Chemistry - Undergraduate Brochure 2024

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

With research programs, internships, entrepreneurial opportunities, and more, our curriculum teaches key skills.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: Our faculty come from top institutions in India and the world.

Why Shiv Nadar University?

Shiv Nadar University is a multidisciplinary research university established in 2011 by Mr. Shiv Nadar, one of Asia's foremost philanthropists and a pioneer of the technological revolution in India. The four Schools at the university offer undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral degrees in Engineering, Natural Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Management and Entrepreneurship. It is the youngest university recognised as an Institution of Eminence by the Government of India, a distinct category of higher education institutions that "strive to become the top hundred Institutions in the world over time". In the Government's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), the university has been the youngest institution in the 'Top 100' Overall list for the last five years.

Why

Shiv Nadar

Institution of Eminence?

A vibrant campus life on our 286-acre green campus is designed just for that.

We prepare our students for a variety of aspirations JOBS, HIGHER STUDIES OR START-UPS:

Why Study Chemistry at Shiv Nadar University?

Chemistry education at Shiv Nadar University provides a link between the fundamental principles governing the nature of the universe and the science of life and spans traditional as well as a variety of interdisciplinary areas. Chemistry is often called the central science, as it plays a vital role in nearly every other scientific field. At the undergraduate level, we offer B.Sc. (Research) in Chemistry. One can also combine a Minor in Chemistry with a Major in any other discipline at Shiv Nadar University and vice versa. University-wide elective courses in the curriculum allow students unprecedented freedom to explore subjects outside their chosen major; in some depth. This flexible and broad curriculum prepares students not just for a career in chemistry upon graduation but for a leadership role in the world as well.

At the undergraduate level, we offer a 4-year B.Sc. (Research) in Chemistry and also options to pursue specialisations in (A) Chemical Biology (B) Computational Chemistry or (C) Materials Chemistry. These specialisations will allow the students to build their deserving careers in the specialised research areas. Several

B.Sc. (Research) Chemistry students have been selected for MS or Ph.D. studies (with full scholarships) at top universities worldwide such as Penn State University, the University of Michigan, University of Utah, EPFL Switzerland to name a few.

Curriculum

The chemistry curriculum at Shiv Nadar IoE provides both a broad background in chemical principles as well as an in-depth study of chemistry or chemistry-related areas that build on this background. The chemistry curriculum is divided into three categories: introductory general chemistry, foundation courses providing breadth across sub-disciplines, and rigorous in-depth courses that build upon these foundations and develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Since chemistry is an experimental science, substantial laboratory work is an integral part of almost all our courses. The introductory general chemistry course provides a common grounding in basic chemical concepts for students with diverse backgrounds, develops basic mathematical and laboratory skills, and prepares students for the foundation courses. Foundation courses in general chemistry, analytical chemistry, biochemistry, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry provide breadth and lay the groundwork for more in-depth coursework.

Material Chemistry Computational Chemistry Chemical Biology

Program Highlights

B.Sc. (Research) in Chemistry

Admission: We admit students from both the streams PCM (Physics - Chemistry - Mathematics) and PCB (PhysicsChemistry - Biology). Annual intake based on SNUSAT, JEE-mains, College board SAT, ACT, or CUET score.

Major degree: The four-year research program provides options to students in higher education (abroad) and career opportunities in Industries.

The basic undergraduate degree program offered by the Department of Chemistry is the Bachelor of Science: B.Sc. (Research) in Chemistry. In addition, the Department of Chemistry also offers specialisation in Material Chemistry, Computational Chemistry and Chemical Biology in B.Sc. (Research) program (with Specialization).

(a) Course Design: All semester courses are structured to enhance students' core competencies in different branches of Chemistry.

(b) Electives: The Department offers a variety of elective courses covering a wide range of domains, such as analytical chemistry, biochemistry, material chemistry, computational chemistry, chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, food chemistry, polymer chemistry, among others.

The credit requirements for B.Sc. (Research) Chemistry are 152 [85 credits in Core Chemistry Courses (Introductory + Foundation + In-Depth) + 13 PCM (B) / 10 PCB credits (Physics/Life Sciences) + 12 PCM (B) / 15 PCB credits (Chemistry electives) + 12 credits (Senior project) + 42: (18 credits CCC courses + 18 credits UWE courses + 6 credits from either CCC and/or UWE/DSE (Department Selective Elective) category)]

Minor degree: Undergraduate students not majoring in Chemistry can also take a Minor in Chemistry.

Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. and Ph.D. in Chemistry

Admission: Annual intake based on a written test followed by an interaction with applicants.

