The Department of Physics is one of the the most prestigious departments of the College. The Department started functioning in 2013. The B.Sc. degree programme was started in 2013 and in 2015 the M.Sc. degree programme was started. Later in 2017, the Department was upgraded as a Research Centre of the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. Currently the Department has eight faculty members and two technical staff. The department has a team of well experienced, dedicated and competent faculty including six doctorates. and one faculty qualified with NET. The Department of Physics excelled as the first doctoral department of the College. Among the faculty two are recognised as research guides by M.S. University. The department is also having well equipped laboratories with internet facility and smart class rooms to enrich the students with latest technologies. The facilities available in our research lab are Spin coater, Dip coater, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, LCR Meter, Microwave Ovens, Muffle furnaces, Hot plates, particle size analyser, Distillation plant, etc. The Department has organized various conferences, seminars, webinars and other academic events over the years. We also encourage researchers from other institutions to utilize our research facilities. Currently there are 6 students carrying out their research here. Faculty members have published more than 24 research papers in international journals and 5 in conference proceedings.