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Overview

The Department of Physics was established in 2003. The Department focuses on different Research thrust areas such as Batteries, Crystal Growth, DSSC, Magnetic Materials, Nano Materials, Solar Energy, and Thin Films, which provide a wide range of opportunities to engage in world-class physics and multi-disciplinary research. The contribution of motivated and well-qualified teaching faculty generated many successful students, who are now working in various public and private sectors.

Programme

Programmes
  1. Under Graduate Programme
    • B.Sc. Physics
  2. Post Graduate Programme
    • M.Sc. Physics (Strength: 60)
  3. Research Programmes
    • M.Phil in Physics
    • Ph.D. in Physics
Curriculum

Faculty

Name Qualification Designation Email ID Profile
Dr.B.Janarthanan M.Sc., PGDCPA., Ph.D. Professor janarthanan.b@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.E.Sivasenthil M.Sc., M.Ed., M.Phil., M.A., DYHE., Ph.D. Associate Professor sivasenthil.e@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.A.Nagamani Prabu M.Sc., Ph.D. Assistant Professor nagamaniprabu.a@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.N.Padmanathan M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. Assistant Professor drpadmanathan.n@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.S.Esakkimuthu M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. Assistant Professor esakkimuthu.s@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.V.Siva M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. Assistant Professor siva.vadivel@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.K.Manikandan M.Sc., Ph.D Assistant Professor manikandan.kandasamy@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Mr.R.Ranjith Kumar M.Sc., Ph.D. Assistant Professor ranjithkumar.ravi@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.T.Kavinkumar M.Sc., Ph.D. Assistant Professor kavinkumar.thangavel@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.Ravi Kumar Trivedi M.Sc., Ph.D, PDF Assistant Professor ravikumartrivedi.kantilal@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr. Shakti Shankar Ray M.Sc., Assistant Professor shaktishankarray@kahedu.edu.in Click Here
Dr.L.Bruno Chandrasekar M.Sc., Ph.D. Assistant Professor brunochandrasekar.lourdhumariaraj@kahedu.edu.in Click Here

Infrastructure

Department Infrastructure

  1. Staff room -4
  2. Class room-5

List of Laboratories

  1. UG laboratory-2
  2. PG laboratory-2
  3. Research Laboratory-5

List of Equipments

  1. Thermal Evaporation unit
  2. FTIR, UV
  3. Solar Radiation Monitor
  4. Electric Oven
  5. Sunshine Monitor
  6. Auto Clave
  7. Vacuum Furnace
  8. Four Probe Instruments
  9. Telescope
  10. Ball Milling
  11. Compatible Dip coating unit
  12. Compatible Spin coating unit
  13. Sankaranarayanan-Ramasamy Crystal Growth setup
  14. Ultrasonicater

Library

  • Department library: 135 Books

Publications

Paper Publications by the Faculty Members

Best Five Papers Faculty wise:

Dr. B. Janarthanan

  1. Vishnupriya Vijendran, Janarthanan Balasundaram, Design engineering of photoanode and counter electrode using lanthanum titanate infused natural dyes and activated carbon to enhance the performance of dye sensitized solar cells, Optical Materials, Volume 154, 2024, 115723, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.115723.
  2. Saranya Kumaresan, Inbarajan Kathiravan, Vishnupriya Vijendran, Janarthanan Balasundaram, Inorganic hole transport layer for lead free bismuth halide perovskite for photovoltaic device, Optical Materials, Volume 154, 2024, 115722, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.115722.
  3. Kumaresan, S., Subban, R. & Balasundaram, J. Microwave intervened dye extracted from the fruits of Reutealis trispermaand its persuasive effect on the transport of charge carriers in DSSC. Ionics(2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-024-05771-3
  4. S. Bagyalakshmi, B. Janarthanan, A. Dinesh, L. Guganathan, Madhappan Santhamoorthy, Mohamed Hashem, Hassan Fouad, J. Chandrasekaran, Optimizing sensitizer concentration from senna tora leaves for enhanced interfacial interactions in dye-sensitized solar cells, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Volume 170, Part 1, 2024, 113224, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2024.113224.
  5. Pooja Prakash, B. Janarthanan, Review on the progress of light harvesting natural pigments as DSSC sensitizers with high potency, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Volume 152, 2023, 110638, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2023.110638.

