United Nations Organization has declared 2011, as the ‘International Year of Chemistry”. It is to honour the completion of 100 years of awarding the Nobel prize in chemistry to Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) who discovered radio-active elements radium and polonium. She was often ill due to her excessive exposure to radioactive rays and died at the age of 61 due to Leukemia.

    The year is to remember great scientists who sacrificed their lives for the service of the mankind through science. The year 2011 also completes the successful hundred years of the ‘International Association of Chemical Societies’.

     The UNESCO and International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) have jointly accepted the responsibility of successfully celebrating 2011 as International Year of Chemistry.

The main theme of the international year of Chemistry year is Chemistry for Mankind: Innovative Ideas....