Department of Physics
About The Department
The Physics Department of Vidyasagar College is more than 100 years old. While the department is well equipped to run the modern experiments it also has a unique stock of some of the heritage instruments from the bygone days. The department holds several seminars, workshops and other activities throughout the year to engage the young minds as well as to give them a flavour of the changes and challenges of modern science. There are eight faculty members in the department, most of whom are engaged in research and publish teaching/research articles in reputed journals.
History of Department
In 1907, Vidyasagar College was affiliated to I.Sc. standard. In 1910 Vidyasagar College was entitled for teaching upto B.Sc. standard. A few renowned teachers of Physics Department are :
Dr. Bimal Chandra Ghosh (1909-1941)
Prof. T. M. Mandal (1925-1959)
Prof. Haraprasad De (1926-1963)
Prof. Sudhirchandra Rakshit (1948-1983)
Prof. Chandicharan Banerjee (1949-1982)
Among the above Prof. Haraprasad De and Prof. Chandicharan Banerjee were involved in research.
Prof. Haraprasad De, a disciple of Prof. Debendra Mohan Basu, did some pioneering research on alpha particles. Prof. De was a faculty member of Vidyasagar College for a long time. He wrote Physics textbooks in Bengali for the advancement of learning Physics in vernacular.
A few notable alumni of the Physics Department are:
Prof. N.C. Sil (Batch 1946) Ex-head of Theoretical Physics Dept., IACS, Kolkata
Prof. Hemendranath Mukherjee (Batch 1947), Dept. of Physics, Presidency College
Prof. Biswanath Das (Batch 1952), FNA, Dept. of Physics, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Susantachandra Duttaray (Batch 1956), FNA, Dept. of Physics, IIT Delhi
Prof. G. S. Sanyal, Ex-Director, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. (Late) Jyotirmay Das (Batch 1961), FNA, Director, IICB, Kolkata
Prof. Susanta Dattagupta (Batch 1965), Ex-Director, IISER Kolkata.
Teachers' Profile
Saugata Bhattacharyya
Assistant Professor, PhD,
Statistical Physics, Critical Phenomena
Aniket Basu
Assistant Professor, M.Phil,
Theoretical High Energy Physics
Sanchari Goswami
Assistant Professor, PhD,
Statistical & Condensed Matter Physics
Sumit Mandal
Assistant Professor, PhD,
Experimental Nanophysics
Subhamoy Ghatak
Assistant Professor, PhD,
Electrical transport in semiconductor devices Mechanics
Dipan Sinha
SACT(II), M.Sc,
Quantum Optics
Sourav Roy Chowdhury
SACT (I), PhD,
Astrophysics, Gravitational waves
Lopamudra Sen
SACT(II), M.Tech,
Advanced Semiconductor Device
Departmental Activities
Seminar
Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024)
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/12/2024)
Special Project - NA
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
Field survey - NA
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
Educational Excursion - NA
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
Excursion (other than mentioned in syllabus) - NA
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
Research collaboration
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
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Sl No. |
Title of the collaborative Activity |
Name of the Collaborating agency & Person |
Name of the Participant |
Year of collaboration (From – To) |
Duration |
Nature of Activity |
Link to the relevant document |
|
1 |
Forager Dynamics |
University of Calcutta, Prof. Parongama Sen |
Sanchari Goswami |
2023 - |
ongoing |
Research |
|
|
2 |
Percolation in Electronics |
IACS, Kolkata, Dr. Subhadip Dutta |
Sanchari Goswami |
2024 - |
ongoing |
Research |
|
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3 |
Diffraction |
HCU, Dr. Shyamal Biswas |
Saugata Bhattacharyy a |
2015 - |
ongoing |
Research |
|
|
4 |
Thermodyna mics and Statistical Mechanics |
Scottish Church College |
Saugata Bhattacharyy a |
2020 - |
ongoing |
Research |
|
|
5 |
Gravitational Wave |
Lunar Gravitational wave antenna |
Sourav Roy Chowdhury |
2023 - |
ongoing |
Research |
|
PhD Student
Year : 2024-2025
Departmental Magazine
Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)
Departmental Library - NA
Departmental Lab
|
Names of the separate Labs |
| Optics Lab |
| Electronics Lab |
| Electrical Lab |
| Heat Lab |
| Modern Physics Lab |
| Computer Lab |
| Arduino Lab |
Special Achievements (Co-curricular/Academic)
Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024)
For Faculty members
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Year |
Event Name |
Name |
Achievement |
| 2022 | INSA Teachers’ award 2022 | Saugata Bhattacharyya | INSA Teachers’ Award |
| 2023-2024 | OAVS interview : 6-7 July, 2023 | Sanchari Goswami | Acted as Subject Expert |
For Students
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Year |
Event Name |
Name |
Semester |
Achievement |
| 2023-2024 | Bigyan O Projukti Mela 2024 – Science Exhibition | Arnob Debnath, Diptangshu Paul, Akanksha Das, Manomay Ghoh, Rajesh Bhuniya, Milan Jana, Anubhab Ghosh | 1 | Memento for Participation |
Year : 2024-2025
For Faculty members
For Students
Special Achievements (Extracurricular)
Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024)
For Faculty members
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Year |
Event Name |
Name |
Achievement |
| 2023-2024 | Durer Kheya Subarna Jayanti Barsha Program : 3rd Dec, 2023 | Sanchari Goswami | Invited participant - Song |
| 2023-2024 | Kobita Utsab 2024 | Sanchari Goswami | Invited Participant – Kobita Path |
For Students - NA
Year : 2024-2025
For Faculty members
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Year |
Event Name |
Name |
Achievement |
Event Picture |
| 2024-2025 | Kobita Utsab, Bangla Kobita Parbon Committee | Sanchari Goswami | Kobi Shamsul Haque Sammanona Smarak |
For Students
Research & Publication
Paper
| Year | Title of paper | Name of the author/s | Department of the teacher | Name of journal | Year of publication | Journal Reference | DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2024-2025
|
Grating Coupled Self‑referenced SPP Biosensor for Detection of Glucose Level in Urine in Optical Communication Band | Lopamudra Sen, Bratati Mukhopadhyay | Physics | Springer Nature | 20th Augest,2024 | Springer Plasmonics | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-024-02494-z |
| Finslerian extension of an anisotropic strange star in the domain of modified gravity | Sourav Roy Chowdhury, Debabrata Deb, Farook Rahaman & Farook Rahaman & Saibal Ray |
Physics
|
European Physical Journal C | 2024 | The European Physical Journal C | 10.1140/epjc/s10052-024-12747-0 | |
| Stochastic gravitational wave background due to core collapse resulting in neutron stars | Sourav Roy Chowdhry, Maxim Khlopov | Physical Review D | 2024 | Physical Review D | 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.063037 | ||
| The Lunar Gravitational-wave Antenna: mission studies and science case | Parameswaran Ajith et al | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | 2025 | Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics | 10.1088/1475-7516/2025/01/108 | ||
| An Insight of Heart-Like Systems with Percolation | Md Aquib Molla, Sanchari Goswami | Physics | Physics Letters A | 2024 | Physics Letter A, 518, 129695 (2024) | 10.1016/j.physleta.2024.129695 |
Book
| Year | Title of the book/ chapters published | Title of the paper | Title of the proceedings of the conference | Name of teacher | Department of the teacher | Name of the publisher | Year of publication | National / International | ISBN Number/ISSN Number of the proceeding | Whether at the time of publication Affiliating InstitutionWas same Yes/NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 |