Dr. E. Sivasenthil

  1. Sudhakaran, A., Sudhakaran, A. & Sivasenthil, E. Comprehensive Analysis of Optical, Dielectric, and Electrical Properties in Al- and Cu-Doped Barium Hexaferrite/Cobalt–Zinc Ferrite Hybrid Nanocomposites.  Electron. Mater.53, 4622–4644 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-024-11197-4
  2. Senthil, E., Sangeetha, R., Nirmala, C., Sumathi, R., & Mohanasudha, K. (2023). Studies on Lead Sulphide (PbS) Thin Film Prepared by Chemical Bath Deposition Method. In Solid State Phenomena (Vol. 350, pp. 65–73). Trans Tech Publications, Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4028/p-osn7m4
  3. Neetha Mehathaj, M., Padmanathan, N. & Sivasenthil, E. Fabrication of CeO2/CuO bimetallic oxides thin film heterostructure for tunable UV filter applications. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron32, 24011–24025 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-06864-9
  4. Mehathaj, M.N., Padmanathan, N. & Sivasenthil, E. Doping catalysed unintentional hydrogenation effect on the structural, optical and magnetic properties of Co-doped ZnO semiconductor nanoparticles. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron33, 11523–11541 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-08126-8
  5. SivaSenthil, B. Janarthanan, Ashraf M.M. Abdelbacki, Shaban R.M. Syed, A. Arunkumar, ZnS and CdS nano thin films – A comprehensive analysis of structural, morphology and optical properties for photovoltaic applications, Optical Materials, Volume 157, Part 1, 2024, 116142, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.116142.

Dr. A. Nagamani Prabu

  1. Nagamani Prabu, N. Revathi, Anuj Kumar, Ali Fatima, I. Mohamed Abdulla, Mohd Ubaidullah, Bidhan Pandit, Lavish Kansal, Himanshu Payal, B. Janarthanan, Mohammad Yusuf, Satbir S. Sehgal, Analysing the design, fabrication, and  performance of a compact parabolic trough collector equipped with a shell-type receiver made from a variety of metals and introduced with single slope solar still, Journal of King Saud University – Science, Volume 35, Issue 7, 2023, 102844, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jksus.2023.102844.
  2. Revathi, A. Ali Fatima, A. Nagamani Prabu, Efficiency of the dye from Spinacia olerace linn for augmentation of charge transfer to Tio2 in dye sensitized solar cell, Materials Today: Proceedings, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2023.08.282.
  3. Nazarath Begum,A. Nagamani Prabu,I. Mohamed Abdulla; Structural, spectral, mechanical and SHG studies of triglycine sulpho malate (TGSM) single crystals.AIP Conf. Proc.12 May 2023; 2747 (1): 020015.https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0132541
  4. Pradeep,A. Nagamani Prabu,S. Sharmila,B. Janarthanan,E. Sivasenthil; Rummaging effect of leaf extract of Tilia platyphyllos to captivate solar radiation and activated carbon from coconut shell unified TiO2counter electrode in dye sensitized solar cell.AIP Conf. Proc.12 May 2023; 2747 (1): 020013.https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0132543
  5. Pradeep, S. Sharmila, E. Sivasenthil, A. Nagamani Prabu, B. Janarthanan, Stimulated carbon from Jackfruit wood with TiO2 on FTO substrate as an active counter electrode in DSSC, Materials Today: Proceedings, Volume 66, Part 3, 2022, Pages 1431-1438, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2022.05.339.

