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School of Chemical Sciences

Erstwhile Department of Chemistry

Dean

Vidhyadatta M. Shet Verenkar
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry

Vice-Dean (Academic)

Sunder N. Dhuri
Professor of Inorganic Chemistry (Vice Dean-Academic)

Vice-Dean (Research)

Bidhan A. Shinkre
Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry (Vice-Dean - Research)

Preamble:

The establishment of the School of Chemical Sciences by transforming one of the existing oldest (established in 1965 as a part of Centre for Post-Graduate Instruction and Research of the then Bombay University) department (of Chemistry) into a school. The School is currently located in the Faculty block E since 2013, with modern infrastructure, conducive for quality education and research in Chemistry. The School already has Organic, Inorganic, Physical and Analytical Chemistry as distinct streams. The establishment of this School is in line with the reorganization of the institutional architecture that will allow us to rebrand and showcase our strengths in research and teaching. The research at this school has been recognized by the award of projects to the individual faculty members and also receiving handsome grants from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India in their prestigious programs like UGC-SAP & DST-FIST.


Thrust areas:

• Analytical Chemistry
• Anion Receptors and Ion-Pair Receptors
• Asymmetric Organocatalysis
• Bio-inorganic Chemistry
• Catalysis
• Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
• Coordination Compounds
• Environmental Chemistry, Catalysis & Chemical Sensors
• Hydrogen Bonded Supramolecular Capsules and Metal Organic Cages
• Intermolecular Interactions
• Laser, Optics and Gas Kinetics
• Materials Science
• Metal Carboxylates
• Nano-Material synthesis
• Nanoscience
• Optical Spectroscopy
• Organic Chemistry
• Organic Supramolecular Chemistry, Artificial Photosynthesis and Organic Solar Cells
• Organic Synthesis
• Polymer Chemistry
• Porous Organic Materials for Toxic Ion Separation/Adsorption and Catalysis
• Single crystal X-ray diffraction
• Solid State Chemistry
• Synthesis and Application of Mesoporous Materials
• Synthesis and Characterization of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Porous
• Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
• Synthetic Organic Chemistry
• Theoretical Chemistry


Academic programmes leading to a Degree / Diploma / Certificate :

Programme Programme Director Intake
M.Sc. Analytical ChemistryTime Table | Syllabus | Revised Syllabus | Syllabus 2022-23 Rupesh E. Patre25
M.Sc. BiochemistryTime Table | Syllabus | Revised Syllabus | Syllabus 2022-23 Prachi S. Torney25
M.Sc. Inorganic ChemistryTime Table | Syllabus | Revised Syllabus | Syllabus 2022-23 Rupesh E. Patre25
M.Sc. Organic ChemistryTime Table | Syllabus | Revised Syllabus | Syllabus 2022-23 Rupesh E. Patre25
M.Sc. Physical ChemistryTime Table | Syllabus | Revised Syllabus | Syllabus 2022-23 Rupesh E. Patre25
Ph.D. Chemistry--

Faculty:

