Bachelor of Science Honours in Physics

When the University of Jaffna was established as a Campus of the University of Sri Lanka in 1974 the government acquired the buildings, books and equipment of the undergraduate section of Jaffna College, Vaddukoddai for the temporary use of the Faculty of Science. The Department of Physics started functioning at Vaddukoddai soon after the assumption of duties of Dr.K.Kunaratnam as the Founder Professor and Head of the Department in April 1975. Two Probationary Assistant Lecturers, Miss W.M.F Vincent and Mr.K.Kandasamy, were recruited to the permanent academic staff in the same year. Both of them were sent abroad on leave for postgraduate studies two years later, one to the University of Queensland, Australia and the other to the University of Keele, UK. Two more Probationary Assistant Lecturers, Messers M.Ravichandran and M.Chelvayogan were added to the academic staff and Mr.A.Mahendrasingam was recruited as a permanent Instructor. They too went abroad for postgraduate studies soon and the academic programmes in the department were conducted by the Head with the assistance of temporary staff. The Technical staff consisted of Mr.K.Sivapragasam, Mr.M.Manoharan and Mr N.Kohuladas who were transferred from the Colombo and Peradeniya campuses of the University of Sri Lanka.