Collboration
Department of Chemistry
Facilities available:
- major equipments available: atomic absorption spectrometers and spectrophotometers, Perkin- Elmer series II CHNS/O analyser 2400, Perkin-Elmer spectrum RX I FT-IR system, electrochemical analysers, capillary gas chromatograph HP6890, Shimadzu HPLC with PDA detector, fluoride ion analyser, BOD incubator, respiratory dust samplers Envirotech, high volume samplers Vayubodhan, organic vapour samplers Envirotech, GMI VISA fugitive emission sampler, muffle furnaces, thermostated bath shakers, precision pH meter, peristaltic pump, electronic balances, high pressure reactor from Chemito, rotary vacuum evaporators, high precision melting point apparatus, magnetic susceptibility balance, binocular microscope, microwave ovens
- one unit of GCMS being installed shortly
- facilities for material characterisation: for water, air, soil analysis, for monitoring ambient air quality, noise, fugitive emission, work environment, groundwater quality estimation, effluent and sludge characterisation, etc.
Consultancy services offered to Industry in the past:
- rapid and comprehensive EIA for the modernisation of Gauhati and Digboi Refineries
- stack emission monitoring and groundwater quality monitoring for BRPL
- solid waste characterisation and toxicity test for Digboi Refinery sludge
- bio-monitoring of water bodies for Digboi Refinery
- treated effluent quality monitoring for Gauhati Refinery
- ambient air quality monitoring for Numaligarh Refinery
- work environment monitoring for Numaligarh Refinery
- Rapid EIA study for oil exploration in upper Assam for Hindustan Oil Exploration Company, Vadodara
- Rapid EIA study for oil exploration in upper Assam for Premier Oil, U.K.
- Environment effects monitoring for drilling oil wells in upper Assam by Premier Oil, U.K.
- Environmental effects monitoring for SPAN Consultants, New Delhi for widening the Saraighat Bridge
- Rapid EIA study for oil exploration in the Brahmaputra river basin for OIL
- environmental monitoring at Digboi Refinery for ERS Solutions, New Delhi with respect to environmental audit
- ambient air quality monitoring for Nagaon Paper Mill, HPLC, Jagiroad
- stack emission monitoring for Nagaon Paper Mill, HPLC, Jagiroad
- monitoring of heavy metals in the soil of the coal mining areas for Central Pollution Control Board
- monitoring of arsenic in ground water for World Bank-aided ARIASP project
Areas in which training and consultancy services offered:
- training programmes for analytical chemists/technicians from the industries
- training programmes concerned with environmental pollution like testing of water and soil samples and other solid wastes
- training programmes on chromatographic techniques useful for the separation, isolation and characterisation of constituents present in mixtures
- continuing education programmes for updating skills and knowledge for industry personnel on latest developments in analytical techniques, new developments in chemical sciences and the application of computers in chemistry
- consultancy on environmental impact assessment, environment management plan, ambient air quality monitoring, noise monitoring, stack emission monitoring, work-environment monitoring, groundwater quality estimation, effluent and sludge characterisation
- consultancy services related to trace metal estimation, complete characterisation and identification of organic compounds, preparation and synthesis of organic compounds, separation and identification of natural products
Sponsorship, grants etc, received from Industry:
- Rs. 5 lacs from Zydus Cadila, Ahmedabad
- GC MS system costing Rs.65 lacs(approx.)being set up shortly with grants from OIL, Duliajan