Dr. R. Ranjith Kumar

  1. Samikannu, P., Madhan, V., Chiang, K.-Y., George, R. K., & R. (2024). Polylactic acid-based plastic activated NIAL2O4 nanoparticles as highly active positive electrode materials for energy storage supercapacitor. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 31(18), 26606–26617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32721-3
  2. Ranjithkumar, R., Rosario, J. D., Swaminathan, R., Raju, N., Bhojan, V., & Ayyasamy, S. (2023). Improved load bearing performance of electroadhesive tapes with hexagonal boron nitride/barium titanate composite in Poly (vinylidene fluoride co-hexafluoropropylene). Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 34(4). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-022-09543-5
  3. Rosario, J. D., R., Deepthi, V., Vidhya, B., Swaminathan, R., Ayyasamy, S., & Nandhakumar, R. (2023). Synergistic effect of impure/pure graphene oxide and TiO2 fillers on the dielectric properties of poly (vinylidene fluoride- hexafluoropropylene) for electroadhesive high load bearing applications. Journal of Electroceramics, 50(1), 23–36. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10832-022-00301-x.
  4. Swaminathan, A., R, Sasikumar, M., Dasaiah, M., Hirankumar, G., & Ayyasamy, S. (2020). Preparation and characterization of PVA/PAM/NH4SCN polymer film by ultrasound-assisted solution casting method for application in electric double layer capacitor. Ionics, 26(8), 4113–4128. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-020-03542-4.
  5. Shanmugaraj, P., Swaminathan, A., Ranjithkumar R. K., Dasaiah, M., Senthil Kumar, P., & Sakunthala, A. (2019). Preparation and characterization of porous PVDF-HFP/Graphene oxide composite membranes by solution casting technique. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 30(22), 20079–20087. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02380-z.

Dr. N. Padmanathan

  1. Mohammed Shafi Thalthodi, Jhelai Sahadevan, R. Sasikumar, S. Esakki Muthu, N. Padmanathan, Bio-extract mediated green synthesis of bi-functional ammonium cobalt phosphate nanoflakes electrode/catalyst for supercapattery and ethanol oxidation, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Volume 164, 2024, 112481, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2024.112481.
  2. Sahadevan, J.; Sivaprakash, P.; Esakki Muthu, S.; Kim, I.; Padmanathan, N.; Eswaramoorthi, V. Influence of Te-Incorporated LaCoO3on Structural, Morphology and Magnetic Properties for Multifunctional Device Applications.  J. Mol. Sci.2023, 24, 10107. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms241210107
  3. Amit Tanwar, Swatchith Lal, Rajvinder Kaur, N. Padmanathan, Eric Dalton, Kafil M. Razeeb, A fully automated measurement system for the characterization of micro thermoelectric devices near room temperature, Applied Thermal Engineering, Volume 224, 2023, 120111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120111.
  4. Jhelai sahadevan, M. Radhakrishnan, N. Padmanathan, S. Esakki Muthu,  P.Sivaprakash, Mohanrangam Kadiresan, Effect of Mn substitution on magnetic behaviour of oxygen defective LaCoO3 perovskite oxide, Materials Science and Engineering: B, Volume 284, 2022, 115875, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mseb.2022.115875.
  5. Kaur, A. Tanwar, P. Gupta, N. Padmanathan, P. O’Brien and K. M. Razeeb, “Design Optimization of Micro-Thermoelectric Cooler for Thermal Management using Finite Element Simulations,” 2022 28th International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC), Dublin, Ireland, 2022, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/THERMINIC57263.2022.9950684.

Dr. V. Siva

  1. Siva*, A. Murugan, A. Shameem, S. Thangarasu, S. Kannan, A. Raja, Gel combustion synthesized NiMoO4 anchored polymer nanocomposites as a flexible electrode material for solid state asymmetric supercapacitors.International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,(2024) 48(49), 18856-18870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.01.295
  2. Siva*, A. Murugan, A. Shameem, S. Thangarasu, S. Kannan, S. Asath Bahadur. In situ encapsulation of V2O5@ZIF-8 nanocomposites as electrode materials for high-performance supercapacitors with long term cycling stability.Journal of Materials Chemistry C,(2023) 11(8), 3070-3085. https://doi.org/10.1039/D2TC03996F
  3. Murugan, V. Siva*, A. Shameem, R. Deepika, S. Bharathkumar, Héctor Valdés, S. Asath Bahadur, Electrochemical properties of nanoscale CuCo spinel ferrite system: A promising positive electrode for high performance supercapacitors, Journal of Energy Storage, 99 (2024) 113179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.113179
  4. Sanjana, V. Siva*, S. Sharmila, A. Murugan, A. Shameem, Fabrication of V2O5@Co-MOF as a cathode material with excellent rate capability, Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 41 (2024) e01072, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susmat.2024.e01072.
  5. Siva*, A. Murugan, A. Shameem, S. Thangarasu, S. Asath Bahadur, A facile microwave-assisted combustion synthesis of NiCoFe2O4 anchored polymer nanocomposites as an efficient electrode material for asymmetric supercapacitor application, Journal of Energy Storage, 48 (2022) 103965, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.103965

