About Us

The department of Applied Chemistry started in 1985 with the aim to impart education and training to DRDO work force in the area of high energy materials and propellants. Over the years Department has moved on to cater to the need of DRDO and civilian students in order to bring the DRDO achievements closer to our society. The Department’s aim is to contribute the knowledge through excellence in observational, theoretical and experimental science and to extend quantitative and other appropriate methodologies to address problems in the fields of applied chemical science. In Applied Chemistry, we are endowed with faculties who are dedicated teachers and distinguished researchers that carry out cutting-edge research in all modern areas of Applied Chemistry, as well as in inter-disciplinary areas like Nanosciences and Nanotechnology, high energy materials, polymer science and technology. From July 2023 academic session, the dept. is commencing M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry to cater the need of industry and defence sector. The first PhD degree of DIAT (DU) was awarded to a student from the department of chemistry and so far, department has produced over 30 PhDs and currently 15 scholars are pursuing their Ph.D. degree. In addition, we provide a vibrant and creative learning environment for our M. Tech and Master of Science (M.Sc. & MS) students and researchers through internal training and expert lecture series. We also participate in R&D with various DRDO labs and industries. Department boasts of highest number of PhDs in DIAT as well as highest number of research publications. In recent times, Department has contributed highest revenue generation through grant-in-projects and customized course. For three consecutive years, two faculties (Prof. P. K. Khanna and Dr. P. S. Kulkarni) of the department have been listed as top 2% of the world scientists as per the study undertaken by researchers at Stanford university USA.