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Name of Books

Authors

Atomic and Molecular Structure: Physical Chemistry

Peter W. Atkins

Chemical Thermodynamics: Physical Chemistry

Thomas Engel & Phillip Reid

Theory of Gase: Physical Chemistry

Peter W. Atkins

Electrochemistry: An Introduction to Electrochemistry

Samuel Glasstone

Chemical and Phase Equilibria: Principals of Chemical Equilibrium & Phase Rule

K.G. Denbigh

Adsorption: Introduction to Surface Chemistry & Catalysis

Gabor A. Somorjai

Basic Mathematical Concept: Differential Equation & Matrices

Shanti Narayan

Chemical Kinetics: Chemical Kinetics

Keith J. Laidler

Solid State: Solid State

Peter W. Atkins

Inorganic Chemistry

Chemical Bonding and Shapes of compounds: Inorganic Chemistry

Meissler & Tarr

Instrumental Method of Analysis: Instrumental method

Skoog, Holler & Crouch

Bioinorganic Chemistry: Inorganic Chemistry

James E. Huheey

Periodic Table: Concise Inorganic Chemistry

J. D. Lee

Analytical Chemistry: Quantitative Inorganic Analysis

A. I. Vogel

Main Group Elements (s and p blocks): Concise Inorganic Chemistry

J. D. Lee

Transition Metal (d block): Concise Inorganic Chemistry

James E. Huheey

Organic Chemistry

Qualitative organic Analysis: Introduction to Spectroscopy

Pavia, Lampman, Kriz, Vyvyan

Organic reaction Mechanism and synthetic applications

Organic Chemistry-Clayden, Greeves, Warner and Wothers

Organic Chemistry- Carey & Sundberg

Basic Concepts in Organic Chemistry and Stereochemistry: Stereochemistry Conformation and Mechanism

P.S. Kalsi

Natural Products Chemistry: Organic Chemistry (Vol-II)

 I. L. Finar

Heterocyclic Chemistry: Organic Chemistry (Vol-I)

I. L. Finar

Name of Books

Authors

Mathematical Physics

H.K. Dass

Mathematical Methods In The Physical Sciences

Mary L Boas

Advanced Engineering Mathematics

Erwin Kreyszig

Mathematical Methods for Physics & Engineering

Riley, Hobson & Bence

Vector Analysis: Schaum’s Series

Murray R Spiegel

Mechanics & General Properties of Matter

An Introduction to Mechanics

Kleppner and Kolenkow

Classical Mechanics & General Properties of matter

A.B. Gupta

Classical Mechanics

Walter Greiner

Classical Mechanics

J.C. Upadhyaya

Classical Mechanics

Herbert Goldstein

Oscillations, Wave and Optics

Optics

 B. Ghosh

Waves and Oscillations

N.K. Bajaj

Waves and Oscillations

Brij Lal & N Subrahmanyam

Optics

Eugune Hecht, A. R. Ganesan

Optics

Ajoy Ghatak

Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics

Electronics

B. Ghosh

Solid State Physics

S.O. Pillai

Digital Fundamentals

Floyd

Solid State Physics

Puri & Babbar

Electronic Devices & Circuit Theory

Boylestad & Nashelsky

Kinetic Theory, Thermodynamics

Heat & Thermodynamics

H.P. Roy & A.B. Gupta

Funda-mentals of Statistical Mechanics & Thermal Physics

F. Reif

Thermodynamics

Garg, Bansal & Ghosh

Modern Physics

Nuclear Physics

D.C. Tayal

Introduction to Quantum Mechanics

David J. Griffiths

Quantum Physics

H.C. Verma

Concepts of Modern Physics

Beiser, Mahajan, Choudhury

Electricity and Magnetism

Electricity & Magnetism

B.Ghosh

Introduction to Electrodynamics

David J. Griffiths

Modern Algebra

A. R. Vasishtha

Integral Calculus

F. Ayres (Schaum’s), Gorakh Prasad

University Algebra

N. S. Gopalakrishan

Real Analysis

H. L. Royden

Vector Calculus

Murray R. Spiegel (Schaum’s), A.R.Vasishtha

Linear Algebra

Seymour Lipschitz (Schaum’s), H. Anton, A.R.Vasishtha

Principle of Real Analysis

S. C. Malik

Ordinary Differential Equation

Peter J. Collins, G.F. Simmons, M.D. Raisinghania

Cell Biology

• Karp, G. 2010. Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments. 6th Edition. John Wiley & Sons. Inc.