Dr. L. Bruno Chandrasekar

  1. Bruno Chandrasekar, M.Karunakaran, A theoretical analysis of spin-dependent tunneling in ZnO-based heterostructures,  Spin (ISSN: 2010-3247) 31, 2350016, 2023.
  2. Bruno Chandrasekar, M.Karunakaran, P.Muthukumar, A study of tunneling in triangular resonant tunnel diodes: Effect of barrier width, barrier height, pressure, temperature, and heterostructure strain, Micro and Nanostructures (ISSN: 2773-0131) 178, 207564, 2023.
  3. Bruno Chandrasekar, M.Karunakaran, K.Gnanasekar, Spin-polarized transport in InAs/ GaAs double-barrier heterostructure with electric and magnetic fields, Journal of Low Temperature Physics (ISSN: 0022-2291) 210, 241, 2023.
  4. Bruno Chandrasekar, M.Karunakaran, K.Gnanasekar, Effect of pressure and temperature on spin-dependent tunneling in InAs/GaAs heterostructure with Dresselhaus spin-orbit interaction, Physics Letters A (ISSN:0375-9601), 383, 125989-7, 2019.
  5. Bruno Chandrasekar, M.Karunakaran, K.Gnanasekar, Spin-Dependent electron tunneling in ZnSe/Zn1−xMnxSe heterostructures with double δ-potentials, Communications in Theoretical Physics (ISSN: 0253-6102) 71 (3), 339-343, 2019.

Dr. T. Kavinkumar

  1. T. Kavinkumar, Selvaraj Seenivasan, Hyeonjung Jung, Jeong Woo Han and Do-Heyoung Kim, Interface-Modulated Uniform Outer Nanolayer: A Category of Electrodes of Nanolayer-Encapsulated Core-Shell Configuration for Supercapacitors, Nano energy 81 (2021) 105667
  2. T. Kavinkumar, Selvaraj Seenivasan, Amarnath T. Sivagurunathan and Do-Heyoung Kim, Supercapattery-driven electrolyzer both empowered by the same superb electrocatalyst, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9 (2021) 21750-21759
  3. T. Kavinkumar, Selvaraj Seenivasan, Hyeonjung Jung, Jeong Woo Han and Do-Heyoung Kim, Atomic Layer Deposition-Triggered Hierarchical Core/Shell Stable Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Overall Water Splitting, Journal of Materials Chemistry A 9 (2021) 21132-21141
  4. T. Kavinkumar, Heejae Yang, Amarnath T. Sivagurunathan, Hayoung Jeong, Jeong Woo Han and Do-Heyoung Kim, Regulating Electronic Structure of Iron Nitride by Tungsten Nitride Nanosheets for Accelerated Overall Water Splitting, Small 19 (2023) 2300963.
  5. T. Kavinkumar, Ganghyun Jang, Amarnath T. Sivagurunathan and Do-Heyoung Kim, Reconfiguration of the Electronic Structure of Metal Phosphide for Ultrahigh Energy Density Hybrid Supercapacitors, Chemical Engineering Journal 470 (2023) 144214.

