Physics
Departmental Information
- Department: Physics   Â
- Year of Establishment: 1982
- Name of Programmes: Sc. (3 Divisions), Ph.D.
Name | Qualification | Designation | Experience | Specialization |
Dr. M.D. Mahanubhav | M.Sc., D.H.E., Ph.D. | Head & Associate Professor | 33 Years | Materials Science |
Dr. S.S. Patil | M.Sc., D.H.E., Ph.D. | Associate Professor | 33 Years | Materials Science |
Mr. H.S. Gavale | M.Sc., B.Ed., SET | Assistant Professor | 2 Years | Materials Science |
Technical Supporting Staff
Name | Designation |
Mr. A. L. Deore | Lab Assistant |
Mr. N. K. Patil | Lab Attendant |
Technical Supporting Staff
- Teaching methods adopted to improve student’s learning :
- Regular and effective classroom teaching including use of ICT
- Models
- Demonstration with experiment
- Project work is assigned to each T.Y.B.Sc. Student
- Guest lectures of eminent persons in physics
- Learning resources :
- Central Library : Books : 2451 ( Titles : 1273)
                                  Journals and periodicals : 6
- Departmental Library :  330 Books (Donated : 72)
- Internet facilities : For Staff and Final year students  Â
- Infrastructural facilities :
- Laboratories – 03
- Lab with ICT facility
- LCD projector
- Computers with internet facilities
- Scanner
- Printer
- Research Activity :
- Recognized Research Lab by the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon
- Area of research :
- Microwave Electronics
- Materials Science : Thin and thick films, Gas sensing and Crystal growth
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- Publications by faculty: 78
- Major Instruments:
- Microwave bench (X-Band with automated software facilities)
- Microwave bench (C-Band with automated software facilities)
- Thin film high vacuum deposition system
- Gas sensing system
- Four probe apparatus
- Two probe apparatus
- TEP measurement set up
- M. Counter
- Muffle furnace
- Soil and water testing kit
- Ultrasonic interferometer (Single and multi-frequency)
- 1 mg precision digital balance
Achievements
University rank holders:
Sr. No. | Name of the student | Rank | Year |
1 | Ms. Devyani Rajendra Deore | Â I Rank Gold Medal (B.Sc. Physics) | 2012 |
2 | Ms.Komal Arun Baviskar | Â II Rank (B.Sc. Physics) | 2012 |
3 | Ms.Patil Jagruti Vishwas |  III Rank (B.Sc. Physics) | 2015 |
Ph.D. awardees :
Name of the Guide | Name of the research student | Month & Year |
Dr. P.H. Pawar | Mr. S.S. Patil | May 2013 |
Dr. P.R. Chaudhari | Mrs. V.D. Ahire | June 2013 |
Dr. D.V. Ahire | Mr. A.A. Patil | Nov 2014 |
Dr. Mrs. S.J. Shitole | Mr. S.J. Nandre | Sept 2014 |
Dr. P.H. Pawar | Mr. S.M. Patil | Oct 2015 |
Dr. P.G. Kulkarni | Mr. P.A. Bhadane | Nov 2015 |
Dr. P.G. Kulkarni | Mr. S.M. Sabnis | Nov 2015 |
Dr. P.H. Pawar | Mr. G.D. Deshmukh | Nov 2018 |
Dr. D.V. Ahire | Ms. Shabana Khatik | Jan 2019 |
Dr. P.R. Chaudhari | Ms. N.P. Golhar | July 2020 |
Awards received by faculty
Sr. No. | Name of the Awardees | Name of the Award | Year |
1 | Dr. D.V. Ahire | Best Teacher award (N.M.U. Jalgaon) | Aug. 2012 |
2 | Dr. D.V. Ahire | Best Paper Presentation award- Third Prize (International Conference) | Feb. 2013 |
3 | Dr. S.S. Patil | Best Paper Presentation award- Third Prize (National Conference) | Oct. 2012 |
Major / Minor projects :
Sr. No. | Name of the Investigator | Funding Agency | Title of the Research Project | Dura-tion | Total Grant Received  Rs.(In Lakhs) |
1 | Dr. D.V. Ahire      and Dr.P.R. Chaudhari | Space        Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad (Major) | Dielectric model for Indian soils of Five Different States | Jan. 2011 to Mar. 2014 | 19.00 |
2 | Dr. R.M. Shewale | UGC (Minor) | A study in Analysis of causes of Learning Difficulties in Physics Topics for Jr College and Undergraduate Students in North Maharashtra Univ.Area | Mar. 1998Â Â Â Â to Mar. 2000 | 0.30 |
3 | Dr. M.D. Mahanubhav | UGC (Minor) | Structural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Chemical Bath Deposited CuInS2 Films | April 2004Â Â Â to Mar. 2006 | 0.75 |
4 | Dr. M.D. Mahanubhav | UGC (Minor) | Studies on gas sensing performance of In2O3 thick films | April 2011 to Mar. 2013 | 1.50 |