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Post Graduate and Research Department of Chemistry

About the Department

The under graduate Department of Chemistry was started in the year 1981 and elevated as Postgraduate department in the year 2003. From the year 2005 the department has become a full fledged research centre as approved by the Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. The department glorified its ventures by conducting 27 MTCs (Modern Trends in Chemistry) seminars /symposia, from 1993. In addition to the teaching activities, the department is known for its research works in thrust areas like Green Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Corrosion Science and Photochemistry. There are four major and one minor research projects have completed one funded by CSIR and the other four supported by UGC.

Infrastructure

Particulars Number Nature of Class Facility Available
Class rooms UG-4
PG-2
Separate and well spacious class rooms 1. Green Board
2. White Board
Smart Class Rooms 1 Well Air Conditioned Room 1. White Board
2. LCD Screen with Projector
3. Desktop
4. Wi-Fi/Ethernet
UG Laboratory 1 Well separate, ventilated, and spacious laboratory 1. Chemicals and Glassware Storage rooms
2. Separate Water and Gas Pipe lines
3. Thermal Oven
4. DD water Unit
5. Suction Pump
6. Melting point apparatus
7. Mechanical Shaker
8. Potentiometers
9. Analytical Balance
10. Steam Water bath
11. Fume Hood
12. Fire Extinguishers
13. Black Boards
UG,PG & Ancillary Laboratory 1 Well separate ventilated, and spacious laboratory 1. Separate Student’s Cupboards with granite working tops.
2. Separate Water and Gas Pipe lines
3. Individual cupboards for chemicals and glasswares
4. Analytical Balance
5. Steam Water bath
6. Fire Extinguishers
Research Lab
1 Well separate ventilated, and spacious laboratory 1. Separate Water and Gas Pipe lines
2. Separate cupboards for chemicals and glasswares
3. Analytical Balance
4. Melting Point apparatus.
5. Magnetic stirrer with hot plate
6. TLC UV Champer
7. Steam Water bath
8. Fire Extinguishers
Library 1 Well separate and spacious laboratory 1. More than 2000 hard books
2. 600 e –books
3. e-contents and YouTube links
4. Desktop with Internet facility
5. Black and White board
6. Individual Steel and Wood Bero Almirah
7. Separate book bero/shelves for PG students
8. Individual Wooden and Steel sitting and writing tables, Plastic chairs
Repository Rooms 1 Single ventilated room 1. Individual shelf
2. Wooden Boxes

Vision

To prepare the students of chemistry in such a way that they are self-reliant, highly informative and a better candidate in the demanding and ever changing world.

To prepare the knowledgeable graduates for careers in academia, industry and government.

Mission

To foster robust degree programme that prepare students for advanced studies in chemistry and careers in chemical industry.

✔ To encourage students to face both under Graduate and Post Graduate Entrance examinations like IIT – JAM, IISc, IISER, NISER, NIT, CUCET, BHU, PU, UOH, Integrated Ph.D., and CSIR-NET, GATE, SET etc.

✔ To invite scientists from National/International laboratories for lectures of global standard.

✔ To function as a vibrant and high quality research centre by supporting the faculty involved in such pursuits.

Innovative Practices

ICT enabled teaching and learning

Interactive science journals

Best Practices

Lecture practice, Thought full questions, Active learning, Field visit/Industrial visit,Class room discussion, Library forum Test & Assignment cooperative learning, homework& practice high order thinking.

Goals

1. To provide students with sound knowledge in fundamental concepts and modern trends of chemistry.

2. To foster sound degree programme that prepare students for advanced studies in chemistry, careers in chemical industry and provide strong foundation in chemical science.

3. To give training to acquire an ability to think rationally and to apply the knowledge of chemistry in making judgements and solving problems.

Objectives

1. Apply the principles of sub-fields of chemistry namely organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, experimental chemistry and instrument methods of analysis.

2. To foster sound degree programme that prepare students for advanced studies in chemistry, careers in chemical industry and provide strong foundation in chemical science.

3. Develop curiosity and interest in chemistry.

4. Student should become aware of the social, economic, environmental and technological implications of chemistry and show concern for environment and society.

