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Name of the Department& its year of establishment: Department of PHYSICS 1978
Name of Courses offered : UG
Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved : Nil
Participation of the department in the courses offered: Department of physical - Science
Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : 1:86
The Department of Physics of V. N (Auto) College, Jajpur Road is opened in the year 1978 with the opening of the Science stream. To meet the requirements of the students of the locality, the degree stream was opened in the year 1980 with strength of 64 students. Subsequently Honours in Physics was opened in the year 1989. The Department is spread over 650sqm in Science block. The Department has three well equipped laboratories and it possesses a library of its own to meet the requirement of the Honours students.
Year |
System of Examination |
Up to 2009 |
Annual |
2010-2015 |
Semester |
2015 to onwards |
Choice based credit system (Semester) |
Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled
Teaching posts |
Sanctioned |
Filled |
Reader |
03 |
01 |
Lecturer |
04 |
02 |
Demonstrator |
03 |
03 |
(a) Name of faculty with qualification, designation and specialization:
Name | Qualification | Designation | Specialization | Teaching Experience | No. of students Guidedper years | Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr. Prafulla Kumar Swain | M.Sc | Reader | 31 | 27/year | ||
Mr. Santosh Kumar Rath | M.Sc | Lecturer (Gr A) | Electronics | 28 | 27/year | |
Mr.Radhika Ranjan Kanungo | M.Sc | Lecturer | Electronics | 26 | 27/year | |
Mr. Dillip Kumar Behera | M.Sc | Lecturer | Solid State | 16 | 27/year | |
Mrs.Suchita Mishra | M.Sc, M. Phil | Lecturer | Solid State | 13 | 27/year |
Name | Qualification | Designation | Teaching Experience | Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Madhusudan Jena | BSc | Demonstrator | 28yr | |
Mr Ramesh Ch.Behera | BSc | Demonstrator | 23yr | |
Mrs Baijayanti Bal | BSc(Hon) | Demonstrator | 23yr |
Number of academic support staff (Technical) and administrative staff (sanctioned and filled): Nil
Diversity of staff:
Percentage of faculty who are graduates |
|
Of the same parent University |
92% |
From other Universities within the State |
04% |
From other Universities from other States |
04% |
- 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
- Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR , JAM etc, Total grants received: Nil
Name |
Qualification |
Designation |
Ph.D. (Awarded/Registere/Submitt) |
No. papers published in last 5 years in National/International Journals. |
Mr.P.K.Swain |
M.Sc. |
Reader |
||
Mr. S.K.Rath |
M.Sc. |
Lecturer(Gr A) |
Registered |
|
Mr. R.R.Kanungo |
M.Sc. |
Lecturer |
Registered |
|
Mr. D.K.Behera |
M.Sc. |
Lecturer |
Submitted |
Six |
Mrs. Suchita Mishra |
M.Sc. |
Lecturer |
Registered |
Two |
13.Publications:
Sl.No |
Name of Faculty |
Name of article |
ISSN No. |
Year of publication |
Name of Journal with Impact factor |
National/ International |
1 |
D K Behera |
Mechanical,Electrical,Optical properties of poly (Aniline) nanocomposites |
2394-2630 |
2016 |
Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Vol 3 I.F 4.2 |
International |
2 |
D K Behera |
Preparation, Characterization& Electrical Conductivity of Chitosan-C30B nanocomposite films |
0973-418X |
2016 |
International Journal Nano Trends, I F 0.1 |
International |
3 |
D K Behera |
Synthesis, Characterization & Electrical Conductivity of Chitosan-Pani/MMT nanocomposites |
0975-6299 |
2017 |
International Journal of Pharma & Bio-Sciences,IF 0.888 |
International |
4 |
D K Behera |
Chitosan-PVA-Poly Chloro Aniline Blended with C 30B for Mechanical, Electrical, Optical properties |
0975-6299 |
2017 |
International Journal of Pharma & Bio-Sciences,IF 0.888 |
International |
5 |
D K Behera |
Evaluation of Chitosan-Polyaniline nanocomposites for controlled release of Anticancer Drug Doxorubicin |
0975-4415 |
2018 |
Intr. Journel of Drug Delivery Technology Vol 8, IF 0.21 |
International (Scopus indexed) |
6 |
D K Behera |
Formulation and Evaluation of Chitosan-Polypyrrole nanocomposites for controlled release of Anticancer Drug Doxorubicin |
0975-7058 |
2019 |
Intr. Journel of Applied Pharmaceutics Vol11 IF-0.5 |
International (Scopus indexed) |
7 |
S Mishra |
Polaron effect of absorption coefficient in AlGaAs single quantum well |
0974-8202 |
2017 |
Orissa journal of Physics Vol 24, No2 |
National |
8 |
S Mishra |
Polaron effect of absorption coefficient in AlGaAs modulation dopped single quantum well |
0974-8202 |
2018 |
Orissa journal of Physics Vol 24, No1 |
National |
(A). Student profile course-wise:
Name of the Course |
Applications received |
Selected Male Female |
Pass percentage Male/Female |
UG |
258 |
34 20 |
100% |
Spoken Tutorial classes (IIT, Bombay) |
32 |
Continuing |
Awaiting |
(B). Diversity of students:
Name of the Course |
% of students from the College |
% of students from the State |
% of students from other States |
% of students from other Countries |
U.G |
32% |
100% |
Nil |
Nil |
(C). Student’s results (Hons):
Year |
No. of students appeared |
No. of students passed |
% of Pass |
No. of students passed first division with Distinction |
2015 |
32 |
30 |
94% |
21 |
2016 |
48 |
46 |
97% |
27 |
2017 |
48 |
44 |
92% |
28 |
2018 |
48 |
42 |
86% |
30 |
2019 |
48 |
43 |
90% |
29 |
- How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defence Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations?
