Applied Chemistry Department

Applied Chemistry

The Department of Applied Chemistry comprises a qualified, trained, and dedicated team of faculty and staff members who work in a highly encouraging environment. It supports the undergraduate and Ph.D. students in understanding chemical aspects of Engineering so that they can be the better engineers for the nation. The faculty of the Department is actively involved in research activity, testing & consultancy. The Departmental research has been supported by the Department of Atomic Energy, Board of Nuclear Science, All India Council of Technical Education, Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, and CG Medicinal Plant Board. The Department has successfully completed six sponsored projects and four are ongoing. Doctoral research is carried out actively in the Department. The major thrust is the area of analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, surface chemistry, drug and chemical characterization of medicinal plants. Thirty nine research scholars have already been awarded Ph.D. and presently ten candidates are pursuing their Ph.D. from this Department.The Department has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Division Of Radiochemistry,University Bosania,Institute of Nuclear Science ,Ege University Turkey ,Department of chemistry North Bengal University ,Darjeeling ,West Bengal ,Department of chemistry Gov.D.T.P.G College Utai,Durg Department of Chemistry Bhilai Mahila Mahavidyalaya,Bhilai .The research activities of faculties are in collaboration with International and National Universities. The Department is a recognized consultant of various bottled mineral water producing companies, cement and steel industries, Nagar Nigam, etc.

Vision

Vision

To establish the department as one of the best chemistry programs in society with acknowledged excellence in research, and instruction, intellectual and physical location at the nexus between basic sciences, applied sciences/engineering, which enables a variety of multidisciplinary projects and interactions.

Mission

Mission

To provide quality education in Applied Chemistry & vibrant atmosphere to the undergraduate students to nurture the spirit of scientific inquiry.
To focus on practical and industrial implementation through removal of obsolescence in theory and practical with subjective knowledge for their bright and successful career.
To promote excellent academic and supportive environment so that student can learn leadership quality, team spirit and can become a responsible ecofriendly engineer of universe.
To use up to date techniques and skills required in modern era to analyze problems in industrial field.
To practice professionalism with ethical and positive attitude and keep the social issues, team work and responsibilities up most in mind exhibiting accurate written and oral communication and technical skills.
To prepare doctoral candidates to become independent and creative practitioners of Chemistry.
To develop wide range of research representing interdisciplinary activities.

Other

Objectives

Quality and ongoing improvement
The faculty members of the department are committed towards improving the knowledge, skills, and abilities by availing opportunities for professional development and achievement.
To promote ethical and responsible behaviour among the students
To conduct research, provide consultancy services, and other relevant activities to meet the needs of the applied chemistry community.

Laboratory

Name of the Laboratory/Workshop	Total Area of Lab/Workshop	Major Equipments
Applied Chemistry laboratory	68.3’ x 28.8’ feet	Bomb Calorimeter (Toshniwal), Redwood Viscometer (Aditya), Penskey Martein Apparatus (Aditya), Digital Balance (Denver)
Research Laboratory	59.9’ x 28.8’ feet	Flame Photometer (ESICO), UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, (Systronics), Conductivity Meter (Systronics), pH Meter (Elico),Turbidity Meter (Systronics),B.O.D. Incubator (MAC), Respirable Dust Sampler (Instrumex), Stack Monitoring Kit (Instrumex), Ion Selective Electrode(Orion), DO Meter (Elico) Muffle Furnace,Hot Air Oven
Research Facilities created through Sponsored Projects		Water Testing Kit (ESICO), Fluorimeter (Quantatized Instrument,Japan) Radiationmeter (PM 1405), GPS (Oregon) Bechtop Water testing Kit( Hanna), Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Varian), Chromium Testing Kit(Merck), UV-Visible Spectrophotometer (Systronics) Ion Selective Meter (ORION)

List of Experiments
1. To determine the pH of given water sample solution using pH meter.

2. To determine the total dissolved solid (TDS) of the water samples by measuring electrical conductivity (EC)

3. To determine the BOD of given water sample.

4. To determine the COD of given water sample.

5. To check the extent of hardness removal by using ion exchange column. EDTA
(0.01 M), EBT as indicator, Buffer solution. Calculate the values of hardness in all units of hardness.

6. To determine chloride ion in a given water sample by Argentometric method (Mohr’s Method).

7. To determine the total alkalinity in the given unknown sample by using N/30 Na₂CO₃ solution, HCL as intermediate solution and methyl orange as indicator.

8. To determine the type and extent of alkalinity in the given unknown sample by using N/30 Na₂CO₃ solution, HCL as intermediate solution, phenolphthalein and methyl orange as indicator (OH^- and CO₃^2-).

9. To determine λ max of KMnO₄ solution and plot Beer’s law by spectro- photometer.

10. Determination of surface tension and viscosity.
11. Paper chromatography.
12. Determination of hardness of water.
13. Determination of chloride content
14. Determination of the rate constant of a reaction.
15. Determination of cell constant and conductance of solutions.
16. Saponification/acid value of oil.
17. Chemical analysis of salt / organic compounds.
18. Determination of calorific value of fuel by bomb calorimeter
19. Determination of the partition coefficient of a substance between two immiscible liquids.
20. Adsorption of acetic acid by charcoal.
21. Determination of fire point & flash point
22. Spectrophotometric determination

Research & Development

RESEARCH AREA OF THE DEPARTMENT

Study, Mobility, Speciation of metals in various Environmental matrices, Remediation technology of metals, Surface chemistry, Drugs, Wastewater treatment, Medicinal plants, Carbon footprinting, Toxicant analysis, and removal methods, Air pollution ,Nano-composites

Eligible supervisors:

1. Dr. S.K. Sar

Qualification	Designation	Paper Published	Contact No.	Email Id.
M.Sc., Ph.D, PDF (South Korea)	Professor, HOD (Applied Chemistry)	127	9425242582	santosh.sar@hotmail.com

2. Dr. Sumita Nair

Qualification	Designation	Paper Published	Contact No.	Email Id.
M.Sc. , Ph.D	Associate Professor	39	9425245135	Sumita.nair@bitdurg.ac.in

3. Dr. Yashu Baghel

Qualification	Designation	Paper Published	Contact No.	Email Id.
M.Sc. , Ph.D	Assistant Professor	13	9425556307	yashu.verma@bitdurg.ac.in

Research and Development Activites :

Total number of paper published	254
MOU's	08
Projects (completed)	12
Patents	10
Copyrights	04
Books & Chapters Publication	14 Books, 04 Chapters
Ph.D Guidance	49 (39 Awarded , 10 Ongoing )

Research publications faculty wise (SCI/SCOPUS/UGC)

