Department of chemistry, Saurashtra University Rajkot

The Department of Chemistry was established in 1980. It offers four different specializations in chemistry with Organopharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmaanalytical Chemistry, Physical and material science, and Inorganic Chemistry. In addition to Mast e, and Inorganic Chemistry. In addition to Master's degree, from 2013 onward, the department has also started one year Postgraduate diploma course in Sophisticated Analytical Instruments (PGDSAIT). M.Sc course is of four semesters with an intake capacity of 100 including 50 self-financed seats. Presently, 35 scholars are pursuing their doctoral work in the department and more than 450 students have been awarded their Ph.DS till date. At present, department has six regular, three contractual based and four self-financed faculties. Department has successfully completed various research projects funded by various government agencies such as UGC, DST, CSIR, BARC, BRNS, GUJCOST etc. Further, some projects were also done with private industries like Du Pont, Agro Chemical (USA), Merck Inc., (USA), Spechem (Czech Republic), Spec Biospec (Netherland), R. J. W. Pharma (USA), Zydus, Cadilla Healthcare, Ranbaxy, Dabur Foundation, Nicholas-Piramal, Synergia Life Sciences, Sam Fine-o-chem, Shukla Ashar, Almelo, Astra Zeneca, Claries, Alembic Ltd., , Mackson Pharma etc. Further, there are collaborations with various national and foregin institutes, some of worth-mentioning being the New Jersey Medical School, Vienna Institue of Technology, Austria; Josai University, Japan; the Southern Research Institute, Alabama, USA; National Institute of Health, USA; National Cancer Institute, USA, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan; DIPAS, New Delhi; Mysore University, Mysore; IIT, Chennai; CDRI, Lucknow etc. The Department of Chemistry has successfully completed DST-FIST program and UGC-DSA-SAP-1 programme is ongoing. The research thrust areas include Synthetic and Medicinal Chemistry, Pharma Analytical Chemistry, Thermodynamics, and Physicochemical properties of solutions. Material Science, Physical Chemistry, Catalysis, Inorganic Chemistry, Nanoscience, etc. Various eminent scientists, professors, industrialists, experts from different non-government organizations have visited the department for lectures and research advice. The department has various instruments such as NMR-400MHz, Single crystal X-RAY spectrophotometer, GC-MS, HPLC, UPLC, HP-TLC, TGA_DSC-DTA, FTIR, HeadspaceGC, Polarimeter, Sound and densitometer, Refractometer, pH meter, hydrogenator, conductometer, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, Potentiometer, Microwave synthesizer, Parallel Synthesizer etc. The department has been awarded by Centre of Excellence. Various industrial and institutional tours are also organized by the department to motivate the students. Students are also encouraged to do research by assigning them small projects for which they have to submit a dissertation. Apart from academics, other curricular activities are also organized by the department to create social awareness among students. For this, a plastic-free campus program, blood donation camp, picnic to historical places, etc., are also organized. The Saurashtra University was created on a rigorous demand, for a separate university out of Gujarat University (Ahmedabad), from the eminent educationists and freedom fighters of the Saurashtra region. The demand was more prominent after the creation of Gujarat state on May 1, 1961. The Saurashtra University Act was passed by the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat in the year 1965(Gujarat Act No. 39 of 1965). Saurashtra University, established on 23rd May, 1967, having two headquarters in the initial stage i.e. Rajkot and Bhavnagar. After the incorporation of the Bhavnagar University, Rajkot became the sole headquarters of the Saurashtra University. The campus of the University is spread over 363 acres of land. The present jurisdiction of the University includes Amreli, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surendranagar, and Morbi districts. It has 29 Post Graduate Departments on its campus and 238 affiliated colleges. The University has important seats of learning spreading knowledge in the respective fields i.e. Nehru Chair, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Chair, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Chair, Swami Dayanand Saraswati Chair, Gulabdas Broker Chair, etc. The University runs a centre of learning and research in the name of Shri Zaverchand Meghani i.e. Meghani Lok Sahitya Kendra. The University in collaboration with Commissionerate of Industries, Government of Gujarat, and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has started National Facility for Drugs Discovery (NFDD) in the year 2009. The NFDD is a state of art centre of research and innovation. Later in the year 2014, the NFDD was transformed into Centre of Excellence (COE). COE is actively involved in generating funds from industrial consultancy. ...view more