The Department of Physics was established in 1953, and its building was inaugurated by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India. Professor Paban Chandra Mahanta served as the founding Head of the Department, initiating academic programs with a few core disciplines that have since evolved into seven specialized fields. Over the decades, the department has demonstrated a strong tradition of academic excellence, including the distinction of producing three recipients of the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award. With financial support from DST-FIST (Level 1), SAP-DRS (3), RUSA, and ICARD, the department has developed a comprehensive research infrastructure to support advanced scientific research and innovation.

The department offers two postgraduate programs—M.Sc. in Physics with an intake capacity of 50 students, and M.Sc. in Radiological Physics with an intake of 10 students, conducted in collaboration with Dr. Bhubaneswar Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), Guwahati. In addition, an undergraduate program (FYIMP) with a major in Physics (20 intake) was introduced in 2024. The department also runs a Ph.D. program, affiliating research institutions such as the Centre for Plasma Physics (CPP), the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), and the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC) etc. Currently, the department comprises 18 faculty members, all holding Ph.D. degrees from reputed institutions, specializing in diverse branches of physics.

 

 

The department undertakes advanced research in Astrophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronics, High Energy Physics, Nanophysics, Nuclear Physics, Plasma Physics, Spectroscopy, as well as in diverse multidisciplinary domains.

The department is equipped with an observatory and a range of instruments for material fabrication and characterization.

 

Prof. Buddhadeb Bhaacharjee has been elected as next ALICE-STAR-India CB Chairperson.

Prof. Buddhadeb Bhaacharjee, Dept of Physics, Gauhati University

 

Prof. Madhurjya P. Bora has become an Editorial Board Member of Springer Nature

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Dpartment of Physics, Gauhati University publishes the Volume I of the E-Magazine titled MERAKI

 

 

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Professor
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    Anurup Gohain Barua

    MSc (Dibrugarh) PhD (Dibrugarh)

    Spectroscopy and Electronics

    agb[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Banty Tiru

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Electronics

    btiru[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati) Guest Scientist (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany), Associate Scientist (CERN)

    Nuclear Physics

    buddha[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Deepali Sarkar    Head of the Department

    MSc (IITKgp) PhD (IACS) Postdoctoral Fellow (CSIR RA, IACS)

    Condensed Matter Physics

    sarkardeepali[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Kalpana Bora

    MSc (Delhi) PhD (Gauhati) Visiting Scientist (MIT, USA and ICTP, Italy)

    High Energy Physics (Neutrino Physics, Dark Matter)

    kalpana[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Kushal Kalita

    MSc (Delhi) PhD (Delhi) Postdoctoral Fellow (ANU, Canberra)

    Nuclear Physics

    kkalita[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Madhurjya P Bora

    MSc (Delhi) PhD (Delhi) Postdoctoral Fellow (MIT, Cambridge) Commonwealth Fellow (York, UK)

    Plasma Physics, Astrophysics, Nonlinear Dynamics

    mpbora[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

Associate Professor
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    Biman J Medhi

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati, IIA Bangalore) Postdoctoral Fellow (ARIES, Nainital)

    ISM-Dust, Polarization, Star-Formation, Open Star Cluster, Variable Star

    biman[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Manos Pratim Chakrapani Kalita

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (IITG)

    Material Science

    mpckalita[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

Assistant Professor
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    Abhijit Das

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (IITG)

    Lasers & Spectroscopy

    abhijitdas[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Bimal Kumar Sarma

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (IASST)

    Nanoscale Physics, Materials Science

    bimal[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Hemen Kumar Kalita

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (IIT, Bombay)

    Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology

    hemenkalita[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Hirakjyoti Goswami

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Electronics, Atmospheric Physics

    hirak[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Huidrom Hemojit Singh

    MSc (IIT Delhi) PhD (IIT Delhi)

    Nanogenerators for energy harvesting applications

    hemojit[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Sanjeev Kalita

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Astrophysics and Cosmology

    sanjeev[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Simanta Hazarika

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati) Post Doctorate (Cornell)

    Lasers & Spectroscopy

    simanta[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Subhankar Roy

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    High Energy Physics

    subhankar[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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    Sulochana Deb

    MSc (Gauhati) PhD (Gauhati)

    Condensed Matter Physics

    debsulochana[at]gauhati[dot]ac[dot]in

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