Major degree: The basic postgraduate program offered by the Department of Chemistry is the Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. (with M.Sc. (Research) as an exit option) and Ph.D. We also offer Integrated B.Sc.-M.Sc.-Ph.D. and Integrated B.Sc.- M.Sc. (Research) with exit options. There are multiple options for achieving various degrees depending on the student’s choice and CGPA requirement. In a normal scenario, one can obtain an Integrated B.Sc.-M.Sc. (Research) degree for 5 years, Integrated B.Sc.-M.Sc.-Ph.D. for 8 years, Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. for 5 years, M.Sc. (Research) for 2 years and Ph.D. for 5 years.

a. Course Design: All semester courses are structured to enhance a student’s core competencies in different branches of Chemistry.

b. Electives: The Department offers a variety of elective courses covering a wide range of domains such as analytical chemistry, biochemistry, material chemistry, computational chemistry, chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, polymer chemistry, among others.

The credit requirements for Integrated M.Sc.-Ph.D. and M.Sc. (Research) in Chemistry are 83 credits.

• 83 credits = 33 credits (Chemistry Core Courses) + 25 credits (Chemistry elective courses) + 24 credits (Master project) + 1 credits Seminar (CHY615).

The credit requirements for Integrated B.Sc.-M.Sc. (Research) and Integrated B.Sc.-M.Sc.-Ph.D. in Chemistry in Chemistry are 211:

• 211 credits = 128 credits from 3 years B.Sc. (as suggested in UG prospectus) + 83 credits from 2 years M.Sc. (Research) for both the mentioned degrees.

The credit requirements for Ph.D. in Chemistry are 12 credits.

• 12 Credits = 6 credits (Chemistry Major Courses) + 6 credits Electives

Research in Chemistry

Research activities are not confined to the postgraduate level but are integrated into the undergraduate programs through our Research Experiential & Applied Learning courses (REAL). Undergraduate research allows students to integrate and reinforce chemistry knowledge from their formal coursework, develop scientific and professional skills and create new scientific knowledge.

Original research culminating in a comprehensive written report provides an effective means for integrating undergraduate learning experiences and allows students to participate directly in the process of science. Opportunities for research in chemistry at the University are available in the following areas:

• Asymmetric Catalysis

• Bio-Inorganic Chemistry

• Catalysis

• Chemical Biology

• Chemical & Biological Crystallography

• Computational Quantum Chemistry

• Coordination Chemistry

• Electrochemistry

• Green Chemistry

• Materials Chemistry

• Sustainable Main Group Catalysis

• Materials for Environment

• Medicinal Chemistry

• Metalloradical Chemistry

• Nano-biotechnology

• Natural Product Synthesis

• Physical Chemistry

• Polymer Chemistry

• Protein Chemistry

• Quantum Dots

• Supramolecular Chemistry

• Synthetic Organic Chemistry

• Ultrafast Spectroscopy

• Next-Generation Battery

Representative Research Facilities at the Department Ranking in India (as

per Nature index)

OUR Program

The Opportunities for Undergraduate Research (OUR) program at Shiv Nadar IoE is a pioneering initiative designed to immerse students in research from the early stages of their undergraduate journey. This program is meticulously designed to provide students with hands-on experience in research methodologies under the guidance of our faculty members.

Chemistry Careers

Chemistry offers good career opportunities for high-quality graduates, in industry and academia, in developed markets in India and abroad, such as the US, Europe, Japan and Australia - the major employers being: industries related to agricultural technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, and materials. IT industries working on artificial intelligence and related platforms provide solutions to life sciences, biotechnology and health-care sectors, R&D institutes and academia. Chemists find job opportunities in various other sectors, such as the chemical industry, and advancement of career opportunities in forensics, food science and health professionals.

Student Outcomes

The Department of Chemistry at Shiv Nadar University boasts an impressive record of graduate placements and further education achievements. A few of the representative achievements/placements are presented here.

Placements: B.Sc. (Research) Chemistry

Ms. Keerthana A.K. (2017 Batch)

Ph.D., Univ. of Arizona, USA

Senior Scientist, Illumina, San Diego, USA

Ms. Srirupa Sen (2018 Batch)

MS in food science, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Researcher, Centre for Diary Research, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Ms. Sneha V. (2020 Batch)

Ph.D. in Chemical Biology Univ. of Minnesota, USA

Ananya Biswas (2021 Batch)

M.Sc in Chemical Biology, The University of Geneva and EPFL, Switzerland

Ms. Sanjana K (2020 Batch)

Ph.D., Univ. of Penn State, USA

Ms. Malvika Ramkumar (2022 Batch)

Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan, USA

Mr. Vidit Dixit (2022 Batch) Associate Scientist, Paragraf, UK

Ms. Garvisha Mittal (2023 Batch)

