एम.व्ही.पी. समाजाचे

के. टी. एच. एम. महाविद्यालय, नाशिक

(के.आर.टी. कला, बी.एच. वाणिज्य व ए.एम. विज्ञान महाविद्यालय.)

MVP SAMAJ'S

K.T.H.M. COLLEGE, Nashik

(K.R.T. Arts, B.H. Commerce and A.M. Science College.)

Physics Profile

 

1. Name of the Department : Physics

2 . Year of Establishment: 1969

3 . Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) :

UG

PG

Research

Other

B.Sc.

M.Sc.

Ph.D.

  Additional 10 credit courses for PG students

 · Human Rights and Value Education

 · Internet Cyber Security

 · Skill Development : Robotics

4 . Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved:

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology is one of the interdisciplinary programmes having number of interdisciplinary courses includes Cell Biology, Polymer Chemistry, Nano-Biotechnology, Applications of Nanotechnology in Environmental Science, Mathematics and Statistics, Basic Electronics. Departments like Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Environmental Science and Biochemistry are involved to complete the curriculum of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

5 . Annual/semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)

UG

Class  

Credit for Physics

Subject

Total Credits

Additional Credits

F.Y.B.Sc.

11

44

08

S.Y.B.Sc.

12

44

T.Y.B.Sc.

44

44

 

 

132


PG.

Class

Total Credits

M.Sc.-I

44

M.Sc.-II

44

                                    

 

 

 

    

Ph.D

Class

Total Credits

Ph.D.

18

 

6 . Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments:

Faculty of the department contributes in conducting two courses viz. Fundamental of Physics, Biophysics and Instrumentation of F.Y. B.Sc. of Biotechnology department. One faculty conducting courses at M.Sc. Environmental Science

7 . Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions: NIL

8 . Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons: NIL

9 . Number of teaching posts:

 

 

Sanctioned

Filled

Teaching Post

14

08 + 03(CHB-Grant)+ 02  (Non Grant)=13

*Out of Total filled post:  05 Associate Professor and 08 Assistant Professor

 

10 . Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization,

Name

Qualification

Designation

Specialization

  No. of Years of

Experience

Ph.D.

Students

Guided

Dr. S. S. Kale

(Principal)

M.Sc, Ph.D

Principal,

Professor

Physics

37

2

Dr. S.N.Ahire

M.Sc., Ph.D.

HOD,

Associate  Prof.

Physics

36

-

Mr. S.K.Marathe

M.Sc, ADCSSA. 

Associate Prof.

Physics

33

-

Dr. N.K.Pawar

M.Sc.  Ph.D.

Associate Prof.

Physics

33

-

Smt. S.N. Khairnar

M.Sc.

Associate Prof.

Physics

33

-

Mr. S.R.Sirsath

M.Sc.

Associate Prof.

Physics

33

-

Dr. G.J. Mogal

M.Sc. M.Phil., Ph.D.

Assistant Prof.

Physics

19

-

Mr. S.S.Bandgar

M.Sc. SET.

Assistant Prof.

Electronics

15

-

Smt. S.V. Buwa

M. Sc.  SET

Assistant Prof.

Physics

06

-

Dr. A.B. Rahane

M.Sc. SET

Ph.D. PDF

Assistant Prof.

Physics

08

-

Smt. D.R.Deore

M. Sc.  SET

Assistant Prof.

Physics

08

 

Mr. S.G.Parkhe

M. Sc.  SET

Assistant Prof.

Physics

06

-

Mr. S.A.Nikam

M. Sc.  SET

Assistant Prof.

Physics

05

-

Smt. N.N.Kushare

M. Sc.  SET

Assistant Prof.

Physics

02

-

Dr. M.K. Deore (Retired)

M.Sc., Ph.D. Professor   Physics 32 01

Dr. G. H. Jain

(Transferred)

M.Sc.  Ph.D. Associate  Prof.   Physics 33 12

Dr. S. R. Gadakh 

(Transferred)

M.Sc.  Ph.D. Associate Prof.   Physics 33 -

11 . List of senior visiting faculty

Name

Designation

Area of Research/Expertise

R.L. Patil

Associate Prof.

Physics

K.K. Thakur

Associate Prof.

Physics

D.V. Ahire

Associate Prof.

Physics

R.M. Choudhari

Associate Prof.

Physics

U.S. Jadhav

Associate Prof.

Physics

12 . Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (programme wise) by temporary faculty

Programme

Total workload of department

Total workload of permanent faculty

Lectures delivered by Temporary faculty

Practical classes Handled by Temporary faculty

No.

