Welcome to Department of Chemistry
The department is actively engaged in cutting-edge research in emerging areas like Biomaterials, Biosensors, Catalysis, Drug Delivery, Materials, Organometallic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Supramolecular Syntheses, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, and Theoretical Chemistry. The research activities at the department are supported by large number of sponsored research projects and state-of-the-art research facilities that exist at the department and institute levels. The department is visited by a large number of experts and short-term students from India and abroad. Learn more about the research activities of the department by visiting links to Research and individual "Faculty" pages.
The department is presently offering M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. M.Sc. can be upgraded to Ph.D. programme. Learn more about the academic programs of the department by visiting the link to "Programme" provided on the top.
Our Achievements
- Dr. T. J. Dhilip Kumar received the CRSI Bronze Medal 2024 from the Chemical Research Society of India in February 2024.
- Dr. Tharamani C.N. appointed the esteemed journal "ACS Chemistry of Materials" as an Editor since Jan 2024.
- Dr. Tharamani C.N. joined the esteemed Editorial board of Sustainable Energy and Fuels, since Oct 2023.
- Dr. C. M. Nagaraja has been awarded the Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) invitational fellowship.
- Dr. Tharamani C. N has been awarded with A.V. Rama Rao Prize for women for 2024 from the Chemical Research Society of India
- Dr. Tharamani C. N has been Awarded with the ECSI METROHM National AWARD-2023 from the Electrochemical Society of India, August 2023
- Dr.T. J. Dhilip Kumar selected as Council Member of CRSI (April 2023-March 2026)
- Prof. Rajendra Srivastava is admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) 2023.
- Prof. Rajendra Srivastava received Shiv Nath Rai Kohli Memorial Mid-Carrier Best Scientist Award 2022 (Awarded on 7th March 2024) by Punjab University.
- Ganesh More received the best poster award (First prize) at International Conference on Catalysis for Clean Energy Technologies and Sustainable Development, Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Panjab University, Apr 2024.
- Atul Kumar received the best oral presentation award (Third prize) at International Conference on Catalysis for Clean Energy Technologies and Sustainable Development, Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Panjab University, Apr 2024.
- Rajat Ghalta received the best poster award (Third prize) at International Conference on Catalysis for Clean Energy Technologies and Sustainable Development, Dr. S. S. Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Panjab University, Apr 2024.
- Arjun Manal received best oral presentation award at National Science Day celebration, IIT Ropar, Feb 2024.
- Ketan Kumar received best poster award at International conference on Crossroads of Chemistry and Biology: A modern perspective, University of Delhi, Feb 2024
- Saurav Chatterjee received best oral presentation award at SIPS 2024, Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gujarat, Feb 2024
- Bibekananda Pati received best poster award at SIPS 2024, Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gujarat, Feb 2024
- Pruthviraj Bundel received best poster award at TransMat 2024, IIT BHU, Feb 2024.
- Gulshan Singh received ACS best poster award at 32nd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Feb 2024.
- Priyank Kumar Sharma received best poster award at the thematic Indo-French conference (FCSB-2024), University of Hyderabad, Jan 2024.
- Sandeep Patel received the RSC best poster award at the thematic Indo-French conference (FCSB-2024), University of Hyderabad, Jan 2024.
- Gulshan Singh received best poster award at international conference on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry, IISc Bangalore, Dec 2023.
- Aayushi Prakash Sinha received best oral presentation award at IMESD 2023, IIT Roorkee, Dec 2023.
- Pooja Chahal received best poster award in the Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS 2023), IIT Madras, Dec 2023.
- Aarzoo Chauhan received best poster award at SusChemE, ICT Mumbai, Sept 2023.
- Sukhjot Kaur received best poster award at CEES-2023, IIT Mandi, Sept 2023.
- Vatan Chawla received best oral presentation award at the International Conference and Startup Summit on Functional Biomaterials and Synthetic Biology (FBSB-2023, PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore, Sept 2023.
- Daisy Mehta received best oral presentation award at an International Conference (NANOMAT-23), Warsaw, Poland, August 2023.
- Daisy Mehta received best oral presentation award at Nanomaterials of Better Living (NBL-23), NIT Srinagar, May, 2023.
- Shivangi received best poster award at Nanomaterials of Better Living (NBL-23), NIT Srinagar, May, 2023.
Courses Offered
See the breakdown of various courses offered respectively in below programmes
Research Highlights
Copper-Catalyzed Regioselective Remote C-H Bond Chalcogenation of Aromatic Amine Derivatives without Using Any Large Template, B. Paul, S. Das and I. Chatterjee*, Org. Lett., 2023, 25, 4, 653-658.
Facile fabrication of NiFeB deposited flexible carbon cloth electrode towards overall water splitting in alkaline and saline solutions, Alankar Kafle, Divyani Gupta and Tharamani C. Nagaiah*, Electrochim. Acta, 2023, 441, 141779.
Merging Two Strained Carbocycles: Lewis Acid Catalyzed Remote Site-Selective Friedel-Crafts Alkylation of in Situ Generated β-Naphthol, A. Hazra, T. Kanji and P. Banerjee*, J. Org. Chem., 2023, 88, 2, 960-971.
Rotational Excitation of NCCN by p-H2(jc = 0) at Low Temperatures, A. Kushwaha, Ritika, P. Chahal and T. J. Dhilip Kumar*, ACS Earth Space Chem., 2023, 7, 2, 515-522.
Selective Electrochemical Conversion of N2 to NH3 in Neutral Media Using B, N-Containing Carbon with a Nanotubular Morphology, D. Gupta, A. Kafle, S. Kaur, T. S. Thomas, D, Mandal and T. C. Nagaiah*, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2023, 15, 3, 4033-4043.
Unveiling and understanding the remarkable enhancement in the catalytic activity by the defect creation in UIO-66 during the catalytic transfer hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin with isopropanol, A. K. Kar, R. Sarkar, A. K. Manal, R. Kumar, S. Chakraborty*, R. Ahuja and R. Srivastava*, Appl. Catal. B: Environ. , 2023, 325, 122385.
Zr-KIT-6 catalyzed renewable synthesis of N-aryl pyrroles for producing bioactive synthetic compounds, A. K. Manal and R. Srivastava*, Appl. Catal. A: Gen., 2023, 650, 119018.
