The thrust area of research of Department of Chemistry includes, Organic Electronics, Alternate Renewable Energy, Photochemistry, Nanomaterials and Electrochemical Sensors. At present three research scholars are working in the Department for the Ph.D programme and one student is working as a project fellow. The research activities of the Department are highly active with sole aim of upgrading the Department to a Research Department in near future. At present three of our faculty members are approved Research Guides of University of Kerala. The research programme of the Department is financially supported by University Grants Commission (UGC) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) in the form of Major and Minor Research Projects. In 2015, Department received the prestigious DST-FIST grant and with this the research facilities are improved tremendously. With this fund we setup a Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre and Networking and Computational Facility in the Department. The major research instruments include UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, FTIR, Fluorescence Spectrophotometer, Electrochemical Workstation etc. These facilities are also utilized by teachers, students and research scholars of neighbouring colleges of both Kerala and MG University. The Department has also signed MoUs with various colleges and reputed research centres in Kerala to strengthen the research activities. It is noteworthy that the students of our Department are qualifying various National Eligibility Tests such as CSIR and GATE examinations and pursuing their higher studies in various reputed research institutes in India and abroad. In 2018 the Department started functioning completely with Green Energy. Department of Chemistry is the first fully Solar Educational Department in the College, totally devoted for the promotion of renewable energy

Alternative renewable energy resources especially low cost solar energy based organic photovoltaic devices are the major focus of research of the Department. Our other research interest includes design and synthesis of novel organic molecules for organic electronics, synthesis of nanomaterials and their incorporation in photovoltaic devices etc. Materials having delocalized π electron system are interesting due to their optical and electronic properties. They are potential candidates in organic photovoltaics. We design, synthesis and characterize various materials for organic electronics. Some of the materials of interest include derivatives perylene diimides, pyrene, phenothiazine etc. We also interested to investigate the photophysical and transport properties of oligomeric and polymeric materials which can be used to fabricate organic electronic devices.

Focus of research of Department of Chemistry includes,

• Organic Photovoltaics, Organic Light Emitting Diodes, Device Fabrication and Characterization
• Transport Studies of Oligomeric and Polymeric Materials
• Photophysical Properties of Conjugated Polymers and Nanoparticles
• Charge Transfer Dynamics in DNA
• Electrochemical Sensors

Research Projects

• Major project entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Photo Resposive Polymers” funded by KSCSTE, Kerala, (2021-24). (Principal Investigator: Dr. Beena James) Total Grant Rs. 14.57 Lakhs.
• Student Project entitled “Electrochemical Detection of Analytes using Voltammetric Sensors” funded by KSCSTE, Kerala, 2019 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Pearl Augustine) Total Grant Rs. 10000/-.
• Student Project entitled “Synthesis, Characterization and Photophysical Study of Electrospun dye Doped Polymer Nanofibers for Photovolataic Applications” funded by KSCSTE, Kerala, 2018 (Principal Investigator: Liya Jose M.) Total Grant Rs. 10000/-.
• Minor project entitled “Comparative Study of Substituent Effect on Two Related Families of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells Using Ruthenium and Iridium Complexes” funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India, (2014-16).  (Principal Investigator: Joseph Libin K. L.) Total Grant Rs. 1.5 Lakhs.
• Major project entitled “Optical Characterization and Charge Transport Properties of Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers for Organic Photovoltaics” funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), India (2013-16). (Principal Investigator: Dr. P. Manoj) Total Grant: 31.85 Lakhs. 
• Minor project entitled “Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Photovoltaic Applications” funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India, (2012-14). (Principal Investigator: Seena Elizabeth George) Total Grant Rs. 80,000/-
• Minor project entitled “Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of fluorescent Chitosan” funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India, (2012-14).  (Principal Investigator: Dr. Pearl Augustine) Total Grant Rs. 90,000/-.
• Major project entitled “Investigations of the Photophysical Properties of Semiconducting Organic Materials for Electronic Applications” funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India. (2012-15). (Principal Investigator: Dr. P. Manoj) Total Grant: 11.60 Lakhs.