Course Name: Introduction to Polymer Science

Course abstract

This course will educate the students about one of the most important materials of present viz. Polymers. The course will introduce polymers including the importance, present challenges in polymer research followed by classes on synthesis, characterization, properties and applications of polymers.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Dibakar Dhara

After completing B.Sc. (Hons.) and M. Sc. in Chemistry from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Prof. Dibakar Dhara carried out his doctoral research at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad. He had couple of year of postdoctoral research experience at Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida before joining as Polymer Engineer at General Electrics Global Research Centre at Bangalore. After spending nearly seven years at GE, he moved to IIT Kharagpur as a faculty in Chemistry department where he is working for last eleven years. His present research interests are in the following topics Polymer Synthesis, Physical Chemistry of Polymers, Colloids and Nanomaterials.
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 Course Duration : Sep-Nov 2020

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 Enrollment : 20-May-2020 to 21-Sep-2020

 Exam registration : 14-Sep-2020 to 02-Nov-2020

 Exam Date : 18-Dec-2020

Enrolled

2464

Registered

168

Certificate Eligible

72

Certified Category Count

Gold

5

Silver

13

Elite

21

Successfully completed

33

Participation

79

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Introduction to Polymer Science - Toppers list

MAHAJAN SWAPNIL DASHRATH 97%

KAVAYITRI BAHINABAI CHAUDHARI NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY

RANEESH KONNOLA 96%

GOVT.WOMENS POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE THRISSUR

RAHUL CHAKRABORTY 91%

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE

SUPREME CHHAULEY 90%

UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

BEJEET MANNA 90%

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND AGRICULTURE

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 2464

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 168

Assignment Statistics




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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.