About 17 to 20 students per year qualifying in other competitive examinations like Bank, Railway & Industries etc.
(D). Student progression:
-
Student Progression
Percentage against enrolled
UG to PG
24
PG to M.Phil.
08
PG to P.hD.
06 to 07
Ph.D. to Post- Doctoral
Around 02%
Employed Campus selection
24
Other than Campus recruitment Entrepreneurs
08
- Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental: 100%
- Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries/institutes: 38%
- Participation in National/International Seminars/Conference/Workshops and the source of funding Participated and papers presentation were made, many refresher courses were smoothly completed periodically.
Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures/workshops/seminar) with external experts:
Enrichment programmes are organised by the department by inviting the professors and guest faculties from different fields with the help of college management.
List of teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:
Innovative teaching methods are being organised by the faculties such as group discussion, power point presentations (PPT), workshops and seminars to enhance the ability of the students.
How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?
By conducting internal examinations (Theory and practical) and seminar talks, we ensure about the learning outcome of the students.
Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities:
Study tours are organised by the faculty members once or twice in a year by taking the students for different places of interest to recharge their learning skill. Faculty members are appointed by other universities of the state for conducting different examinations as well as evaluation works. They are also actively participated in UGC sponsored national seminars to deliver their papers.
Give detailed of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department:
Students are encouraged to involve in study tour, picnic, and debate and quiz competitions to enhance their scholastic activities.
State whether the programme/department is accredited/graded by other agencies. Give details:
The college is centrally accredited in 2015 by NAAC in B grade.
Present details about infrastructural facilities
- Library: Yes, Both General & Seminar
- Internet facilities for staff and students : Yes, Wi-Fi, Broadband
- Total number of class rooms: 20
- Class Rooms with ICT facility: No
- Students laboratories: 03
- Research laboratories: Nil
- Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from college: 28
Does the department obtain feedback from? Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it?
Yes, the evaluation is made regularly through the conducting board by the faculties.
Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the response of the department to the same?
Student’s feedback is collected regularly. The of student’s responses are reflected & discussed in the Board of Studies meeting for further improvement.
Alumni and employers on the programmes and what are the response of the department to the same?
Views of Alumni members are always sought &discussed among the faculty members for further progress of the Department.
- Santosh Kumar Sahoo
- Manas Ranjan Samal
- Sudhanya Kumar Patra
- Manoranjan Mohapatra
- Rosalin Mohapatra
- Tapan Kumar Pani
Strength:
- The department has one seminar library with adequate number of books.
- Overhead projector for seminars.
- Internal seminars in the department are conducted regularly.
- Teachers are resourceful and skilled enough in catering need of the students.
Weakness:
- Inadequate number of faculties
- The class rooms are not specious. LCD projector& smart board are not yet installed in the class room
- Scarcity of funds to promote research and extension activities
Opportunity:
- The departmental course is designed to meet the changing need of the students.
- The available infrastructure could be better used for upholding the teaching learning process.
Challenges:
- Making the present course curriculum as per with the national level.
- Raising the level competition with other institutions.
- Computerised laboratory for the present need of students.
To open career orientation programmes like Ballistic science, Nano technology, Applied Electronics etc.