S.No	Name of Faculty	Research Publication
		SCI	SCOPUS	UGC &others
1.	Dr.Santosh Kumar Sar	44	27	56
2.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	20	14	12
3.	Dr.Sumita Nair	06	07	26
4	Dr.Yashu Baghel	05	05	03
5	Dr. Poonam Deshmukh	04	04	04
5.	Jagriti Khichariya	01	02	03

2. Citations

S.No.	Name of Faculty	Citation	H-index
1.	Dr.Santosh Kumar Sar	3807	22
2.	Dr.Madurima Pandey	742	12
3.	Dr.Sumita Nair	252	7
4	Dr.Yashu Baghel	383	4
5	Dr. Poonam Deshmukh	56	4
6	Ms. Jagriti Khichariya	6	1
	Total	5246	50

MOU:To develop academic and research cooperation and to promote mutual collaboration, Memorandum of Understanding is signed with the following institutes:

Organisation with which MoU is signed	Name of the institution/ industry/ corporate house	Year of signing MoU	Duration
1.Department of Chemistry	BSBK	2024	05 years
2.Department of Chemistry	North Bengal University ,Darjeeling ,West Bengal	2023	05years
3.Department of Chemistry	Department of Chemistry Govt.D.t.p.g College Utai Durg	2022	05 year
4.Department of Chemistry	Department of Chemistry , Sukanta Mahavidyalaya ,Dhupguri ,Jalpaiguri	2022	05 years
5.Department of Chemistry	Department of Chemistry, Bhilai Mahila Mahavidyalaya,Bhilai	2022	02 years
6.Department of Chemistry,Division of Radiochemistry	The Department of Chemistry, Division for Radiochemistry,University of Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina	2021	03years
7.Department of Chemistry	Truba aInstitute of engineering and Infromation Technology, Bhopal (M.P.)	2021	05 Years
8.Department of Chemistry	The Department of Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Sciences,Ege University, Turkey	2021	05years
9. Department of Chemistry	ISCA , Indore	2016	10 Years

Projects :

S.No	Project Title	PI and Co-PI of the Project	Duration	Start and end dates	Funding Agency	Amount (Lakhs)	Status
1	Development of efficient biosorption technology for removing cadmium from industrial effluent	PI:Dr Sangeeta Sahu Co-PI: Dr Madhurima Pandey	1Year	2019	Regional	1 Lakhs	completed
2	Health risk assessment and remediation technique for uranium contamination in ground water of Durg and near by District Chhattisgarh	PI:Dr Santosh Kumar Sar Co-PI: Dr Pradeep Kumar Ghosh	1Year	2019	Regional	2 Lakhs	completed
3	Towards improvisation of hybrid biomass by gelation technique for preparing an integratedde-fluoridation unit to alternative the contaminants fron groundwater of fluoride affected area.	Dr. Yashu Verma	2 Years	2017 -2019	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur	4.136 lakhs	completed
4	Spatial Distribution of Uranium and associated water quality parameter in ground water of Northern Stern Districts.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	2 Years	2015 - 2018	Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Science	18.89lakhs	completed
5	Spatial Distribution of Uranuim and associated water quality parameter in ground water of Durg and 5 Districst	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2 Years	2015 - 2018	Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Science	26.97 lakhs	completed
6	Aspects of Cr(VI) pollution in various environmental matrices of C.G. State	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	2 Yrs	2015 -2017	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur	4.5 lakhs	completed
7	Improve health issues related to waste water treatment facilities, by providing innovative software solutions;	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	1 Year	2015	Nu Physics, Canada	0.5	completed
8	A study of Carbon foot print of Bhilai Household: A comparison of Association between Household Characteristics and emission from Home Enrgy and Trsnport	Dr. Sumita Nair	1.5 Years	2014 - 2016	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur	4.2lakhs	completed
9	Design and Development of Bio observant for removing an ionic surfactant and other pollutants from waste water bodies of Chhatisgarh.	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2 Yrs	2013-2015	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur	5 lakhs	completed
10	Herbal mosquito repellent / fogger machine and its technology.	Dr. Santosh K. Sar (Co-PI)	2 Yrs	2012-2014	All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE.	14.40 Lakhs	completed
11	Indigenous Immobilized plant biomass arsenic removal technology upscaling and field trial for providing aresin free portable water.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey (Co-PI)	2 Yrs	2008	Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (DST).	19 lakhs	completed
12.	To Develop the Design of Herbal Mosquito Repellant /Killing Machine	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	1 Year	2008	Chhattisgarh Medicinal Plant Board ,Raipur	3 lakhs	completed

Patents and Copyrights :

S.NO	PATENT OR COPYRIGHT NUMBER	TITLE	DATE	MEMBERS	COPYRIGHT/PATENT
1	578139	A simple fast cost effective and moduler drowsiness detection method and appratus	14.01.2026	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
2	462292-001	AI controlled chemical reaction monitoring device.	18.09.2025	Dr. Sumita Nair	Patent
3	404087-001	Fluoride from water filteration device	09.01.2024	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
4	400832-001	Dual solid waste anaerobic digester	05.01.2024	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
5	L-132671/2023	literary/dramatic work progressive result analysis	30.08.23	Dr. Santosh Sar	Copyright
6	374253-001	De-fluotidating unit for ground water remidiation	20.02.23	Dr.Yashu Verma	Patent
7	422889	Intermediate Pyrolysis of Medicinal Plants	23.02.23	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
8	203679	Leaf Crusher Device For Formulation Preparation	23.03.23	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
9	202121034626	A simple cost effective amd modular drowsiness detection method and apparatus	01.10.2021	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
10	202121003361	Plant Mediated Magenetic Bio Adsorbent for extraction of uranyl ions from water	19.02.2021	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
11	SW-12926/2019	Biometric Vehicle Ignition System	18.10.2019	Dr. Santosh Sar	Copyright
12	SW-12167/2019	Automatic toilet/urinalflush system	05.02.19	Dr. Santosh Sar	Copyright
13	201721018569	Front wheel Drive System For Motorcycle	30.11.2018	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
14	14184/2017-CO/SW	Automated vehicle monitoring system using android	17.05.2018	Dr. Santosh Sar	Copyright

