CHEMISTRY

The Department of Chemistry was established in 1962 with an undergraduate programme and subsequently started the postgraduate programme in 1969. Over time, the Department has become one of the leading centres for Chemistry teaching and research in our country. The students have been performing excellently in their academic endeavours, including national-level examinations (viz.CSIR-UGC NET, GATE, JAM etc.)and also join other national (such as IISc, JNCASR, IACS, different IITs, and different CSIR laboratories of India) and international institutions for higher studies.The Department is actively engaged in diverse research fields, namely Natural Products, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Solution Chemistry, Biochemical Thermodynamics, Non-conventional energy sources, Analytical Chemistry, Theoretical & Computational Chemistry and Non-equilibrium Statistical mechanics. The Department received recognitions through the Special Assistance Programme of UGC and FIST from DST, Govt. of India. The Department has strong collaborations with other institutes of our
country and abroad too.
The mission of the Department : To be one of the best Chemistry teaching and research centresin the country that would attract the young minds
The vision of the Department : To build up a solid Industry-Institute collaboration that will cater the societies need-based research.