I I T KANPUR DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Department

I. I. T. KANPUR DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Department founded in 1960 when Institute started

Present Strength Faculty : 34 (38) + 4 + 2 Research Staff : 2 ( 2) Non-teaching Staff : 36 (36) Postdocs : 3 ( 3) Graduate Students : 44 (65) M. Sc. (Integrated) : 68 (95) M. Sc. (Two-Year) : 52 (59) M. Sc. -Ph. D. (Dual) : 25 (26)

6 -year Performance Projects (in Rs. Lakhs approx) Including those running currently Publications in Journals Web of Science data only Books authored including Hindi & English textbooks (MHRD) Ph. D. Degrees (’ 99 -’ 04) M. Sc. Degrees 32 2 31 4 5 25

Research Areas CME Condensed Matter Experiment 10 CMT Condensed Matter Theory 10 HEP 8 High Energy Physics Theory LP 4 Lasers & Quantum Optics NPE 2 Nuclear Physics Experiment

Teaching Programmes Integrated M. Sc. (5 year) M. Sc. (2 year) M. Sc. -Ph. D. (Dual Degree) Graduate (Ph. D. ) Core Teaching (M. Sc. , B. Tech. ) Interdisciplinary

Strengths & Unique Features

• Wide range of International Collaborations & Recognition Humboldt Foundation DFG Fermilab, Chicago MPI, Dresden Argonne National Laboratory University of Cologne University of Kansas NSF, USA CERN, Geneva KEK, Japan Brookhaven Natl. Lab AS-ICTP, Trieste University of Florida Texas A & M University Indo-German exchange programme (DAAD)

Publications by Impact Category Impact Factor 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 TOTAL Avg/person A: High > 4. 0 2 5 2 7 3 4 23 1. 0 B: Fairly high 3. 0 – 4. 0 3 11 8 6 3 11 42 1. 7 C: Middle 2. 0 – 3. 0 9 10 8 5 7 14 53 2. 1 D: Less 1. 0 – 2. 0 12 17 16 22 24 23 114 4. 6 E: Low < 1. 0 9 22 13 7 10 5 66 2. 6 TOTAL 35 55 47 48 47 78 310 12. 4 Yearwise Avg/person 1. 4 2. 2 1. 9 3. 1 Data taken from Web of Science up to August 2003 2. 3

• Substantial Participation in Interdisciplinary programmes within IIT, Kanpur è Laser Technology Programme è Materials Science Programme è Nuclear Engineering & Technology è Bioscience and Bio-engineering Department

• M. Sc. Teaching of exceptional quality – now a brand Brilliant & Successful Alumni: e. g. in MIT, Harvard, Caltech, Princeton, Chicago, UIUC, etc abroad in TIFR, BARC, IISc, IMSc, IOPB, HRI, CAT, IITs, IUCs etc. in India

Graduating Students

Some well-known Alumni Behera, S. N; Choudhury, Debajyoti; Choudhury, Debashish; Dhar, Deepak; Gopakumar, Rajesh; Gupta, Anjan K. ; Kar, Sayan; Kumar, Alok; Jain, Jainendra; Maharana, Jnan; Madhukar, A. ; Minawalla. Shiraz; Narain, K. S. ; Narayan, Onuttam; Nigam, R. S. ; Pathak, K. N. ; Raychaudhury, Arup K. ; Sen, Ashoke; Senthil, T. ; Sharatchandra, H. S. ; Sharma, D. D. ; Srivastava, Ajit M. ; Verma, Harish C. ; Wadia, Spenta R & many more…

Research in Condensed Matter Physics • Physics of Conducting materials • Superionic Conductors • Disordered Transition Metal Alloys • Physics of photonic and electronic materials • Novel Materials from Inorganic Semiconductors • New Focus on Organic Semiconductors & Photonics • Molecular Electronics • Semiconductor defects • Amorphous Semiconductors

Research in Condensed Matter Physics (contd. ) • Physics at Low Temperatures: • Disordered metallic systems • Superconductors • Complex systems: • Statistical physics • Nonlinear dynamics • Atmospheric Physics • Soft matter and biological physics

Research in High Energy Physics • Quantum Field Theory • Non-covariant gauges • Nonlocal theories • Renormalization Theory • Gravitation, Strings & Cosmology • Gödel Universe • Black holes • String theory

Research in High Energy Physics (contd) • Particle Phenomenology • Electromagnetic Form Factors of proton • Collider physics • Indirect searches for new physics • Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays • Astrophysics • Polarized Radiation from Distant AGNs

Research in Nuclear Physics • Positron annihilation • Mössbauer spectroscopy Research in Laser Physics • Non-linear Optics • Laser Raman Spectroscopy • Laser Plasma Applications • Medical Physics

Special Thrust Areas

• Develop New Research Areas –Nonlinear dynamics & complex systems –Soft matter, biophysics –Nanoscience & nanotechnology – Spintronics –Electronic & photonic materials –Strings, collider physics, QGP • Faculty recruitment

• Strengthen PG Program: all areas – Vigorous recruitment drive – Ensure timely completion & placement • M. Sc. -Ph. D Dual Degree Programme

• Development of Research Labs –Experiments at liquid helium temperatures –SQUID and High Magnetic Field Labs –Pulsed laser deposition

• Community Service –Design of School-level experiments –Training for Physics Olympiad