The Department of Chemistry, established in 1962, has since
emerged as one of the leading science Departments of the
University of Jammu. Set up with a meager strength of
faculty members, the Department now has five Professors, six
Associate Professors, one Senior Assistant Professor for a
strength of eighty two students (at Post Graduate level),
fourteen (at M. Phil. level) and thirteen (Ph.D. level)
students besides non-teaching staff. All the faculty members
have excelled in their respective specialization in teaching
as well as in research.
The students during their stay in the department are given
rigorous training to meet the
growing challenges in various sectors. Many of them are
serving in industry, atomic energy establishments, as faculty
members in Universities and Colleges and some have even
excelled in administrative services. Based upon academic
achievements of faculty members both nationally and
internationally, the Department of Science and Technology
has adjudged the Department for funding under FIST level-1
head to pursue research in the thrust areas. Along with
academic achievements, the department is aiming to
strengthen instrumentation programme and other facilities.
