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Member Networks Annual Report Form 2015 To enable us to better support our networks and their activities all member networks (Local Sections, Interest Groups and Analytical Division Regions) are asked to complete this form and return it to [email protected]. The information is shared with the members of your networks, staff and governance Boards and Committees (inc. Division Councils). Or by post to; Dr Fiona McMillan, Royal Society of Chemistry, Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WF. This report form will be uploaded to the appropriate web page (signature deleted) unless requested otherwise.

GROUP NAME Royal Society of Chemistry – West India Section

Submitted by Dr. Ravindra Venkatramani

Signed (may be signed electronically)

Dr. Ravindra Venkatramani (Secretary RSC-WIS) Prof. Girjesh Govil (Chairman RSC-WIS)

Date 29/02/2016

Please list below the dates of your planned AGM and Committee Meetings (where applicable). Annual General Meeting (if being held)

Date:

July 25th 2016 (proposed)

Venue:

TIFR-Mumbai + IIT-Bombay + IISER-Pune (Video-conference link between the three locations)

Proposed Committee Meetings Dates

Date Venue

April 11th 2016 Sept 19th 2016 Nov 28th 2016 Feb 6th 2017

All meetings to be held at: TIFR, Mumbai + IIT-Bombay + IISER-Pune (Video-Conference link connecting the three locations)

Financial Accounts for the year ending 31 December 2015 Deadline for receipt of Financial Accounts by RSC Finance Team: 29th February 2016 Deadline for receipt of Annual Report by Networks Team: 29st February 2016

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EVENTS Please attach any meeting reports, newsletters or other reports which are relevant. Please report below on activities undertaken in the past year. If you have more detailed information about any particularly successful events, or advice to

share please use a separate sheet. For more events continue as necessary. EVENT KEY:

Education Event

Public Lecture

Retired Members Event

Scientific Conference - 1 day

Scientific Conference - multi day

Social Event

Training/workshop

Award Lecture ** Detailed Reports of Individual events are attached at the end of the document

Event Name RSC-WIS Workshop on Pericyclic reactions at V.G. Vaze College, Mumbai, Maharashtra (11-13th August, 2015)

Event Type (key) Educational Event

Comments

Brief Summary: CHEM CLUB of the Dept. of Chemistry, V.G.Vaze College in

association with Royal Society of Chemistry, West India Section organised a

three day workshop. Lectures by resource persons were held in the morning

(pre-lunch) session and problem solving sessions were held in the post lunch

session. The resource persons for the workshop were Prof. K.P.Kaliappan

(IIT, Mumbai), Dr. Santosh Gharpure (IIT, Mumbai) and Dr. Lakshmy

Ravishankar (V.G.Vaze College). 138 post graduate students from 23 colleges

in and around Mumbai participated in the event

Event Name Vortex MasterClass sponsored by RSC-WIS at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (10th October 2015)


Comments

Vortex is an annual chemical technology festival hosted by ICT, Mumbai

which features educational events and activities. RSC-WIS sponsored a

Masterclass lecture (1 hr) by Prof. B. K. Dutta (Chairman West Bengal

Pollution Control Board) to deliver a perspective lecture to 1000

undergraduate and postgraduate students. 200 of the students were from

remote parts of Maharashtra state.

Event Name Teachers Training Workshop at Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur, Chhattisgarh (6-8th October 2015)

Event Type (key) Training/Workshop

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Comments

RSC-WIS India Section organized a 3 day training workshop for college

teachers at PRSS University, Raipur. The co-ordinators for the event were

Prof. Girjesh Govil (TIFR) and Prof. Rama Pandey (Raipur University).

Mentors delivered lectures on the latest advances in chemistry and with the

help of local staff provided hands on demonstration on instrumentation.

About 50 college teachers from Raipur, Nagpur and neighbouring areas of

Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh state participated.

