Prithvi Narayan Campus, Pokhara, Nepal

Department of Physics

The science teaching was started at PN Campus in 2019 BS for the Intermediate of Science (I.Sc), which was started with 5 students, but that was started in Bhadra and terminated in Paush in the same year. The programme was restarted in Bhadra 2024 BS with 10 students in the Science Building which was newly built with financial support of the Nepal government in 2022 BS. In the beginning, Dr. Aleyamma John was given the responsibility to handle the course in Science though she had the degree in Zoology. After some time, Collin Smith (Putali Baje) taught Science for a few months and then Krishna Kant Benarji was hired for the post who frequently headed the Department of Physics for more than 4 decades.

The Science Laboratory was established with financial support of UNESCO in 2024 BS. The Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) programme was began in 2044 BS. Now, the department has more than 35 faculty members and 7 administrative staff. Recently, Kul Prasad Dahal heads the department.

The department in collaboration with Nepal Physical Society – Western Regional Chapter, it has started publishing a Physics journal named “The Himalayan Physics”, which is regularly published on the annual basis since 2009. The journal includes research articles produced by the faculty members of the department. The department also conducts seminar/workshops, talk programmes, and conferences occasionally.

The following are the former faculty members of the department who were the Head in the department:

  1. Krishna Kant Benarji
  2. Pabitra Mani Paudyal
  3. Namo Narayan Yadav
  4. Kul Prasad Dahal
  5. Surya Bahadur G.C.
  6. Kul Prasad Dahal
  7. Parashu Ram Poudel (recently)

Contact
Benimadhav Dhungana
Head
Department of Physics
Institute of Science & Technology
Prithvi Narayan Campus (Tribhuvan University)
Bhimkali Patan, Bagar
Pokhara, Nepal
Email: info@pncampus.edu.np

The Faculty Members Directory

S.No.NameTitleAdmin TitleCV
1. Kul Prasad Dahal Associate Professor
2. Surya Bahadur GC Associate Professor
3. Ramsajila Verma Associate Professor
4. Parashu Ram Poudel Associate Professor
5. Beni Madhav Dhungana Associate Professor Dept. Head
6. Dorik Narayan Yadav Lecturer
7. Min Raj Lamsal Lecturer Asst. Campus Chief
8. Mitra Mani Subedi Lecturer
9. Khadka Bahadur Chhetri Lecturer
10. Jivan Regmi Lecturer
11. Lakpa Ksering Gurung Lecturer
12. Baburam Sharma Lecturer
13. Thakur Prasad Acharya Lecturer
14. Rabi Karki Lecturer
15. Dipak Adhikari Lecturer
16. Prem Raj Poudel Lecturer
17. Chhabi Kumar Shrestha Lecturer
18. Shree Kanta Subedi Lecturer
19. Resham Poudel Lecturer
20. Ujir Gurung Teaching Assistant
21. Surya Mohan Tiwari Adjunct Faculty
22. Ram Prasad Subedi Adjunct Faculty
23. Rajan Poudel Chhetri Adjunct Faculty
24. Arjun Poudel Adjunct Faculty
25. Ek Narayan Bhandari Adjunct Faculty
26. Santosh Karki Adjunct Faculty
27. Prakash Chandra Regmi Adjunct Faculty
28. Surendra Adhikari Adjunct Faculty
29. Dhakaram Poudel Adjunct Faculty
30. Hari KC Adjunct Faculty
31. Santosh Thapa Adjunct Faculty
32. Arjun Banstola Adjunct Faculty
33. Dr. Kapil Adhikari Adjunct Faculty
34. Suman Gautam Adjunct Faculty
35. Arjun Prasad Chapai Adjunct Faculty
36. Indra Raj Shakya Adjunct Faculty
37. Sushil Adhikari Adjunct Faculty
38. Kamal Raj Poudel Adjunct Faculty
39. Ruku Banstola Adjunct Faculty
40. Samita Malla Adjunct Faculty
41. Satya Narayan Adhikari Adjunct Faculty