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PG & RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

1. Name of the Department & its year of establishment:

PG & Research Department of Chemistry, 1951.

2. Name of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D.,

Integrated Masters, Integrated Ph.D., etc):

B.Sc.,

M.Sc.,

M.Phil.,

Ph.D.,

3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved:

Nil

4. Annual/Semester/Choice Based Credit System: Semester/CBCS

Semester with Choice Based Credit System

5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other

departments:

S.No Courses / Programmes Other Departments

1 Allied Courses Physics, Zoology, Plant Biology

2 Non-Major Electives All UG Departments

3 Diploma and Certificate

Programmes

-

4 Career Oriented Programme -

6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate

Professors/ Assistant Professors):

Designation Sanctioned Filled

Aided Self finance Aided Self finance

Associate

Professor 09 - 09 -

Assistant

Professor 11 04 11 04

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7. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization

(D.Sc./D.Litt./Ph.D/M.Phil., etc.):

S.No Name of the

Faculty Member Qualification Designation Specialization

Years of

Experience

1 Dr. Mohamed Ariff M.Sc., M.Phil.,

PhD.

Associate

Professor

Polymer

Chemistry

33

2 Dr. A. Abdul

Jabbar

M.Sc., M.Phil.,

PhD.

Associate

Professor

Electro

Analytical

Chemistry

28

3 Dr. M. A.

Mohamed Musthafa

M.Sc., M.Phil.,

PhD.

Associate

Professor

Synthetic

Organic

Chemistry

24

4 Dr. T.K. Shabeer M.Sc., PhD. Associate

Professor

Polymer

Chemistry

23

5 Mr. A. Khaja

Mohideen

M.Sc., M.Phil., Associate

Professor

Synthetic

Organic

Chemistry

22

6 Dr. S. J Askar Ali

M.Sc., M.Phil., B.

Ed., PhD.

Associate

Professor

Ultrasonic

Studies

Inorganic.

Chem.& nano

chemistry

25

7 Dr. M.M. Abdul

Kamal Nazer

M.Sc., M.Phil.,

PhD.

Associate

Professor

Electro

Analytical

Chemistry

30

8 Dr. A. Rasheeth

(OnLeave)

M.Sc., M.Phil.,

PhD.

Assistant

Professor

Synthetic

Organic

Chemistry

18

9 Dr. A. Kalilur

Rahman

M.Sc., M.Phil.,

PhD.

Associate

Professor

Coordination

Chemistry

23

10 Dr. T. Eswara

Yuvaraj

M.Sc., M.Phil.,

PhD.

Associate

Professor

Organic

Chemistry

16

11 Mr.Syed Ahamudul

Rafeek,

M.Sc.,M.Phil., Assistant

Professor

Inorganic

Chemistry

09

12 Mr. A. Sherif, M.Sc.,M.Phil.,

B.Ed.,

Assistant

Professor

Inorganic

Chemistry

10

13

Mr. A. Fareed

Aslam

M.Sc.,M.Phil.,

B.Ed.,

Assistant

Professor

Analytical and

organic

chemistry

08

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14 Mr. P. Jahfar Ali M.Sc., M.Phil.,

B.Ed.,

Assistant

Professor

Environmental

chemistry

07

15 Mr. U. Muhammed

Rafi

M.Sc., Assistant

Professor

Inorganic

Chemistry

05

16 Mr.M.Mohamed

Hanipha,

M.Sc., M.Phil. Assistant

Professor

Inorganic

Environmental

chemistry

06

17 Dr. V.S.Jamal

Ahmed

M.Sc., M.Phil.,

PhD.

Assistant

Professor

Organic

chemistry

02

18 Mr. Ameer Ali M.Sc., M.Phil. Assistant

Professor

Physical

chemistry

05

19 Dr.H.Tajudeen M.Sc., PhD. Assistant

Professor

Organic

chemistry

02

20 Dr. A. Shanavas

M.Sc., PhD. Assistant

Professor

Physical &

Polymer

chemistry

01

(Self Finance)

S.No Name of the

Faculty Member Qualification Designation Specialization

Years

of

Experi

ence

1 Mr. H. Mohamed

Ahadu Shareef,

M.Sc.,M.Phil., Assistant

Professor

Inorganic

Chemistry

07

2

Mr. A. Haleel, M.Sc.,M.Phil., Assistant

Professor

Inorganic and

bioinorganic

Chemistry

07

3 Mr. N. Mohamed.

Basith,

M.Sc.,M.Phil.,PhD Assistant

Professor

Nano

chemistry

07

4 Mr.K.Mohammed

Mustaque,

M.Sc., M.Phil., Assistant

Professor

Organic

Chemistry

04

8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty-programme-wise

information: NIL

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9. Programme-wise Student-Teacher Ratio:

S.No Programme Student-Teacher Ratio

1 B.Sc 1:30

2 M.Sc 1:15

3 M.Phil. 1:2

4 Ph.D. 1:2

10. Number of academic support (technical) and administrative staff:

Category of Staff Sanctioned Filled

Aided Self finance Aided Self finance

Lab Assistant

(technical) 1 1 1 1

Administrative

Assistant - 2 - 2

11. 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:

S.