Mentors included: Prof. M. M. Sharma (ICT-Mumbai), Prof. Sourav Pal (IIT-

Bombay), Prof. Ramakrishna G. Bhatt (IISER-Pune), Prof. Girjesh Govil (TIFR-

Bombay), Prof. Rama Pandey (Raipur University), Prof Kallol Ghosh (Raipur

University)

Event Name

Chemistry Teachers Workshop on “Real-World Curriculum for Green Chemistry” at R D National College, Mumbai, Maharashtra (6th December 2015)

Event Type (key) Training/Workshop

Comments

RSC-WIS sponsored a 1 day training workshop for college teachers organized

by the Green Chemistry Foundation. The objective of the workshop was to

facilitate integration of “green chemistry” education in the existing

chemistry curriculum Teachers were exposed to lectures from experts on the

emerging trends in the 'green chemistry' direction. Over 200 teachers and

educators from in and around Mumbai attended the Event

Event Name

Industry-Students Interactive Meeting on Challenges & Opportunities in “Green Chemistry”, at Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Maharashtra (6th December 2015)


Comments

RSC-WIS sponsored a 1 day interactive discussion meeting between

undergraduate, postgraduate, and Ph.D. students and Industry experts. The

objective of the meeting was to expand awareness of “green chemistry” in

today’s industrial context within the students. 150 students from multiple

institutes/universities in and around Mumbai participated.

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Event Name RSC-WIS workshop on Spectroscopy at Vaze College, Mumbai, Maharashtra (9-11th December 2015)

Event Type (key) Educational event

Comments

CHEM CLUB of the Dept. of Chemistry , V.G.Vaze College in association with

RSC-WIS organised a three day workshop on Spectroscopy was held from 9-

11th Dec. 2015 for undergraduate students. Lectures by resource persons

were held in the morning (pre-lunch) session and problem solving sessions

were held in the post lunch session. The resource persons for the workshop

were: Prof. Suvarn Kulkarni (IIT-Bombay), Mrs. Gomathi Sridhar

,(V.K.K.Menon College, Mumbai), Dr. Sujata Kale (A.S.Garware College,

Pune), and Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar (V. G. Vaze College, Mumbai). 124

students from 14 colleges participated in the workshop.

Event Name Frontiers of Advances in Chemistry and Technlogy at North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra (10-11th December 2015)

Event Type (key) Multi-day scientific conference

Comments

RSC-WIS India Section organized a 2 day symposium for students and faculty

at North Maharashtra University, Amravati. The co-ordinators for the event

were Prof. Jyotsna Meshram (North Maharashtra University) and Dr. Nitin

Patil (NCL Pune). Chemists from all over India and the local section

participated and engaged with over 200 participants from interior areas of

Maharastra through lectures and discussions. Through the events,

participants were exposed to the latest advances in chemistry and chemical

technology in terms of research topics, instrumentation, and national

facilities. Participants were also made aware of online RSC resources and the

role of RSC in promoting science education and outreach through its local

sections. Lecturers included: Prof. Suvarn Kulkarni, Prof. Santosh Gharpure

(IIT-Bombay), Prof. Ramkrisha Bhat (IISER-Pune), and Prof. Debabrata Dhara

(IIT-Bombay).

Event Name

Chemical Sciences: Emerging Scenario and Challenges (NCCS – 2016) at Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati, Maharashtra. (29-30th January 2016)

Event Type (key) Multi-day Scientific Conference

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Comments

RSC-WIS sponsored a Two Day National Conference aimed at promoting and

teaching conceptual aspects of green and sustainable chemistry to scientists

and Post-Graduate (PG) students in the western Vidarbha region of

Maharashtra. A large number of students from rural areas benefitted

through interactions with scientists coming from renowned institutes of

different parts of the country.

Event Name RSC-WIS Research Scholars’ Meet- 2016 at Guru Nanak Dev University, Mumbai, Maharashtra. (30th January 2016)


Comments

RSC-WIS organized a one day research scholar`s meet aimed at Ph.D.

scholars from Mumbai and remote places in Maharashtra. Students

presented their research work and interacted with established chemists. The

mentors informed the students of research opportunities and about national

facilities and instrumentation available to them to carry out their research.

Senior mentors included: Prof MM Sharma (ICT, Mumbai), Prof Girjesh Govil

(TIFR, Mumbai), and Prof Anil K. Singh (IIT-Bombay). 52 scholars from

Mumbai , Dahanu and Baramati participated in this meet.

Event Name RSC-WIS workshop on Bioinorganic Chemistry and Spectroscopy at Vaze College, Mumbai, Maharashtra (Feb 1-4th 2016)


Comments

CHEM CLUB of the Dept. of Chemistry , V.G.Vaze College in association with

RSC-WIS organised a four day PG lecture series on spectroscopy and

bioinorganic chemistry. The resource persons for the workshop were Prof.

