The Department of Physics, founded in 2007, offers an important foundation course, Engineering Physics, for any Engineering Stream. The Department has a well-established laboratory for thirty students in the Batch. The faculties of the department are competent and specialized in the field of condensed matter physics, solid state and nuclear physics.

The Department is proud to be one of the leading research departments in the institution. It has been officially recognized as a research center by the Visveswarya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi, for its Ph.D. program. The Advance Research Center was established in 2011 and further upgraded with the sponsored research grant and support from DAE-BRNS, Mumbai; UGC-DAE-CSR, Indore; SERB-DST, New Delhi and MRF-MIT Mysore. The Research Center is equipped with state-of – the-art research equipment for the growth of bulk and nano-scale oxide materials. The development of a low-temperature laboratory for electrical and magnetic measurements is underway. The Department also has a well-established collaboration with the National and International Advanced Research Institute for specific characterization.

The Department has received three (one completed) major sponsored research projects worth Rs. 65 Lakhs. Currently, five Research Scholars are pursuing Ph.D. and one is awarded Ph.D. degree. The Faculty members and Research Scholars have published research papers in High Impact Peer reviewed Journals and conferences with National and International Repute. The faculty members and research scholars often visit various national and international laboratories for acquaintance of expertise in their field of Research.