Ph.D Guidance : Research & Development

		Research & Development , PhD , Guided
S.No	Name Of Candidate	Supervisor /Co Supervisor	University In Which The Candidate	Year of Awarded
1	Sushma Yadav	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2003
2	Sumita Nair	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2004
3	Ashish Bhui	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2005
4	R.K. Agrawal	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Birla Institute Of Technology, Pilani	2005
5	Richa Shama	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2006
6	Manju Roy	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2007
7	Shweta Dubey	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, RaipUr	2007
8	Yashu Verma	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2008
9	T. Rama Rao	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2009
10	Pankaj Soni	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2011
11	Nutan Rathore	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2011
12	Rashmi Mandavi	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2012
13	Sunita Gupta	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2012
14	Hansa Zankyni	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2013
15	Chanda Verma	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2013
16	Richa Deshmukh	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2014
17	Rekha Sharma	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2014
18	Rekha Trivedi	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2014
19	Mrs. Poornima Tomar	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	MATS University Raipur, C.G.	2015
20	Asha Soni	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2016
21	Jayati Mitra	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2016
22	Lethika D Nair	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2018
23	Etesh Kumar Janghel	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2018
24	Shweta Singh	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2019
25	Meena Chakraborty	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2019
26	Shailendra Kushwaha	Dr. Sumita Nair	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2020
27	Samiksha Tamarakar	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2020
28	Ruchi Tamrakar	Dr. Sumita Nair	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2024
29	Simpal Tamrakar	Dr. Sumita Nair	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2023
30	Sukhpreet Kaur Bhatia	Dr. Sumita Nair	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2023
31	Megha Sahu	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2022
32	Jay Singh Gaharwar	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
33	Manoj K. Jindal	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2021
34	Pritee Pandey	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
35	Alka Bancchore	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2023
37	Varsha Joshi	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2022
38	Reena Mathai	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2022
39	Ms.Neena Bagchi	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2023
40	Vijita Diwan	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2022
41	Jagriti Khichariya	Dr.Yashu Verma	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
42	Md. Injmamul Ain	Dr. Yashu Baghel	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
43	Poonam Deshmukh	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2024
44	Neha Verma	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
45	Ranu Singh	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G	Ongoing
46	Neetu Das	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	P.R.S.S.U., Raipur	Ongoing
47	Smita Tiwari	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	SSPU, Junwani, Bhilai	Ongoing
48	Gajanand Patel	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	SSPU, Junwani, Bhilai	Ongoing
49	Rakhi Dewangan	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	CSVTU	Ongoing

Conferences Organized :

Conference Title	Name of organizers	Date	Level-National/International
BITCON 2021 Recent Trendsb in Environment and Sustainable Development	B. I. T. Durg	22-23rd October,2021	National
BITCON 2020	B. I. T. Durg	BITCON, 20th November, 2020.	National
BITCON 2019 Environmental Protection: Challenges and Development Alternatives.	B. I. T. Durg	BITCON, 1st March, 2019.	National
BITCON 2018, Research frontiers in environmental chemistry	B. I. T. Durg	15th February' 2018	National
BITCON 2017, Research Challenges in Environmental Chemistry for National Development	B. I. T. Durg	28th March, 2017	National
BITCON 2016, Current Environmental issues and sustainable development	B. I. T. Durg	29-30 Jan, 2016	National
BITCON 2015, Advances in pollution control and remedial	B. I. T. Durg	21-22 Feb., 2015	National
Status of Science and Technology in Chhattisgarh State.	B. I. T. Durg	19-20 March, 2014	International

Book and Chapters Publication :

S.No	Title	Name of Author(s)	Year
1.	Advanced machine learning for complex medical, 2025, 1-25	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2025
2.	Natures Healing Arsenal: The power of phytochemicals	Santosh kumar Sar, Reena V Mthai	2024
3.	Natures Healing Arsenal: The power of phytochemicals	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2023
4.	Status of Indoor and Outdoor Gamma Radiation	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2022
5.	A global assessment of uranium concentrations in water for sustainability	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2022
6.	Study about Cefadroxil Antibiotic by an Analytical Method	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2022
7.	Elemental behaviour of pollutants in groundwater plume. A study in relation with their bio-remediation	Yashu Verma, Piyush Kant Pandey	2021
8.	Exposure of PM2.5 and Carbonaceous Matter Amongst Rural Inhabitants in and Around Durg District of Chhattisgarh, India. (Chapter)	Shailendra Kumar Kushawaha, Yasmeen F. Pervez, Sumita Nair, Shamsh Pervez	2020
9.	Household Emissions as a driver of carbon foot print.	Dr. Sumita Nair	2019
10.	Study of impact of road construction on forest environment.	Sar, S. K. Arora, A. Thakur, A.K	2016
11.	Analytical studies of antidepressant drugs.	Sar, S. K. Soni, P.	2013
12.	A textbook of Environment and Ecology	Dr. Shweta Choubey	2013
13.	Environment and ecology	Dr. Piyush Kant Pandey and Deepti Gupta	2004

Consultancy :

Name of the work: Water Testing

Name of the organisation from where the consultancy received:

S.No	Project Title	Duration	Funding Agency	Amount (in Rupees)	Status
1	Water waste water and oil analysis	2012-2013	List attached	44900/-	Completed
2	Water waste water and oil analysis	2013-2014	List attached	37750/-	Completed
3	Water waste water and oil analysis	2014-2015	List attached	58989/-	Completed
4	Water waste water and oil analysis	2015-2016	List attached	53559/-	Completed
5	Water waste water and oil analysis	2016-2017	List attached	50500/-	Completed
6	Water waste water and oil analysis	2017 - 2018	List attached	37,000 +6210 (tax)	Completed
7	Water waste water and oil analysis	2018 - 2019	List attached	13250/-	Completed
8	Water waste water and oil analysis	2019 - 2020	List attached	69500/-+12510	Completed
9	Water waste water and oil analysis	2020 - 2021	List attached	15500+2790 tax	Completed
10	Water Testing	2021-2022	List attached	40238+7242 tax	Completed
11	Water Testing	2022-2023	List attached	51500+9270 tax	Completed
12	Water Testing	2023-2024	List attached	70500_12690 tax	Completed
13	Water Testing	2024-2025	List attached	70800	Completed