Arindam Chowdhury (IIT, Bombay) who gave a lecture on Basics in Quantum

Chemistry, Prof. Anindya Datta (IIT, Bombay) who spoke on Symmetry &

group theory, Prof. Kumbhar (Pune University) who spoke on Bioinorganic

Chemistry, and Prof. Lakshmy Ravishankar (V.G.Vaze College) who covered

basics of spectroscopy. The workshop was attended by 108 postgraduate

students from 11 colleges in and around Mumbai.

Event Name RSC-WIS Basic Chemistry Demonstrations for school children at Saraswati Vidyalaya, Nagpur, Maharashtra (4th March 2016) – Future Event covered in

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Comments

RSC-WIS will be organizing a half day (10 am – 12 noon) inter-school event

featuring kitchen chemistry demonstrations to approx. 500 children from

schools in and around Nagpur, Maharshtra. The event co-ordinator is Prof.

Deepa Khushalani (TIFR, Mumbai). Mr. Surendra Kulkarni (TIFR, Mumbai) will

will be performing live experiments to showcase the beauty of chemistry

from simple ideas.

Event Name

RSC-WIS Entrepreneurial Chemistry Symposium at Institute of Science, Nagpur, Maharashtra (4th March 2016) – Future Event covered in the 2015-2016 Budget.


Comments

RSC-WIS will be organizing a half day (2pm-5 pm) symposium which aims to

inspire young students to pursue science as a viable career. The symposisum

theme will be centered around science, research and “Make In India”. The

event co-ordinators are Prof. Deepa Khushalani (TIFR, Mumbai) and Prof. P.

Sivaswaroop Speakers (Director, IGNOU regional centre, Nagpur) include:

Prof. Bhaskaran Muralidharan,(IIT Bombay), Dr. Raghavendra Gaikaiwari

(Chairman and managing director Hi Tech Biosciences India Ltd, Pune), and

Dr. M. Shesheer Kumar (CEO RAS lifesciences Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad).

Event Name

RSC-WIS Frontiers Of Chemistry and Allied Science: Improving the Quality Of Life, at Gujarat Forsenic Science University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (19th March 2016) – Future Event covered in the 2015-2016 Budget.


Comments

RSC-WIS will be organizing a one day symposium which aims to provide a

platform for students and faculty to showcase their research and interact

with experts and nationally renowned chemists. The experts will also give

lectures on the research avenues, infrastructure, and facilities available

nationally to students to advance their research career. The event co-

ordinators are Prof. Girjesh (TIFR, Mumbai), and Dr. Y. K. Agarwal (Director,

Gujerat Forsenic Science University, Gandhinagar). Speakers include: Prof.

M. M. Sharma (ICT, Mumbai), Prof. K. V. R. Chary (TIFR, Mumbai), Prof. Anil

K. Singh (IIT, Mumbai), and Prof. Girjesh Govil (TIFR, Mumbai).

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AWARDS AND BURSARIES Please list any awards or bursaries presented by your committee in 2015 and indicate any which will be open for nomination/application in 2016.

Other information/comments:

RSC-WC appointed a new executive council (EC) in April 2015. There were fresh appointments to

the post of Chairman (Prof. Girjesh Govil), Vice-Chairman (Prof. Suvarn Kulkarni), Secretary (Dr.

Ravindra Venkatramani), Treasurer (Prof. Ramakrishna G. Bhat) and EC members (Dr. Nitin Patil).

With the exception of Prof. Girjesh Govil and Prof. Deepa Khushalani, all other members were

serving in the RSC local section for the first time. The transition delayed the allocation of RSC

funds, as the new committee revisited events and the budget set by the outgoing EC. Finally RSC

funds arrived only by August 2015 and the first event was organized by RSC-WIS during the same

month at Vaze College. Despite the late start RSC-WIS has been able to setup 13 events for the

financial year April 2015 – March 2016 as listed above. Detailed reports and pictures of RSC-WIS

events are attached at the end of this document. A couple of highlights are mentioned in the

following paragraphs.

In 2015 RSC-WIS has made a concerted effort to reach out to college teachers and students in the

interior areas of the section. As part of this effort outreach events were organized at Jalgaon,

Maharashtra (North Maharashtra University) and Raipur, Chattisgarh (Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla

University). Eminent chemists from all over India and the local section participated and enaged

with over 300 participants from interior areas through lectures and training workshops. Through

the events, participants were exposed to the latest advances in chemistry and chemical

technology in terms of research topics, instrumentation, and national facilities. Participants were

also made aware of online RSC resources and the role of RSC in promoting science education and

outreach through its local sections.

