Chemistry

Introduction: The Department of Chemistry runs Under Graduate programme (B.Sc.) and Post Graduate (M.Sc. Inorganic Chemistry) programme along with Ph.D. Research centre. The department is fully equipped with instruments, equipment and reference books for the students of UG and PG. In addition to the theory and practical classes, there are conducted co-curricular activities by the department for the betterment of the students such as research projects, seminars, group discussions, industrial visits, guest lecturers, etc. It also conducts different Certificate Courses for further upgradation of students’ knowledge.  


Teaching Staff:         

Sr. No.	Name of Faculty	Nature of Appointment	Designation	Qualifications	Teaching Experience
1.	Dr. Mrs. R.M. Ovhal	Full Time	Assistant Professor	M.Sc, Ph.D.	28 Years
2.	Dr. S.D. Mitragotri	Full Time	Associate Professor	M. Sc., SET, NET, Ph.D, M.B.A.	13 Years
3.	Dr. V.T. Vader	Full Time	Associate Professor	M. Sc., SET, Ph.D, D.MCJ	13 Years
4.	Dr. M.R. Asabe	Full Time	Assistant Professor	M.Sc, Ph.D.	12 Years
5.	Dr. Mrs. M.M. Jagadale	C.H.B.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc, Ph.D.	10 Years
6.	Dr. J.N. Mahindrakar	C.H.B.	Assistant Professor	M.Sc, Ph.D.	2 Years

            Non-teaching Staff:

Sr. No.	Name of Staff	Designation	Qualifications	Date of Joining the College
1.	Shri. G.S. Sonkawade	Lab Assistant	SSC	01/08/1986
2.	Mrs. S.V. Pandit	Lab Assistant	B.Sc., B.Ed	01/08/2013
3	Shri B.L. Shetagar	Lab Attendant	B.A.	02/03/2009
4	Shri. A.M. Bondarde.	Lab Attendant	SSC	02/03/2009
5	Shri. S.N. Vandrav	Lab Attendant	B.A.	02/07/2012
6	Shri. R.S.Swami	Lab Attendant	B.A.	01/01/2008

  Facilities:        The Department has two separate well-equipped and sophisticated laboratories. The Department has a special research Laboratory which is available for Research Students. The Department is recognized for M. Phil. / Ph.D. courses by PAH Solapur University, Solapur and it also offers Consultancy services. The department has well-equipped research and laboratory facilities like High temperature muffle furnace, Spray pyrolysis unit, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Spin coating unit, Electrodeposition unit, Hot air oven, magnetic stirrer, thermostatic water bath, potentiometer, conductometer, polarimeter, colorimeter, refractometer, distillation unit, terbidimeter, Vapour Pressure, Osmometer, LCR Bridge, Cyclic Voltmeter, pH meter, Digital Balance, etc. Courses Offered:

• Sc (CBCS)
• Sc in Inorganic Chemistry (CBCS)
• D affiliated to PAHSUS
• COCs

  Result Analysis (B.Sc.): Last Five Years  

Class	Academic Year	Number of Students Appeared for Examinations	Passing Percentage
B.Sc.	2015-16	45	80.00%
B.Sc.	2016-17	44	79.55%
B.Sc.	2017-18	40	85.00%
B.Sc.	2018-19	46	80.43%
B.Sc.	2019-20	45	90.00%

      Meritorious Students (B.Sc): Last Five Years  

Sr. No.	Year	Name of Students	Percentage
1.	2015-16	Miss. Trupti Kulkarni	84.35%
2.	2016-17	Mr. Nagesh Sutrave	94.05%
3.	2017-18	Miss. Arpita Shinde	94.50%
4.	2018-19	Mr. Vishal Kshirsagar	81.83%
5.	2019-20	Mr. Anil Dyavarkonda	86.40%

  Result Analysis (MSc): Last Five Years  

Class	Academic Year	Number of Students Appeared for Examinations	Passing Percentage
M.Sc.	2015-16	26	72.00%
M.Sc	2016-17	25	85.71%
M.Sc	2017-18	24	57.69%
M.Sc	2018-19	19	78.95%
M.Sc	2019-20	28	100%

  Meritorious Students (MSc.): Last Five Years  

Sr. No.	Year	Name of Students	Percentage
1.	2015-16	Miss. Amreen Khalifa	81.92%
2.	2016-17	Miss. Priyanka Patil	81.24%
3.	2017-18	Miss. Arati Khanchandani	84.32%
4.	2018-19	Miss. Sarasvati Dolle	76.80%
5.	2019-20	Miss Dipa Chitale	82.60%