Honors And Awards

1. FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS (Some Glimpses)

1.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey has published 44 research papers in SCI/Scopus indexed journals. Her research group was first to identify arsenic contamination in village Koudikasa, Chhattisgarh. She has availed two sponsored projects funded by Department of Atomic Energy & Board of Research in Nuclear Science and Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology. She has guided six students for Doctoral degree. She has been nominated as Chairman, Board of Studies, Applied chemistry from 2017 in Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda University, Bhilai. She was Member, Executive Council, in the year 2009 – 2012 and was also member, examination committee in Applied Chemistry in 2013 in the same University.
2	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar has published 114 research papers in SCI/Scopus/Thomason router indexed journals. He was the member of research group to identify arsenic contamination in village Koudikasa, Chhattisgarh. He has reported Uranium Contamination in ground water at Chhattisgarh state .He has availed three sponsored projects funded by Department of Atomic Energy & Board of Research in Nuclear Science, Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology and Chhattisgarh state Medicinal Plant Board. He has guided 19 students for Doctoral degree, five M. Phil and 21 M. Tech .He has published two patent. He has been nominated as Chairman, Board of Studies, Environmental Science and Engineering Since 2012-2017 in Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai. He was Member, Executive Council, in the year 2012 – 2014 and Dean (Chemical & Biotechnology) Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai since 2012- till date. He is Co-Editor of CSVTU.He was Chairperson, Board of Studies for Applied Chemistry, CSVTU, Bhilai From Dec 2019 – 2022.He wasChairman, Board of Studies for Applied Chemistry, Autonomous Bhilai Institute of Technology,Durg From Dec 2022- till dated.He was a Associate Editors on Indian Research Journal on Advanced Technologies NCET from 2021 and Associate Editors on Bharat Journal of Science Technology and Humanities from 2022.
3.	Dr. Sumita Nair has published 38 Research papers indexed in SCI/SCOPUS/WEB OF SCIENCE. She has undertaken one sanctioned research project from CCOST, Raipur (2014). She is guiding three Ph. D. candidates from CSVTU, Bhilai. She is also member – BOS of Applied Chemistry (CSVTU) from 2017. She has won BEST PAPER award in National Conference, organized By SSCET, Bhilai, 2007.She has been nominated as member BOS Applied Chemistry CSVTU Bhilai and member examination committee(Autonoumous) B.I.T Durg .
4.	Dr. Yashu Baghel has published 13 SCI/SCOPUS/Web of Science indexed research articles. She has been appointed as a member, Board of Studies (Applied Chemistry) in CSVTU from 2017 to till date. She is also a member of examination committiee(Applied Chemistry) of CSVTU.She has availed one research project sponsored by CCOST and One utility patent has been registered.
5.	Dr. Poonam Deshmukh published 10 SCI/SCOPUS/Web of Science indexed research articles. She was awarded as a best faculty (for session 2013-2014) in Chhattisgarh Engineering College, Durg (C.G.) India. She was honoured as a best teacher (for session 2018- 2019) by Lions club of Durg city (C.G.) India. On Teachers day in Chhattisgarh Engineering College, Durg (C.G.) India. She received certificate as a Mentor for a “Workshop on Induction training program for Mentors” held at Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU), Bhilai (C.G.), India on 24th – 28th June, 2019 under TEQIP- III. She received appreciation certificate for the contribution as a committee member for organizing a Workshop on “Safety Practices For Engineers & Environmental Auditing” held at Chhattisgarh Engineering College, Durg (C.G.), India on 10th May 2019 under TEQIP- III. She was honor received as a best paper award in PRE- AdMet Workshop & 8th National Conference on Advances in Metrology (AdMet-2023), at DAE Convention Center BARC Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, held during Match 23rd - 25th 2023. Organized by Metrology Society of India, New Delhi, Bhabha Atomic Research Center Mumbai, India. She has a registered utility patent:Topic: Plant mediated magnetic bioadsorbent for extraction of the uranyl ions from water. Patent no. 505689, Date of award 31.01.2024
6.	Ms. Jagriti Khichariya worked as project fellow in a research project for two years (2017-2019), granted by Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology. She has 4 research paper published in Google scholar/ Scopus, 1 SCI indexed journals and 1 full length paper published in proceedings of the international conference. She has presented research papers in many international and National conferences and seminars.

2. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS(Some Glimpses)

1.	Dr.Vijita Diwan ,,Ph.D students was placed in Shankara Charya University 2021.
2.	Dr. Manoj Kumar Jindal ,Ph.D students was placed in IISc Banglore 2021. Currently he is placed as Project associate in IIT Jodhpur.
3.	Dr. Samiksha Tamrakar Ph.D students was placed in Rhasmi Devi Gov.College Khairagarh 2020.
4.	Dr.Mrs Lethika D Nairwas students placed in Delhi Public School Durg ,Head of Department 2018.
5.	Dr.Etesh Janghel Ph. D. Student was placed in Ashoka Engineering College Rajnandgaon 2018.
6.	Dr. Shweta Choubey, Ph. D. Student was placed in Higher technical Education, Chhattisgarh in 2016.
7.	Dr. Richa Sharma, Ph. D. Student was placed in G. D. R. C. E. T. Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 2013.
8.	Dr.Asha Soni , Ph. D. Student was placed in Govt.Eng.College Bilaspur 2012.
9.	Dr.Jayati Chatterjee, Ph. D. Student was placed in Provoice Challencer Dr.C.V. Raman University 2012
10.	Dr.Pankaj Soni and Mrs Meena Chakraborty (Pursuing), Ph. D. Students were placed in Higher Education, Chhattisgarh in 2012.
11.	Dr. Ashish Bhui, Ph. D. Student was placed in St. Thomas College, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 2010.
12.	Dr. Nutan Rathod , Ph. D. Student was placed in 2009 .
13.	Dr.Pankaj Soni ,Ph. D. Student was placed in 2008.
14.	Dr. Rekha Trivedi, Ph. D. Student was placed in S. S. C. E. T., Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 2007.
15.	Dr. Yashu Verma, Ph. D. Student was placed in B. I. T. Durg, Chhattisgarh in 2006.
16.	Dr. Rashmi Mandavi Ph. D. Student was placed in 2004
17.	Dr. Sumita Nair, Ph. D. Student was placed in B. I. T. Durg, Chhattisgarh in 2001.
18	Dr. Poonum Deshmukh, Ph. D. Student was placed in B. I. T. Durg, Chhattisgarh in 2024.