Dr. Shakthi S Ray

  1. Shakti S Ray, Smruti R Sahoo, & Sridhar Sahu. Hydrogen storage in scandium doped small boron clusters (BnSc2, n=3-10): A density functional study, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44, 5661 (2019).  doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.12.109
  2. A Jaiswal, Sahoo, Rakesh K Sahoo, Shakti S Ray & Sridhar Sahu. Alkali metals decorated silicon clusters (SinMn, n = 6, 10; M = Li, Na) as potential hydrogen storage materials: A dft study. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 47(3), 1775–1789 (2022).  doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.10.228
  3. Shakti S Ray, Rakesh K Sahoo & Sridhar Sahu. Reversible hydrogen storage in vanadium decorated small boron clusters: A dispersion corrected density functional study. Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, 1217, 113899(2022). doi:10.1016/j.comptc.2022.113899
  4. Shakti S Ray, Rakesh K Sahoo & Sridhar Sahu. Reversible hydrogen storage in Ti decorated small boron clusters (BnTi2, n=6-10): Insights from molecular dynamics simulations. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids. 181, 111496(2023). doi:1016/j.jpcs.2023.111496
  5. Shakti S Ray & Sridhar Sahu. Reversible hydrogen storage in lithiated boranes: Acumen from molecular dynamics simulation. (Physica B: Condensed Matter. 694,414441(2024)). doi:10.1016/j.physb.2024.416441

Dr. K. Manikandan

  1. Manikandan, O. Sangabathula, B. Chakraborty, and C. S. Sharma, Candle soot carbon-Co3O4 nanofibers composite as a binder-free electrode for high-performance supercapacitor application: An experimental and theoretical investigation. Journal of Energy Storage, 81 (2024) 110371.
  2. Manikandan, A. Seetharaman, I.M. Babu, J.J. William, G. Muralidharan, D. Sivasubramanian, K. Jothivenkatachalam, M. Imran, B. Chakraborty, Experimental and theoretical investigations of a multiwalled carbon nanotubes/SnO2/polyaniline ternary nanohybrid electrode for energy storage. Surfaces and Interfaces, 30, (2022) 101978.
  3. Manikandan, A. Seetharaman, B. Chakraborty, I. Manohara Babu, J. J. William, G. Muralidharan, K. Jothivenkatachalam, D. Sivasubramanian, Experimental and theoretical investigation of the energy-storage behavior of a polyaniline-linked reduced-graphene-oxide–SnO2 ternary nanohybrid electrode. Physical Review Applied, 14 (2020) 024067.
  4. Manikandan, A. Seetharaman, D. Sivasubramanian, A. Nithya, K. Jothivenkatachalam, N. Maheswari, M. Gopalan, S. Dillibabu, A. Eftekhari, Ni-doped SnO2 nanoparticles for sensing and photocatalysis. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1 (2018) 5823-5836.
  5. Manikandan, S. Dhanuskodi, A. R. Thomas, N. Maheswari, G. Muralidharan, D. Sastikumar, Size–strain distribution analysis of SnO2 nanoparticles and their multifunctional applications as fiber optic gas sensors, supercapacitors and optical limiters. RSC advances, 6 (2016) 90559-90570.

Dr. S. Esakki Muthu

  1. Sanjay Ravichandran, Jhelai Sahadevan, P Sivaprakash, Suresh Sagadevan, Ikhyun Kim, Ammar Mohamed Tighezza, Amanat Ali, S Esakki Muthu, Synthesis and physicochemical properties of graphene incorporated indium tin oxide nanocomposites for optoelectronic device applications, Materials Science and Engineering: B, 301 117199, 2024
  2. P Sivaprakash, S Esakki Muthu, C Saravanan, NV Rama Rao, Ikhyun Kim, The effect of Mn on structural, magnetic and magnetoresistance properties of Ni-Mn-Sb Heusler melt spun ribbons under extreme conditions, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 56, 495002, 2023
  3. Jhelai Sahadevan , P. Sivaprakash, Esakki Muthu, Ikhyun Kim, N. Padmanathan and V. Eswaramoorthi, Influence of Te-Incorporated LaCoO3 on Structural, Morphology and Magnetic Properties for Multifunctional Device Applications, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, 10107, 2023
  4. Divya S, P.Sivaprakash , S.Raja, S.Esakki Muthu, Ikhyun Kim , N. Renuka , S. Arumugam , Tae Hwan Oh, Impact of Zn doping on the dielectric and magnetic properties of CoFe2O4 nanoparticles, Ceramics International, 48, 33208–33218, 2022
  5. Thiyagarajan, P.Sivaprakash, S.Arumugam, S.Esakki Muthu, D.M.Raj Kumar, C.Saravanan, N.V.Rama Rao, Y.Uwatoko, Correlation of magnetocaloric effect through magnetic and electrical resistivity on Si doped Ni–Mn–In Heusler melt spun ribbon, Intermetallics, 137, 107285, 2021

