The department is engaged in the following focused research areas.

Physics Research Areas:

Plasma Science and Technology: Atmosppheic pressure glow discharge, DBD sources, Plasma medicine, Plasma nitiding, Impurity transport in tokamak plasma.

Material Science & Technology: Plasma based material treatment, Materials testing and Analysis.

Micro-strip Antenna designs:  Microstrip Antennas and Arrays, Broadband, Ultra-Wideband, Super Ultra-Wideband Antennas and RF communication technology.

Recent Research project:

Project title: Studies of High Z impurity behavior using VUV spectral emissions from the tokamaks in IPR.

Funding Agency: BRNS, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India

Sanctioned Grant: 25.6 Lakhs

Duration: 2017-2020

Conference/workshop organized by the department:

1. IPR Scientific Outreach Programme on Plasma, Its Applications and Nuclear Fusion (PLASMA GYAAN -2022), 22-26 August 2022.
2. 36^th National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology (PLASMA-2021), 13-15 December, 2021.
3. IAEA International Workshop on Challenges in Plasma Spectroscopy for Future Research Machines (CPS-08), 20-22 February, 2008.
4. One day workshop on Environment Friendly Plasma Nitriding Process for Surface Hardening of Industrial Components (Commemoration of National Science Day in Rajasthan), 11 May 2008.

Webinar/ Guest Lecturers/ Expert Talks Conducted:

1.Title: Surface Plasmons: Fundamentals and Applications in Fiber Optic Sensing.

Speaker: Dr. R K Verma, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Central University of Rajasthan.

Date: 12^th August 2022

2.Title: Solar Thermal Engineering for Sustainable Future.

Speaker: Dr. G D Agarwal-Professor, Mechanical Department, MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Date: 7^th June 2022.