
CHEMISTRY
Name of the Department: Department of Chemistry
Year of establishment: 1978
Name of Courses offered: Under Graduate (UG)
Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved: Nil
Participation of the department in the courses offered: Department of BioScience
Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Reader/Lecturer/Demonstrator
Teaching posts |
Sanctioned |
Filled |
Reader |
03 |
03 |
Lecturer |
04 |
04 |
Demonstrator |
03 |
03 |
Number of faculty with ongoing projects
a) National: Nil
b) International funding agencies and: Nil
c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project-wise: Nil
d) Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc; Total grants received: Nil
Research Work/Paper Published
Name |
Qualification |
Designation |
Ph.D. (Awarded/Registered/Submitted) |
No. papers published in the last 5 years in National/International Journals. |
Sri D.P.Mohanty |
M.Sc. |
Lecturer |
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Mrs. Mamata Samal |
M.Sc., M.Phil. |
Lecturer |
Registered |
|
Dr. Sujata Otta |
M.Sc., Ph.D., PG DCA |
Lecturer |
Awarded |
|
Dr. Dasharatha Sahu |
M.Sc., Ph.D |
Lecturer |
Awarded |
03 International |
Sri Jayanta Kumar Nayak |
M.Sc., PG DBS |
Lecturer |
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Mrs, Reena Roy |
M.Sc. |
Lecturer |
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Miss Leena Mohanty |
M.Sc. |
Lecturer |
Publications
Name of Faculty |
Name of the article |
ISSN No. |
Year of publication |
Name of Journal with Impact factor |
National/ International |
Dr. D. Sahu |
Thermodynamics of Na2 SO4 in mixed solvents |
2394-5710 |
2016 |
International Journal in Physical and Applied Science(I.F- 3.960) |
International |
Dr. D. Sahu |
Viscosity studies of Na2 SO4 10H2O in mixed solvents at different temperatures |
ISSN 2395-6011 |
2015 |
International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology |
International |
Dr. D. Sahu |
Density, Viscosity and Ultrasonic Studies of Potassium Sulfate in Propan-2-ol +Water Mixture at303.15K |
ISSN 2278-6783 |
2016 |
Chemical Science Review and Letters |
International |
Faculty recharging strategies: From the Internet, Library, Journals and attending seminars
Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental: 100%
Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries/institutes: 30%
Student profile course-wise
Name of the Course |
Applications received |
Selected Male Female |
Pass percentage Male/ Female |
UG |
260 |
28 20 |
100% |
Diversity of students
Name of the Course |
% of students from the College |
% of students from the State |
% of students from other States |
% of students from other Countries |
U.G |
25% |
100% |
Nil |
Nil |
Student’s results
Year |
No. of students appeared |
No. of students passed |
% of Pass |
No. of students passed first division with Distinction |
2015 |
32 |
30 |
94% |
18 |
2016 |
48 |
45 |
95% |
25 |
2017 |
48 |
42 |
88% |
28 |
2018 |
48 |
40 |
84% |
27 |
2019 |
48 |
42 |
88% |
26 |
How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defence Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations?
About 10 to 12 students per year qualifying in other competitive examinations like Bank, Railway & Industries etc.
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Student Progression |
Percentage against enrolled |
UG to PG |
20 |
PG to M.Phil. |
10 |
PG to P.hD. |
05 |
Ph.D. to Post- Doctoral |
02 |
Employed Campus selection |
25 |
Other than Campus recruitment Entrepreneurs |
05 |
Percentage of faculty who are graduates |
|
Of the same parent University |
90% |
From other universities within the State |
Nil |
From other Universities from other States |
10% |
Department infrastructure and Facilities
- Library: Yes
- Internet facilities for staff and students: Yes
- Total number of classrooms: 20
- Class Rooms with ICT facility: No
- Students laboratories: 03
- Research laboratories: No
Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from college: 30
Does the department obtain feedback from faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it?
Yes, the evaluation is made regularly at the conducting board by the faculty.
Student’s feedback is collected regularly. The responses of students are presented in the Board of Studies meeting.
Alumini
Views of Alumni members are always sought & reflected in the progress of the Department.
List of distinguished alumni of the department:
- Rasmita Sahoo M.Sc, Lecturer in Chemistry, Baruneswar Mohavidyalaya
- Losna Mohanty, MSc Med. Continuing
- Suman Khandai, Msc, BEd Lecturer
- Tapaswani Das Msc Continuing
- Amit Sahoo,MSc continuing
- Maninath Majhi MPhil, Sambalpur University
- Madhusmita Deuri, Teacher
- Ananta kumar Sahoo, Teacher
- Sonam Mohanty,Asst. Manager,UCO Bank,Jajpur Road
- Rosalin Mohanty, Asst. Manager,UCO Bank,Danagadi
- Itishree Sahoo, Asst. Manager,axis Bank
- Ahmad,Lecturer,GIET,Khurda
- Biswajit Rana,Chemist,BBSR
- Subhakanta Nayak,Lecturer in Govt. Polytechnic,Jajpur
- Chittaranjan Jena, Chemist,Vedanta
Enrichment and Evaluation
- Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures/workshops/seminars) with external experts.
Internal and external seminars by the professors and guest faculties are sponsored by college management. - List of teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.
Innovative teaching methods are followed by teachers as group discussions, PowerPoint presentations and seminars are being organized to enhance the ability of students. - How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?
By conducting Internal (Theory and practical) examinations and seminar talks, we ensure the learning outcome of students. - Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.
Teachers are going to other colleges to deliver talks, to read papers on various topics. They are conducting practical examinations of other colleges as an external examiner. They are also participating in UGC sponsored national seminars. - Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.
Students are involving in a study tour, picnic, and debate and quiz competitions which are beyond the syllabus and enhance their smartness. - State whether the programme/department is accredited/graded by other agencies. Give details.
The college is centrally accredited by NAAC and got a B grade in 2015 accreditation by NAAC.
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and challenges (SWOC)
Strength:
- The department has one seminar library with an adequate number of books.
- Overhead projectors are for seminars.
- Internal seminars in the department are conducted regularly.
- Teachers are resourceful and skilled enough in catering to the need of the students.
Weakness:
- Number of faculties is inadequate
- The classrooms are not spacious and LCD projectors are not installed in the classroom
- Scarcity of funds to promote research and extension activities.
- Poor attendance of students in Seminars.
Opportunity:
- The departmental course is designed to meet the changing need of the students.
- The available infrastructure could be better used for upholding the teaching-learning process.
Challenges:
- Making the present course curriculum as per the national level.
- Raising the level of competition with other institutions.
- Future plans of the department.
To open career orientation programmes like industrial safety, environmental chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry.