PLACEMENT BROCHURE 2014-2015 DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY (Masters of Science) Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati, Assam
WHY CHEMISTRY IN IIT GUWAHATI CONTENTS Why Chemistry in IIT Guwahati.. 2 Foreword : Message From HOD. 3 The Department.. 4 Demographics. 5 Programs Offered.. 6 Academic Structure.. 7 Research and Development 9. 10.. 11 Projects and Internships Chemistry is a dynamic subject that is constantly evolving to meet the need of the society. Department of chemistry of IIT Guwahati has both distinguished and outstanding reputation for research covering most of the areas of Chemistry. It is one of the largest research institutes in India producing potential Chemistry post graduates per year. Our academic programme is vividly meant to acquaint students with basic topic and its applications of the subject. There is also a great balance between theory and laboratory practices in the educational semester courses. The department also collaborates with various educational and industrial groups. The main objective is to flourish new, zeal and capable student to handle the applied and industrial requirements. Instrumental Facility Job Profiles Contacts 12. 13 IIT Guwahati has been ranked among the top 100 of the world's dynamic young universities by Times Higher Education (THE). 2
FOREWORD MESSAGE FROM HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT Department of Chemistry at IIT Guwahati is one of the globally recognized, emerging and leading department in science and technology comprised of advance teaching program in chemistry,good no of state of art equipped facility for advance research, excellent faculty and meritorious students pursuing M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses. The department has a growing list of accolades earned nationally and internationally. The training at institutional level and summer internships in top laboratories, industries and universities make the students capable to be eligible for educational and industrial field. As the Head of Department, I proudly present the current final year batch to all potential recruiters. We are confident that the current batch will surely raise the already set high standards by their alumni in all fields, be it industry or academia. With the excellence of our current batch we look forward to the beginning of an amicable relationship between the recruiters and IIT Guwahati. Prof. Bhisma Kumar Patel Head of the Department Department of Chemistry IIT Guwahati 3
4 The chemistry dept. in IIT Guwahati was introduced in the year 1995. Since then it holds a good record in basic chemistry with skill in experimental and theoretical areas. IIT Guwahati provides a uniquely stimulating environment for both scientific and industrial research. Immersed in this environment of scientific discovery, the post graduate program has been designed to develop students ability to apply independent, creative, scientific thoughts in industrial research and cultivate habits of enquiry that will ensure continued intellectual development through out their careers. The Chemistry department has been accorded the centre of excellence to MHRD, which is under the aegis of Training and Research in Frontier Areas of Science and Technology (FAST)) of MHRD. IIT Guwahati ranked among top 10 Indian institutions, based on paper publication in top 20 journals viz. Chemistry, Multidisciplinary by RSC. FACULTY MEMBERS The department is enriched with 33 experienced faculty members including 10 professors, 8 associate professors and 15 assistant professors. They are awarded with national and international awards like Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, DAE Young Scientist Award, Swarnajayanti Fellowship, INSA Young Scientist Award in Chemical Science, Young Career Award in Nano Science and Technology, Young Investigators Award (RGYI Scheme), Materials Research Society of India Medal etc.
DEMOGRAPHICS COURSE WISE STUDENT & FACULTY DISTRIBUTION M.Sc. STUDENT DISTRIBUTION YEAR WISE Ph.D. STUDENTS STATISTICS 5
Programs Offered M.Sc. in Chemistry strong chemical knowledge Good level of expertise in research. Intensive training in lab courses. Course work in applied chemistry Ph.D. in Chemistry Extensive training in research areas. Publications of research work in international journals. Patent & technology transfer. 6
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Chemical kinetics Electrochemistry Thermodynamics Quantum Chemistry Group Theory & its Application ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Basic Principles Synthetic Organic Chemistry Applied Organic Chemistry Bioorganic Chemistry Chemical Biology COMPUTATIONAL & SPECTROSCOPY Computational Chemistry Fortran Introduction to Unix Reaction Dynamics using Computer Programming CD/MCD Mӧssbauer IR & UV-VIS Resonance Raman NMR Spectroscopy Chemical Bonding Bioinorganic Chemistry Crystal Field Theory Spectroscopic Methods Magnetochemistry Semiconductor materials INSTRUMENTAL EXPERIANCES NMR Spectroscopy FT-IR Spectroscopy UV-VIS Spectroscopy Microwave Assisted Organic Synthesis 7
