Vision of the Department:

 

The Chemistry Department prepares students for the diversified and changing world. We proudly strive to contribute to a chemically literate society through the all round development of the students to serve the nation.

 

Values

 

• We value the development of knowledgeable and inquisitive students in the chemical professions.
• We value quality undergraduate research opportunities designed to make involvement in state of the art chemical research a part of a student's chemistry education.
• We value access to a quality education in chemistry for a diverse range of students.
• We value rigorous standards for teaching and learning.
• We value effective and innovative teaching practices.
• We value a collaborative, collegial and co-operative teaching and learning community composed of diverse scholars including resource persons, distinguished professors and noted scientists.
• We value the synergistic relationship of teaching, scholarship and service.
• We value to ensure to grow the quality of leadership among our young and energetic citizen to represent the nation.

 

Mission of the Department:

 

Enhance the quality of teaching in chemistry and application oriented chemistry programs. Enhance the basic and applied research framework in the Chemistry Department. Increase enrolment in the chemistry programs. Enhance services to the community and society.

Objective of the UG Program: (in few words or point wise) 

To provide the highest level of education in science and to produce competent and creative students by following tools of teaching-learning process

•  • Lecture
•  • Demonstration Practical
•  • Lecture with demonstration
•  • Smart Board
•  • Seminar
•  • Group Discussion

 

Objective of the PG Program: (in few words or point wise)

To provide the highest level of education in post-graduate chemistry and to produce competent and creative students by following tools of teaching-learning process

1. Lecture
2. Demonstration Practical
3. Lecture with demonstration
4. Smart Board
5. Seminar
6. Group Discussion
7. Project

 

Specialization of the UG Program (if any): No

 

Specialization of PG Program (if any): Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry

 

Future Program Planning (if any): UGC: Special Assistance Programme (SAP)

The Department has following research areas of interest as thrust area—

• ● Organic Synthesis
• ● Natural Product Chemistry
• ● Supramolecular Chemistry
• ● Organometallics
• ● Green Chemistry
• ● Organic Synthetic Methodology
• ● Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry
• ● Bioinformatics
• ● Fuel Chemistry
• ● Computational Chemistry
• ● Molecular Dynamics.

Broad Specialization of the Research Programs are Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry

Faculty & Staff with CV - Click Here

Total 42 (Forty Twenty) Journal Paper has been Published from 2015 to 2020 from the Department of Botany—

Dr. Ayon Pal, M. Sc., Ph.D. Associate Professor and Head (Please refer full CV)
Dr. Parimal Mandal, M.Sc., Ph.D. Associate Professor (Please refer full CV)
Dr. Sanjoy Sadhukhan, M.Sc., Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Please refer full CV)
Mr. Zerald Tiru, M.Sc. Assistant Professor (Please refer full CV)
Dr. Arka Pratim Chakraborty, M.Sc., Ph.D. Assistant Professor (Please refer full CV)

• (Dr.) Basudeb Basu (Visiting Professor), Dept. of Chemistry has received J. G. Goodley Memorial Award, ABN Seal College and Bharat Ratna CNR Rao Endowment Lecture Award in the year 2018-2019.
• (Dr.) Basudeb Basu (Visiting Professor), Dept. of Chemistry has been invited/ acted as Visiting Professor at Fudan University, Shanghai, China and Umeå University, Sweden in academic session 2016-17.
• (Dr.) Basudeb Basu (Visiting Professor), Dept. of Chemistry has been Elected Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology in the year 2015-16.
• Kinkar Biswas has received Junior Scientist 2017 by NESA, New Delhi in 2017.
• Kinkar Biswas has received Teachers’ Fellowship under FDP-UGC (in the academic session 2014-15)
• Kinkar Biswas get WBDSTBT project on 2020.
• Amitava Mandal get WBDSTBT project on 2020.
• Campus Interview by TCG Life Sciences on 25.02.2019 and 05.11.2019 at Department of Chemistry, Raiganj University.
• Department of Chemistry has signed a MOU with TCG Life Sciences on 07.02.2020.
• Department of Chemistry has Cell and Division in the Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry.

Placement of Students
Sl. No.	Name of alumni	Year of passing	Placement
1	Sidhu Roy	2017 M.Sc.	Assistant Teacher, Maharajaat High School
2	Biva Moitra	2019 M.Sc.	TCG Lifesciences, Kolkata-700091
3	Debanjan Sen	2019 M.Sc.	TCG Lifesciences, Kolkata-700091
4	Paromita Basak	2019 M.Sc.	TCG Lifesciences, Kolkata-700091
5	Sudiksha Sikder	2019 M.Sc.	TCG Lifesciences, Kolkata-700091
6	Sumana Chakraborty	2019 M.Sc.	TCG Lifesciences, Kolkata-700091
7	Arini Rakshit	2019 M.Sc.	TCG Lifesciences, Kolkata-700091
8	Jamil Aktar	2019 M.Sc.	TCG Lifesciences, Kolkata-700091

   

	NET Qualified Candidates
Sl. No.	Name	Pass out year	Course Qualified
1	Sumit Gangopadhyay	2017	M.Sc.
2	Arindam Das	2018	M.Sc.

 

	JAM Qualified Candidates: 10 (Ten)
Sl. No.	Name	Pass out year	Course Qualified
1	Mousumi Deb	2019	B.Sc.
2	Deep Ranjan Kundu	2019	B.Sc.
3	Samrat Sarkar	2019	B.Sc.
4	Jiban Saha	2019	B.Sc.
5	Debolina Saha	2019	B.Sc.
6	Namrata Pal	2019	B.Sc.
7	Pintu Karmakar	2018	B.Sc.
8	Sujan Sinha	2018	B.Sc.
9	Pitambar Das	2018	B.Sc.
10	Pratim Kr. Roy	2017	B.Sc.

In 2016:

“One Day International seminar on exploring Chemistry for the Development of North Bengal” held on 19^th March 2016.

 

Year: 2017

Seminar “Chemical Science Horizon” held on16th March 2017.

Special Lecture Series by Prof. Sanjay Bhar, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University on Green Chemistry from 12.06.2017 to 17.06.2017 at the Department of Chemistry, Raiganj University, Topic: Green Chemistry (for M.Sc. students)

 

Year: 2018

• ● Special class taken by Dr. Biplab Sarkar, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, by August 2018, Topic: Quantum Chemistry.
• ● Special class taken by Dr. Tapas Majumder, Department of Chemistry, Kalyani University on 12.12.2018, Topic: fluorescence chemistry.
• ● Special Lectures by Prof. (Dr.) Tapan Kanti Paine, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, on 01.10.2018 (Topic:  1. Coordination Chemistry: The Scientific Legacy of Alfred Werner)
• ● Metals in Biology (Special Lectures by Prof. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, Jadavpur University on 15.11.2018
• ● Topic:  1. Basic Kinetics & 2. Methods (Special Lectures by Prof. Swapan Kumar Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University on 15.11.2018)
• ● Topic:  1. Basic Electrode & 2.Cyclic Voltammetry (Seminar àSusama Chakraborty (Supervisor: Dr. Amitava Mandal) presented her paper in the Regional Science Congress and selected for State level)

Year: 2019

Special Lectures on occasion of IYPT-2019 delivered by Prof. (Dr.) Asutosh Ghosh, Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of Rani Rashmoni Green University, on 13.12.2019.

Department of Chemistry

Ground Floor,

Left Wing, Main Building Annex

Raiganj University

West Bengal-733 134, India

Email:

Departmental: chemistry@raiganjuniversity.ac.in