Deccan Education Society's

Fergusson College

(Autonomous)

Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University

NAAC accredited “A+” Grade (3.31 CGPA) | AISHE Code : C - 41431

UGC Special Heritage Status | UGC - College of Excellence (CE) | DBT - STAR Status

#F. C. Road, Shivaji Nagar, Pune - 411004

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Physics

Physics department is one of the largest and oldest departments in Fergusson College. Introduced as part of the Natural Sciences in 1894, it was established as a separate subject in 1903 in the College and affiliated to Bombay University before the University of Pune was established. Physics Department at Fergusson College has the honour of hosting the Physics Department of the University of Pune till the University Department had its own premises. The first separate Post Graduate section was introduced at the College in 1969. The department has produced a large number of graduate and post graduate students since its establishment.

Housed in a spacious building just next to the College Main Building it is a landmark in itself. With four dedicated laboratories and five classrooms with a capacity of more than 100 students each, it offers courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The post-graduation centre offers Materials Synthesis Processing and Applications, Astronomy and Astrophysics – I & II, Physics of Nanomaterials, Atmospheric Science, Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Thin Film Physics and Technology, Vacuum Science and Technology as elective courses at the PG level. Presently we conduct two divisions for the PG class. One division is grant-in-aid and the other is on a self-financed basis. Faculty members are actively involved in the syllabus framing and restructuring at the University level for both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Physics department is also recognized as a research center in Applied Physics since 2010 by the Savitribai Phule Pune University. There are three dedicated research laboratories for the same. Some teachers are recognized guides for the M. Phil. and Ph. D. degrees. Many research projects funded by the UGC, BRNS, BCUD-SPPU and ISRO are completed and some are still ongoing. Results of the research carried out in the department are published in many international journals, seminars and conferences.

Contact Information: Email and phone number with timings

physics@fergusson.edu

020 67656055 (11.00 am to 5.00 pm)

Department of Physics,

Fergusson College (Autonomous), Pune

Pune 411004

Programmes Offered

B. Sc. (Physics)

M. Sc. (Physics)

Ph.D.

Research Centre: Facility, Details of Ph.D. Scholars enrolled at department (from 2017-18 onwards)

Sr. No.	Name of the PhD scholar	Name of Guide	Title of Thesis	Year of registration
	Annasaheb Kanawade	Prof. Dr. K. M. Sonawane	Synthesis and characterization of novel hierarchical Nanocomposites for multifunctional applications: Photocatalysts, Sensors and Field emitters.	2016
	Ajay Kawade	Prof. Dr. K. M. Sonawane	Studies on Mesoporous SnO2 Films for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Application.	2016
	Dr. Kolhe Pankaj Sharad	Prof. Dr. K. M. Sonawane	Synthesis and Investigations of Doped and Undoped Metal Oxide Thin Films for Monitoring Toxic Gases	2016
	Ms. Buddhiwant Pallavi Govind	Dr. S. G. Kulkarni	Modelling ‘Simulations and Experimental investigations of Optical Waveguide sensors.	2016
	Ms. Alpana B. Shinde	Dr. S. G. Kulkarni	Studies on Gallium Substituted Nickel – Zinc Ferrites for Gas and Humidity Sensing Applications	2016
	Ms. Mandal Tripti Pijush	Dr. S. G. Kulkarni	Investigations of Structural, Physical and Multiferroic Properties of Chromium Substituted (Li, Cu) Fe2O4.	2016
	Mr. Aniket Kashinath Gonde	Dr. Kailash Sapnar	Application of split ring resonators for chemical sensing.	2018
	Mr. Kakade Prashant Madhukar	Prof. Dr. Nandkumar Mandlik	2D MXene with biomass derived porous carbon composite for supercapacitor application	2018
	Mr. Kachere Avinash Rajendra	Prof. Dr. Nandkumar Mandlik	2D Transition metal carbide/nitride MXenes for energy storage applications	2018
	Mr. Vaibhav Pawar	Prof. Dr. K. M. Sonawane	Studies on ZnxSn1-x (x: 0 to 1) Metal Oxides for Gas Sensor and Photodetector Applications	2021
	Mr. Ladhane Sandip Ashok	Dr. C. M. Mahajan	Investigations on Nickel, Copper and Zinc Based Metal Oxide Nanostructures for Optoelectronics and Photocatalytic Applications	2021

Mr. Manish Hiray

(M. Sc., SET)

Assistant Professor

Teaching Faculty

Note: Biodata of any of the above mentioned faculty member can be downloaded by clicking on their name.

