Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry, started in the year 1987, offers 2 year M.Sc. (Chemical Sciences), 5 year Integrated M.Sc., (Chemistry) , Integrated M.Phil., and Ph.D. programs. From the very inception, the department has built an excellent track-record of finding its postgraduate students qualify for the National level tests, such as UGC-CSIR NET/GATE to seek academic progression. In fact, during 2009, all the M.Sc. students of the Department have qualified either CSIR JRF/UGC JRF/Lecturership /d GATE or both In the 2009 GATE examination, the students obtained great scores, and frontline all India ranks. Pharmaceutical companies visit the Department every year and conduct campus interviews to recruit students for suitable positions. The Department of Chemistry is well equipped to support high quality teaching and international standard research activities. The Department has highly qualified faculty members to conduct research in forefront areas of Chemistry. Research work of faculty members is supported by the premier national funding agencies such as DST, CSIR, UGC and AICTE. Research output is recognized by publications in International and National journals and by awards.

Interdisciplinary and collaborative research is a feature of the Department. The faculty and research scholars take active participation in National and International conferences/ workshops to present the results of their research work. A good number of visitors come to interact with the faculty/students and to give lectures. There are about 45 Ph.D. and 25 M.Phil. scholars engaged in research activities. The Department is supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India through FIST program and by the University Grants Commissions' SAP (DRS) programs to achieve academic potentials.