The document provides an overview of the Department of Chemistry, including its establishment in 2005 with 17 students, current faculty and instrumental facilities. Student enrollment numbers are presented from 2017-2022, showing a current total of 220 students. The department aims to establish advanced research facilities and start vocational courses to address weaknesses in faculty numbers and industry connections.
Department of Chemistry Welcomes Peer Team Members
1. Department of Chemistry
Welcomes the
Peer Team Members
(3rd Cycle of Assessment)
Presented by
Dr. Darshan Singh Kamboj
Head
Department of Chemistry
2. Introduction
•Year of Establishment: Department of
Chemistry was established in July 2005
with only 17 students (10 girls and 07
boys)
•Chemistry Department started with one
faculty and one Lab Assistant.
•At present Master’s degree course started in
chemistry in July 2022 with 6 students.
3. Instrumental Facilities
Name of equipment/
accessories
Make Funding
Agency
Year of
Procurement
Visible
Spectrophotometer
2020 State Govt. 2021
Rotatory evaporator 2020 State Govt. 2021
Soxalate 2020 State Govt. 2021
Clevenger 2020 State Govt. 2021
Centrifuge 2020 State Govt. 2021
Hot air oven 2020 State Govt. 2021
5. 1. Dr. Darshan Singh Kamboj (Assistant Professor)
Head, Department of Chemistry
Teaching Experience: 10 year
Qualifications
M.Sc. Chemistry (Gold medalist)
Ph. D.
INSPIRE Fellow
Young Scientist Award
HOPE Meeting Award
2. Dr. Gitu Kunwar(Assistant Professor)
Teaching Experience: 4 year
Qualifications
M.Sc. Chemistry
Ph. D.
Faculty members
7. Student’s strength in 2022-23
•B.Sc. I semester (NEP) = 70
•B.Sc. II year = 85
•B.Sc. III year = 59
•M.Sc. Chemistry (I Sem) = 06
Total registered students = 220
8. Student Strength (2017-2022)
Class No. of Students
Class 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23
B.Sc. I year 86
(II sem)
91
(II sem)
102 107 110 70
(I sem)
B.Sc. II year 82
(IV
sem)
79
(III sem)
77
(III sem)
69 73 85
B.Sc. III year 55
(VI
sem)
74
(V sem)
73
(VI sem)
74
(V sem)
68 59
M.Sc. I Semester - - - - - 6
Total 223 244 252 250 251 220
Total
1440 ( 2017-23)
10. Program Outcomes 2017-2022
Class Result ( overall Pass %)
Class 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22
B.Sc. I year 97.67 81.00 97.05 81.30 78.18
B.Sc. II year 97.56 88.50 100 100 83.56
B.Sc. III year 98.17 88.23 97.26 94.59 98.52
Average annual
Result
97.70 85.91 98.00 92.00 86.70
11. Research and Development Activities
• Ongoing Research Project: Development of
novel Green Ointments, Funding Agency:
USERC, Dehradun, Budget: 2,00000/-
• Project Submitted: Development of ointment for
burn treatment, Funding Agency: SERB, New
Delhi, Budget: 25,00000/-
• Research papers published: 02 (SCI Indexed
Journals)
• Book Published: Group Theory and Analytical
Chemistry (ISBN: 978-93-91908-70-6),
Publisher- Kunal Books, New Delhi.
12. SWOC Analysis
Strengths
• Significant number of laborious
students.
• Almost pollution free zone.
• Dedicated staff of the
department.
Weaknesses
• Number of faculty members are
less as required.
• No internet connection in
department.
Opportunities
• Biodiversity of this region gives
immense opportunity for
development new bioactive
molecules and natural
medicines.
Chanlenges
• High dropout rate in B. Sc. first
year.
• No industry or employable
assets nearby.
13. Future Plans
•Establish a research lab with advanced
instrument facilities for the analysis of
natural products.
• Start short-term vocational courses in
wet lab techniques for industrial
analysis.
14. Departmental Activities
• National Conference (2022)
• Three days Workshop on online
teaching methods (2020)
• Online Guest Lectures (2021)
• Quiz Competitions online and
offline (2021)
• Power point presentation by B.Sc.
and M.Sc. students