Year of Establishment: 1970
Head of the Department: Mr. Loknath Lama
Total no. of approved faculty strength: Six (06)
Faculties of the department:
Sl. No. | Name | Designation | Year of Joining | Qualification |
1 | Mr. Loknath Lama | Sr. Assistant Professor & HOD | 2007 | M. Sc. M. Phil |
2 | Mr. Diganta Kumar Bharali | Assistant Professor | 2011 | M. Sc., M. Phil, SLET |
3 | Dr. Juthika Sonowal | Assistant Professor | 2013 | M. Sc., M. Phil, Ph. D. |
4 | Dr. Rupa Pegu | Assistant Professor | 2015 | M. Sc., NET, GATE, Ph. D. |
5 | Dr. Namita Devi | Assistant Professor | 2020 | M. Sc., NET, GATE, Ph. D., Post Doc. |
6 | Vacant |
List of laboratory staff
- Mr. Bharat Boruah
- Mr. Dwijen Sarmah
- Mr. Diganta Das
Brief introduction to the Department
The Department of Chemistry was established on 7th July, 1970. At the beginning, the Department started functioning only with the Higher Secondary Science Course (formerly referred to as Pre-University Course). The B. Sc. General Chemistry Course was introduced into the Department on 20th July,1976 and later in 1980, Major Course of Chemistry under Gauhati University was launched in this Department. The Department was founded by former Head of the Department, Mr. Khiradhar Baruah, a well-known National Awardee as science communicator. His legacy was further reinforced by his successors.
Now, the Department offers undergraduate (UG) programmes at both Higher Secondary and Degree levels. To ensure quality education, the Department comprises of highly competent and motivated teachers, well-equipped laboratories and a departmental library. The Department consists of separate laboratories equipped with digital and sophisticated instruments for both Honours and Generic Courses. Students are constantly encouraged to pursue higher education. The Department has the privilege to produce alumni who are well placed in diverse domains across the globe.
Infrastructure facilities available:
Sl.No. | Facility | No. available |
1 | Classroom | 04 |
2 | Laboratory | 04 |
3 | Departmental Library | 01 |
4 | Wi-Fi connectivity | 01 |
Few accomplished projects undertaken by students at UG level:
Sl. No. | Projects Undertaken |
1 | A comparitive study of quality of drinking water in rular and urban area of Biswanath block |
2 | Extraction of caffeine from different tea samples from different localities |
3 | Extraction and analysis of nicotine sulphate from different samples of tobacco product |
4 | Detection of different component present in honey extract |
5 | Analysis of ground water |
6 | Extraction of vitamin C from different citrus fruit |
7 | Extraction of eugenol from clove and holy basil |
8 | Analysis of component present in medicinal plant (houttuynia cordata, Guava) |
Prominent alumni of the department:
Sl. No. | Name of alumni | Current position |
1 | Loknath Lama | Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Biswanath College, Biswanath, Assam |
2 | Dr. Pranab Sabhapandit | Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Chaiduar College, Biswanath, Assam |
3 | Dr. Utpal Borah | Assistant professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam |
4 | Sanjib Chetry | Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Darang College, Tezpur, Assam |
5 | Dr. Dhrubojyoti Talukdar | Technical Officer, Department of Chemistry, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam |
6 | Dr. Satyanyadev Pegu | Postdoctoral fellow, Tezpur University, Tezpur, Assam. |
7 | Dr. Diganta Boruah | Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, PDUAM, Dalgaon, Assam |
8 | Diganta Kumar Bharali | Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Biswanath College, Biswanath, Assam |
9 | Dr. Himadri Borah | Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, North Gauhati College, Gauhati, Assam |
10 | Dr. Nirmali Devi | Associate professor, NIT, Nagaland |
11 | Nimisha Kashyap | Perusing Ph. D in NEHU, Shillong |
12 | Khageswar Handique | JEA (Production), IOCL, Digboi Refinery, Digboi, Assam |
13 | Rima Chetry | Perusing M.Sc. under Gauhati University, Gauhati, Assam |
14 | Shristirupa Borah | Perusing Ph. D in Nagaon College under Guahati University, Nagaon, Assam |
15 | Bornali Das | Perusing M.Sc. under Gauhati University, Gauhati, Assam |
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