DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Establishment:
Department of Chemistry started its journey in 1972 to offer B.Sc. Honours and B.Sc. General programmes in Chemistry. Since 1972, eminent teachers have taught in this department. Among them were Dr. Pijush Kumar Ganguly (former Director of Public Instructions, Education Directorate, Government of West Bengal), Professor Achintya Kumar Sarkar (Recipient of Shiksha Ratna), Professor Kanailal Ghatak (Eminent Academician) and Uday Chand Ghosh (Eminent Academician). The department has produced significant number of brilliant graduates since its inception. The department opened gates for post-graduate programmes in 2008 under the affiliation of The University of Burdwan as the follow up of the NAAC peer team recommendation. Subsequently, the institution came under the affiliation of Kazi Nazrul University since June 24, 2015. During the academic session 2021-2022, the Department received approval to offer Ph.D. programme in Chemistry under the affiliation of Kazi Nazrul University, Asansol
Programmes Offered
The Department presently offers the following programmes under the affiliation of Kazi Nazrul University:
Add on Courses
The Department has also started offering Add on Courses for students of all Departments since the academic session 2023-2024.
Teaching and Research
The Department represents a premier centre of teaching and research in the district. Use of MOODLE sites and Knimbus Digital Library by faculty members for uploading of courses and e-content provide access to learning resources for students beyond the classroom hours. Formative and summative assessment strategies include Class tests, Student Seminars, Quizzes, Role play by students as teachers, Viva-Voce etc. The Department has five laboratories, which include separate laboratories for UG and PG programmes and a Computer Laboratory.
The Department has international collaborations for computational research with University of Zakho, Iraq, Polydisciplinary Faculty of Taroudant, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco, Molecular Electron Density Theory Group of University of Valencia, Spain, Molecular Modelling and Spectroscopy Team MMST, University Chouaib Doukkali, El Jadida, Faculty of Science, Morocco, University of Kerela and researchers from several other institutes for computational studies. Presently, there are five candidates registered for Ph.D. programme offered by the Department. One research scholar is working as the full time UGC Junior Research Fellow and receiving Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship For Single Girl Child, and another CSIR Junior Research Fellow of the Department has recently joined service. Research projects funded by UGC and West Bengal Pollution Control Board have been completed by faculty members of the Department.
Student Progression
Our students have shown brilliant results with All India Ranks in JAM Examinations which include AIR 11 in 2020, AIR 64 and 209 in 2023 and AIR 99 in 2024. Students have been placed for higher studies in IIT, IISER, NIT, Banarus Hindu University, Calcutta University, Jadavpur University, The University of Burdwan and other institutes of national repute. Our students are also placed as post-doctoral fellows in international institutes.
DBT STAR COLLEGE SCHEME
The Department is one of the participating departments under the DBT STAR COLLEGE SCHEME of the institution and has been organizing new experiments, workshops, hands on training programmes, seminars, invited lectures and interactive sessions, laboratory staff training programmes and several other initiatives since September 2022 focussed on the skill enhancement of students, faculty members and staff. Several equipment have been procured to strengthen the undergraduate teaching process under the scheme.