%

No.

%

B.Sc.

236

 

160

 

32

13.5

44

18.6

M.Sc.

84

-

24

100%

60

100%


13 . Student -Teacher Ratio (Programme Wise):

Level

Class

Number of Teachers

Student –Teacher Ratio

UG

B.Sc. Students Strength (FY/4+SY/3+TY)

(187/4+113/3+27) = 112

10

11:1

PG

M.Sc. Students Strength (Part-I+ Part-II)

(19+18)=37

05

7:1

14 . Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled

Number of Support Staff (Lab Assistant and Lab Attendant)

 

Sanctioned

Filled

Lab Assistants

01

01

Lab Attendants

03

03

15 . Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.

Qualifications of Teaching Faculty

PDF

Ph.D.

M. Phil.

PG with SLET/NET

PG

01

06

01

07

3

Note: Some M.Phil./ Ph.D. degree holders have also cleared NET/SLET

16 . Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received: NIL

17 . Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. & total grants received:

Name of the Department

Heads of Expenditure

Name of funding Agency

Grant Received (Rs)

NIL

NIL NIL NIL
  • International Travel Grants for attending conferences / symposia:

Name of the Teacher

Name of Funding Agency

Amount Sanctioned

Year

NIL

NIL NIL NIL

 

  • Associated Research Guide:

Name of the Recognized Research Guide

M.Phil./ Ph.D.

No of Ph.D. students Guided

No of M.Phil students Guided

Completed

Ongoing

Completed

Ongoing

Dr. A. C. Pawar

M.Phil./ Ph.D

-

3

-

-

Dr. N. U. Patil

M.Phil./ Ph.D

-

4

-

-

Dr. M. K. Zate

M.Phil./ Ph.D

-

3

 

 

Total

-

10

-

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19.   Publications:

Name of the Faculty/ student*

Research Papers

Total Publication

Books

Edited Book

Total Citation

H Index

Impact Factor

International

National

Proceeding

Prof. Dr. M. K. Deore

7

1

-

8

16

-

200

7

-

Dr. G. H. Jain

2

1

-

3

-

-

2554

27

-

Dr. S. R. Gadakh

1

-

-

1

-

-

167

5

-

Dr. G. J. Mogal

1

-

-

1

6

-

03

1

-

Dr. A. B . Rahane

-

-

-

-

8

-

277

9

-

S. S. Bandgar

1

-

-

1

1

-

-

-

 

S. G. Parkhe

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

V. G. Shinde*

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Arun B. Chavan*

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Swapnil S. Shendage*

1

1

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

Sagar Mane*

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

Poonam P. Sanap*

3

-

-

3

-

-

-

-

-

Satish P. Gupta*

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

Tushar S. Wagh*

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Mahendra M. Bagul*

1

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

Ajit Karanjekar*

2

-

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

Total

26

3

-

29

32

-

-

-

-

* PhD Students

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated:

Non remunerative consultancy

· Provides assistance to use various laboratory instruments to complete projects of students from various institutes in Nashik Viz. MVP’s Polytechnic College, Nashik; K. K. W. Polytechnic Chandori; Maratha High School Nashik and G. N. Sapkal Engg. College, Nashik.

· Provides assistance to use energy lab to New Age Renewable Energy, NGO for the training.

21. Faculty as members in

a ) National Committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards….

Name of the faculty

National /International/ Other Committee / Editorial Board

Dr. G.H. Jain

Chairman BOS Physics, SPPU

Member, Science Faculty

BOS Member, Nanoscience and Technology, SPPU

Member of Indian Science Congress

Dr. M.K. Deore

Associate Editor, International Journal of Chem.Phys. Sci.

Editorial Board member, Int. Journal of Mater.Sci.Appl.USA

               Member, Indian Science Congress, Kolkata

               Member of school Council School of Architect, Science and Technology,                       YCMOU, Nashik

                BOS member, Sathey college, Mumbai

               BOS Member, Changu Kana Thakur Arts, Sci. and Com. college, Panvel,                     New Mumbai(Autonomus)

Dr. A.B. Rahane

Convener, Institution Innovation Council ( IIC KTHM College)

Head, Startup and Innovation Cell

Member IQAC

Dr. G.J. Mogal

Student Development Officer

Member, College Magazine Committee

BOS, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Special Invites)