LABORATORY COURSES Physical Laboratory Organic Laboratory Inorganic Laboratory UV-VIS & IR Spectroscopy Fluorescence spectroscopy Differential Scanning Calorimetry HPLC Cyclic Voltametry Enzyme reaction Lb Films Ion Selective Electrodes Optical Materials Semiconductor materials Preparation & Estimation Separation Technique Characterisation of Compounds NMR & IR data Analysis Crystallisation Preparation & Estimation Solid State Synthesis Sol-Gel Methods Use of Spectral Techniques 8
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT The Department of Chemistry spreads over a vast area in research such as basic inorganic chemistry, newer reagents and methodologies, investigations related to bioinorganic and organometallics, synthetic and mechanistic aspects of inorganic and organic transformations, selective catalytic transformations, Liquid crystals, Functional Materials, Molecular Electronics, self- -assembly, Green Chemistry. Laser Assisted Control of Chemical Reactions, structure and property novel polymers, Catalytic Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Peptidomimetics: Synthesis, Conformation and Biological activity. Nanomedicine, Quantum dots, Carbon dots, Synthesis of natural products, chemistry of heterocyclic, Carbohydrates, Peptides, Nucleic acids, Supramolecular compounds, lipid synthesis and combinatorial chemistry. SPONSORED PROJECTS Department of Chemistry is involved in various projects that are sponsored by the Government of India and various industries. At present 120 sponsored projects, costs almost 50 crores are going on. Some of our sponsors are : DST BRNS Yashraj Biotech. Ltd. DRDO GMC Humboldt Foundation CSIR GMC Hindustan Unilever Limited UGC TSG M/s Mott Mac Donald Pvt. DBT DRL Ltd. 9
The students of M.Sc. Chemistry experience two months summer research program or industrial training along with M.Sc. Projects in the penultimate year from reputed industries or research institute including IIT Guwahati. These projects help the students to gain exposure and provides the platform to enter the professional world. For example : Vermicompost and vermiwash and its development. Tata Chemical Ltd. Central Lab, Haldia, West Bengal Highly sensitive & selective colorimetric detection of As(III) by silver nano prism based on morphology transition. SINP, Kolkata The Synthesis and Characterization of Selenium containing Unnatural Amino Acid Seleno-allo-threonine and its modification for using it as SPPS building block. IISc Bangalore Synthesis of inter digited H-bonded 3D Supramolecular framework. JNCASR, Bangalore Synthesis of silver-naphthalene diimide lamellae based nanorod showing conductivity JNCASR, Bangalore "Synthesis of Amino Acid Conjugated Aliphatic Norspermidine Analogues (aaanas) as novel class of antibacterial agents. JNCASR, Bangalore Transition metal catalysed C-O bond formation. IACS, Kolkata Synthesis and photophysical property of fluorescent active unnatural Amino Acid. IIT Guwahati Computational Study on electronic ground state of carbon. - IACS, Kolkata Spectroscopic studies of Thymol-a phenolic compound. Presidency University, Kolkata Synthesis of Peptide Nucleic Acid Monomer of DNA Bases --IIT Guwahati 10
INSTRUMENTAL FACILITY ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY Liquid Chromatograph Mass Bruker Nonius Smart Apex II X-ray Single Crystal Diffractometer (CCD) X-ray Powder Diffractometer Spectrometer Differential Scanning Calorimeter Gas Chromatograph MISCELLANEOUS Medium-pressure Liquid Chromatograph Langmuir-Blodgett Film Maker HPLC Cryocoolers Magnetic Balance Differential Scanning Calorimetry Analyser Ion Meter Flash Chromatography Elemental Analyser Electrochemical Analyser GC-MS SPECTROSCOPY FT-IR Spectrometer UV-VIS Spectrophotometer NMR & Fluorimeter Flurocube 11
Contrary to the contemporary science & tech disciplines, chemistry takes a step ahead with emphasis being laid industry. The curriculum is designed keeping in mind the latest technological developments and the requirements of modern chemical industries. The students are well equipped to foray into various challenging opportunities and perform di-erent roles in various sectors such as: RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TEACHING IT PHARMA CHEMISTS PAINTS & POLYMERS FOOD & PESTICIDES QUALITY CONTROL OIL & PETROCHEM 12
Prof. Bhisma Kumar Patel Head of the Department Phone: +91 361258 2307 (O) E-Mail : patel@iitg.ernet.in Placement Cell http://www.iitg.ernet.in/ placement/ Department of Chemistry http://www.iitg.ac.in/chem/ Prof. Natesan Srinivasan Faculty-in-Charge,Placements Tel:- +91-361-2692173 E-mail: natesan@iitg.ernet.in Training and Placement Cell 1st Floor, Admin Building Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati - 781039 Prof. V. Manivannan Placement Coordinator Phone: +91 361 258 2306 (O) E-Mail : mani@iitg.ernet.in Mr. Supriya Boral Postgraduate Student Phone: +91 8011034338 E-mail : boralsupriya@gmail.com Webmail: s.boral@iitg.ac.in Mr. Abhijit Nandan Placement Representative Phone: +91 8011023623 E-Mail: abhijit.nandan36@gmail.com Webmail: a.nandan@iitg.ac.in 13