Department of Chemistry

The Chemistry Department of CUH started functioning in the academic year 2013 after shifting to the permanent campus located in Jant-Pali, Mahendragarh. From 2013- 2015 only three contract faculty and one DST Inspire faculty ran the small department. However, within two years the department has been successful in attracting established researchers of high repute to join the department, and currently we have grown substantially with one full Professor, one Adjunct Professor, four Assistant Professors, one DST Inspire faculty, and one DST Young Scientist (Fast-track project), with 61 total students in two MSc classes and three PhD JRF students. The number of PhD students is likely to increase rapidly each year. As the department is shifting to its new Academic complex building, the sanctioned intake of MSc students is also set to increase. Additionally we are planning to recruit two Associate Professors shortly, and also increase the intake of DST Inspire faculty and post-doctoral researchers. The department is now in the process of building up research hardware facilities consisting of spectroscopy equipment, analytical and process equipment, and computational facilities. The department hopes to become a centre of excellence for academic and industrial research in topics of current of social relevance, such as development of technologies leading to sustainable chemicals, polymers, industrial materials, and fuel. Developing processes for “waste to wealth” will also be a major theme of our department, particularly waste agricultural residues to valuable products.

Programs Offered

MSc in Chemistry
PhD in Chemistry

Programme Objectives

The objective of the department is to train students of MSc and PhD in chemistry to enable them to be ready to take up leadership positions in industry and academia for the development of our country. Advanced courses on organic chemistry, materials science and sustainable chemistry will prepare students to remain in touch with the forefront of the new discoveries happening in chemistry. Special focus has been given to interdisciplinary approach, augmented by a variety of new-age courses such as sustainable chemistry, green chemistry, applications of chemistry in solving social problems like waste disposal, value from waste, renewable polymeric materials etc. The department aims to provide a wide variety of research problems to our PhD students in various thrust areas such as polymer chemistry, organic synthesis, drug discovery and development, materials science, computation etc.

Programme Outcomes

MSc and PhD programmes offered by the department provide a platform to the students that will help them to explore careers in both academia and industry. The courses offered by the department are updated periodically to remain contemporary and competitive. Alumni of the department are already working in government/industrial sectors and a few have joined research programmes in various places. The department organizes regular national seminars to keep abreast with the recent developments in Chemistry. Seminar courses in the curriculum provide advanced exposure to our students and prepare them to speak and compete at various platforms. The MSc students of our department have also qualified national level examinations such as CSIR-NET/JRF.

Faculty of the Department

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Prof. A. J. Varma
Designation: Professor
Qualification: Ph.D.
Specialization: Chemistry
Experience: 36
Email ID: anjanikumar@cuh.ac.in
Contact No.: 9422306557

Prof. V. S. Parmar(Adjunct Professor)
Designation: Professor
Qualification: MSc, PhD
Specialization: Organic Chemistry
Experience: 40 year
Email ID: virparmar@gmail.com
Contact No.: 9818528933

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Dr. Manoj K. Gupta
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization: Organic Chemistry
Experience: 7
Email ID: mkgupta@cuh.ac.in
Contact No.: 9728739075

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Dr. Rajeev S. Menon
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization: Organic Chemistry
Experience: 11
Email ID: rajeevmenon@cuh.ac.in
Contact No.: 8685867929

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Dr. Prakash Kanoo
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry
Experience: 4
Email ID: prakashkanoo@cuh.ac.in
Contact No.: 9036011443

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Dr. Azaj Ansari
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization: Inorganic/Computational Chemistry
Experience: -
Email ID: azaj@cuh.ac.in
Contact No.: 9820824839

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Dr. Selvakumar Sermadurai
Designation: Assistant Professor
Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D.
Specialization: Organic Chemistry
Experience: 8
Email ID: selvakumar@cuh.ac.in
Contact No.: 7056046531