PG Department of Chemistry

About Department

The Department of Chemistry has been established in the year 1974 in the C. M. Science College, Darbhanga and shifted to Raj Polytechnic Campus and finally in spacious new constructed building of its own, premises Narguna Campus of the University. The department was established with an objective of providing quality education in the convocational area of science and growing in to a centre of teaching and research with an aim to achieve prominent position in the academic map of Mithilanchal and particular in India. The department offers P.G. level advance courses in chemical science. The department is also offering Ph.D. programme in Chemistry. The Department offers major specialized course in Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry. The students are monitored and evaluated by regular class tests, seminars, mid and end-semester examinations.

The Department has three laboratories for students and six labs for research which are well equipped with necessary chemical reagents, glass ware, lab-ware, gas Chromatography UV-vis spectrometer-219, Bomb calorimeter, Soxhlet extraction unit, magnetic balance, polarimeter, plasma refrigeration , Chemical analyser – SystronicsGoy’s balance, water and soil analysis kit, LCD projector and basic instruments for performing experiments in physical, organic and Inorganic chemistry and characterisation of different inorganic and organic compounds.

The Departmental library fulfils the requirements of the faculty member and students. A number of reference books are also available. The department also publishes journal named Mithila journal of Chemistry with ISSN No-2455-0617.

The Faculty members are specialized in frontier areas of chemical sciences and they have contributed to scientific arena through scientific research and publications and are recipients of many distinguished national and International awards. A few faculty members are in the editorial board of journals as well as referees for both National and International Journals.

Former HoDs

Sl. No.	Name	From	To
01	Prof. Y. Thakur	10.10.1976	31.03.1994
02	Prof. B. K. Choudhary	01.04.1994	22.05.1995
03	Prof. I. S. Jha	23.05.1995	15.12.1996
04	Prof. R. B. Yadav	16.21.1996	31.03.1998
05	Prof. I. S. Jha	01.04.1988	04.09.2008
06	Prof. Lal Mohan Jha	05.09.2008	04.09.2011
07	Prof. S. R. Kumar	05.09.2011	04.09.2014
08	Prof. S. Jha	05.09.2014	22.01.2016
09	Prof. A. K. Gupta	23.01.2016	21.01.2019
10	Prof.. K.K. Jha	22.01.2019	30.11.2019
11	Prof. R.K. Chy	01.12.2019

Faculty

 

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Mobile	E-mail id	Photo
1.	Dr. K. K. JHA	Professor & Head	9470644735	hodchemistry@lnmu.ac.in kumodkumarjha@gmail.com
2.	Dr. A. Samad Ansari	Associate Professor	9334920687	asamadansari@gmail.com
3.	Dr. S. K. Choudhary	Professor	7549780312	skc.cmsc@gmail.com
4.	Dr. Simant Kumar Srivastava	Assistant Professor	9205623886	simant.iitk@gmail.com
5.	Dr. Vikash Kumar Sonu	Assistant Professor	9402516667	vikash9931@gmail.com
6.	Sri Shashi Shekhar Jha	Demonstrator	9470476675	jhashekhar52@yahoo.com

 

