The Department of Chemotherapy is one of the oldest departments of this Institute.  Chemotherapy Department is trying to develop laboratory processes for synthesis of drug intermediates of commercial importance. The work in the department was aimed at synthesizing chemotherapeutic agents useful in treatment of infectious diseases.  After 1975, the activities of the department were restricted to training of research students in the methods of drug synthesis, synthesis of new chemical compounds with possible chemotherapeutic activity and testing fine chemicals drug intermediates and bulk drugs.

Chemotherapy department is engaged in Training on sophisticated analytical instruments. Every year Analytical Training program for post graduate & graduate students was conducted. Also Chemotherapy department conducted Short Term Research Internship Programme (STRIP) for B. Pharm, M. Pharm, and M.Sc. Chemistry Students. Chemotherapy Department have Analytical Instrumentation facility such as GC-MS, HPLC, IR instruments, so testing of snake venom, pharmaceutical samples, water samples, plant extract samples is done in Chemotherapy Department. Research is going on preparation of novel heterocyclic derivatives having therapeutic value. Chemotherapy Department is engaged in synthesizing novel molecules for broad spectrum of anti-bacterial & anti-fungal drug. It will have low costing & high efficacy, and that drug or drug intermediate is techno-economically feasible.

Recently Chemotherapy department started Microwave synthesis lab with organic Microwave synthesizer. So research is started with green techniques for synthesis of organic drug intermediates by using green solvents & most useful for the Environment. It is also reduced the toxic pollutants & hazardous waste chemical. Even in future we synthesize the heterocyclic compounds by ultrasonic radiation, for that study we developed Sonochemistry lab in Chemotherapy Department. We are trying to establish testing lab for commercial & academic purpose.