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School of Physical Sciences

Physics

Ph.D. Public Viva Voce of Mrs. M. Lilly Anitha on March 15, 2023

The Department of Physics of Loyola College was established in 1926, just a year after the college was founded, to offer physics course for the intermediate program. From a humble beginning, it has grown in leaps and bounds to stand tall today, offering B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D programs. So far the department has produced more than 200 M.Phil. and 137 Ph.D dissertations.

At present, there are 20 teaching staff and 6 non-teaching staff in the department. There are 9 research guides supervising more than 40 scholars registered for Ph.D. The department has carried out research in solid state physics, crystal growth and characterization, NLO Studies, organic semiconductors, polymers and thin films, material science, astrophysics, geophysics, nanomaterial synthesis and characterization for various applications.

The department has well equipped laboratories (2 for UG, 1 for PG, 1 for M.Phil., and a spacious workshop) for conducting all its programs with separate space for research guides and state-of-the-art centennial research laboratory.

Successive List of Heads of the Department
1926 - 1955: Prof. V. Somasundaram
1955 - 1976: Prof. C.C. Ouseph
1976 - 1992: Rev. Dr. Joseph Inchackal, SJ
1992 - 1995: Dr. A. William
1995 - 1999: Prof. S. Ravichandran
1999 - 2004: Dr. S. Xavier Jesu Raja
2004 - 2009: Dr. A. Ramanand
2009 - 2014: Dr. Joe Jesudurai
2014 - 2019: Dr. P. Sagayaraj
2019 Onwards: Dr. S. Jerome Das

Contact

Dr S Jerome Das

Head of the Department,
JG16 - Department of Physics,
Loyola College (Autonomous),
Chennai - 600 034.
Tel: +91 44 2817 8200 (Ext 327)
hodphy@loyolacollege.edu