About the Department

Chemistry Department is one of the leading departments of the college, established in 1970, which offers programs leading to B.Sc. and M. Sc. degrees. Department is provided with spacious and separate chemistry laboratories for UG, PG classes for research. Department is well equipped with sophisticated analytical instruments such as FTIR, GC, HPLC, UV-Vis-DRS/Vis and Flame etc. The department having qualified experienced teaching staffs and universities recognized Ph. D. guide faculties for research. Department offers consultancy to researchers, industries and farmers in the form of material testing and characterization. Department undertakes various activities for the overall development of students as well as cultivating research attitude.

Program offered by the Department

• Undergraduate Courses

Program Level	Course Name	Duration of course	Intake strength
UG Science	B.Sc. Chemistry	3 Years	120(G) +120(NG)
PG Science	M. Sc. Organic Chemistry	2 Years	24 (NG)
PG Science	M. Sc. Analytical Chemistry	2 Years	24 (NG)

 

Program Outcomes

After completing B.Sc. Chemistry Program, students will be able to:

• Transfer and apply the acquired fundamental knowledge of chemistry, including basic concepts and principles of Organic chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Physical and Analytical Chemistry.
• Apply and demonstrate knowledge of essential facts, concepts, laws, principles and theories related to chemistry.
• Demonstrate the learned laboratory skills, enabling them to perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of given samples and able to make conclusions on it.
• Set procedure and synthesize simple compounds of commercial importance.
• Engage in oral and written scientific communication, and will prove that they can think critically and work independently.
• Communicate effectively using graphical techniques, reports and presentations within a scientific environment.
• To recognize problems in chemical science and make strategies to solve it.
• Respond effectively to unfamiliar problems in scientific contexts.
• Plan, execute of design experiment, make documentation of it, interpret data at entry level of chemical industry and report the results.
• Integrate and apply these skills to study different branches of chemistry.
• The student will acquire knowledge effectively by self-study; work independently, present information in a clear, concise and logical manner.
• The student will learn professionalism, including the ability to work in groups and in society, and apply basic ethical principles.

After completing M. Sc. Chemistry, students will be able to :

• Understand the nature and basic concepts of Physical, Organic and Inorganic chemistry,
• Analyze Organic and inorganic compounds qualitatively and quantitatively,
• Understand the applications of physical, organic, inorganic and analytical chemistry in pharmaceutical, agriculture and chemical industries,
• Able to perform experimental procedures as per laboratory manual in the area of physical, Inorganic and organic chemistry,
• Interpretation and synthesis of chemical information and data obtained from chemical and instrumental analysis.

Add-on Course

Along with B. Sc. Chemistry degree, add on courses are offered for the science students.

Sr. No.	Name of the Certificate/Diploid Course	No. of students	Year of introduction
1.	Safety in Chemical Laboratory	35	2019-20
2.	Food Safety and Food Adulteration	55	2020-21

MOU/ Collaborations/ Linkages

1. Department has MOU with Sahydri Milk and Milk Products, (Dingore) Pune
2. Krushi Vidnyan Kendra, Narayangaon.

 

Faculty Achievement

• R. N. Shirsat awarded Ph. D. by Savitribai Phule Pune University on 4th September 2019 under the guidance of Dr. M. G. Chaskar.
• M. H. Moulavi awarded Ph. D. by Savitribai Phule Pune University on 30th August 2020 under the guidance of Dr. K. G. Kanade.
• E. M. Kabadi awarded Ph. D. by Savitribai Phule Pune University on 18th March 2021 under the guidance of Dr. Subhash Pingale.
• V. M. Shinde honered with Best Teacher By Sakal

Students Achievement

• Mundhe Roshan, Mr. Dighe Mayuresh and Mr. Shingote Sunil of T.Y.B.Sc. class were participated in the Zonaland University Level Avishkar Competition 2017-18.at Indira College in
• Bhale Mangesh Shankar qualified NET conducted in Dec. 2015.
• Kalpesh Tambe qualified GATE examination in 2022-23.

Placement

• Selected Students

Year	Number of students placed	Name of the organisation
2015-16	01	Army, Nasik
	01	Pune Rural Police
	37	Wagons Learning PVT LTD, Pune
2017-18	5	Chemical industry Ambarnath
2018-19	5	Archar Chem Calibration PVT LTD. Malad Mumbai
	6	MET CAL Central Baroda, Gujrat
	2	Prajyo Instruments PVT LTD
2019-20	5	Kind Healh & Hygine Pvt.Ltd.,Agio Pharm., Blue Jet Heath Care
2020-21	3	Om Balaji Precious Metal, Piramal Pharma
2021-22	4	Scitech Specialities, Nexpro System

 

 

Curricular and Co-Curricular Activities

National/State level conference/workshop organized by department-

• Organized National seminar in January 2012 On Nanotechnology: Environmental, Economic, Social and Health Perspectives (22^nd& 23^rd 2016).
• Organized Two-days state level seminar on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences on 7^thand 8^th2018
• Organized One-day workshop on S.Y.B.Sc. syllabus framing of Choice Based Credit system by SPPU (29^th2019)