Member of Program Advisers Committee, YCMOU 

Criterion Coordinator,  IQAC

Smt. S.N. Khairnar

Member, College Website Committee

Dr. S.R. Gadakh

Member, Admission Committee

Member, Internal Quality Assurance Cell

Chairman, Science Association

BOS Member , SPPU

Reviewer, Materials Chemistry & Physics

Reviewer, Physica Scripta

Reviewer, Nano Hybrids and Composites

Reviewer, Journal of Physics: Energy

Reviewer, Journal of Nano Research

Reviewer, Engineering Chemistry

Mr.S. R. Shirsath

CEO, K.T.H.M College

Dr. N. K. Pawar

BOS Member, SPPU

Smt. S. V. Buwa

Member IQAC

Member VISHAKHA Committee

 

22 . Student projects:

a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter departmental/programme: 90%

b) Percentag e of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/ other agencies: 10%

 

23 . Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students

 

Name of Faculty / Students

Award  / Recognition

Year

Dr. G.H. Jain

Fellow, Maharashtra Science Academy

2022-23

Shinde Shubham Santosh

State Eligibility Test (SET) Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune

2022-23

Mangade Shruti Dashrath, Lachke Akshada Arun, Ghumare Aankasha Arun

National Graduate Physics Examination 2023, Indian Association of Physics Teachers, Kanpur

2022-23

Bachhav Viraj Santosh, Shinde Shubham Santosh

LVH INFFOFEST-2023, MGV’S Loknete Vyankatrao Hiray’s Art’s ,Science and Commerce College, Panchwati Nashik

2022-23

Aishwarya Meghraj Pawar, Kalamkar Bhavesh Devkisan, Mogal  Shruti Sachin, Bachhav Viraj Santosh, Vrushali Ahire

Aavishkar-2023, University  level for Post PG & PPG students, Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune

2022-23

Aishwarya Meghraj Pawar

Aavishkar-2023, State Inter University for Post PG Students (PPG), Savitribai Phule Pune University Pune

2022-23

Akansha Ghumare

MSc-I, received lokpradnya purashkar (2022-23) by Lokmat media group.

2022-23

Kad Gokul Ashok

TYBSc Student won Rs. 10000/- Prize on All India Essay Writing competition on Nuclear Technology conducted by the department of atomic energy.

2021-22

Shireen Khan

Gold Medal in MSc Physics from SPPU

2019-20

Dr. M.K.Deore

Best College Teacher Award , Sarvajanik Vachanalaya , Nashik

2019-20

Dr. G.J.Mogal

Smita Patil Shabd Pera Purskar, Girna Guarav Puraskar

 

2019-20


  • Financial Assistance Received by students

Name of the Students

Amount Received

per month

Year

Agency

Vishal G Shinde

31000

2022-24

Sarathi Fellowship

Sagar A. Nikam

31000

2022-24

Sarathi Fellowship

Nilesh. B Mharsale

31000

2020-23

Barti Fellowship

Kiran S. Bodke

31000

2022-24

MAHAJYOTI

 

  • Corpus fund ( Toppers Scheme) of College

Name of Student

Class

Year

Amount

NIL

NIL NIL NIL

 

24 . List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the department

  1. Dr. Fabian Ezema , Nigeria
  2. Dr. Girish Joshi, ICT Jalna.
  3. Rajan Jose , University of Malaysia, Pahang
  4. Dr. Chetansingh Solanki , IIT Bombay
  5. Prof. Dr. S. D. Dhole, SPPU Pune
  6. Dr. Ramesh Bhise, SPPU Pune
  7. Mr. Rupesh Labhade, IUCAA Pune
  8. Mr. Pramod Patil, GGSCOE, Nashik
  9. Capt. Nikhil Jadhav, Director CNJAA, Pune
  10. Prof. S.W. Gosavi, Dept. of Physics SPPU Pune.
  11. Prof. Sanjay Dhole, Dept. of Physics SPPU Pune.
  12. Prof. M.A. More, Dept. of Physics SPPU Pune.
  13. Prof. S. B. Ogale, Chief Scientist (G) NCL Pune
  14. Dr. P. K. Khanna, Scientist, DIAT, Pune
  15.  Prof. L. A. Patil, Principal, Pratap College, Amalner
  16.  Dr. V. L. Mathe, Dept. of Physics SPPU Pune.

25 . Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

 

Title of Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops

Funding Agency

Year

Sanctioned Amount

Guest Lecture by Dr. Girish Joshi, ICT Jalna

College

2023-24

-

Seminar on Overview of Reserches on Development of Various Electrodes for Energy storage and harvesting by  Prof. Fabian Ezema, Dean of Nigeria University.

