Department of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering

Department of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering

The Department of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering (PMSE) offers several basic and advanced courses on physics and materials science to B.Tech students of ECE, CSE, IT and Biotech branches. The Department also offers courses to PhD students and the students of two year M. Sc. program in Physics. The goal of Physics as perceived by the Department is to understand the working of everything in the physical world from the first principles. In addition, materials are perceived as something that make everything around us and consequently their properties are critical to the performance of any system, device or technology used today. The Department combines physics and materials science to solve real-world problems associated with energy, nanotechnology, quantum devices, optics and other major engineering disciplines. The knowledge acquired from the training in physics and materials science enables students to analyze and solve complex problems in any technical area. The Department has research laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment.

The Department also has Ph.D program in research areas of Nanoscience and Multifunctional Nanomaterials, Energy and  Advanced Functional Materials, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Photonics and Plasmonics, Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Optical Sensors, Vibrational Spectroscopy, Raman Spectroscopy, Solid State Ionics, Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors (Spintronics), Thermoelectric and Superconducting Materials and Laser Plasma Interaction. Until now, the Department has produced 33 Ph.Ds and at present, 28 students are pursuing their Ph.D in various fields of research. In addition, faculty members of the Department mentor post-doctoral fellows. Presence of post-doctoral fellows and a good number of externally funded projects enhance the academic ambience of the Department.

Special Cell/Chapter/Body

The Department has two actively running student chapters of the international organizations:  1) JIIT- Optical Society of America (OSA) 2) JIIT- American Chemical Society (ACS) which exposes student to the international experts and let them learn the very new in the field of research and technology.

International Collaborations

Faculty of the Department have been actively working with some of the leading universities/ institutes in the world. To name a few of them, it may be mentioned that the Department has active collaboration with Palacky University, Czech Republic; University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA; University of New Brunswick, Canada; Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland; RIKEN, Japan; University of Pittsburgh, USA; University of Malaya, Malaysia; Stuttgart University, Germany; CIICAp-Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico. Existing international collaborations have led to many exciting research output and joint research projects.

Publication Summary (Last 5 Years : 2016-2022):

Type of Publications                               Count

International/National Journals                 268

International/National Conferences           67

Books/Book Chapters                                21

Total                                                         356  (Click Here)

 

Publication of 2016-2022 with (Top Impact Factor Papers): 99: (Click Here

Thrust Areas of Department

Both experimental and theoretical research works are going on in the Department. The experimental research is carried out on the synthesis, characterization and applications of advanced materials (ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, nanomaterials, organic, diluted semiconducting, organized assemblies, conducting polymers, bio-molecules). In addition, experimental work is also done in the emerging area of quantum communication.  The experimental research is supplemented by a strong theoretical group which works in different areas such as quantum optics, quantum information theory, spectroscopy, plasma physics, atomic, molecular and laser physics, nanostructures, thermoelectric and superconducting materials. A representative list of the thrust areas of the Department is given below.

• Advanced Functional Materials
• Atomic Molecular and Laser Physics
• Energy Materials
• Low Temperature Physics and Superconductivity
• Molecular Spectroscopy
• Multifunctional Nanomaterials & Nanotechnology
• Photonics and Metamaterials
• Photonics, Optical Sensors and Plasmonics
• Plasma Physics 
• Solid State Ionics (Materials and Devices)
• Spintronics
• Theoretical Quantum Optics and Quantum Computing
• Placement Status, Alumni and Students working with core organizations of the discipline:

The Ph.D. students graduated from the Department have been successful in getting teaching positions in universities and colleges and prestigious international and national post-doctoral fellowships such as Fellowship of Japanese Society of Promotion of Science (JSPS, Japan), D.S. Kothari Fellowship (UGC), and National Post-doctoral Fellowship of DST. For details, please - Click Here.The details of alumni can be found here - Click Here 

