Chemistry

A brief history of the Department

• The Department started functioning in 1907.
• The Department was raised to the Degree (Pass) in 1913.
• Grew into an Honours Department in 1948.
• The intake capacity is 43 students at the entry level.
The Department is one of the earliest centres of learning of Chemical Sciences. It started its journey in 1907, first in the intermediate level, and then was upgraded to degree level in 1913 and finally Honours Course was introduced in 1948.
This Department is very well-known for its excellent standard of teaching by efficient teachers. Many distinguished scholars and eminent professors were associated with this department. The list includes the teachers like Prof. Asutosh Mukherjee, Prof. P K Dutta, Prof. Parimal Krishna Sen and many others. The department also encourages the faculty members to carry out research works in addition to teaching. A good number of research papers have been published in highly esteemed national and international journals by our faculties during the last few years. During the last few years, some sophisticated instruments like IR spectrophotometer, UV-Visible spectrophotometer and low temperature bath etc were procured and installed. The department regularly conducts workshops, training programmes etc utilizing these instruments with a view to improving the experimental skill of the students and faculty members. Keeping in mind the interdisciplinary ethos of modern science, students of other departments are also allowed to participate in all these activities.
The result of the Honours students of this Department is very good — on an average 60-65% of the students pass out with first class degree every year.
They have fared excellently in the past and the tradition is being continued by the present generation of students in their Post Graduate courses in different Universities, IITs of the country, and different institutes abroad. Many of our alumni are highly placed in premier institutions/organizations within the country and also abroad. A few of them are Prof. Sankar Prasad Bhattacharya, IACS, Kolkata, Prof. Gautam Lahiri, IIT, Mumbai, Prof. Susanta Lahiri, SINP, Kolkata, Prof. Thakahari Goswami, IIT, Kharagpur, Prof. Mousumi Banerjee, IIT, Kharagpur, Dr. Krishnananda Chattopadhyay, IICB, Kolkata, Dr. Sukanta Mondal, IIT, Kharagpur, Dipankar koley, CDRI, Lucknow, Dr. Dipankar Sukul, NIT (Durgapur), Prof. Tapas Ghosh (University of Texas).
Seminar Library: – Number of books present in the seminar library, Department of Chemistry is 1043.