Department of Chemistry

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Facilities, Lab

There are four M. Sc. Paper Laboratories well equipped with the necessary equipments/ instruments/ infrastructure to perform experiments in Analytical, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry.

All the research students are comfortably accommodated in the various research laboratories.

The department is well equipped with the necessary infrastructure and sophisticated instruments like NMR, FTIR, UV-Visible spectrophotometers, Spectrofluorimeter, HPLC, GC, G-M Counter, Gamma-ray multichannel Analyzer, Digital Polarimeter, Ion meters, Electro-chemical workstation, Brookfield’s Viscometer, Salt-spray Tester, Cross-Hatch Hardness Tester, Coating Thickness Gauge, Tensile Testing Machine, Vapour Pressure Measurement Unit, CVD, Catalytic Hydrogenator, Microwave Oven, etc. Through the various National funding agencies the department has procured instruments viz. Faraday balance for low temperature magnetic susceptibility measurements, Auto-titrator, Ultrasonic reactors, TG/DTA/DSC, AAS, GPC and FTIR instruments.

The department has also acquired new technological devices such as Audio-Visual system, LCD Projector, E-Beam System, Media Imager and Visual Presenter. Internet accesses are provided to the staff and research as well as paper students.

A new computer lab with capacity of 20 computers is being fabricated.

Department has a seminar room with a seating capacity of 60 people.

Instruments photos-

1. 300MHz NMR2. FTIR spectrophotometer3. HPLC4. GC5. UV-VIS spectrophotometer6. TGA-DTA7. AAS8. GPC

Library

Jawaharlal Nehru Library at the Vidyanagari Campus is well equipped with books, journals, periodicals and Encyclopedia of Chemistry. There is a separate facility for doing literature survey. The students enrolled in the Department can avail of both reading as well as lending facilities offered by the library. Internet facility is also available for the students and staff at nominal charges.

The electronic access to major Journals, Sci-Finder, Chemical Abstract etc. is available.

The Department is in the process of creating a departmental library.

Courses

(a) M. Sc. (Chemistry)

Duration- 2 years

Intake capacity- Physical Chemistry- 20

Inorganic Chemistry- 20

Organic Chemistry- 20

Analytical Chemistry- 20

In the first year students have to study all four subjects. In second year they are specialized in individual branch.

(b) M. Sc. (by research)

(c) Ph. D. in Chemistry.

Our students are placed in various industries and have been inducted as faculty and scientists at prominent academic and research institutions

Research

Publications (last 5 years): 195

Fundings: Available from various sources viz. UGC, CSIR, DST, BRNS, DAE and Industries

Research Facilities

300 MHz NMR Sphectrometer

GC-Mass Spectrometer

GC and HPLC equipments

FTIR and UV Spectrophotometers

Spectrofluorimeter

TGA/DTA

Electrochemical work stations for Advanced Voltammetric techniques

Faraday Magnetic Susceptibility Balance

GM CounterGamma-ray Multichannel Analyzer

Digital Polarimeter

Brookfield’s Viscometer

Chemical Vapour Deposition Unit

Ongoing Research projects

1. FIST programme of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of IndiaINR. 1.2 crores

2. Special Assistance Programme (SAP), University Grants CommissionINR. 70 lakhs

3. Supramolecular interactions based nano-scale electrochemical sensors for certain metal ions of nuclear technological importance

Principle Invetigator: Dr. A. K. Srivastava

Funding agency: Board of research in nuclear science (BRNS), BARC, Mumbai

Duration: 2005 – 2008

Amount: Rs 13,00,00/-

4. Environmental accumulation and transfer factor of radio nuclides, elements released from nuclear facilities at Tarapur site.

Principle Investigator: Dr. B. H. Mehta

Funding Agency: BRNS, Department of Atomic energy, Govt. of India.Period: 2007-2010

Amount: Rs 16,18,950/-

5. Development of C2 symmetric hetero-helicenes as fluorescent chiral sensors foramines and amino esters.

Principle Invetigator: Dr. A. V. Karnik

Funding agency: DST

Duration: 2008-2011

Amount: Rs.28,42,800

6. Solid Phase extraction methodologies for heavy metal removal.

Principle Investigator: Dr. (Mrs.) M. Karve

Funding agency: University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi

Duration: Three years (April 2008 – April 2011)

Amount: Rs. 6, 42,800/- (Six lakh forty two thousand eight hundred only).