Name Designation Areas of Interest
Delicia Avilla BarrettoAssistant ProfessorProbiotics, Endophytic research, Bioprospecting, Biochemistry
Sandesh Tukaram BugdeAssistant ProfessorSynthetic Organic Chemistry, Asymmetric Organocatalysis
Vishnu R. ChariAssistant ProfessorComputational Chemistry: Electronic structure calculations, Electrochemistry
Kanchanmala B. DeshpandeAssistant ProfessorBio-analytical Chemistry, Sensing and remediation of toxic analytes
Kiran T. DhavskarAssistant ProfessorAnion receptor chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Imaging studies and method development, Sensing, separation, and remediation of toxic analytes, Generation and development of green methodologies, techniques and materials
Sunder N. DhuriProfessorCoordination Compounds, Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Siddhali V. GirkarAssistant ProfessorOrganic Chemistry
Hari K. KadamAssistant ProfessorSynthetic Organic Chemistry, (Heterocyclic Chemistry, Organic Methodologies, Cross coupling reactions) Green Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Continuous Flow Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Method Development, (HPLC, GC)
Deepika KarmalkarAssistant ProfessorBioinorganic Chemistry, Metal-Oxygen Intermediates, Water Oxidation Catalysts, Nitric Oxide Chemistry
Amrita KharangateAssistant ProfessorEnvironmental Microbiology, Biochemistry, Bioremediation, Biodegradation, Mineralisation studies, Nanobioremediation, Food Waste Management
Savita Anup KundaikarAssistant ProfessorPolyoxometalate Chemistry, Coordination compounds, Analytical Chemistry, Catalysis
Rohan Keshav KunkalekarAssistant ProfessorCatalysis, Solid State Chemistry, Nano-Material synthesis
Rupesh A. KunkalkarAssistant ProfessorSynthetic Organic Chemistry
Vanita KunkalkarAssistant Professor (Contract)Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Vinod K. MandrekarAssistant ProfessorPolymer Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry and Catalysis
Pranay P. MorajkarAssistant ProfessorNanostructured materials, Reaction kinetics, Energy & Environmental Applications
V.S. NadkarniSenior ProfessorOrganic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry
Anjani P. NagvenkarAssistant ProfessorElectrochemistry, Semiconductor Colloidal Nanocrystals, Colloidal Chemistry, Materials for Energy Applications
Diptesh G. NaikAssistant ProfessorMonomer/ Polymer synthesis, Material Chemistry, Radiation dosimetry, Polymeric materials, Radiation detectors
Shrikant Ramesh NaikAssistant ProfessorMaterial Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Mixed-metal Oxides
Kedar Umakant NarvekarAssistant ProfessorStructural Chemistry
Rhea Patel DhondAssistant Professor (Contract)Biosensor development, Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, lab-on-chip device, high throughput analysis, Nanotechnology and Antimicrobial studies using nf-EIS technique, Gold Interdigitated Electrodes
Rupesh E. PatreAssociate ProfessorSynthetic Organic Chemistry, Natural Products, Flow Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Process development
Digamber G. PorobAssociate ProfessorLuminescent Materials, Crystallography, Materials Sustainability, Size Controlled Materials
Zhoyna SaiadAssistant Professor (Contract)Synthesis and characterization of spinel ferrite and its application
Saurav SattarkerAssistant Professor (Contract)Proteomics, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Vidhyadatta M. Shet VerenkarProfessorSolid State Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of Spinels: Ferrites/Manganites/ Cobaltites, Applications: Gas sensing/Catalysis
Samata ShetgaonkarAssistant Professor (Contract)Hypervalent Iodine Chemistry, Ring Transformation Reactions of α-pyranones
Bidhan A. ShinkreAssociate ProfessorSynthetic Organic Chemistry, Asymmetric synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry: Anti-cancer and Anti-bacterial agents- Structure Activity Relationship studies (SAR), Heterocycles, Green and sustainable processes
Rajendra N. ShirsatProfessorComputational and Theoretical Chemistry
Prachi S. TorneyAssistant ProfessorOrganic Synthesis and Methodologies, Heterocyclic and Medicinal Chemistry, Domino Reactions, Photocatalysis, Analytical Method Development, Biochemistry
Amrita Narayan VetrekarAssistant Professor (Contract)Thermodynamic and Transport Properties of Liquid Mixtures, Excess Thermodynamic Properties, Thermoacoustical Properties
Prajesh S. VolvoikarAssistant ProfessorSynthetic Organic Chemistry, (Heterocyclic Chemistry, Organic Methodologies, Cross coupling reactions, Cross dehydrogenative coupling) Medicinal Chemistry, Process development and optimization, Analytical Chemistry, Method Development, (HPLC, GC)

Superannuated Faculty:

Name Designation Areas of Interest
Arun V. SalkerProfessorCatalysis, Solid State Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry & Chemical Sensors
B.R. SrinivasanProfessorSynthetic Inorganic Chemistry
Santosh G. TilveSenior ProfessorSynthetic Organic Chemistry

Other Information:

