ANALYTICAL THINKING, CREATIVITY, PROBLEM-SOLVING:
With research programs, internships, entrepreneurial opportunities, and more, our curriculum teaches key skills.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: Our faculty come from top institutions in India and the world.
Shiv Nadar University is a multidisciplinary research university established in 2011 by Mr. Shiv Nadar, one of Asia's foremost philanthropists and a pioneer of the technological revolution in India. The four Schools at the university offer undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degrees in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Management and Entrepreneurship. It is the youngest university recognised as an Institution of Eminence by the Government of India, a distinct category of higher education institutions that "strive to become the top hundred Institutions in the world over time". In the Government's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), the university has been the youngest institution in the 'Top 100' Overall list for the last five years.
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING:
A vibrant campus life on our 286-acre green campus is designed just for that.
Why
Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence?We prepare our students for a variety of aspirations JOBS, HIGHER STUDIES OR START-UPS:
Physics, a natural science branch, delves into diverse phenomena, spanning from vast cosmic structures to subatomic particles. Motivated by curiosity and a quest for connections, it drives technological advancements. Beyond imparting knowledge, a physics degree fosters curiosity, analytical reasoning, mathematical modelling, and the courage to explore the unknown, skills applicable beyond academia.
The following notable features in our UG program are worth mentioning:
In classroom teaching, we aim to impart basic knowledge and understanding of relevant topics. Tutorials and excellent teaching laboratories complement classroom teaching. While in the tutorial sessions, students focus on solving problems related to the concepts discussed in the course, the laboratory sessions give them hands-on experience on the realisations of various basic principles in nature, which they may have learned in the class.
Our curriculum is comparable to the best places in India and abroad. It is periodically reviewed by a panel of faculty members and external experts, keeping it current.
Starting from the second year, our department provides students with research opportunities through the "Opportunities for Undergraduate Research (OUR)" program in our state-of-the-art laboratories. Students pursue an undergraduate thesis in their fourth year, ensuring exposure to cutting-edge research. This is a vital part of their learning experience.
Tackling complex research problems requires interdisciplinary collaboration. Our research groups engage with various disciplines like biology, chemistry, mathematics, and engineering. Students can participate in interdisciplinary research projects, providing them the opportunity to appreciate and explore multiple fields.
The faculty members at the Department of Physics are experienced researchers in their respective fields. The research activities at our department are centred around the following broad themes:
• Materials science and condensed matter physics
• Computational and mathematical physics
• Physics of the universe (Astrophysics, Cosmology, High Energy Physics)
• Soft matter physics and biophysics
• Nuclear physics
Thus, the students get to explore a broad spectrum of Physics.
The coursework for a student majoring in physics has three broad parts. The first part, which covers the initial two academic years, is focused on developing a firm foundation of the subject. In the second part, the third academic year, student learns about more advanced theoretical and experimental tools, often revisiting the concepts developed in the foundation part but viewing them using these sophisticated tools. At the end of the 4th semester, the student will be able to appreciate and explore open research problems in physics; therefore, in the final year, the student will take electives from a wide range of courses,
often related to the research interests of the faculty, and will start research work for their undergraduate thesis.
Besides physics courses, a physics major student is expected to take a broad-range of courses from natural sciences, engineering, humanities and social sciences. These courses fall into the following categories: University-wide electives (UWE), Core common curriculum (CCC), research, experiential and applied learning (REAL), Values, ethics, leadership and service (VELS). The Physics undergraduate advisor will assist all the students in meeting the various departmental and university requirements.
Semester 7
PHY 4XX/5XX*
Physics Elective Credit 3 (3:0:0)
Semester 8
PHY 4XX/5XX*
PHY 4XX/5XX*
Physics Elective Credit 3 (3:0:0)
PHY 4XX/5XX*
PHY 499
Undergraduate Thesis Credit 6 (0:0:6)
PHY 499
Physics Elective Credit 3 (3:0:0)
1st and 2nd year: The Foundation (Major 54, UWE 12, CCC 18)
Physics Elective Credit 3 (3:0:0) Major 109
$Credit X (Lecture: Tutorial: Lab),
*Subject to the approval of the physics UG advisor and the course instructor
The physics department offers undergraduate students at SNU an opportunity to obtain a physics minor. A minor in physics has two aspects to it. First, it ensures that a student is well versed in the central core of physics, and second, it will allow the student to learn more advanced aspects of the subject according to their interests. A minor in physics will equip a student to engage in challenging multidisciplinary problems. It will be equally valuable for students seeking employment in industry or finance, where physicist skills in making quantitative models of complex situations are welcomed.
The minor is offered to any students from the School of Engineering and the School of Natural Sciences.
The undergraduate admissions are based on both Class 12 marks (Aggregate of best four academic subjects in the marksheet must be >=65%, must include English, Mathematics and Physics) and the student's performance in the JEE mains, SNUSAT, College Board SAT, ACT), or the internationally used Scholastic Assessment Test
Undergraduate Thesis Credit 6 (0:0:6)
(SAT). The qualified students are called for an interaction session with the faculty members for final admission.