College

2023-24

2000

Entrepreneurship opportunities in  Solar Panel Installation and Maintenance by Mr. Shrikant Jadhav

College

2023-24

2000

Visit to Indian Institute of Geomagnetism

College

2023-24

-

One day workshop on CCTV Installation and Maintenance

SDO, SPPU Pune

2022-23

5000

National Graduate Physics Examination ( NGPE)

-

2022-23

-

Visit to Air Quality Monitoring Station

College

2022-23

-

Field Visit to GMRT, Khodad, Narayangaon

College

2022-23

-

One day workshop on learn Physics through Experiment.

College

2022-23

2000

Visit to Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai

College

2022-23

-

National Conference on Advances in Material Science & Application

SRIDE Scheme, College

2021-22

-

Five Days Capacity Building Program in Physics

SRIDE Scheme, College

2021-22

-

20 Days PhD coursework programme

College

2021-22

33000

Celebration of National Energy Conservation Day

College

2021-22

-

Energy Swaraj Yatra & Talk by Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki

College

2021-22

10000

One day workshop on Electric motor repairing

SDO, SPPU Pune

2021-22

17000

One day workshop on Solar panel Installation and Maintenance

SDO, SPPU Pune

2021-22

7000

National Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics

College

2020-21

5000

26 . Student profile programme/course wise:

Name of the Course/programme

Applications

Received

 

Selected

Enrolled

Pass Percentage

*M

*F

UG

UG:2019-20

44

44

22

22

88.88%

UG:2020-21

72

72

 

 

98.61%

UG:2021-22

47

47

 

 

75.51%

UG:2022-23

50

45

15

12

81.48%

UG:2023-24

30

30

14

16

RA

PG

PG:2019-20

 

22

 

 

100%

PG:2020-21

 

21

 

 

100%

PG:2021-22

 

23

 

 

100%

PG:2022-23

 

19

07

12

75%

PG:2023-24

 

20

02

18

RA


*M = Male *F = Female *RA = Result Awaited

 

27 . Diversity of Students

Name of the

Course

% of students from the same state

% of students from other States

% of students from abroad

UG

100%

-

-

PG

100%

-

-

28 . How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc.?

Examination

NET

SLET

GATE

Other

2019-20

00

00

00

02

2020-21

00

03

01

00

2021-22

00

04

00

00

2022-23

00

01

00

00

2023-24

00

00

00

00

 

29 . Student progression

Student progression

Against % enrolled

UG to PG

25 %

PG to M.Phil.

-

PG to Ph.D.

04 %

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral

-

Employed

• Campus Selection

• Other than Campus Recruitment

10 %

50 %

Entrepreneurship/Self-employment

20%

30 . Details of Infrastructural facilities

a) Departmental Library

225 Books, 04 Journals

b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students

15 Nodes

c) Class rooms with ICT facility

01 Classroom, 01 Smart Board

d) Laboratories:

06

 

31 . Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university, Government or other agencies

·About 90% students get financial assistance from State Government agencies in the form of Scholarship / Free ship

· Financial Assistance Received by students from S.P. Pune University

Name of Scholarship

Year

UG/PG

Total students

Amount Received

Rajashri Shahu Maharaj,

Scholarship

2022-23

PG

01

 

2022-23

UG

01

 

 

32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /Seminar)  with external experts

 

Year

Title Type of Programme

Names of Resource Person(s)  (External)

21/02/2024

Guest Lecture by  Prof. Fabian Ezema, Nigeria

Prof. Fabian Ezema, Nigeria

28/02/2024

Guest Lecture on the Occasion on National Science Day Prize Distribution

Capt. Nikhil Jadhav, Director, CNJAA, Pune

06/02/2024

Entrepreneurship opportunities in  Solar Panel Installation and Maintenance by Mr. Shrikant Jadhav

Mr. Shrikant Jadhav

24/01/2024

Guest Lecture by Dr. Girish Joshi, ICT Jalna

Dr. Girish Joshi, ICT Jalna

21/01/2024

National Graduate Physics Examination ( NGPE)

Coordinator : Smt. S.N. Khairnar and Smt. S. V. Buwa

23/08/2023

Poster, Model and Rangoli competition and
Chandrayan III Landing Live Streaming at VLC hall.

 

18/07/2023

Guest Lecture on  Options after Physics

Mr. Tejas Thakare ( M.Tech IIT Madras)

14/07/2023

Chandrayan III Launch Live streaming at Physics Department.

 

11/04/2023

Visit to Air Quality Monitoring Station

-

16/02/2023

One day workshop on CCTV Installation and Maintenance

Mr. Pramod Pati, Asst. Professor GGS COE , Nashik

3/2/2023 - 22/2/2023

20 Days PhD coursework programme

Coordinator : Dr. S. R Gadakh

22/01/2023

National Graduate Physics Examination ( NGPE)

Coordinator : Smt. S.N. Khairnar and Smt. S. V. Buwa

16/10/2022

One day workshop on learn Physics through Experiment.

