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The department of Chemistry was founded in the year 1956 and since then it has steadily developed into a leading centre of research and teaching in Jadavpur University. It has acquired the status of being chosen for the DSA and COSIST Programmes of the UGC. The areas of taught courses and research that comprise this department include Organic, Inorganic, Physical, Analytical & theoretical branches of Chemistry.

Head Of The Department : Dr. Kajal Krishna Rajak

Ph.: 2414-6223(O)
Extn-2457-2267
E-mail: hodjuchemistry@gmail.com
hod.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in

Section-in-Charge:

Inorganic Chemistry
Dr. Partha Roy
Ph.:
E-mail:

Organic Chemistry
Dr. Mohabul Alam Mondal
Ph.:
E-mail:

Physical Chemistry
Dr. Arup Gayen

Ph.:
E-mail:

Final Report of UGC Major Research Project [F.No. 43-243/2014(SR) - Dr. Suman Das (Physical Chemistry Section) Department of Chemistry,Jadavpur University

Final Report of the work done on the Major Research Project - Azo (-N=N-) and imine (-C=N-) functionalized sulfamethoxazole and their metal complexes: Spectral, structural, photophysical, redox characterization and biochemical activities - PROF. CHITTARANJAN SINHA, Department of Chemistry

M. Sc. Chemistry (CBCS) Syllabus

UG CBCS Syllabus of Chemistry(H)

Executive summary of the Report of UGC Project - Synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of metal complex functionalized silica-based mesoporous solids -Dr. Subratanath Koner

Executive summary of the report of major research project of University Grants Commission (UGC) entitled Azo (-N=N-) and imine (-C=N-) functionalized sulfamethoxazole and their metal complexes: Spectral, structural, photophysical, redox characterization and biochemical activities [UGC Reference No.F. 42-333/2013(SR) dated 22.3.2013]- Chittaranjan Sinha

B.Sc. (Subsidiary) Syllabus

B.Sc. (H) Syllabus

Achievement of Department of Chemistry in the International Year of Chemistry

Faculty Summary Full Time

No. of teachers with Ph.D / D.Sc. as the highest qualification	40
No. of teachers with First class Master Degree as the highest qualification	1

Professors
Photo	Name / Qualification	Telephone No. / Email ID	Specialization


	Ambikesh Mahapatra Ph.D.	9433468795 ambikeshju@gmail.com \| ambikesh.mahapatra@jadavpuruniversity.in	Physical Chemistry, Chemical Kinetics
	Amrita Saha Ph.D.	+91-9836660224 amrita.saha@jadavpuruniversity.in \| amritasahachemju@gmail.com / amritaa74@hotmail.com	Inorganic Chemistry
	Arup Gayen Ph.D.	8697671002 agayenju@yahoo.com \| arup.gayen@jadavpuruniversity.in	Physical Chemistry
	Chandan Kumar Mondal Ph.D.	9836262198 pcckm@yahoo.co.in \| chandank.mondal@jadavpuruniversity.in	Physical Chemistry/ Theoretical Chemistry
	Chittaranjan Sinha Ph.D.	7044231277 chittaranjan.sinha@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry
	Debajyoti Ghoshal Ph.D.	(033) 2414 6666/6194. Ext.2682 debajyoti.ghoshal@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry
	GOURHARI MAITI Ph.D.	gourhari.maiti@jadavpuruniversity.in
	Jnan Prakash Naskar Ph.D.	jnanp.naskar@jadavpuruniversity.in
	Kajal Krishna Rajak Ph.D.	033-2457-2780 / 9830905167 / 9433366012 kajalk.rajak@jadavpuruniversity.in / kajalrajak@gmail.com / kajalrajak@rediffmail.com	Coordination Chemistry
	Kausikisankar Pramanik Ph.D.	08910935661 / 9433366013 kpramanik@hotmail.com \| kausikis.pramanik@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry
	Mahammad Ali Ph.D.	033-24843602 mahammad.ali@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry
	Nitin Kumar Chattopadhyay Ph.D.	9433948648 nitin.chattopadhyay@yahoo.com \| nitink.chattopadhyay@jadavpuruniversity.in	Physical Chemistry / Spectroscopy & Photochemistry
	Partha Roy Ph.D.	icroy@yahoo.com \| partha.roy@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry
	Partha Pratim Parui Ph.D.	+91 33 2457 2776 (Off) 09433490492 (Mob) parthaparui@yahoo.com \| parthap.parui@jadavpuruniversity.in	Physical Chemistry, Bio-physical Chemistry etc.
	Samaresh Bhattacharya Ph.D.	2431 0998 (R) samareshb.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry
	Sanjay Bhar Ph.D.	91-033-22415930 (R) sanjay.bhar@jadavpuruniversity.in	Synthetic Organic Chemistry
	Saurabh Das Ph.D.	dasrsv@yahoo.in \| saurabh.das@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry
	SHOUVIK CHATTOPADHYAY Ph.D.	033-24572941 shouvik.chattopadhyay@jadavpuruniversity.in, shouvik.chem@gmail.com	Coordination Chemistry
	Soumen Ghosh Ph.D.	033-24572503 (O) / 9432075363 soumen.ghosh@jadavpuruniversity.in	Physical Chemistry / Surface Chemistry
	Subrata Mukhopadhyay Ph.D.	2546 1508 (R),2556 6552 (R) subrata.mukhopadhyay@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic chemistry Reaction mechanism
	Subratanath Koner Ph.D.	913324572778 subratan.koner@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry Molecular Magnetism Heterogeneous Catalysis Mesoporous Materials
	Sujoy Baitalik Ph.D.	03324572032 sujoy.baitalik@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry
	SUMAN DAS Ph.D.	(033) 2457 2349 sumandas10@yahoo.com \| suman.das@jadavpuruniversity.in	Biophysical Chemistry/Physical Chemistry Carcinogen - Nucleic acid interactions Studies on the non-covalent binding of ligands to duplex and triplex DNA and RNA DNA and RNA structure and polymorphism Photochemistry and photobiology of alkaloids Enzyme activity and the effect of transcription inhibitor Small molecule-protein interaction
	Tanurima Bhaumik Ph.D.	03324572926 (Office) tanurimabhaumik@gmail.com / tanurima.bhaumik@jadavpuruniversity.in	Organic Chemistry/Synthetic Organic chemistry/Synthesis of optically pure potentially bioactive natural and unnatural molecules from chiral pool precursors
	TAPAN KUMAR MONDAL Ph.D.	03324572970/9831637108 tapank.mondal@jadavpuruniversity.in \| tkmondal_ju@yahoo.com	Metal carbonyls and catalysis Organometallic chemistry of Platinum Group Metals Study of metal mediated organic transformation reactions DFT Computation and electronic structure Metal ion sensors
	UMASISH JANA	umasish.jana@jadavpuruniversity.in
	Umesh Chandra Halder Ph.D.	umeshc.halder@jadavpuruniversity.in


