The School is uniquely placed to conduct interdisciplinary teaching and research activities in Physical, Chemical and Applied Sciences. The Departments of this School offer M.Sc (two year) and Ph.D. programmes in Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Disaster Management (Port Blair) & Applied Psychology. The Departments of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Science also offer Integrated M.Sc programmes of five years duration in Physics, Chemistry and Applied Geology for the +2 students. Ph.D programmes of Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore and Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad are co-ordinated by the School under MoUs. <br> All the Departments have distinguished faculty and excellent laboratory and Computational facilities. There are more than 200 research scholars engaged in frontline areas of research. A high percentage of M.Sc. students of the School have qualified National Level Tests, UGC-CSIR, NET and GATE which stands as testimony for the quality of teaching and research. The students and researchers of the school routinely use Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) and Library. Department of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences are supported by DST-FIST and UGC-SAP programmes. Sophisticated research equipments have been procured under these funding and these are extensively used for teaching and research. The faculty members of the School have attracted funding for research from various National Agencies and Industries.