 As an academic department, it now has research programmes in the areas of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, sponsored by external funding agencies including DST, DAE, UGC, AICTE, KSCSTE and TWAS.It also offers consultancy for the design and fabrication of experimental systems for teaching, research, calibration and industrial applications.The department offers a four-year BTech(Bachelors) course in Instrumentation Technology, two-year MTech course in Instrumentation Technology and two-year MSc course in Instrumentation.