Government First Grade College Krishnarajanagara

Department of Physics

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Department of Physics

Government First Grade College

Krishnarajanagar -571602

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Profile of the Department

Introduction

In concurrence with the principle and the policy of the Government, in spreading the significance of learning basic sciences and to extend the applications of Sciences the Department of Physics was established on 01^st July 1971 in the newly formed Municipal First Grade College, wherein the strength of the students was just 80. With the public interest and with the constant efforts of the staff, the Municipal First Grade College was taken over by the Government of Karnataka on 06^th February 1990 and was rechristened as the “Government First Grade College, KR Nagar”. The college has now grown into an institution that provides accommodation to strength of 2400 rural students.

 As a messenger, apart from imparting academics, the Department of Physics in collaboration with the other departments, has catered to the urging needs of the various fragments of the society, has played a major role in quenching the knowledge thirst of the stake holders, has paved a smooth path in retaining men-women equality, in empowering the rural force to scale up the far heights and in upholding the much wanted social justice.

Mission

The mission of the department, in accordance with the mission of the college is to create a beneficial environment for the students to learn the fundamentals, concepts, various laws governing the subject, to develop a love towards the subject and to feel that facts are sacred as Physics rests on scientific facts and assumptions.

Vision

Apart from consistently adopting the interdisciplinary approach to study the required subject with useful interrelations with other branches of science, the department of Physics positively, utterly and faithfully concurs with that of the vision statement of the college.

Pioneers of the Department

Prof. K. Narashima Murthy, the first Head of the Department contributed his level best to build the Physics Department. Out of his hard efforts, a laboratory exclusively for Physics department was established. As soon as the college was taken over by the Government, he was transferred to Maharani’s Science College, Mysore.

 

Prof. S.B. Appaji Gowda took charge of the department on 06^thAugust 1990 from Prof. K. Narashima Murthy. Using his good office, he persistently concentrated in the continuous development of the department. He served the department till 11-07-1998. Later on he too was transferred to Maharani’s Science College, Mysore. Prof. S. Udayashankar was transferred to the vacant place of Dr. S.B. Appaji Gowda on July 1998. He too contributed his might in developing the department academically. Miss Roopa was deputed to the department, owing to the routine transfer of Prof. S. Udayashankar.

 

Prof. A. Thomas Gunaseelan and Prof. M. Subramanyam of St. Philomena’s College, Mysore were deputed under redeployment on 04^th April 2010 and joined the department. Prof. A. Thomas Gunaseelan assumed the office of the HOD on 04^th April 2010. Soon after the arrival of these two faculty members, Miss Roopa, who had a very short stay here, went back to her parent college at Gundulpet. During this time the labs were not established as the college was functioning at the old campus. Out of the indefatigable endeavors of Prof. A. Thomas Gunaseelan and Prof. M. Subramanyam all the apparatus, devices, instruments, gadgets, equipment, tools, models, containers, consumables, chests, furniture, solid working tables, machinery, optical bench, projection screen, glassware, etc.. were shifted to the new labs at the present premises. The department places on record and appreciates the labour and toil of these two teachers in establishing a fully-fledged independent laboratory.

 

Dr. S.B. Appaji Gowda again returned to the department after his successful service in Madikeri and in Mandya and took the charge as HOD from Prof. A. Thomas Gunaseelan during July 2011. The department of Physics, the only Science department to have three permanent teachers, has been executing the amusing task of spreading and imparting the knowledge of Science to the rural stakeholders, without any hindrance. After a brief stay as a teacher, Dr. S.B. Appaji Gowda was elevated to the post of Principal in Charge of our college on 01^st July 2014. In due course of time, he was transferred to Government First Grade College, Bannur as Principal in Charge. To fill in the void created out of this, Miss C. Manjula joined the Department of Physics as a Guest Lecturer on 08^th June 2014. Owing to the increase in the admission of Students, to take care of the increase in the work load, Mr. S.R. Avinash was appointed as a Guest Lecturer on 22^nd September 2015. In order to meet the requirements of filling up of the vacancies that arose

 

Staff Position for the academic year 2018 – 2019

Name of the Staff	Designation	MPhil	PhD	MRP	Research Papers	Books Published	Other Courses	Experience
Dr. S.B. Appaji Gowda Joint Director On deputation	Associate Professor	Nil	Yes	Nil	06	Nil	Nil	29 Years
Prof. A. Thomas Gunaseelan On Redeployment	Associate Professor	Yes	Ongoing	Ongoing	17	02	PGDCA	27 Years
Prof. M. Subramanyam On Redeployment	Associate Professor	Nil	Ongoing	1	20	02	PGDCA	26 Years
Ms.  C. Manjula	Guest Lecturer	Nil	Nil	NA	Nil	Nil	Nil	07 Years
Mr.  S. R. Avinash	Guest Lecturer	Nil	Nil	NA	Nil	Nil	Nil	03 Years
Ms.  Rajeshwari K. N.	Guest Lecturer	Nil	Nil	NA	Nil	Nil	Nil	01 Year
Ms.  Amrutha S.	Guest Lecturer	Nil	Nil	NA	Nil	Nil	Nil	01 Years

