Department of Chemistry

Department of Chemistry established in 1949 and it is one of the oldest departments at the undergraduate level in the university. Dr. G. M. Deshpande was the first head of the department and subsequently it was headed by Shri M. V. Bobde, Shri S. B. Basu, Shri M. A. Shende, Shri W. D. Chopde, Shri V. M. Tak, Dr. (Mrs) P. S. Jodh, Dr. G. J. Thakur, Mrs. G. N. Tumbde, Dr. I. M. Sarin. At present, Prof. M. G. Dhonde is heading this department. There are nine regular faculties and six faculties are on fixed pay.
This department also provides instructions at the +2 level. The staff members are Ms. T. N. Tekade, Dr. M. A. Jamdarkar, Mr. K. S. Wandhe and three faculties on fixed pay basis.
This department has two very spacious laboratories, one for junior college and other for senior college and two comparatively smaller laboratories for PG – which is a Instrumentatition Laboratory, organic synthesis laboratory. The department is very well equipped with a variety of instruments like conductometer, pH –Meter, Digital Colorimeter, Digital UV Spectrophotometer (PC Based), Digital Spectrophotometer, refractometer, Balance Digital (MAB-220) & (PCB-200)
Rotary Evaporator, Aspirator- water Jet Vacuum Pump, Rota mental with Magnetic stirrer (1MLH)
Rota mental with Magnetic stirrer (2MLH), Hot Plate with Magnetic stirrer (1MLH), Hot Plate with Magnetic stirrer (2MLH), RO- Distilled water Plant, Centrifuge, ORP Meter, Flame Photometer, Digital Microwave Oven for organic synthesis, Digital Melting Point Apparatus, etc.

Staff Members

Senior College

	Name:	Dr. Madhukar G. Dhonde
	Designation:	Professor and Head
	Qualification:	MSc, SET, PhD
	Email:	madhudash2001@gmail.com
	Contact Number:	9421840992
	Specialization:	Organic Chemistry
	Year of joining:	2003
	Publications:	27 (National and International Journals) 18 (papers presented at conferences)
	Interest:	Synthesis of Organic, Heterocyclic, Nano composite using green methodology and their properties.
	Achievements:	1. Two students awarded Ph.D. degree 2. Completed two Minor and one Major Research Projects. 3. Received Best Teacher award from Nagpur Shikshan Mandal.

	Name:	Dr. Rashmi R. Gupta
	Designation:	Associate Professor
	Qualification:	M.Sc.; PhD.
	E-Mail:	rashmigupta41@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	+91 9158772825
	Specialization:	Inorganic Chemistry
	Year of joining:	1992
	Publications:	6 papers and 3 books with ISBN numbers
	Interests:	Soil Chemistry

	Name:	Dr C. B. Talwatkar
	Designation:	Associate Professor
	Qualification:	M Sc., Ph. D.
	E-Mail:	chandrakanttalwatkar@yahoo.in
	Contact No.:	9423402442
	Specialization:	Organic Chemistry
	Year of joining:	1989
	Publications:	08
	Interests:	Material Chemistry
	Achievements:	Completed Minor Research Project

	Name:	Dr. Ashwini Danao-Bodhane
	Designation:	Assistant Professor
	Qualification:	M.Sc., Ph.D
	E-Mail:	ashwinibodhane2021@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	+91-7517733194
	Specialization:	Organic Chemistry
	Year of joining:	2023
	Publications:	2 (International journal)
	Interest:	Water Chemistry
	Achievements:

	Name:	Ms. Bhawana Kanhaiya Madavi
	Designation:	Assistant Professor
	Qualification:	M.Sc. (SET)
	E-Mail:	madavi9689172558@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	+91-9689172558
	Specialization:	Analytical Chemistry
	Year of joining:	2023
	Publications:	02
	Interest:	Environmental Chemistry
	Achievements:

	Name:	Ms. Punam Ghanshyam Gupta
	Designation:	Assistant Professor
	Qualification:	M.Sc. M.Tech. Ph.D.(Submitted)
	E-Mail:	punamgupta04@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	+91-8793665306, 7058805306
	Specialization:	Organic Chemistry
	Year of joining:	2023
	Publications:	06
	Interest:	Polymer Chemistry
	Achievements:

	Name:	Ms. Payal Sanjay Dudhe
	Designation:	Assistant Professor
	Qualification:	M.Sc, SET
	E-Mail:	payaldudhe2@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	+91-7507930295
	Specialization:	Organic Chemistry
	Year of joining:	2023
	Publications:
	Interest:	Organic Synthesis
	Achievements:

	Name:	Dr. Kapil Shankarrao Ganorkar
	Designation:	Assistant Professor
	Qualification:	M.Sc., PhD, SET, GATE
	E-Mail:	kapeelganorkar@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	+91-8459017665
	Specialization:	Physical Chemistry
	Year of joining:	2023
	Publications:	12
	Interest:	Bio-physical spectroscopy, molecular docking, molecular dynamic simulation
	Achievements:

	Name:	Dr. Vijay Sapner
	Designation:	Assistant Professor
	Qualification:	M.Sc, PhD, NET-JRF,
	E-Mail:	vsapner10@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	+91-8275945245
	Specialization:	Analytical Chemistry
	Year of joining:	2023
	Publications:	20
	Interest:	Electrical Chemistry, Material Chemistry, Nanotechnology
	Achievements:	JRF, SRF, NPDF

Junior College

	Name:	Ms. Tejaswini N. Tekade
	Designation:	Junior College Teacher
	Qualification:	M.Sc., B.Ed.
	E-Mail:	tejaswinitekade@yahoo.com
	Contact No.:	9823280084
	Specialization:	Analytical Chemistry
	Experience:	15 years
	Interests:	Singing , Reading, Net surfing
	Achievements:	M.A. Eng. Litt (I) , MS ACIT

