Goa University: School of Physical and Applied Sciences

Vice-Dean (Research)

Rajendra S. Gad

Professor of Electronics

Year of Establishment : 2020

Office Phone : +91-8669609214(Physics); -220(Electronics); -206(Mathematics)

Email : Dean: [email protected];
Vice-Deans: [email protected]

Preamble:

The School of Physical and Applied Sciences is a result of the amalgamation of three correlated departments which belonged to the erstwhile Faculty of Natural Sciences. Individually, the departments have a long and glorious past. Department of Physics (established in 1963 as a part of Centre for Postgraduate Instruction and Research (CPIR) of University of Mumbai) and Department of Mathematics (established in 1965 as a part of CPIR of University of Mumbai) are two of the oldest departments that served the local students by providing them quality higher education in two of the oldest fundamental sciences for more than four decades. Department of Electronics, on the other hand, was established in 2010, centred around the M.Sc. Electronics programme started by the Physics department in 1992.

The three departments have come together to multiply their strengths and chart out new interdisciplinary programmes of teaching and research. The first two of such programmes are M.Sc. in Biophysics and M.Sc. in Computational Physics. These new programmes will add to the existing M.Sc. Physics, now rebranded as M.Sc. in Solid State Physics, M. Sc. Mathematics and M.Sc. Electronics.

The focus of this School is to develop strong teaching and research programmes in Physical and Applied Sciences. The departments which formed this School had identified thrust areas which continue, but the amalgamation will lead to the emergence of new areas bordering the cutting edge areas of research.

All the three departments that formed this School were well funded. Department of Science and Technology, Government of India under its Fund for Infrastructure in Science and Technology (FIST) programme as well as by the University Grants Commission under its Special Assistance Programme (SAP) provided research funding to the Department of Physics. Department of Mathematics also received funding under the DST-FIST programme while the Department of Electronics was identified by UGC to initiate Innovative program in Embedded Technologies. Additionally, individual research projects funded by the DST-SERB, CSIR, UGC, DoE, ICAR, DST, MeitY, ICMR, etc. have led to the development of research facilities in the School.

The School also offers UGC approved certificate and diploma programmes in Fundamental of computers & networking and Advanced instruments, gadgets & appliances, to provide skill-based education under National Skill Qualifications Framework (NSQF). These programmes will be extended to advanced diploma and B. Voc. degree programme in near future. The aim is to enable a person to acquire desired competency levels via multiple pathways, within vocational education and vocational training, transit to the job market and, at a reasonable time, return for acquiring additional skills to upgrade their competencies.

The success of the School is a result of the foundations of a vibrant academic culture and significant contributions of several of our distinguished colleagues including D.B. Wagh, A. Wagh, A.K. Heblekar, C. Mande, S.G. Deo, R.B. Prabhu, Y.S. Prahalad, A.B. Bhattacharya, P.R. Sarode, J.A.E. Desa, R.B. Tangsali, Y.S. Valaulikar, G M. Naik, Uma Subramanian, M.T. Nair, S. Pandit, G.R. Bhat, A. Banerjee, M. Ganesh, A.J. Jayanthan, P.K. Choudhuri, R.K. Kamat, R. Panda and A. Mohapatra.

Thrust areas:

• Analysis, Lie Algebra and Discrete Mathematics

• Embedded System and Biomedical Instrumentation

• Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

• Biophysics

• Computational Physics

Academic programmes leading to a Degree / Diploma / Certificate :

Programme		Programme Director	Intake
M.Sc. Electronics	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Syllabus 2022-23	Jivan S. Parab	19
M.Sc. Mathematics	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Syllabus 2022-23	Manvendra Tamba	38
M.Sc. Physics	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Syllabus 2022-23	Cherukulappurath Sudhir	50
M.Phil. Mathematics		-	-
M.Phil. Physics		-	-
Ph.D. Electronics		-	-
Ph.D. Mathematics		-	-
Ph.D. Physics		-	-
Vocational Programmes under NSQF	Time Table \| Syllabus 2022-23	Narayan T. Vetrekar	-

Faculty:

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
Bhargav K. Alavani	Assistant Professor	Condensed Matter Physics, Computational Physics
Elaine T. Dias	Assistant Professor	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Brandon Fernandes	Assistant Professor	Lie Algebra, Linear Algebra
Rajendra S. Gad	Professor	Multivariate Signals &Systems and Computer Networks
Aniketh A. Gaonkar	Assistant Professor	Biometrics, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Robotics
Pallavi Pandhari Gaude	Assistant Professor	Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Sandeep Babu Gawali	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Solid-state lasers, Semiconductor Lasers, Optics
Mridini Gawas	Assistant Professor	Differential equations, Integral Equations, Linear Algebra, Partial differential equations
Venkatesha R. Hathwar	UGC - Assistant Professor	X-ray Diffraction, Chemical Physics and Quantum Crystallography, Crystal Engineering, Structural Materials Science
RajeshKumar Shankar Hyam	UGC - Assistant Professor	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Nanomaterials for Energy Applications, Superconducting Materials, Pulsed laser deposition of thin films
Priyanka V. Kamat	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Signal Processing, Image Processing, Wavelet Filter Banks
Mailattu Kunhanandan	Assistant Professor	Functional Analysis and Discrete Mathematics
Pranav Naik	Assistant Professor	Nanomaterial synthesis, Magnetism, Electrical properties, Radiation effect
Bholanath Pahari	UGC - Assistant Professor	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, NMR Spectroscopy
Ramesh V. Pai	Professor	Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Phase Transitions, Many-body Physics in Ultra-cold Atoms
Prabhakar Palni	Assistant Professor	Experimental High Energy Physics and Nuclear Physics
Jivan S. Parab	Associate Professor	Embedded System Instrumentation, DSP,RTOS, HDL, Fiber optic sensors
Jessica Fernandes e Pereira	Assistant Professor	Graph Theory, Topology, Linear Algebra,Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics, Optimization, Operations Research
Yogini Prabhu	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Embedded systems, photonics-spectroscopy, machine learning, artificial intelligence
Shreya Sanket Prabhudesai	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Artificial Intelligence, Industry 4.0
Kaustubh R.S. Priolkar	Professor	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics; Structure - Property Correlation in Functional Materials Using X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (EXAFS and XANES)
Reshma Raut Dessai	Assistant Professor	Neutron Scattering, Porous media, Condensed matter Physics, Glass, Ceramic, Xray Astronomy
Marlon Darius Sequeira	Assistant Professor	Embedded systems, signal processing, FPGA.
Cherukulappurath Sudhir	UGC - Assistant Professor	Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Near-field optics, Super-resolution Microscopy
Manvendra Tamba	Assistant Professor	Lie Algebra, Number Theory
Narayan T. Vetrekar	Assistant Professor	Pattern Recognition, Biometrics, Multi-spectral Imaging, Machine Learning, Image Processing

Superannuated Faculty:

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
A.J. Jayanthan	Associate Professor	Topology
Gourish M. Naik	Professor (HAG)	Fiber Optics & Sensors, Opto-electronics, Biomedical Instrumentation
Uma Subramanian	Professor	Experimental Solid State Physics
Yeshwant S. Valaulikar	Associate Professor	Ordinary and Delay Differential Equations