Board Of Studies

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
	Prof. Dr. Nandkumar T. Mandlik	Chairman, Board of Studies in Physics
	Prof. Dr. Kishor M. Sonawane	Member
	Dr. Ms. RakaV. Dabhade	Member
	Dr. Ashish P. Yengantiwar	Member
	Dr. Ashish A. Nimbekar	Member
	Dr. Kailash B. Sapnar	Member
	Ms. Alpana B. Shinde	Member
	Dr. Ramchandra D. Narhe	Member
	Mrs. Pallavi C. Dixit	Member
	Dr. Alka V. Deshmukh	Member
	Mr. Gajanan D. Harale	Member
	Mr. Shahaji P. Kharat	Member
	Ms. Swati K. Gaikwad	Member
	Prof. Nandu Chaure	Vice Chancellor Nominee
	Dr. Bhas Bapat IISER Pune	Subject Expert-1
	Dr. Surhud More IUCAA	Subject Expert-2
	Dr. Rajendrakumar Sharma CMD,MD, SPEL	Post Graduate Meritorious Alumnus
	Mr. Nitin Pujari Head, Global EV Business & Key account management, Wipro PARI	Industry / Corporate Representative
	Mrs. Tripti Mandal	Invitee
	Mr. Vaibhav Lohakare	Invitee
	Dr. Kashmira Harpale	Invitee
	Ms. Mayuri Khade	Invitee
	Dr. Shruthi Nair	Invitee
	Mrs. Shubhangi Sadigale	Invitee
	Dr. Vidula Karpe	Invitee
	Mr. Nitin Ambre	Invitee
	Mr. Prasad Kulkarni	Invitee
	Mrs. Bhagyashree Khandare	Invitee
	Mr. Nitin Shenvi	Invitee
	Mr. Sarvesh Rajpathak	Invitee
	Mrs. Avantika Joshi	Invitee
	Mr. Chinmay Parkhi	Invitee
	Mr. Shubham Chavan	Invitee

Equipments

Sr. No.	Name of Equipment/Instrument
1.	TARA observatory an autonomous robotic observatory
2.	Thermal evaporation System
3.	Automated Spray paralysis unit
4.	Potentiostat
5.	DI Water Purifier
6.	Keithley Current/Voltage source meter
7.	High temperature furnace with temperature controller (2)
8.	Gas sensing unit
9.	Battery Tester
10.	Spin Coating unit
11.	Dip Coater unit
12.	Muffle furnace (3)
13.	Spectrometer for measurement of atmospheric NO2 and O3
14.	Electrochemical workstation
15.	UV cabinet
16.	Contact Angle Goniometer
17.	Programmable Centrifugal Machine
18.	Weighing balance
19.	Vacuum oven
20.	Hot air oven
21.	Humidity controlled unit
22.	Magnetic Susceptibility measurement unit
23.	Solar filter / Nexstar imager
24.	DSLR Canon 50D
25.	Antenna Trainer Kit
26.	Solar Photovoltaic Kit

Infrastructure

Classroom 5
Laboratories 7
Library 1
Museum 1
Seminar Hall 1
Tutorial room 2

Research Title: Research Projects

Details:

Sr. No.	Name of the Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable)	Name of the Funding agency	Type (Government/ Non-Government)	Department of Principal Investigator/ Co Investigator	Year of Award	Funds provided (INR in lakhs)	Duration of the project
1.	Dr. Raka Dabhade (Mentor for DST funded women scientist project, (Dr. Prathibha Mane as Principal Investigator)	Department of Science and Technology (DST)	Government	Physics	2019	33	3 years
2.	Dr. Kishor Sonawane	Department of Atomic Energy – Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (DAE-BRNS)	Government	Physics	2015	32	01/04/2015 to 30/09/2018
3.	Dr. Kishor Sonawane (PI) Dr. Sunil Kulkarni (Co-PI)	Department of Atomic Energy – Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (DAE-BRNS)	Government	Physics	2019	34.863	Oct 2019- 3 years
4.	Dr. Ashish Yengantiwar	UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific research, Indore (M.P.)	Government	Physics	2020	1.35	March 2020 to March 2023 3 years
5.	Dr. Ashish Yengantiwar	Indian Space Research Organization ISRO-SPPU cell (JRP) Pune	Government	Physics	2021	20.10	OCT 2021 to SEPT 2023 2 years

