The major commitment of the Department of Physics is to provide up to date physics knowledge to undergraduate and graduate students through course work, practical classes and research projects.The department has facilities to offer B.Sc. General (three-year course) and B.Sc. Special (four-year course) degrees for undergraduates, and research based M.Phil. and Ph. D. Degrees for graduate students. In addition to standard Physics courses, the department offers optional course units on Electronics, Astronomy, Computational Physics and Miscellaneous Topics. Sufficient laboratory space for 160 students in each year, including modern computerized laboratory experiments and computer facilities are available for teaching and research. The members of the staff conduct research in the areas of Semiconducting Materials, Remotely Sensed Satellite Data Processing and Analysis, Solar Energy Conversion Devices (Photovoltaic Cells and Photoelectrochemical Cells), Thin Films and Computational Physics. The department has established a link programme on "Low Cost Electronic Materials, Solar Cells and Renewable Energy Sources" with the Sheffield Hallam University, U.K., supported by British Council