The department of chemistry was established in the Year, 1959, as an integral part of the Regional Engineering College Warangal (RECW). Since its inception, the department is greeted as one of the most academically active departments in the Institute. The department housed 18 highly reputed faculty members, 60 research scholars and 101 M.Sc. students. Department offers chemistry course to all engineering branches and two years M.Sc. Chemistry with specialization in Organic and Analytical Chemistry. The department has been conducting cutting-edge research in contemporary topics of Organic, Inorganic, Physical and Analytical Chemistry. In the department, various state-of-the-art facilities such as 400 MHz NMR, HRMS, gas chromatography, HPLC, FTIR, UV-vis-NIR, fluorescence, electrochemical workstation, computational chemistry software, etc. are available. So far, department received several extramural research projects worth Rs ~11 crores. Recently department received FIST grants of worth 1.67 crores.As a part of continuing education and outreach activities, department organized several national and international Conferences, seminars and workshops. In addition, department is actively involved in science popularization among the school children via Inspire programme and society. So far, the department produced 130 Ph.D. students and published over 950 research articles in various well-reputed international and national journals. Most of the students are well placed in various companies and institutions with decent package.

A Brief Profile of the Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry, NIT Warangal is growing from strength to strength while keeping pace with overall development of NIT Warangal. The Department has a team of faculty, graduated from IIT’s, Central Universities and other premier Institutions of higher learning. The Department has good infrastructure and is equipped with the latest sophisticated analytical instruments. The Department has been offering two M.Sc. programmes with the specializations in: i) Organic Chemistry and ii) Analytical Chemistry.The faculty members are actively engaged in research and consultancy. The Department has produced 90 PhDs and has to its credit about 500 research publications in reputed International and National Journals. Currently 35 research scholars are working towards PhD degree.

Srengths and Achievements

• Highly Qualified and Experienced Faculty members
• Active participation of Faculty in Administrative, Curricular and Extra-Curricular activities
• Faculty members are authors of Books; Reviewers of Research Journals; Selection Committee Members; Chairpersons at National and International Symposia; Winners of Awards, Fellowships, Visiting Faculty, Ph.D. Theses Evaluators
• Faculty members are invitees as Experts to specific Centers of Academic Excellence
• Faculty are invited for popularization of Science and Rural Development activities
• Research Projects in Cutting-Edge Areas
• Sponsored Research project by funding agencies like DST, CSIR, UGC, ICMR, MHRD, AICTE, DRDO, NRB etc.
• Linkages with premier R&D and Industrial Establishments such as IICT, CECRI, ARCI, GVK Bio, DRL, NATCO, SUVEN Pharma, HETERODRUGS, etc.
• Novel Methods and use of AV Aids for Effective Teaching
• Optimal Use of Available Infrastructure and Facilities
• Excellent Student Feedback
• Laboratory Manuals in Textbook format and Updated Frequently
• UG and PG Curricula updated frequently with latest and advanced topics