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Chemistry

The department was established in June 2013 under a Special ordinance of the Government of Maharashtra & University of Mumbai as a new Science Department to provide quality education in the conventional areas of Science and grow into a center for teaching to acquire a prominent position in the academic map of India. The department enrolls admissions for undergraduate courses in Chemistry. The department has well well-equipped Laboratory for running practical courses effectively. The Department conducts Workshops, Seminars, Study tours, and extracurricular activities for the all-round development of the students. The Department of Chemistry is well known for its excellence in teaching. All faculty members are committed to providing quality education in Chemistry & also promoting the tribal students for higher education in National Institutes.

 

The department has laboratories possessing necessary chemicals, reagents, glassware, lab wares, and basic instruments for performing experiments in physical, inorganic, organic, and analytical chemistry, in general, and synthesis, analysis (qualitative and quantitative), and characterization of different inorganic and organic compounds in more particulars.

 

The soul of the department is their teachers guided by the HOD Dr. Balu Pawar The faculty members are specialized in frontier areas of Chemical Sciences and have excellent expertise in their field. The faculty members of the department have significantly contributed to the scientific world through scientific and research publications.

 

     Aims and Objectives of the Department

  •  To enable students to develop an understanding of the fundamental principles of chemistry.
  • To prepare students for graduate work in chemistry, for chemical careers in industry/ government, and post-graduate studies in the health sciences
  • To provide an environment conducive to learning, chemistry department faculty engage in a variety of professional development activities designed to keep themselves current in their field and/or expand their areas of expertise.
  • Chemistry department faculty and staff aim to contribute to the community via a variety of service activities and by participating with public schools and government organizations.
  • The Chemistry Department offers chemistry courses of the highest quality formally through classroom instruction, and laboratory exercises to provide trained chemists capable of entering local and state industries as well as in the teaching profession.
  • To expose the students to a breadth of experimental techniques using modern instrumentation.
  • We are also committed to grooming the overall personality of the students to compete with them with increased competency to employment.

 

Courses Offered :

Under Graduate: B.Sc. in Chemistry

 

Faculty Profile:

 

 

Sr.No Name
of Teacher
Qualifications Designation Experience

1

Mr. B. P. Sonawane M.Sc., CSIR-UGC-NET HOD, Asst. Prof.

12

2

Dr. Vikrant Palekar

M.Sc., Ph. D.

Asst. Prof.

07

3

Dr. B. V. Pawar M.Sc., Ph. D., SET Asst. Prof.

07

4

Mr. M. S. Bhale

M.Sc., CSIR-UGC-NET

Asst.Prof.

03

5

Mr. A. S. Bambare M.Sc., CSIR-UGC-NET Asst. Prof.

02

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