The Department of Chemistry was established in 1995. The department offers Undergraduate (from 1995), Masters (from 2003) and Doctoral programs (from 2005). Since 2008, the department has emerged as full-fledged University department of PRIST Deemed to be University. The department has a dedicated team of staff members and distinguished faculty, trained at renowned Institutes from India and abroad. Along with teaching, the faculty members devote equal commitment to research. Also, they attract financial support for their research activities from both government and non-government bodies.
Faculty along with student teams organize seminars, conferences, workshops, that provide a platform for scientific inquiry among students and faculty from both PRIST and elsewhere.
Vision:
- To be a model department in imparting knowledge to the students.
- To be involved in current research applying innovative experimental techniques.
- To prepare the students face the challenges trending in the industry ecosystem.
Mission:
- Imparting to the student’s sound knowledge in chemistry with strong fundamentals.
- Provide impetus to research and development.
- Foster innovation in technological growth.
- Encourage entrepreneurship.
Strive to recognize and solve problems of mankind.
B.Sc. Chemistry (3-year Programme)
Programme Outcomes – POs
- To understand basic facts and concepts in Chemistry while retaining the exciting aspects of Chemistry so as to develop interest in the study of chemistry as a discipline.
- To develop the ability to apply the principles of Chemistry.
- To appreciate the achievements in Chemistry and to recognize the role of Chemistry in nature and in society.
- To develop problem solving skills.
- To be familiar with the emerging areas of Chemistry and their applications in various spheres of Chemical sciences and to apprise the students of its relevance in future studies.
- To develop skills in the proper handling of apparatus and chemicals.
- To be exposed to the different processes used in industries and their applications.
M.Sc. Chemistry (2-year Programme)
Programme Outcomes – POs
- Think critically and analyze chemical problems.
- Present scientific and technical information resulting from laboratory experimentation in both written and oral formats.
- Work effectively and safely in a laboratory environment
- Use technologies/instrumentation to gather and analyze data
- Work in teams as well as independently
- Apply modern methods of analysis to chemical systems in a laboratory setting
PhD Programme
The Ph.D. programme includes an integrated sequence of coursework and research in various branches of Chemistry. The scholars are considered based on the entrance examination conducted by PRIST.
Value Added Courses:
- Certificate Courses:
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- Certificate course on Water Resource Management Pollution & Health
- Certificate course on Crystallization and Chromatography Techniques
- Certificate course on Molecular Structure Drawing Tool
- Certificate course on-UV-Visible, IR Spectroscopic Instrumentation and Separation Techniques
- Certificate course on Drug Design
More information on admission to all the above programmes may be had at (www.prist.ac.in )
The thrust areas of research of the department are Organic Synthesis, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Supramolecular Chemistry, Crystallography, Computational Chemistry, Phytochemistry and Electrochemistry. The faculties of the department have published research articles in high-impact journals of leading scientific publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley Interscience, Springer, American Chemical Society (ACS) and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), etc.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Extramural Research grant
|
Name of the Scheme/Project/ Endowments/ Chairs |
Name of the Principal
Investigator/ Co Investigator (if applicable) |
Name of the
Funding agency |
Type
(Government/Non- Government) |
Department | Year of
Award |
Funds provided (Amount in RS) |
| Design and Development of Biodiesel Waste portable Genset(both Micro and Mini Scale) |
Dr.J.S.Nirmal Ram and Dr.TTM Kannan |
SDL Enterprise |
Non-Government |
Chemistry |
2021 |
84,00,000 |
| Carbon-Carbon cross coupling reaction through Reductive Elimination with Iron-catalyst; Spin state influences, Electronic structural and mechanistic studies through DFT |
Dr. D.Senthilnathan |
Department of Science and Technology (DST) Govt, of India |
Government |
Chemistry |
2018 |
38,89,000 |
Seed Money:
|
Faculty |
Academic Year |