Admission of UG students for Master and PhD programs (logo of these universities….)
Duke University, Stony Brook University, University of British Columbia, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign, Delft University of Technology, Syracuse University, Stockholm University, Syracuse University, Purdue University, IISER Pune, University of Stuttgart, Heidelberg University, University of Virginia USA, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Northwestern University, Technical University of Munich, Heidelberg University, University of Hamburg, University of Cologne, University of Bonn, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, University of Glasgow, Technical University of Dresden, Imperial College London, George Washington University, Heidelberg University, Rutgers University, University at Buffalo, University of Vermont, University of Singapore, Uppsala University.
The physics department at SNU started in 2011. The department's mission is to conduct outstanding research with national and international recognition by promoting creativity, excellence, and collaboration. The department currently focuses on the following broad areas of research:
• Experimental and Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Physics
• Experimental and Theoretical Soft Matter Physics
• Experimental Nuclear Physics
• Theoretical High Energy Physics
• Mathematical and Statistical Physics
• Cosmology and Astrophysics
Our graduate program is designed to serve various research interests and extends an excellent learning and research environment to motivated and ambitious students. The department offers a vibrant and rigorous graduate program drawing on its many strengths, such as:
• It encourages and facilitates interdisciplinary research activities.
• It allows international collaborations as many faculty members have worked in some of the leading global research institutes and actively collaborate with leading scientists worldwide.
• The department encourages collaborative research with industry, and some of the faculty members are exploring joint research programs with renowned technological companies.
• The department hosts regular seminars, conferences, and workshops.
• Advanced experimental and computational facilities.
• A candidate must have minimum 55 % marks or equivalent in masters (M.Sc./M.Tech)*.
• Applicant must have a degree in B.Sc. with a Physics major or a B.Tech. in Engineering Physics from a recognised university/technical institute**.
• Applicant should have a degree in M.Sc./M.Tech. in Physics, Material Science, Nanoscience, or Nanotechnology from a recognised technical institute or university.
• Merely satisfying the eligibility criteria does not guarantee the shortlisting of a candidate for interview.
*Please enquire in case you are uncertain about your eligibility for any reason.
**Master's degree is not mandatory for the applicants having a four-year B.Tech. degree in Engineering Physics. However, a candidate must have a minimum of 75% marks or equivalent grade (7.5 CGPA) in B.Tech.
• Applicants will be shortlisted based on merit by the department. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email and called for a written test.
• The written test will be conducted offline at SNU, Delhi-NCR campus in Gautam Buddha Nagar District (near Greater Noida), UP.
• Shortlisted candidates (based on written test cut-off) will be called for Interview. Interviews will be conducted at the SNU, Delhi-NCR campus.
• While tentative dates are given below, any changes to the dates of the written test and interview will be communicated in due course.
• Syllabus: General Physics courses up to the level of M.Sc. (Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Mathematical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Electronics, Thermal and Statistical Physics).
• Candidates with valid CSIR-NET-JRF fellowship will be exempted from the written test.
University of Ulster, Ecole Poltytechnique, Gdansk university, University College London, Carnegie Mellon University, Colorado State University, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Brown University, USA, University of Buffalo, NY, USA, Institut Quantique of the Université de Sherbrooke (University of Sherbrooke), KTH, Royal Institute of technology, Indian Beamline, Photon factory, KEK Tsukuba.
DR. SUSANTA SINHA ROY
Professor and Head, Ph.D., IACS, Jadavpur University, India
Research Interest: Nanomaterials growth, characterisations, and devices
DR. SUJIT K. TANDEL
Senior Professor, Ph.D., University of Mumbai, India
Research Interest: Experimental Nuclear Physics
DR. ALOKE KANJILAL
Professor, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Research Interest: Surface and Nanoscience
DR. SANTOSH KUMAR
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Research Interest: Random Matrix Theory and its Applications to Chaotic and Complex Systems
DR. BHASKAR KAVIRAJ
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Research Interest: 2D Materials and Their Applications in Catalysis, Energy Storage, and Sensing
DR. SYED MOHAMMAD KAMIL
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India
Research Interest: Computational Soft Matter Physics
DR. SUBHRA SEN GUPTA
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science, India
Research Interest: Physics of Ordered and Disordered Strongly Correlated Electron Systems
DR. PRIYA JOHARI
Professor, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Research Interest: Computational Materials Physics
DR. SAMARENDRA PRATAP SINGH
Professor, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Research Interest: Physics of Semiconductor Materials and Devices
DR. SAJAL KUMAR GHOSH
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Raman Research Institute, India
Research Interest: Soft Matter Physics
DR. KENJI NISHIWAKI
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Kobe University, Japan
Research Interest: Particle/Astroparticle Physics Phenomenology
DR. ARINDAM CHATTERJEE
Assistant Professor, Ph. D., University of Bonn, Germany
Research Interest: Theoretical Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Cosmology
DR. MAYUKH MAJUMDER
Assistant Professor, Ph. D., Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, University of Calcutta, India
Research Interest: Experimental Investigation of Quantum Materials
DR. RANA NANDI
Assistant Professor, Ph. D., Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India
Research Interest: Physics of Neutron Stars
DR. BINSON BABU
Assistant Professor, Ph. D., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
Research Interest: Nanomaterials and Energy Storage Applications
DR. SUCHETA MONDAL
Assistant Professor, Ph. D., S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Research Interest: Spintronics and Magnetization Dynamics
DR. IPSITA MONDAL
Assistant Professor, Ph. D., Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), India Research Interest: Quantum Condensed Matter Theory
PROFESSOR ROHINI MADHUSUDAN GODBOLE
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ph. D., S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, N.Y., U.S.A Padma Shri, Civilian Honour of India, January 2019.
