes : 20%

19.     Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by :

          •        Faculty Dr. Arundhati Mishra received an award from APHO.

          •        Doctoral / post doctoral fellows Dr. Sarojini Panda awarded Ph.D during the session 2013-14

          •        Students

20.     Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any.

          Seminar (UGC): Yes.

21.     Student profile course-wise:

 

Name of the Course (refer question no. 2)	Applications received	Selected		Pass Percentage
		Male	Female	Male	Female
2011-2014 batch		27	20	66.7	85
2010-2013 batch		20	19	100
2009-2012 batch		21	22	90.5	86.4

 

22.     Diversity of students

        

Name of  the Course (refer question no.  2)	% of students from the College	% of students from the State	% of students from other State	% of students from other countries
UG	NIL	85%	15%	NIL

 

        

23.    How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations? Our students are serving in the variety sectors like ICS, Defense Dept., IT  Sectors, Recourse Lab., and Faculties in the Reputed institution in India and also in Abroad.

 

24.    Student progression

        

Student progression	Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG	90%
Employed •   Campus selection •   Other than campus recruitment	10%

 

25.    Diversity of staff

        

Percentage of faculty who are graduates
Of the same parent university	75%
From other universities within the State	8%
From other universities from other States	7%

 

26.     Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the
assessment period. : Yes (One) Ph.D

27.    Present details about infrastructural facilities:

         a)       Library: Seminar Library

         b)       Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes

         c)       Total number of class rooms: 01

         d)       Class rooms with ICT facility: NIL

         e)       Students’ laboratories: Yes

         f)            Research laboratories: Yes

28.     Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College: 10%

29.     Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology. : No

30.     Does the department obtain feedback from

           •     Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If  yes, how does the department utilize it? : Yes, Utilized for updating curriculum

• Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the response of the department to the same?: Yes. Feedback is analyzed and steps taken to redress their problems the department is price to upgrade facilities for students by adopting modern technique.
• Alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same?: Excellent

31.     List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10):

         1.     Ganapati Sahoo- Faculty of US, Bangolore-Now place in German University.

         2.     Tinku Biswal- ISC- Rank-28, Joined as IAS officer in Manipur.

         3.     Sibasis Acharaya- Ph.D. form German, Faculty of IIT of Khadakpur.

         4.     Mahatma- Sc.E in BELL Labrotary.

         5.     Seema Bihinipati- Faculty in Sinsinati University.

         6.     Ashok Das -VC in Vani Vihar

         7.     Ansuman Sarangi - place in MIT

         8.     Satya Narayan Ray Pritam Mohapatra- Sc. Placed in Polland.

         9.     Anita Nayak- IPS

         10.   Priyandarshi Nayak-IPS

32.     Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts. Nil       

33.     List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.:

         i.      Case Study (citing with example)

         ii.     Spilt Class Room (interactive method)

         iii.    Incubation (Proposed)

         iv.    Blended teaching.

         v.     Blended teaching method (Proposed)

34.     How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?: Through student feedback, Proctorial classes & assignments

         Question answer session, seminar and group discussion are held regularly

• Seminar once a week, group discussion in labrotary, Viva-voice during checking of records in the labrotary
•  Learning outcome can be monitor by fall of action.

35.    Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities: Students participate in NCC and N.S.S. activities and faculties are participating in OPS, other National and State Leval Seminars, visiting labroatary at IOP workshop, attending students science outreach programmes.

36.   Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department: Seminars on different scientific inventions, Moral Sc. Are held on different occasions, conducting Science Quiz, Essay & Debate Competition design of question bank, visit and study tour design of Olympiad exports.

37.   State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details. : Yes (NAAC)

38.    Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department:

 

Strengths        -   Qualified, experienced 85 competent faculties, Regular Seminar discussion, Continuous evaluation of Semester pattern of Examination, publication of results in time. Excellent students input, internet facilities available. Continuous student assessment of the project and labrotary experiment. Good supporting labrotary staff.

Weakness       -   Inadequate supporting staff in laboratories, shortage of class-rooms and laboratories.

Opportunities-    Excellent Job Market, Scope for research and horizontal movement, Research Collaboration.

39.     Future plans of the department.: Opening of P.G. Classes, posting of lectures in Web., visit to the some of the selected and important institution of repute, to modernize the laboratories.