International Conference on Recent Trends in Physics 2016 (ICRTP2016)

The ICRTP conference series, a bi-annual affair, has been hosted by School of Physics, Devi Ahilya University, Indore - 452001 (India), since 2012. The third such conference in this series ICRTP2016 was held during 13 - 14 February 2016. The purpose of the conference was to provide a platform that would enable scientists, teachers, researchers and students to interact and share ideas, thoughts and scientific findings in all areas of Physics, including Condensed matter and Materials Physics, Laser and Plasma Physics, Nuclear Physics, Computational Physics, High Energy Physics. Over 160 participants from India, Italy, Portugal and, Spain attended the conference that included an inaugural talk, a special talk, 16 invited talks, 3 oral presentations and, a poster session. Presented posters were judged by a panel of experts and, 3 best posters were awarded cash prize. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to all the conference committee members and, reviewers for their valuable time in making this conference a great success. We thank all the participants for making ICRTP 2016 an unforgettable event. Special thanks to Ms. Madhuri Shah for providing editorial assistance. Financial support from University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India is gratefully acknowledged. Sincere thanks to university administration, faculty members, administrative staff volunteers and, students of the School of Physics for their support in organizing ICRTP 2016. Thanks are due to Ms Sarah Toms, Conference Publishing Coordinator, Journal of Physics Conference Series (JPCS), IOP Publishing Ltd, UK, for all help in bringing out ICRTP 2016 proceedings in JPCS. (paper)