Department History
Date of Establishment of the Department 1963
Chemistry department is one of the first three departments with which Punjabi University started in 1963. In the beginning the department started functioning with specializations in organic, inorganic and physical chemistry and with the passage of time analytical and biochemistry specializations were also introduced. In the year 1974, M.Sc. in Forensic Science and in 1987 M.Sc. in Environmental Technology and Management were also started in the chemistry department. The biochemistry specialization and forensic science section have now been developed into full fledged and independent departments of Biotechnology and Forensic Science respectively. The Department is UGC-SAP (DRS-1) and DST-FIST assisted. The Ministry of Environment, Government of India has recognised the department for the pollution control and environmental analysis. At present, the department is offering inorganic, organic and physical chemistry specializations to M.Sc. and M.Phil. students.
Thrust Area
- Photochemistry and Chemical Kinetics
- Electrochemistry
- Analytical and Instrumentation
- Heterocyclics and biological and medicinally organic and inorganic compound
Syllabus
Courses Offered
| # |
CourseName |
Duration |
Seats |
Eligibility |
AdmissionProcedure |
| 1. |
M.Sc. Chemistry |
2 Years |
60 |
|
Entrance Test Conducted by Punjabi University |
| 2. |
M. Phil. |
1½ Years |
15 |
M.Sc. in respective dicipline (5 seats each in Physical, Organic & InorganicB.Sc. with Chemistry or B.Sc. (Hons. School) in Chemistry |
Entrance Test Conducted by Punjabi University |
| 3. |
M.Sc. Chemistry |
2 Years |
60 |
B.Sc. with Chemistry |
On the basis of Merit in Qualifying class |
| 4. |
M. Phil. |
2 Years |
15 |
M.Sc. in Chemistry |
On the basis of Merit in Qualifying class |
Faculty
Dr. ASHOK KUMAR
(ਅਸ਼ੋਕ ਕੁਮਾਰ)
Professor,
malik_chem2002@yahoo.co.uk
+91- 9815551332
Dr. RAMAN K. VERMA
(ਰਮਨ ਕ. ਵਰਮਾ)
Professor,
raman_verma58@yahoo.com
+91- 9815551331
Dr. BALJIT SINGH
(ਬਲਜੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ)
Assistant Professor,
baljit_chemz@yahoo.co.in
+91- 9814107914
Dr. MOHAMAD YUSUF
(ਮੋਹੰਮਦ ਯੂਸਫ)
Associate Professor,
yusuf_sah04@yahoo.co.in
+91-
Dr. JASPREET SINGH
(ਜਸਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਸਿੰਘ)
Assistant Professor,
jassiv02@yahoo.co.in
+91- 9814611812
Dr. JATINDER SINGH AULAKH
(ਜਤਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਔਲਖ)
Assistant Professor,
chemiaulakh@gmail.com
+91-
Dr. MANISHA BANSAL
(ਮਨੀਸ਼ਾ ਬੰਸਲ)
Assistant Professor,
jindal_manisha@yahoo.co.in
+91- 9417812003
Dr. HARPREET KAUR
(ਹਰਪ੍ਰੀਤ ਕੌਰ)
Assistant Professor,
preetjudge@yahoo.co.in
+91-
Dr. POONAM PATYAR
(ਪੂਨਮ ਪਤਯਾਰ)
Assistant Professor,
poonam_chem@yahoo.co.in
+91-
Mrs. SUSHEELA RANI DAHMIWAL
(ਸੁਸ਼ੀਲ ਰਾਣੀ ਡਾਹਮੀਵਾਲ)
Assistant Professor,
+91-
Dr. BALDEV SINGH
(Baldev Singh)
Professor,
drbaldev_singh@yahoo.com
+91- 9988302741
Dr. BALBIR KAUR
(ਬਲਬੀਰ ਕੌਰ)
Professor,
drbalbirkaur@gmail.com
+91-
Infrastructure Facilities
The department has a spacious three storeyed building. It has separate fully equipped classrooms, teaching and research laboratories for each of the specialization. Apart from this, there is a centralized instrumentation laboratory which is equipped with the research instruments like GC-MS, Spectrofluorimeter, UV-Visible spectrophotometer, FTIR spectrophotometer and NMR spectrometer, etc.
Two Computer Laboratories
The Department has a well established Computer Laboratories which are equipped with a total of 20 computers including a server. In these labs Internet facility is free for all students and research scholars. With this lab the following staff members are associated :
Mr. Harpreet Singh, System Analyst (MCA)
Academic Activities
- A two-day National Seminar on Recent Trends in Chemistry, was organized by the Department on 21st & 22nd Jan., 2009. Six Invited talks including the Key-note address by Prof. A.S. Brar, Vice-chancellor of Lucknow University, were delivered and more than 70 research papers were presented.
- Pharmaceutical companies and Chemical Industries regularly visit our Department for Campus Placement.
- Prof. N.R. Dhamiwal were invited by Punjab academy of sciences to act as sectional president and judge for the young scientist award during the conference organized by Guru Nanak Dental College, Sunam and Thapar University, Patiala.
- Prof. N.R. Dhamiwal has been a member of UGC expert committees for 11th plan assessment, College of Potential Excellence, for granting autonomous status to the colleges in Orissa and granting financial assistance for attendinf International Conferences abroad.
- Dr Jaspreet Singh has been invited at SRI International, USA to work as Visiting Scientist (2005-08). He has got 7 US patents filled on the basis of work done during his stay in USA.
- One Scientist and one Research Scholar from Germany visited the Department in 2009 for collaborative research with Dr. Ashok Kumar Malik.
- Dr. Raman K. Verma is carrying out collaborative research with Ind-Swift Laboratories Limited, Mohali, on DESIGN SYNTHESIS AND COMPUTATIONAL VALIDATION OF MEDICINALLY SIGNIFICANT NEW CHEMICAL ENTITIES (NCEs)
0175-3046409
headchemistrypup@gmail.com
Dr. ASHOK KUMAR
Information authenticated by
Dr. ASHOK KUMAR
Webpage managed by
University Computer Centre
Departmental website liaison officer
Last Updated on:
10-11-2017