Dr. Ganeswar Mishra is presently working as Head, Department of Physics at DAVV, Indore. Earlier He served as Dean of Science faculty of the university and member of Executive Council of the university. He served as the Chairman, Board of studies. He holds the post of Professor and teaches electromagnetic theory, laser physics and fiber optics to the UG and post graduate students of the department. He completed Ph.D. in physics from IIT Delhi and joined Devi Ahilya University in the year 1990. He has supervised 15 Ph.D. students, 2 post-doctoral students and several postgraduate students. He has 132 peer reviewed International Journal publications. His current research interests are undulator technology for free electron laser and laser accelerator.

The School of Physics was established in the year 1971. It started with a programme on M.Sc. Physics. M.Tech. in Laser science and Application was established on support from National Laser programme of Department of Atomic Energy, Mumbai. (NLP-BRNS) in the year 1995. The degree is AICTE approved. The Department M.Sc. (Material Science) in the year 2004 under UGC Innovative Programme – Teaching and Research in Interdisciplinary and Emerging areas. Under NEP policy the Department runs B.Sc. Hons. in Physics - a four-year degree programme in Physics since 2019. The Department was supported Level-II category- Funds for Improvement of S&T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) of DST, Delhi in 2003. The Department was recognized for special assistance under Special Assistance Programme (SAP) of UGC-Delhi, Level of DRS-I in 2016. The Department has received several individual centric research projects over the years. The Department shares a major contribution towards NAAC grading of the university. Under his leadership, the department maintains a level of excellence and standards in all programs that will give students and faculties national and international significance and recognition.

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