  • Activity Report: A talk on 'Catalytic valorisation of Marine and Agro Wastes for Biorefinery Applications' by Prof. Prof. C. V. Rode, CSIR-NCL, Pune (13 Nov 2024)
  • Activity Report: Crystallography Workshop - 2024 (23-24 Oct 2024)
  • Activity Report: Inter-section Football Tournament 2024 (16-18 Oct 2024)
  • Activity Report: Two-day Workshop on Raman Spectroscopy (26-27 Aug 2024)
  • Activity Report: SCS Inter-section Badminton Tournament (5-14 Aug 2024)
  • Activity Report: Preparing for the Big Day: Best Practices for Interview through Mock Interviews (8 Apr 2024)
  • Activity Report: Demonstration of Moisture Analyser (Borosil) Instrument by Mr. Vishal Kale, Officer - Product Management, Borosil Scientific Limited (26 Jul 2024)
  • Activity Report: Van Mahotsav (10 Jul 2024)
  • Activity Report: 9th Prize Distribution Function and Annual General Body Meeting (AGM) of CDFAA in Association with SCS (21 Jun 2024)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by Abbott India Ltd. (18 Jun 2024)
  • Activity Report: NET/SET/GATE Mentoring Sessions 2023-24
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by Godrej Agrovet Ltd., Mumbai (19 Apr 2024)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by Unichem Laboratories Ltd. (10 Apr 2024)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by V.M. Salgaoncar, Vasco (8 Apr 2024)
  • Activity Report: Cleanliness drive at Advai-Peddyem Junction, Bhironda-Goa (22 Mar 2024)
  • Activity Report: 16th Annual One Day Symposium on the theme 'Fascinating World of Chemical Sciences: Chemistry Fest' in association with CDFAA (9 Mar 2024)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by Deccan Fine Chemicals (1 Mar 2024)
  • Activity Report: Institutional visit by Govt. High School, Dabem, Goa (28 Feb 2024)
  • Activity Report: Institutional visit by Miraj Mahavidyalaya, Miraj, Maharashtra (16 Feb 2024)
  • Activity Report: Institutional visit by A.E. Society's Tuljaram Charutchand Arts, Science, and Commerce College, Baramati, Maharashtra (16 Feb 2024)
  • Activity Report: Talk on 'Why Gold is Rare?' by Prof Vithal Tilvi, GSHEC, DHE, Goa (13 Feb 2024)
  • Activity Report: Institutional Visit by Faculties and Students of Govt. Arts and Science College, Trichy (9 Feb 2024)
  • Activity Report: Institutional Visit by Faculties and Students of MES Mampad College, Malappuram, Kerala (30 Jan 2024)
  • Activity Report: Institutional Visit by Faculties and Students of Smt. Kasturbai Walchand College of Arts and Science, Sangli - Maharashtra (30 Jan 2024)
  • Activity Report: Career opportunities at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre-BARC (24 Jan 2024)
  • Activity Report: Report on Institutional Visit at School of Chemical Sciences by Faculties and Students of CES’s Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Margao, Goa (12 Jan 2024)
  • Activity Report: Two-day National Crystallographic ICDD Workshop 2023 on “Materials Characterization Using Powder X-ray Diffraction” (7-8 Dec 2023)
  • Activity Report: Institutional visit by National Forensic Science University, Curti, Ponda, Goa (1 Dec 2023)
  • Activity Report: Talk on 'Development of Artificial Ion Transporters as Therapeutics Agents to Combat Cancer' by Prof Pinaki Talukdar, FRCS (6 Nov 2023)
  • Activity Report: Swachhata Hi Seva 2023 Campaign (30 Sep 2023)
  • Activity Report: SCS Inter-section Football Tournament 2023 (7-9 Sep 2023)
  • Activity Report: A talk on 'Navigating the path of entrepreneurship' by Dr Monika Joshi (1 Sep 2023)
  • Activity Report: Administration of Panch Pran Pledge (10 Aug 2023)
  • Activity Report: Planting of Saplings under Mission LiFE as a part of Vasudha Vandhan (10 Aug 2023)
  • Activity Report: Motivational talk for Students (20 Jul 2023)
  • Visit to All India Institute of Ayurveda (Govt. of India, Ministry of AYUSH), Dhargal, Pernem, Goa on (12 Jul 2023)
  • Activity Report: Talk by Dr. Srinivasarao Yaragorla (11 Jul 2023)
  • Yoga Workshop (21 Jun 2023)
  • Activity Report: Talk by Prof. C.S. Gopinath, Eminent Scientist of NCL, Pune-India (12 Jun 2023)
  • Activity Report: NET Mentoring sessions (Aug 2022 - Feb 2023)
  • Activity Report: Plastic Collection cum Cleanliness Drive (2 Jun 2023)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by Cipla Ltd at SCS, Goa University (10 May 2023)
  • Activity Report: Talk on 'Ancient Indian Science and its Relevance to Modern Indian Science' by Prof. Paritosh Mohanty, IIT, Roorkee (29 Apr 2023)
  • Activity Report: Inter-School Quiz Competition on Millets (27 Apr 2023)
  • Activity Report: Talk on 'Effective Powerpoint Presentation' by Dr Sandesh Bugde (18 Apr 2023)
  • Activity Report: Workshop on Yoga for Workplace (17 Jun 2022)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement conducted by Syngenta Biosciences Pvt. Ltd. (17 Apr 2021)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from Lal Bahadur Shastri College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Satara, Maharashtra (6 Apr 2023)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement conducted by Deccan Fine Chemicals (Goa) Pvt Ltd (6 Apr 2023)