Over the year the new EC has worked together well as a team, coordinating diverse events which

span the West India region. The EC has streamlined procedures to transparantely review

proposals for events and allocation of budget per event. Since October, the EC has adopted a

tech-savvy approach to conduct meetings via Video-Conferencing (VC) link between TIFR, IIT-

Bombay, and IISER-Pune. The VC link has significantly cut down on travel and hospitality costs,

thereby optimizing the use of RSC funds for outreach activities. The VC link has also facilitated

member participation in meetings with tremendous savings in time and effort.

In the coming year, we hope to diversify the EC further, including industry and student

representatives. We will continue our mission to promote outreach in interior parts of the region

adding new areas to our existing base.

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PLANNED ACTIVITES

Please report below on activities proposed. For more events continue as necessary.

Event Name 2-4 day Teaching Workshop

Comments

Date & Venue: Aug-2016 New Arts College of Commerce and Science, Ahmednagar Targeted for: Postgraduate students (100-150 participants)


Comments Date & Venue: Aug 2016 @ Vaze College, Mumbai Targeted for: Postgraduate students (100-150 participants)

Event Name 2 day Symposium

Comments Date & Venue: Sept 2016 Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur Targeted for: Postgraduate students and faculty (150-200 participants)

Event Name 2 day Research and Teaching Workshop

Comments Date & Venue: Sept/Oct-2016 @ MS University, Baroda Targeted for: Postgraduate students and faculty (200 participants)

Event Name 1 day History of Indian Science and Chemistry Symposium

Comments Date & Venue: November 2016 @ IISER-Pune Targeted for: Undergraduate/Postgraduate Students (> 200 participants)

Event Name 2-day Symposium

Comments Date & Venue: Nov 2016 @ Sadhu Vaswani College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh Targeted for: Undergraduate/Postgraduate students (100-150 participants)


Comments Date & Venue: Dec 2016 @ Vaze College, Mumbai Targeted for: Undergraduate students (100-150 participants)

Event Name 1 day research scholars meet

Comments Date & Venue: Dec 2016 @ Guru Nanak College of Arts Science and Commerce Targeted for: Postgraduate and Ph.D. Student (50 participants)


Comments Date & Venue: Jan 2017 @ SP College, Pune Targeted for: Undergraduate students and faculty (100-150 participants)


Comments Date & Venue: Feb 2017 @ Vaze College, Mumbai Targeted for: Postgraduate students (100-150 participants)

Event Name Green Chemistry Workshop

Comments Date & Venue: Feb 2017, TIFR, Mumbai Targeted for: College teachers (100-200 participants)

Event Name National Essay Contest

Comments Nationwide essay contest on a selected topic (to be decided) on chemistry for school children, commemorating 175 years of RSC. Dates to be decided

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COMMITTEE (this information will be used to update our membership database and your web page where appropriate)

Position

Name

Dates on committee (20xx – 20xx)

Chair

Prof. Girjesh Govil (TIFR, Mumbai)

April 2015 – present

Vice Chair

Prof. Suvarn Kulkarni (IIT-Bombay, Mumbai)


Secretary

Dr. Ravindra Venkatramani (TIFR, Mumbai)


Treasurer

Prof. Ramakrishna G. Bhatt (IISER-Pune)


Ordinary Members

Prof. Deepa Khushalani (TIFR, Mumbai) Dr. Nitin Patil (NCL, Pune)

March 2012 – present April 2015 -- present

Benevolent Fund Representative (if relevant)

Co-opted members and their affiliation

Prof. K. V. R. Chary (TIFR, Mumbai) Prof. Sourav Pal (IIT-Bombay, Mumbai)

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COLLABORATION

The issue of communication and collaboration between all member networks has been raised by members at recent events including the regional meetings and the general assembly. There have been instances of committees running very similar events when, had they known about their shared interests, they would have preferred to work together and to share their experiences. As all of the networks cover such a broad range of topics it would be helpful if you could complete the following information to assist staff in proposing potential collaborations. Please include the topic of an event which you would consider collaborating on with another committee and the contact name for that area (if left blank we will assume that the contact is the Secretary). To facilitate communication if you are happy for us to pass your contact email on to the appropriate person to discuss potential collaboration please indicate below. This information will be shared with all other member network committees.

