POST GRADUATE DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Chemistry is the link that connects problems in the fundamental nature of matter to the most complex problems in the processes of life. Department of Chemistry, SGGS College, Chandigarh is one of the globally recognized, emerging and leading departments in Basic Sciences & Humanities. The Department started with the inception of college in 1966.Since its inception; the department has been imparting the highest level & quality of academic education to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Department constitutes a 15 member faculty expertise in all the major areas of chemistry.

The department has 5 well-furnished laboratories equipped with state-of-art instruments such as UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, conductivity meter, muffle furnace, fuming cupboard, Polari meter etc. required to carry out modern day chemistry. The main objective of the department is to provide a strong foundation in fundamentals of chemistry through course offered by the University & a comprehensive practical exposure to the various instrumental techniques to the students required for their undergraduate and post graduate programmes.

Postgraduates majoring in chemistry can go on to several professional fields, including medicine, pharmaceutical, food and technology, environmental studies, academics and research. Our commitment to teaching is also reflected in our desire to build a community environment and provide every opportunity of success for our postgraduates with high professional competence & with an awareness of importance of chemistry in the global scenario.

COURSES OFFERED

Courses Offered

Duration

Seats

Academic Qualification

Mode of Admission

MSc (Chemistry)

BSc (Non-Medical)

BSc (Medical)

2 years

3 years

MSc I 45

MSc II 40

379

207

Admission to MSc I (Chemistry) will be based on entrance test PU-CET (PG) conducted by PU Chandigarh. Only the rank holders in the entrance test will be considered. 50% weightage will be given to the score in entrance test and 50% to the score in the qualifying examination. Once the list is exhausted, admissions will be on merit basis under University instructions.

A student who has passed with minimum of 40% marks in Science group (PCM) in +2 examination of a recognized Board.

A student who has passed with minimum of 40% marks in Science group (PCB) in +2 examination of a recognized Board.

INTER DISCIPLINARY COURSES

BSc Biotech (Elective) and B.Sc. Biotech (Honours) for undergraduate students.

FACULTY

Teaching Staff

Name & Email	Experience	No. of Publications/	No. of Book	Oral/poster presentation	Conferences /Seminar /Workshop Attended	Refresher /Orientation Courses/ FDP Attended	Area of Specialization
Dr Manik Gupta Manikchem81@gmail.com	16	14	01	14	16	OC-01 RC-01 FDP-06	Physical Chemistry
Dr Mandeep Kaur Dhami sggs.dhami@gmail.com	8.5	Research Papers – 09 Book Chapters – 03		01	18	OC – 01 RC – 01 STC – 01 FDP – 06	Organic Chemistry
Dr Inderpal Pasricha	23	01 Book Chapters – 03		04		OC – 01 RC – 01 STC - FDP -	Organic Chemistry
Dr Chitwan Kaur Chawla chitwanjolly@gmail.com	10	5	-	-	2 Seminar 2 Workshop	1 Orientation 1 refresher	Synthetic & Organic Chemistry
Dr Pushpinder Kaur sggs.pushpinder@gmail.com	7	17	-	13	18	OC-01 RC-01 FDP- 05	Natural Product Chemistry
Dr Asim Kumar Chowdhury akcchem@gmail.com	7	10	-	Oral- 03 Poster- 07	Workshops-03 Conferences-06	Orientation-01 FDP-04	Asymmetric Synthesis, Catalysis, Photo-redox Chemistry
Ms Ritu Nandwani nandwani.ritu178@gmail.com	29	1	-	-	Seminar-01	-	Inorganic Chemistry
Dr Kirtanjot Kaur kirtanjot@gmail.com	8.7	14	2		Workshop- 02 Seminar-01		Physical Chemistry
Dr Shabnam Ranjta ranjtashabnam@gmail.com	7	6	-	5	conferences-06 seminars-02 workshops-04	-	Inorganic & Polymer Chemistry
Dr. Sandeep Singh	7.6 (Teaching & Postdoctoral)	04	-	4	Conferences-16 Workshops-05	-	Organic & Supra molecular Chemistry
Ms. Maninder Kaur	5	-	-	-	05	-	Physical chemistry

