History
The department was started in- 1965 with the intake capacity of 12 students and a specialization in spectroscopy. Prof. B. B. Laud, was the pioneering head, gradually other specialization were also started. At present the Department is running four specialization viz solid state physics, Nuclear Physics & Electronics. Today the department has separate building on the campus, 48 is the intake capacity & although specialization’s are same thrusts are on Laser Spectroscopy, Radiation Physics ,Super ionic Conductors, Ferrite, Nanotechnology, Time domain & frequency domain microwave Spectroscopes, Bio Sensors, Fibreoptics, Fractals etc.
Department so far has brought more than 1 Crore Rs. through project & to this date more than 700 publications in reputed national and international journals have come out. Recently the department is supported by FIST Programme of DST New Delhi & by various funding agencies like BRNS, DST, CSIR, UGC etc.