Area of interest Contact Name Permission to share email YES/NO

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Report of the three day PG workshop on Pericyclic reactions held from 11-13th August, 2015 at V.G.Vaze College, Mumbai --- by Prof. Lakshmy Ravishankar Page 1/3

CHEM CLUB of the Dept. of Chemistry , V.G.Vaze College in association with Royal Society of

Chemistry, West India Section organised a three day PG workshop on Pericyclic reactions from 11-

13th August, 2015. The resource persons for the workshop were Prof. K.P.Kaliappan , IIT, Mumbai ,

Dr. Santosh Gharpure , IIT Mumbai and Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar ( V.G.Vaze College).

The workshop was attended by 138 participants from 23 colleges in and around Mumbai. Lectures

by resource persons were held in the forenoon session and problem solving was held in the post

lunch session. The detailed schedule of the lectures is given below.

The feedback for the workshop has been very encouraging and students have requested for more

such workshops to be held in the future.

The colleges which participated were

V.G.Vaze College

K.J.Somaya College, Vidyavihar

S.I.E.S College, Sion

Ruia College, Matunga

Ruparel college, Mahim

Institute of Science, VT

Institute of Chemical Technology , Matunga

Khalsa College, Matunga

Mehta College , Airoli

Ismail Yousuf college, Jogeshwari

R.Jhunjhunwala College, Ghatkopar

Jaihind College, Churchgate

Vivekanand College, Chembur

Patkar College, Goregaon

Kirti College, Dadar

Mithibai College, Vile-Parle

M.D.College, Parel

Bhavans College, Andheri

Acharya Marathe College, Chembur

Sathaye College, Vile Parle

National College, Bandra

Dnyansadhana College, Thane

Vikas College, Vikhroli

The entire workshop was sponsored by RSC –WIS.

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Program Schedule

11th August,2015

9.00 a.m -9.30 a.m Registration

9.30 a.m -9.45 a.m Inauguration

9,45 a,m -11.15 a.m Lecture 1- Introduction to Pericyclic reactions and Molecular Orbitals ( SJG)

11.15 a.m -11.30a.m BREAK

11.30a.m -1.15 p.m Lecture 2 - Electrocyclic Reactions (SJG)

1.15 p.m – 2.00p.m LUNCH BREAK

2.00 p.m - 4.00 p.m Lecture 2-Sigmatropic reactions (SJG)

12th August, 2015

9.30a.m -11.00 a.m Lectures 3 and 4 - Introduction to Cycloaddition reactions and Diels-Alder

reaction(KPK)

11.00 a.m -11.15 a.m BREAK

11.15 a.m -1. 45 p.m Lecture 5 - [2+2] Cycloaddition reaction(KPK)

1.45 p.m -2.15 p.m LUNCH BREAK

2.15 p.m -4.00p.m Problem Solving Session I ( Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar)

13th August, 2015

9.30a.m -11.00 a.m Lecture 6 - 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition reaction, Synthesis of citral, Vitamin D

(LR)

11.00 a.m -11.15 a.m BREAK

11.15 a.m -1.00 p.m Problem Solving Session II (LR)

1.00 p.m -1.30 p.m LUNCH BREAK

1.30p.m -4.00p.m Problem Solving Session III(LR)

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Prof. Santosh Gharpure

Event Announcement at Vaze College

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RSC-WIS Teacher`s Training Workshop 6-8th October 2015 @Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur Chattisgarh – by Prof. Girjesh Govil Page 1/2

A teachers training program was arranged at the University of Raipur. About 150 teachers from Eastern Maharashtra (Nagpur region), Madhya Pradesh and from colleges round Nagpur attended the program. It was a 3 day event. The travel cost of the speakers was paid by RSC. The Vice Chancellor kindly agreed to pay for the travel and living costs of all the teachers. The stay of speakers was also paid by the University. On the first day, Prof. M. M. Sharma and Prof. Saurabh Pal gave talks relating to Education. In the evening, the teachers were taken on a round of the Chemistry Department and shown the facilities. On the second day, Prof. Girjesh Govil took the entire day by giving lectures and audio-visuals related to NMR. The audio-visuals had been taken two years earlier for a similar program in Bhopal. In the evening, the teahers were shown the newly cerated Centre for Advanced Studies and had an interaction with the students and techers. They were also shown the site of the NMR facility to be created in Raipur and which will be available to all the teachers in the region. On the third day Prof. Ramakrishna G. Bhat presented the activities of RSC. A number of teachers wanted to become members of RSC. This was communicated to Dr. Abhiram Prabhu at the RSC office in Bangalore. Besides this, two faculty members from Raipur also made presentations.

