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Department
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Faculty
Professor
- Kamaljit Singh, Ph.D. Head of the Department
Assistant Professor
- Swapna Mishra, M.Tech.
- Varinder Kaur, M.Tech.
- Parambir Singh Malhi, M.Tech.
Senior Technical Assistant, TISC
Departmental highlights:
- MoU Signed between ACST and Dystar Click here
- Dr. Kamaljit Singh, Professor has been elected as member of National Academy of Sciences, India.
- Dr. Kamaljit Singh, Professor has been awarded Bronze medal by Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) in 2009 in recognition of his research contributions in the field of Organic Chemistry
Courses Run B. Tech. (Textile Chemistry) 8 semesters, 30 seats, admission through through AIEEE examination conducted by CBSE, New Delhi.
The thrust area of B. Tech. (Textile Chemistry) includes: Dyeing Technology, Printing Technology and Finishing Technology. In addition, students are trained in Dyes and chemicals, Manufacturing of yarn, fabric, chemical/physical testing, garment processing, colour science etc. The hallmark of the training is rigorous practical training, both in the well equipped departmental laboratories as well as Textile processing industry, throughout India.
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M. Tech. (Textile Chemistry) 4 semesters, 10 seats, admission through entrance test held by the Department
M.Tech (Textile Chemistry) course is a unique course containing subjects such as High-tech application of dyes, functional dyes, nanotechnology in textiles, technical textiles etc. in line with the present day requirements of industry as well as advanced research.
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Ph.D. in areas such as Heterocyclic Chemistry, Color Chemistry & Technology, Textile Chemistry & Functional dyes.
Research projects from various funding agencies such as DST, CSIR, UGC, AICTE, MoEF etc are operative in the Department. The Department has also been selected for financial assistance under UGC SAP scheme at DRS-1 level. At least 8 students are currently pursuing Ph.D. in various projects sponsored by above agencies. Ten students have already done Ph.D. from this Department.
Major Laboratories/Equipment in the Department
- Textile Wet Processing Lab
- Fabric Processing Machine Lab
- Physical Testing Lab
- Chemical Testing Lab
- CCM Lab
- Other Major Equipments:
- UV-visible spectrophotometer
- Gas Chromatograph
- High Performance Liquid Chromatography
- Digital Polarimeter
- Cyclic Voltameter
- Fluorescence Spectrophotometer
- NIR Spectrometer
- FTIR
- Ultrasonicator
- Reflectance spectrophotometer
- laminar flows
- Sterilisation autoclaves
- Orbital Shaker
- BOD Incubator
- Refrigerated Centrifugation Machine
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Dr. Kamaljit
Singh |
| Qualification |
Ph.D. |
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| Designation |
Professor & Head |
| Area of Specialization |
Organic Synthesis including asymmetric synthesis, Color chemistry & Technology |
| Area of Interest |
Synthetic organic chemistry, dye chemistry
and colour science |
| No. of Publications |
74 |
| Email
Address |
kamaljit19in@yahoo.co.in |
| Contact Numbers |
0183-2258802-09 Extn. 3389, 3508, 0183-2258853 |
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INSA Nomination:
Nominated by Indian National Science Academy (INSA),
New Delhi to visit University of Manchester Institute
of Science and Technology, Manchester, UK under its
exchanges programme with The Royal Society of Chemistry,
London during Aug-Nov. 1998, visited various universities
in UK, and interacted with Scientists. UGC-The British
Council HEL project: Awarded Higher Education Link and
undertook a collaborative project with University of
Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST),
Manchester, UK. Visited UMIST in 2000, 2001 and 2002
for 1-3 months duration. An appreciation certificate
was presented by UMIST leading to the collaboration
of UMIST with Department of Applied Chemical Sciences
& Technology, GND University, Amritsar. |
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Experience: 23 years (2 years in Spain
and 9 months in UK) |
| Carbohydrate (Oligosaccharide) synthesis |
CSIC |
Madrid |
Spain |
1993-1994 |
| Biomimetic Chemistry |
G.N.D.U. |
Amritsar |
India |
1991-2000 |
| Dye chemistry/technology |
UMIST |
Manchester |
UK |
2000-04 |
| Carbanion/medicinal chemistry |
G.N. D.U. |
Amritsar |
India |
2004-Continue |
| Sensing/novel porphyrinoids |
G.N. D.U. |
Amritsar |
India |
2006-Continue |
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| Honors and
Awards: |
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| Fellowship of Ministry of Education & Science,
Spain |
-- 1993 |
| INSA-RSC Exchange programme |
-- 1998 |
| UGC-The British Council Higher Education Link |
-- 2001 |
| Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) –
Best poster award |
-- 2006 |
| Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) –
Bronze Medal |
--2009 |
| Member, editorial board, ARKIVOC, USA |
--2010 |
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| Research
supervision: |
| Ph.D. students |
10 Completed, 8 ongoing |
| Major Research projects |
11 Completed, 4 ongoing |
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Er. Swapna
Mishra |
| Qualification |
Ph.D. (Textile Technology) I.I.T. Delhi (Pursuing)
M.Tech. (Textile Technology) I.I.T. Delhi |
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| Designation |
Asst. Professor |
| Area of Specialization |
Textile Technology, Fabric designing, Fabric Structure and Property, Knitting and Artificial Neural Networks; |
| Area of Interest |
FE Modeling Yarn Manufacture, Fabric Manufacture and Textile Testing, Technical and Smart Textiles |
