Department of Physics

The Department of Physics set in the scenic and sprawling campus of the K. S. M. D. B. College, Sasthamcotta was established in 1969, under the headship of Prof. R. JanardhanaIyer. The department offers B. Sc. degree course in Physics with Mathematics and Chemistry as complementary subjects. The department also offers an open course in Environmental Physics. In addition to the well-equipped laboratories for experimental and computational physics, the department has a reference library facility. The library, established in 2014 in memory of former teaching faculty Prof. T. Vijayakumari, is solely funded by her family. The primary aim of the library is to support the educational programmes of the department by providing physical and intellectual access to information. The secondary mission is to inculcate a reading habit among the student community of the department. Compulsory library hours are included in the curricula for each class during the extra hours from 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
The staff members of the teaching and non- teaching cadre have always been the strength of the department, who have played significant roles in its excellent performance in various fields of activity, especially in the realm of academics. Over the years the students of the Physics Department have been offered high-quality education, with special personal care extended to the socially and economically weaker sections of the society.

Vision

• Face the challenges of the modern world with scientific skills
• A department in dynamic equilibrium with its social, ecological and economic environment reverberated in excellence in education and research service to the nation.

Mission

• To nurture young minds to put into action their ideas and innovations in science with confidence for the betterment and enrichment of society.
• To achieve academic excellence on par with today’s requirement
• To develop interactive instructional techniques, which plays a vital role in career prospects
• To improve the emotional quotient of students to withstand the stress and strain of developing world.

Message from HoD

The department focuses on achieving excellence in teaching, through nurturing the scientific aspirations and skills of students and helps to grow them beneficial to society.