About Us
This interdisciplinary research Centre was established in late 2018 with funding from the OHEPEE Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Odisha, India, under the auspices of the World Bank, appointing an eminent scientist Dr. N. K. Sahoo (Former Associate Director of the Physics Group at the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Visakhapatnam) as the mentor. The head of the Dept. of Physics, Prof. Sukanta Kumar Tripathy is co-ordinating it, with active aid from four faculty members of Berhampur University, three postdoctoral associates, and ten research scholars Dr. N. K. Sahoo, engaged on a wide spectrum of research activities. The centre is currently working on numerous projects financed by DST, DAE (Government of India), and OURIIP (Government of Odisha, India). The chief goals of the centre include developing and prototyping of low cost optical sensors for healthcare, food security and diverse environmental applications based on Nano science and technology. Since its inception, i