  Research by Faculty:  

Name of Faculty	Books Published	Minor Research Projects	Paper Presentation	Ph.D. Guidance
Dr. Mrs. R.M. Ovhal	-	01UGC	11	01
Dr. S.D. Mitragotri	01	01UGC	11	03
Dr. V.T. Vader	08	01UGC	23	02
Dr. M.R. Asabe	26	01Seed Money	25	03
Dr. Mrs. M.M. Jagadale	-	-	12	-
Dr. J.N. Mahindrakar	-	-	05	-

      Papers Published by Faculty:  

Sr.No.	Name of Faculty	Number of Papers Published
1	Dr. Mrs. R.M. Ovhal	09
2	Dr. S.D. Mitragotri	07
3	Dr. V.T. Vader	15
4	Dr. M.R. Asabe	25
5	Dr. Mrs. M.M. Jagadale	02
6	Dr. J.N. Mahindrakar	02

    Activities of Department: Last Five Years  

Sr. No.	Name of Activity	Date of Activity	Funding Agency	Beneficiaries
1.	One day workshop on Discussion on Curriculum of B.Sc Chemistry: CBCS pattern	20 Dec 2015	Solapur University, Solapur	Teachers and Students
2.	UGC under CPE scheme One day Seminar on  Recent Trends in Textile Chemistry	17 Feb 2018	UGC under CPE scheme	Teachers and Students
3.	One day Seminar on Spectroscopic methods- revised CBCS syllabus –B.Sc III Chemistry	02 Feb 2019	Solapur University, Solapur	Students
4	One day  regional Seminar on Recent Advances in Green Chemistry and its relevance in education curriculum	08 Feb 2020	PAH Solapur University, Solapur	Teachers and Students
5	International Year of Periodic Table	10 Feb 2019	College	Students
6	One day Seminar for PG Students	Every year	College	Students

  Consultancy:                                      1. Sample analysis through instrumentation

2. Soil and Water testing

Social and Extension Work of Faculty: Dr. R.M. Ovhal

1. Worked as Chairperson: Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s 127^th Birth Anniversary Intellectual Lecture Series-2018, organized by Lokmangal Jiwak Hospital & Research Centre, Solapur.
2. Worked as Chief Guest for Science Exhibition at P.S. English Medium School, Solapur
3. Worked as Chief Guest for 128^th birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar at ORCHID

College of Engineering, Solapur

4. Worked as Judge for FIRELESS Recipe Competition at Government Polytechnic College,

Solapur

5. Worked as Convener of Women Studies & Counselling Centre. Through this centre have organized Organized various programmes like Self Defence Workshop for Girls, Doctor’s Visit, Counselling lecture for Students, Intercollege Elocution / Poster Competition, Cancer awareness Programmes.
6. Member of board of studies in Chemistry of Solapur University, Solapur
7. BOS Sub-committee Member at B.Sc.-I CBCS pattern syllabus of Solapur University,

Solapur.

8. VC-nominee-Member of BC cell standing committee of Solapur University, Solapur
9. VC- nominee- Women Representative for 3^rd and 4^th class Non-teaching post Recruitment

Committee of Solapur university, Solapur.   Dr. S.D. Mitragotri

1. Working as IQAC Coordinator of the college from 27-09-2016
2. Preparation of DST-FIST proposal and its presentation at DST-New Delhi
3. Working as Convener of “Alumni Association of Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur.”
4. Working as a Coordinator for Certificate course in Water and Soil testing.
5. Working as a faculty for Certificate course in Textile chemistry.
6. Working as a member of a) Admission Committee b) NAAC, Vision 20-20 committee
7. c) Consultancy committee d) UGC and Research Committee.
8. Registration of Alumni Association of college in the Charity commissioner office
9. Life member of All India Chemistry Teachers’ Association
10. Life Member of Marathi Vidnyan Parishad, Solapur
11. Working on Water and Soil analysis consultancy
12. Member of Solapur film Society, Solapur
13. Member of Vihang Mandal, Solapur

