I.I.T. KANPUR DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

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I.I.T. KANPURDEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
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Department founded in 1960 when
Institute started
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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)
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6-year Performance
Projects (in Rs. Lakhs approx) Including those running currently 322
Publications in Journals Web of Science data only 314
Books authored including Hindi English textbooks (MHRD) 5
Ph.D. Degrees (99-04) 25
M.Sc. Degrees (99-04) 127
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Research Areas
CME Condensed Matter Experiment 10
CMT Condensed Matter Theory 10
HEP High Energy Physics Theory 8
LP Lasers Quantum Optics 4
NPE Nuclear Physics Experiment 2
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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 programmes
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Strengths Unique Features
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• Wide range of International Collaborations
  Recognition
• Humboldt Foundation NSF, USA
• DFG CERN, Geneva
• Fermilab, Chicago KEK, Japan
• MPI, Dresden Brookhaven Natl. Lab
• Argonne National Laboratory AS-ICTP, Trieste
• University of Cologne University of Florida
• University of Kansas Texas A M University
• Indo-German exchange programme (DAAD)

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Publications by Impact
Data taken from Web of Science up to August 2003
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• Substantial Participation in
• Interdisciplinary programmes within IIT, Kanpur
• Laser Technology Programme
• Materials Science Programme
• Nuclear Engineering Technology
• Bioscience and Bio-engineering Department

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• 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

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Graduating Students
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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
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• 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

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• 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

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

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• 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

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

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Special Thrust Areas
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Develop New Research Areas Nonlinear dynamics complex systems Soft matter, biophysics Nanoscience nanotechnology Spintronics Electronic photonic materials Strings, collider physics, QGP Faculty recruitment
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Strengthen PG Program all areas Vigorous recruitment drive Ensure timely completion placement M.Sc.-Ph.D Dual Degree Programme
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Development of Research Labs Experiments at liquid helium temperatures SQUID and High Magnetic Field Labs Pulsed laser deposition Glancing-angle X-ray diffractometry Ellipsometry Positron annihilation Picosecond plasma spectroscopy
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Community Service Design of School-level experiments Training for Physics Olympiad Distance Education Program