Chemistry - Govt. Kamla Devi Rathi PG Girls College, Rajnandgaon

Department of Chemistry

Name of the department	Chemistry
Year of establishment	UG (BSc) - 1987 PG (M.Sc.) – 2009
Name of programmes / courses offered	UG- B.Sc. PG -M.Sc.
Annual / semester /choice-based credit system	UG- Annual PG –Semester
Course duration	B.Sc. - Three year M.Sc.- Two year
Affiliated to	Hem Chand Yadav university, Durg from academic session 2017-18
Number of seats available	B.Sc.- 360 M.Sc. – 20

1. Department at a glance

TheChemistryDepartment is established in the Year 1987 to meet the needs ofincreasingdemands of chemistry as theoretical and practical aspect,industrial, researchand new chemical technology.

Thedepartment ishaving highly qualified, experienced & dedicated facultyalong with subjectof inorganic, organic, physical, spectroscopy &well-equipped Lab. Theteaching learning process is made Student centric usingthe chemical model andlive practical. The academics goes hand in hand with Guest Lectures by EminentPersonalities from the Industry, Alumni students,& Subject Experts fromHemchandYadav university, Durg(Chhattisgarh)Department conducts variousco-curricular activities like GuestLectures, Seminars, Workshops, educationaltour and Industrial Visits forstudents to update their practical, theoreticaland technical knowledge.Department helps students to develop the soft skillsand technical skillsthrough Extra Curricular Activities.

2. Number of teaching posts :

Posts	Filled	Vacant
Professor	-	1
Assistant Professor	3	-
Guest Lecturer	-	-

3. Number of non-teachingposts:

Posts	Filled	Vacant
Lab technician	1	-
Lab attendant	1	-

4. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation,(D.Sc./D.Lit./Ph.D./ M.Phil. etc)

Name

Qualification

Designation

No. of Years of Experience

Smt Nandini Chandravanshi
Mo No - 8319444320
Email - nandinichandravanshi@gmail.com

M.Sc. / NET / SET

Smt Neelam Ram Dhansay

Mo No - 9644465298

Email neelamdhansay@gmail.com

M.Sc. / SET

6. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classeshandled(programme wise) By temporary faculty

UG - 100 % ; PG - 100 %

Demand ratio

UG (BSc)

1 / 1.66

PG (MSc)

1 / 20

9. Student’s profile programme /course

2016-17

Name of the courses	No of Student appear	Pass	(%)
B.Sc –I	251	87	34.66
BSc-II	141	77	54.06
BSc-III	95	69	72.63
M.Sc-1^st and 3^rd sem	20	14	70.00
MSc.-2^nd and 4^th sem	19	17	89.47

2017-18

Name of the courses	No of Student appear	Pass	(%)
B.Sc –I	289	229	79.2
BSc-II	103	95	92.2
BSc-III	124	122	98.3
M.Sc-1^st and 3^rd sem	40	27	67.5
MSc.-2^nd and 4^th sem	39	25	64.1

2018-19

Name of the courses	No of Student appear	Pass	(%)
B.Sc –I	300	240	80
BSc-II	264	181	68.5
BSc-III	112	112	100
M.Sc-1^st and 3^rd sem	37	31	83.7
MSc.-2^nd and 4^th sem	36	35	97.2

2019-20

Name of the courses	No of Student appear	Pass	(%)
B.Sc –I	311	311	100
BSc-II	224	224	100
BSc-III	230	230	100
M.Sc-1^st and 3^rd sem	20	20	100
MSc.-2^nd and 4^th sem	18	18	100

2020-21

Name of the courses	No of Student appear	Pass	(%)
B.Sc –I	288	287	99.65
BSc-II	312	312	100
BSc-III	263	263	100
M.Sc-1^st and 3^rd sem	17	17	100
MSc.-2^nd and 4^th sem	17	17	100

10. SWOT Analysis

a) Strengths:

⮚ Conductregularpractical courses as prescribed from syllabus.

⮚ Faculty involved in the activities likeresearch,publications and participation in the seminars, workshops and handson trainingprogramme and extracurricular activities etc.

⮚ Great team work.

⮚ Installation of new equipments and formationof newlab for B.Sc. students.

⮚ Departmental library.

b) Weakness:

⮚ No internet connection in department

⮚ PoorEnglish knowledge and communication skillsof students

⮚ Lackof awareness about computer and otheradvancedtechnology in students due to rural background.

