The department of Physiology was established in the year 1968 along with the foundation of the third Medical College of Assam, Silchar Medical College. Since then, the department has been contributing as one of the foundation pillars to raise Silchar Medical College as the prestigious institution of the North-East India.

1. Organization of the Department: The department is well organized with dynamic faculty members and postgraduate students who dedicatedly worked for the upliftment of the department. The department has separate rooms for each faculty members, an office room, well equipped haematology, clinical, animal and Research laboratories, a seminar room, demonstration room, Yoga laboratories, department library and a museum.
2. Faculty Position: The department is supported by two Professors, two Associate Professors, three Assistant Professors and four Demonstrators.
3. Different Facilities Available: The department is well equipped with modern machines & instruments which are solely used for teaching and research purpose.
4. Academic Activities: Every Year 125 MBBS undergraduate and 2 Post Graduate students take admission into the department. The department enriches the students with CBME curriculum by means of early clinical exposure, Group discussion, Seminar, Self Directed Learning, AETCOM etc. The students are regularly evaluated by various assignments and formative Assessment. The department is also entrusted with the task of conducting BDS, B Sc. Nursing, B Sc. Medical Technology and Paramedical Classes.
5. Research work, Publication, CME, workshop organized by the department last year and other achievements if any : All the faculty members and PGTs of the department are involved in various research works and have already published numerous numbers of publications in national/international journals. The department also organizes guest lectures, integrated classes/Seminars etc.

Undergraduate Students take part in departmental research work and publish research papers with the faculties. Recently phase III MBBS students have undergone elective posting in Physiology department during which they have performed Research Activities which are now on the way to get published in reputed journals.
Our department started observing World Physiology week since 2023 where students with outstanding performances and highest attendance were awarded. Our department also plans to organize awareness talks in schools/colleges. Our department empowers the undergraduate students with strong basic infrastructure knowledge for fruitful future Medical Academics.

Even the departmental walls stand proof to the persistent efforts of students and faculties to bring overall upliftment of the academic environment of the department.

The following staff members are present in the department:

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Educational Qualification	Medical Council Registration No.	Recent Photo
1	Dr. Jyotismita Deka	Professor	MBBS, MD	15845-25/02/2002 4346-19/04/2013 (ACMR)
2	Dr. Mansi Mitra	Professor	MBBS, MD	11845-26/08/1992 1827-03/08/2001(ACMR)
3	Dr. Ranjana Dhar	Associate Professor	MBBS, MD	7777-17/03/2006 (AMC) 3946-14/11/2011 (AMC)
4	Dr. Dhruba Jyoti Nath	Assistant Professor	MBBS, MD	15920-18/03/2002 5874-17/06/2017 (ACMR)
5	Dr. Naba Ratna Nath	Assistant Professor	MBBS, MD	18154-(ACMR) 2014
6	Dr. Aparajita Chakraborty	Assistant Professor	MBBS, MD	21543-07/03/2013 (ACMR) 5913-03/08/2017(ACMR)
7	Dr. Lalpeklawm Hmar	Demonstrator	MBBS, MD	19720-26/02/2010 (ACMR) 5372-23/06/2016(ACMR)