Dr. A. Muniyappan

Asst. Professor & Head

The Physics Department at Theivanai Ammal College for Women (A) had its humble beginnings in the year 2003. At present, the Department has 7 faculty members around two hundred students in the UG section and 45 students in the PG course. Over the last four years, the Department has scaled new heights in setting standards of education by promoting scientific nature and kindling curiosity in physics among students. The department has well equipped laboratory with sophisticated equipment to provide the needs of practical course work of ug and pg students. The department organizes an add on courses like laptop services and cell phone services are offered to the first and second ug students for skill development and employability in tie up with Society for Rural and Urban Educational Development Organization, Pudhucherry. The department has tie-up with an Aravind Optics company in Puducherry for in-plant training and placements. Alumnae of the department are well placed in colleges, research institutes and government offices. Physics department has received overall championship in sports for three consecutive years from 2015-2018.

            The faculty members are actively involved in many advanced research areas namely crystal growth, nanoscience, material science, computational physics, optics, and nonlinear dynamics. The Department offers a series of invited lecturers through video conference to research knowledge among the students. The department has an association “SPICA Club” for exploring the innovations of student’s co-curricular skills. It becomes an effective facilitator for transferring knowledge of high quality to the students. The department received a grant of Rs. 7,500 /- from TNSCST under PG student project scheme during 2018-19.

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