Completed Research projects (last 5 years)

1. Effect of environment on glycogen metabolic activity.

Principle Investigator: Dr. G. A. Meshram

Funding agency: UGC (WRO), PuneDuration: 2002 – 2004

Amount: Rs. 50,000

2. Electrochemical studies on the interaction of macromolecules with certain vitamins and amino acids for development of electrochemical sensors.

Principle Investigator: Dr. A. K. Srivastava

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi

Duration: 2002-2005

Amount: Rs. 20,00,000

3. Design and Development of Group 15 molecular Precursors for MOCVD.

Principle Investigator: Dr. S. S. Garje

Funding agency: Board of research in nuclear science (B.R.N.S.), Govt. of India

Duration: 2002-2005

Amount: Rs. 7,50,000

4. Synthesis, Structural and Optical Spectral Studies of Oxadiazole Fluoroionophores: Selective Fluorescence Sensors.

Principle Investigator: Dr. S. H. Mashraqui

Funding agency: Board of research in nuclear science (B.R.N.S), Govt. of India

Duration: 2004-2006

Amount: Rs. 7,50,000

5. Donor Acceptor Thienothiophenes: Synthesis and Evaluation as potential nonlinear optic materials.

Principle Investigator: Dr. S. H. Mashraqui

Funding agency: CSIR, Delhi

Duration: 2000-2003

Amount: Rs. 7,50,000

Faculty

Physical Chemistry

	Name : DR. A. V. KARNIK Designation : Professor in Organic Chemistry & Head of the Department of Chemistry Email : avkarnik@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site: Profile
	Name : DR. S. H. MASHRAQUI Designation : Professor Email : Sh_mashraqui@yahoo.com Web-Site : Profile
	Name : DR. M. M. V. RAMANA Designation : Professor in Chemistry Email : mmvramana@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : DR. G. A. MESHRAM Designation : Professor of Organic Chemistry Email : meshramga@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Mr. Ramchandra Govind Thorat Designation : Assistant Professor in Chemistry Email : ramthorat@chemistry.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : DR. D. P. KUDAV Designation : Assistant Professor in Chemistry Email : kudav@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : DR. NAVINCHANDRA G. SHIMPI Designation : Associate Professor in Chemistry Email : navinshimpi@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Dr. VISHWANATH. R. PATIL Designation : Assistant Professor in Chemistry Email : vrpatil@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Dr. Purav M. Badani Designation : Assistant Professor in Chemistry Email : pmbadani@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Dr. Arun K. Kadu Designation : Assistant Professor in Chemistry Email : kadu.arun@chemistry.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : DR. SHIVRAM S. GARJE Designation : Professor in Inorganic Chemistry Email : ssgarje@yahoo.com Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Dr. Shilpee Sachar Designation : Assistant Professor Email : shilpee.sachar@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Dr. Suresh Damdoar Pawar Designation : Assistant Professor in Chemistry Email : sureshpawar@chemistry.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Dr. Sudesh T. Manjare Designation : Assistant Professor in Chemistry Email : sudeshmanjare@chemistry.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : DR. A. K. SRIVASTAVA Designation : Professor of Analytical Chemistry Email : aksrivastava@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : DR. MANJUSHA A. KARVE Designation : Associate Professor in Chemistry Email : manjusha@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : DR. RAJESH M. KAMBLE Designation : Professor in Chemistry Email : kamblerm@chem.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Mr. Bhushan B. Popatkar Designation : Assistant Professor in Chemistry Email : bpopatkar@chemistry.mu.ac.in Web-Site : Profile
	Name : Dr. Kiran R. Gore Designation : DST-INSPIRE Faculty Email : kiran.gore@chem.mu.ac.in/ kirangore@gmail.com Web-Site : Profile

Administrative, Laboratory and other staff

Administrative Staff

Technical Staff:

Research Staff:

Research Assistant Dr. (Ms.) N. M. Matkar

Laboratory Assistants:

M. B. Misal

R. V. Dalvi

J. SeelanV. A. Patil

A. P. Mayekar

S. S. Bhatkar

Laboratory Attendants:

L. G. Kesarkar

R. G. Satardekar

Y. C. Gurav

G. R. Padelkar

B. K. Kocharekar

G. L. Pujar

S. T. Sawant

D. R. Borade

M. R. Kanchi

S. N. Parad

Office Attendants:

P. B. Darde

S. K. Ghag

R. E. Dalvi

Hamal: V. K. Sakpal

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