Ongoing Funded Project

S.No.	Funding Agency	Duration	Project Title	P.I .	Grant (Rs in Lacs)
1	SERB	2018-21	Investigation of Novel Heusler Alloy Thin films for Energy and Spintronic Applications	Dr. H. Pandey	47.30
2	ICPS, DST	2019-22	Designing of Devices and Protocols for Quantum Hacking, Random Number Generation and Secure Communication	Prof. A. Pathak & Dr. A. Verma	222.16#
3	ICPS, DST	2019-22	Generation of Entangled Photons and its Applications to Quantum Computation and Information Processing	Prof. A. Pathak	40.00
4	DRDO	2019-22	Design and Analysis of the Quantum Cryptographic Schemes that can be Implemented in the Metropolitan Cities using Optical Resources	Prof. A. Pathak and Prof. P. Chowdhury	40.91
5	University of Nebraska at Omaha	2020-21	Partnership 2020: Leveraging US-India Cooperation in Higher Education to Harness Economic Opportunities and Innovation	Prof. A. Pathak	USD 11958
6	SERB	2022-25	Green Synthesis and Enhanced Thermoelectric Performance through Electronic Structure Modification	Prof. Navendu Goswami	~19.14
7	SERB	2022-25	Exploring tunable electromagnetic induced transparency effect using exotic materials in terahertz metamaterials	Dr.Anuraj Panwar	~32.55(Approx. 24.30 will be used at JIIT)
8	SERB	2023-26	Study of Realistic Models of Coulomb Glass System with Applications to Nanotechnology	Dr. Vikas Malik	Sanctioned

#Approx. 190.00 L will be used at JIIT

Student Cleared Competitive exam

Students of the Department have cleared various competitive examinations like GATE, NET, CSIR-SRF.

Annual Conference/Special Event

With the aim of providing an unmatchable platform to the students, scientists, researchers, academicians, and industrialist to discuss the scientific and technical advancements in the field of interest. PMSE Department has organized the following events in the last 5 years.

Faculty Development Program: 3

International/National Conference: 4

Workshop: 7

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In addition, JIIT-OSA student conference have been organized every year starting from 2018.

Awards and Recognitions

Faculty

S. No.	Awards/ Recognitions	National/ International	Awardee	Year
1	Shri O. P. Bhasin Award in the field of Electronics and Information Technology	National	Prof. A. Pathak	2017
2	Fellow of IETE	National	Prof. A. Pathak	2018
3	Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (NASI), Prayagraj	National	Prof. A. Pathak	2019
4	Young Scientist, National Academy of Sciences (NASI), Prayagraj	National	Dr. A. Bhatnagar	2020
5	Membership of National Academy Of Sciences (NASI), Department Of Science And Technology, Government Of India	National	Prof. Papia Chowdhury	2020
6	Membership of National Academy Of Sciences (NASI), Department Of Science And Technology, Government Of India	National	Dr. Ashish Bhatnagar	2021

 

Students

S. No.	Awards/Recognitions	National/ International	Awardee	Year
1	INSPIRE Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology (DST), 2011.	National	Dr. P. C. Sati	2011
2	INSPIRE Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology (DST), 2012.	National	Dr. A. Sahai	2012
3	D S Kothari Fellowship for Post-Doctoral Research, 2013.	National	Dr. K. Mishra	2013
4	JSPS Post-Doctoral Fellowship	International	Dr. C. Shukla	2015
5	Nasi-Swarna Jayanti Puraskar	National	Dr. K. Thapliyal	2016
6	NASI‐SPRINGER Award in Physical Sciences	National	Dr. M. Rana	2016
7	National post-doctoral Fellowship (NPDF)	National	Dr. S. Sharma	2017
8	National post-doctoral Fellowship (NPDF)	National	Dr. P. Varshney	2017
9	Nasi-Swarna Jayanti Puraskar	National	Dr. Priya Malpani	2021
10	Nasi-Swarna Jayanti Puraskar	National	Mr. Anirdam Dutta	2021
11	Nasi-Swarna Jayanti Puraskar	National	Ms. Nikhitha Nunavath	2021