| No. of Publications |
7 |
| Email Address |
swapnamishra@yahoo.com |
| Contact Numbers |
0183-2258853(O) |
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Publications
1. S. Mishra, S. P. Singh and B. S. Butola, Smart textiles and their production, Colourage, 2006 (May), 41-53.
2. S. Mishra, M. Pathak, G. Kaur, D. Bhardwaj and K. Saini, Improving the dimensional stability of forming fabric used in paper making industry, Asian Textile Journal, 2006 (May), 69-73.
3. B S Butola, Swapna Mishra, Rupinder Kaur, Cyclodextrins in textile applications, Asian Dyer, 81-87, 2007.
4. B S Butola, Swapna Mishra, Nanotechnology in Textiles, Asian Dyer, 2, 70-76, 2007.
5. Swapna Mishra, B S Butola, Inflatable textile structures, Asian Textile Journal, 17(11), 88-98, 2008.
6. Banerjee P.K., Mishra S. Ramkumar T, “ Effect of construction on Uniaxial tensile Properties of Woven Fabrics”, Accepted for publication in Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics, January, 2010.
7. Banerjee P.K., Mishra S. , “Effect of Construction on the strain pattern of Woven Fabrics in Tensile Deformation”, Under communication, Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics.
8. Mishra S., Banerjee P.K. “The role of Distribution of Interlacement in Woven Constructions”, accepted for Oral presentation at The Fiber Society Spring 2010 International Conference on Fibrous Materials to be held at Bursa, Turkey from May 11-14, 2010.
- Publications (Conferences/Symposium)
- Mishra S., Banerjee P.K., “The Role of Distribution of Interlacement in Woven Constructions”, (Session 2C), Oral paper titled accepted at The Fiber Society Spring 2010 International Conference, May 12-14, 2010, Barsa (Turkey)
- “Influence of Distribution of Interlacement in Woven Preforms for Technical Textiles”, Mishra S., Banerjee P.K. Oral Presentation in three-day international conference on “Technical Textiles and Nonwovens” organized by Dept. of Textile Technology, IIT Delhi on November 11-13, 2010.
- Invited Lecture on one-day symposium on "Blends in Textiles" 23rd September 2010 at B.B.K. D.A.V. College, Amritsar.
- Workshop attended
- Two-day workshop on “Process and Quality Control in Textile Industries ” organized by Dept. of Textile Technology under the aegis of FITT, I.I.T. Delhi at IIT Delhi on April 22-23, 2010.
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Er.Varinder
Kaur |
| Qualification |
M.Tech. (Textile Chemistry) |
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| Designation |
Asst. Professor |
| Area of Specialization |
Textile wet processing: Dyeing, Printing, Finishing & Garment manufacturing and garment processing, Eco-friendly processing of natural fibers by using different new natural dyes. |
| Area of Interest |
Dyeing, Printing, Finishing & Garment Processing. |
| No. of Publications |
National: 4
International: 1
Communicated : 2
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| Email Address |
varinder_gndu@yahoo.com |
| Contact Numbers |
0183-2258853 |
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Publications Articles/Papers
1. Varinder Kaur & D.P. Chattopadhyay, “Garment Printing – Today’s Trend”, Man-Made Textiles in India, 1996 (August),283-286.
2. Varinder Kaur & D.P. Chattopadhyay, Environmentally friendly bleaching of Jute, Textile Asia , 2006 (April), 28-30.
3. Kamaljit Singh, Varinder Kaur, Sameer Mehra & Aman Mahajan; “Solvent-assisted dyeing of polyester with Heena“,Colourage, 2006 (October)60-64.
