The course, designed as the first year chemistry laboratory courses for scientists, physics, chemistry and life science majors as well as all engineering majors: strove to fulfill a number of requirements. Shiv Nadar University has a tie-in with Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, hence in addition to the AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education), and UGC (University Grants Commission), we have had to keep in mind the standards of ACS (American Chemical Society), a body that governs US college students. The experiments are by no means trivial and bench-top analysis that is often odorous, creates toxic gases and ads to environmental hazards have all given way to more sophisticated instrumental methods of analysis. SNU students graduate from the first year Chemistry laboratories capable of running a UV-ViS spectrometer in addition to an FT-IR spectrometer in addition to other non-spectral methods of analysis. The book contains safety instructions as well as how to segregate and deal with waste. Grading schemes are included so that the novice teacher may start teaching without too much worrying. This book will be an asset to every chemistry department as an excellent foundation for advanced organic syntheses, thermodynamics and chemical kinetics studies and other theoretical work too.