1.History of the department

1. In the year 1955, with the establishment of the college, Physics was introduced as one of the subjects at PUC level. Later Physics was offered as allied subjects to B.Sc., Chemistry in 1957 and for B.Sc., Mathematics in 1967.

2. A full-fledged B.Sc., Physics course was established in 1988 with the introduction of under graduate course in Physics. The course in Physics was started with student strength of 24 in 1988 and gradually increased to a strength of 50 from the year 2003 onwards.

3. The Post Graduate (PG) Department of Physics was started in the year 2015 in the afternoon session.

4. The Department of Physics (UG) has received the Star College Scheme in the year 2015. The ‘Star College Scheme’ has been initiated by the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), New Delhi to support colleges to improve science teaching and strengthen Life Sciences and Biotechnology education at the undergraduate level.

5. The College has been upgraded to STAR COLLEGE STATUS awarded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. Under this status the UG Department of Physics will get financial support for a period of 3 years [Oct 2023 - Oct 2026].

6. From the academic year 2021 – 2022, Department of Physics, J.B.A.S College for Women (Autonomous) has become one of the centres in south zone for NGPE exam (National Graduate Physics Examination) organized by IAPT (Indian Association of Physics Teachers). Every academic year the exam will be conducted in the month of January for I, II and III year students of B.Sc. Physics.

7. The Department of Physics has six faculty members.

Vision and Mission

Vision

• “To train and equip the women students to become a professional science graduate so as to contribute to the betterment of society through knowledge in Physics”

Mission