The Department of Chemistry of NIT or National Institute of Technology Surathkal Karnataka was established in 1960 and has grown with reputation as centre of academic and research activities

Courses Offered
B. Tech in Chemical and Metallurgical and Materials Science Engineering Departments

M.Sc. (Chemistry)

Research program leading to Ph.D. in Chemistry which includes
Organic Chemistry
Inorganic Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry


Major areas of research are as follows:

Biophysical Chemistry, Biosensors, Carbon Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Computational Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Corrosion Science, Crystal Engineering, Drug Discovery, Electrochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Functional Materials, Green Chemistry, Liquid Crystals, Medicinal Chemistry, Membrane Technology, Nanomaterials, Natural Products, Organic Electronics, Photo-Chemistry, Polymers, Reaction Kinetics, Supercapacitors, Supramolecular Chemistry


General Facilities

1. Chemical analysis of alloys like nichrome, brass, bronze, stainless steel, etc. Chemical analysis of metals (% purity) like aluminium, iron, cupper,zinc, lead, silver, etc.
2. Chemical analysis of water for different parameters like chloride, sulphate, free chlorine, hardness, metal ions, pH, alkalinity, etc.
3. Analysis of industrial sewage for COD, pH, total solids, organic and inorganic matter, sulphates, hardness, dissolved oxygen, etc.
4. Analysis of seawater for Na+, K+, Cl-, Mg++ ions etc.
5. Analysis of molasses, petroleum products, latex, pigments, oils, fertilizers, cement, paints, varnishes, paper, pulp, polymers, and various organic & inorganic materials as per the procedure described in I.S. codebooks.
6. Surface area analysis.
7. Density of solid and liquid samples.
8. Viscosity and Refractive index measurement.
9. Magnetic Susceptibility measurement.
10. Extraction and analysis of natural products like essential oils, dyes, alkaloids, terpenoids, etc., of medicinal interest.
11. Synthetic Organic Chemistry - Organometallics.
12. High Polymers - Polymerization, Polymer blends, Composites and their analysis.
13. Reagents for Spectrophotometric analysis.
14. Kinetics of industrially important reactions.
15. Analysis of pollutants in air, soil and water.
16. Coordination Chemistry – Metal complexes.
17. Electroplating of Ni, Cu, Zn on steels.
18. Corrosion studies – Inhibitors, etc.


Lab Facilities
The major laboratories under the department are listed below.

Undergraduate (UG) Labs

UG lab I
UG Lab II
UG lab (Physical)
Postgraduate Labs

Inorganic Chemistry Lab
Organic Chemistry Lab
Physical Chemistry Lab


Contact Detail:
Department of Chemistry, NITK, Surathkal
P. O. Srinivasnagar, Mangalore - 575 025
Karnataka, India.
Hot line: +91-824-2474046, +91-824-2473043, +91-824-2473202