Department at a Glance

The department was established in 1948 with the introduction of Intermediate teaching in science for girls. Ms Pratima Sanyal headed the the department for 33 years. She had obtained her P G degree from Culcutta University and was a student of Prof. Meghnath Saha and Prof. S N Bose. She had relentlessly worked towards the empowerment of women. She has donated a sum of Rs. 100000 to the department to encourage the meritorious students in Physics. The B Sc classes were started in 1966. Ours was the first college to start science teaching at the graduation level for girls in Bihar.
      Dr Padmavathy Srinivasan succeeded Ms Pratima Sanyal in 1979 as Head of the Department and Honours teaching was introduced in 1980.  
       The department was instrumental in setting up a separate Computer Applications Laboratory where vocational courses are now run under the supervision of Dr Dolly Sinha. She is also engaged by the Academic Staff College, Patna University to work as a resource person  on IT for the UGC sponsored Refresher and Orientation Courses for University teachers.
      Known for its high efficiency, the department of Physics is invariably consulted and assigned responsibilities such as admission, examination etc. The NAAC peer team has also appreciated the high standard of the department and made special remark in its report.

Courses Offered

• B.Sc. (Honours)

Teaching Staff / Faculty Member

Achievements of our students, teachers and support staffs

1. Ms Priyanka Singh stood second in the final B Sc Physics Hons examination of 2006. She has also obtained distinction in Hons subject and Mathematics. Dept has achieved 100% result with all students being placed in the first division.

Workshop / Seminars / Conferences attended by Faculty Members

1. Dr Dolly Sinha attended and presented a paper at the National conference on Convergence of Physics at Jamshedpur (July 11-12 2006).
2. Dr Dolly Sinha attended the All India Seminar on Advances in Computers and IT, (March 11 – 12, 2006) at Dhanbad.
3. Dr Dolly Sinha attended the SciTech Fest (A Symposium on Contemporary Electronics and Computer Technology) (Dec 24 - 25, 2005) at Patna and presented a paper.
4. Dr Dolly Sinha attended the Master Resources Persons Training Program (World Year of Physics), (July 27 – 29, 2005) at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar.
5. Ms Shweta Kumari, B Sc part II( Hons) participated and won the excellence award in the national essay competition on Milestones in 100 years of Physics organized by Patna Women’s College.

Visiting Professors / Fellows: 01

1. Dr Dolly Sinha as the Teacher Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences 06 worked on Nanomaterials at the S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata.

Papers Published

1. “Physics is the building block of Information Technology” -  Dolly Sinha in the proceedings of National conference on Convergence of Physics at Jamshedpur (July 11-12, 2006).
2. New Materials For Memory Devices - The Nonvolatile FeROM – Dolly Sinha in Manthan (Jan 2006)
3. More Papers [ pdf link ] [ htm link ]

Articles Published

All published in "APARAJITA" - the College Magazine ( 2005-06 )

1. The Wave nature of matter – Prof Kiran Aryani Mitra
2. Hundred years of Theory of Relativity - Ms Mona Priya
3. Bharat me sanchar ebam suchana pryadougiki - Ms Sudha Surbhi, B Sc II
4. Ghandhi aur Nari Sashaktikaran - Ms Sudha Surbhi, B Sc II
5. A Tribute To The Great Physicists  – Dolly Sinha

Study Tours / Fields Trips

1. Ms Shweta Kumari, B Sc part II( Hons) participated in the J C Bose national Science Talent Search programme at Kolkata in August 2005 and visited  a number of National Science laboratories there including Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics and the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science. She was are highly motivated after seeing the research work being conducted in these laboratories.
2. Ms Gunja Kumari and  Ms Shweta Kumari of B Sc part III participated in the NCSTC Workshop on State Level Physics Learning Camp (04 -09 Nov) organized by Science for Society, Bihar chapter in association with Rashtriya Vigyan evam Pradyoiki Sanchar Parishad, Govt of India at Patna Science College. Patna.
3. Ms Sonika, Shweta,  Lakshmi and Gunja of B Sc III participated in the J C Bose national Science Talent Search programme at Kolkata (30 dec to 02 Jan 07) and visited  a number of National Research laboratories and interacted with eminent scientists.

Programmes organized by the department

The department in association with the Science and IT Society of the college organized a series of programme to celebrate the World Year of Physics to pay our tributes to the great Physicists, whose work has shaped our present day lives and will continue to do so in the next millennium.

1. On Feb 26, 2005 a programme was arranged to discuss the work and life of the great Indian Physicist   Prof Satendra Nath Bose of Bose - Einstein Statistics fame.
2. Birthday of Einstein was celebrated on March 14. Many Eminent professors gave talks on Einstein and his work. Prof M M R Akhtar delivered an excellent lecture on GENERAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY. He explained the intricacies of a very difficult subject in a very lucid way. It was highly appreciated by the audience.
3. On August 30 Mr Rakesh Kumar Singh gave a demonstration of the Innovative experiments designed by Prof H C Verma and Mr Mukesh Kumar Roy of IIT Kanpur.
4. The valedictory function of ‘The World Year of Physics 2005’ was celebrated on 21.12.2005Prof Dr Yamuna Prasad Yadav, Chairman, University Service Commission was the chief guest and Prof Dr Amitabh Ghose, Project Director, Bihar Council on Sc. and Tech. was the guest of houner on this occasion

Future Plans & Activities