Chemistry

"Chemistry begins in the stars. The stars are the source of the chemical elements, which are the building blocks of matter and the core of our subject."

~ Peter Atkins

Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College started functioning from June 1965 as a coeducational Institution. Since very inception of the Department with the affiliation of teaching undergraduate (pass) course in Science of Calcutta University in the session 1968-1969, we have been striving for upgradation of the Department. In the process, we have been able to win over the approval of Calcutta University of introducing the Honours Course from the session 1991-1992. We are moving forward with utmost effort for improvement imparting standard and quality teaching. In this regard, our college authority has extended its full cooperation. We undertake to upgrade teaching standard by participating in various programmes like Orientation Course, Refresher Course, Workshops, Symposia etc. The Department has a seminar library for the use of the teachers and the students of the Department. Side by side the class room teaching, the students of the Department are encouraged in co-curricular activities like Seminar Presentation, Submission of Annual Assignment, Group Discussion, Debate etc.

Infrastructure:

Description	Details
Number of PCs	02
Number of P-IV or Higher PCs	02
Number of LAN Terminals	02
Type and Speed of Internet	Broadband
Number of Laboratories	4 (including one balance room)
Physical Chemistry Laboratory	1 (For Honours Students)
Organic and Inorganic Laboratory	2 (Both for Honours and General Students)
Balance Room	Equipped with adequate number of Chemical and Digital Balances
Modern Instruments	Adequate number of modern instruments for practical classes
Seminar Library cum Teachers Room	Arrangements for meetings, discussions, counselling, etc.
Seminar Library	Additional facility for teachers and students
Fire Extinguisher	Requisite number of fire extinguishers installed
First Aid	First aid box for minor medical treatment

Academic Activities

Sl. No.	Type of Activities	Theme of the Activity	Date
1	Parent-Teacher meeting	To apprise the parents of their wards' academic attainments, discussions on student behavior	21st April 2018, 22nd February 2018
2	Students seminar	Resource Based Activities and Student-Teacher interaction beyond the classroom	20th December 2017
3	One-day UGC Sponsored National Level Seminar on Indian Chemical Industries	Retrospect and Prospect of Indian Chemical Industries	28th January 2017
4	Outreach Program at CSIR-IICB, Jadavpur	Laboratory visit, scientific lecture, and quiz with scientists	23rd November 2016
5	Industrial tour to QUAKER CHEMICAL INDIA LTD.	Process of conversion of raw materials to finished products	16th September 2015

Faculties:

Future Plans

To examine how to attain 100% success rate both in the Honours and General Course in all University Examinations. We want to establish the Department as one of the best in Calcutta University. To achieve this goal steps should be taken for are Intake of Quality students, Monitoring of attendance of the students on regular basis, Increase in the number of teaching members and laboratory attendants. Given the way the syllabus is changing the Department feels that purchase of a UV-VIS Spectrophotometer is inevitable, Acid-Proof covering on the top of all working table of the chemical, Proper drainage of the waste water should be done, preferably by porcelain bed. Installation of A.C is essential for proper up keeping of sophisticated instruments. Teaching: Chalk and Talk method and assisting the students to consult e-books from the library."

Student Achievements

8 students appeared in B.Sc. part-III Honours examination, 2014 of which 5 students got 1st class and 3 students 2nd class (above 55% marks). Seven (7) Prizes (5 in Honours and 2 in General courses) are bagged by the students for General proficiency in 2014.
Name of the Course/Programme Pass Percentage Selected Enrolled Pass Percentage *M/*F

Course	Year	Percentage
Chemistry(Hons.)	2019	100
Chemistry(Hons.)	2020	100
Chemistry(Hons.)	2021	100
Chemistry(Hons.)	2022	60

Alumini

Moumita Kundu of 1995 batch is working at Hong Kong as Teacher
Ambarish Roy of 1995 batch is working at Moulana Azad College, Kolkata as Assistant Professor
Aniket Bhattacharyya of 2000 batch is working at IBM
Santanu Roy Chowdhury of 2006 batch is working at CTS
Sudip mandal of 2012 batch is pursuing Ph.D. at IIT, Madras.
Sounak Ghosh of 2017 batch is pursuing M.Sc. at IIT Guwahati