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The Physics Department of Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, affiliated to the University of Calcutta, started its journey as a General Course in 1961. The college started a Baccalaureate Degree program in Physics Honours for the first time in the academic Session 2012-2013. Currently the department is managed by five full time Faculty members. Our focus is not just on teaching text materials and the art of writing good answers, but also on developing technical skills and innovation and overall development of the students. Class tests, quizzes are organized in a regular interval as a part of formative assessment. Students are also encouraged to deliver lectures and presentations on Students' Seminar as a preparatory step to research activities in future. Such activities help to develop personality, fluency in English and enhance their ability to withstand situations like interviews etc. Eminent speakers are invited to talk in seminars organized by the department. This is to motivate students and make them aware of cutting-edge research areas. Students are also encouraged to contribute to College magazine, Wall magazines, read articles in the class and make interesting scientific models during the Annual Exhibition. As and when possible, teachers of the Department guide students to make the best possible use of both the departmental library as well as the central Library which has a very good collection of books, journals and e-books. Since parental guidance and monitoring is essential for the overall development and academic progress of the students, the Departmental faculty members meet with the guardians to interact with them along with their wards.

Vision & Mission

To build a strong foundation in overall understanding of the subject as a whole by igniting passion, interest and nurturing enthusiasm. The department also imparts knowledge with rigorous academic training simultaneously discovering the joy of learning.

The mission is to generate quality human resources for the nation to meet the changing needs of humanity.

Achievements

Manami Roy was a senior research fellow in Astrophysics and Astronomy at Raman Research Institute. At present she is a pre-doctoral fellow at Flatiron Institute- Center for Computational Astrophysics New York USA.
Srinjana Rout is pursuing PhD in Aryabhatta Reseach Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Naninital. Also a former summer intern at S N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences.
Oishi Chakraborty is pursuing PhD in Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.
Smritiparna Ghosh is pursuing Ph.D. in UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore
Neha Sharma is a project intern in Cosmology at Delhi University joined in June-2022.
Soumita Chakraborty is a project assistant at IISER, Kolkata.
Debarati Pal is an assistant Manager at Bangiya Gramin Bikash Bank.
Monica Chowdhury studied M.Tech (Applied Optics) at Technology Campus, CU after completing MSc in Electronics from WB State University.
Arpita Saha presented a poster on "Asteroids, Comets and Meteorites: Tools for understanding the Unknown about the Solar System" in Indian Planetary Science Conference-2021 organized by PRL-Ahmedabad on 25- 26 February 2021. Arpita's artwork(s) for an Astrobiology Artbook was a part of Astrobiology course conducted by ACEA, AU Mumbai, BMSIS and Mars Society Australia was published in December 2020. She was also selected as a Research Associate for BMSIS Young Scientist Program in June 2021.
Sayani Das, Aditi Das and Arpita Saha are the former interns at IUCAA (Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics).
Sayani Das is a Q&A Expert in Advanced Physics at Chegg India.
Ranjita Shaw is studying MSc in Geophysics at IIT Kharagpur.
Student Achievements

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