The Department of Chemistry, established in September, 1963, is one of the twenty three Departments/Centers of IIT Delhi. The Department offers core courses in chemistry for undergraduate B.Tech. students of Engineering in the Institute. In addition, it offers a two years M.Sc. programme and a Ph.D programme in Chemistry. Doctoral and post-doctoral research is carried out in all major areas of chemical and allied sciences. Major thrust is in the areas of analytical chemistry, biochemistry, bioinformatics, polymers, organometallics, solid state & materials chemistry, nanomaterials, organic synthesis, carbohydrate chemistry, structural biology, molecular recognition, NMR methodology, X-ray crystallography, theoretical chemistry, computer simulations and others