Dr. Ravi Kumar Trivedi

  1. Lingaraj Pradhan, Bishnupad Mohanty, Ganeswara Padhy, Ravi Kumar Trivedi, Debi Prasad Das, Brahmananda Chakraborty, Bikash Kumar Jena, Concerted Approach of Machine Learning and DFT in Finding the Supercapacitance Properties of Partially Oxidised-MXene Quantum Dots/Graphene Hybrids: Fabrication of Flexible/Wearable Micro-supercapacitor Devices, Chemical Engineering Journal, 497, 154587, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.154587.
  2. Samanta, Rajib; Manna, Biplab; Trivedi, Ravi; Chakraborty, Brahmananda; Barman, Sudip Hydrogen Spillover Enhancing the Alkaline Hydrogen Electrocatalysis on Interface-Rich Metallic Pt-Supported MoO3, Chemical Science, 15, 364, 2024
  3. Biplab Kumar Manna, Rajib Samanta, Ravi Kumar Trivedi, Brahmananda Chakraborty,Sudip Barman Hydrogen Spillover Inspired Bifunctional Pt/Rh2O3– CNx Composite for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution and Oxidation Reactions in Base [Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 670(15), 258-271 2024
  4. Ravi Trivedi, Surinder Kaur, Nandini Garg, Brahmananda Chakraborty Ti-decorated nitrogen-rich BeN4 monolayer for reversible hydrogen storage: DFT investigations, Applied Surface Science, 2023, 622, 156806
  5. Ravi Trivedi, Kapil Dhaka, Debashis Bandyopadhyay, Study of electronic properties, stabilities and magnetic quenching of molybdenum-doped germanium clusters: A density functional investigation, RSC advance, 2014, 4, 64825
  6. Ravi Trivedi, Debashis Bandyopadhyay. Study of adsorption and dissociation pathway of H2 molecule on Mg n Rh (n = 1-10) clusters: A first principle investigation. International journal of Hydrogen energy, 2016, 41, 20113-20121

