The Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities was established in 2025, is one of the newest departments of Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University (A Central University). This department participates currently in B. Tech programs and the department teaches the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Social Science in the B. Tech. programs. It aims to provide high-quality teaching of basic science subjects to engineering students. The teachers are dedicated to provide individual attention to the students with the goal to develop a strong foundation for their respective future careers by nurturing their analytical abilities and critical thinking. The department provides well equipped laboratory facilities to the students as a part of their curriculum. At the same time, the department aspires to establish its name in research with global level, and high-impact outputs in the frontiers of applied sciences in interdisciplinary areas. Particularly, the department possesses some highly-motivated young faculty members with keen research experience from various premier institutes of India and abroad. Their research interests encompass diverse areas of applied as well as fundamental sciences, spanning fields like, organic solar cells energy conversion and storage devices, condensed matter physics, organic chemistry, pure and applied mathematics. The faculty members are currently focused on establishing their own research groups to pursue research on their respective thrust areas. The department offers Ph.D. program in, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics respectively.
VISION
To emerge as a dedicated center of excellence in applied sciences by imparting basic science knowledge to engineering students and taking a leading role in research in the frontier areas of applied sciences.
MISSION
- To impart quality basic science education to the students of UG/PG programs of engineering sciences.
- To educate youths with a strong foundation in applied sciences.
- To provide knowledge and skills for green and sustainable development.
To promote academic growth through the development of a new program as per NEP 2020, skill development courses, and state-of-the-art research facilities for research in the emerging areas of applied science