⮚ Lack ofclassroom for M.Sc.

⮚ Lack offaculty members and support staff members.

⮚ Need ofseparate presentation hall.

c) Opportunities: -

⮚ We provide good books of chemistry tostudents.

⮚ We develop critical analyzing skills instudents.

⮚ We organize presentations of students todevelop theirconfidence, speaking skills and understanding of subject.

d) Challenges: -

⮚ The students entering the college are deprivedof basicknowledge.

⮚ There should be more focus on practicalstudies ratherthan theoretical studies.

⮚ Besidethe syllabus students should also participatein other co-curricularactivities.

⮚ Doing the all round development of thestudents.

⮚ Very less knowledge of English language.

11. Plan of Action:

⮚ To have more good books of chemistry indepartmentallibrary.

⮚ To have more chemicals and equipments in labso that morepracticals can be done.

⮚ To organize educational trips so that studentscan have someexperiential learning.

⮚ To have separate classrooms for both semesterof M.Sc.

⮚ To introduce enrichment programmes in Englishto improveEnglish of students

⮚ To promote the students for research activityandpresentation of their work apart from the syllabus

12. Departmental activities:

a) OrganizedbyDepartment:

2017-18
S.N.	Date	Programme
1.		Under the cleanliness service campaign ,cleanliness was done around the herbal garden and library campus in college . Plants of amaltas , sitaphal, karanja, mulberry , almond etcWere planted in college campus
2.		In the month of september , a poster competition wasorganized among the students, in Which Harshitasharma and Anjali got the first, Dileshwari and Durgeshwari got the second Omin and Pooja got the third place
3.		A special educational tour was conducted by the department of Chemistry by RajarammaizeAnd Kamal Solvent andNagpuraNaturopaethy and Yoga centre under the guidance of Dr. OMKAR LalShrivastava ,Dr. SushmaTiwari ,ShriKuleshwar Patel , Miss NandaniYadav , Miss AnjuVerma.

2018-19
S.N.	Date	Programme
1.	26 july 2018	Cleanliness programme.
2.	23 October 2018	Student union Oath ceremony
3.	15 December 2018	Guest lecture by Dr.Y.R.Katre was organized
4.	21 December 2018	National Mathematics Day was celebrated in which students of Chemistry department were also involved.
5.	21 January 2019	Guest lecture of Dr.NutanRathore was organized.
6.	28 January 2019	Guest lecture of Dr.L.J.Paliwal was organized.
7.	1 February 2019	Educational drama for the prevention of superstition was presented by students of M.Sc. Chemistry on Annual function

2020-21
S.N.	Date	Programme
1.	03 March 2021	National Science Day was celebrated in collaboration with Department of Zoology and Botany .
2.	04 March 2021	Guest lecture by Dr.AwadhkumarJha, Assistant professor Govt. Shivnath Science college Rajnandgaon on Group Theory .
3.	06 March 2021	Guest Lecture by Dr.DakeshwarVerma , Assistant Professor Govt. Digvijay college Rajnandgaon , on NMR .
4.	17 March 2021	Guest lecture by Dr. A.K. Singh , Professor Govt. V.Y.T Autonomous college Durg , on Mole concept and general Organic chemistry.

b) Organizedby Students

2017-18 ,2018-19, 2019-20
S.N.	Date	Programme
1.	5 September 2018	Teacher’s Day Celebration .
2.	15 September 2018	Welcome ceremony for new admitted students.

14. Best practice incurricular aspect :

⮚ We organize power point presentations for eachstudent ofPost Graduate students.

⮚ Group discussion

⮚ We organize educational tour so that studentscan getexperiential learning.

⮚ We organizeguest lecture for Post Graduatestudents andunder graduate students.

⮚ We organize national conferences so thatstudents can getmore exposure to other areas other than syllabus.

15. Analysis of feedback :

⮚ Thereshould be proper facility of drinking water, washrooms andtoilets in college

⮚ Thereshould be properequipments and materials facility forpractical works.

⮚ Morefaculty is required as per the number of students.

⮚ More number of classes and labs is required for theproperaccommodation of students.

16. Library

⮚ Studentsaccess both the college and departmental library.

⮚ Goodnumber of books is present in both libraries.

⮚ Each year books of chemistry is purchased for thebenefits ofstudents.