• Cooper, G.M. and Hausman, R.E. 2009. The Cell: A Molecular Approach. 5th edition. ASM Press & Sunderland, Washington, D.C.; Sinauer Associates, MA.

• De Robertis, E.D.P. and De Robertis, E.M.F. 2006 Cell and Molecular Biology.,8th edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia

Genetics

• Griffiths, A.J.F., Wessler, S.R., Lewontin, R.C. and Carroll, S.B. IX Edition. Introduction to Genetic Analysis. W. H. Freeman and Co.

• Klug, W.S., Cummings, M.R., Spencer, C.A. (2009). Concepts of Genetics. XI Edition. Benjamin Cummings.

• Russell, P. J. (2009). Genetics- A Molecular Approach. III Edition. Benjamin Cummings.

Plant Physiology

• Taiz, L. & Zeiger, E. 2006 Plant Physiology. (4th edition) Sinauer Associates, Inc. Sunderland, M.A.

• Hopkins, W.G. and Huner, P.A. 2008 Introduction to Plant Physiology. John Wiley and Sons.

• Salisbury, F.B. and Ross, C.W. 1991 Plant Physiology, Wadsworth Publishing Co. Ltd.

Molecular Biology

• Watson, J. D., Baker T.A., Bell, S. P., Gann, A., Levine, M., and Losick, R., 2008 Molecular Biology of the Gene 6th edition. Cold Spring Harbour Lab. Press, Pearson Pub.                            

• Molecular Cell Biology, Lodish et. al., (2007), W.H. Freeman and Company, New York, USA

• Molecular Biology of the Cell, Alberts et. al., (2008), Garland Science, Taylor & Francis Group, New York, USA.

Microbiology

• Pelczar, M.J. (2001) Microbiology, 5th edition, Tata Mc Graw-Hill Co, New Delhi.

• Presscott, L. Harley, J. and Klein, D. (2005) Microbiology, 6th edition, Tata Mc Graw-Hill Co. New Delhi.

• Waites MJ, Morgan NL, Rockey JS, Higton G (2001) Industrial Microbiology: An Introduction, Wiley-Blackwell.

Animal Physiology

• Eckert animal physiology: mechanisms and adaptations by Randall, David J., Burggren, Warren W; French, 2002

• Animal physiology: adaptation and environment by Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut, 2nd Edition.

• Human physiology and mechanisms of diseaseby Guyton, Arthur C; Hall, John E. (John Edward), Sixth edition.

Development Biology

• Wolpert-Principles of Development, Second Edition                                              

• Developmental Biology, 6th Ed, Gilbert

• Human Embryology and Developmental Biology Book by Bruce Carlso.6th edition

Immunology

• Kuby Immunology, Richard, Thomas, Barbara, Janis, (5th Ed., 2003), W. H. Freeman and company, New York, USA.

• Immuno Biology- The immune system in health and disease, Janeway, Travers, Walport and Shlomchik, (6th Ed., 2005), Garland Science Publishing, New York, USA.

• Immunology, David, Brostoff and Roitt, (7th Ed., 2006), Mosby & Elsevier Publishing, Canada, USA.

Biochemistry

• J.L.Jain

• Buchanan, B.B., Gruissem, W., and Jones, R.L. (2000). Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants. American Society of Plant Physiologists, Maryland.

• Lehninger Biochemistry

Biotechnology

• Molecular Biotechnology: Principles and Applications of Recombinant DNA Textbook by Bernard R. Glick and Jack J. Pasternak (sixth edition)

• Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis: An Introduction Book by Terence Brown (seventh edition)

• Principles of Gene Manipulation: An Introduction to Genetic Engineering

• Book by R. W Old and S. B. Primrose (sixth edition)

Ecology

• Sharma, P.D. (2010) Ecology and Environment, (8th Ed.) Rastogi Publications, Meerut.

• Ecology(Peter H. Raven, George B. Johnson)

• Chapman, J.L., Reiss, M.J. 1999. Ecology: Principles and applications (2nd edition) Cambridge University Press.

Systematics and evolution

• Evolution, Futuyma, D. J., Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, USA

• Judd WS, Campbell CS, Kellogg EA, Stevens PA and Donoghue MJ (2002) Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. SinauerAssociaes, Inc., Massachusetts.

• Gurucharan- Plant Systematics

Plant embryology

• Bhojwani, S.S. and Bhatnagar, S.P. 2003. The Embryology of Angiosperms. Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd., Delhi.

• Maheshwari, P. 1980, An Introduction to the Embryology of Angiosperms. Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd., Bombay – New Delhi.

• Eames, A.J. 1961 Morphology of the Angiosperms. Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Co. Ltd. Bombay.