Started along with the college in 1950, the department of Physics claims the credit of crowning 46 Degree and 39 Post Graduate batches with victory. The pioneers of this department include Prof. A.V. Varkey, Prof.. Joseph Ittyavirah and Rev. E.V. Thomas. This department is proud of its alumni like Antony Francis, Scientist, USA, V.P.N Namboothiri I.S.O., CUSAT, Sakir T. Thomas, I.R.S. whose careers are excellent sequels to their study here. It has one major project and 3 minor UGC Projects amounting to Rs. 10 lakhs to its credit. It became a research department in 2000 and has a number of research publications in international and national journals.