No

Major/

Minor

Principal

Investigator

Project Title Fundi

ng

Agen

cy

Amount

sanction

ed(Rs.)

Period

1

Minor Dr.T.K.Sha

beer

Green Synthesis of

Diverse cyclic

dipeptides library and

their biological

evaluation

UGC 2.35

lakhs

2015-

2017

2

Minor Dr.

V.S.Jamal

Ahamed

Efficient greener

synthesis and biological

evaluation of

nucleoside modified

novel ihydropyrimidine

(DHPM) derivatives

using Biginelli reaction

UGC 2.40

lakhs

2015-

2017

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3

Minor Dr.H.Thaju

deen

Synthesis,

characterization and

biological efficacy of

certain photocross

linkable liquid

crystalline copolysters

possessing chlcone

moiety in the main

chain

UGC 2.80

lakhs

2015-

2017

Completed Project:

S.

No

Major/

Minor

Principal

Investigator Project Title

Funding

Agency

Amount

sanctioned

(Rs.)

Period

1 Major Dr.A.Kalilur

Rahiman

Synthesis,Characterizati

on, Catalytic &

biological activities of

new macrocyclic

binuclear Cu(II) & Ni

(II) Complexes.

UGC 9.58 lakhs 2011-

2014

12. Departmental Projects funded by DST-FIST, DBT, ICSSR, etc,: total

grants received:

DST-FIST: Grants Received: Rs. 30 Lakhs

13. Research facility/Centre with

State recognition : Nil

National recognition :Nil

International recognition :Nil

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14. Publications:

S.No Publication Details 2010- 2011

TO

2014-2015

1 Number of papers published in peer

reviewed journals (national/international) 54

15. Details of patents and income generated: Nil

16. Areas of consultancy and income generated: Nil

17. Faculty recharging strategies:

o Orientation Course

o Refresher Course

o Seminars / Conferences / Workshops

o Faculty Development Programmes

18. Student Projects:

S.No. Details 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

1

Percentage of in-

house projects 100 100 100 100 100

2

Percentage of

projects in

collaboration with

industries /

institutes

- - - - -

19. Awards/recognitions received at the national and international level

by the faculty member / doctoral fellows / students:

Name Award/Reco

gnition

Awarded by Year

Mr. A. Haleel

Awarded

second prize

for poster

presentation

National Conference on Recent

Advances in Chemistry and

Environment Departments of

Chemistry, SRM University,Chennai

2014

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Students

S.No Name Class Award/Recognition Year

1

P.Vaithianathan II M.Sc Summer training in chemistry for the

pre-final post-graduate students at

IGCAR Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu,

India.

2012

2

M. Ansari

II M.Sc

Second prize on intercollegiate essay

competitions conducted by Muslim

Students Federation (M.S.F)

2012

20. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of

funding (national/international) with details of outstanding

participants, if any: S.No. Title of the Seminar Date Organizing Secretary

1

New SEED 2012

28th and 29th

February,

2012

Prof. I. Syed Ahamed Hussain

2

Workshop on micro scale

experiments in chemistry

18th

of July

2012 Prof. I. Syed Ahamed Hussain

3 NewChemLink-2014 25

th February

2014 Mr. P. Jahfar Ali

4 NewChemFocus-2015,

25th

and 26th

February

2015

Mr. U. Muhammed Rafi

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21. Student profile course-wise

Name

of

the

Course

Completed in

2011

Completed in

2012

Completed in

2013

Completed in

2014

Completed in

2015

R S Pass

% R S

Pass

% R S

Pass

% R S

Pass

% R S

Pass

%

B.Sc 92 88 49 75 73 66 98 93 40 86 82 31 101 97 32

M.Sc 22 21 89 24 21 81 24 21 55 21 20 66 24 22 31

M.Phil 12 12 87 9 9 55 12 11 50 11 11 66 12 12

R – Application Received S – Selected

22. Diversity of students

Name of

the

Course Year

% of

students

from the

college

% of

students

from the

state

% of

students

from the

other states

% of students

from other

countries

B.Sc

2010-2011 - 98 2 -

2011-2012 - 97 3 -

2012-2013 - 99 1 -

2013-2014 - 100 - -

2014-2015 -- 97 3 -

M.Sc

2010-2011 60 40 - -

2011-2012 58 41 1 -

2012-2013 62 36 2 -

2013-2014 64 35 1 -

2014-2015 57 41 2 -

M.Phil

2010-2011 70 30 - -

2011-2012 72 27 - -

2012-2013 75 24 1 -

2013-2014 75 24 - -

2014-2015 70 30 - -

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23. How many students have cleared Civil services, Defense Services,

NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations?