Achievement of the Faculty Members

1. Dr. S. R. Kumar attended Refresher course as resource person in BRA Bihar University, Muzaffarpur (2012-13) & (2013-14).
2. Prof . Ratan kr. Choudhary was IQAC. Coordinator of L.N.M.U. From 2017-2018.
3. Prof. Ratan kumar Choudhary was member of course curriculum desin committee for PG Chemistry Syllabus Under CBCS organisad by Raj Bhawan Patna – 2017
4. Prof. Ratan Kumar Choudhary was member of Educational board Journal of Indian Chemical Society, 2014-2016.
5. Prof. Ratan Kumar Choudhary was Subject expert in the Appointment of teachers in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya – 2016.
6. Prof. Ratan Kumar Choudhary was Resource Person of one day ‘Induction Class-cum-CBCS workshop’ organized by C.M. Science College on 22.08.2019.
7. Prof. Ratan Kumar Choudhary had participated in the “Work Shop on Innovations and good practices in institutional Governance of Higher Education” organized by Department of Educational Administration, NIEPA, New Delhi During February 28 march 02, 2019.
8. Prof. Ratan Kumar Choudhary had Participated ‘NAAC Awarenes and Traning Workshop’ under the aegis of Rajbhawan , Patna During April 04-05 2019.
9. Prof. Ratan Kumar Choudhary was Resource Person for the review and presentation on Draft Ordinance and Regulators on CBCS at UG Level in LNMU held on January 31, 2020.
10. Prof. Ratan Kumar Choydhary was resource person of one day seminar on ‘Chemical Science: From Mankind to plants’ organized by Department of Chemistry, K.V.Science College Madhubani on 01.02.2019.
11. Prof. A.S. Ansari was Resource person of one day seminar on ‘Chemical Science : From Mankind to plants’ organized by Dept. of Chemistry, K.V.Science College Madhubani on 01.02.2019.
12. Prof. Ratan Kumar Choudhary was DSW of L.N.M.U from 2018-2020.
13. Dr. Simant Kumar Srivastav. Was Invited speaker in National Conference on ‘Recent trend and Advancements in Chemical Science organized by Department of Chemistry and Bhaskaracharya college of Applied Sciences, University of Delhi During 26-31 March 2019.
14. Dr. Simant Kumar srivastav. Was invited speaker in 11th National Conference on solid state chemistry and allied areas organized by S.K.Parwal college of arts, Science & Commerce, Nagpur During December 20-21, 2019.
15. Dr. Simant Kr. Srivastava in reviewer of journal of Applied Physics Published by American Physical Society, USA, (I.F=2.5). (Impact Factor -2.5).
16. Dr. Simant Kr. Srivastava in reviewer of Journal of Magnetism and magnetic material Published by Elsevier (I.F=3.1) .
17. Dr. Simant kr. Srivastava in reviewer of Nanoscale (IF.=6.8) Published by Royal Society of Chemistry ,London.
18. Dr. Simant Kr. Srivastav is reviewer of Journal of Materials Chemistry (I.F=4.1) Publication by Royal society of Chemistry, London.
19. Dr. Simant Kr. Srivastav is reviewer of journal of Physical Chemistry (I.F=4.5) Published by American chemical society, USA.
20. Prof. S. K. Chuodhary was member of selection committee for the Appointment of Assistant Professor (Guest) in Chemistry. Patliputra University Patna

Student Statistics

Name of the course	Application Received	Selected		Pass percentage
		Male	Female	Male	Female
2009	36	17	02	100	100
2010	42	18	08	100	100
2011	60	22	14	73	100
2012	70	38	19	100	100
2012-14	81	36	25	74	84
2013-15	63	23	29	72	80
2014-16	65	41	11	81	85
2015-17	64	28	24	68	75
2016-18	44	17	14	100%	100%
2017-19		32	26	100%	100%
2018-20		33	22	100%	100%
2019-21		39	30	100%	100%

Achievements of the Students:

1. Dr. Ratan Kumar Choudhary, Professor, Head, Dean of science, L.N.M.U
2. Dr. Kumod Kr. Jha , Professor & Ex- Head, Chemistry L.N.M.U
3. Prof. Rameshwara Jha , Head , Chemistry R.K.College Madhubani.
4. Jayanti kant Jha, Associate Professor, Chemistry, R.K.College, Madhubani.
5. Dr. Bhola Chourasia, Principal, R.N.A.R. College Samastipur
6. Dr. Ashok Kumar Jha , Associate Professor, DSW, LNMU
7. Dr. B.G. Thakur, Associate Professor. C.M.Science College , Darbhanga
8. Prof. Dilip Choudhary (Ex-MLC.), Head, Chemistry, C.M.Science College, Darbhanga
9. Dr. Prem Mohan Mishra, Prof. & Head, Chemistry, M.L.S.M. College, Darbhanga.
10. Dr. K. K. Jha Associate Prof, Deshbandhu College, New Delhi.
11. Dr. Vivekanand Jha, Associate Prof. M.R.M College, Darbhanga.
12. Dr. Kapileshwara Mishra , Associate Prof., M.L.S.M. College Darbhanga.
13. Dr. Renuka Thakur , Associate Prof. M.L.S.M. College Darbhanga
14. Dr. Lalita Kumari Mishra, Associate Prof, M.L.S.M. College Darbhanga
15. Dr. S.N.Singh, , Associate Prof, G.D. College
16. Dr. Manoranjan Singh, Principal, R.C.S. College Bitthat
17. Dr. Uday Shankar Yadav , Principal, Kishanganj College Kishanganj
18. Dr. Chandra kant Yadav , Ex-Head, & Dean, B.N.Mandal University, Purnea University.
19. Dr. Yogendra Yadav, Ex-DSW,Ex-Controller of Examination, Ex-Proctor B.N.Maldal University, Madhupura.
20. Dr. Yogendra Jha, Ex-Head, C.M.Science College.
21. Dr. Naresh Kumar, Ex-Head,B.N.Mandal University, Madhepura.
22. Debasis bashu, ISM Dhanbad.
23. Alakh Niranjan Thakur, Scientist, NASA (USA)
24. Dilip Kumar Mishra, S.P.Rail, Kathihar, Bihar
25. Ganesh Kumar, Director, Alchemi Pharmaceutical Company, Faridabad.
26. Prinkar Jha , Research Fellow, CDRI, Lucknow.
27. S.K Gupta, Professor, Jiwaji University Gwallior.
28. Atul Jha, Business Analyst, USA.
29. Amerendra Bijay, Professor, I.I.T. Chennai.
30. Dr. S.N.Singh, , Associate Prof, G.D. College

Students Qualified NET/GATE

1. Miss Kavita – CSIR – JRF,2016
2. Amit Kumar jha UGC-JRF-2014 GATE – 2014
3. M.H. Khan UGC – NET-2018
4. Miss Sadhna, UGC-NETR-2011

Research Scholars

Ph.D/awarded : 76 (October 2014- December-2020

Ph.D/Persuing/ Course Work Completed

1. Mrs. Madhu Sahu
2. Mr. Pavan Kumar Sada
3. Ms. Anupama
4. Mrs. Nausheen
5. Mr. Pratyoosh Kumar
6. Mr. shashi Shekar Jha
7. Mr. Akhilesh Kr. Singh
8. Mr. Manoj Kumar
9. Ms. Pooja Kumari
10. Ms. Sandhya Kumari
11. Ms. Sabina Perween
12. Mr. Kundan Kumar Jha

 

Seminars/ Conference / Workshop Organized

1. Workshop on Symmetry and group theory (one week) – 1988
2. Workshop on Spectroscopy, 1988.
3. Workshop on thermodynamics, 1998
4. Workshop on Percyclic reaction – 2012(March)
5. Workshop on Recent trends in Chemistry – November 2014.
6. Seminar on the Synthesis in green Chemistry 2017
7. Debate on Merit and Demerit of E- Waste, 2017.
8. Seminar on Allolopathy – 2018.
9. Seminar on Medicinal Chemistry – 2018.
10. Symposium on “water pollution: Course and Remedies‘ -2019.
11. Science and Society in the 21st Century: Quest for Excellence- 2019.
12. Seminar on ‘Microwave Processing of Inorganic Materials’ -2019
13. International E- Conference on Multifunctional Materials and Environment ( E-ICMME - 21) 01-02 February 2021
14. International E- Conference on Recent Advances in Chemical Sciences (E-ICRACS-21) Organized by: University Department of Chemistry Lalit Narayan Mithila University
    July, 28 2021

Journal Pulished by Department:

Mithila Journal of Chemistry (Yearly) ISSN NO 2455-0167