Department of Chemistry

Brief History of the Department

Department of Chemistry, Kazi Nazrul University has started journey from September, 2016 with two permanent faculty members: Dr U. K. Roy and Dr R. Saha, and 15 post graduate students. The department has recruited four guest lecturers of different specialisations to complete the total academic syllabus. The department provides two specialisations: Inorganic and Organic. Recently, the department is enriched with two new faculty members: Dr A. Mallick and Dr S. K. Saha on April, 2018. After successive two years running, we became able to set up all the PG course laboratories, one instrumental lab consisting of IR, UV and Flurimeter and two research laboratories. Thanks to Government of West Bengal for providing the fund to build up the laboratories.

      Department of Chemistry, Kazi Nazrul University has started its research programme from this year. Four students have registered for doctoral degree. Not only that, our faculty members also continue their research with different collaborative research institutes and published a number of research articles in peer reviewed high impact journals.

Vision of the Department

 The vision of the Department is to move towards Excellence in Higher Education in order to cater a bunch of dedicated, skilled and knowledgeable chemist to fulfill the need of the scientific world and the society in consonance with the societal values. We want to be a leader in science and technology education, knowledge creation and innovation, in India marching towards a just, inclusive and sustainable society.

Mission of the Department

To translate the vision into reality, the Department is committed

A. To create knowledge through team effort and individually for the benefit of society.

B. To impart education to produce professionals capable of leading efforts towards innovative products and processes for the development of the country and humanity in general.

C. To inculcate a spirit of entrepreneurship and to impart the ability to devise globally recognized solutions for the problems of society and industry.

D. To train teachers capable of inspiring the next generation of scientists and researchers.

E. To work intensely with industry in pursuit of the above goals of education and research, leading to the development of cutting edge and commercially-viable technologies.

F. To operate in an ambience marked by overriding respect for ability and merit.

Programme/ Course Offered

Prog. or Course	Duration	Starting Year	Intake	Students Enrolled
M.Sc.	2 Years	2016	40	29
Ph.D.	3 Years (Min.)	2018	18	3

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Faculty

Professor:

Vacant - 01

Associate Professor

Dr. Ujjal Kanti Roy (Head, Specilization: Organic Chemistry)

Vacant - 01

Assistant Professor

Dr. Rajat Saha (Specilization: Inorganic Chemistry)

Dr. Arabinda Mallick (Specilization: Physical Chemistry)

Dr. Swadhin Kumar Saha (Specilization: Inorganic Chemistry)

Vacant - 01

Research Programmes 

Ph.D.

Thrust Area

i. Advanced Organic Synthesis and catalysis

ii. Sensing

iii. Crystal Engineering

iv. Polymer-Nanocomposites and Biological applications of Nanomaterials

Research Fellows / Research Scholars / Research Associates / Projects Fellows 

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Supervisor / PI	Research Programme
1	Mousumi Kundu	Research Scholar	Ujjal Kanti Roy	Ph.D.
2	Manas Layek	Research Scholar	Rajat Saha	Ph.D.
3	Siba Prasad Mondal	Research Scholar	Ujjal Kanti Roy	Ph.D.

Major Research Project/ Ongoing Individual Research Project in Department

Project Title: Porphyrin based Metal-organic Frameworks for the Efficient Conversion of  CO2 to Value Added Chemicals

Principal Investigator: Dr. Rajat Saha

No. of Research Associates/ Project Fellows: 01

Funded by: TARE – SERB, Government of India

Commencement Year: 2018

Grant: 15 Lacs.

Seminar/ Workshop/ Conference/ Symposium Organized

Sl. No.	Title	Duration	Sponsored by	Level
1	Life and Works of Professor Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray” – A tribute to Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray on his 157th birth anniversary	August, 2018	Department of Chemistry, Kazi Nazrul Universty	National
2	Science Academies Lecture Workshop on "Recent Trends in Chemistry"	28 - 29 August,2018	Joint Science Education Panel, Indian Academy of Sciences	National

Facilities

a) General Laboratory: Our department is composed of three different laboratories for post graduate students which are as follows: i) Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, ii) Organic Chemistry and iii) Physical Chemistry. The labs are well set up to fulfil the normal practical classes and specialisations. It is equipped with proper water circulation, electricity, exhaust system, fire extinguisher, sufficient glass wares and chemicals. And, we have one Instrumental Laboratory. This laboratory also consists of UV-vis Spectrophotometer, IR Spectrometer and one Photoluminescence Instrument. All the post graduate students are trained to handle those instruments for their future.

b) Computer Laboratory: Our department has a well set up computer laboratory in combination with other basic science departments.

c) Research Laboratory: Till date, we have become able to set up two science i.e. research laboratories. One is running by Dr. U. K. Roy (Advanced organic synthesis and catalysis) and other is by Dr. R. Saha (Crystallography). Dr Roy is an organic chemist and his research focus is advanced organic synthesis and catalysis. And Dr Saha is an inorganic chemist and crystallographer and his research focus is crystal engineering. Dr A. Mallick has keen interest in bio-molecule sensing. Both, Dr A. Mallick and Dr S. K. Saha will be benefitted with their laboratory shortly.

d) Departmental Library: A small departmental library has been built up in the last semester with the help of central library and specimen copies by collecting from the departmental faculties. There student can also access online journals and inflibnet journals.

Cultural events organised by the Department

One Day Seminar on “Life and Works of Professor Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray” – A tribute to Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray on his 157th birth anniversary, on 2nd August, 2018.

Contact Us

a. Address of the department : Department of Chemistry, Nirikshan Bhavan, Kazi Nazrul University.

b. Head of the Department : Dr. Ujjal Kanti Roy

c. Contact no. of H.O.D. : 09475501589; 09732657939

d. Email ID. of H.O.D. : uroccu@gmail.com/ ujjalkanti.roy@knu.ac.in

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