Applied Chemistry
1	Development of efficient biosorption technology for removing cadmium from industrial effluent	Dr.Madhurima Pandey, Co-Investigator	2019-2020	1.0	Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand University
2	Health risk assessment and remediation technique for uranium contamination in ground water of Durg and near by District Chhattisgarh	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2019-2020	2.0	Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand University
3	Towards improvisation of hybrid biomass by gelation technique for preparing an integrated de-fluoridating unit to alleviate the contaminants from groundwater of fluoride affected area.	Dr.YashuVerma (PI)	2017-2019	4.136	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur
4	Spatial Distribution of Uranium and associated water quality parameter in groundwater of Northern Stern Districts.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	2015 – 2017	18.89	Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Science
5	Spatial Distribution of Uranium and associated water quality parameter in groundwater of Durg and 5 Districts	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2015 – 2016	33.57	Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Science
6	Aspects of Cr(VI) pollution in various environmental matrices of C.G. State	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	2015 – 2017	4.5	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur
7	Improve health issues related to waste water treatment facilities, by providing innovative software solutions;	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2015 – 2016	0.5	Nu Physics, Canada
8	A study of Carbon foot print of Bhilai Household: A comparison of Association between Household Characteristics and emission from Home Energy and Transport	Dr. Sumita Nair	2014 – 2016	4.2	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur
9	Design and Development of Bio observant for removing an ionic surfactant and other pollutants from waste water bodies of Chhattisgarh.	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2013 – 2015	5.0	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur
10	Herbal mosquito repellent / fogger machine and its technology.	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2012-2014	14.40 Lakhs	All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE.
11.	Indigenous Immobilized plant biomass arsenic removal technology upscaling and field trial for providing aresin free portable water	Dr. Madhurima Pandey (Co-PI)	2008	19 lakhs	Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (DST).
12	To Develop the Design of Herbal Mosquito Repellant /Killing Machine	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2008	3 lakhs	Chhattisgarh Medicinal Plant Board ,Raipur
Total	Rs 11019600 /-

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Awareness Programme

Creating awareness of safe drinking water in village Bhanpuri.

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Faculty

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Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar

Professor & Head of department (H.O.D.)

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Dr (Mrs.) Sumita Nair

Associate Professor

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Dr. (Mrs.)Yashu Baghel

Assistant Professor

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Mrs. Jagriti Khichariya

Assistant Professor (Adhoc)

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Dr.(Mrs) Poonam Deshmukh

Assistant Professor

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Ms. Tripti Sahu

Assistant Professor (Adhoc)

Staff

Mr. Mahesh kumar Sahu

Lab assistant Employee ID : 20022 Date of Joining : 05-09-1988 Nature of Association : Regular

Laboratory

Name of the Laboratory/Workshop	Total Area of Lab/Workshop	Major Equipments
Applied Chemistry laboratory	68.3’ x 28.8’ feet	Bomb Calorimeter (Toshniwal), Redwood Viscometer (Aditya), Penskey Martein Apparatus (Aditya), Digital Balance (Denver)
Research Laboratory	59.9’ x 28.8’ feet	Flame Photometer (ESICO), UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, (Systronics), Conductivity Meter (Systronics), pH Meter (Elico),Turbidity Meter (Systronics),B.O.D. Incubator (MAC), Respirable Dust Sampler (Instrumex), Stack Monitoring Kit (Instrumex), Ion Selective Electrode(Orion), DO Meter (Elico) Muffle Furnace,Hot Air Oven
Research Facilities created through Sponsored Projects		Water Testing Kit (ESICO), Fluorimeter (Quantatized Instrument,Japan) Radiationmeter (PM 1405), GPS (Oregon) Bechtop Water testing Kit( Hanna), Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Varian), Chromium Testing Kit(Merck), UV-Visible Spectrophotometer (Systronics) Ion Selective Meter (ORION)

List of Experiments
1. To determine the pH of given water sample solution using pH meter.

2. To determine the total dissolved solid (TDS) of the water samples by measuring electrical conductivity (EC)

3. To determine the BOD of given water sample.

4. To determine the COD of given water sample.

5. To check the extent of hardness removal by using ion exchange column. EDTA
(0.01 M), EBT as indicator, Buffer solution. Calculate the values of hardness in all units of hardness.

6. To determine chloride ion in a given water sample by Argentometric method (Mohr’s Method).

7. To determine the total alkalinity in the given unknown sample by using N/30 Na₂CO₃ solution, HCL as intermediate solution and methyl orange as indicator.

9. To determine λ max of KMnO₄ solution and plot Beer’s law by spectro- photometer.

Research & Development

RESEARCH AREA OF THE DEPARTMENT

Eligible supervisors:

1. Dr. S.K. Sar

Qualification	Designation	Paper Published	Contact No.	Email Id.
M.Sc., Ph.D, PDF (South Korea)	Professor, HOD (Applied Chemistry)	127	9425242582	santosh.sar@hotmail.com

2. Dr. Sumita Nair

Qualification	Designation	Paper Published	Contact No.	Email Id.
M.Sc. , Ph.D	Associate Professor	39	9425245135	Sumita.nair@bitdurg.ac.in

3. Dr. Yashu Baghel

Qualification	Designation	Paper Published	Contact No.	Email Id.
M.Sc. , Ph.D	Assistant Professor	13	9425556307	yashu.verma@bitdurg.ac.in

Research and Development Activites :

Total number of paper published	254
MOU's	08
Projects (completed)	12
Patents	10
Copyrights	04
Books & Chapters Publication	14 Books, 04 Chapters
Ph.D Guidance	49 (39 Awarded , 10 Ongoing )

Research publications faculty wise (SCI/SCOPUS/UGC)

S.No	Name of Faculty	Research Publication
		SCI	SCOPUS	UGC &others
1.	Dr.Santosh Kumar Sar	44	27	56
2.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	20	14	12
3.	Dr.Sumita Nair	06	07	26
4	Dr.Yashu Baghel	05	05	03
5	Dr. Poonam Deshmukh	04	04	04
5.	Jagriti Khichariya	01	02	03

2. Citations

S.No.	Name of Faculty	Citation	H-index
1.	Dr.Santosh Kumar Sar	3807	22
2.	Dr.Madurima Pandey	742	12
3.	Dr.Sumita Nair	252	7
4	Dr.Yashu Baghel	383	4
5	Dr. Poonam Deshmukh	56	4
6	Ms. Jagriti Khichariya	6	1
	Total	5246	50

MOU:To develop academic and research cooperation and to promote mutual collaboration, Memorandum of Understanding is signed with the following institutes:

Organisation with which MoU is signed	Name of the institution/ industry/ corporate house	Year of signing MoU	Duration
1.Department of Chemistry	BSBK	2024	05 years
2.Department of Chemistry	North Bengal University ,Darjeeling ,West Bengal	2023	05years
3.Department of Chemistry	Department of Chemistry Govt.D.t.p.g College Utai Durg	2022	05 year
4.Department of Chemistry	Department of Chemistry , Sukanta Mahavidyalaya ,Dhupguri ,Jalpaiguri	2022	05 years
5.Department of Chemistry	Department of Chemistry, Bhilai Mahila Mahavidyalaya,Bhilai	2022	02 years
6.Department of Chemistry,Division of Radiochemistry	The Department of Chemistry, Division for Radiochemistry,University of Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina	2021	03years
7.Department of Chemistry	Truba aInstitute of engineering and Infromation Technology, Bhopal (M.P.)	2021	05 Years
8.Department of Chemistry	The Department of Chemistry, Institute of Nuclear Sciences,Ege University, Turkey	2021	05years
9. Department of Chemistry	ISCA , Indore	2016	10 Years

