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Coimbatore campus announces the commencement of the 5 Year Integrated MA and M.Sc programmes for the academic year 2014 - 2015

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At the time of inception of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham as a deemed university, Ettimadai campus had two small departments of basic sciences, namely physics and chemistry. In 2006 it was felt that for better co-ordination, operational convenience and to nurture interdisciplinary interaction, these two departments should be merged as one single department and was designated as Department of Sciences. This amalgamated department started functioning in July 2006 and has at present a total of 27 faculty members, seventeen of them with PhD and 6 pursuing their PhD. Department has seven full time PhD students and six research scholars working in various projects. Out of the fulltime PhD Scholars one is having Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR and another is having SRF fellowship from Insprire-DST.

Eight ongoing projects from various funding agencies like DRDO, ISRO, DST, DBT and industry funded projects of the worth rupees 250 lakhs.

The department is actively involved in teaching of basic physics and chemistry courses and also a number of elective courses in the B. Tech programme to cater to the student need and interest.

The Department has research interest in the areas of Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Quantum Optics, Nanotechnology, Thin Films, Laser Materials Processing, Development of Innovative Glucose Biosensor, Bio-diesel from non-edible oils under Alternate Energy Development Programme, Organometallics, Porphyrin, Cobaloximes, Corrosion Science and Industrial Electrochemical Processes. In addition department is active in conducting various activities like seminars, quizzes, etc to nurture the interest of student community in basic sciences and its relevance to technology.

From 2013 - 2014 academic year onwards, the department owns the privilege of having started with a new 5 year integrated masters program in Physics and Chemistry.

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