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Departmental Profile

The department of Chemistry started its journey with a course of B.Sc. (General) in the year 2001. The department began to offer Honours course in Chemistry from the academic session 2004-2005. Post graduate course in Chemistry was started from the academic session 2018-2019.

       Courses offered by the department:

(i)B.Sc.General

(ii)B.Sc. Honours  in Chemistry           

      (iii) M.Sc. in Chemistry

Syllabi followed: Belda College is affiliated to Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal. The syllabi prescribed by this University are followed in the above courses.

Examination System: Semester System is followed both in UG and  PG Courses. Prior to the session 2017-2018 annual based system had been followed.

       Infrastructural Facilities

• The department has two laboratories for UG courses, both of which have facilities necessary for running practical classes  of UG Honours and General Classes. In addition, there is anotherequipped laboratory for PG course.

• The department has class rooms with Power Point Presentation facility.

• High Speed Internet facility for both teachers and students of the department  is available

• More than 600 books (Text, Reference and Practical) on Chemistry are available in the Central Library of the College. Students and teachers also can avail of e-Book facility in the Library.

• The department has its own library, which has quite a good collection of books on Chemistry. Studentsof the department have the facility to borrow books from the departmental library. 

• Department subscribes on International Journal on Chemistry.

• Teachers and Students of the department have the facility to use INFLIBNET

• Smart Classroomsavailable in the college for taking classes.

Teaching, learning and evaluation

• Teachers in their classes use both white boards andPowerPoint presentations 

• When neededteachers take classesin smartclassroomsavailable in the college

• Students are asked to give seminars on topics of their choice. 

• Evaluation of students learning is done in a regular way through internal assessment tests.

Thrust area of teaching and research: Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry

Students Results: The performance of the students in the university examinations is satisfactory. Most of the final year students in an academic session get chance doing M.Sc. course in different Institutes or Universities. A few of students in each year pass JAM exam conducted by IIT.

Seminars and Special Lectures: Department conducts special lectures and state level seminars when necessary funds are provided by the college authority. A few of them which were recently organized are

1. A one day state level Seminar on the topic ‘Polymer Materials: Boon and Bane’, held On20/02/2018 

2. A Special Lecture on the topic”Therapeutic Strategy to Prevent Neurodegeneration”., held on25/02/2019

3. A one day state level Seminar on the topic ‘Recent trends in Chemistry’,held on23/03/2019

4. A Special Lecture on the topic” NMR Spectroscopy : Theory and its Applications”,on05/03/2020 

Notable alumni:

1. Mr. Souvik Misra, Ex- Research Associate, ITC Ltd.  presently, he is a senior executive of Emami Ltd.

2. Siddharta Sankar Roy, Junior Engineer, Indian Oil Corporation, Haldia

3. Raju Ghanti, Officer Level-1, Asian Paints Ltd, Hyderabad

4. Mr. Dipankar Dey, Production Officer, Diamond Beverage Pvt Ltd. in collaboration with COCO- COLA Company.