Research Interest: High energy physics
SWADESH M MAHAJAN
Distinguished Professor, Ph. D., Institute for Fusion Studies, Department of Physics Research Interest: Nonlinear quantum mechanics
Technischen Universität Dresden, Argonne National Laboratory (USA), University of Massachusetts Lowell (USA), Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory (USA), University of Jyväskylä (Finland), University of West Scotland (UK), Inter-University Accelerator Centre (New Delhi), Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (Germany), Paul Scherrer Institut (Switzerland), University of Manchester (UK), CNRS, LPC Caen (France).
Our faculty hail from some of the best institutions across India and the world, and are equally dedicated to research and teaching. They have won a number of prestigious national and international awards.
PROF. SUSANTA
SINHA ROY
Professor and Head, Department of Physics,
inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) in 2023
Society of India
MONDAL, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, received INSPIRE faculty fellowship from Department of Science and Technology (India), 2023 and INSA Visiting Scientist Fellowship 2023-2024
Professor
Prof. Priya Johari
honored with ACCMS, AFORD-sponsored Young Woman
Computational Physicist
Award at National Physicists' Conclave 2024 at SRM Institute of Technology, Chennai
ACHAL VINOD
Graduated 2022
Pursuing M.Sc. Physics
Imperial College London United Kingdom
ARJUN BINGLY
Graduated 2022
Pursuing MS Data Science
George Washington University
United States of America
SHUBHAM KEJRIWAL
Graduated 2022
Pursuing Ph.D.
National University of Singapore Singapore
MEET RAVAL
Graduated 2022
Pursuing Ph.D. University at Buffalo United States of America
VARCHASV CHOTANI
Graduated 2022
Pursuing M.Sc. Physics
Uppasala University
Sweden
VENNELA VURUPUTURI
Graduated 2023
Pursuing Ph.D. Physics
University of Maryland
United States of America
ANUSHIKHA CHAUDHURI
Graduated 2022
Pursuing M.A. Media Studies
University of Amsterdam Netherlands
HARSH GUJRATI
Graduated 2023
Pursuing M.Sc. Physics
Technical University of Dresden
Germany
RITWIK BANDYOPADHYAY
Graduated 2023
Pursuing Ph.D. Physics
University of Vermont
United States of America
IPSITA MANDAL
Assistant Professor
Marie Slłodowska-Curie
Frias Cofund Fellowship
SERB Ramanujan Fellowship, 2024
AKSAJ BHARATWAJ
To be Graduated 2024
Admission Offer Received:
Ph.D. Physics at University of Colorado Boulder
United States of America
KESAVAN KOMANDUR
Graduated 2023
Pursuing Ph.D. Physics
Ohio State University
United States of America
KAUSHIK VASAN
To be Graduated 2024
Academic Offers Received:
M.Sc. Physics at University College Dublin, United Kingdom
M.Sc. Physics at the University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
M.Sc. Physics at Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
The Physics Department at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence organized an International Conference on Sustainable Nanomaterial Integration and Organization for Energy and Environment (iSNIOE2) during 20 - 23 March 2024.
It brought international researchers and industries under one umbrella to share the latest advances in low-dimensional materials science and technology for various energy and environmental applications.
Bachelor of Science
Program Selection Criteria
Route 1: JEE Mains 2024 or 2023 + Interview*
B.Sc (Research) in Physics
Route 2: SNUSAT + Interview
Route 3: College Board SAT + Interview*
Route 4: ACT + Interview*
Route 5: CUET 2024 + Interview*
Class 12th Eligibility
Aggregate of best 4 academic subjects in the mark sheet must be >=65% (must include English, Mathematics & Physics)
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PROF. SUSANTA SINHA ROY
Head of the Department of Physics
susanta.roy@snu.edu.in
+91-120-7170100 Ext. 880
PROF. PRIYA JOHARI
Postgraduate Advisor priya.johari@snu.edu.in
+91-120-7170100 Ext. 206
DR. SAJAL KUMAR GHOSH
Undergraduate Advisor
sajal.ghosh@snu.edu.in
+91-120-7170100 Ext. 410
MS. HEENA SLATHIA
Senior Executive Assistant of HoD
heena.slathia@snu.edu.in
+91-120-7170100 Ext. 386
MAILING ADDRESS
Department of Physics, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR
NH 91, Tehsil Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh - 201314, India
Ph: +91-120-7170100, +91-120-2662002