Goa University: School of Chemical Sciences

Vice-Dean (Research)

Rajendra N. Shirsat

Professor of Physical Chemistry

Year of Establishment : 2019

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Ph.D Students ( current )
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Thrust areas

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. Analytical Chemistry	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	-	20
M.Sc. Biochemistry	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	-	20
M.Sc. Inorganic Chemistry	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	-	20
M.Sc. Organic Chemistry	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	-	20
M.Sc. Physical Chemistry	Time Table \| Syllabus \| Revised Syllabus	-	20
Ph.D. Chemistry		-	-

Faculty:

Name	Designation	Areas of Interest
Delicia Avilla Barretto	Assistant Professor	Probiotics, Endophytic research, Bioprospecting, Biochemistry
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
Vishnu R. Chari	Assistant Professor	Computational Chemistry: Electronic structure calculations, Electrochemistry
Kanchanmala B. Deshpande	Assistant Professor	Bio-analytical Chemistry, Sensing and remediation of toxic analytes
Megha Subhash Deshpande	Post-Doctoral Fellow	Bio-inorganic chemistry
Kiran T. Dhavskar	Assistant Professor	Anion receptor chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Imaging studies and method development, Sensing, separation, and remediation of toxic analytes, Generation and development of green methodologies, techniques and materials
Sunder N. Dhuri	Professor	Coordination Compounds, Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, Bio-inorganic Chemistry
Siddhali V. Girkar	Assistant Professor	Organic Chemistry
Vivekanand Vaman Gobre	Assistant Professor	Natural Sciences, Theoretical Physics, Chemistry, Intermolecular Interactions, Materials modeling, Computer Science, parallel processing CPU/GPUs, Advance computing. Scanning probe microscopy, Quantum Biology
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)
Amrita Kharangate	Assistant Professor	Environmental Microbiology, Biochemistry, Bioremediation, Biodegradation, Mineralisation studies, Nanobioremediation, Food Waste Management
Savita Anup Kundaikar	Assistant Professor	Polyoxometalate Chemistry, Coordination compounds, Analytical Chemistry, Catalysis
Rohan Keshav Kunkalekar	Assistant Professor	Catalysis, Solid State Chemistry, Nano-Material synthesis
Rupesh A. Kunkalkar	Assistant Professor	Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Vinod K. Mandrekar	Assistant Professor	Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry and Catalysis
Pranay P. Morajkar	Assistant Professor	Nanostructured materials, Reaction kinetics, Energy & Environmental Applications
V.S. Nadkarni	Professor	Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry
Anjani P. Nagvenkar	Assistant Professor	Electrochemistry, Semiconductor Colloidal Nanocrystals, Colloidal Chemistry, Materials for Energy Applications
Diptesh G. Naik	Assistant Professor	Monomer/ Polymer synthesis, Material Chemistry, Radiation dosimetry, Polymeric materials, Radiation detectors
Shrikant Ramesh Naik	Assistant Professor	Material Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry, Nanomaterials, Mixed-metal Oxides
Kedar Umakant Narvekar	Assistant Professor	Structural Chemistry
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
Vidhyadatta M. Shet Verenkar	Professor	Solid State Chemistry: Synthesis and Characterization of Spinels: Ferrites/Manganites/ Cobaltites, Applications: Gas sensing/Catalysis
Bidhan A. Shinkre	Associate Professor	Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Asymmetric synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry: Anti-cancer and Anti-bacterial agents- Structure Activity Relationship studies (SAR), Heterocycles, Green and sustainable processes
Rajendra N. Shirsat	Professor	Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
Prachi S. Torney	Assistant Professor	Organic Synthesis and Methodologies, Heterocyclic and Medicinal Chemistry, Domino Reactions, Photocatalysis, Analytical Method Development, Biochemistry
Prajesh S. Volvoikar	Assistant Professor	Synthetic Organic Chemistry, (Heterocyclic Chemistry, Organic Methodologies, Cross coupling reactions, Cross dehydrogenative coupling) Medicinal Chemistry, Process development and optimization, Analytical Chemistry, Method Development, (HPLC, GC)