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SCHOOL
OF PURE AND APPLIED PHYSICS
Faculty
members:
Dr.
Chandu Venugopal. MSc Ph. D.Director
Dr. C. S. Menon, M.Sc., Ph. D.
Dr. N. V. Unnikrishnan.
MSc Ph. D.
Dr.
L. Godfrey. M.Sc. Ph. D.
Dr. K.Indulekha. MSc Ph.
D.
Dr. G.V.Vijaya Govindan MSc Ph. D.
Dr. C. Sudarsanakumar.
M.Sc., Ph. D.
Dr.
Nandakumar Kalarikkal M.Sc. Ph. D.
Courses
offered
M.
Sc. Physics:
Total
no. of seats: 20
Specializations:
Astrophysics, Applied Electronics, Materials
Science and Theoretical Physics -
Eligibility:
B. Sc. Degree in Physics with Mathematics as
subsidiary with not less than 55 % marks in
Part III. (For SC/ST candidates only pass in
the qualifying examination is needed)
Admission
is based on Qualifying Exam marks (50%), Entrance
test (40%) and Interview (10%).
Entrance
Test is of two hour duration based on B. Sc.
Syllabus with Physics main and Mathematics subsidiary.
M.
Phil Physics
Total
no. of seats: 10
Eligibility:
M. Sc. Degree in Physics with 55% marks. (For
SC/ST candidates only 50% marks is required)
Admission
is based on Qualifying Exam marks (50%), Entrance
test (40%) and Interview (10%).
M.
Sc. and M. Phil Courses follows the Credit and
Semester system
Ph.
D Programs
Areas
of Research
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Research
Guides |
| Thin
film Physics, Organic Semiconductors, Lattice
Dynamics |
Dr.
C. S. Menon |
| Plasma
Physics, Space Physics, Non-linear time
series analyses, Wavelet analysis |
Dr.
Chandu Venugopal |
| Laser
spectroscopy, Sol-gel Optics & Non-linear
Optics |
Dr.
N. V. Unnikrishnan. |
Experimental
Solid State Physics – Crystalline
Materials – Single crystal Elastic
and Electrical properties–Electronic
Instrumentation – Astrobiology
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Dr.
L. Godfrey |
| Cosmology,
Galaxy and star formation |
Dr.
G.V.Vijaya Govindan |
| Galactic
and stellar cluster dynamics |
Dr.
K.Indulekha. |
X-ray
crystallography, Molecular Modeling, Conformational
studies of: macromolecules, bio-molecules,
organic, inorganic, natural products, proteins,
peptides, DNA and RNA. Domain motion and
flexibility in proteins
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Dr.
C. Sudarsanakumar |
| Experimental
Solid State Physics/ Materials Science |
Dr.
Nandakumar Kalarikkal |
Major
Research Facilities
Shimadzu
UV – Visible Spectrofluorimeter, UV-Visible
Spectrophotometer, Metallurgical Microscope,
Lietz Microhardness Tester, Hioki Impedance
Analyzer, Keithley Electrometer, Thin film Coating
Unit, Muffle Furnaces, Matec Ultrasonic system,
Programmable Julabo Refrigerated Circulator,
Crystal Cutter, Digital Storage Oscilloscope,
Crystal growing constant temperature baths,
Computational facility with Mathematica software
Other
Activities
Spapforum
– Association of the entire SPAP family
“When
a decision has to be taken in the filed of education,
thought should be about the benefit to students.
All other considerations are irrelevant and
inappropriate”- Dr. M. A. Ittyachen, Founder
Director, School of Pure & Applied Physics
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