School of Chemical Sciences, Central University of Gujarat

posed to almost every aspect of the subject: Theoretical, Applied, Instrumental, Computational and Experimental. As a result, Chemical Sciences have occupied centre stage of scientific and industrial research due to wider applications, extensions and novel synergies among various disciplines. The Survismeter and Visionmeter are creations of SCS under the supervision of the eminent scientist, Prof. Man Singh, Dean, SCS. The Survismeter is Green Analytical Tech (G*T) for physicochemical studies and Visionmeter would teach chemical sciences to visually challenged people.In addition, the students who have been the pillar of strength for the school, published their research work in international journals. In this way, the Chemical Sciences have played vital role not only intimately linking the physical sciences but also bridging the gap between physical and biological sciences. These sciences have also gained further importance due to interdisciplinary approaches in various fields like nanotechnology, renewable energy, bio-inspired molecules, multifunctional supramolecules and green technology. These sciences are useful to design and develop new molecules and methods to be used in various fields such as defense, electronics, communication and space research. As a result of advancement in science and technology, there is a critical shift in favor of harnessing a potential of individual molecule which would likely to revolutionize the health, food and fuel sciences. Apart from the above, the chemical sciences are useful as a tool to resolve unseen mysteries of nature which in turn would contribute to the welfare and well-being of mankind. As a part of course works for academic year 2010-11,the students would be exposed to advanced knowledge in various subjects such as green, nano and emulsion technologies as well as organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, polymerization, dyes and drugs. There will be consolidated efforts to bridge the gap between theoretical and experimental chemistry. For making the chemical sciences enjoyable, the school of chemical sciences has well equipped research laboratories (Pictures 2 & 3) with advanced experimental facilities along with computational approach. The students would be encouraged to share the ideas and execute their validity in the laboratory. They will be trained to design the scientific experiments and executive the same as well. The students will have access to CIF (Central Instrumental Facility) which is well equipped with the following instruments:

500 MHZ FT-NMR Spectrometer
Refractive index equipment
Gel permeation chromatography (GPC)
THERMAL ANALYSIS SERVICES (TGA and DSC)
UV-Vis Spectrophotometer
Atomic absorption spectrophotometer
ELEMENTAL Analyzer(CHNS/O)
HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (HPLC)
GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY (GC)&LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY (LCMS)
Standard Electrophoresis Apparatus
Advanced density and sound velocity meter
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
Brunauer Emmett Teller (BET) Surface Area Analyzer
Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS)
Porosimeter
Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometer (ICP-OES)
Spectroscopic Ellipsometer
Potentiostat
Rotary Vacuum Flash Evaporator
Flame PHotometer
Visionmeter
Survismeter
Econoburette
Conductivity meter

Along with the above instruments, there will be more facilities in the instrumentation lab to be added in due course upon the urgency of research field. course in chemical sciences has been functioning since 2009. Now, the School offers two years M.Sc. courses both in Chemical Sciences and Industrial Chemistry and 3 months certificate course in analytical techniques for teaching chemical sciences to visually challenged people. The goal of the latter is to enable visually challenged people for employments opportunities in quality control of daily use products or materials such as soap, detergents and drugs. At least one course will be conducted in each semester. Industrial Chemistry covers applied disciplines of the chemistry such as polymers, drugs and dyes, dendrimers, green chemical processes, agrochemicals, biomaterials, petroleum and fuels, industrial thermodynamics and refrigerants, silicon oils and fuel industries, industrial catalysts, surfactants and emulsifiers, adsorbent, colloids and biocolloids, electrochemical and fuel cells, explosives and fire retardants. Special topic such as insulators and coolants, textiles and paper industries, metallurgy and extraction industries, liquid-liquid-interfacial (LLI) sciences for salting out or in, food and beverages will be taught. The students would develop competence and skill to express and critically apply in developing alternative resource saving processes as an urgent need.