Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya, Port Blair is the premier Institution in the Union Territory of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands which had its inception in 1967 as Govt. College Port Blair. The College offers instructions in wide-ranging disciplines at Undergraduate and postgraduate levels leading to B.A, B.Sc, B.Com., BCA, BBA(Tourism & Travel Mgt.) and BPES (Physical Education) degrees and M.Sc., M.A and M.Com degrees respectively. Initially the College was Affiliated with Punjab University, Chandigarh at the time of inception (1967) and the Affiliation was shifted to Pondicherry Central University in the year 1987. The College is also centre of almost all the UPSC Competitive Examinations. It has also been declared as NET examination centre by UGC from December 2002 onwards. This College has an excellent sprawling campus having statues of great thinkers like Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Swami Vivekananda.

The Islands of Andaman & Nicobar are geographically remote because of the vast distance from the mainland coastal line. The Islands of Andaman & Nicobar are home to some of the indigenous tribes. JNRM is the hub of higher educational activities in these Islands and has produced diligent graduates and postgraduates in many disciplines. Apart from many first classes, some of the students have been Gold medalist and toppers in the entire Pondicherry University.

The Department of Chemistry is one of the prominent departments of Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research in VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur campus. The Department offers M.Sc. and Ph.D. programme in Chemistry. Doctoral and post-doctoral researches are carried out in all major areas of chemical and allied sciences.

Faculty members in Chemistry department are well recognized and their areas of research are cutting edge and mainly focused on society current need and problems. The department is working to reshape the state’s public higher education by training new generation postgraduate students engaging in interdisciplinary research, signing MoUs with industry and entrepreneurs that gave jobs opportunities to postgraduate students. The Department of Chemistry provides research opportunities to postgraduates for Ph.D. programme and doctorate researchers for PUPDF programme that is initiated by our visionary Vice-Chancellor.