Department of Chemistry - SBS | Manipal University Jaipur

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OVERVIEW

The Department of Chemistry started functioning since the inception of MUJ in 2011. The deaprtment offers B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc. and Ph.D. programme in Chemistry.

The deparment also offers Engineeering Chemistry course to the B.Tech. students and Environmental Studies/Science courses to all undergraduate students of MUJ.

KEY FEATURES

CBCS and OBE model
Research exposure at UG and PG level
Self/Project based learning
Summer internship and industrial visits
Training and handling of sofisticated and modern scientific instruments
Classes for JAM, NET, GATE and other competitive examinations

CORE COMPETENCIES

All faculty members with PhD from reputed institutes
High research visibility in country and abroad
High quality publications, patents, and books
More than Rs. 1.5 crore externally funded projects

DEPARTMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS

More than 150 Research Publications of international repute
Highly motivated 34 Research Scholars are currently working under the guidance of faculty of Biosciences. Most of the Research scholars have cleared SRF, NET and other national qualified exams.
5 PhD degrees had been awarded.
More than 1.6 Crores of funding projects are running in the Department of Biosciences
100% faculty members with Ph.D. degree
List of Instruments Procured in Central Analytical Facilities/Department of Chemistry in Manipal University Jaipur

S. No.	Description	Abbreviation	Make & Model
1	Gas Chromatography (GC) with Mass Spectometer (MS)	GCMS	Shimadzu QP-2020EI
2	Gas Chromatography	GC	Shimadzu GC2014ATF
3	Atomic Absorption Spectrometer	AAS	Shimadzu AA7000
4	Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer	UV-Vis	Shimadzu UV2600
5	Thermo-Gravimetric Analyser (TGA) with Differential Scanning Caloriemter (DSC)	TGA	Shimadzu DTG 60H 230VAC
6	High Performance Liquid Chromatography	HPLC	Agilent 1260 Infinity II
7	Optical Contact Angle Goniometer	OCA	Dataphysics OCA 15EC
8	Photoluminescence Spectrometer	PL	Horiba Fluoromax 4C
9	Fourier Transform Infra-red spectrometer	FTIR	Bruker alpha
10	CO₂ Incubator	-	Thermo Fisher
11	Gas Chromatography (GC) with Mass Spectometer (MS)	GCMS	Shimadzu QP-2020EI
12	Gas Chromatography	GC	Shimadzu GC2014ATF

PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS

UG students studying for their masters in reputed institutes India and abroad viz., IIT Delhi, Central Universities, South Asian University, St, Xavier Mumbai, Trinity College, Dublin, National University Singapore, etc.

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS

Dr Seema was awarded Ph. D Degree by MUJ during its 4th Convocation. Dr Seema had availed commonwealth Split-site Scholarships during her Ph D tenure and spent around 8 months at Israel under this scheme. She has been selected for position of Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at Istituto Di Chimica Biomolecolare, Italy in the research group headed by Prof Fausta in 2016.
Ms Kavita Choudhary received B. Sc. (PCM) degree from MUJ. She cleared JAM entrance examination (2017) and now pursuing M.Sc. (Chemistry) at IIT Delhi.
Mr. Prakash Chand final semester B. Sc. (PCM) student cleared JAM entrance examination (2018) and planning to pursue M.Sc. (Chemistry).
Ms. Mumal Singh, research scholars from the Department of Chemistry got an opportunity to attend SERB School of Plasma Devices: Science & Technology, sponsored by DST (GOI) from December 4-22, 2017 at CEERI, Pilani
Ms. Mumal Singh got 3rd prize for overall performance among 40 participants from various institutes of India.
Ms. Mona Vajpayee, research scholars from the Department of Chemistry got an opportunity to attend SERB School of Plasma Devices: Science & Technology, sponsored by DST (GOI) from December 4-22, 2017 at CEERI, Pilani.
Dr. Hemen Dave (first PhD from the Department of Chemistry and also from Faculty of Science, MUJ) was appointed for the post of Assistant Professor in Gujarat Forensic Science University, a State Govt. University in Gujarat in 2017.
Ms. Suman Swami was awarded President’s Gold Medal for research during the 5^th Convocation in 2018.
Ms. Suman Swami has been awarded CSIR-RA for the period 2018-2019.
Ms. Suman Swami got the Bill and Melinda Gates Scholarship for GPDP 2019 at IHE Delft Netherlands
Ms Shruti Garge from BSc (Hons) Chemistry 1st Sem has stood the third winner for the Chemistry Olympiad organised by IIS University and conducted at Manipal University Jaipur on October 4, 2019.

PROGRAMS

TheDepartment of Chemistry, School of Basic Sciences, FOS offers the following programs:

UG Programme: B.Sc (Hons) - Chemistry

PG Programme: M.Sc - Chemistry

FACULTY

A student graduating from FOS is ahead of graduates from other institutions in terms of basic theoretical, practical and overall knowledge”

Dr Rahul Shrivastava

Head, Department of Chemistry

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY - IMAGE GALLERY

The Deaprtment of Chemistry under School of Basic Sciences has well equipped labs and is an amalgamation of experienced faculty and enriching teaching methodologies.

RESEARCH

Core area	Specialization	Faculty
Organic Chemistry	Natural products	Dr. Lalita Ledwani
	Syntetic Organic Chemistry	Dr. Babita Malik
	Molecular recognition, host-guest chemistry, multi-component reactions	Dr. Rahul Shrivastava
	Syntetic Organic Chemistry	Dr. Meenakshi Pilania
Inorganic and Material Chemistry	Polymeric nanocomposites, nanoparticle synthesis	Dr. Nitu Bhatnagar
	Catalysis	Dr. Arunava Agarwala
	Coordination chemistry, nanomaterials, thin films, corrosion, photocatalysis	Dr. Veena Dhayal
	Organometallic Chemistry	Dr. Sriparna Ray
	Functional nanomaterials, waste water remediation, remediation of gas	Dr. Sarika Singh
Physical and computational Chemistry	Photocatalysis, sensitized solar cells	Dr. Praveen Kumar Surolia
Physical and computational Chemistry	Molecular dynamics simulations, biochemistry	Dr. Susruta Samanta
Environmental Chemistry	Ecotoxicology and bioremediation	Dr. Naveen Kumar Singh
Environmental Chemistry	Waste water treatment, phytoremediation	Dr. Michel Prabhu Inbaraj