Ph.D., Univ. of Illinois Chicago, USA

Mr. Abhinav Joshi (2023 Batch)

MS, IISER, Pune, India

Ms. Sowmya Srinivasan (2023 Batch)

Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA

Malvika Singh (2021 Batch)

M.Sc. in Chemistry

Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Mr. Krithik Sai (2023 Batch)

Ph.D., Northumbria University, UK

Ms. Sanjana Maheswari (2023 Batch)

Ph.D. in Astrochemistry Univ. of Maryland, USA

Aditi Iyer (2023 Batch) Analyst, Bain and Company

Ms. Nishanthini Sampath (2024 Batch) University of Mississippi, USA

Ms. Sana Mendiratta (2024 Batch)

University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh, Imperial college London, UK (Multiple offers)

Mr. Shreemad Patel (2024 Batch) University of Pennsylvania, USA

Ms. Shikha Singh (2024 Batch)

Mercer Mettl, India

Selected Placements: M.Sc. (Research) in Chemistry

Gunjan Gupta (2023 Batch)

Ph.D. Chemistry, Georgetown University

Madhav Samanta (2023 Batch)

Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Charles University

(2023 Batch)

Ph.D. Molecular Biosciences

Middle Tennessee State University

Prateek Rai (2023 Batch)

Ph.D. Molecular Biosciences

Middle Tennessee State University

Vanama Eshwar (2023 Batch)

Ph.D. Chemistry, Louisiana State University

Anjani Bhatia (2022 Batch)

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Delaware

Anubhuti Srivastava (2022 Batch)

Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Kansas

Rhythm Wadhera (2022 Batch) Consultant, Veeva Systems

Rudra Agarwal (2022 Batch) Teacher, Step by Step School

National Conference AFMSA 2024

Academic Collaborations

Shiv Nadar University has several active collaborations with research and academic institutions in India and abroad with an aim to facilitate the exchange of ideas and resources in scientific research and development, and the exchange of students and faculty members. At the Chemistry department, presently, we have two MoUs, with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune and Tamkang University (TKU), Taiwan.

The agreement with the Chemistry department at IISER Pune enables us to pursue collaborative research in Natural Sciences. The scope of the agreement includes sharing relevant information and laboratory resources between the two institutions as well as the exchange of students, scholars, and postdoctoral fellows for projects.

The Shiv Nadar University-TKU MoU allows the exchange of undergraduate students from the Chemistry department and the possibility of research collaborations with the faculty members of the chemistry department at Tamkang University.

Chemistry Outreach

The Chemistry Department organises different outreach programs to enrich chemistry education among high school students. The department has organised a Chemistry Fair and Yousuf Hameid Camp, where the students from the nearby schools were invited and given an opportunity to get involved in different hands-on chemistry experiments and gain wide exposure to scientific research.

Educational Outreach

Learning Chemistry in a Fun Way!

250+ students participated

Department of Chemistry Faculty

The faculty members of the Chemistry department are Ph.D. holders from top Indian and foreign universities with many years of international post-doctoral research and teaching experience. The publication records of the faculties are impressive. The research results are routinely published in highly reputed journals of ACS, RSC, Wiley and Elsevier publishing houses. The research topics include core and interdisciplinary chemistry areas (experimental and theoretical regime). Our faculty have received extramural research grants from the Government of India and different funding agencies. Many of them have received national and international recognitions, namely, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, CRSI medal, NASI Fellow, Ramanujan Ramalingaswami Fellow, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance fellow, and DST Inspire fellowships from the Government of India.

BIMLESH LOCHAB

Head & Professor, D. Phil., Univ. of Oxford, UK

Specialization: Green chemistry: polymer chemistry, Li-S batteries, nanochemistry: nanodiamonds and graphene functionalization.

SUBHABRATA SEN

Professor, Ph.D., Univ. of Missouri, USA

Specialization: Synthetic Organic Chemistry & Medicinal Chemistry.

BASAB BIJAYI DHAR

Associate Professor, Ph.D., Jadavpur University

Specialization: Catalysts for organic transformations, photoredox catalysis, coordination chemistry.

PARTHAPRATIM MUNSHI

Professor, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science

Specialization: Quantum Crystallography, Multifunctional Organic Electronic Materials, Polymorphism, Protein-Ligand Interactions.

AJOY KAPAT

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Univ. of Bern, Switzerland

Specialization: Metalloradical Catalysis, functionalization of oleochemicals, Natural Product-Based Drug Design.

BAPPADITYA GOLE

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science

Specialization: Supramolecular Chemistry, Functional Materials, Peptide Chemistry, Foldamers, Organic Electronics

DEBDAS RAY

Associate Professor, Ph.D., IIT Kanpur

Specialization: Advanced photofunctional materials, thermally activated delayed fluorescence, room-temperature phosphorescence.

