Quantum Chemistry, Spectroscopy & Photochemistry

By Prof. Amar Ballabh, Prof. Prasanna Ghalsasi | The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat

Learners enrolled: 550

This course ‘Quantum Chemistry, Spectroscopy & Photochemistry’ will cater to 5^th semester of CBCS based curricula of B.Sc. Chemistry and B.Sc. Physical Science (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) under Discipline Specific Elective paper ‘Chemistry-DSE: ‘Quantum Chemistry, Spectroscopy & Photochemistry’. The course will cover following topics:

1. Quantum Chemistry,

2. Chemical Bonding,

3. Molecular Spectroscopy,

4. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy,

5. Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Spectroscopy,

6. Photochemistry.

These topics will be covered in 14 weeks with intermediate assignments and will end with the final examination which will take an extra week.

This course will also be beneficial for those students who have completed their B.Sc. and are preparing for certain competitive examinations. The advantage of the course may be taken by those students also who are pursuing Master’s degree in Chemistry and intend to brush up their basics.

Indicative Industry Sectors :

Education and Training

Note: This is an indicative list based on suggestions provided by course coordinators and should not be treated as final and binding.

Indicative Program Alignments :

B.Sc.

Summary

Course Status :	Ongoing
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	15 weeks
Category :	Chemistry
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	14 Jul 2025
End Date :	31 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends :	31 Aug 2025
Exam Date :	13 Dec 2025 IST
NCrF Level	5.5
Industry Details :	Teaching
Exam Shift: :	I

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week - 1:

Quantum Chemistry - 1

Quantum Chemistry - 2

Quantum Chemistry - 3

Week - 2:

Quantum Chemistry - 4

Quantum Chemistry - 5

Quantum Chemistry - 6

Week - 3:

Quantum Chemistry - 7

Quantum Chemistry - 8

Quantum Chemistry - 9

Week - 4:

Quantum Chemistry - 10

Quantum Chemistry - 11

Quantum Chemistry - 12

Week - 5:

Quantum Chemistry - 13

Quantum Chemistry - 14

Quantum Chemistry - 15

Week - 6:

Molecular Spectroscopy - 1

Molecular Spectroscopy - 2

Molecular Spectroscopy - 3

Week - 7:

Molecular Spectroscopy - 4

Molecular Spectroscopy - 5

Molecular Spectroscopy - 6

Week - 8:

Molecular Spectroscopy - 7

Molecular Spectroscopy - 8

Molecular Spectroscopy - 9

Week - 9:

Molecular Spectroscopy - 10

Molecular Spectroscopy - 11

Molecular Spectroscopy - 12

Week - 10:

Molecular Spectroscopy - 13

Molecular Spectroscopy - 14

Molecular Spectroscopy - 15

Week - 11:

Molecular Spectroscopy - 16

Molecular Spectroscopy - 17

Molecular Spectroscopy - 18

Week - 12:

Molecular Spectroscopy - 19

Molecular Spectroscopy - 20

Molecular Spectroscopy - 21

Week - 13:

Molecular Spectroscopy - 22

Molecular Spectroscopy - 23

Molecular Spectroscopy - 24

Week - 14:

Photochemistry - 1

Photochemistry - 2

Photochemistry - 3

Photochemistry - 4

Photochemistry - 5

Books and references

Silbey, R. J., Alberty, R. A. & Bawendi, M. G. Physical Chemistry 4th Ed. Wiley (2004)
Atkins, P. W. & Paula, J. de Atkin’s Physical Chemistry 8th Ed., Oxford University Press (2006)
McQuarrie, D. A. & Simon, J. D. Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach 3rd Ed., Univ. Science Books (2001)
Lowe, J. P. & Peterson, K. Quantum Chemistry Academic Press (2005)
McQuarrie, D. A. Quantum Chemistry Viva Books Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi (2003)
Levine, I. L Quantum Chemistry 5th Ed., Prentice-Hall Inc.: New Jersey (2000)
McCash, Elaine M. & Banwell, C.N., Fundamentals of Molecular & Spectroscopy 5th Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Education, (2013)
Pavia, Donald L., Lampman, Gary M., Kriz, George S., Vyvyan, James A.; Introduction to Spectroscopy 4th Edition, Cengage Learning (2008)
Hollas, J. Michael; Modern Spectroscopy, 4th Edition, Wiley (2004)
Rohatgi, K. K., & Mukherjee, K. K. (2021). Fundamentals of Photochemistry (4th ed.). New Delhi: New Age International Pvt Ltd.
Turro, N. J., Ramamurthy, V., & Scaiano, J. C. (2019). Principles of Molecular Photochemistry. New Delhi: Viva Books Pvt. Ltd.

Instructor bio

Prof. Amar Ballabh, M.Sc. (Physical & Polymer Chemistry), Ph D, UGC- CSIR NET (Lectureship) is a Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has a teaching experience of over 19 years and research experience of over 24 years. His research areas of interest are Crystal Engineering, Supramolecular Chemistry and Material Chemistry.

Prof. Prasanna S. Ghalsasi, M.Sc., Ph.D., is a Professor of Chemistry (from 2012) at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, and an Affiliate Member of WPI-SKCM², Hiroshima University. A former postdoctoral fellow in the U.S., he specializes in molecular materials—focusing on organic magnets, ferroelectrics, organic–inorganic hybrids, and chirality. He actively contributes to national science education programs such as the Chemistry Olympiad (HBCSE-TIFR) and the National Talent Search (NCERT). He has reviewed international textbooks for Pearson and established the Curiosity Laboratory with support from Sun Pharmaceuticals to mentor undergraduate researchers.

Prof. Ghalsasi has led eight research projects, published over 40 international papers, holds five Indian patents, and currently guides three Ph.D. scholars (with four Ph.D.'s completed). He has also mentored numerous undergraduate and over 22 Master's students.

Course certificate

Internal Assessment- Weekly assessments released in the course shall be considered for Internal Marks and will carry 30 percent for the Overall Result. Out of all weekly assignments, the best/top five scores will be considered for the final Internal Assessment marks.
End-term Assessment - The final exam shall be conducted by NTA, and will carry 70 percent for the overall Result.
All students who obtain 40% marks in the internal assessment and 40% marks in the end-term proctored exam separately will be eligible for the SWAYAM Credit Certificate.

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