Government Arts College for Men - Krishnagiri

DEPARTMENT  OF  ZOOLOGY

                                                        -   Mrs. K.K. Kalpana Devi, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. -  Head of the Dept.-

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1.     Name of the Department                 : ZOOLOGY

 Year of Establishment                    : 1971-72

2.     Names of programmes/Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D, Integrated Masters, Integrated Ph.D., etc.)

UG : B.Sc Zoology     |      PG  :  M.Sc Zoology       |      M.Phil. :  Zoology      |       Ph.D. :  Zoology

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

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

The department offers one of the allied subjects to the department Chemistry and Botany.

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

6.     Percentage of class taken by temporary faculty – programme wise information

UG - 9 %  |  PG  - 9%

7.     Programme wise Student Teacher Ratio :  20:1

8.     Number academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff:

Sanctioned :   2   |  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.

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)

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                                  - 0.2 – 2.8

h-index                                                                   - NIL

13.  Details of patents and income generated                - NIL

14.  Areas of consultancy and income generated          - 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

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

Faculty                               - Nil

Doctoral                             -Nil

Post Doctoral fellows          -Nil

Students                             -University rank

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

One day National Seminar on Recent Trends in Biological Sciences (NSBS-2015) conducted with self source funding on 26^th August- 2015.

Participants:

Invited Lectures

1.      Dr. K. Altaff- Former Principal & Head, Principal Investigator, Unit of Reproductive Biology & Live Feed Culture, Research Department of Zoology, The New College, Chennai-14

2.      Dr. MASTAN- Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, Dravidian University, Kuppam (AP).

3.      Dr. PANNEERSELVAM- Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore – 632115.

4.      Dr. SANTHANAM- Assistant Professor, Marine Planktonology & Aquaculture Laboratory, Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan

University, Tiruchirappalli-620 024.

5.      Dr. N. RAJENDRAN- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Zoology, Govt. Arts College, C.Mutlur, Chidambaram.

6.      Dr. A. KRISHNAVENI- Assistant Professor (ENS), Regional Research Station, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Paiyur - 635 112, Krishnagiri Dt.

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:

22.  Student progression

23.  Diversity of staff

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

NIL

25.  Present details about infrastructure facilities

a)        Library                                                              - Available – 4000 books

b)       Internet facilities for staff and students                 - available for staffs

c)        Total number of class rooms                              -3

d)       Class rooms with ICT facility                              - NIL

e)        Students laboratories                                        - 2

f)        Research laboratories                                        - 1

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

The students are getting the scholarship from Govt. through college - 110

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)

1.  Dr. D. Manivelu - Assistant Professor, Govt. Arts College (Men), Krishnagiri

2.  Dr. Karunakaran – Professor, Periyar University, Salem

3.  Mr. M. Gurulingam – Scientist- SERDIA, Mumbay

4.  Mr. Devaraj- Conservator – TN, Forest Department, Dharmapuri

5.  Mr. Vediyappan- PGT in Zoology, Kaveripattinam

6.  Mrs. G. Santhi- HM, Primary School, Pananthoppu

7.  Mr. Sivaraj- PGT in Zoology , Palacodu

8.  Mr. Mahavishnu- Officer- Shangameswarar Temple, Bhavani

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

One day Seminar on Recent trends in Biological Science- Participated by students.

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

Lecture method

Chalk and Talk Method

  LCD (AV) Method

Field Visit

Power Point Presentations  Hands on training in Lab

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

The department offers self- employment orientation like Apiculture, Vermiculture, Aquaculture, Sericulture and Clinical Lab technology in the curriculum.

Employment status of outgoing students is monitored. From the observation it has been learnt that many are comfortably placed in various employments.

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

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

The department has ZOOLOGY ASSOCIATION through which programmes like AIDS awareness, SWOT analysis, goal setting, Self employment, entrepreneurship, and resume writing are done

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.      Qualified staff with SLET and Ph.D

2.      Well equipped lab with PCR

3.      Good department library with more than 4000 books

4.      Good Museum with more than 1000 specimens

5.      Well constructed Aquaculture facilities

6.      Well constructed Vermicompost pits.

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

5.      Need one animal room

6.      Need one well furnished research lab

Opportunities

Starting self employment – Orientation courses like Poultry farming, Vermi composting, Clinical Methodology etc.,

Challenges

1.      Need updates in the field of Cancer biology

2.      Protein – Engineering, Genetic Engineering, Bioinformatics and Nano technology

36.  Future plans of the department

1.      To start New courses like Bio technology, Bio chemistry at UG and PG levels.

2.      To establish contacts with Agro based industries.

3.      To establish contacts with Veterinarian about to know live stock animals.

4.      To organize seminars and workshops with distinguished findings.

5.      To make field visits to places of Zoological Parks and Museums.

6.      To start Own clinical lab in this department.