Technical \Non-Teaching Staff

Name	Qualification	Designation
Mr Dilbag Singh	MA (Panjabi)	Junior Lecture Assistant
Mr Navjot Singh	MA (Economics)	Senior lab Attendant
Mr Guljari Lal	10^th	Lab Attendant
Mr Gurjant Singh	Diploma in Electronics	Senior lab Attendant
Mr Sandeep Kumar Shukla	MCA	Senior lab Attendant

LIST OF ONGOING /COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS BY FACULTY

Name of the PI/Co-PI

Title of the project

Duration

Funding Agency

Cost

PI- Dr Pushpinder Kaur

Co-PI- Dr Satinder Kaur (Department of Biotechnology)

Extraction and in-vitro evaluation of antitumor and antibacterial activity of bioactive constituents from local fruit waste of Chandigarh.

1 Year (2018)

(Completed)

Department of Science & Technology & Renewable Energy, Chandigarh Administration.

Rs. 1,10,000

Co-PI-

Dr Pushpinder Kaur

Development of Carbon nanotube based Biodegradable inkjet printed electrodes for routine analysis of Haemoglobin

1.5 Year (2020)

(Completed)

Department of Science & Technology & Renewable Energy, Chandigarh Administration

Rs. 1,50,000

PI- Dr Pushpinder Kaur

Exploring the potential of fallen leaves in Chandigarh towards green synthesis of nanoparticles and their biological activities

1 Year (2022)

(Ongoing)

Department of Science & Technology & Renewable Energy, Chandigarh Administration

Rs. 1,25,000

PI – Dr Inderpal Pasricha

Co-PI – Dr Mandeep Kaur Dhami

Phytochemical screening and in vitro antibacterial, antioxidant and antimicrobial study on native plant species cultivated in Guru Nanak Sacred Forest, SGGS College, Chandigarh

01 Year (2022)

(Ongoing)

Department of Science & Technology & Renewable Energy, Chandigarh Administration

Rs 1,00,000/-

FACULTY AWARDS

Dr. Manik Gupta

Resource person at SGGS College, Sector 26, Chandigarh
Resource person at SCERT, Chandigarh from Oct 29, 2018 – Nov 01, 2018

Dr Inderpal Pasricha

ISTE Best Teacher Award in 2013
National Green Corps Environment Society Award in 2019 (Second Position) by Department of Environment, Chandigarh
Best Paper award at ICSSR sponsored International Conference on “Roadmap to Sustainability: Environment and Health” held at SGGS College, Chandigarh from March 05-06, 2020.

Dr Pushpinder Kaur

Best Poster award at National seminar on “Spectroscopy-An Immense tool in Chemistry” held at MCM DAV College, Chandigarh on 21^st August 2015.
Third Position in Oral Presentation at National Conference on “Research in Chemical Sciences: Current Scenario” held at Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, Fatehgarh Sahib on March 29, 2019.

I INVITED LECTURES

Dr Mandeep Kaur Dhami

Delivered guest lecture on Material Science – Polymers to ME students at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NITTTR, Sector 26, Chandigarh on July 03, 2015.
Delivered guest lecture on Material Science – Polymers to ME students at Department of Mechanical Engineering, NITTTR, Sector 26, Chandigarh on November 05, 2015

Dr Pushpinder Kaur

Delivered guest lecture for B. Tech students on ‘Applications of Spectroscopy and Chromatography in medicinal plants’ on 21^st August, 2018 at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Jhanjeri, Mohali campus.
Delivered a lecture as resource person on NSS Day on ‘Segregation – A step towards Waste Management’ on 24^th September, 2018 at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College, Sector-26, Chandigarh-160019.
Delivered guest lecture for the in-service training of Chemistry Lecturers of Govt. Schools of Chandigarh on ‘Isolation of bioactive compounds from medicinal plants as drug candidates’ on 11^th January, 2019 at State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) Sector-32C, Chandigarh, 160031.