DOC
is well equipped to conduct research in advanced areas ,through highly
qualified and experienced teachers of good international repute. The
department possesses several sophisticated instruments to do frontier
research in a broad range of disciplines. These includes UV-VIS, IR, FT-NMR
and EPR spectrometers, analytical tools like HPLC, GC, Atomic Absorptiometer,
Steady State and Time resolved fluo rescence Spectrophotometers, Ion and
Flash Chromatography units, High Speed Ultra Centrifuge, Electrophoresis
Units, Neutron and Cobalt-60 Sources, Multichannel Analyzers, TG/DSC, XRD, C
and H Analyzers, Liquid Scintillation Counters, RICS and SGI workstations,
several Pentiums (P I, P II, P III, P IV) and a host of other instruments.
National Centre for Free Radical
Research (NCFRR) a DAE funded facility housing the State of art LINAC
facility for studying free radical processes in the time domain of nano to
milliseconds.
DOC
has a close collaboration with the National Chemical Laboratory
(NCL),
Pune for teaching and research activities. (Eighteen fellowships are offered
by NCL
for meritorious M.Sc. students.)
DOC has academic flexibility for framing the syllabus and conducting
examinations. The syllabus is periodically modified to accommodate recent
advances. Computer aided instructions are given in some topics. A number of
DST, DAE, DRDO, UGC and CSIR funded research schemes are available for
research work.
The DOC
Library : Departmental Library contains more than 500 text books and
reference books which include books donated by Prof. S.K. Jatkar and the
books purchased from the donation by Dr. D.K. Mahajan. Coaching classes are
conducted for M.Sc. students for the NET-SET examinations. On an average
about 10-15 students qualify in these examinations per year. In the last six
years about 65 students have been awarded the Ph.D. degree and about 70
students have been awarded M.Phil. degrees.
DOC
also provides the E-mail
and
Internet
facilities to all faculty and research students. Various extension
activities like summer training projects for M.Sc. students, workshops and
refresher courses for college teachers are organized/conducted from time to
time. Lectures from eminent scientists as well as National and International
Conferences/ Seminars are also arranged in the department.
Placement Cell:
The DOC coordinates the Placement programme wherein several industries
conduct campus interviews and select students.