Mr. Rupesh Labhade, Outreach Officer IUCAA Pune

18/12/2021

Energy Swaraj Yatra & Talk by Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki

Prof. Chetan Singh Solanki

20/08/2020- 21/08/2020

National Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics

Mr. Mahesh Shetti, Dr. Gireesh Pimpale, Dr. K. S. Thakare

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Study tours and Exhibition

Title

Duration
(From date/to date)

Name of Coordinator

Exhibition on National Science day

28/02/2024

S. G. Parkhe

Field Visit to Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Alibaug, Dist. Raigadh

30-31 Jan 2024

S. G. Parkhe

Space Explorers Exhibition on occasion of landing on chandrayan III

23/08/2023

S.N. Khairnar

Visit to Air Quality Monitoring Station

11/04/2023

Dr. S. R. Gadakh

Visit to Nehru Planetarium, Mumbai

17/05/2023

S. G. Parkhe

Visit to advanced centre for energetic materials ( ACEM ) DRDO Nashik

21/02/2022

S. A. Nikam

Field Visit to GMRT, Khodad Narayangaon

02/12/2022

S. A. Nikam

 

33.       Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning:

  • Use of ICT
  • Small Projects
  • PPT Presentation
  • Smart Board
  • Educational CD
  • Use of models
  • Problem solving
  • Educational visits
  • Seminars
  • Video Animations

 

34.       Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities

  • The solar Energy Lab is made available to school and other college students and demonstration is given on solar energy equipment’s.

 

35.       SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans

  • Strengths
  • Adequate Infrastructure for laboratories.
  • Well Equipped Energy Laboratory.
  • Providing quality education to rural area students.
  • Weaknesses
  • Lack of well-established instrumentation facilities required for research.
  • Opportunities
  • Undertake minor/major research projects funded by various agencies
  • The department can play an important role for popularization & development of Nonconventional energy sources
  • Collaboration with renowned National / International Institutes.  
  • Challenges
  • To launch skill based job oriented programs.

 

Sl. No.

Title of the Book

Author Co-Author(s)

Name of the Publisher

Month, Year

ISBN No./ ISSN No.

State / National /International /

1

Condensed Matter Physics

A. B. Rahane

Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), Nashik

October 2023

978-81-19791-77-4

National

2

Atomic & Molecular Physics

A. B. Rahane

Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), Nashik

March 2023

978-93-95855-95-2

National

3

C-Programming and Computational Methods

A. B. Rahane

Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), Nashik

Sept 2022

 

 

   978-93-95855-05-1

National

4

C-Programming Practical

A. B. Rahane

Yashvantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU), Nashik

 

Oct 2022

-

National

5

Mechanics & Properties of Matter

M. K. Deore, A. B. Rahane, S. Shinde, P. B. Chaudhari, C. G. Dighavkar

Prashant Publications, Jalgaon

 

July 2019

 

 

978-93-85664-72-4

State

6

Physics Principles & Applications

M. K. Deore, A. B. Rahane, S. Shinde, P. B. Chaudhari, C. G. Dighavkar

Prashant Publications, Jalgaon

 

July 2019

 

 

978-93-85664-73-1

State

7

Heat & Thermodynamics

M. K. Deore, A. B. Rahane, S. Shinde, P. B. Chaudhari, M. Sarode, V. G. Wagh

Prashant Publications, Jalgaon

 

July 2019

 

 

978-93-89501-13-1

State

8

Electricity & Magnetism

M. K. Deore, A. B. Rahane, S. Shinde, M. Sarode, K. M. Sanawane

Prashant Publications, Jalgaon

 

July 2019

 

 

978-93-89501-14-8

State

9

Book Chapter: First Principles Calculations Of Dopant Effects In Boron Suboxide

J. S. Dunn, A. B. Rahane, Vijay Kumar

The American Ceramic Society, USA

25 December 2015

Print ISBN:9781119211730 Online ISBN:9781119211747

International

Link

  10

Book Chapter: Stabilization of Boron and Carbon Clusters with Transition Metal Coordination – An Electron Density and DFT Study

 

A. B. Rahane, R. Agarwal, P. Saha, N. Sukumar, V. Kumar John Wiley & Sons Ltd.  05 July 2024 Print ISBN:9781394217625 Online ISBN:9781394217656

International

Link

 

 
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