5. Develop an appreciation of chemistry and its applications in daily life.

UG Programme Offered

B.Sc., Chemistry (1981)

PG Programme Offered

M.Sc., Chemistry (2003)

Research Programme Offered

Ph.D., Chemistry (Full Time / Part Time) – 2005

Certificate Courses Offered

1. Chemistry In Everyday Life (2021)

2. Forensics and Pharma Intelligence (2021)

3. The Chemistry of Fireworks (2021)

Students Strength Particulars
S.No. Year of Admission Strength (UG) Strength (PG)
1 2009 41 – Details 17 – Details
2 2010 35 – Details 07 – Details
3 2011 40 – Details 08 – Details
4 2012 28 – Details 13 – Details
5 2013 36 – Details 07 – Details
6 2014 36 – Details 02 – Details
7 2015 36 – Details 01 – Details
8 2016 35 – Details 01 – Details
9 2017 40 – Details 20 – Details
10 2018 32 – Details 06 – Details
11 2019 45 – Details 02 – Details
12 2020 39 – Details 08 – Details
13 2021 38 – Details 02 – Details
Roll of Honour Particulars

 

S.No. Year Name (UG) Marks(%) Name (PG) Marks(%)
1 1990 S. Lenin 85
2 1991 A. Srinivasan 82.39
3 1992 V. S. Ganesan 82.33
4 1993 P. Manikanda Murthy 83.91
5 1994 S. Manjunathan 88.65
6 1995 K. Arul 83.94
7 1996 M. Baskar 87.90
8 1997 M. Balakrishnan 84
9 1998 N. Narendran 86.17
10 1999 P. Jeyaprakash 86.02
11 2000 R. Karuppiah 72
12 2001 R. Saravanakumar 75.55
13 2002 V. Rajesh Kumar 82.30
14 2003 B. Sundhankumar 80.83
15 2004 T. Gopinath 79.60
16 2005 K. Sivaraman 85.27 R. Vaidiyanadhan 76.89
17 2006 R. Arun Kumar 80.95 K. Munusamy 73.69
18 2007 S. Sabareeswaran 83.68 K. Sivaraman 82.73
19 2008 M. Angusamy 76.59 K. Sivaraman 82
20 2009 V. Loganathan 81.70 T. Balamurugan 78.39
21 2010 K. Karuppasamy 78.22 S. Madaesakkimuthu 77.17
22 2011 R. Karthikeyan 82.85 P. Jeyakumar 76.65
23 2012 M. Prabakaran 79 S. Sundramurthi 74
24 2013 K. Ganeshkumar 73 P. Arunagiri 71
25 2014 A. Dharmanandam 75 K. Huberan 79
26 2015 P.  Manojkumar 80 R. Krishnan 75
27 2016 P. Sudhakar 79 L. Vetriselvan 72
28 2017 P. Saravanakumar 78 P. Saravanakumar 78
29 2018 B. Prabhukumar 88 M. Maruthupandi 75
30 2019 R. Gurudev 86 M. Thirunavukkarasu 80
31 2020 K. Govindharaj 85.07 M. Chandran
32 2021 M. Ajaykumar 82.83 M. Gogulakannan 77.86
33 2022 R. Anish Kumar 89 L. Prakash 80
34 2023 V. Annamalai 89 R. Satheeshkumar 81
Please click on the below links to view the syllabus – UG
Academic Batch Syllabus
2017 – 20
2018 – 21
2019 – 22
2020 – 23
2021 – 24
Please click on the below links to view the syllabus -PG
Academic Batch Syllabus
2017 – 19
2018 – 20
2019 – 21
2020 – 22
2021 – 23

Faculty

S.No Name Photo Designation Profile
1 Sri. B. Servaramuthu Assistant Professor & Head
2 Dr. A. Kannan Assistant Professor
3 Dr. M. Ganapathy Assistant Professor
4 Dr. G. Rajkumar Assistant Professor
Faculty (Management / Self Financing)
5 Sri. M. Raghu Assistant Professor
6 Dr. D. Thirupathi Assistant Professor
7 Dr. G. Balakrishnan Assistant Professor
8 Sri. A. Dharmanandam Assistant Professor
9 Dr. S. Ellairaja Assistant Professor

Research

The Department is known for its research works in thrust areas like Green Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Corrosion Science and Photochemistry. There are four major and one minor research projects have completed one funded by CSIR and the other four supported by UGC and  SERB – TARE.