TATINI RAKSHIT

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. IACS, Kolkata

Specialization: Bioanalytical Chemistry, Single-Molecule Manipulation, Force Based Microscopy and Spectroscopy, Bioelectronics

ANIMESH SAMANTA

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., National University of Singapore

Specialization: Computational modelling of responsive materials, Solvation thermodynamics, Interfacial phenomena, Statistical mechanics

BISWAJIT GUCHHAIT

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., S. N. Bose NCBS, Kolkata

Specialization: Ultrafast spectroscopy, Photoinduced electron and proton transfer, Electronic energy transfer, Confined ionic liquids

NAIWRIT KARMODAK

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science

Specialization: Electrocatalysis for sustainable energy generation, Computational materials.

SANTOSH SINGH

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. National Chemical Lab, Pune

Specialization: Electrochemistry, Next-generation energy technologies (Fuel cell, Water electrolyzer, flexible batteries and supercapacitor).

KSHATRESH DUTTA DUBEY

Assistant Professor, Ramalingaswami Fellow, DBT

Ph.D. Gorakhpur University

Specialization: Chemical Biology, Protein Chemistry, Enzyme Catalysis, Computational Chemistry.

TUSHAR DEBNATH

Ramanujan Faculty, Ph.D. BARC, Mumbai

Specialization: Optical and ultrafast spectroscopy, Semiconductor nanomaterials, Photophysical properties, Energy research, Quantum dots.

SANTANU GHOSH

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. IISER, Bhopal

Specialization: Natural Product Synthesis, New Chemical Transformation, Asymmetric Catalysis

NIDHI MALHOTRA

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. IIT, Delhi

Specialization: Molecular modeling and molecular dynamics simulations, molecular recognition and self assembly, structural bioinformatics, protein-protein, protein-drug, protein-lipid interactions

Support Staff

RAVINDER SINGH

Technical OfficerAFM & EPR

MD. MUJAHUDDIN SIDDIQUI

Assistant Professor, Ph.D. IIT, Bombay

Specialization: Main group catalytic systems, Radicals of s and p block elements, CO2 functionalization, Small molecule activation and Constrained phosphines.

BIDYUT SARKAR

DBT-Wellcome Trust India Alliance Intermediate Fellow, Ph.D. TIFR, Mumbai

Specialization: Single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy, Structure-dynamics-function relationship of biomacromolecules: gene-regulatory noncoding RNA

Admissions Eligibility

Bachelor of Science

Program Selection Criteria

B.Sc (Research) in Chemistry

MOHAMMAD AJMAL

Technical Assistant –LCMS & MALDI

Route 1: JEE Mains 2024 or 2023 + Interview*

Route 2: SNUSAT + Interview

Route 3: College Board SAT + Interview*

Route 4: ACT + Interview*

Route 5: CUET 2024 + Interview*

The option to apply through would be available after the declaration of the result of the National Level Exam.

Class 12th Eligibility

Aggregate of best 4 academic subjects in the marksheet must be >=65% (must include English & Chemistry)

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NAVEEN GAUR Sr. Lab Assistant

SHRIPAL MALIK Technician, NMR

YASHPAL SINGH Lab Assistant PAWAN SHARMA Lab Assistant

Contact Details

DR. BIMLESH LOCHAB

Professor and Head, M. Tech. (IITD), D. Phil. (University of Oxford), FRSC

Department of Chemistry, Research Block, School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar

Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR

Tehsil Dadri, UP 201314, India

Mob# 9899915584

Tel. No. +91-0120-7170257

E-mail: bimlesh.lochab@snu.edu.in

DR. BASAB BIJAYI DHAR

Undergraduate Advisor

Department of Chemistry, A Block, A227H School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar

Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR

Tehsil Dadri, UP 201314, India

Mob# 9999872154

Tel. No. +91-0120-7170135

E-mail: basab.dhar@snu.edu.in

MS. SARITHA RAJAN

Senior Executive Assistant to the Head, Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences

Room No. A227

Phone +91-120-7170118

Email Id: saritha.rajan@snu.edu.in

MAILING ADDRESS

Department of Chemistry, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR

NH 91, Tehsil Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh - 201314, India

Ph: +91-120-7170100, +91-120-2662002

DR. ANIMESH SAMANTA

Postgraduate Advisor

Department of Chemistry, A Block, A227E School of Natural Sciences, Shiv Nadar

Institution of Eminence, Delhi NCR

Tehsil Dadri, UP 201314, India

Mob# 8921745567

Tel. No. +91-0120-7170660

E-mail: animesh.samanta@snu.edu.in

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