Program Schedule: October 6: Inauguration by the (VC-Raipur University and Prof. M. M. Sharma) Lecture 1: Innovative Ways of Teaching (Prof. M. M. Sharma) Lecture 2: Innovation in Chemical Industries with emphasis on the role of Chemistry in converting waste streams into wealth. (Prof. M. M. Sharma) Interaction of Teachers with MMS: followed by lunch. Lecture 3: Current Trends in Chemistry (Prof. Sourav Pal) Visit to Laboratories of the University by Faculty members of the University. October 7: Lecture 1: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) in chemistry and chemical Industries (Prof. Girjesh Govil) Lecture 2: Physical Tools in Determination of Chemical Structures (Prof. Girjesh Govil) Interaction with teachers followed by lunch Visit to the NMR Facility, Prof. Girjesh Govil will explain the intricacies October 8: Lecture 1: Chemistry, Curiosity and Common-sense: Teaching at its best (Prof. Ramakrishna G. Bhat) Lecture 2: Learning and professional deployment of Teachers through RSC resources (Prof. Ramakrishna G. Bhat) Closing Ceremony and distribution of certificates to teachers followed by lunch.

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Prof. Girjesh Govil

Prof. M. M. Sharma

Prof. Ramakrishna Bhat with workshop

participants

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Report on the three day workshop on spectroscopy for TYBSc

students at V.G.Vaze College of Arts, Science & Commerce during 9-

11th Dec., 2015 –By Prof. Lakshmy Ravishankar

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A three day workshop on Spectroscopy was held from 9-11th Dec. 2015 for the TYBSc students.124

students from 14 colleges participated in the same. There were lectures in the forenoon sessions

followed by problem solving in the afternoons.The feedback has been excellent with many

students requesting for more such workshops to be organized in the near future in various topics

of Physical & inorganic chemistry, in addition to topics in Organic Chemistry.

The topics and the resource persons were as follows:

9/12/2015 :

Forenoon: NMR spectroscopy: Dr. Suvarn Kulkarni, IIT,Bombay

Afternoon: problem Solving Session I : Mrs. Gomathi Sridhar , V.K.K.Menon College, Bhandup.,

Mumbai

10/12/2015 :

Forenoon: IR & UV spectroscopy : Dr. Sujata Kale, A.S.Garware College, Pune

Afternoon:: Problem Solving : Dr. Sujata Kale

11/12/2015

Forenoon: Mass Spectrometry : Dr. Sujata Kale

Afternoon : problem Solving: Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar , Vaze College

Students (36 men, 88 women) from the following colleges participated in the workshop:

St.Xavier ; V.G.Vaze, Khal;sa college, Mithibai college, Gurunanak college,

Chunnabatti,SICES, Ambernath, SIES, Sion, Ruia, Vivekanand college, Ratnam College, Bhandup ;

Mehta college, Airoli, Kalsekar College, Mumbra and Vaze College, Mulund.

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Prof. Suvarn Kulkarni at the workshop

Event Notice at V. G. Vaze College

Research Scholars at the Workshop

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Report on RSC-WIS Symposium, Frontiers in Advances in Chemistry

and Technology FACT-2015, 11-12 Dec. 2015 – by Prof. Ramakrishna

G. Bhatt

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RSC-WIS Frontiers in Advances in Chemistry and Technology FACT-2015, was held in 11-12 Dec.

2015 in North Maharashtra University (NMU) Jalgaon. This was an RSC event aimed at Chemistry

education and inspiring students for chemistry research. It was well organized RSC-WIS outreach

activity in NMU. Over than 200 partcipants both students and faculty attended this symposium.

Symposium was inaugurated by Dr. Hundiwale, Director-NMU, Dr. D. S. Reddy and Dr.

Ramakrishna G. Bhat. Quick Inaugural session kicked off the technical session with speakers with

different expertise form renowned institutes such as IIT-Bombay, NCL,IISER-Pune etc. On first day

Dr. Srinivas reddy spoke on organic synthesis and natural products, followed by Dr. Ramakrishna

G. Bhat who spoke on Chemistry and curioisty and stressed importance of organic chemistry and

discoveries. Speakers such as Dr. Sudipta and Dr. Bhaskar sressed imprtance of drugh discovery

and polymers and their applications. Dr. Ulrich spoke on Chemistry of ancient Homa and its

science and stressed imprtance of Homa Therapy. There was poster session and there were more

than 100 posters were preented by students (PhD scholars and MSc Students)

On the second day, Drs. Suvarn Kulkarni, Santhosh Gharpure, Debabrata Maiti, Natu, and Nitin

Mali spoke on the imprtance of Chemical science in day to life and applications. Chemistry and

Chemical engineering were discussed. All the lectures were well received by the student

partcipants and indeed the feedback was good. FACT 2015 was truly RSC-WIS symposium and

outreach programme.

