Government Arts College for Men - Krishnagiri

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

                                                                   -   Ms. G. Vijayakumari,  M.Sc., M.Phil., PGDCA. - HOD -

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1. Name of the Department       :  PHYSICS

    Year of establishment           :  1979

2.      Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters, Integrated Ph. D., etc.)

UG  : B.Sc Physics  |    PG :  M.Sc Physics  |   M.Phil  :  Physics  |  Ph. D.  :   Physics

3.      Annual / semester/choice based credit system :  Choice Based Credit System (Semester)

4.      Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments.

Chemistry and Mathematics – Allied Chemistry - Non – Major Elective

5.                  Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (D.Sc. / D. Litt. / Ph.D / M.Phil, etc.,)

6.      Percentage of class taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information

 UG : 30 % |   | PG :  20 %

7.      Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : 20 : 1

8.      Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff : (Sanctioned and filled)

Sanctioned : 3 Filled : 1

9.      Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project – wise :  Nil

10.  Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR etc; total grants received

Students Research Projects

11.  Research facility / centre with

State recognition                       : YES (Periyar University)

National recognition                   : Nil  

International recognition             : Nil

12.  Publications:

Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international)

National Level                                                        :   7

International level                                                   :   56

Monographs                                                          :   Nil

Chapter (s) in Books                                              :   00

Editing Books                                                        :  Nil

Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers  :  00

Number listed in international Database (for e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International complete, Dare Database – International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)                       47

Citation Index – range / average                                 225

SNIP                                                                       : Nil

SJR                                                                        : Nil

Impact factor – range / average                                : 56 / 1.75

h-index                                                                      8

13.  Details of patents and income generated :  Nil

14.  Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil

15.  Faculty recharging strategies

Attending HRD Refresher courses, Quality Improvement Programmes, Seminar, Conferences, Workshops etc., and referring Books and websites

16.  Students projects

Percentage of students who have done in – house projects including interdepartmental 100%

Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / institutes Nil

17.  Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

Faculty                               : Nil

Doctoral                             : Nil

Post doctoral fellows          : Nil

University Rank Holder        : Govindasamy of III Physics won 7^th Rank (2006-2009)

18.  Seminars / Conferences / Workshops organized and source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any.

19.  Student profile course – wise

20.  Diversity of Students

21.  How many students have cleared civil services, Defense services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations?

NET                                      1

SLET                                  : Nil

Defence Services                   10

Other Services                       5

22.  Student Progression

23.  Diversity of staff

24.  Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc., and D.Litt. during the assessment period. :  NIL

25.  Present details about infrastructural facilities

a)   Library   : Available – 3800 Books

b)   Internet facilities for staff and students: Available for staff

c)   Total number of class rooms                      5

d)  Class rooms with ICT facility                    : NIL

e)   Students’ laboratories                                2

f)  Research laboratories                                 1

26.  Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from the college

                  195 (BC, MBC, SC & ST) students get state Government scholarship through college.

27.  Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology

                 Yes. A written examination was conducted for M.Phil & Ph.d scholars.

28.  List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10)

1.      Mr. E. Munirathanam – ISRO - Hyderabad

2.      Mr. Annamalai – Associate Professor, Anna University, Tamil Nadu

3.      Mrs. Geetha – Associate Professor of Physics, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu

4.      Mr. Vendhan – PGT – Bargur, Krishnagiri

5.      Mr. Murugan – PGT – Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri

6.      Mr. N. Sathish - Software Engineer - US

7.      Mr. Jaiganesh – PDF – IGKAR - Kalpakkam

8.      Mrs. Amudha – Sr. Lecturer – DIET, Krishnagiri

9.      Mr. M. Balaji – PGT, Krishnagiri

10.  Mr. Harirao – Indian Bank, Krishnagiri.

32.  Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures/ workshops / seminars) with external experts.

33.  List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

Lecture Method OHP Presentations

Power point presentations

Chalk and Talk Method Demonstration Method Group Discussion

34.  How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?

Students seminars, Assignments, Group discussion, Quiz, Periodical Objective type tests and Model Exams.

35.  Highlight the participation of students in extension activities.

Ø  NSS –18 students were enrolled

Ø  YRC - 20 students were enrolled

Ø  RRC - 18 students were enrolled

Ø  Consumer club 25 students were enrolled

Ø  Fine Arts 10 students were enrolled

Ø  Sports and Games – 9 students were enrolled

Ø  Student’s community service 42 students were enrolled

Highlight the participation faculty in extension activities

Ø  Mr. S. Sundaram – NACC coordinator, IQAC coordinator, College Anti -ragging committee member

Ø  Miss. G. Vijayakumari – Department library in-charge

Ø  Dr. R. Robert – College Placement Officer

36.  Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department. : Nil

37.  State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other agencies. : Nil

38.  Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the Department:

Strengths

1.      Conduct of Coaching class for slow learners

2.      Qualified & dedicated staff members.

3.      Well equipped laboratories & sufficient infrastructure.

4.      Research Laboratory with equipment for Crystal growth & Nano science research

5.      Conduct of special training for SLET/NET and Competitive examinations.

Weaknesses

1.      in conducting National level seminars and symposium and workshops.

2.      of arranging education tour and industrial visit.

3.      of getting major and minor projects from funding agencies.

4.      of non-teaching staff.

Opportunities

1.      Industrial Collaborations in teaching and training for students and faculty.

2.      Conducting campus interview for final year UG/PG students.

3.      Quality enhancement of faculty - teaching and research.

4.      Development of e-modules – conduct of virtual classes.

5.      To enhance the employability skills of the post graduate students.

                 Challenges

1.      To capture the attention of students of “Generation Next” in the classroom through appropriate teaching pedagogy.

2.      To enable students appreciate and imbibe the societal relevance of the concepts that they study in classroom through innovative teaching methods.

3.      To balance the differences among the students in class who come from varied curricular background such as;

a.       Level of schools (Matriculation school, govt. school, rural and urban, etc)

b.      Medium of learning and

c.       Mode of learning.

4.      To develop communication skill among the students.

5.      To establish students grievance readressal cell.

39.  Future plans of the department.

1.      Establishing science forums.

2.      Motivating the students to take part in national and international seminar/symposium/ workshop and conferences.

3.      Constituting research laboratories.

4.      Publishing syllabus oriented books.

5.      Conducting job oriented training.