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The Post Graduate Department of Physics of Sri Sathya Sai Arts and Science College set in the bewitching campus at Saigramam offers graduate and postgraduate degree programs aligned with our faculty’s interdisciplinary knowledge and expertise in the domains of space physics, electronics, photonics and nanotechnology. We apply the methods and approaches of the physical sciences to understanding concerns and challenges associated with scientific, technological, and environmental changes. We provide our students with an enriching array of educational experiences, including hands-on participation for PG students in faculty-led research. The department also offers a basic platform, not only for gathering knowledge but also to revive aptitude for Mathematics and Statistics, which are the most essential tools for the modern scientists.
The Department of Physics was one of the first departments to be started in the college. The B. Sc programme in Physics was started in the year 2018. Later, the department has grown into a Post Graduate Department in the year 2021. The Department offers a Master’s Degree course in Physics with specialization in Space Physics and Degree-level course in Physics with Mathematics and Statistics as complementary subjects. It is one of the two aided colleges under University of Kerala to offer specialization in Space Physics at PG level. The department also provides well-equipped laboratories for physics, electronics, computer science and space physics and state-of-the-art library facilities both at UG and PG level.
The teaching and non-teaching staff have always been the strength of the department who have played significant roles in its magnificent performance in various fields especially in the realm of academics and co-curricular activities. Over the years, the students of the department have been offered high-quality education with special care extended to the differently-abled and socio-economically weaker sections of the society.
Sanctioned Strength: 34
Core course – Physics
Complementary Courses – Mathematics and Statistics
Sanctioned Strength: 15
Specialization – Space Physics
Sri Vipindas V., Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram has delivered an invited talk in the national webinar on “Molecular Spectroscopy” conducted on August 12th, 2020.
The department celebrated ‘World Ozone Day – 2020’ on September 16th by organizing a one-day national webinar on “Changing climate and Sustainable Future”. The webinar was inaugurated by Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Former Chairman of ISRO. The talk in the forenoon session was ‘Global warming and Green House effect’ which was presented by Dr. Prince P.R., Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram. In the afternoon session, Dr. K. Rajeev, Scientist-G, Head, Microwave and Boundary Layer Physics, SPL (who is presently the Director of SPL), had delivered a speech on ‘Aerosols, Clouds, Ozone and Changing Climate’.
Dr. Jijoy Joseph, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University College, Thiruvananthapuram has delivered an invited talk in the national webinar on “Some basic calculus for learning physics better” conducted on October 13th, 2020.
An orientation programme for post-graduate students was conducted by the department on 16th December 2021 and the guest for the session was Dr. Shree Ranjini Nair, Associate Professor of Physics, University of the Incarnate Word, USA.
The general physics lab for PG consists of instruments/apparatus such as:
Michelson Interferometer
Magnetic susceptibility – Quincke’s Method
Magnetic susceptibility – Gouy’s Method
Hall effect
e/m – Thomson method
Determination of Planck’s Constant
Solar cell characteristics
Optical fiber characteristics
Thermal diffusivity of brass
Laser diffraction
Cornu’s interference apparatus
Anderson’s bridge
Fermi energy of copper
Verification of Richardson’s equation
Fraunhofer diffraction
Absorption spectra analysis
Strain guage
Digital storage oscilloscopes
Cathode ray oscilloscopes
Function Generators
Dual Power supply units
Computer systems with high-speed internet connectivity
Space Physics Observatory having -
Automatic weather station (proposed)