MISSION
"Transforming the hopes and dreams of diverse individuals into reality by providing value added quality education, promoting innovative curriculum development, exposing students to advances in Chemical Sciences, offering guidance in acquiring theoretical and practical skills and creating an exceptional learning environment that would groom total personality”.
VISION
"To be a torchbearer in the arena of higher education by empowering the youth through quality education that would develop intellectually alive, ethically upright and socially responsible citizens, inclined to meet the global challenges of the ever-changing, technology - oriented world."
cok The Department of Chemistry was established in 1958 and PG programme was introduced in 1965. Since its inception, the department has crossed several milestones. The Department offers undergraduate courses – B.Sc. (with Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry and Bio-chemistry) and postgraduate course - M.Sc. (Chemistry with Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry as elective). The Department also has facilities for Ph.D. programme in Chemistry. All courses offered by the department are designed according to the needs and demands of current industrial sectors and to make the students competent at local and global level.
With 14 faculties, the department presently caters 1548 UG, 50 PG students and 16 research scholars. Each faculty has specialized knowledge in different branches of Chemistry. Faculty members are active in educational sphere across the state and contribute to academic and research fields in various capacities like resource persons, reviewers, authors, etc. Equipped with a state-of-the-art instrumentation facility, research laboratories, departmental library and ICT tools, we are counted amongst the best departments for education in Chemistry across the state of Chhattisgarh which provides a comprehensive teaching and research environment in the Chemical Sciences.
The journey from a small department teaching undergraduate students in 1958 to DST-FIST supported department actively engaged in research activity is a result of coordinated effort of dedicated faculty. The department has contributed immensely in the college being accredited A grade by NAAC and achieving CPE-Phase III status. The department strives to achieve its prime objective - to produce and train technical and scientific personnel of the highest order of excellence having scientific aptitude.