Alumni

Sr. No.	Name of Alumni	Present Position
1.	Omeshwari Bisen	Ph.D. (IISc Bangalore), Post-doc at Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin, Germany
2.	Parisee Shirke	Ph.D. (IUCAA, Pune)
3.	Swarnim Shirke	Ph.D. (IUCAA, Pune)
4	Bhavana Bhat	Ph.D. (University of Bologna, Italy)
5.	Nipun Bhave	Ph.D. (IISER, Pune)
6	Pratik Lonare	Ph.D. (University of Rome, Italy)
7	Samadhan Kamble	Ph.D. (IIT Madras)
8.	Pranav Chandarana	Ph.D. (University of Basque Country)
9.	Durgesh Borkar	Ph.D. (IISc Bangalore)
10.	Dnyaneshwari Godase	Assistant Block Development Officer (MPSC)
11.	Adishree Lahiri	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, with FULL scholarship, Germany 2021
12.	Parth Thakkar	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, with FULL scholarship, Germany 2021
13.	Pranav Limaye	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, Germany
14.	Aditya Pandya	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, Germany
15.	Maerpreet Arora	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, Germany
16.	Manisha Panigrahi	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, Germany
17.	Bhavesh Rajpoot	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, Germany
18.	Prabhanjan Telang	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, Germany
19.	Prabhanjan Kulkarni	Ludwig-Maximilians University Munchen
20.	Nandini Jain	Postdam University, Germany
21.	Josin James	Brock University
22.	Ajinkya Kakade	Postdam University, Germany
23.	Tanvi Thakur	University of Hamburg, Germany
24.	Soham Kulkarni	Ludwig-Maximilians University Munchen
25.	Sanket Bangar	University of Bonn, Germany with a fully funded scholarship for Masters in Astronomy & Astrophysics.
26.	Prathamesh Ingale	University of Bonn, Germany for Masters in Astrophysics.
27.	Ishan Joshi	University of Stuttgart, Germany
28.	Gargi Gore	University of Hamburg, Germany
29.	Swarali Talele	University of Hamburg, Germany
30.	Rishab Moolya	University of Hamburg, Germany
31.	Moin Kadiwala	University of Hamburg, Germany
32.	Anushka Menon	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, with Full scholarship, Germany
33.	Aditya Khalatkar	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, with Full scholarship, Germany
34.	Shravani Pandit	Bonn Cologne Graduate program, with Full scholarship, Germany

Consultancy Services

S. No.	Title of the collaborative activity	Name of the collaborating agency with contact details		Name of the participant	Year of collaboration	Duration	Nature of the activity
1	Memorandum of Understanding	Deccan Education Society’s Fergusson College (Autonomous) Pune	Government of Maharashtra’s Rajaram College, Kolhapur	Dr. Raka V. Dabhade Dr. Ketaki Ketan Patankar	22/09/2021	3 years	Collaboration for Training, internships/projects
2	Memorandum of Understanding	Deccan Education Society’s Fergusson College (Autonomous) Pune	Shiksha Mandal’s Bajaj College of Science (Autonomous), Wardha	Dr. Ravindrasing G. Pardeshi Dr. Om Mahodaya	21/12/2020	3 years	Collaborarate for skill based Training, Internship, Placement, Higher education, Research and any other area in Academics
3	Memorandum of Understanding (TARA project)	Deccan Education Society’s Fergusson College (Autonomous) Pune	Cork Institute of Technology, Cork	Dr. Ravindrasing G. Pardeshi Orla Flynn	24/11/2016	Until terminated	FC and CIT wish to work together on project TARA, an array of small optical telescopes with sites in Cork (operated by CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory (BCO)), Pune (operated by FC), and Ormondale (operated via CIT-BCO)