  • Activity Report: Preparing for the Big Day: Best Practices for Interview through Mock Interviews (1 Apr 2023)
  • Activity Report: Career guidance entitled "Exploring the Promising Opportunities for Professional Growth as an MSc Graduate" (31 Mar 2023)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from Dept. of Industrial Chemistry, Shivali University, Kolhapur (17 Mar 2023)
  • Campus Placement Conducted by Godrej Agrovet Ltd., Mumbai (16-17 Mar 2023)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from Dept. of Chemistry (PG), Smt. Kasturbai Walchand College, Sangli, Maharashtra (13 Mar 2023)
  • Activity Report: Cleanliness drive at Khandepar (10 Mar 2023)
  • Activity Report: Science Day - 2023 (28 Feb 2023)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from Bharati Vidyapeeth's Dr Patangrao Kadam Mahavidyalaya, Sangli (21 Feb 2023)
  • Activity Report: Vidnyan Dhara - 2023 (17 Feb 2023)
  • Activity Report: Talk on 'Career opportunities at BARC, Mumbai' (13 Feb 2023)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Teachers from Shree Ram Vidya Mandir School, Colvale, Goa (10 Feb 2023)
  • Blood donation camp (1 Feb 2023)
  • Kite Festival (27 Jan 2023)
  • Activity Report: Invited talk on 'Selective hydrogenation of terminal alkynes and approaches towards reversible hydrogen storage' by Prof. Jagirdar, IISc Bangalore (24 Jan 2023)
  • Activity Report: 10th Annual Get-together cum Homecoming of M.Sc. Chemistry Students of 1997-99 batch (26 Jan 2023)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from RTM Nagpur University, Maharashtra (16 Jan 2023)
  • Hands on training program on Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Single crystal X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Atomic Emission Spectroscopy (AES), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) & Photoluminescence Instruments (2-9 Jan 2023)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from Sangameshwar College, Solapur, Maharashtra (30 Nov 2022)
  • Activity Report: One-day National Seminar on 'Recent trends in applied organic synthesis (26 Nov 2022)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from MES Mampad College, Malappuram, Kerala (11 Nov 2022)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from DM's College, Mapusa, Goa (14 Oct 2022)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from Microbiology Programme, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology (12 Oct 2022)
  • Placement opportunities for the MSc Chemistry students at Indoco Remedies Ltd., Verna-Goa (1 Oct 2022)
  • Institutional visit by Students and Faculty Members from St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa (23 Sep 2022)
  • Expert Session on HPLC Columns by Mr. Sunil Balwant Lakhmapure, Agilent Technologies (15 Sep 2022)
  • SCS Inter-section Football League on Goa University ground (8 Jul - 3 Aug 2022)
  • Institutional visit by researchers from the Institute of Chemistry and Materials, Vietnam (30 Jul 2022)
  • Institutional visit by students and teachers of Government College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Khandola, Marcela-Goa (29 Jul 2022)
  • Activity Report: X-Ray Crystallography workshop (21-23 Jul 2022)
  • Inauguration ceremony of Indoor Badminton court in SCS premises (21 Jul 2022)
  • Activity Report: Invited Talk by Dr. Amaresh Mishra, Sambalpur University, Odisha (19 Jul 2022)
  • Institutional visit by Dept. of Chemistry, Rani Channamma University, Vidyasangam, Belgavi, Karnataka (9 Jun 2022)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by Syngenta Biosciences Pvt. Ltd. (19 May 2022)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by Deccan Fine Chemicals (India) Pvt. Ltd. (18 May 2022)
  • Activity Report: Campus Placement by Godrej Agrovet Ltd., Mumbai (14-15 May 2022)
  • Institutional visit by students and teachers of Dr. Patangrao Kadam Mahavidyalaya, Sangli, Maharashtra (27 Apr 2022)
  • Institutional visit by students & teachers of Dr. Ambedkar Arts & Science College, Periya, Kasaragod, Kerala (30 Mar 2022)
  • Faculty members visited Ganpat Parsekar College of Education, Harmal, Goa (15 Mar 2022)
  • SCS Cricket League (14 Feb - 8 Mar 2023)
  • Activity Report: Open day on the occasion of National Science Day (28 Feb 2022)
  • Activity Report: Webinar on Mending Academic Talent for Industrial Applications (28 Feb 2022)
  • Activity Report: Plastic cleaning drive by faculties in Uste village, Sattari (19 Feb 2022)
  • Activity Report: IPR webinar (7 Jan 2022)
  • Activity Report: Week of Nonviolence & Peace (29 Sep to 4 Oct 2021)
  • The school has an active association of Faculty members & Alumni (CDFAA)
  • Bridge Course in Organic Chemistry
  • Bridge Course in Mathematical concepts for Chemistry
  • Skill-Based Course in Laboratory safety, first aid and waste management