History of Department

• Chemistry Department is one of the leading department of the college established in 1989-90 and started with undergraduate course in Chemistry and PG courses like Organic Chemistry and Analytical were started in 2008 and 2013-14 respectively.
• To enable interaction between faculty, scholars, students, and industry to enhance research opportunities, academic excellence, real-world problem solving, and knowledge creation and dissemination, the department started Ph.D. Research Centre in 2014-15.
• Department also conducts Diploma in Rubber Chemistry and Processing course under UGC Community College scheme and in collaboration with All India Rubber Industry Association (AIRIA).
• Department have well equipped Sophisticated Central Instrumentation Analysis facility (SIAFC) to help the faculty, research scholars and students to carry out globally competitive R & D in basic and applied chemistry.  
• The department is fully equipped with departmental books library which facilitate students to study the Chemistry in more effective manner at UG and PG levels.
• Department undertakes various activities for the overall development of students as well as cultivating research attitude.

Aim

• To provide quality education in Chemistry for generation of intellectual human resources

Objectives

• To promote and motivate students for higher studies.
• To develop research attitude amongst students.
• To develop students with practical skill, to meet the requirement of the industries.

Best Practices

• Soil and Wa ter analysis
• Micro Scale technique
• Sanitizer Making
• Waste Management
• Award for Merit and Highest Attendance

Highlights

•  Well equipped Laboratories
•  Revenue generation through Consultancy
•  Research Centre in Chemistry
•  Well Qualified staff
•  Strong & well connected departmental Alumni
•  Enriched Departmental Library

Activities

• Guest lectures by eminent faculties from various institutes.
• Organises Science exhibition.
• Conducts DBT-Star college experiments and projects.
• Visit to ISSER Pune by M.Sc II Analytical students.
• Visit to Forensic science lab Pune by B.Sc and Sc Chemistry students.
• Soil and water analysis of rural region.
• Industrial visit to reputed Pharma. Chemical and polymer industries.
• Conduct Short Term Course like  Food Adulteration and Identification
• Summer Training for students
• Participate in Chemiad Exam conducted through University Chemical Society
• Concept Aptitutde Test by Homi Bhabha Science Centre

Student Achivements

• NET/SET Qualified Students

Sr. No	Academic Year	Name of Student	Qualifying Exam
1	2020-21	Gaikwad Rohan Dashrath	NET
2	2022-23	Wable Krishna Rohidas	NET
3	2021-22	Pawar Anil Rangnath	NET
4	2021-22	Daware Sahili Arjun	SET
5	2021-22	Pawar Anil Rangnath	SET
6	2021-22	Wable Krishna Rohidas	SET
7	2022-23	Pawar Anil Rangnath	GATE
8	2021-22	Pawar Anil Rangnath	PET
9	2021-22	Dumbre Kalyani Bhimsen	PET

• Students Acievements in Various Examination       

Sr. No.	Name of student	Certificates in	Name of Competition	Class	Rank
1	Kaisar Nirvita	Tech Fest 2024	Memory Game	F.Y B.sc	-
2	Mungase Bhumika	Tech Fest 2024	Poster Presentation	F.Y B.sc	-
3	Mayuri Sonawale	Tech Fest 2024	Poster Presentation	F.Y B.sc	-
4	Kunal Pawar	Tech Fest 2024	Memory Game	F.Y B.sc	-
5	Kaisar Nirvita	Sci- Fest 2024	Consolation	F.Y B.sc	-
6	Kaisar Nirvita	Sci- Fest 2024	Poster Presentation	F.Y B.sc	-
7	Kunal Pawar	Sci- Fest 2024	Quiz	F.Y B.sc	-
8	Kunal Pawar	Sci- Fest 2024	Poster Presentation	F.Y B.sc	-
9	Kunal Pawar	Sci- Fest 2024	Poster Presentation	F.Y B.sc	Fourth
10	Mungase Bhumika	Sci- Fest 2024	Poster Presentation	F.Y B.sc	Second
11	Mayuri Sonawale	Sci- Fest 2024	Consolation	F.Y B.sc	-
12	Shinde Swaraj	Pune District Zonal Sport Committee	Archery-Recure	M.sc-II Organic	-
13	Sutar Tanay	Prof.H.J.Arnikar Lecture Competition	Prof.H.J.Arnikar Lecture Competition	M.sc-II Organic	-
14	Shinde Swaraj	Poster Presentation	International Conference	M.sc-II Organic	-
15	Happy Patel	Consolation Prize	Online Lecture Competition	M.Sc-II Analytical	-
16	Amol Pawar	Fellowship	BANRF Research Fellowship	Ph.D. Students	-

 

Mr Aniket Kachore and Miss Dumbre (M. Sc. student) participated in Quiz competition held at Modern College, Ganeshkhind.    

