Department of Chemistry, GCET, Jammu organizes one day national webinar on ‘Chemistry Towards a Sustainable Future’
JAMMU, Aug 24: The Department of Chemistry of Government College of Engineering and Technology, Jammu organizedone day national webinar on ‘Chemistry Towards a Sustainable Future’ in collaboration with the Department of Chemistry, UIET Chandigarh under Twinning Initiatives of TEQIP III on 24 Aug 2020.
The webinar was organized to acquaint the faculty and students with the area of drug developmentand a sustainable chemistry by design under the chairmanship of Mr. TalatParvezRohella, Commissioner Secretary to Govt, Higher Education Department.
The webinar was commenced with the welcome address by the Coordinator, Dr. Anita Brar, head, Department of chemistry and then the organizing secretary Dr. Raman Gupta guided the proceedings.
During the webinar, Dr. Naveed Qazi, Principal Scientist, IIIM Jammu talked about “Introducing Oxo-Phenyl acetyl (OPAc) as a Protecting Group for Carbohydrates: Application towards the Synthesis of API” and Dr. RenukaRai, faculty from UIET Chandigarh delivered lecture on “Sustainability: Beyond Benign by Design”. The entire session was very interactive and insightful.
Dr. Sameru Sharma, Principal GCET appreciated the efforts of the coordinatorDr. Anita Brar, Head, Department of Chemistry and the organizing team,Dr. Raman Gupta, Dr. Neerupama and Dr. Rajinder Singh,Assistant professors, Department of Chemistry.
The webinar was registered by around331 participants comprising of students and faculty of various engineering institutes besides GCET Jammu and UIET Chandigarh that made the event a grand success. The vote of thanks was proposed by Dr.Neerupama, from GCET Jammu.
