History

Year of Establishment : December 15, 1984

History of the department : The Department of Electronic Science in Calcutta University was established on December 15, 1984. University Grant Commission and Department of Electronics, Govt. of India jointly decided to introduce a two-year M. Sc. course in Electronic Science with a view to bridge the gap between science and technology in the area of Electronics to develop Human Resources to cater the needs of both Research and Development (R & D) and Industry sectors. It is a DST-FIST and DST-PURSE Sponsored Department.

Thrust areas in teaching and research of the academic department:

• Semiconductor materials growth, devices, physics, design and characterization.
• Transport in semiconductor materials, low dimensional devices and nanostructures.
• Semiconductor Nano-Science and Nano-Technology
• Nano-scale CMOS Devices, MOS Insulator, Strained-Si and CMOS Devices.
• Optoelectronics, fiber-optics and photonics.

Major activities:

• National conference on Optoelectronic materials and devices, 1989
• International conference on Electronic and Photonic Materials, Devices and Systems (EPMDS-06), 2006

Contact

Campus : Rashbehari Shiksha Prangan

Address for communication : Meghnad Saha Bhavan, 92 Acharyya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata 700009