    Dr. V. T. Vader

1. Contributed practical help to Solapur Corporation in reaching the amicable solution of burning problem of contaminated water supply of Solapur city.
2. Worked as an Expert Member for recruitment of ‘Field Officer in Solapur region’ organized by Solapur Social Foundation, Solapur.
3. Working as Science Awareness Program In-charge- ‘Consortium of Nature Conservators Society (CONAC)’ a Non-Government Organization, Kolhapur focusing for environment related issues like conservation of nature, conservation of bio-diversity, natural resources, employment generation and applied sustainability at local and global level.
4. Active participation in Annual organization of ‘Kirloskar Vasundhara International Film Festival’ by Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd., Solapur in association with Solapur University.
5. Peer reviewer of various Elsevier and Springer journals which are indexed in globally recognised database like Scopus, Web of Science etc.
6. Worked as Summer Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, awarded by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
7. Working as Editorial Board Member for seven Science journals of International repute.
8. Life Member of ‘Association of Chemistry Teachers, India
9. Member of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Branch-Solapur
10. Worked as a Convener for UGC & C.S.I.R. sponsored Two Days National Seminar on ‘Nanomaterials and its Applications (NAMA-11), organized by Walchand College of Arts and Science, Solapur on 28^th and 29^th Jan. 2011
11. Worked as Flying Squad Member, CAP-Coordinator, Special Work under BOE for Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Solapur University (PAHSU), Solapur.
12. Member of Sub-committee of Board of Studies (BoS) for framing CBCS pattern syllabus of B.Sc and M.Sc Chemistry of PAH Solapur University, Solapur.
13. Worked as organizing committee member for organizing different Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Outreach programmes by Department of Chemistry.
14. Also visited different educational institutions as event examiner and resource person.
15. Working as a coordinator and member of different committees of the college for betterment of students and institute.

  Dr. M.R. Asabe

1. Worked as organizing committee member in On-line webinar ‘Sustainable Chemistry’ organized by department of chemistry.
2. BOS Sub-committee Member at M.Sc.-II (Inorganic Chemistry) CBCS pattern syllabus of Solapur University, Solapur.

  Dr. J. N. Mahindrakar

1. Worked as organizing committee member in On-line webinar on ‘Sustainable chemistry’ organized by department of chemistry.
2. Worked in organizing committee member in online competition ‘CHEMICA-2020’ organized by department of chemistry.
3. Counseled M.Sc. students for IIT JAM, SET, NET and PG seminar.

  Dr.M.M. Jagadale

1. Worked as a committee member of Women’s Study Centre through various activities like self-defense programme, blood donation activity, etc.
2. M.Sc, B.Sc –III students are counseled for SET-NET exam & IIT Entrance exam. As well as Guided for Swayam Courses in different subjects/ topics in chemistry.
3. Worked as Ganesh Festival committee member through various competitions like rangoli, flower arrangement.

  Students’ Achievements: Last Five Years (2015-2020)

Name of Student	Achievements
Mr. Sutrave N.R.	Worked as INSA Summer Research Fellow at by Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
Miss. Rajput N.S.	Qualified NET
Mr. T.N. Jadhav	Qualified SET
Miss. Chorghade Dixsha	Qualified SET
Miss. Khalifa A. N.	Qualified SET
Miss. Madure Snehal	Qualified SET

  Student Support and Progression: Last Five Years

Academic Year	Number of Students going for PG Programme
2015-16	21
2016-17	18
2017-18	21
2018-19	18
2019-20	04

    Campus Placement and Recruitment: Last Five Years

Sr. No.	Number of Student	Name of the Firm/Industry/Company
1.	(2015-16) : 16	Infosys, Automated Data Processing (ADP), TCS.
2	(2016-17) : 22	Infosys, Automated Data Processing (ADP), TCS.
3	(2017-18) : 25	Infosys, Automated Data Processing (ADP), TCS.
4	(2018-19) : 25	Infosys, Automated Data Processing (ADP), TCS.
5	(2019-20) : 07	Infosys, Automated Data Processing (ADP), TCS.

SWOC Analysis:

Strengths	Ø  Well qualified and devoted faculty Ø  Providing Research Facility with Recognized research Centre affiliated to PAH Solapur University, Solapur Ø   P.G. Course in Inorganic Chemistry Ø  Consultancy- 1. Instrumentation Facility   2. Soil water analysis Ø  Certificate course in Textile chemistry Ø   Certificate course in Soil and Water Testing Ø  Certificate course in Advanced Instrumentation
Weaknesses	Ø  Limited financial assistance to students for preserving the research Ø  Being from non-metro cities limited exposure to students to national laboratories and MNCs resulting in less number of placements
Opportunities	Ø  Increase in Collaborative activities Increase in Major/ Minor Research Projects
Challenges	Ø  Students with poor communication skill

 Future Plans: 

1.	Interdisciplinary research work with various subjects in the college.
2.	Collaborative research programmes.
3.	Strengthening of Research publications.