About the Department

The Department of Physics is one of the oldest and the most prestigious Departments of the College. The Department started functioning in 1949 when the College was established. The B.Sc. degree programme was started in 1957 with a sanctioned strength of 48. In 1995 the M.Sc. degree programme was started and the strength of students sanctioned was 10. Later in 2000, the Department was upgraded as a Research Centre of the University of Kerala. In 2008 the Department of Physics received ‘DST-FIST support of Rs. 50 Lakhs. In 2009 the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) selected Mar Ivanios College for conducting laboratory course in Physics and Chemistry for Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST). The Department also received DST-FIST support in 2010 and 2017. From 2007 to 2011 the Department extended its experimental lab facilities for the B.Tech Aerospace, Avionics and Physical Science students of Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST) of ISRO. A total of 105 students have so far registered for PhD at the Centre, of whom 65 have been awarded Ph.D degree since 2001. Currently there are 20 students carrying out their research here. Faculty members have published more than 400 research papers in international journals and 250 in conference proceedings. They have also participated in 475 conferences including many international symposia. The Department received a total research fund of 300 lakhs over the years from 22 major research projects sanctioned by various agencies like DST, UGC, CSIR, BRNS, DRDO, ISRO, KSCSTE, KSHEC etc. A substantial number of major research instruments were installed in the research division for the smooth conduct of research activities. The Department also has to its credit 10 new entries made in the JCPDS files for new compounds and 8 international patents registered. Two new patent applications have also been submitted. A central instrumentation unit established under UGC-CPE scheme is functioning in the Department.

Another major initiative of the Department is the Science Facilitation Centre (SFC) established in 2012. The centre offers opportunity for the students of VIII and IX classes of the nearby schools to carry out laboratory experiments in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. 

 The Department has also organized various conferences, seminars, webinars and other academic events over the years, including two national level refresher course / workshops on Experimental Physics.

SPIE MAR IVANIOS COLLEGE CHAPTER

SPIE-International Society for Optical Engineering student chapter has been approved for Department of Physics for Optics and Nanophotonics related academic and research activities under the faculty advisorship of Dr. Sreeja R in September 2022 with 17 student members.  

Activities 2022

1. Lumiere- Essay contest on Nobel prize 2022 was conducted on 15/11/2022 and 26 students participated in it. Abhimanyu A S won first prize and Devika P won second prize out of 26 participants.
2. Illume- Quiz contest on Optics was conducted on 18/11/2022 and 34 students participated in it. Abhimanyu A S won first prize and Athulya A K won second prize out of 34 participants.
3. Invited speech on “Three Optics Nobel Inventions” by Dr C S Narayan Murthy, Senior Professor, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram on 23/11/2022.  

Student Office bearers

President: Ms. Megha Sharma

Vice President: Ms. Sikha Das

Secretary: Ms. Aswathy Sadasivan Pillai

Treasurer: Ms. Monisha Mohanan Sailaja

Current Status

In the year 2023, SPIE chapter has 34 student members.

https://spie.org/membership/student-hub/student-chapters?filterCountry=India

 

HOD`s Desk

Dr. John Jacob

Head of the Department

PG & Research Department of Physics

Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous)

Thiruvananthapuram-695015

Kerala, India

E-mail: john.jacob@mic.ac.in

Mobile: +91 9447342941