Hindu College, Amritsar

Drug Abuse: Problem, Management & Prevention will be a Compulsory subject in Sem-I in B.A./B.Sc. and in Sem II in Professional Courses.
Environmental Studies will be a Compulsory subject in 3rd Semester of B.A./B.Sc. and in 4th Semester of Professional Courses.

Faculty

Name	Dr. Vishu Mehra (Head)
Designation	Assistant Professor
Qualification	M.Sc., Ph.D.
Teaching Experience	11 Years
Total Industry Experience	01 Years
Dr. Vishu Mehra Ph.D. has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, at Hindu College, Amritsar since 2015. Presently, he holds an additional charge as NSS Coordinator of the boy’s wing in college. He obtained his Master’s degree in Applied Chemistry from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in 2007. In 2007, he joined Jubilant Chemsys (R & D) at Noida and worked as a Trainee Research Associate in the field of organic synthesis. He joined the research group of Dr. Vipan Kumar in 2009 in the Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, and worked extensively on the synthetic transformations of C-3 functionalized azetidin-2-ones leading towards the synthesis of functionally decorated heterocyclic compounds having biological relevance. He is also working on designing synthetic conjugates of medicinally active compounds to architect novel hybrid pharmacophores with higher potential and efficacy as compared to their analogues. He has received the best poster presentation award in an international conference held at Punjab University, Chandigarh in 2011. In 2013, he was awarded Senior Research Fellowship from CSIR, New Delhi to carry out research work at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He was also awarded with Post Doctoral Scholarship from the University of Kwazulu Natal, Southafrica in 2015. He has published 21 research papers in journals of international repute and one book chapter published 2 at international book series. His work has been cited in many journals of international repute and the total citation of his work is 354 having an h-index 13. He attended various scientific national seminars, webinars, and workshops in his carrier.

Name	Dr. Rahul Kumar Mudsainiyan
Designation	Assistant Professor
Qualification	M.Sc. Ph.D.
Teaching Experience	08 Years
He has published 33 research papers in International Journals and published 02 books as well as paper presented 10. Achievements: 1. Junior Research Fellowship – Awarded by University Grant Commission (UGC-BSR) Council Research Scheme from 31st 2012 to 30th January 2014. File Number 01(2167)107-EMR-II 2. Senior Research Fellowship – Awarded by University Grant Commission (UGC-BSR) Council Research Scheme, New Delhi, India, from 1st February 2014 to 30th July 2015 India , File Number 09/254(0231)/2012-EMR-I 3. Selected to give oral presentation of paper entitled “Effect of site preferences on structural, magnetic and electrical switching properties of Co-Zr doped SrCoxZrxFe(12-2x)O19’ in National Seminar on Innovative Practices in in Chemical Sciences organized by Khalsa College for Women, Amritsar on 21-22 March 2015. Area(s) of Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry, X-ray Crystallography, Material Chemistry

Name	Dr. Vijay Kumar (Head)
Designation	Associate Professor
Qualification	M.Sc., Ph.D.
Teaching Experience	25 Years
He has published __ research papers in International Journals

Name	Dr. Vishal Arora
Designation	Assistant Professor
Qualification	M.Sc. (Hons.), Ph.D.
Teaching Experience	07 Years
He has published __ research papers in International Journals

Name	Dr. Sukhnandan Kaur
Designation	Assistant Professor (ICETEC -13) Organised by the department
Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Teaching Experience	05 Years
She has published 08 research papers in International Journals, 01 paper in National Journal and presented 06 papers in International Conferences and 05 papers in National Conferences. Achievements: Notable work for manuscript entitled “Physio-chemical properties of gamma-irradiated vermiculite and their significance for radiation protection and thermoluminescence” by Journal of American Mineralogists. Best Poster Award in International Conference on Nano structuring by Ion Beams (ICNIB – 2013) held at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India on 23- 25 October, 2013. Best Paper Award in International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics & Communication (ICETEC-13) organized by Department of Electronics Technology, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India on 20-22 December, 2013. Best Poster Award in National Conference on Advances in Material Sciences (AMS-2014) organized by Department of Applied Physics, Amritsar College of Engineering and Technology, Amritsar on April 4-5, 2014. NCC “B” and “C” certificate holder with “A” grade.

Name	Dr. Rakesh Joshi
Designation	Associate Professor & Head
Qualification	M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Teaching Experience	27 Years
He has presented 05 papers in National Conferences. Achievements- 1) published five review books 2) Guided one student for M.Phil. Dissertation. 3). Attended a 7day workshop at ITTM GWALIOR on Research methodology. 4) Guided projects to degree students. 5) Got grants for science day celebration from Punjab science and technology department. 6) Got a grant from DBT to organize conference.

Name	Mr. Sanjay Khanna (Head)
Designation	Associate Professor
Qualification	M.Sc. (Gold Medalist), M.Phil
Experience	30 Years
He has published 06 papers in National Conferences and published 03 Books. Achievements- 1) Gold-Medalist in M.Sc. 2) Qualified Joint Preliminary Test. 3) Guided two students for M.Phil. Dissertation.

Name	Mr. Neeraj Doda
Designation	Associate Professor
Qualification	M.Sc. CSIR - UGC NET
Experience	24 Years
He has published 10 research papers in International Journals/ Conference Proceedings

Designation Assistant Professor Qualification M.A (Economics) UGC (NET, JRF), Ph.D. Teaching Experience 10 Years Papers published in Journals : 10 Nationals and 4 Internationals
Papers presented in National Conferences/Seminars : 12

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1. Activity of Science Department