Goa University: School of Chemical Sciences

Vice-Dean (Research)

Tilve Santosh G.

Professor

Year of Establishment : 2019

Preamble:

The establishment of the School of Chemical Sciences by transforming one of the existing oldest (established in 1965 as a part of Centre for Post-Graduate Instruction and Research of the then Bombay University) department (of Chemistry) into a school. The School is currently located in the Faculty block E since 2013, with modern infrastructure, conducive for quality education and research in Chemistry. The School already has Organic, Inorganic, Physical and Analytical Chemistry as distinct streams. The establishment of this School is in line with the reorganization of the institutional architecture that will allow us to rebrand and showcase our strengths in research and teaching. The research at this school has been recognized by the award of projects to the individual faculty members and also receiving handsome grants from the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India in their prestigious programs like UGC-SAP & DST-FIST.

Thrust areas:

• Analytical Chemistry
• Anion Receptors and Ion-Pair Receptors
• Asymmetric Organocatalysis
• Bio-inorganic Chemistry
• Catalysis
• Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
• Coordination Compounds
• Environmental Chemistry, Catalysis & Chemical Sensors
• Hydrogen Bonded Supramolecular Capsules and Metal Organic Cages
• Intermolecular Interactions
• Laser, Optics and Gas Kinetics
• Materials Science
• Metal Carboxylates
• Nano-Material synthesis
• Nanoscience
• Optical Spectroscopy
• Organic Chemistry
• Organic Supramolecular Chemistry, Artificial Photosynthesis and Organic Solar Cells
• Organic Synthesis
• Polymer Chemistry
• Porous Organic Materials for Toxic Ion Separation/Adsorption and Catalysis
• Single crystal X-ray diffraction
• Solid State Chemistry
• Synthesis and Application of Mesoporous Materials
• Synthesis and Characterization of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Porous
• Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
• Synthetic Organic Chemistry
• Theoretical Chemistry

Academic programmes leading to a Degree / Diploma / Certificate :

Programme		Programme Director	Intake
M.Sc. Chemistry	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	-	80
Ph.D. Chemistry		-	-

Faculty:

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
Sheshanath V. Bhosale	UGC - Professor	Organic supramolecular chemistry, sensors, artificial photosynthesis and organic solar cells
Sandesh Tukaram Bugde	Assistant Professor	Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Asymmetric Organocatalysis
Kanchanmala B. Deshpande	Assistant Professor (Tenure)	Analytical Chemistry
Megha Subhash Deshpande	Post-Doctoral Fellow	Bio-inorganic chemistry
Sandeep Kumar Dey	DST Inspire Faculty	Porous organic materials for toxic ion separation/adsorption and catalysis, Hydrogen bonded supramolecular capsules and metal organic cages, Anion receptors and ion-pair receptors
Kiran Tulsidas Dhavskar	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Metal carboxylates, single crystal X-ray diffraction, optical spectroscopy
Sunder N. Dhuri	Assistant Professor	Coordination Compounds, Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Siddhali V. Girkar	Assistant Professor	Organic Chemistry
Vivekanand Vaman Gobre	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Theoretical chemistry, Intermolecular interactions, Materials science, Programming models, Parallel computing
Hari K. Kadam	Assistant Professor	Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (Heterocyclic Chemistry, Organic Methodologies, Cross coupling reactions) Green Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Continuous Flow Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Method Development, (HPLC, GC)
Savita Anup Kundaikar	Assistant Professor	Polyoxometalate Chemistry, Coordination compounds, Analytical Chemistry, Catalysis
Rohan Keshav Kunkalekar	Assistant Professor	Catalysis, Solid State Chemistry, Nano-Material synthesis
Pranay P. Morajkar	Assistant Professor	Nanostructured materials, Reaction kinetics, Energy & Environmental Applications
V.S. Nadkarni	Professor	Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry
Bhanudas R. Naik	Assistant Professor (Contract)	Synthesis and application study of mesoporous materials, catalysis, Nanoscience
Rupesh E. Patre	Associate Professor	Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Natural Products, Flow Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Process development
Digamber G. Porob	Associate Professor	Luminescent Materials, Crystallography, Materials Sustainability, Size Controlled Materials
Rajendra N. Shirsat	Professor	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
B.R. Srinivasan	Professor	Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry
Santosh G. Tilve	Senior Professor	Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Vidhyadatta M. Shet Verenkar	Professor	Solid State Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of Spinels: Ferrites/Manganites/ Cobaltites, Applications: Gas sensing/Catalysis