Inaugural address of FACT-2015

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Report on RSC-WIS Symposium, Frontiers in Advances in Chemistry

and Technology FACT-2015, 11-12 Dec. 2015 – by Prof. Ramakrishna

G. Bhatt

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Poster presentations by research scholars

Inauguration of FACT-2015

Audience at FACT-2015

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Report on the National Conference on "Chemical Sciences: Emerging Scenario & Challenges (NCCS-2016)" January 29-30,2016 – by Prof. Ramakrishna G. Bhatt Page 1/2

On the occasion of glorious compulsion of 25 years of existence of the Department of Chemistry of Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, a befitting National Conference on "Chemical Sciences: Emerging Scenario & Challenges (NCCS-2016)" was held during January 29-30, 2016. The Inaugural function held at Dr. K. G. Deshmukh University Auditorium and was chaired by Prof. M. K. Khedkar, Hon'ble Vice-chancellor , SGB Amravati University. Other distinguished dignitaries decorates the chair include Padmashri Prof. G. D. Yadao, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of ICT, Mumbai; Prof. M. M. Salunkhe, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor , Yashwantrao Chauvan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik: Prof. R. S. Mali, Hon'ble former Vice-Chancellor , North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon; Prof. J. A. Tidke, Hon'ble Pro-Vice-chancellor ,SGB Amravati University; Prof. Saurav Pal , IIT-Mumbai, and former Director, NCL, Pune; and Prof. B. K. Deshmukh, CEO, Consultant, USA. The conference was declared open by the Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of Yashwantrao Chauvan Maharashtra Open University, Nashik. Prof. Anand Aswar, Convener and Head, Department of Chemistry, SGB Amravati university welcomed the distinguished guests, invited speakers, electronic and print media, academic and student communities for an active participation and making the event a grand success; and become enriched souls for lifting the nation to greater prosperity an all walks of life. here were many well known personalities who attended the symposiumand. Many scientsts such as Prof. K. J. Rao, IISc, Prof. G. D. Yadao, Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of ICT,Prof. R. S. Mali, Former Vice-Chancellor, North Maharashtra University, Prof. M. M. Salunkhe, Prof. Sourav Pal IIT-Mumbai, Prof. S. Chandrasekaran, Prof. K. P. Kaliappan of IIT-Mumbai, Prof. B. C. Ranu, Prof. M. P Kaushik, Prof. S. S. Bhagwat, spoke on the recents trends in chemical sciences and stressed importance of Chemistry Education. Novel synthetic techniques and simple and efficient domino strategies for the synthesis of biologically active natural products, benign metal catalysed C-C and C-heteroatom bond formation, C-H fictionalization via C-H activation and visible light mediated metal free transformations. Applications of chemistry in the areas of paints, Pharmaceuticals, dyeing, textile, fuel, biotechnology, separations and reactions were discussed. Global warming and challenges to the chemists were enumerated by Dr. P. A. Ganeshpure of research centre, Reliance Industries Limited, Vadodara. Prof. A.K. Prasad of University of Delhi of sugar modified bicyclic nucleosides, which inturn used in the synthesis of amphiphiles, chiral crown ether analogs and derived pseudorotoxanes. Dr. Polshettiwar stressed on nano science and Dr. Ramakrishana G. Bhatt of IISER, Pune discussed about chemistry for the future and the novel strategies for for the C-N and C=C bond formations and sun screen filters Besides 20 invited talks, there were 25 oral presentations, 280 poster presentations. Two prizes in each category of oral presentations and poster presentations were given in the valedictory function.The response for the conference was very encouraging & it was well received by the audience. All the participants were of unanimous view that, there is a constant need to organize such thematic programs for the benefit of student community as well as academic community to keep them abreast with the current trends in modern science.