Projects :

S.No	Project Title	PI and Co-PI of the Project	Duration	Start and end dates	Funding Agency	Amount (Lakhs)	Status
1	Development of efficient biosorption technology for removing cadmium from industrial effluent	PI:Dr Sangeeta Sahu Co-PI: Dr Madhurima Pandey	1Year	2019	Regional	1 Lakhs	completed
2	Health risk assessment and remediation technique for uranium contamination in ground water of Durg and near by District Chhattisgarh	PI:Dr Santosh Kumar Sar Co-PI: Dr Pradeep Kumar Ghosh	1Year	2019	Regional	2 Lakhs	completed
3	Towards improvisation of hybrid biomass by gelation technique for preparing an integratedde-fluoridation unit to alternative the contaminants fron groundwater of fluoride affected area.	Dr. Yashu Verma	2 Years	2017 -2019	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur	4.136 lakhs	completed
4	Spatial Distribution of Uranium and associated water quality parameter in ground water of Northern Stern Districts.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	2 Years	2015 - 2018	Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Science	18.89lakhs	completed
5	Spatial Distribution of Uranuim and associated water quality parameter in ground water of Durg and 5 Districst	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2 Years	2015 - 2018	Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Science	26.97 lakhs	completed
6	Aspects of Cr(VI) pollution in various environmental matrices of C.G. State	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	2 Yrs	2015 -2017	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur	4.5 lakhs	completed
7	Improve health issues related to waste water treatment facilities, by providing innovative software solutions;	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	1 Year	2015	Nu Physics, Canada	0.5	completed
8	A study of Carbon foot print of Bhilai Household: A comparison of Association between Household Characteristics and emission from Home Enrgy and Trsnport	Dr. Sumita Nair	1.5 Years	2014 - 2016	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur	4.2lakhs	completed
9	Design and Development of Bio observant for removing an ionic surfactant and other pollutants from waste water bodies of Chhatisgarh.	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2 Yrs	2013-2015	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur	5 lakhs	completed
10	Herbal mosquito repellent / fogger machine and its technology.	Dr. Santosh K. Sar (Co-PI)	2 Yrs	2012-2014	All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE.	14.40 Lakhs	completed
11	Indigenous Immobilized plant biomass arsenic removal technology upscaling and field trial for providing aresin free portable water.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey (Co-PI)	2 Yrs	2008	Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (DST).	19 lakhs	completed
12.	To Develop the Design of Herbal Mosquito Repellant /Killing Machine	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	1 Year	2008	Chhattisgarh Medicinal Plant Board ,Raipur	3 lakhs	completed

Patents and Copyrights :

S.NO	PATENT OR COPYRIGHT NUMBER	TITLE	DATE	MEMBERS	COPYRIGHT/PATENT
1	578139	A simple fast cost effective and moduler drowsiness detection method and appratus	14.01.2026	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
2	462292-001	AI controlled chemical reaction monitoring device.	18.09.2025	Dr. Sumita Nair	Patent
3	404087-001	Fluoride from water filteration device	09.01.2024	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
4	400832-001	Dual solid waste anaerobic digester	05.01.2024	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
5	L-132671/2023	literary/dramatic work progressive result analysis	30.08.23	Dr. Santosh Sar	Copyright
6	374253-001	De-fluotidating unit for ground water remidiation	20.02.23	Dr.Yashu Verma	Patent
7	422889	Intermediate Pyrolysis of Medicinal Plants	23.02.23	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
8	203679	Leaf Crusher Device For Formulation Preparation	23.03.23	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
9	202121034626	A simple cost effective amd modular drowsiness detection method and apparatus	01.10.2021	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
10	202121003361	Plant Mediated Magenetic Bio Adsorbent for extraction of uranyl ions from water	19.02.2021	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
11	SW-12926/2019	Biometric Vehicle Ignition System	18.10.2019	Dr. Santosh Sar	Copyright
12	SW-12167/2019	Automatic toilet/urinalflush system	05.02.19	Dr. Santosh Sar	Copyright
13	201721018569	Front wheel Drive System For Motorcycle	30.11.2018	Dr. Santosh Sar	Patent
14	14184/2017-CO/SW	Automated vehicle monitoring system using android	17.05.2018	Dr. Santosh Sar	Copyright

Ph.D Guidance : Research & Development

		Research & Development , PhD , Guided
S.No	Name Of Candidate	Supervisor /Co Supervisor	University In Which The Candidate	Year of Awarded
1	Sushma Yadav	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2003
2	Sumita Nair	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2004
3	Ashish Bhui	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2005
4	R.K. Agrawal	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Birla Institute Of Technology, Pilani	2005
5	Richa Shama	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2006
6	Manju Roy	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2007
7	Shweta Dubey	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, RaipUr	2007
8	Yashu Verma	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2008
9	T. Rama Rao	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2009
10	Pankaj Soni	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2011
11	Nutan Rathore	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2011
12	Rashmi Mandavi	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	Pt. Ravishakar shukla university, Raipur	2012
13	Sunita Gupta	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2012
14	Hansa Zankyni	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2013
15	Chanda Verma	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2013
16	Richa Deshmukh	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2014
17	Rekha Sharma	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2014
18	Rekha Trivedi	Dr. Piyush Kant Panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2014
19	Mrs. Poornima Tomar	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	MATS University Raipur, C.G.	2015
20	Asha Soni	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2016
21	Jayati Mitra	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2016
22	Lethika D Nair	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2018
23	Etesh Kumar Janghel	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2018
24	Shweta Singh	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2019
25	Meena Chakraborty	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2019
26	Shailendra Kushwaha	Dr. Sumita Nair	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2020
27	Samiksha Tamarakar	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2020
28	Ruchi Tamrakar	Dr. Sumita Nair	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2024
29	Simpal Tamrakar	Dr. Sumita Nair	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2023
30	Sukhpreet Kaur Bhatia	Dr. Sumita Nair	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2023
31	Megha Sahu	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2022
32	Jay Singh Gaharwar	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
33	Manoj K. Jindal	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2021
34	Pritee Pandey	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
35	Alka Bancchore	Dr. Madhurima panday	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2023
37	Varsha Joshi	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2022
38	Reena Mathai	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2022
39	Ms.Neena Bagchi	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G.	2023
40	Vijita Diwan	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2022
41	Jagriti Khichariya	Dr.Yashu Verma	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
42	Md. Injmamul Ain	Dr. Yashu Baghel	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
43	Poonam Deshmukh	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	2024
44	Neha Verma	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C. S. V. T. University Bhilai C.G.	Ongoing
45	Ranu Singh	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	C.V. Raman University Bilashpur, C.G	Ongoing
46	Neetu Das	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	P.R.S.S.U., Raipur	Ongoing
47	Smita Tiwari	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	SSPU, Junwani, Bhilai	Ongoing
48	Gajanand Patel	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	SSPU, Junwani, Bhilai	Ongoing
49	Rakhi Dewangan	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar	CSVTU	Ongoing

