The Department of
Chemistry, Darrang College is one of the six science departments of the
institution covered under the prestigious DBT Star College Scheme. Through the
implementation of the Scheme the department is benefited in the following
areas:
i.
The academic physical infrastructure has
been developed with the induction of new instruments.
ii.
Investigatory
projects were introduced for developing the research aptitude of the students.
iii.
Students got exposure to research
laboratories.
iv.
It became possible to organize outreach
and extension activities.
v.
New practical’s were designed and
introduced.
A.
List of Instruments procured and installed under the DBT Star College Scheme
|
Sl
No
|
Instrument
|
Specification
|
Make/Model
|
Year
|
|
1.
|
Ion Selective Meter with Kit and With
F- electrodes
|
Bench top/ (pH/mv/ion)
|
Eutech/ Ion 2700
|
2013
|
|
2.
|
UV-VIS
double beam spectrophotometer
(With PC and softwares)
|
190-900nm
|
Inkarp/SICAN 2301
|
2013
|
|
3.
|
pH meter
(With pH electrode)
|
Bench top/ (pH/conductivity/TDS/temp)
|
Hytech India
|
2013
|
B. Activities carried out under the DBT Star
College Scheme
1. Date : 20/11/2012 , Event: General
Awareness programme on clean drinking water at Porwah Village
2. Date 20-9-2012 & 24-09-2012: Event: Training Programme
on Use of Flame Photometry in detection of Na and K in soil and water samples.
3.
Date 20-4-2013, Event: Popular Talk on Career in Chemistry, Delivered by Prof.
Rana Hazarika.
4. Date 23-10-2013, Event: International Mole Day
Celebration.
5. Event: Meet the Expert Programme (Nov 2013 - Jan
2014).
6.
Date: 5-01-2014: Event: Industrial Visit, Visit to Assam Cooperative Jute Mill,
Silghat Assam.
7.
Date 22-02-2014 to 27-02-2014: Event: Hand on practice on few Green Chemistry
Experiments, Conducted by Dr B.C. Paul.
8.
Date 21-04-2015, Event: Educational tour to the
CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (NEIST), Jorhat.