	Name:	Dr. Manoj A. Jamdarkar
	Designation:	Junior College Teacher
	Qualification:	M.Sc., Ph.D., B.Ed. SET
	E-Mail:	mjamdarkar@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	9423663244
	Specialization:	Organic Chemistry
	Experience:	11 years
	Publications:	04 (International)

	Name:	Mr. Kailas S. Wandhe
	Designation:	Junior College Teacher
	Qualification:	M.Sc., B.Ed.
	E-Mail:	kailasswandhe@gmail.com
	Contact No.:	9371569747
	Specialization:	Organic Chemistry
	Experience:	10 years
	Interest:	Reading

Support Staff:

S. N.	Name of Staff Member	Designation
1.	Shri R. M. Thakare	Laboratory Attendant
2.	Shri S. V. Raut	Laboratory Attendant
3.	Shri S. S. Gaikwad	Laboratory Attendant
4.	Shri R. R. Khare	Laboratory Attendant
5.	Shri C. N. Nilatkar	Laboratory Attendant
6.	Shri N. L. Waghade	Laboratory Attendant
7.	Shri B. S. Hate	Laboratory Attendant
8.	Shri M. P. Uikey	Laboratory Attendant
9.	Shri R. W. Kamble	Laboratory Attendant

Course combinations offered for UG:

Discipline	Department	Subject offered
For B. Sc. Semester-I to VI (Aided)	Chemistry	Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics (PCM)
		Chemistry, Botany, Zoology (CBZ)
		Chemistry, Physics, Geology (PCG)
		Chemistry, Mathematics, Geology (MCG)
		Chemistry, Botany, Geology (CBG)
		Chemistry, Zoology, Geology (CZG)
For B. Sc. Semester-I to VI (Self Finance)	Chemistry	Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Mathematics, (ICM)
For B. Sc. Semester-I to VI (Self Finance)	Chemistry	Chemistry, Industrial Chemistry, Botany, (ICB)
Short Term Certificate course	Chemistry	Soil Testing

Course combinations offered for PG:

Discipline	Department	Subject offered
For M. Sc. Semester-I CBCS (Self Finance)	Chemistry	Inorganic Chemistry Paper-I
		Organic Chemistry Paper-II
		Physical Chemistry Paper-III
		Analytical Chemistry Paper-IV
		Inorganic Chemistry practical -I
		Physical Chemistry Practical -II
		Seminar-I
For M. Sc. Semester-II CBCS (Self Finance)	Chemistry	Inorganic Chemistry Paper-V
		Organic Chemistry Paper-VI
		Physical Chemistry Paper-VII
		Analytical Chemistry Paper-VIII
		Organic Chemistry practical -III
		Analytical Chemistry Practical -IV
		Seminar-II
For M. Sc. Semester-III CBCS (Self Finance)	Chemistry	Organic Chemistry Special-I Paper-IX
		Organic Chemistry Special-I Paper-X
		Medicinal Chemistry Elective Paper-XI
		Core Subject Centric –I Spectroscopy-I Paper-XII
		Organic Chemistry Special practical -V
		Medicinal Chemistry Practical (Elective) -VI
		Seminar-III
For M. Sc. Semester-IV CBCS (Self Finance)	Chemistry	Organic Chemistry Special-I Paper-XIII
		Organic Chemistry Special-I Paper-XIV
		Medicinal Chemistry Elective Paper-XV
		Core Subject Centric –II Spectroscopy-II Paper-XVI
		Organic Chemistry Special practical -VII
		Practical – VIII Project
		Seminar-IV

Research Activities:

S.N.	Name of Supervisor (Guide)	Specialization	No of students awarded Ph.D. degree	No of students Registered for Ph.D. degree	No of students working for Ph.D.
1.	Dr. M. G. Dhonde	Organic Chemistry	02	02	03
2.	Dr. (Mrs). R. R. Gupta	Inorganic Chemistry	—	02	02
3.	Dr. C. B. Talwatkar	Organic Chemistry	01	—	—

Research Project:

S.N.	Name of Principal Investigator	Types of Project	Sanction amount	Duration	Status
1.	Dr. M. G. Dhonde	UGC-Minor Research Project	70000/-	2007-09	Competed
2.	Dr. S. S. Sakhare	UGC-Minor Research Project	105000/-	2009-11	Competed
3.	Dr. C. B. Talwatkar	UGC-Minor Research Project	70000/-	2009-11	Competed
4.	Dr. A. V. Wankhade	UGC-Minor Research Project	60000/-	2009-11	Competed
5.	Dr. C. B. Masram	UGC-Minor Research Project	120000/-	2009-11	Competed
6.	Dr. M. G. Dhonde	UGC-Minor Research Project	200000/-	2009-11	Competed
7.	Dr. M. G. Dhonde	UGC-Major Research Project	1287000/-	2011-14	Competed

MOUs

We have formed the MOU’s for the benefit UG, PG & research students & Teachers and details are as follow:

S.N.	Name of College	Purpose of MOU
1.	Taywade college, Koradi	Teachers-students exchange and use of instrumental facilities for Ph. D students.
2.	Kamla Nehru Mahavidyalaya, Nagpur	Teachers-students exchange and use of instrumental facilities for Ph. D students.
3.	Shri Shivaji Science college, Amravati	Teachers exchange programmes and use of instrumental facilities for Ph. D students.

Recognized Place for Higher Learning and Research

Nagpur Shikshan Mandal's

Shri Mathuradas Mohota College of Science, Nagpur

College reaccredited by NAAC with 'A+' Grade (CGPA 3.26)

An ISO 9001:2015 Certified Institution

Department of Chemistry

Staff Members

Senior College

Junior College