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Associate Professor
Photo	Name / Qualification	Telephone No. / Email ID	Specialization


	Biplab Bhattacharjee Ph.D.	2411 9468 (R) biplab.bhattacharjee@jadavpuruniversity.in	Theoretical Chemistry Statistical Mechanics Computer Simulation Studies (Molecular Dynamics, Monte Carlo)
	Pradip Kumar Mahapatra Ph.D.	9433257808 mppradip@hotmail.com \| mppradip12@gmail.com \| pradipk.mahapatra@jadavpuruniversity.in	Bio-Physical Chemistry
	Saubhik Haldar Ph.D.	09830817306 s.haldar@rediffmail.com \| shaldar.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in	Bioorganic Chemistry Supramolecular Chemistry Design and synthesis of organic soft materials
	Sujit Kumar Ghosh	skghosh.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in


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Assistant Professor
Photo	Name / Qualification	Telephone No. / Email ID	Specialization


	Amit Saha Ph.D.	+91-9433950204 amit.saha@jadavpuruniversity.in / amitsahaiacs@yahoo.co.in	Synthetic Organic Chemistry
	ANANYA BAKSI Ph.D.	ananyab.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in / ananyabaksi6@gmail.com	Analytical Chemistry Materials Chemistry
	Arunabha Thakur Ph.D.	9937760940 arunabha.thakur@jadavpuruniversity.in / babuiitm07@gmail.com	Organic Chemistry
	Asamanjoy Bhunia Ph.D.	abhunia.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in \| asamanjoy.bhunia@gmail.com \| chem.asamanjoy@gmail.com	Inorganic Chemistry Materials chemistry
	BIBHUTI BHUSHAN SHOW Ph.D.	bibhutib.show@jadavpuruniversity.in
	JASIMUDDIN AHMED	jahmed.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in
	Manas Panda Ph.D.	mannup25@gmail.com / manaspanda.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry, Solid state and material chemistry
	Mohabul Alam Mondal Ph.D.	9647548599 mohabula.mondal@jadavpuruniversity.in	Organic Chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Heterocyclic Chemistry
	Partha Mahata Ph.D.	9734764274 parthachem@gmail.com \| partha.mahata@jadavpuruniversity.in	Inorganic Chemistry, X-ray Crystallography, Photochemistry, Solid State Chemistry
	Raj Kumar Nandi Ph.D.	rkn.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in \| rajnandi007@yahoo.com	Organic Chemistry
	Samit Guha Ph.D.	9163750994 samit.guha@jadavpuruniversity.in / samitfsu@gmail.com	Organic Chemistry
	SATYADEEP WAIBA M.Sc	7679539543 waibasatyadeep@gmail.com \| swaiba.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in	Organic Chemistry
	Shrabani Mondal	shrabanim.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in
	Soumik Bardhan	soumikb.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in
	Tapas Ghosh Ph.D.	tapasg.chemistry@jadavpuruniversity.in	Organic Chemistry


