Government Arts College for Men - Krishnagiri

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

                                                             - Dr. P.R. Bhalaji, M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D. - Head of the Department -

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1.      Name of the Department                 : CHEMISTRY

Year of Establishment                      : 2003 – 2004

2.      Names of programmes/Courses offered (UG, Ph.D, Integrated asters,  Integrated Ph.D., etc.)

UG   : B. Sc. Chemistry  |  PG  :  MSc Chemistry    |   M.Phil  :  Chemistry  |  Ph.D : Chemistry

3.      Annual/Semester/choice based credit system Choice Based Credit System (Semester)

4.      Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments.

Allied physics, Maths, Botany, Zoology, Non-core Elective to physics.

5.      Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph. D, M. Phil, etc.,)

6.      Percentage of class taken by Guest lecturer– programme wise information

UG             - 60 %

PG             - 45 %

7.      Programme wise Student Teacher Ratio :  30:1

8.      Number academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: Sanctioned - NIL ; Filled - NIL (Vacant)

9.      Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project wise.

-NIL-

10.  Departmental projects funded by DST, DBT, ICSSR etc., total grants received.  :  NIL

11.  Research facility/centre with

State recognition                       - NIL

National recognition                   - NIL

 International recognition             - NIL

12.  Publications

Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National/International) National level                                                                       - 01

International level                                                     - 05

Monographs                                                           - NIL

Chapter(s) in Books                                                 - NIL

Editing Books                                                         -NIL

Books with ISBN with details of publishers               - NIL

Number listed in international Database (for e.g.: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International complete, Dare database – International social sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.,)                                                                       - NIL

Citation index – range/average                                 - NIL

SNIP                                                                       - NIL

SJR                                                                        - NIL

Impact factor – range/average                                  - NIL

H-index                                                                   - NIL

13.  Details of patents and income generated                - NIL

14.  Areas of consultancy and income generate            - NIL

15.  Faculty recharging strategies

Orientation courses

Refresher courses

Quality improvement programmes Seminar, conference, workshops etc, Referring books and using internet

16.  Students projects

Percentage of students who have done in – house projects including inter departmental 100%

Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries/institutes All PG Students 50%

17.  Awards/recognitions received at the national/ International level by

Faculty                               - NIL

Doctoral                             -NIL

Post Doctoral fellows          -NIL Students                             - NIL

18.  Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized and source of funding (National/International) with details of outstanding participants, if any

-NIL-

National Seminar conducted with self source funding

19.  Student profile course wise:

20.  Diversity of students

21.  How many students have cleared Civil services, Defense services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations:

NET                                    -NIL

SLET                                  -NIL

Defense Services                -NIL

Other Services                    - 05

22.  Student progression

23.  Diversity of staff

24.  Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D. Sc., and D. Lit during the assessment period.                        01

25.  Present details about infrastructure facilities

a)        Library                                                              - Available – 2123 books

b)       Internet facilities for staff and students               - available

c)        Total number of class rooms                             - 03

d)       Class rooms with ICT facility                              - NIL

e)        Students laboratories                                        - 03

f)        Research laboratories                                        - Nil

26.  Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from the college

The students are getting the scholarship from Govt. through college

27.  Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology.               -NIL

28.  List of distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10): NIL

29.  Give details of students enrichment programmes (special lectures/workshops/seminars) with external experts- NIL

30.  List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes

Lecturer method

Chalk and Talk Method Hands on training in Lab

31.  How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?

Tutorial Method

32.  Highlight the participation of students and facility in extension activities Students participation in NSS, YRC, Sports, Games, Consumer Forum, Fine Arts, Performing Arts.

33.  Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

NIL

34.  State whether the programme/department is accredited/graded by other agencies – NIL

35.  Detail any strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department.

Strengths:

1.      UG/PG programme chemistry was highly competitive in this region.

2.      Highly qualified and experienced faculties

Weakness:

1.      Need four more teaching staff

2.      Need three lab assistant

3.      Need four UG & PG lab and class rooms

4.      Need one seminar hall

Opportunities

1.      Higher studies

2.      Guidance to competitive exams

3.      Including employments

4.      Entrepreneurship.

Challenges

1.      Financial constraint

2.      Language proficiency

3.      Transport facilities

4.      Employment opportunities

5.      Socio-economic status

36.  Future plans of the department

1.      To built new chemical laboratory for research and development.

2.      Faculty members have proposes in their progress to get major Projects from the funding agency.

3.      To encourage and guide PG students to clear GATE, CSIR, -NET and SLET Examinations.

4.      To counsel UG students to join PG and integrated Ph.D Programmes.

5.      To encourage students become an entrepreneur.