[Assam] GU Chemistry dept gets Rs 1.80 cr grant(The Assam Tribune, 07.11.2007)

[Buljit Buragohain]

GU Chemistry dept gets Rs 1.80 cr grant
By A Staff Reporter
 GUWAHATI, Nov 6 – At a time when some of the quarters have become very much vocal against Gauhati University (GU) raising questions on its commitments towards the society, the Chemistry Department of the University has secured a grant worth Rs 1.80 crore from the Union Department of Science and Technology (DST) to strengthen its research and post-graduate teaching. According to Prof Bhabesh Goswami, Head of the Department of Chemistry, GU, the grant is released under the Fund for Infrastructure in Science and Technology (FIST) scheme based on the project proposal that was submitted by the Department. 

The Department sought the grant in 2006 to procure about 20 sophisticated instruments like the 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer (NIR), Powder X-Ray Diffractometer, UV-visible-NIR Spectrophotometer and TG/DTA/DSC System, among others and also for improvement of the infrastructure. The total amount sought for by the Department was Rs 4.36 crore, Goswami said.

The funds released by the DST would allow the Department to procure a few sophisticated instruments like the NMR and in networking and upgrading its computer laboratory in addition to the renovation of some of the age-old laboratories. The first year’s allotment of Rs 1.25 crore has already been released by the DST, Prof Goswami said.

The thrust areas identified by the Department for its future research activities include—inorganic and organic synthesis, natural products chemistry, environmental chemistry, biological inorganic and organic chemistry, catalysis, materials chemistry, theoretical chemistry and polymer chemistry, Prof Goswami said.

He also apprised that the Department had received grants for extra-mural research from various sources during the past five years. The funds came in the form of Departmental Grants and Research Grants for individual faculty members, he said.
   
  (The Assam Tribune,07.11.2007)
  




       
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