Department of Physics

Tripura University

A Brief Profile (updated on 13^th November, 2009)

Year of Establishment : 1990

Faculty : Science

Student intake capacity : 26

Total number of teaching Posts : 06

Filled up teaching Posts: : 05

List of Faculty Members

	Name: Designation: Qualification: Specialization: E-mail Address: Phone:	Dr. Barin Kumar De Professor & Head M.Sc., Ph.D. Electronics, Radio wave propagation through ionosphere, Atmospherics barin_de@yahoo.com +919436126637
	Name: Designation: Qualification: Specialization: E-mail Address: Phone:	Dr. Debajyoti Bhattacharjee Reader M.Sc., Ph.D. Material Science & Spectroscopy debu_bhat@hotmail.com +919436130608
	Name: Designation: Qualification: Specialization: E-mail Address: Phone:	Dr. Surya Chattopadhyaya Reader M.Sc., Ph.D. Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy (Theoretical) surya_ju@yahoo.com Ph: +919436503751
	Name: Designation: Qualification: Specialization: E-mail Address: Website: Phone:	Dr. Syed Arshad Hussain Lecturer M.Sc., Ph.D. Material Science & Spectroscopy sa_h153@hotmail.com www.arshad.hdfree.in +919862473907
	Name: Designation: Qualification: Specialization: E-mail Address: Phone:	Mr. Anirban Guha Lecturer M.Sc. Electronics, Radio wave propagation through ionosphere, Atmospherics anirban1001@yahoo.com +919862178250, +919831464907

Awards / Honors earned by faculty members

Dr. Dr. Debajyoti Bhattacharjee has been invited as Visiting Scientist at K. U. Leuven, Belgium (April-May- 2008).

Dr. Syed Arshad Hussain has been awarded "Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose Award-2008-09" by State Council for Science & Technology, Govt. of Tripura for his contribution to the field of research & Development.

Dr. Syed Arshad Hussain has been awarded as Visiting Fellow of K. U. Leuven, Belgium (July, 2007 to July, 2008).

Mr. Anirban Guha has been awarded as Young Scientist by International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Belgium, at XXVIII^th General Assembly of URSI during October 23-29, 2005, held at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, India.

Research Projects (apart from UGC unassigned grant)

Name of the Investigator	Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Amount Sanctioned
Prof. B. K. De (Co-P. I.)	Atmospheric Electricity, electrical conductivity of the middle atmosphere and Schumann resonances	ISRO, Govt. of India	Rs. 14.5 lakhs (Completed)
Prof. B. K. De (Co-P. I.)	Monitoring Global Electricity Parameters	ISRO, Govt. of India	Rs. 27.38 lakhs
Dr. D. Bhattacharjee (P. I.)	Characterization of non-amphiphilic organic, metallorganic and polymeric materials towards the formation of stable Langmuir-Blodgett Films and investigations of the ultrastructure of such films.	DST, Govt. of India	Rs.11.7 lakhs (Completed)
Dr. D. Bhattacharjee (P. I.) Dr. S. A. Hussain (Co-P. I.)	Photophysical investigation of stable Langmuir Blodgett films of organic, polymeric and water soluble materials	CSIR, Govt. of India	Rs. 7.5 lakhs
Dr. D. Bhattacharjee (P. I.) Dr. S. A. Hussain (Co-P. I.)	Morphological and photophysical investigations of langmuir and Langmuir-Blodgett films	DST, Govt. of India	Rs. 19.5 lakhs
Dr. S. Chattopadhyaya (P. I.)	Quantum mechanical studies of the electronic states of oxides and sulphides of selenium and tellurium	UGC, Govt. of India	Rs. 4.41 lakhs
Dr. S. A. Hussain (P. I.)	Photophysical studies of organized molecular assemblies in Langmuir-Blodgett Films	UGC, Govt. of India	Rs. 1 lakhs (Completed)
Dr. S. A. Hussain (P. I.)	Investigations of molecular organization in nano-dimensional organo-clay mono- and multilayer hybrid films fabricated by Langmuir-Blodgett and Layer-by-Layer Self assembled technique.	CSIR, Govt. of India	Rs. 14.84 lakhs

