Vidyasagar College

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Department of Chemistry

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About The Department

The founding of Metropolitan College in 1872, later named as Vidyasagar College in 1917, was a true representation of nationalist sprit of the great founder of the college, Pundit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Teaching Chemistry at Metropolitan College started at 1885, almost from inception of the college and in those days, Chemistry was taught as a part of ‘Material and Moral Science’. In 1908, the College got permission for starting Chemistry as one of the subjects in F.A. class, from University of Calcutta. Then in 1910, Chemistry was introduced in B.A. class. Honours course in Chemistry as a Science subject started in June, 1926. In 1934, after almost nine years of unrelenting labour of both teachers and students, the Department was able to produce the first class I Honours Graduate, Amiya Kumar Mitra and since then, the Department gave birth to a galaxy of notable persons who played vital roles in different spheres of national life for regeneration of India and education of the youth.

Eminent teachers of the past:

Prof Prafulla Candra Ray, Prof. Dhirendra Chandra Roy, Prof. Ramoni Mohon Roy (later Principal, Surendranath College), Prof. Bijoy Kali Goswami, Prof. P. B. Sarkar, Prof. S.R. Palit (later IACS), Prof. Phatic Chandra Kundu, Prof. Animesh Chakraborty (later joined IACS, Bhatnagar Awardee).

Eminent Alumni of the Department:

Vice Chancellors of Kalyani and Jadavpur Universities, Prof. Santi Ranjan Palit (Professor, of Vidyasagar College and IACS), Prof. Jagat Jiban Ghosh (Professor of Biochemistry, C.U.), Prof. Arunendu Sarkar (Professor, Vidyasagar College and Polymer science, C.U.), Prof. Satyesh Chandra Pakrashi (Professor and Director of IICB), Prof. Binoy Bhusan Bhowmick (Professor, J.U.), Prof. Subhas Bera (Professor, J.U.), Prof. Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya (Professor, J.U.), Prof. Dipak Bhattacharya (Professor, C.U.), Prof. Alok Kumar Mitra (Professor, C.U.), Prof. Amarendra Patra (Professor, C.U.), Prof. Pranab Das Poddar (Professor, C.U.), Prof. Basudeb Barman (Vice Chancellor, Kalyani University).

Eminent Alumni of Recent Past:

Dr. Debapratim Das (Asso. Prof., IIT Guwahati), Dr Debojyoti Pramanik (Assis. Prof., Presidency University), Dr Arijit Sengupta, (Asso Prof., Bradley University, USA), Dr Partha Roy, (Assis Prof, IIT, Gandhinagar), Dr Banibrata Maity (Assis Prof., Thapar, Patiala).

History of Department

In June 2026, Department of Chemistry will complete 100 years of Honours teaching in Chemistry. Department of Chemistry has retained its fame even in the recent years, where our students have stood 1st, 2nd positions in the CU final exam. Our students are scattered throughout the globe.

Apart from the Honours/Major courses, Chemistry Department provides teaching General/Minor Course to other Bio-sciences, Physical Sciences, Food & Nutrition.

Teachers' Profile

Arunabha Misra

Associate Professor, PhD,
Inorganic chemistry

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Nirmalendu Mukhoti

Associate Professor, PhD,
Organic Chemistry

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Ranjit Kumar Shit

Associate Professor, PhD,
Organic Chemistry

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Sharmila Bhattacharya

Associate Professor, PhD,
Physical Chemistry

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Debarati Dey

Assistant Professor, PhD,
Inorganic Chemistry

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Departmental Activities

Seminar

Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024)

Academic Year	Name of the workshop/ seminar	Collaborationg Institute (if any)	Number of Participants	Date	Event Picture
2023-2024	National Seminar on ‘Chemistry beyond the molecule – Energy Conversion and Complex Natural Phenomena’.	College	80	19.09.2023

Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/12/2024)

Academic Year	Name of the workshop/ seminar	Collaborationg Institute (if any)	Number of Participants	Date	Event Picture
2024 - 2025	International Seminar on Development of Chemical Sciences	Indian Photobiology Society, Kolkata	100	13.08.2024

Special Project: NA

Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)

Field survey : NA

Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)

Educational Excursion : NA

Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)

Excursion (other than mentioned in syllabus) : NA

Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)

Research collaboration : NA

Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)

PhD Student : NA

Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)

Departmental magazine : NA

Year : 2024-2025 (01/06/2024-31/05/2025)

Departmental Library

There is a Departmental Library containing approximately 100 books pertaining to the recent syllabuses, all books being donated by Teachers of the Department. Students can access the books any time at the Department.

Departmental Lab

Names of the separate Labs	Purpose
Honours Lab 1	Practical classes of Inorganic and Organic Chemistry, at Ground Floor of Main Building.
Honours Lab 2	Practical classes of Physical Chemistry, at First Floor of Main Building.
General Lab 1	Practical Classes of General/Minor students
General Lab 2	Practical Classes of General/Minor students

Special Achievements (Co-curricular/Academic)

Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024)

For Faculty members - NA

For Students

Year	Event Name	Name	Semester	Achievement
2020	Seminar presentation by students (final year)

Special Achievements (Extracurricular)

Year : 2023-2024 (01/06/2023-31/05/2024)

For Faculty members - NA

For Students

Year	Event Name	Name	Semester	Achievement
2024	Freshers Welcome by students of the Department
2024	Teachers’ Day Celebration by Students of the Department