The Department was established in the year 2003 with a four semester M.Sc. program. The department runs M.Sc. program using the framework of NEP 2020 and a Ph.D Course. It has its thrust areas in the fields of Condensed Matter Physics, Spectroscopy, Electronics, Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics. The teaching and research activities of the Department are supported by DST through FIST. Presently the department has 8 permanent faculty members with 4 non-teaching staff.