Department of Chemistry

Overview

Established in July 2004, the Department of Chemistry at BITS, Pilani -KK Birla Goa Campus has marked its presence in Academia within India and abroad. The department is focused in both teaching and high quality research (basic and multidisciplinary) in the frontier areas of chemistry and its interface with allied disciplines. The department is well equipped with state of the art research facility, library resources (e-journals) and had established collaborations with various national and international laboratories within this short period. The department faculty strength today has grown to 15 (2 professors, 9 Associate professors and 4 Assistant Professors) along with one DST INSPIRE faculty. Currently there are 21 (full time), 1 (part time) research scholars, two post doctoral researcher fellows and 1 post doctoral Woman Scientist working in the department.

The department is offering first degree M.Sc. Chemistry program and the Doctoral program (Ph.D. program). The admission to Ph.D. program is announced twice a year. Institute fellowship is also offered to deserving candidates qualified in the written test and interview.

Research

The department, right from its inception has given high priority for research. The faculty is actively engaged in cutting edge research in the frontier areas of Inorganic, organic, physical, and analytical and theoretical chemistry with further specialization in

Biosensors and bioanalytical chemistry
Nanochemistry and nanomaterials
Photochemistry and Bioinorganic chemistry
Computational and theoretical chemistry
Green chemistry and catalysis
Molecular sensors and devices

Till date, the department has received around 40 sponsored research projects (including three international) from various national and international agencies with funding amounting to more than Rs. 16 crore. The major funding agencies are (Dept. of Science & Technology DST, India, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR, India, Indian Council for Agricultural Research ICAR & The World Bank, Defence Research and Development Organization DRDO, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences BRNS, India, Department of Biotechnology, India, The Swedish Research Council, Sweden, The Royal Academy of Engineering UK, EU-DST,HORIZON. Currently there are 35 research students in the department.

Courses

Chemistry Courses

People

Our faculty have extensive experience in industry, research as well as teaching. Our strength is a reflection of their skills, innovation and drive.

Department Highlights

Department Flyer

Flyer 2023

Latest News

Our Student (M.Sc. Chemistry)
Ms. Anagha Rajesh
has featured in the list of top 10 finalists
of Varkey Foundation Global Student
Prize 2022 amongst 7000 applicants
from across the world

Congratulations Anagha!

Ph.D Admission

PhD Admissions (First Semester, 2023–2024)

Department / Faculty / Student Recent Activities/ Achievements

6. Prof. N. N. Ghosh has been awarded Research Excellence Award 2023 on 21-03-2023, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus in Basic Research. Congratulations Prof. Ghosh!

7. Prof. Halan Prakash has been awarded Research Excellence Award 2023 on 21-03-2023, BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus in Industrial-Applied Research. Congratulations Prof. Halan!

8. Prof. Ranjan Dey has delivered an Invited Talk at International Conference on Advanced Materials Science & Engineering and High-Tech Devices Applications; Exhibition (ICMATSE 2022), 27-10-2022 to 29-10-2022, in Ankara, Turkey.

9. Prof. Ranjan Dey has been awarded Teaching Excellence Award (TEA) for the year 2022 on 5-09-2022. Congratulations Prof. Dey!

10. Prof. Ranjan Dey has been elected as Editorial Board Member of Frontiers in Chemistry – Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. Congratulations Prof. Dey!

11. Prof. Ranjan Dey has been elected committee member in Royal Society of Chemistry – Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics Group (SMTG). Congratulations Prof. Dey!

12. Congratulations to Ms. Anagha Rajesh (2020B2PS1953G, pursuing MSc Chemistry) for featuring in the list of top 10 finalists of Varkey Foundation Global Student Prize 2022 from amongst 7000 applicants from across the world.