Period Civil

services

NET/SET GATE Others

2010-2015 1 1 1 -

24. Student Progression

Student

Progression Percentage against Enrolled

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

UG to PG 60 58 62 64 57

PG to M.Phil. 70 72 75 75 70

25. Diversity of Staff (%)

Percentage of faculty who are graduates

of the same parent university 62.5

From other universities within the state 37.5

From other universities from other states -

26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc., and D.Litt. during

the assessment period

S.No.

Name of the Faculty

Member

Month & Year

1 Prof. M. Mohamed Mustafa November

2012

27. Present details about infrastructural facilities

(a) Library (No. of Books) : 700

(b) Internet facilities for staff and students : 29 Computers

(c) Total number of class rooms : 08

(d) Class rooms with ICT facility : 1

(e) Students laboratories : 6

(f) Research laboratories : 1

28. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development

of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology: Nil

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29. Does the department obtain feedback from

a) Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If

yes how does the department utilize it?

Yes. During the Board of studies, a meeting is held so that the

Faculty can give useful suggestion and feedback for the curriculum. The

suggestions are analyzed and utilized to modify and revise the curriculum.

b) Students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-

evaluation and what is the response of the department to the same?

Yes. The students are asked to provide feedback on staff and also

on curriculum. Based on this, remedial measures are taken wherever

required.

c) Alumni and Employers on the programmes and what is the

response of the department to the same?

Yes. The alumni provide feedback so as to revise the curriculum to

suit the requirements of the current developments in the industry and

research fields.

30. List the distinguished alumni of the department

S.No. Name of Alumnus Position and Place

1

Mr. Mahaboob Ali Khan Gen. Manager

Corporation Bank – Hydrabad.

2 Mr. A. Mohamed Aslam I.A.S Additional Sec. To the Goverment

Govt. of Tamil Nadu

3

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim Associate Professor

Presidency college, Chennai

4

Dr. Roop Singh Associate Professor

Presidency college, Chennai

5

Dr. Abdul Jameel Associate Professor

Jammal Mohammed College. Trichy

6

Dr. Kashim Associate Professor

Jammal Mohammed College. Trichy

7

Prof. Ibrahim Sherif Associate Professor

C. Abdul Hakeem College.

8

Dr. Nawas Khan Head , Department of Chemistry

VIT – College, Vellor.

9

Mr. Jaffar Shathik Assistant manager

Orchid Chemicals

10 Late. Thiru. Aslam IAS, Chennai

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31. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different

programmes

Interactive lecturing with power point presentations, problem

solving, mini workshops and group discussions are used to teach the

students. Student seminars are conducted to improve their communication

skills both in Arabic.

32. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are

constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?

Class tests

Home tests

Continuous Internal Assessments (CIA) tests

Model Examinations

Class Seminars

Internship Programs

Assignments

Counseling

33. Highlight the participation of faculty and students in extension

activities:

Faculty Participation

S.No. Name of the Faculty

Member Extension Activity

(Staff-incharge) Period

1.

A.Haleel

NSS program

officer 2010-2015

Student Participation

Name of the

extension

activity

No of students participated

2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15

Inter-

Collegiate

Competitions

- 11 02 02 28

34. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the

department:

Coaching for competitive examinations like CSIR-HRDG-NET,

GATE, SET,

Providing hands-on instrument training programme for PG students

and M.Phil Scholars in Potentiometer, Colorimeter, Conductometer,

Ft-IR, UV-Vis.,

Participation and presentation in conferences/seminars/workshops.

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35. State whether the programme/department is accredited/graded by

other agencies. Give details: Nil

36. Detail any five strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges

(SWOC) of the department:

Strengths

Well Qualified and experienced teachers with specific subject

expertise

Excellent infrastructure for teaching

Separate research lab and separate instrumentation rooms equipped

with Uv-Vis, IR spectrometer, cyclic voltameter, dip-coating

system

Department library with high quality references books and

journals.

Active research participation with good research publications each

year.

Weakness

Consultancy services to be explored

Opportunities

Job opportunities for the students in industries, teaching and

administration

Students can pursue M.Phil and Ph.D

Challenges

Improving employability skills to the students

37. Future Plans of the Department

To avail more major and minor research projects fron UGC, DST

and other Govt. agencies.

To get national recognition for research laboratories

To have industry- institute partnership with pharmaceutical and

chemical industries

To start computational chemistry for the enrichment of students

To start innovative chemistry programme to make students highly

employable