About the Department
Courses Offered
Subject Society - Covalence
2023-24
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
Lecture:
July 29, 2020: A Lecture on “Using Microsoft Teams for Remote Teaching” was delivered by Ms Bhavna Mittal, Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator
August 13, 2020: Lecture on “Using Google Classroom and Google Meet for Remote Teaching” delivered by Dr. Nityananda Agasti for faculty members of Department of Chemistry
November 27, 2020: Inaugural lecture of "COVALENCE" (The Chemical Society) on Synthetic Oligonucleotides as a new class of Drugs” was delivered by Dr. Vivek Kumar Sharma, Senior Scientist, Intellia Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, USA using online platform Zoom. The lecture was organized under the aegis of DBT star college scheme by Dr. Vinod Kumar, Dr. Kapil Bohra and Dr. Sachin Mittal.
January 23, 2021: A lecture on “Molecular Modelling and Drug Design” was delivered by Dr. Neeta Azad, Assistant Professor, ARSD College using online platform Zoom. The Lecture was Organized by Dr. Chayannika Singh, Dr. Vinod Kumar and Dr. Sachin Mittal.
Orientation Program
November 19, 2020: Orientation Program was organized by the Department for the students of first semester of B.Sc.(H) Chemistry and B.Sc. (Phy. Sc.) with Chemistry. Dr. Sachin Mittal, teacher-in-charge of the department introduced the faculty members and apprised the students about the various activities organized by the department.
Teachers Day Celebrations
September 5, 2020: The Teachers day was organised by the students of B.Sc.(H) Chemistry III / V Sem, to show their gratitude for their Teachers. Students organised various events like recitation of poems, dance performance using of digital platforms.
Alumni Interaction Program
March 6, 2021: An online “Alumni Interaction Program” was organized by Dr. Mahaveer and Dr. Sachin Mittal. The alumni of the Department, Mr. Praveen K. Budhakoti, Ph. D Scholar, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Ms. Palak Manchanda, Ph.D. Scholar, Purdue University and Ms. Ayesha Seth, Ph.D. Scholar Ohio State University interacted with Students of Chemistry Department and discussed the avenues available after Graduation and also about the research they are undertaking at their respective Universities. Principal, Dr. H.C. Jain, graced the function by his presence and blessed the students.
Student Activities
September 9, 2020: Online paper presentation Competition on “Chemistry in Powders - Case Studies” organized by Dr. Reema Chhabra
October 9, 2020: An intra-class Quiz Competition “QUIZ-O-ZYME” was organized by Dr. Reema Chhabra
November 12, 2020: Dr. Jyoti organized an online Paper presentation competition on “Solid State Materials in Industries” for the students of Department of Chemistry.
November 6, 2020: Paper presentation Competition was organized for the students by Dr. Vinod Kumar and Dr. Chayannika Singh using MS Power point presentations on various topics of chemistry such as Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Valance bond theory, Chemistry in everyday life, Chemistry in Corona virus research, Exploring polymers, Graphene, use of specific reagents in organic chemistry and Salts & its uses.
November 24, 2020: Intra Class online quiz competition was organized by Dr. Kapil Bohra, Dr. Sangeeta Talwar and Dr. Sachin Mittal for students of B.Sc. Physical Science with Chemistry, semester-III
2019-2020
18 July, 2019: The academic session started with an Orientation program where teachers interacted with the first-year students and their parents.
27 July, 2019: As a part of Induction program a local tour was organised. The students along with four teachers visited India Gate, the War memorial and National Science Centre. 10 August, 2019: Election of the office bearers of COVALENCE was conducted.
4 September, 2019: The inaugural lecture was organised on the theme “Gifts of Science to the Society” by Prof. Ashok K. Ganguli, Department of Chemistry, IIT, Delhi.
4th -5th October, 2019: The annual festival “Rasayanotsava” was organised and various events like Paper presentation, Periodic Gyan, Poster making, Chemical Tambola, Dumb Charades, Radical Scavanger were held.
3rd January, 2020: 3 alumni were invited for an interaction with the students. Ms Sushmita Yadav (Pursuing Ph.D., from DU); Mr Kusharga Yadav (Pursuing Ph.D. from NPL, New Delhi) and Mr Anuj Kumar (pursuing Ph.D. from University of Bonn, Germany) graced the occasion.
29th January, 2020: A lecture series on Green Chemistry was organised. Prof. Ram S. Mohan, Department of Chemistry, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, USA, spoke on “Better Living through Green Chemistry: An Introduction to Toxic Molecules”; and “Better Living through Green Chemistry: Case Studies”
14th February, 2020: A city tour trip was organised for the students under the student induction program. Four teachers along with 130 students visited Bahai (Lotus) Temple, Waste to Wonder Park and Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum.
4th March, 2020: An Industrial Trip was organised for the students of final year students in which six teachers along with 41 students visited Moon Beverages Ltd. (Coca-Cola Happiness Factory), Greater Noida.
2018-2019
18th July, 2018: The academic session 2018-19 started with an orientation programme in the department to apprise the students and their parents about the department, faculty and various activities of the department to be organised during the session.
13th August, 2018: First activity of the department was the elections of the office bearers of the chemical society “Covalence”.
14th September, 2018: Interaction programme with the first year students of B.Sc. (H) Chemistry and B.Sc. (Physical Science) with chemistry was conducted to get the feedback about the college and department.
9th October, 2018: The paper reading and chemical dumb charade competitions were organised where the students presented papers on topics like shampoos, carbon emissions, solar cells, deforestation etc.
February 23, 2019: The department organized an industrial trip to Mother Dairy plant, Patparganj, New Delhi; to apprise the students about the milk collection, pasteurization, packaging and distribution in Delhi region. On the same day, students also visited the National Handicrafts Design Gallery and Earth Treasurers Museum, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi.
March 07, 2019: The department organized a talk by Dr. Pramod K. Upadhyaya, Scientist VII, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi. He delivered an enlightening lecture on the topic “Beauties of the Heaven and Practicing Science”.
2017-2018
Covalence, society of Department of Chemistry, facilitated various activities for students and faculty:
2016-2017
2015-2016
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