Consultancy Services

Sample Analysis

  • UV-Visible Spectrometer
  • Spectrofluorometer
  • Cyclic Voltammetry
  • Electrochemical Impedance Analysis

    Instrument User Form

 Department Library

Our department library has a collection of more than 2500 books.

Library Facilities:

  • The library contains a large collection of textbooks in all fields of chemistry.
  • There are desks/benches for individual study for the students of our department.
  • The library maintains computers which can be accessed exclusively by Chemistry Department students.

Library Book Details

Sl.No Book Name Branch Number of Books
1 Inorganic Chemistry 437
2 Organic Chemistry 550
3 Physical Chemistry 750
4 General Chemistry 850
TOTAL 2587
Please click on the below links to view the   Previous Year CIA Question Papers of  UG
Academic Year Odd Semester
Even Semester
2018 – 2019 CIA Examinations I

CIA Examinations II

CIA Examinations III

CIA Examinations I

CIA Examinations II

CIA Examinations III

2019 – 2020 CIA Examinations I

CIA Examinations II

CIA Examinations III

CIA Examinations I

CIA Examinations II

CIA Examinations III

Please click on the below links to view the   Previous Year CIA Question Papers of  PG
Academic Year Odd Semester
Even Semester
2018 – 2019 CIA Examinations I

CIA Examinations II

CIA Examinations III

CIA Examinations I

CIA Examinations II

CIA Examinations III

2019 – 2020 CIA Examinations I

CIA Examinations II

 

CIA Examinations I

CIA Examinations II

CIA Examinations III

Acad

B.Sc., Chemistry Details

Academic Year No. students Appeared No. students Passed Result(%)
2014-2015 28 27 96.43
2015-2016 36 29 80.56
2016-2017 35 35 100
2017-2018 36 31 86.11
2018-2019 34 34 100
2019-2020 36 36 100
2020-2021 30 30 100

M.Sc., Chemistry Details

Academic Year No. students Appeared No. students Passed Result(%)
2014-2015 7 4 57.14
2015-2016 2 1 50
2016-2017 1 1 100
2017-2018 1 1 100
2018-2019 17 17 100
2019-2020 6 6 100
2020-2021 2 2 100

Chemistry Association

Sl.No Year Date of Inauguration Resource Person
1 2015 September 3, 2015 Prof. R. Rajagopal, Former Professor of School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai and UGC-Emeritus fellow, Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam West, Madurai.
2 2016 July 16, 2016 Dr. B. Ramamoorthy, Principal, Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam West, Madurai.
3 2017 July 1, 2017 Dr.S.Sivakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. & Dr. B.Shankar, Dr.D.S.KOTHARI Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Telangana.
4 2018 July 3, 2018 Dr. A. Ponnuswamy, Professor and Head, Department of Organic Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai.

Synthon

Aluminar

Modern Trends in Chemistry (MTC)

   This Conference will provide a technical platform to the students, researchers and other academicians to enrich their knowledge and project novel ideas in the field of chemistry. To highlight this objective, the Department of Chemistry of Vivekananda College has been organizing the National/International conferences on “Modern Trends in Chemistry (MTC)” every year and has been received with overwhelming responses from various disciplines. This year, we have planned to organize MTC-27 as E-conference to collect various research aspects via a single link from well enriched resources persons of various hotspots of research and it will be providing a global platform with great opportunities to discuss, share and also learn about the fundamentals of chemistry behind research.

Faculty Enrichment Programme

Guest Lecturer Programme

Webinar

Placement

Higher Studies

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Details

Sl.No Name of the Institution Theme Duration
1 Department of Chemistry Raja Bahadur Venkat Rama Reddy Women’s College Narayanaguda Hyderabad Sharing of knowledge, expertise and resources to develop Students in their pursuit of higher education. 5 years (24-02-2021 onwards)

Future Plans of the Department

To elevate the department as the centre of excellence.

To train the students for CSIR-NET, GATE and SET examinations.

To have collaborative works with other Institutions.

To apply for Minor and Major research projects

To conduct awareness programmes for School Students, Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and Farmers.

PG and Research Department of Chemistry, Vivekananda College, Tiruvedakam West, Madurai, Tamil Nadu signing MoU with Department of Chemistry, RBVRR Women’s College, Narayanaguda, Hyderabad, Telangana on 24.02.2021