About the Department
Chemistry is the basis for designing and understanding the nature of various engineering materials. Many advances in engineering either produce a new chemical demand, as in the case of polymers, or wait upon chemical developments for their application, as in the case of implants and alloys. Currently, the electronics and computer engineers are waiting for suitable biopolymers and nano molecules for use in miniature super computers; the electrical and Computer engineers are in search of proper conducting polymers; the mechanical engineers are on the lookout for micro fluids; and the civil engineers are looking for materials that are environmentally friendly, economical but long-lasting.
Postgraduate courses combine an extension of the application of fundamental principles in situations of regional importance with a more advanced treatment of some of the basic aspects of chemistry not covered in detail in undergraduate courses, e.g. soil, food, water chemistry, natural product chemistry, biochemistry, polymer chemistry, and recent advances in chromatography and spectroscopy.
The Department of Chemistry at DIT University offers B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, M.Sc. in Chemistry with Specialization in Organic/Analytical Chemistry, and a Ph.D in Chemistry. The curriculum is designed with the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) and Fully Flexible Choice-Based Credit Systems (FFCBCS) to offer students holistic education with multiple options in core, electives, skill, ability, and employability courses. The department is also equipped with state-of-the-art laboratories offering a wide range of sophisticated experimental facilities to complement classroom teaching and hands-on training with well-equipped labs, seminars, and minor and major research projects and summer internships during UG and PG degrees.
The department has active research groups in experimental and theoretical chemistry and three well-equipped laboratories. Faculties are working in the cutting-edge areas of Organic, Electrochemistry, Petroleum, Cementation, Biochemistry, Natural Product and Medicinal Chemistry, Nano materials & fibers, Additives for Fuels and Lubricants, Biolubricants, Waste Biomass, Green Chemistry, Environmental Monitoring, Protein-protein interactions, bio-nano interactions, Atmospheric Chemistry, Combustion processes, Organometallic Chemistry, Catalysis, Computational Chemistry, Mathematical modeling on biochemical pathways etc. The faculty are well qualified and motivated with a strong commitment to teaching and research, which is reflected in producing good results. Faculty members serve as reviewers for various peer-reviewed WoS/Scopus indexed journals and have organised various national and international conferences/symposiums/workshops/summer schools etc. They are also members of many national and international societies and boards and have collaborations with national and international institutes of repute.
