Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Panjab University - Chandigar

Panjab University established in 1882 at Lahore (now in Pakistan).University campus is spread over an area of 550 acres (2.2 km2) in sectors 14 and 25 of the city of Chandigarh.

Department of Physics was established in 1947, in Govt. College, Hoshiarpur (Punjab). In August 1958, the Department was shifted to the present campus.

Department of physics is one of the major research centers among Indian universities with a status of Center of Advanced Study since 1988. Presently the department has strength of 28 faculty members, 50 non-teaching/assisting staff, 40 research students and about 300 graduate and undergraduate students. About 30 research projects worth eight crore rupees under national/international collaborations are operating in the department.

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