1. 12th Madurai International Documentary & Short Film Festival 2010
Dates:7-11 December 2010
Venue: The Madura College
Organised jointly by: MARUPAKKAM AND MEDIA RESEARCH CENTRE, THE DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY,
2. UGC SPONSORED STATE LEVEL SEMINAR ON "MEDIA & SOCIETY" -
DATE: 16/12/2010 THURSDAY
VENUE: CHO HALL
= ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
3. The National Assessment & Accreditation Council has re-accredited the College with 'A' grade with a CGPA of 3.32 out of 4.00
4.From the academic year 2010-11, the College offers M.Phil programs in Economics and Mathematics.
5. Placement portal webpage can be viewed by clicking PLACEMENT In QUICKLINKS.
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Department Of Zoology
ESTD - 1966
Objectives & Mission:
- To design and update the curriculum, bearing in mind the relevance to regional and national requirements and expectations.
- To impart quality education in the field of Zoology, enabling our students to confidently face the job market.
- To inculcate the spirit of scientific temper in the minds of the students.
- To develop in the minds of students a concern for the need to conserve natural resources and to inspire them to spread this message to the society.
- To sensitize the students the need for keeping the environment clean.
Courses Offered:
The Department of Zoology was carved out of the then existing “Natural Science Department” in the year 1966 when B.Sc., Zoology Major Course was started. From the year 1991 M.Sc., Zoology is offered under the self-financing stream. The crowning glory came in 1994 when the Department was recognized as a Centre for Research in Zoology by the MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY.
Course Highlights:
The course is designed in such a way that students are taught the basics as well as specialized papers such as Bio-diversity& Conservation Biology, Bio-physics, Bio-statistics & Bio-informatics
Laboratory:
The department has a well-equipped laboratory.
Library:
The departmental library is equipped with latest books on regular topics as well as special topics.
Research & Extension:
The department has successfully carried out 8 major research projects funded by agencies (UGC / CSIR / DoEn / DST / CES / IISc / DBT) amounting to Rs.30 lakhs. Evolved a user friendly key for the identification of aquatic macro invertebrates for the benefit of students and field workers.
The Research Centre was awarded the status of a nodal centre by the department of Ecological Sciences of the premier Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore under WGBN project of Pew foundation, USA for the inventorying of the biodiversity of the Western ghats and the Eastern ghats from 1994.
Further it is a Referral centre for identification of aquatic insects.
As on April 2009, 6 research scholars have been awarded Ph.D .
The Department, having already been recognized as a leading centre for studies on Aquatic Entomology aims to further its expertise by continuing exhaustive investigations on aspects of inventorying and monitoring the diversity of aquatic insects of southern Tamilnadu with a view to prioritize the conservation of lotic and lentic habitats of Montane and non - montane areas and to contribute to the consolidation of National Biodiversity Register (NBR). Further, certificate courses in Clinical Lab Technology and Bioinformatics (in collaboration with Computer Science Department) are proposed
Students’ Club “SYMBIONTS”:
The students of the department are encouraged to participate in competition like paper presentation, quiz to develop their skills.
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