Major Thrust Areas of Research

1. Radio Propagation and Sferics Research Group:

(Faculty Members working in this group: Prof. (Dr.) B. K. De & Mr. A. Guha)

Research interests:

Study of Global Electric Circuit (GEC) by measuring of atmospheric electricity parameters such as vertical potential gradient, air-earth current, Atmospheric conductivity and Schumann resonances, VLF atmospherics from the measurements of sferics from lightning discharges from distant thunderclouds to study the D-region dynamics and effects of solar flares on the D-region ionosphere, VLF-LF transmitter signals to study the lower ionospheric perturbations, seismo-electromagnetics from the measurements of VLF transmitter signals and sferics, Theoretical modeling using solar-geophysical data.

2. Material Science & Spectroscopy Research Group:

(Faculty Members working in this group: Dr. D. Bhattacharjee & Dr. S. A. Hussain)

Research interests:

Preparation and Characterization Thin Films (Molecular level), Langmuir-Blodgett Films, Layer-by-Layer Self Assembled Films, Spin Coated Films, Organo-clay hybrid films, Biomolecules, Organic and polymeric Materials in thin films and at air-water interface. In-situ fluorescence imaging microscopy, Spectroscopic (UV-Vis Absorption, Fluorescence, FTIR etc.) characterizations, morphological & electrical Characterizations of thin films. Applications of these thin films in optoelectronic devices. Theoretical modeling and calculations using Gaussian Ink 03.

3. Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy (theoretical) Research Group:

(Faculty Member working in this group: Dr. S. Chattopadhyaya)

Research interests:

Theoretical studies of the atomic and molecular spectra of diatomic and polyatomic molecules and their ions, Molecular dynamics, Calculation of electronic structure of solids using density functional theory (D.F.T.).

Number of Students Qualified NET / SLET / GATE: 12

(Last three years)

Number of Students Awarded Ph.D. Degree: 03

(Last three years)

Number of Research Scholars at Present: 11

Number of Scientific Conference attended of International level: 06

(Last three years)

Number of Scientific Conference attended of National level: 15

(Last three years)

Number of Publication in Peer Reviewed SCI International Journals: 26

(Last three years)

Number of Publication in Peer Reviewed SCI National Journals: 13

(Last three years)

Number of National Conferences organized: 01

(Last three years)

Laboratory facilities

The Department has all the standard laboratory facilities with sophisticated equipments to run the practical classes, project work of the P.G. students and to carry out research work.

Advanced facilities include UV-Vis absorption spectrophotometer (Lambda-25, Perkin Elmer, Rs. 5 lakhs), Fluorescence Spectrophotometer (LS-55, Perkin Elmer, Rs. 12 lakhs), FTIR Spectrophotometer (Perkin Elmer, 12 lakhs), Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) Film deposition instrument (Apex-2000C, India, Rs. 8 lakhs), Fluorescence Imaging Microscope (Apex-2000C, India, Rs. 11.36 lakhs), Spin Coating Unit (SCU-2004, India, Rs. 1 lakhs) Millipore (18.2 mega-ohm, Rs. 2 lakhs), Keithley Instruments for nano-order conductivity measurement (5 lakhs), GPS timing station, Electric field meter and magnetic field sensors for the study of atmospheric processes, VLF and LF receivers for the study of lower ionosphere, Important software like Gaussian Ink 03 (for surface analysis), IDL (for data visualization & analysis), Origin 7.0, Mathematica 5.2. In addition, routine laboratory instruments, internet facility, full text online journal facility (about 1500 International scientific journals under UGC-INFONET through INFLIBNET).