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1.8 Crore for Guwahati University Chemistry Department
By Assam on November 7, 2007
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.
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