The Department of Physics has started its journey in the year 1957 when Raiganj College was under the governance of Calcutta University. The Honours Course in Physics was introduced in the undergraduate level in 1968, after the acquisition of the college by North Bengal University in the year 1960. The Post Graduation studies in Physics have been started in the year 2015, immediately after the upgradation of Raiganj College (University College) as the Raiganj University. At present in addition of Under Graduate (Honours& General both) and Post Graduate Courses department has also started Course Work for Ph.D. Programme. Currently the department is running with five teachers (full time), eight guest teachers and four non-teaching staff (of which one is permanent). Students passed out from this department are engaged in research activity in different research institutions and also established in different academic institutions.
List of Academic Programs Offered
| Level & Nature of the Programs | Degrees Approved/Offered |
| Bachelors | B.Sc.(H)-Physics B.Sc.(H)-Physics (Evening/ Self Financed) |
| Masters (Taught) | MSc-Physics |
| Masters (Research) | MPhil-Physics |
| Doctoral | Ph.D. (Science)-Physics |
Objective of the UG Program:
● To award B.Sc. (Hons) degree in physics
● To impart up to date knowledge on the basic subjects of Physics
● To prepare students for further study
Objective of the PG Program:
● To award M.Sc. degree in physics
● To impart up to date knowledge on the basic as well as special subjects of Physics
● To encourage students for research work on the modern and emerging fields
Specialization of PG Program:
Nuclear Physics and particle physics
Future Program Planning :
After establishment of infrastructure (as mentioned) the department also aims to develop the research work in diversified fields like Liquid Crystals, X-ray Crystallography, Theoretical Physics, Materials Science etc. To start the research activity the department earnestly requires separate research centre and grant.
The Department has following facilities for its students, researchers and teachers-
● The department has a good Library having many books for both UG and PG level. Students can use it.
● Well equipped laboratories both for UG and PG level are there
● Furniture available
● We have a computer Lab for students as well as for teachers. Internet facility is also available
The Department has following research areas of interest as thrust area—
● Liquid crystal and X-ray crystallography
● Fluid Dynamics
● Organic Photovoltaic
● X-ray Powder Diffraction
● Electronic Device
Specialization of the Research Programs:
Solid State Physics,
Nuclear Physics and cosmic Ray,
Computational application in Physics,
Nuclear Physics and cosmic Ray,
Microelectronics
Gold Medalist:
● AtreyeeChackraborty (2017)
● Salman Islam (2018)
Silver Medalist:
● Susmita Ghosh (2017)
● Nadir Hossain (2018)
Diptanshu Basak pursuing PG courses in IIT Indore (2020 passed out)
| Name of students enrolling in higher education | Program graduated from | Department graduated from | Name of institute joined | Name of progrmme admitted to | Past out year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Rakesh Sarkar | M.Sc | Physics | Vidyasagar University | Ph.D | 2017 |
| 2. Atryee Chackraborty | M.Sc | Physics | Gour Banga University | Ph.D | 2017 |
● NET: 1 (2017): Rakesh Sarkar (NET Qualified)
● SET: 1 (2018): Baban Saha (SET Qualified)
In 2016: One Day State Level Seminar on Present Day Relevance of Physics. 3rd March,
2016. Department of Physics, Raiganj University.
In 2017: National Seminar on Current Trends in Physics. 14th March, 2017. Dept. of Physics, Raiganj University