We are a national pioneer in research on astroparticle physics and cosmic rays, foundations of quantum physics and interdisciplinary physics. The institute participates in ALICE at LHC, CERN and is the nodal centre in India to facilitate Indian activities at the largest upcoming accelerator facility worldwide - Facility for Antiproton Ion Research (FAIR) at GSI, Germany.

High quality research is presently carried out in the department in the areas of biophysics, complex systems and network science, condensed matter physics, astroparticle physics, high energy physics, mathametical physics, string theory,  interdisciplinary physics, materials science, nuclear physics, quantum information and statistical physics

Research group is answering the wide-ranging questions related to atmospheric sciences like (A) Air quality investigations, (B) Atmospheric measurements techniques (C) Precipitation and aerosol interactions (D) Ocean-Atmosphere interactions (E) Atmosphere-Biosphere interactions.