 

Students’ Strength

 

Course	Academic Year	I BSc	II BSc	III BSc	Total
BSc (PCM)	2015 – 2016
	2016 – 2017
	2017 – 2018
	2018 – 2019	91	74	52
	2019 – 2020

 

Workload for the academic year 2018 – 2019

Class	Strength	Teachers Required	Workload
			Practical	Theory
I BSc
II BSc
III BSc

SBA 01-07-2014, CM 08-06-2014, SRA 22-09-2015, RKN           , AS on 26-06-2018

 

Non Teaching Staff

Name	Designation	Type of Appointment
Mr. Shashi Kumar. K	Lab Assistant/Attender	Temporary – CDC Appointed

 

Facilities

• 02 well established neatly partitioned, fully fledged, well aerated, highly secured and properly illuminated labs with adequate requirements
• Two computer systems with internet connection to one of the systems
• One Laser gray scale printer
• One Computer Table
• Three tables and suitable chairs for the staff members
• A sink with a water tap for washing
• An UPS of 1.5KV capacity for the entire department including the two labs
• A LCD Projector
• An Over Head Projector
• A Projection Screen
• Two Ceiling Electric Fans
• A hygienic restroom with Indian commodes
• A departmental library

 

Some significant apparatus available in the labs

• Geiger Muller (GM) Counters
• Cathode Ray Oscilloscope (CRO)
• Function Generators
• Optical Bench
• Digital Trainers, Multimeters, Ammeters, Voltmeters
• Fabricated Experimental Boards
• A powerful Drilling machine
• Choke less Mercury and Vapour lamp sources (without ballasts)
• Polarimeters

A detailed list of stock of the apparatus is maintained in the department

Curriculum Details

Class	Semester	Title of the Paper	Paper Code	Max. Marks	Duration
I BSc	First CBCS	Mechanics, Properties of Matter and Electrostatics		80	64 Hours
	Second CBCS	Heat, Thermodynamics and Sound		80	64 Hours
II BSc	Third CBCS	Electricity and Electromagnetism		80	64 Hours
	Fourth CBCS	Optics and Spectroscopy		80	64 Hours
III BSc	Fifth Non CBCS	Spectroscopy and Electronics – Compulsory Paper 1	20771	60	28 Hours
		Condensed Matter Physics – Compulsory Paper 2	20772	60	28 Hours
		Solid State and Semiconductor Physics – Elective Paper	20773	60	28 Hours
	Final Non CBCS	Relativity and Quantum Mechanics – Compulsory Paper 1	20778	60	28 Hours 28 Hours
		Nuclear Physics – Compulsory Paper 2	20779	60	28 Hours
		Analog and Digital Electronics – Elective  Paper	20780	60	28 Hours

 

Teaching and Learning Methods

The department of Physics is not contended with the conventional method of teaching alone, instead prefers to walk an extra mile in employing a variety of teaching learning methods such as

1) Lecture Method: Involves the chalk and talk activity, along with the teacher introducing the concept      

     and explaining in his own style with illustrations.

2) Seminars:  The students are encouraged to take part in seminars with the aim in emphasizing the self- 

    teaching technique and in honing up their skills of public speaking.

3) Quiz: The students are exposed to Quiz programs to sharpen their memory power and to keep them  

   up updated.

4) Practical: Demonstration constitutes the core of practical classes wherein students get full freedom in

    exhibiting their talents by arriving at accurate results.

5) Projects: To improve their personality and to establish their identities, students are given projects

    through which they master the skill of self-proficiency.

6) Teaching Aids: ICT based teaching is introduced to comprehend the difficult concepts. This is achieved

     through OHP, LCD systems.

7) Evaluation: The department continuously assesses the progress of the students by conducting unit

    tests and directing them to write assignments. Students are subjected to Mock tests in practical too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Future Plans:

1)      Introduction of Electronics stream/combination.

2)      Introduction of Computer Science stream/combination.

3)      To organise various academic programs such as seminars, lecture series, group discussions, poster presentations, model making techniques, Power Pont Slides preparation, Science Journalism etc.

Physics Department strongly believes that education is not a mere instrument or a key to the future world of opportunities, but it stresses and means the need to attain self realisation and to be an ultimate guide to the way of life.

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