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Department of Chemistry

Set up in 1961 with Prof. S.K. Mukherjee,renowned agricultural chemist and former Vice-Chancellor of this University and Calcutta University, as the Head and with four faculty members, the department now has a faculty of 26.
Since then it has always been fortunate in receiving good guidance and leadership. For example, late Prof. P. Sengupta, FNA, a renowned chemist, was the Head and the Dean of the Faculty of Science. There have been others who made names of their own and that of this department famous. Three present members are fellows of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology, one of them is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Head of the Department:
Prof. Mitali Sarkar(Das)

Departmental Phone No.
(033) 2582 8750 (Ext. 305-309)

Departmental e-mail Address:
chem@klyuniv.ac.in
biochem@klyuniv.ac.in

Degree & Courses Offered:

M.Sc. in 'Chemistry'- A two-year post-graduate degree with the option of specialization in four areas- Analytical, Inorganic, Organic, Physical Ph.D- One URS is allotted to each of the faculty members apart from the sanctioned research fellows in individual schemes NET (CSIR)-JRF and NET (UGC)-JRF.

Specializations:

Analytical, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry.

Syllabus:
As per UGC, NET/GATE guidelines with some modifications.

Annual System:
(Semester from 2007-08); 50% external evaluation

Course structure:
1200 marks

M. Sc-I: General Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry (20 theory, 20 practical /week); 600 marks.

M. Sc-II: Specialized areas (20 theory, 20 practical/week); 600 marks.

UGC Refresher Course :

Organized three Refresher Courses : One in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
Organized a four day Workshop on Micro scale Experiments in Chemistry in 2000.

Infrastructural Facilities:

Special Equipments

      • FT-IR Spectrometer, PAR Electrochemical Analyzer
      • UV-vis Spectrophotometer, Isocratic HPLC,DSC,Optical Microscope
      • CHN Analyzer

Computer Facility:
Computational: A separate computer laboratory consisting 20 PCs with one server, two printers (one Laser and one HP DeskJet) There is a Central Internet Center in the University with somewhat restricted access. Better facilities from this centre are expected.

Books & Journals:

1000 books
:Chemical Reviews, Polyhedron, Indian Journal of Chemistry (hard copies) RSC, ACS (soft copy through INFLIBNET)

Intake Capacity:

50 students

Total no. of Publications:234 (excluding the publication of the Faculty Members of the Department Retired during 2001-2005. Total number 31) Journals where papers are published :

Nature, Org.Let., Inorg.Chem, ACS monograph, ACS Symposium Series, Industrial Engg.Chem. Res
Tet.Let, Tetrahedron, Syn.Let., Synthesis, Syn.comm.,
Polyhedron, J.Organomet.Chem.,
Can.J.Chem., Chemistry Let., Hetroatom,
J.Ind.Chem.Soc, Ind J Chem., Structural Chemistry, Ind. J. Chem Technol, J. Industrial Pollution Control
J. Theor. Comput. Chem, Internl J. Mol. Science ,
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Environ. Geol, Mineralogical Magazine, Annual Set – The Env. Protection, J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol, Waste Management
Synth. React. Inorg. Metal-Org. Nano Chem, Transition Met. Chem Internatl. J. Quantum Chem Internet Electronic. Ml. Design J. Theor. Comput. Chem Letter Cryst. Eng. Comun Spectrochimica Acta Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Heterocycles, J.Coord. Chem., J. Chem. Res.,

Research Interests of the Department:

Departmental Central Project :

This department is funded by the Department of Science and Technology under FIST Programme. CSIR and DST funded research projects are running in the department. The following is a list of current research projects :

Other Ongoing Research Project:

• "Synthesis of Heterocycles" funded by CSIR (2004-2007)
Principal Investigator : Prof. K.C. Majumdar.
• "Mono and polynuclear complexes of transition metals incorporating ligands with extended IT - delocalization - A search for new election transfer centres and photoactive materials" funded by DST (2004-2007).
Principal Investigator : Dr. Surajit Chattopadhyay
• "Fluorimetric Study of Serum proteins and Heme proteins - Effects of Quenchers, Denaturants and Amphophiles" funded by CSIR (2002-2005)
Principal Investigator : Dr. Swati De
• "Studies towards the synthesis of analogous of the novel telomerase inhibitor telomestation" funded by DST (2002-2005)
Principal Investigator : Dr. Shital Chattopadhyay
The department has already produced more than two hundred Ph.Ds. At present, there are more than fifty Research Scholars in the department. Most of them enjoy their fellowships from different agencies as below :
• Nine from University of Kalyani (URS).
• Twelve from CSIR (CSIR-NET).
• Three from UGC (UGC-NET).
• Five from projects / schemes.
The rests are full timers (without fellowship) and part-timers.

Alumni:

The Alumni of the department have proven their excellence in academics. Many of them are faculty members at various Govt. Research Institutes, IITs and Universities. Some of our alumni are fellows of the prestigious National Academics like Indian National Science Academy and Academy of Sciences and a few of them have been confered the National awards like, S.S. Bhatnagar, INSA - Young Scientist. Some of our alumni are enterpreneurs and many of the alumni are holding the very important positions in Industry and Industrial Research and Development.
The Reunion is held during the third Saturday and Sunday of January every year by the present students and Research Scholars of the department with appropriate support of the departmental faculty members and non teaching employees.

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Analytical Chemistry :

Readers

• Dr. Debashis Chatterjee
• Dr. (Ms.) Mitali Sarkar

Lecturer

Dr. Manindra Nath Bera

Inorganic Chemistry :

Professors

• Dr. Asit Ranjan Sarkar
• Dr. (Ms.) Krishna De
• Mr. Dulal Chandra Ghosh

Readers

• Dr. B.B. Bhaumik
• Dr. Surajit Chattopadhyay

Lecturer

• Dr. Nitis Chandra Saha

Organic Chemistry :

Professors

• Dr. Jagannath Mukherjee
• Dr. Krishna C. Majumdar
• Dr. Nemai C. Ganguly
• Prof S.P.Das

Readers

• Dr. Sakti Pada Das
• Dr. Brindaban Roy
• Dr. Shital K Chattopadhyay
• Dr. Kumaresh Ghosh
• Dr P.De

Sr. Lecturer

• Dr. Brindaban Roy

Lecturer

• Mr. Prithwiraj De

Physical Chemistry :

Professor

• Dr. Nilashis Nandi
• Dr. S.C. Lahiri
• Dr. Bidyut Guha Niyogi

Readers

• Dr. Ashoke P. Chattopadhyay

Senior Lecturer

• Dr. (Ms.) Swati De

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