It has entered the league of top five state universities of the country by achieving NAAC Grade A++ rank.

The proposal was accepted in principle by the first Chief Minister of U.P., Gobind Ballabh Pant, but it was only in 1956 that the university came into existence by an act passed by the U.P.

The proposal was accepted in principle by the Chief Minister Govind Ballabh Pant, but it was only in 1956 that the university came into existence by an act passed by the U.P.

A strong in the field of supersonic conductors, dielectric polarization, absorption and dispersion studies and rare earth oxides were developed in the mid-1970s.

Another group in the field of Particle Physics is also active and is engaged in collaborative programme with CERN, Germany.

Most of the faculty members after having their training in the country have worked in renowned research laboratories and centres of theoretical studies abroad.

Under Rastogi, Department saw tremendous growth in chemical research and education activity and earned international fame in various areas including: Solid State Processes and Rocket Propulsion, Thermodynamics of Mixtures, Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes, Non-linear Dynamics just to name a few.