ABOUT US

Department of Chemistry

Establishment of the Department         :  1964
Number of Teaching Posts                    :  11
Sanctioned and Filled                           :  08 FT  &  03 CHB
Workload of the Department                : 365

Departmental Library:

Total No. of Reference books : 94
Inorganic Chemistry               : 09
Organic Chemistry                  : 53
Physical Chemistry                 : 22
Analytical Chemistry: 10
Thesis: 20

 Departmental Co-curricular Activity:

• Seminar Activity for B.Sc. III Chemistry students.
• Academic projects for B.Sc. III Chemistry students.
• Industrial Tour for B.Sc. III Chemistry students. This year Department had organized industrial tour for B.Sc. III students
• at Goa to visit Science Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa University.
• MOU with SG Phyto Pharma, Kolhapur.
• Workshops/Seminars/Conferences arranged
• Workshops/Seminars/Conferences participated by the faculty.
• Department had organized a National conference on, “Recent trends in harnessing of Nonconventional energy resources” 15-16 Dec 2010.
• Department had organized a workshop on, “Recent Trends In Science & Guidance On SET & NET” Under Lead Activity Scheme
• on Monday, 29^thSeptember, 2014.
• Remedial coaching was also conducted for Students.
• Department had conducted star college (DBT) activities.
• Guest lectures by i) Dr. Nitin Nayak (Succcess Mantra) ii) Dr. Mrs. Anima Dahibhate (Sudarshan Kriya) iii) Mr. Surendra jain (Skill Development)
• iv)Dr. S. P. Patil (Nanotechnology)

Research Activity:

• Minor Research Project: Completed: 2, Ongoing: 1, Submitted:1
• Major Research Project: Ongoing: 1 (DST, New Delhi of Rs. 28,60,000/-),

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Major/Minor Research Project	Funding Agency	Amount	Status
1.	Dr. D. B. Patil	Minor Electricity Generation From waste water using microbial fuel cell	UGC File No. 47-1745/10/WRO: Dated 12 May 2011	1,00,000/-	2011-2013
2.	Mrs. Dr. S. D. Shirke	Minor/ Synthesis and Antimicrobial Screening of Thiocarbamate Derivatives.	UGC, New Delhi	1,55,000/-	2009-2011
3.	Mrs. A. A. Ghare	Minor/ Rapid Synergistic liquid-liquid extraction and spectrophotometric determination of Zinc (II), Cadmium (II) and Mercury (II) with sulphur containing ligands: Analysis of real sample.	UGC, New Delhi	4,20,000/-	June 2014-Present
4.	Mrs. Dr. S. D. Shirke	Minor/ Microwave assisted Synthesis and antimicrobial evaluation of Pyrazole derivatives.	UGC, New Delhi	3,55,000/-	Submitted
5.	Dr. D. S. Gaikwad	Major/ Designing of Novel Ionic Liquids For Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles and Heterocyclic Compounds	SERB, DST, New Delhi	28,60,000/-	ongoing
6.	Dr. K. A. Undale	Major	DST, New Delhi	15,00,000/-	Submitted

 Pre-proposals submitted to Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission under Assistance for Science &
Technology Scheme by department of Chemistry

Sr. No.	Name of the Teacher	Project Title	Proposed Amount
1	Mr. A. T. Mane	“One-pot multicomponent reaction using magnetic nanoparticles supported poly(phosphoric) acid as a green catalyst”	2500000/-
2	Mr. S. B. Gaikwad	Effect of compositional changes on the mechanical behavior of Grey Cast Iron	3500000/-
3	Mr. R. A. Kalel	‘Ultrafast Molecular rotor based fluorescence “Turn-on” sensor for an explosive’	3000000/-
4	Mr. S. S. Kadam	“Multi Component Reactions as A Tool For Synthesis Of  Bioactive Compounds	2500000/-
5	Dr. D. B. Patil	“A Novel Study of Electricity Generation from Organic Wastes   by Using     Microbial Fuel Cell to Make In India”	2700000/-
6	Dr. K. A. Undale	“Ionic Liquid Catalyzed Green Synthesis  of  Nitrogen and Oxygen Containing Heterocycles”	2500000/-
7	Dr. S. D. Shinde	“Chemosynthesis of novel TiO2 thin films interfaces for efficient CdS quantum dots sensitized solar cells”	2500000/-

Important Instruments:

Sr. No.	Name of Instrument	Cost
1.	Digital FT-IR	12,00,000/-
2.	UV Spectrophotometer	4,95,000/-
3.	Digital Flame photometer	55800/-
4.	Water and Soil analysis Kit	73125/-
5.	Muffle Furnace with Digital Temperature	27900/-
6.	Deionizer	56250/-
7.	Ice Flacker	206550/-
8.	Microwave Synthesizer	234563/-
9.	Fume Hood	53000/-
10.	Digital Nephlometer	14800/-

 Extracurricular Activities:

Name of Faculty	Activity
Dr. D. B. Patil	LMC Member, A member of Vivek research journal, Staff Secretary, Chairman of Discipline committee, Chairman of Anti-ragging committee, M.Sc. Co-ordinator, Head Department of Chemistry, Team Leader for NAAC Criteria 6, 2016, Member of IQAC Committee, coordinator of FIST, coordinator of CPE, Member of UGC research Committee, Member of Earn and Learn committee, Member of Grievance and Redressal Committee, Convenor of student Council, Member of academic cell, Member of admission committee B.Sc. II, Convenor of academic Calender, Member  of development and utilization committee.
Mr. S. B. Gaikwad	Co-ordinator of B.Voc. and Community College.
Dr. Mrs. S. D. Shirke	Member Ladies Hostel Committee, Member of UGC research Committee, Member of internal complaints committee, member of lead college.
Mrs. A. A. Ghare	Member of Magazine and wallpaper committee,
Dr. K. A. Undale	Member of publicity committee, Co-ordinator Remedial Coaching for Science wing, Member of Teacher parents committee,
Mr. S. S. Kadam	Controller of Examination for Science wing, Vivekanand College, Convener of Teacher parents committee,
Dr. Mrs. S. D. Shinde	Member of N.S.S. Committee, Member of Science association, Member of UGC research Committee
Mr. R. A. Kalel	Member of UGC research Committee
Dr. D. S. Gaikwad	Doing project under the scheme Young Scientist, DST New Delhi.

Research Paper Publications/Books:
Total Research Publications: 35

Sr. No.	Name of Teacher	No. of Research Publications	No. of Book Published
1.	Dr. D. B. Patil	08	02
2.	Dr. Mrs. S. D. Shirke	05
3.	Mrs. A. A. Ghare	02	--
4.	Dr. K. A. Undale	09	--
5.	Dr. Mrs. S. D. Shinde	09	--
6.	Mr. R. A. Kalel	---	---
7.	Dr. D. S. Gaikwad	11	--