Dr. Manjita R. Porob

Faculty of Physical Science & Earth Science

Chemistry

Faculty

Dr. Manjita R. Porob

Associate Professor

Year of Joining/Teaching Experience

2006

Areas of Specialization

Physical Chemistry

Contact Details

Email: mrp001@chowgules.ac.in

BIO

I am an Associate Professor of Chemistry with 25 years of undergraduate teaching experience and currently serve as the Controller of Examinations at Parvatibai Chowgule College. I hold an MSc, PhD, and SET qualification, specializing in Physical Chemistry, with academic interests in Environmental and Food Chemistry. I am a Gold Medalist in MSc Physical Chemistry from Goa University and have four research publications to my credit. I have served as Head of the Department of Chemistry, Chairperson of the Board of Studies, and as the NIRF Coordinator for two consecutive years, in addition to being a member of several statutory college committees, while actively contributing to academic initiatives and community outreach programmes.

Positions Held Controller of Examinations

Accomplishments

Qualified State Eligibility test (SET) Chemistry, conducted by Pune University, at the first attempt in January 2000
Gold Medalist, for scoring highest marks at MSc Physical Chemistry, Goa University in April 2000
Recipient of XIth Indian Council of Chemistry conference endowment for scoring highest marks at MSc Physical Chemistry Goa University in April 2000

RESEARCH PAPERS

Research Papers Research Publications: 04 Conference Papers/Posters Presented:

Presented research paper entitled “Extraction and Quantification of Limonene from citrus fruit waste “ in national conference on innovative and sustainable chemistry “ NCISC-2023 organized by Pratap college Amalner.

RESEARCH PROJECTS

ACTIVITIES /PARTICIPATIONS

ACTIVITIES

Activities

Activities Organized:

Intercollegiate event Kynesis as Chemzone coordinator in 2025-2026
Convened student council Elections of college from 2019-2023
Talk on ‘Pharmaceutical Chemistry: Working & Challenges’ for Chemistry students in 2018-2019
Talk on ‘ Safety measures in the Chemistry laboratory’ for Chemistry fraternity in 2018-2019
Co-initiated ‘Catalysis’ an Intercollegiate state level event for the BSc Chemistry students along with Ex- HoD of the Chemistry department, Shri N.G.Rivonkar in 2012-2013
Worked as faculty supervisor in the EDP Cell of the Chemistry department 2006-2012
Co-initiated certificate course in QC and QA Pharma along with Late Dr.S.A Antao
Organized various Alumni lecture series for Chemistry students periodically.

Community Outreach Activities

URBA- A societal Responsibility for GPS Xeldem Goa in 2024-2025
Breast Cancer Awareness cum Screening Camp conducted by YouWeCan foundation ( Yuvraj Singh Cancer foundation) in 2022-2023
Free Eye Screening camp by ASG Hospitals as a community service in 2022-2023
‘Daan Utsav week’,for Deaf and Blind children in 2022-2023
‘Educational Activity Series ‘- for GPS Kakoda and GPS Curchorem Main in 2021-2022
Test the skills- An intra - class competitions for village students of GPS Kakoda.
Cook Healthy – A interactive session and competition for women from village of Kakoda.
Science lecture series for school students of village primary school Goa Education Society’s school , Balli Quepem Goa in 2019-2020.
‘Stimulus’ an Interschool competition for the special children of invited schools in August 2019
Fun Chemistry Workshop’ for the students of Chetana Educational trust’s school cum rehabilitation centre for special children in August 2018.

WORKSHOPS

Workshops Conferences Seminars/Workshops/Training Programmes Participated:

Attended Workshop on making higher education inclusive : Journey from law to practice under the banner of International Purple Fest organized by DHE, Government of Goa in October 2025.
Resourse person for Vidnyan Dhara 2025 – Mega Science series.
Attended One-Day Workshop on NIRF Rankings 2025: Data Assimilation, Analysis and Submission organized by Goa University on 28/11/2024
Completed successfully AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Blended/Hybrid FDP on "Leadership Excellence" in November 2022 at NIT Goa.
Participated in the workshop on NEP 2020 : Research, Innovation and Rankings held on 14-11-2022
Completed 3-Days Workshop on "Designing and Development of e-Resources for Teaching and Learning" organized by Rajdhani college, Delhi University in June 2021
Contributed modules towards e-content of project Dishtavo- A DHE initiative July 2020-December 2020
National conference on “New frontiers in chemistry-from fundamentals to applications” in December 2019.