Electronics

Department of Electronics was established in 2003. The department offers B.Sc General course in Electronics (ELTG) with Part I, Part II, and Part III and CBCS system as per University of Calcutta norm.

 

Faculty members:

Dr. Sovan Kumar Panda (Assistant Professor)

Dr. Abdul Khaleq (Assistant Professor)

Mr. Soumya Saha (Assistant Professor)

 

Laboratory:

The department has a well-equipped laboratory for Analog & Digital Electronics, Tele-communication, Microprocessor & Microcontroller practicals. Computer Science Honours students also share this laboratory for their Hardware practicals. 

 

The department also has a Nanomaterial Processing Research Laboratory with the following equipment facilities:

  • Fumehood
  • Hot Air Oven 
  • Microbalance (0.1 mg resolution)
  • Heater with a magnetic stirrer
  • pH meter
  • Ultra-sonicator
  • UV cabinet (365 nm, 256 nm sources)
  • UV-VIS-NIR spectrophoto meter
  • Chiller (up to 5 Degree)
  • Furnace (800 Degree C)
  • DC Power supply (60V, 3A)
  • I-V measurement facility
  • CRO, DSO
  • Resistivity measurement at different temperatures by four probe technique.

Computational and other Facilities:

Computers, Printer-scanner-copier, LCD projector based classroom, Wi-Fi Internet facility for research students. 

 

Research Project:

1. Name of the Project: INSPIRE Faculty Project

Project Title: Fabrication of vertically aligned Si nanowire array for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)-based sensors.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Sovan Kumar Panda (INSPIRE Faculty Awardee)

Funding Agency: DST, New Delhi

Status: Completed (up to 23/12/2018)

Research Grant: 35 Lakh (@7Lakh/year for 5 years)

 

2. Project Title: Fabrication of Thin Film Transistor (TFT)-based UV Sensor Device.

 

 Principal Investigator: Dr. Sovan Kumar Panda

 

 Department: Electronics

 

 Funding Agency: SERB, New Delhi

 

Scheme: Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE)

 

 Tenure: 3 years (2024-2027)

 

 Research Grant: 15 Lakh (@5Lakh/year for 3 years)

 

 Mentoring Institution: Indian Association for the cultivation of Science, Kolkata

 

 

 

 

Research group: 

Research Student: VACANT

Supervisor: Dr. S. K. Panda

 

Other Activities:

  • Students from the Department of Electronics participated in various events including the Model Exhibition, Quiz contest of Bongiyo Bigyan Utsav which was held at Chandernagore College on 17-18 Feb, 2015
  • One day Educational Tour at Science City Kolkata was held on 13th March, 2015
  • Documentary show on 'Recent Developments in Science and Technology', 15/03/2016 at 12:00 noon
  • Science Exhibition at College campus from 26th to 28th Feb, 2018
  • One Day National Seminar on 'Nanotechnology' on 31/01/2019
  • One-day educational tour at Science City, Kolkata was held on 19th March, 2019.
  • Webinar on "MANAGING STRESS AND WORRY DURING THE OUTBREAK OF COVID-19", by Dr, Sanchita Ghosh, West BengalState University, Jointly Organized by Department of Mathematics, Electronics and Philosophy on 20/06/2020
  • National Webinar on "Multi-Scale Model and Irregular Oscillation", by prof. Malay Banerjee, Professor, IIT-Kanpur, Jointly Organized by Department of Mathematics and Department of Electronics,03/08/2020 at 4 PM, Platform: Google Meet & You Tube
  • International Webinar on "Dielectric Nanophotonics as an Alternative to Nanoplasmonics" by Dr. Uttam Manna, Illinois State University, USA, Jointly Organized by Department ofElectronics and Physics, 06/09/2020, at 6 PM, Platform: Google Meet