Conferences Organized :

Conference Title	Name of organizers	Date	Level-National/International
BITCON 2021 Recent Trendsb in Environment and Sustainable Development	B. I. T. Durg	22-23rd October,2021	National
BITCON 2020	B. I. T. Durg	BITCON, 20th November, 2020.	National
BITCON 2019 Environmental Protection: Challenges and Development Alternatives.	B. I. T. Durg	BITCON, 1st March, 2019.	National
BITCON 2018, Research frontiers in environmental chemistry	B. I. T. Durg	15th February' 2018	National
BITCON 2017, Research Challenges in Environmental Chemistry for National Development	B. I. T. Durg	28th March, 2017	National
BITCON 2016, Current Environmental issues and sustainable development	B. I. T. Durg	29-30 Jan, 2016	National
BITCON 2015, Advances in pollution control and remedial	B. I. T. Durg	21-22 Feb., 2015	National
Status of Science and Technology in Chhattisgarh State.	B. I. T. Durg	19-20 March, 2014	International

Book and Chapters Publication :

S.No	Title	Name of Author(s)	Year
1.	Advanced machine learning for complex medical, 2025, 1-25	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2025
2.	Natures Healing Arsenal: The power of phytochemicals	Santosh kumar Sar, Reena V Mthai	2024
3.	Natures Healing Arsenal: The power of phytochemicals	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2023
4.	Status of Indoor and Outdoor Gamma Radiation	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2022
5.	A global assessment of uranium concentrations in water for sustainability	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2022
6.	Study about Cefadroxil Antibiotic by an Analytical Method	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2022
7.	Elemental behaviour of pollutants in groundwater plume. A study in relation with their bio-remediation	Yashu Verma, Piyush Kant Pandey	2021
8.	Exposure of PM2.5 and Carbonaceous Matter Amongst Rural Inhabitants in and Around Durg District of Chhattisgarh, India. (Chapter)	Shailendra Kumar Kushawaha, Yasmeen F. Pervez, Sumita Nair, Shamsh Pervez	2020
9.	Household Emissions as a driver of carbon foot print.	Dr. Sumita Nair	2019
10.	Study of impact of road construction on forest environment.	Sar, S. K. Arora, A. Thakur, A.K	2016
11.	Analytical studies of antidepressant drugs.	Sar, S. K. Soni, P.	2013
12.	A textbook of Environment and Ecology	Dr. Shweta Choubey	2013
13.	Environment and ecology	Dr. Piyush Kant Pandey and Deepti Gupta	2004

Consultancy :

Name of the work: Water Testing

Name of the organisation from where the consultancy received:

S.No	Project Title	Duration	Funding Agency	Amount (in Rupees)	Status
1	Water waste water and oil analysis	2012-2013	List attached	44900/-	Completed
2	Water waste water and oil analysis	2013-2014	List attached	37750/-	Completed
3	Water waste water and oil analysis	2014-2015	List attached	58989/-	Completed
4	Water waste water and oil analysis	2015-2016	List attached	53559/-	Completed
5	Water waste water and oil analysis	2016-2017	List attached	50500/-	Completed
6	Water waste water and oil analysis	2017 - 2018	List attached	37,000 +6210 (tax)	Completed
7	Water waste water and oil analysis	2018 - 2019	List attached	13250/-	Completed
8	Water waste water and oil analysis	2019 - 2020	List attached	69500/-+12510	Completed
9	Water waste water and oil analysis	2020 - 2021	List attached	15500+2790 tax	Completed
10	Water Testing	2021-2022	List attached	40238+7242 tax	Completed
11	Water Testing	2022-2023	List attached	51500+9270 tax	Completed
12	Water Testing	2023-2024	List attached	70500_12690 tax	Completed
13	Water Testing	2024-2025	List attached	70800	Completed

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1. FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS (Some Glimpses)

1.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey has published 44 research papers in SCI/Scopus indexed journals. Her research group was first to identify arsenic contamination in village Koudikasa, Chhattisgarh. She has availed two sponsored projects funded by Department of Atomic Energy & Board of Research in Nuclear Science and Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology. She has guided six students for Doctoral degree. She has been nominated as Chairman, Board of Studies, Applied chemistry from 2017 in Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda University, Bhilai. She was Member, Executive Council, in the year 2009 – 2012 and was also member, examination committee in Applied Chemistry in 2013 in the same University.
2	Dr. Santosh Kumar Sar has published 114 research papers in SCI/Scopus/Thomason router indexed journals. He was the member of research group to identify arsenic contamination in village Koudikasa, Chhattisgarh. He has reported Uranium Contamination in ground water at Chhattisgarh state .He has availed three sponsored projects funded by Department of Atomic Energy & Board of Research in Nuclear Science, Chhattisgarh Council of Science & Technology and Chhattisgarh state Medicinal Plant Board. He has guided 19 students for Doctoral degree, five M. Phil and 21 M. Tech .He has published two patent. He has been nominated as Chairman, Board of Studies, Environmental Science and Engineering Since 2012-2017 in Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai. He was Member, Executive Council, in the year 2012 – 2014 and Dean (Chemical & Biotechnology) Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical University, Bhilai since 2012- till date. He is Co-Editor of CSVTU.He was Chairperson, Board of Studies for Applied Chemistry, CSVTU, Bhilai From Dec 2019 – 2022.He wasChairman, Board of Studies for Applied Chemistry, Autonomous Bhilai Institute of Technology,Durg From Dec 2022- till dated.He was a Associate Editors on Indian Research Journal on Advanced Technologies NCET from 2021 and Associate Editors on Bharat Journal of Science Technology and Humanities from 2022.
3.	Dr. Sumita Nair has published 38 Research papers indexed in SCI/SCOPUS/WEB OF SCIENCE. She has undertaken one sanctioned research project from CCOST, Raipur (2014). She is guiding three Ph. D. candidates from CSVTU, Bhilai. She is also member – BOS of Applied Chemistry (CSVTU) from 2017. She has won BEST PAPER award in National Conference, organized By SSCET, Bhilai, 2007.She has been nominated as member BOS Applied Chemistry CSVTU Bhilai and member examination committee(Autonoumous) B.I.T Durg .
4.	Dr. Yashu Baghel has published 13 SCI/SCOPUS/Web of Science indexed research articles. She has been appointed as a member, Board of Studies (Applied Chemistry) in CSVTU from 2017 to till date. She is also a member of examination committiee(Applied Chemistry) of CSVTU.She has availed one research project sponsored by CCOST and One utility patent has been registered.
5.	Dr. Poonam Deshmukh published 10 SCI/SCOPUS/Web of Science indexed research articles. She was awarded as a best faculty (for session 2013-2014) in Chhattisgarh Engineering College, Durg (C.G.) India. She was honoured as a best teacher (for session 2018- 2019) by Lions club of Durg city (C.G.) India. On Teachers day in Chhattisgarh Engineering College, Durg (C.G.) India. She received certificate as a Mentor for a “Workshop on Induction training program for Mentors” held at Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University (CSVTU), Bhilai (C.G.), India on 24th – 28th June, 2019 under TEQIP- III. She received appreciation certificate for the contribution as a committee member for organizing a Workshop on “Safety Practices For Engineers & Environmental Auditing” held at Chhattisgarh Engineering College, Durg (C.G.), India on 10th May 2019 under TEQIP- III. She was honor received as a best paper award in PRE- AdMet Workshop & 8th National Conference on Advances in Metrology (AdMet-2023), at DAE Convention Center BARC Anushaktinagar, Mumbai, held during Match 23rd - 25th 2023. Organized by Metrology Society of India, New Delhi, Bhabha Atomic Research Center Mumbai, India. She has a registered utility patent:Topic: Plant mediated magnetic bioadsorbent for extraction of the uranyl ions from water. Patent no. 505689, Date of award 31.01.2024
6.	Ms. Jagriti Khichariya worked as project fellow in a research project for two years (2017-2019), granted by Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology. She has 4 research paper published in Google scholar/ Scopus, 1 SCI indexed journals and 1 full length paper published in proceedings of the international conference. She has presented research papers in many international and National conferences and seminars.

1. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS (Some Glimpses)

1.	Dr.Vijita Diwan ,,Ph.D students was placed in Shankara Charya University 2021.
2.	Dr. Manoj Kumar Jindal ,Ph.D students was placed in IISc Banglore 2021. Currently he is placed as Project associate in IIT Jodhpur.
3.	Dr. Samiksha Tamrakar Ph.D students was placed in Rhasmi Devi Gov.College Khairagarh 2020.
4.	Dr.Mrs Lethika D Nairwas students placed in Delhi Public School Durg ,Head of Department 2018.
5.	Dr.Etesh Janghel Ph. D. Student was placed in Ashoka Engineering College Rajnandgaon 2018.
6.	Dr. Shweta Choubey, Ph. D. Student was placed in Higher technical Education, Chhattisgarh in 2016.
7.	Dr. Richa Sharma, Ph. D. Student was placed in G. D. R. C. E. T. Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 2013.
8.	Dr.Asha Soni , Ph. D. Student was placed in Govt.Eng.College Bilaspur 2012.
9.	Dr.Jayati Chatterjee, Ph. D. Student was placed in Provoice Challencer Dr.C.V. Raman University 2012
10.	Dr.Pankaj Soni and Mrs Meena Chakraborty (Pursuing), Ph. D. Students were placed in Higher Education, Chhattisgarh in 2012.
11.	Dr. Ashish Bhui, Ph. D. Student was placed in St. Thomas College, Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 2010.
12.	Dr. Nutan Rathod , Ph. D. Student was placed in 2009 .
13.	Dr.Pankaj Soni ,Ph. D. Student was placed in 2008.
14.	Dr. Rekha Trivedi, Ph. D. Student was placed in S. S. C. E. T., Bhilai, Chhattisgarh in 2007.
15.	Dr. Yashu Verma, Ph. D. Student was placed in B. I. T. Durg, Chhattisgarh in 2006.
16.	Dr. Rashmi Mandavi Ph. D. Student was placed in 2004
17.	Dr. Sumita Nair, Ph. D. Student was placed in B. I. T. Durg, Chhattisgarh in 2001.
18	Dr. Poonum Deshmukh, Ph. D. Student was placed in B. I. T. Durg, Chhattisgarh in 2024.

Applied Chemistry
Sl. No.	Title of Research Project	Name of PI/Co-PI/ Joint PI	Duration of the Project	Total Grants Received (in Lakhs)	Name of the funding agency
1	Development of efficient biosorption technology for removing cadmium from industrial effluent	Dr.Madhurima Pandey, Co-Investigator	2019-2020	1.0	Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand University
2	Health risk assessment and remediation technique for uranium contamination in ground water of Durg and near by District Chhattisgarh	Dr Santosh Kumar Sar	2019-2020	2.0	Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand University
3	Towards improvisation of hybrid biomass by gelation technique for preparing an integrated de-fluoridating unit to alleviate the contaminants from groundwater of fluoride affected area.	Dr.YashuVerma (PI)	2017-2019	4.136	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur
4	Spatial Distribution of Uranium and associated water quality parameter in groundwater of Northern Stern Districts.	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	2015 – 2017	18.89	Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Science
5	Spatial Distribution of Uranium and associated water quality parameter in groundwater of Durg and 5 Districts	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2015 – 2016	33.57	Department of Atomic Energy Board of Research in Nuclear Science
6	Aspects of Cr(VI) pollution in various environmental matrices of C.G. State	Dr. Madhurima Pandey	2015 – 2017	4.5	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur
7	Improve health issues related to waste water treatment facilities, by providing innovative software solutions;	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2015 – 2016	0.5	Nu Physics, Canada
8	A study of Carbon foot print of Bhilai Household: A comparison of Association between Household Characteristics and emission from Home Energy and Transport	Dr. Sumita Nair	2014 – 2016	4.2	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur
9	Design and Development of Bio observant for removing an ionic surfactant and other pollutants from waste water bodies of Chhattisgarh.	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2013 – 2015	5.0	Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur
10	Herbal mosquito repellent / fogger machine and its technology.	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2012-2014	14.40 Lakhs	All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE.
11.	Indigenous Immobilized plant biomass arsenic removal technology upscaling and field trial for providing aresin free portable water	Dr. Madhurima Pandey (Co-PI)	2008	19 lakhs	Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (DST).
12	To Develop the Design of Herbal Mosquito Repellant /Killing Machine	Dr. Santosh K. Sar	2008	3 lakhs	Chhattisgarh Medicinal Plant Board ,Raipur
Total				Rs 11019600 /-