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. The department is now enriched with three more faculty members: Dr A. Mallick and Dr S. K. Saha joined on April, 2018 and Dr Subham Bhattacharjee later joined the department on March 2019. 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

  • To create knowledge through team effort and individually for the benefit of society.
  • 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.
  • To inculcate a spirit of entrepreneurship and to impart the ability to devise globally recognized solutions for the problems of society and industry.
  • To train teachers capable of inspiring the next generation of scientists and researchers.
  • 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.
  • 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