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Prof Saurav Pal at NCCS-2016

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Report on the one day Research Scholars Meet (Jan 30th 2016)at Guru Nanak College of Arts, Science, and Commerce -- by Dr. Pushpinder Bhatia Page 1/1

Program Schedule 8.30 – 9.00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast 9.00 a.m. Inauguration & address by Padmavibhushan Prof.M.M.Sharma 10.40 a.m. Session I - Ice Breaker Introductory presentations by the participants – not more than five minutes/ maximum of six slides in power point format 11.30 a.m. Session II- Dialogue Prof.Girjesh Govil ( TIFR) Prof. Anil Singh (IIT-B) 1.00 p.m. Lunch 2.00 p.m. Session III - Talks Prof. A.B.Pandit (ICT- Mumbai ) Dr Pranesh Sengupta (BARC) 3.30 p.m. Tea 3.45 pm Session IV – ‘ Off the record’ – Group engagement

Panelists: Prof.Anuradha Misra (Head ,University Dept. of Physics )

Prof. N Basavaiah (IIG, Mumbai ) Prof. D Kothari Dr Vijay Dabholkar (Guru Nanak College of ASC ,Sion) Rapporteur: Dr.Radha Srinivasan ( University Dept. of Physics , Mumbai )

Prof Girjesh Govil, Prof. A. K. Singh and Dr. Pushinder Bhatia at the

research scholar`s meet

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Report on the four day PG lecture series held from 1-4th February,

2016 at V.G.Vaze College. – by Prof. Lakshmy Ravishankar

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CHEM CLUB of the Dept. of Chemistry , V.G.Vaze College in association with Royal Society of

Chemistry, West India Section organised a four day PG lecture series from 1st-4th February, 2016.

The resource persons for the workshop were Dr. Arindam Chowdhury, IIT, Bombay who gave a

lecture on Basics in Quantum Chemistry; Prof. Anindya Datta , IIT, Bombay who spoke on

Symmetry & group theory; Prof. Kumbhar from Pune University who spoke on Bioinorganic

Chemsitry and Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar of V.G.Vaze College who covered Basics of spectroscopy

The workshop was attended by 108 participants from 11 colleges in and around Mumbai.. The

seventh issue of the in-house publication VAZE CHEMICA was released by Prof. Kumbhar on 1st

February 2016..

The feedback for the workshop has been very encouraging and students have requested for more

such workshops to be held in the future.

The colleges which participated were

V.G.Vaze College

S.I.E.S College, Sion

Ruia College, Matunga

Institute of Chemical Technology , Matunga

Mehta College , Airoli

Ismail Yousuf college, Jogeshwari

Dnyansadhana College, Thane

Bandodkar College, Thane

CHM College, Ulhasnagar

Birla College, Kalyan

Pune University

Details of participants : Male : 46 Female : 62

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PROGRAMME Monday 1st Feb., 2016 9.30- 10.00 a.m Registration 10.00-10.15a.m Inauguration 10.15 -11.45 a.m Session I : Bioinorganic Chemistry –Prof. A.Kumbhar ( Univ. of Pune) 11.45-12.00 noon BREAK 12.00-1.30 p.m Session II : Bioinorganic ( contd.) 1.30-2.15 p.m LUNCH BREAK 2.15-4.00 p.m Session III : Bioinorganic ( Contd.). Tuesday 2nd Feb., 2016 10.00-11.30 a.m Session IV : Basics of Quantum Theory –Dr. A.Chowdhury ( IIT-B) 11,30-11.45 a.m BREAK 11.45 – 1.15 p.m Session V : Basics of Quantum Theory ( contd.) 1.15 -2.00p.m LUNCH BREAK 2.00 – 4.30 p.m Session VI :Spectroscopy : Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar ( Vaze College) Wednesday 3rd Feb.,2016 10.00-11.30 a.m Session VII : Symmetry & Group theory –Prof.Anindya Datta (IIT-B) 11,30-11.45 a.m BREAK 11.45 – 1.15 p.m Session VIII : Symmetry & Group theory ( contd.) 1.15 -2.00p.m LUNCH BREAK 2.00 – 4.30 p.m Session IX :Spectroscopy : Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar( Vaze College) Thursday 4th Feb.,2016 10.00-11.30 a.m Session X : Symmetry & Group theory –Prof. Anindya Datta( IIT-B) 11,30-11.45 a.m BREAK 11.45 – 1.15 p.m Session XI : Symmetry & Group theory ( contd.) 1.15 -2.00p.m LUNCH BREAK 2.00 – 4.30 p.m Session XII :Spectroscopy : Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar( Vaze College)

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Dr. Ravindra Venkatramani Prof. Girjesh Govil (Secretary RSC-WIS) (Chairman RSC-WIS)

Workshop Vaze college.

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