The Department of Chemistry is one of the oldest departments of The University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, established in 1969 with the sanctioned strength of 14 teaching posts (2 professors, 6 Associate professors and 6 Assistant Professors). The Department offers P.G. programme in Chemistry comprising of four semesters through Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) with the current intake capacity of 72 having core, discipline centric and interdisciplinary courses. The department strives to provide high-quality education and training in chemistry to its students with the mission of developing their critical thinking, problem-solving, and laboratory skills, preparing them for successful careers in academia, industry, or other related fields.This programme serves as a launching pad in generating quality human resource for teaching at 10+2, College and University levels and for doctoral & post-doctoral studies in frontier areas of science in both national and international Labs. The department is seriously involved in conducting impactful research in various thrust areas of chemical science including natural product chemistry, synthetic chemistry, soft matter, electrochemistry, material chemistry, bioinorganic/biophysical chemistry, and crystal engineering. The students have access to a departmental library where a large collection of international and national reputed text/reference books are housed. Besides this, the department has a high-end instrumentation facility like SECM, Rheometer, Electrochemical workstation, TGA, HPLC, Fluorimeter, LC-MS, IR, UV-Visible spectrometers, stopped flow kinetic systems, Fluorescence microscope, Tensiometer etc.and laboratory infrastructure for conducting quality research. The department was awarded DST-FIST program in years 2003, 2011 and 2021 to the tune of 3.8 crore. The SAP-UGC (DRS-I) was awarded in 2016 with an amount of 1.22 Crore. The department is the part of DST-PURSE and MHRD-RUSA programs awarded to the University of Kashmir with the share of about 3 crores. The department of chemistry regularlyorganises various workshops, symposia, and national/international conferences on thrust areas of chemical sciences. A large number of postgraduate students qualify NET and GATE examinations every year. During the last 10 years, the department has produced 52 Ph.Ds, published 450 research papers in Scopus indexed journals, and generated about 5 crores through core grantsand 1.5 crore as mentorship projects including WOS-A, NPDF, CSIR-RA, and UGC-Kothari funded by DST, SERB, UGC and CSIR during 2011-2020.

Vision

Vision

We envision to develop our department as centre of excellence in chemical education, foster innovations in research, address societal challenges, inspire and empower students to become lifelong learners and leaders in the field of chemistry, and to promote sustainability for growth of ecologically conscious future.

                              

Mission

Our mission is to providehigh quality teaching environment to our students, conduct innovative research, foster scientific excellence, promote ethical conduct, engage in knowledge transfer and outreach, and contribute to societal and environmental well-being through the application of chemistry.