Shubhangi Dherenge (T.Y.B.Sc. student) scored 50 /50 Marks in Physical Chemistry paper (CH-331) at Semester III examination in OCT 2018.

Tushar Mohite (T.Y.B.Sc. student) elected as Yean Representative (Sakal Foundation ) of the College.

Ravindra More (T.Y.B.Sc. student)

• Elected as University Representative of the College for the acedemic year 2018-19.
• Attended Avhan Disaster Management State Level Camp at Babasaheb Ambedkar University Aurangabad during 24 May -3 June-2018
• Attended Water Shade Management Camp at Waghapur, Purandar during 5 May-11 May 2018
• Selected as National Integration camp as Team leadr of Maharashtra State at Shivaji University Kolhapur during 15 Nov - 21 Nov2018
• Received 1^st prize at Jadhavar Science Fair State Level Science exhibition at Jadhavar College , Narhe Ambegaon Pune on 5^th Jan 2019.

Placement

Details of campus placement during the year 2018-19)
On campus			Off Campus
Name of Organizations Visited	Number of Students Participated	Number of Students Placed	Name of Organizations Visited	Number of Students Participated	Number of Students Placed
Syngenta Co. Goa at B G College	29	05
Campus at N Wadia College	08	0
Campus at N Wadia College	11	0

Result

Results of the academic year 2017-18 are as follows

 

Sr No.	Class	Appeared	Pass	%	D	I	II	III
01	B Sc	26	16	62.0	04	12	00	00
02	M Sc ( Org)	17	12	80.80	00	08	04	00
03	M Sc (Ana)	22	20	90.90	00	12	08	00

 

Rankers of the Department

Rank	Name of the Student	% Marks
B Sc
I	Shahapurkar Akshay Girish	83.92
II	Mhetre Jayashree Mahadeo	75.00
III	Deshmukh Vishal Kailash	74.42
M Sc ( Organic )
I	Mali Ajit D.	71.05
II	Deore  Harshala  L.	70.50
III	Gursalkar Vardhman M.	69.23
M Sc ( Analytical)
I	Patil Bhavesh	72.05
II	Ghorphade Tejaswini	69.91
III	"Bansode Shubhangi	66.64

 

Staff Awards

• Dr. S. V. Jagtap elected as a Management Council Member and Academic Council Member, SPPU, Pune
• Dr. L. K. Nikam – BOS Member in Chemistry SPPU, Pune
• Dr. M. N. Shewale awarded with Best Teacher by college in 2021-22
• Dr. M. N. Shewale awarded Best  e-content creator by SPPU, Pune in 2021-22
• Dr. M. N. Shewale got four times 1st Prize for Best e-content development for Video and three times 1st  Prize for PPT by PDEA

Faculty Achievements

Honours and recognitions received by teachers (received awards, recognition, fellowships at State, National, International level from Government, recognised bodies during the year )
Year of award	Name of full time teachers receiving awards from state level, national level, international level	Designation	Name of the award, fellowship, received from Government or recognized bodies
2018	Maneesha N. Shewale	Associate Professor	Ph. D.
2018	Swati Kolhe	Assistant Professor	NET ( National Rank No. )
2018	Swati Kolhe	Assistant Professor	GATE
2018-19	Dr.B.M.Pardeshi	Associate Professor	Vice President , International Lions club  Pune
2018	DR B M Pardeshi	Associtae Profesor	Best Lion Teacher Award by International Lion Club Pune

Infrastructure

The Department has three spacious independent UG laboratories and two Research laboratories fully equipped with instruments and consumables, advanced equipments. Colleges typically have dedicated ICT facilities to support the use of technology in various aspects of college life.

Sr. No.	ICT Facility	Description	Numbers
1	Laboratory	62.5  X 39 = 2437.5 sq. ft	01
2	Instrumentation Lab	25.2 X 20  = 504 sq. ft	01
3	Research lab-1	24.1 X 12.9 = 310.89 sq ft	01
4	Research lab-2	24.1 X 12.9 = 310.89 sq ft	01
5	Department Staff Room	8 X 10 = 80 sq ft	01
6	HOD Cabin	11 X 11= 121 sq ft	01
7	Computers	1) Dell Optiplex  380 = 01 2) Dell Optiplex 3010 = 01 3) Dell Optiplex 390 = 01 4) HP 202 G2 MT = 03 5) HP 406 G1 MT = 01	07
8	Printer and Scanner	Hp Laserjet 1020 = 01 Hp Laserjet  3050 = 01 Hp Laserjet M1005 MFP  = 01	03
9	LCD TV	Vise TV 32”	01
10	Internet Facility	Broadband	Yes
11	Chemistry Models	Educational	02
12	Charts	Educational	04
13	Water Purifier Chemistry Lab	Aquaguard Water Purifier	01
14	Departmental Library	Text and Reference Books	430 Books