Events

Hands on Training / Activities / Guest Lecture

  1. Department of Physics organized a Guest Lecture on “Non-linear optics” on 29th January 2021 from 11:30AM to 12:30 PM through Google meet under Institutional Innovation Center (IIC). R. Bharathi Kannan, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore is the resource person. The lecture was attended by 75 students and 8 Faculty members of Physics Department.
  2. International Seminar on Physics and Chemistry of Materials was organized by Department of Physics has conducted on 06.02.2021. Dr.R.Thiyagarajan, Institute of solid state and Materials Physics, Technical University of Dresden, Germany delivered a lecture on the topic “Pressure effects on magnetocaloric property of manganites. Followed by Dr.G.Paramaguru, CAS-PIFI Researcher Laboratory Of Advanced Functional Materials, Xiamen Institute Of Rare Earth Materials, Chinese Academy Of Sciences, China explained about “Molecular engineering of Donor Acceptor molecules for light harvesting and light emitting applications”.
  3. Department of Physics Conducted International Virtual Seminar on Nano Research and Development on 16.3.2021. Dr. Mahendran Sekar, Associate Professor, Head, Faculty of Pharmacy and Health Science, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Royal College of Medicine Perak, Malaysia and Ramu Manikandan, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Sunchon National University, South Korea be the Resource person.
  4. Department of Physics organized a career counseling Webinar on “Roadmap on Researcher” on 10th March, 2021 through Google meet. Dr. V. Manikandan, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Sri Krishna College of Technology, Kovaipudur, Coimbatore be the expertise.
  5. Department of Physics, in association with the Center for Career Counselling & Competitive Examination, has conducted a special lecture on 31st January 2020 by Mr. Deepak Samam Singh, Alumni of Department of Physics, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education. His motivational talk regarding the UPSC Examination inspired the students to prepare for the exam.
  6. Conducted Two-day Hands-on Training on March 2 and 3, 2020, Mobile servicing and training provided by New technology, Coimbatore.
  7. A National Seminar entitled “Advanced Materials and its Applications” for two days (March 5 and 6, 2020) has been conducted, and the seminar was divided into four technical sessions chaired by a group of learned Professors.
  8. National Science Day (FEST 2020) and Astro Club inauguration has been done on 28th February 2020, with a delivery of a special lecture by Prof. Dr. Sakthivel, Founder, Coimbatore Astronomy Club.
  9. Quiz Competition was conducted on behalf of the Astronomy Club Activity on 28th February 2020.
  10. Einstein’s Birthday was celebrated by the Department of Physics, KAHE on 14th March 2020, and Dr. K. Muthu Kumaran has delivered an invited talk on “Future Energy Careers.”
  11. Organized a series of Webinars with the Alumnus Dr. Ambili Vipin, Dr. Naidu Dhanpal Jayram, and Dr. Sanoj Varghese of KAHE entitled “Spectroscopy in Medical Diagnosis,” “Understanding the Term Nano” and “Physics in Medical Field” from 6th to 9th June 2020.
  12. Department of Physics, KAHE conducted a Virtual Alumni Meet on 26th August 2020.
  13. Online Student Induction Program organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell for First-year UG students from 31.8.2020 to 7.9.2020. Various programs and activities were conducted to kindle their knowledge and their interest other than curriculum. The students also actively take part in the program and attend all the sessions.
  14. Guest Lecture was organized on “Wireless Power Transmission and its Applications” on 11.2020.  Dr. Libin Baby, Assistant Professor, PSG Arts and Science Coimbatore, was the resource person.
  15. A virtual Endowment lecture on “Human Rights & welfare was organized to commemorate ”International Human Rights Day on 10th December 2020. Dr. G.Vasanthimala, Associate Professor from Department of Tamil, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, was the resource person.
  16. Astronomy Club & Department of Physics, in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Science forum Coimbatore, jointly organised great event conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn was observed on 21st December 2020.
  17. An online Student Induction Program conducted for I MSc Physics from 21.11.2020 to 4.12.2020. Special lectures were given by our faculty members and Eminent faculties in and around Coimbatore and also by our Alumni.
  18. A Guest Lecture was organized on “Classical Nonlinear Dynamics” on 23rd December 2020. Mr.B.Rajesh, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, The American College, Madurai, was the resource person.
  19. A Guest Lecture was organized on “An Overview of Synthesis and Material Characterization of Nanostructures” on 24th December 2020. Dr.A.Saranya, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr.Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, was the resource person.
  20. A Guest Lecture was organized on “Physics Today” on 28th December 2020. R.Shankar, Assistant Professor from Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, was the resource person.
  21. A Guest Lecture was organized on “Optics and Optical Instruments” on 30th December 2020. Dr.K.Sathish Kumar, Assistant Professor from Department of Physics, SRMV College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, was the resource person.
  22. Human Rights Day organized on December 10, 2019.
  23. .Nuclear Physics and its Applications on December 13, 2019.
  24. Physics Based Earthquake Prediction on November 27, 2019.
  25. MEMS and its Applications on September 03, 2019.
  26. Nobel Laureates in Physics and Nobel Facts on August 24, 2019.
  27. Nanotechnology-An Overview on August 02, 2019.
  28. Fundamental Understanding and Descriptive Sense of Relative Basic Characteristics on February 14, 2019.
  29. Mobile Servicing and Training from January 03, 2019 to January 04, 2019.

Workshop

1.Critical Thinking, Decision making and Assertiveness on August 01, 2019.

National Conference&Seminar

1.National Seminar of Material Science on March 05, 2020 and March 06, 2020.

Exhibition

  1. KAHESTECH 2020 Science & Technology Exhibition for School and Polytechnic Students on February 04, 2020.
  2. KAHESTECH 2020 Science & Technology Exhibition for School and Polytechnic Students on October 10, 2019.

Coaching for Competitive Examination

1.NET (National Eligibility Test) class conducted regularly after the classes by Dr. B. Janarthanan (Assoc. Prof) Dr. N. Padmanathan (Assoc. Prof) Department of Physics, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education, Coimbatore

KAHE - Karpagam Academy of Higher Education

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