The Chemistry Department was started in 1967 when Science groups were introduced for Pre-Degree course. B.Sc Degree was started in 1974 and M.Sc in 1982.A student of the first degree batch,K.Chandramathy optained Calicut University First Rank in Chemistry. Later K.H. Prema obtained first rank in B.Sc Chemistry and M.Sc Chemistry. Many students have passed CSIR JRF/NET and are well placed in various reputed institutions.

Courses

STUDENTS ROLL 

Faculty

Head of the Department: B.K.SOBHANA

Details of Teaching Faculty including Guest Lecturers:

                       Regular classes,monthly test papers,seminars and other interactive classes. M.Sc. students are given special orientation classes for attending National Eligibility Test.Project work are given according to the field of interest of the student. Maximum support from teacher’s side to get maximum mark for theory and practicals.

On 03.02.2007, Dr. P. Raveendran Reader in Chemistry, Calicut University, delivered a talk in computational Chemistry to P.G. students.

Highlights of the Department

                       The Department is one of the best Chemisrty Department under Calicut University. All the teachers are well qualified, work oriented, energetic and sincere in teaching. Separate laboratory facility for degree,M.Sc. first year and M.Sc. second year with required instruments, glass w               and chemicals,computer facility,overhead projector  and L.C.D available for teaching.M.Sc. project works in plant  coordination complexes,adsorption,nanochemistry, analytical chemistry are conducted.Maximum coordination among staff members and good relationship between staff and students.

Roll of Honor

1.Rank Holders

Chandramathy.K.                 B.Sc.I rank           1977

Prema.K.H                          B.Sc.I rank           1989

      ”                                                M.Sc.I rank          1991

2.UGC NET Holders

      Mohandas.P.                                 Raveendran.P.

      Nandanan.E.                                  Prema.K.H.

      Rema.V.T.                                     Prasad.E.

      Biju.K.                                           Sreelatha.C.

      Manoj Neenghat                            Sudha J Panikker

      Ranjith.A.                                      Resmi.M.

      Vijayakumar.C.                             Divya.K.

Alumni    

Study Tour

                  Study tour is conducted for B.Sc. students during their final year. Generally we visit               Bangalore,Raman Institute,Bangalore, Sugar factory,Mandya,CFTRI Mysore Hindustan Photo Films Ooty. Tour will be of five days duration and is by special convergence. This is part of syllabus and students will get a chance to visit advanced research laboratories and at the same time get enjoyment of a collective life during the tour.

OUR VISION OF FUTURE

The department of chemistry had a humble beginning in 1967 with only a Pre-Degree course. Over a period of years, the department has overcome several hurdles to stand as a distinguished department in Kerala with regard to the graduate and post-graduate education. Being an organization in the government sector, the growth of the department was always affected by the scarcity of funds. However, the department was always fortunate enough to have the most competent and qualified teachers appointed by the Public Service Commission. The students were also admitted purely on merit. Today, we are proud that out of the 11 faculty members (two of them on leave), 8 are Ph. D. holders in chemistry from reputed organizations such as IIT, RRL Trivandum, CochinUniversity, Calicut University , and Kerala University . Many of the faculty members are also University rank holders during their graduate and post-graduate studies. Some of our faculty has been members of the Board of PG and UG studies of the University. This, in combination with the good quality students who enroll every year gives us the confidence to look into the future with lot of hope. Many of our M.Sc. Students won ranks, qualified NET and are currently part of the academia and industry around the world. Some are still pursuing the doctoral degrees in reputed institutions such as IITs, RRL, etc. As we see it today, with several of the faculty having excellent research background, we want to enrich the post-graduate education with research in basic and applied chemistry. The department should identify itself and get accredited as a Research Center and the faculty should engage in active research. Developing a positive infra-structure is the need of the hour. With the government, in particular the Department of Science & Technology, trying to assist departments like ours, we feel that nothing should stop us from becoming a full-fledged Post-graduate and Research Center of the University. We envision that with the generous support of the government agencies, we can make this dream come true. We need to soon develop a Departmental Computer Facility with internet access and should have regular computational Facilities available. The faculty also would be using electronic media to aid teaching and in developing e-content accessible to all the students. We also need to modernize the laboratory with proper gas lines and hoods. In the next few years, the department should also procure several sophisticated Instruments such as UV-VIS spectrometer, FTIR, Spectrofluorimeter, and several other such systems. This, along with several talent faculty members who are willing to spend any number of hours for academics, the department should be able to become an excellent center for post-graduate education and a Research Center in basic and applied chemistry, in the coming years.

Association

Details of Activities:

Chemistry Day was inaugurated by Dr. K. Padmakumar, Lecturer, Govt:College Chittur on 04.01.07: Dr. M. Ravindran, H.O.D Chemistry presided over the function