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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.
Prof. Krishna Kumar
Head of the
Department
Contact (Head)
Phone: +91-3222-282286
Fax: +91-3222-255303, 282700
Email : kumar@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in
The process of new faculty recruitment in Physics Department is on. The following areas of research would preferred for recruitment.
(i) High Energy Physics (including formal theories),
(ii) Experimental Particle/Nuclear Physics,
(ii) Statistical Physics,
(iii) Complex Systems (soft-condensed matter, biophysics, nonlinear physics, non-equilibrium systems) (theory and experiment both),
(iv) Exceptional candidates in other areas of research may also be considered.
MRSI-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Annual Prize
MRSI Medal Award
Homi J. Bhabha Award : University Grants Commission
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.
