Chemical Society of Pakistan

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Chemical Society of Pakistan
Pakistan Chemistry Society
AbbreviationCSP
PredecessorNone
Formation1978;46 years ago (1978)
TypeScientific think tank
Headquarters H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry
Location
Region served
South Asia
Europe
United States
Official language
English
Urdu
President
Prof. Dr. Din Mohammad [1]
Editor-in-Chief
Dr. M. Raza Shah [2]
Affiliations American Chemical Society
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

The Chemical Society of Pakistan, also known as Pakistan Chemistry Society, is an academic and scientific society of professional chemists, devoted and dedicated for scientific inquiry in the field of chemistry. [2] It is one of the largest learned societies of Pakistan and groups together all degree-levels in all fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, and related fields such as biochemistry, Chemical physics, Mathematical chemistry, Electrochemistry and other branches of chemistry. [2]

The Chemical Society was established and launched in 1978, after a series of chemical publications were published through the HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, at the Karachi University. [2] It publishes its own bimonthly journal, the Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan.

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References

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