Theagaraya College

Botany

C. Profile of the Departments (If applicable)

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY & PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY		Responses
1	Name of the Department	Dept. PB & PBT
2	Year of Establishment	1979
3	Number of Teachers sanctioned and present position	05	05
4	Number of Administrative Staff	_
5	Number of Technical Staff	01
6	Number of Teachers and Students	5/60
7	Demand Ratio (No. of seats : No. of applications)	1:1
8	Ratio of Teachers to Students	1:12
9	Number of research scholars who had their master’s degree from other institutions	---
10	The year when the curriculum was revised last	2008
11	Number of students passed NET/SLET etc. (last two years)	Not available
12	Success Rate of students (What is the pass percentage as compared to the University average?	UG: 10 %
13	University Distinction/ Ranks	Nil
14	Publications by faculty (last 5 years)	-
15	Awards and recognition received by faculty (last five years)	NIL
16	Faculty who have Attended National and International Seminars (last five years)
17	Number of National and International seminars organized (Last five years)
18	Number of teachers engaged in consultancy and the revenue generated	NIL
19	Number of Ongoing projects and its total outlay	NIL
20	Research projects completed during last two & its total outlay	NIL
21	Number of inventions and patents	NIL
22	Number of Ph. D theses guided during the last two years	NIL
23	Number of Books in the Departmental Library, if any	800
24	Number of Journals/Periodicals	NIL
25	Number of Computers	NIL
26	Annual Budget	---

EVALUATION REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY AND PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

The department of Botany was established in the year 1979-1980. Botany as a major subject offered for B.Sc., with optional subject along with Zoology as allied subject

1. Faculty Profile – Adequacy and competency of faculty

There are five faculty members. The faculty members are extremely talented and competent approach from the end semester results, participation in Botanical conferences and Indian science Congress conferences were regular activity. They also participated in various, national and international seminars and presented research papers resulting in the publication of the research papers.

S. NO	Name of the faculty	Qualification	Designation	Experience
1	Prof. M. Dhanasekaran	M.Sc., M.Phil & B.Ed	Associate Professor & HOD
2.	Dr. N. Veerappan	M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D	Associate Professor
3.	Dr. J. Asokan	M.Sc., Ph.D	Assistant Professor	09
4.	Dr. T. Nedumaran	M.Sc., Ph.D	Assistant Professor	03
5.	Dr. S. P Kamala Nalini	M.Sc., Ph.D	Assistant Professor	07

Faculty with Ph.D Qualification : 4 Faculty with M.Phil Qualification : 1

Research:

No of candidates awarded Ph. D Degree : Nil

Project : Nil

Publications of the faculty:

S. NO	Name of the faculty	No. of papers published		No. of Books published
S. NO	Name of the faculty	Last five years	Total	Last five years	Total
1	Prof. M. Dhanasekaran
2.	Dr. N. Veerappan
3.	Dr. J. Asokan	03	03	02	02
4.	Dr. T. Nedumaran	10	20	02	02
5.	Dr. S. P Kamala Nalini	03	06	01	01

2. Student Profile – entry level competencies, socioeconomic status, Language proficiency etc

The department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology has one section, and the sanctioned student strength of 20.

Academic year 2009 – 2010

Classes	Total	Community wise Total					Sex wise Total
		OC	BC	MBC	SC	ST	Boys	Girls
B.Sc PB & PBT	20	-----	1	4	15	---	10	10

Academic year 2008 – 2009

Classes	Total	Community wise Total					Sex wise Total
		OC	BC	MBC	SC	ST	Boys	Girls
B.Sc PB & PBT	17	---	1	1	14	1	14	3

Academic year 2007 – 2008

Classes	Total	Community wise Total					Sex wise Total
		OC	BC	MBC	SC	ST	Boys	Girls
B.Sc PB & PBT	20	2	4	---	14	---	14	6

At present the admitted student strength in the department is 53 of which the girl students are 16, and boys 37. at the entry level most of the students come from poor family, even first degree in their family/generation candidates are also admitted, who hail from economically weak section of the society from North Chennai area.

3. Changes made in the courses or programmes during the past two years and the Contribution of the faculty to those changes

Since our institution is a affiliated to university of Madras, we adopt the curriculum and syllabi framed by the University of Madras. The syllabus has been changed one time during last two years from semester pattern without internal assessment to Choice Based Credit System with Internal Assessment. Keeping in view the student’s conditions and their socio-economic status efforts and special interest are taken to improve their learning process of the students.

4. Trends in the success and dropout rates of students during past two years

Special care was taken by the faculty members to increase the success rate of the students. As a result there is an increase in the pass percentage. Special attention was given to minimize the dropout rate. The trend in quitting the college was reduced due to parents and students counseling by the faculty members highlighting the importance of higher education

5. Learning resources of departments – library, computers, laboratories and their resources

In our department we have a library with more than 800 books, which include reference books, text books and journals for the benefit of students and staff members.

6. Modern teaching methods practiced and use of ICT in teaching- learning

Our faculty members not only use black board but use Power point presentations for teaching using the LCD projector for the benefits of the students.

7. Participation of teachers in academic and personal counseling of students

Beyond the academic work the faculty members take special care and attention and do counseling to the personal needs of the students who come up with certain issues

8. Details of Faculty development programmes and teachers who have been benefited during the past two years

Prof. M. Dhanasekaran, HOD and Associate professor, attended a short course on IT for IT Teachers conducted by the ICT academy, Govt of Tamilnadu.

9. Participation/contribution of teachers to the academic activities including teaching, consultancy and research

The faculty members are academically active in participating various seminars and conferences conducted by various organizations. They have participated in the National level and also International Botanical conferences and presented Research papers of their respective field

10. Collaboration with other departments/Institutions at the state, National, International level

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11. Priority areas for Research and details of the ongoing projects

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12. Placement record of the students and the contribution of the department to aid student placements.

Several students got employment in the schools, Pharmaceutical Industry, Private labs etc.

13. Plan of action of the department for next five years

A medicinal plants garden for cultivating and preserving important medicinal pants available in and around Chennai

A long pending proposal is on the card to conduct medicinal plants exhibition to create awareness among the local peoples for the importance of medicinal herbs.

We have a strong proposal to offer PG course in PB & PBT in near future and also seriously thinking of to improve the Dept by way of offering PhD in near future.

We had a strong proposal to conduct national or International seminar on the “Biodiversity and utilization of medicinal plants in the year 2013

Staff Details

	Thiru.M. Dhanasekaran, M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed., Head of the Department	Asso.Prof.
	Dr.N. Veerappan, M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D.,	Asso.Prof.
	Dr.J. Asokan, M.Sc., Ph.D.,	Asst.Prof.
	Dr.N. Nedumaran, M.Sc., Ph.D.,	Asst.Prof.
	Dr.S. P. Kamal Nalini, M.Sc., Ph.D.,	Asst.Prof.

First Prize in Quiz

Arun from IIIrd BSc won 1st prize in Quiz Competition held at Loyola

First prize in Debugging

Pandiyarajan from IIIrd BCA won 1st prize in Debugging Competition.

First prize in stress Interview

M.Arun won 1st prize in stress Interview.

First prize in Quiz @ Pachayappas

Student from BSc Computer Science won 1st prize in Quiz Competition held at Pachayappa College.

Participation of Conference

Dr.A.Rajendran and his research Assistant Miss.M.Priyadarshini presented research articles in the 2nd National Conference.

17/01/2011 is declared as a holiday on the eve of Uzhavar Thirunaal.

All students are adviced to attend the campus drive conducted by Plan Man consultancy

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