The Physics & Photonics Science department at National Institute of Technology Hamirpur was established in 2009 as Department of Physics. There are 14 faculty members in the department, including Guest faculty. The campus sits in the lap of scenic beauty and the snow-clad mountains of Dhauladhar range are vividly visible from the campus. The Department is providing world-class undergraduate and postgraduate education, as well as research facilities for doctoral program in diverse areas of fundamental and applied Physics. The department is one of the few places offering a B.Tech. academic degree in Engineering Physics from 2020. This unique course blends the best of contemporary physics and technology, to create professionals who are equally equipped with both science and technology. The department is equipped with the latest world class equipment available to facilitate the fundamental understanding of different concepts to UG and PG students and to give them more exposure of experimentation.

The department also started to offer 2-year M.Sc. program in Physics in 2017, while the Ph.D. program in various specialized areas of research in experimental and theoretical Physics is running since 2006. At present, there are 20 research scholars pursuing Ph.D. degree and more than 20 Ph.D. degrees have been awarded so far. The faculty members of the department have grants under different research projects sponsored by external agencies.

Within a very short span of time, the department has made an impression of excellence in the field of academics and research. Our graduated students have secured exceptionally good rankings/scores in competitive examinations like GATE, JEST, etc. and have been selected for Ph.D. programs at different Institutions like IIT-Bombay, IIT-Mandi, IISER-Mohali, National University of Ireland Galway, RRCAT Indore, IIT-Madras, JNU-New Delhi, IIT-Dhanbad, IIT-Kharagpur, IIT-(BHU) Varanasi, IISER Bhopal, NIT Jalandhar, NIT Kurukshetra, NIT Durgapur, IIT Delhi, and TIFR Mumbai.

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Vision

To be a centre of excellence in fundamental and applied physics, providing world-class undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral education and research facilities in diverse areas of the discipline.

Mission

• To provide world-class undergraduate and postgraduate education in physics and photonics science, equipping students with both science and technology.
• To offer doctoral programmes and advanced research facilities in diverse areas of experimental and theoretical physics.
• To develop skilled professionals and researchers who can contribute to academia, industry and society.

The Department has in total twelve UG and PG laboratories and three Research and Development laboratories. The UG and PG laboratories are well equipped for learning the various phenomena in Physics through experiments which lead to building a foundation for understanding basic concepts involved. Computer laboratory provides all of our students to complete academic work and as well as computational and simulation work.

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Laboratories

Major Facilities in Research and Development Laboratories