Dr. P. Sambasiva Rao, Head
(head.che@pondiuni.edu.in)

The Department of Chemistry, started in 1987, offers M.Sc. (Chemical Sciences), M.Sc. (Chemistry), Five year Integrated, M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes. From the very beginning, the post-graduate students of the Department, at the end of their course, qualify for the national level tests, i.e. UGCCSIR NET/GATE to seek academic progression.

The Department is supported by the University Grants Commissions SAP (DRS) and the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India FIST programme to achieve its academic potentials.

The Department of Chemistry has highly qualified faculty members to conduct research in fore-front areas of Chemistry including inorganic, organic, physical and theoretical Chemistry. Research work of the faculty is supported by the national funding agencies such as DST, CSIR, AICTE and UGC. Research output is regularly published in leading international / national journals having high impact factor. The Department is equipped to support teaching and research activities. Interdisciplinary and collaborative research is a feature of the Department. There are 23 research scholars and 09 M.Phil. Scholars engaged in research activities. A good number of visitors come to interact with the faculty/students and to give lectures.

Programmes of Study

M.Sc. Chemical Sciences
M.Sc. Chemistry (Five year Integrated)
M.Phil. Chemistry (Full-Time)
Ph.D. Chemistry (Full-time, Part-time (Internal))

Entrance Examination

M.Sc. Chemical Sciences
The selection is based on entrance test comprising of 100 objective type multiple-choice questions. The question paper consists 10% of questions from mathematics at +2 level and the rest 90% is equally distributed among inorganic, organic and physical chemistry at undergraduate level.

M.Sc. (Five year Integrated)
The question paper will consist of objective type questions in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics at +2 level.

M.Phil.
The selection is based on the entrance examination. The examination will consist of objective type questions, covering all aspects of chemistry at the M.Sc. level. There will be 100 questions, out of which 90 questions will be distributed among inorganic, organic, physical chemistry and 10 will be from theoretical chemistry.

Ph.D.
The selection is based on entrance examination held in common with M.Phil. entrance test and viva. The candidates who are qualified in NET/GATE/CSIR etc. are exempted from taking written examination.

Infrastructure Facilities

The Department has excellent computational facility and computer networking for intra and internet. Research facilities include EPR, NMR, IR, GCMS, Polarimeter, Atomic Absorption Spectrometer, Fluorescence, UVVIS Spectrometers to conduct research in the forefront areas of organic synthesis, magnetic resonance, solid-state chemistry, organometallic chemistry, etc. There is an ongoing effort to add other sophisticated instruments such as HPLC, TGA/DTA, X-ray fluorescence, etc. The scholars also use the facilities available at SAIF, Chennai and SIF, Bangalore.

All the faculty members have individual laboratories with basic equipments to carry out day-to-day research. The scholars have access to several online journals and databases. Research seminars, invited lectures and group discussions are constantly held for the benefit of research scholars.

Placements

Many pharmaceutical companies visit the Department every year to conduct campus interviews and recruit students for suitable positions. Out going Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.Sc. students find employment in leading pharmaceutical companies like Reddy Research Laboratories, Shasun Drugs and G.V.K Biosciences, SRF, Orichid Labs etc. Scholars /students find employment through campus interviews as well as by direct contact. Some of the Ph.D. and M.Phil. and M.Sc. students go abroad for higher studies /post-doctoral research.

Ongoing Research Project

Faculty research is supported by national funding agencies for about Rs.140 lakhs by CSIR, UGC, DST, AICTE, etc. and also the Department is supported by special funding by UGC-DRS (FIST) and SAP (DRS).

Faculty	Qualification	Specialization/Interest	Phone
Professors
* H. Surya Prakash  Rao (hspr.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (IISc, Bangalore)	Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Sterochemistry,Green Chemistry  and Iindustrial Organic Chemistry	2654411
* P. Sambasiva Rao (psrao.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (I.I.T., Madras)	Single crystal EPR studies on transition metal ions; EPR and  optical studies on minerals; EPR dating	2654412
* K. Anbalagan (ka.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (University of Madras,  Chennai)	Nanomaterial Photocatalysis, Photoreactions of Metal Complexes, Solvent/Structure-Reactivity Correlation Analysis, Toxic Metal Ion Removal from Water. CV, XRD, SEM investigations on Complexes	2654509
Readers
* Bidhu Bhusan Das (bbdas.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur)	Synthesis and state-of-the- art structure-property relations in  Electronic and Magnetic Materials, Magnetic Resonance  spectroscopy (EPR, NMR)	2654413
* R. Venkatesan (venkatesanr.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (I.I.T., Bombay)	Inorganic Photochemistry, EPR of Bio-molecules, Computers in  Chemical Education, Electrochemistry	2654415
* Bala Manimaran (manimaran.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (I.I.T., Bombay)	Organometallics, Nanoscale Materials and Supramolecular  Chemistry	2654414
Lecturers
G. Vasuki (vasuki.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (Madurai Kamaraj  University, Madurai)	Stereoselective Synthesis; Chemistry Education (Constructivist  Learning)	2654498
* N. Dastagiri Reddy (ndreddy.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur)	Main group organometallics, transition metal based  homogenous catalysis	2654484
* M.M.  Balakrishnarajan (mmbkr.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (Bharathidasan University,  Tiruchirappalli)	Chemical Information Sciences	2654410
* C.R. Ramanathann (crrnath.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad,  Hyderabad)	Drug design and development, Asymmetric organic  transformations	2654416
Binoy Krishna Saha (binoypu.che@pondiuni.edu.in)	Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad,  Hyderabad)	Crystal Engineering, Host-guest Chemistry, Polymorphism

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* Recognised as Supervisor for guiding scholars leading to M.Phil. and Ph.D.

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