4. Varinder Kaur,Gourav Gupta,Shikha Khanna,Amanpreet Singh & Gagandeep Singh, “Lyocell Silverlining to your wardrobe”, Hosiery & Textile Journal,2008(December)13-17.
5. Deepika Sharma, Varinder Kaur and Rajesh Kumari Manhas; ‘Dyeing Properties of Natural Colorants from Streptomyces spp., EAR-102, National seminar on Environmental analysis and Remediation, 2-3.
Industry Experience: 1 year of industrial experience of processing of knitted fabric as Quality Control Incharge in Greatway Ltd., Ludhiana. |
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Dr. Sucharita Arora |
| Qualification |
Ph.D. |
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| Designation |
Senior Technical Assistant
and incharge TISC |
| Area of Specialization |
Textile Chemistry, Waste Management |
| Area of Interest |
Bioremediation of Textile dye wastewater, Textile Testing (Physical and chemical), Testing of Chemical Auxiliaries |
| No. of Publications |
9 |
| Email Address |
sucharitaarora@yahoo.co.in |
| Contact
Numbers |
0183-2258802-09 extn. 3393 |
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Publications:
1. Removal of synthetic textile dyes from wastewaters: A critical review on current treatment technologies. K. Singh, S. Arora Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 41 (9), 807-878.
2. Removal of synthetic textile dyes from wastewaters: A critical review on current treatment technologies. K. Singh, S. Arora Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010 (in press) (5 year impact factor 8.105).
3. Decolorisation optimisation of a monoazo disperse dye with Bacillus firmus. Identification of a degradation product. S. Arora, H. S. Saini and K. Singh Color. Technol. 2007, 123, 184. (impact factor 1.130).
4. Decolorisation of a monoazo disperse dye with Candida tropicalis. S. Arora, H. S. Saini and K. Singh Color. Technol. 2005, 121, 298. (impact factor 1.130).
5 Chemo-biochemical desulphurization of various gaseous streams on bench scale. R. A. Pandey; S. Malhotra; A. S. Rajvaidya; S. Sharma; S. Peshwe; V. K. Raman; A. S. Bal Water, Air, Soil pollut. 2004, 154, 295. (impact factor 1.676).
6. Bench scale evaluation of a chemo-biochemical process for desulphurization of gaseous streams containing hydrogen sulphide. R. A. Pandey; S. Malhotra; A. S. Rajvaidya; S. Sharma; S. Peshwe; V. K. Raman; A.S. Bal Water, Air, Soil pollut. 2003, 146, 243. (impact factor 1.676).
7. Compositional characteristics of some Indian coals and their need for beneficiation. V. K. Raman, S. Sharma, J. K. Dhillon and R. A. Pandey Indian J. Env. Health 1999, 41(1), 24.
8. Low cost water pollution monitoring kit. S. Arora in: Environment and development, I. S. Grover and A. K. Thukral (Ed), Scientific Publishers, 1998, 227.
9. Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring, A. K. Roy, S. Arora, S. Akbar, S. Aggarwal, World Wide Fund For Nature-India, New Delhi, 1994.
Participation in Conference/ Seminar in 2011
- UGC Sponsored National Seminar on Enivironmental Pollution , Science Departments, G.H.G. Khalsa College, Gurusar Sadhar, Distt. Ludhiana January 3-4, 2011. Dyes- Impacts on Environment and Remedies (Oral presentation).
- Participated in the International conference on ‘Textile light and Weather fastness’ organized by Dystar India Private Limited, ATLAS Material Testing Solutions and ASTM International held at Textile Committee, Mumbai on 21st January, 2011
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Er. Parambir Singh Malhi |
| Qualification |
M.Tech (Fiber Science & Tech.) IIT, Delhi,
B.Tech (Textile Chemistry) G.N.D.U, Amritsar |
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| Designation |
Asst. Professor |
| Area of Specialization |
Textile wet processing including Pretreatment, Dyeing & Finishing, Textile Wet Processing machines, Fiber Science. |
| Area of Interest |
Eco-Friendly Processing, New Process & Product Developments |
| No. of Publications |
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| Email Address |
parambirmalhi@gmail.com |
| Contact
Numbers |
09780580753 |
Industry Experience: 5 years of industrial exposure of continuous & exhaust processing in the area of production handling, new process & product developments, Quality & Assurance and Customer Care in the reputed industries like Vardhman & Nahar.
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