Facilities

LABORATORIES

Durgapur Government College offers undergraduate programmes in five laboratory based subjects, namely, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Physics and Zoology, post-graduate and  Ph.D. programmes in Chemistry, Conservation Biology and Applied Geology. There are total 16 laboratories in the institution which include 1 botany laboratory, 5 chemistry laboratories, 2 conservation biology laboratories, 2 geology laboratories, 4 physics laboratories and 2 zoology laboratories.  In addition to the laboratories, the institution also has a Geology Museum and Zoology Specimen Room. Procurement of equipment for these laboratories done through the funds received from Department of Higher Education, Government of West Bengal, DBT Star College Scheme of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and Rashtriya Uchchatara Shiksha Abhiyan.

BOTANY LABORATORY

CHEMISTRY LABORATORIES

 

GEOLOGY MUSEUM

GEOLOGY LABORATORIES

CONSERVATION BIOLOGY LABORATORIES

ZOOLOGY SPECIMEN ROOM

PHYSICS LABORATORIES

 

Equipments Purchased from the grant received under DBT STAR COLLEGE SCHEME of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (2022-2023)

  • DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY
    1. Haemocytometer
    2. Laminar Air Flow – 2’ x 2’ x 2’
    3. Digital pH Meter
    4. DNA mini Gel Electrophoresis Apparatus
    5. Lux meter
    6. Digital Balance (0.0000 g)
    7. Digital Colorimeter
    8. Autoclave (SS)
    9. Tabletop Centrifuge
    10. Desktop Computer
    11. Protein Gel Electrophoresis Apparatus
    12. Stereo Microscope with Camera for Tissue Culture
    13. Magnetic Stirrer
    14. UV Transilluminator
    15. Paper Chromatography Chamber
    16. Pipetman Micropipettes
    17. Multi Tube Vortexer
    18. Ultra-Freezer (-20°C)
    19. Stage micrometer
    20. Camera Lucida Prism
    21. Digital Balance (0.000 g)
    22. Tissue Culture Rack
    23. Plant growth chamber

 

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

  1. Digital Conductivity meter with Conductivity Cell (0.1)
  2. Digital Potentiometer
  3. Melting point apparatus
  4. Water analyzer (pH/EC/TDS/Salinity Meter)
  5. Laboratory water distillation apparatus (Borosil) (1.5 litre/hr)
  6. Heating Mantle
  7. Hot Air Oven
  8. Kjeldahl Digestion Unit of 3 test, 1 Regulator & 3 Kjeldahl flask
  9. Muffle furnace
  10. HP Laserjet Wi-Fi colour printer
  11. Oil free Vacuum Pump
  12. Oil bath with stirrer
  13. Digital Tensiometer
  14. Digital pH meter
  15. Digital Polarimeter
  16. Digital Colorimeter
  17. Digital Magnetic Stirrer with hot plate
  18. Electric Centrifugal Machine
  19. Boiling point apparatus
  20. Ion Exchange Resin
  21. Kjeldahl distillation unit
  22. Respirable dust sampler
  23. Ion exchange column 18mm × 12 inch sintered with bulb
  24. Digestion Chamber
  25. Soxhlet Extraction Apparatus
  26. Steam Distillation Set for Essential Oil
  27. TLC Set with Applicator
  28. Temperature controlled water bath

 

DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY

  1. GPS for Geological Field Study
  2. Ore-0 Microscope for study of ore minerals
  3. Binocular Microscope for study of ore minerals
  4. Binocular Petrological Microscope for study of rocks in thin sec
  5. Palaeontological Microscope- Stereo zoom for study of micro fossils
  6. Resistivity Meter for Ground Water survey
  7. Desktop Computer

 

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS

  1. MATLAB SOFTWARE
  2. MATHEMATICA SOFTWARE
  3. DESKTOP COMPUTERS
  4. HP LASER PRINTER

 

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

  1. To determine the ionization potential of mercury
  2. CRO (Analog dual trace 4 channel-60MHz Bandwidth with probes) -Systronics
  3. Research Optical Bench
  4. Diffraction Grating-Hilger& Watt (Original) (England)
  5. Microwave oven to determine the velocity of light
  6. Ballistic Galvanometer (Low CDR)
  7. Smart Board
  8. Measurement of field strength B and its variation in a solenoid (determine dB/dx)
  9. To study response curve of a Series LCR circuit and determine its (a) Resonant frequency, (b) Impedance at resonance, (c) Quality factor Q, and (d) Band width
  10. Measurement of the velocity of sound by Kundt’s tube
  11. To compare capacitances using De’Sauty’s bridge
  12. Three motion travelling microscope
  13. High Intensity Discharge Tube with Compatible voltage source and stand
  14. Astronomical Telescope
  15. Photo-electric effect: photo current versus intensity and wavelength of light; maximum energy of photoelectrons versus frequency of light
  16. To determine work function of material of filament of directly heated vacuum diode
  17. To determine the Planck’s constant using LEDs of at least 4 different colours- SES Roorky
  18. To determine the absorption lines in the rotational spectrum of Iodine vapour
  19. Desktop Computer
  20. Planetary Ball Mill, 220V
  21. Charge Discharge Key
  22. Oil Free Pump
  23. Ultrasonic Cleaner
  24. Magnetic stirrer with hot plate and digital speed indicator (1L capacity)
  25. Binocular
  26. Determination of wavelength of light using laser and single slit/wire
  27. Set up to measure Q of a coil and its dependence on frequency using a Q-meter
  28. Set up to verify the law of Malus for plane polarized light
  29. Determination of coefficient of linear expansion with travelling microscope/Telescope
  30. Measurement of Planck’s constant using black body radiation and photo detector-SES Roorky

 

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

  1. Orbital Incubator Shaker
  2. Autoclave Portable
  3. Hand held homogenizer
  4. Canon EOS DSLR Camera
  5. Portable Lux meter
  6. Arc GIS Online for student use
  7. O.D. Incubator
  8. Vortex Cyclomixer
  9. Colorimeter
  10. Hectare Automatic Solar Insect Trap
  11. Desktop for Arc GIS use
  12. Micropipette
  13. Chromatography tank with Lid
  14. Deep Freezer Voltas 405 litres
  15. Turbidity Portable Meter
  16. Water Distillation Apparatus
  17. Backpack Lab Water Quality Educational Test Kit
  18. Backpack Lab Soil Quality Educational Test Kit
  19. Garmin GPS etrex 20
  20. Sechchi Disc
  21. Range Finder
  22. Olympus Binocular