Amount Sanctioned, Amount in Rs |
Title of the Project |
| Dr.R.Rajamohan |
2022 |
6,60,000 |
Interaction of Benzothiazole derivatives with native and modified β-cyclodextrins through host-guest complexation: in vitro study of breast cancer cell line |
| Dr. D. Chinnaraja |
2021 |
4,95,000 |
Multicomponent Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, Molecular Docking Studies of Novel 3-Alkyl Indoles |
| Dr.N.V. Prabhu |
2020 |
8,00,000 |
Development of High Dense Ion Exchange Composite Electrolyte for Fuel Cells |
| Dr. P. Parthiban |
2019 |
80,000 |
Electronic Transitions, Inter- and Intra-Bond Interactions of an Azabicycle Single Crystal using DFT |
| Dr. D. Senthilnathan |
2018 |
85,000 |
Metalloenzymes: Functional Model to Real Enzymes and vice versa – A Theoretical Study |
| Dr. J.S. Nirmal Ram |
2017 |
95,000 |
Crystal Engineering of Nutraceuticals for Diabetes Management |
PUBLICATIONS (JOURNALS / BOOK / BOOK CHAPTERS)
Some recent publications in Journals
Chinnaraja Duraisamy
Journal of King Saud University – Science 35 (2023), 1-10
MK Arumugam, YA Akeem, V Jothi, JS NirmalRam, MR Mohammad
Corrosion and Materials degradation Corros. Mater. Degrad. (2022)
https://doi.org/10.3390/cmd3040033
Trace-level analysis of genotoxic sulfonate ester impurities in teneligliptin by GC-MS
M Maniavannan, P Ilayaraja, P Parthiban
Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 12 (11), 052-060(2022)
N Jeyaraman Selvaraj, U Sathya, S Gomathi, S Jegan Jennifer, …
Acta Crystallographica Section C: Structural Chemistry 78 (8), 437-448(2022)
M Ansari, D Senthilnathan, G Rajaraman
Chem. Sci 11, 10669-10687
Redox Self‐Adaptation of a Nitrene Transfer Catalyst to the Substrate Needs
E Gouré, D Senthilnathan, G Coin, F Albrieux, F Avenier, P Dubourdeaux, …
Angewandte Chemie 129 (15), 4369-4373
MG Quesne, D Senthilnathan, D Singh, D Kumar, P Maldivi, AB Sorokin, …
ACS Catalysis 6 (4), 2230-2243
M Viswalingam, M Murugan, S Prabu, K Sivakumar, A Arumugam, …
European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine 7 (06), 2020
Books / Book Chapters
Book Chapter – Chapter 28: Noncovalent interactions in biocatalysis- A theoretical perspective
Velmurugan, G., Solomon, R.V., Senthilnathan, D., Venuvanalingam, P.
RSC Catalysis Series, Volume 2019-January, Issue 37, 2019, Pages 608-627
ISSN: 17576725, ISBN: 978-178801723-7,DOI: 10.1039/9781788016490-00608
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
2020 – Dr.J.S.Nirmal Ram – Bursary award for participating in CCP4 Crystallographic School in South Africa, ‘Data Collection to Structure Refinement and Beyond’, from 31 March to 8 April 2020.University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
2018 – Dr.P.Parthiban- Research Professor award from Inha University, Incheon-Seoul, Korea , Feb 2018 -Jan2019
2018 – Dr.D.Senthilnathan–‘Best Researcher Award’- PRIST Deemed to be University
2018 – Dr.J.S.Nirmal Ram – ‘Best teacher Award’- PRIST Deemed to be University
2018 – Ms.Salai Kalai Selvi – Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the DST sponsored project –’Carbon-Carbon cross coupling reaction through Reductive Elimination with Iron-catalyst; Spin state influences, Electronic structural and mechanistic studies through DFT’
- Special Seminar on ‘Nanoscience’ 1st November 2022 at PRIST Deemed to be University, Thanjavur.
- Seminar on ‘Concepts in Bioinorganic Chemistry’ 5th May 2022 at PRIST Deemed to be University, Thanjavur.
- Webinar on ‘Supramolecular Chemistry: Analytical methods and biomedical applications’ 24th April 2021 at PRIST Deemed to be University, Thanjavur.
- Webinar on ‘Corrosion and its Mitigation Strategies: Fundamental Aspects and Recent Approaches’ 13th April 2021 at PRIST Deemed to be University, Thanjavur.
- Hands on Training on ‘X-ray Crystallography and Interpretation’ on 22/09/2019 at PRIST Deemed to be University, Thanjavur.
- International Conference on Advanced Chemical and Structural Biology – ICACSB-2019 between 19th to 21st February 2019 at PRIST Deemed to be University
- Summer School on ‘Drug Discovery and Development’ during 16th – 20th July 2018 at PRIST Deemed to be University, Thanjavur.
- Lecture-cum-Workshop on ‘Interpretation of Spectral, Chromatographic, Crystallographic, Computational data of Chemical systems’ January 28-30, 2016. Jointly organized by PRIST University and IICPT, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Head, Department of Chemistry, School of Arts and Science,
PONNAIYAH RAMAJAYAM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY(PRIST), Vallam, Thanjavur -613403.
Email:
hodchemistry@prist.ac.in
Phone:
04362-265021
.