Course Details
| Course Name: | Chemistry |
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| Introduction: | A world without chemistry is difficult to imagine. The creation of all life forms is an intricate science, with artistic beauty. Nature holds immense potential for all inquisitive minds to unearth the mysteries behind it. Our religious texts are a proof of this. No wonder, life in its myriad forms has always been worshipped. Many secrets are now being researched, making the otherwise paradoxical 'religion' and 'science' converge at some points, giving a fillip to India's position globally. The frontiers in Chemistry are quietly redesigning humanity's future prospects by way of improving our health, food, energy, transport, communication and, virtually every sphere. It is being increasingly felt that Chemistry will have an important role to play in solving challenges that an emerging India would face in these fields. The modern approaches to Drug discovery involve interdisciplinary approaches where natural products ,synthetic medicinal and computational chemistry together with the concerned biological phenomenon hold the key to social wellbeing as was clearly evident during the COVID 19 Pandemic Maintenance and development of infrastructure is also likely to become Chemistry’s playfield. In the present scenario new and classy building structures need high quality construction materials that, in turn, bank on construction materials with strong and sturdy properties depending totally on their chemical framework. |
| Objectives: | To explain the mechanisms in Chemistry- from Simple to State -of-the-art. To develop new insights in biological processes and their applications in human health. To deliberate on modern trends and challenges in atomic and molecular simulation tools for chemists and materials scientists. To enable the participants to unravel the frontiers of Nanoscience and Nano technology and provide inputs on the same. To discuss with the participants next generation active materials. To contribute to the development of capacities, knowledge and skills of the faculty for treating Chemistry as state-of-the-art subject. |
| Start Date: | 08. 07. 2022 |
| End Date: | 22. 07. 2022 |
| University/College: | Kumaun University, Nainital |
| About Instructor: | Dr Chitra Pande is presently Head of the Chemistry Department, DSB Campus, Kumaon University. In her extensive academic career so far, she has held various positions and headed different committees. A gold medallist in both graduation and post-graduation, she has brought the same sheen in her style of working both as a professor and as an administrator. While as an academician she ensures that the classroom atmosphere remains vibrant, as an administrator, she extracts the best out of her team, giving them the leeway to come with optimum output. She has published about 70 papers in both National and International Journals of repute and twelve students have been awarded Ph.D under her supervision . She has completed six projects funded by the UGC, UCOST, USERC, Ministry of Environment and Forest New Delhi . She has been a resource person at a number of Refresher Courses and the keynote speaker on International Women’s Day at various Universities .She has been a member of the Academic Council from 2009 onwards besides being on the Board of Studies and RDC She has been the Convener of various Admission Committees including the Admission committee for both UG and PG courses in B.Sc. and M.Sc .She was the Member, Organizing Committee of International Conferences of the Chemistry Department namely ICEFN-2016 and ETCBI 2011. She has been the Coordinator of Pre-PhD Course work, Science Faculty from 2012-2014. |
| Weekly Plan: | • WEEK 1- Inaugural Function , Green Philosophy in Chemical Synthesis (Part-I), NMR Spectroscopy: Basic Introduction to Structure Determination, Research Methodology and Research Ethics, Green Philosophy Part II, A Classroom Teaching on Polymer, Heteroatoms Enriched High Surface Area Nanoporous Materials for CO2 Capture and Utilization, About NPL, BND & Perovskite Solar Cell, Teaching & Research in the context of present day needs, Characterizing Nanoporous Materials by Gas sorption, Introduction to Ultrafast & ultra-small measurements and their applications, Tire Manufacturing Technology, Electronic Spectra of Transition Metal Elements, Nano-structured Materials; Introduction and Chemical synthetic strategies, Electrochemistry in Energy Application, Stereochemistry (Discussion of both sessions were on this topic in continuation) • WEEK 2- Organic Solar Cell and Donor Materials, Materials, Electro Chemistry, Deposition and Solar Cells, Smart Materials, Sustainable Materials: Self Healing Materials, Monitoring Environmental Pollution (Air and Water), Presentation of Teaching a concept, UV-Visible Absorption spectroscopy and its application in material science, Waste to wealth: Green and sustainable roadmap for conversion of solid waste to value added products and their applications, The editor looks for in a manuscript, Presentation of Teaching a concept, Nanoimprint Lithography Process & its applications, X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), MCQ, Valedictory. |
| Instructor Name: | Prof. B. C. Ranu, FASc, FNA, IACS Kolkata.\nProf. D.S. Rawat, Dept. of Chemistry,Delhi Univers\nProf. Pradeep Kumar Dutta, MNIT, Allahabad, Uttar \nProf. Paritosh Mohanti, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand\nDr. Rajiv K Singh, National Physical Laboratory, N\nProf. Narayan Chandra Das, IIT Kharagpur, Maharash\nProf. Geeta Tewari, Dept. Chemistry, Kumaun Univer\nDr. Asit Patra, CSIR, National Physical Laboratory\nDr. Asit Baran Panda, CSIR-NML, Barmamines, Jamshe\nProf. Suman Mahendia. Kurukshetra University, Kuru\nDr. Prithu Mukherjee, Journal of Vinyl and Additiv\nDr. Sarvendra Rana, UPES Dehradun, Uttarakhand.\nProf. Chitra Pande, Dept. Chemistry, Kumaun Univer\nProf. Anurag Srivastava, IIITM, Gwalior, Madhya Pr\nDr. Laxmijkant Bera.\nProf. N.G. Sahoo, Department of Chemistry, Kumaun \nProf. Debasis Dhak, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University.\nDr. Penny Joshi, Department of Chemistry, Kumaun U\n |
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| Certification: | As per UGC Guidelines The grading will be as follows: (i) A+: 85 percent and above (ii) A: 70 per cent to less than or equal to 84 percent (iii) B: 60 per cent to less than or equal to 69 per cent (iv) C: 50 per cent to less than or equal to 59 per cent (v) F: Below 49 per cent Those teacher participants who get F grades are required to repeat the programme after a gap of one year without financial commitment to UGC-HRDC. |
| Duration In Weeks: | 2 Weeks |
| Instructors Photo: | 2 Weeks |
| Assessment Plan Method: | The total marks are to be fixed at 100 and the same may be decided in the following manner: (i) Overall response - 20 (ii) Seminars (in diverse topics mentioned in component A) - 20 (iii) Project/survey/others (topics like climate change, environment and social connect etc.) - 20 (iv) ICT based teaching/ MOODLE/ Micro-teaching/participation - 20 (v) Multiple-choice objective tests -20 The above distribution may be adjusted to meet specific requirements. The grades will be indicated on the certificate to be given to the teacher participant at the end of the programme. |
| Language: | English |
| Course Style: | Instructor-led |
| Length Hours Per Week: | 42 |
| Level: | Advance |