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Degrees Offered/Intake
	Degrees Offered	Intake Capacity


	B.Sc. (3 years)	58
	M.Sc. (Day)(2 years)	40
	M.Sc. (Eve) (3 years)	35

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Laboratories Equipment
	Laboratories	Equipment


	Common Instrumental Facilities	X-ray Single Crystal Diffractometer High Resolution Mass Spectrometer 300 MHz NMR Spectrometer Nano Second Fluorimeter Electro-Chemistry System X-ray Powder Diffractometer UV-VIS –near IR Spectrophotometer EPR Spectrometer CD Spoectrometer HPLC GC Computation Facility IR Spectrometer Perkin Elmer Elements Analyser Fluorimeter Stopped Flow Spectrometer Thermal Analyzer

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Thrust Area



	Photochemistry and Spectroscopy
	Synthetic and Structural Inorganic Chemistry
	Organometallic Chemistry
	Co- ordination Chemistry
	Theoretical Chemistry : Statistical Mechanical Studies of Condensed System,
	Quantum Mechanical Studies on small Molecules
	Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism with Special Reference to Electron
	Transfer Reaction
	Solution Chemistry and Electrochemistry
	Synthetic Organic Chemistry : Carbocyclics and Hetero Cyclic
	Carbohydrate Chemistry: Polysaccharides, Glycoproteins
	Solvent Extraction Of Metals of Strategic Importance
	Chromatographic Separations
	Photochemistry and Spectroscopy
	Synthetic and Structural Inorganic Chemistry
	Organometallic Chemistry
	Co- ordination Chemistry
	Theoretical Chemistry : Statistical Mechanical Studies of Condensed System,
	Quantum Mechanical Studies on small Molecules
	Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism with Special Reference to Electron
	Transformer Reaction
	Solution Chemistry and Electrochemistry
	Synthetic Organic Chemistry : Carbocyclics and Hetero Cyclic
	Carbohydrate Chemistry: Polysaccharides, Glycoproteins
	Solvent Extraction Of Metals of Strategic Importance
	Chromatographic Separations
	Computation of large molecules: ground and excited states
	Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis
	Bioinorganic Chemistry
	Biophysical Chemistry
	Bioorganic Chemistry

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Paper Published
Year	Number


2024	1
2023	11
2022	18
2021	64
2020	65
2019	109
2018	101
2017	99
2016	98
2015	91
2014	101
2013	91
2012	73
2011	1
2011	51
2010	49
2009	1
2009	60
2008	42
2007	51
2006	49
2005	31
2004	27
2003	17
2002	17
2001	12
2000	7
1999	14
1998	7
1997	5
1996	4
1995	4
1994	4
1993	3
1991	3
1990	4
1989	2
1988	3
1987	1
	9

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Book Published
Year	Number


2023	1
2022	1
2016	1
2014	1
2010	2
2008	1

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Awards and Honours
Year	Number


2020	3
2019	1
2018	3
2017	1
2016	2
2015	9
2014	6
2013	8
2012	1
2011	2
2010	3
2009	2
2008	2
2006	2
2005	2
2004	1
2003	2
2002	1
1999	1
1998	1
1997	1
1995	2
1992	1
1991	2
1989	1
1988	1
1986	2
1985	3
1984	1
1982	1
1979	1
1977	1

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PHD Thesis Completed
Year	Number


2023	8
2022	18
2021	11
2020	8
2019	23
2018	11
2017	13
2016	18
2015	20
2014	14
2013	23
2012	10
2011-2016	1
2011-	1
2011	7
2010	11
2009-2013	1
2009	6
2008	8
2007	3
2006-2012	1
2006-2010	3
2006	7
2005	5
2004	3
2003-2008	1
2003-2007	1
2003-20012	1
2003	1
2002	2
1996	1
	29

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Patents
Year	Number


2021	3
2020	2
2018	1
2016	1
2013	1

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Collaborative Programs
Year	Number


2018	1
2016	1
2015	1
2014	1
2012	1
2010	1
2009	2
2007	1
2005	1
2002	1

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Seminars Organized
Year	Number


2022	1
2021	2
2020	4
2019	6
2018	6
2017	5
2016	3
2015	5
2014	11
2013	12
2012	8
2011	9
2010	14
2009	9
2008	11
2007	9
2006	8
2005	6
2004	7
2003	2
2002	5
2001	2
2000	4
1999	1
1998	1
1997	1
1996	2
1995	1
1994	1
	7

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