PROFILE OF THE DEPARTMENTS (IF APPLICABLE)

		Responses
1	Name of the Department	Mathematics
2	Year of Establishment	1954
3	Number of Teachers sanctioned and present position	5	3
4	Number of Administrative Staff	Nil
5	Number of Technical Staff	Nil
6	Number of Teachers and Students	3125
7	Demand Ratio (No. of seats : No. of applications)	1:1
8	Ratio of Teachers to Students	1:42
9	Number of research scholars who had their master’s degree from other institutions	No
10	The year when the curriculum was revised last	2008 - 2009
11	Number of students passed NET/SLET etc. (last two years)	35%
12	Success Rate of students (What is the pass percentage as compared to the University average?	No
13	University Distinction/ Ranks	12
14	Publications by faculty (last 5 years)	3
15	Awards and recognition received by faculty (last five years)	No
16	Faculty who have Attended National and International Seminars (last five years)	1 4	1 1
17	Number of National and International seminars organized (Last five years)	Nil
18	Number of teachers engaged in consultancy and the revenue generated	1
19	Number of Ongoing projects and its total outlay	4 1
20	Research projects completed during last two & its total outlay	1
21	Number of inventions and patents	no
22	Number of Ph. D theses guided during the last two years	no
23	Number of Books in the Departmental Library, if any	287
24	Number of Journals/Periodicals	no
25	Number of Computers	no
26	Annual Budget	1,00,000

*Use separate sheets for each department (If applicable)

INTRODUCTION :

The Department of Mathematics was established in the year 1954 by Sri P. Ramaswamy Chetty and his Collegues of the Managing Committee. For nearly more than 50 years, the department flourised well and reached to greater heights in the web of eduction. The Department of Mathmatic had engaged in teaching and developing mathematical skills. Special efforts had been taken by the faculty to improve the knowledge of the students. The Mathematics association of the Department also conducted various events to develop the students skills. All this was possible only by the support of the Management, Principal and fellow Faculty members.

1. FACULTY PROFILE - ADEQUACY AND COMPETENCY OF FACULTY

S . NO	Name of the Teaching staff	Designation	Qualification	Experience	Age Years	Sex
1	Mr. D. Ramamurthy	Asst. Professor & Head	M.Sc., M.Phil.,B.Ed., PGDCA	19 Yrs	46	Male
2	Mrs. G. Santhi	Asst. Professor	M.Sc., M.Phil.,	08 Yrs	36	Female
3	Dr. L. Nalinidevi	Asst. Professor	M.Sc., M.Phil.,Ph.D.,	07 Yrs	34	Female

Staff with Ph.D Qualification : 01

Staff with M.Phil Qualification: 02

CADEMIC PROFILE

ORIENTATION / REFRESHER / SUMMER COURSE ATTENDED:

SI. No.	Name of the Staff	Orientation Course	Refresher Course
1	Mr. D. Ramamurthy	01	01
2	Dr. L. Nalinidevi	01	01

SEMINAR / CONFERENCE ATTENDED / PAPER PRESENTED:

SI. No.	Name of the Staff	Seminar Attended	Conference Attended	Refresher Course
1	Mr. D. Ramamurthy	--	02	01
2	Dr. L. Nalinidevi	01	06	01

PUBLICATION:

SI. No.	Name of the Staff	No.Of. Publications
1	Dr. L. Nalinidevi	05

WORKSHOP / ROUND TABLE ATTENDED:

SI. No.	Name of the Staff	workshop Attended
1	Mr. D. Ramamurthy	01
2	Dr. L. Nalinidevi	01

DISTINCTIONS:

Name of the staff: Dr. L. Nalinidevi
Received SHRI. P. SUBRAMANIAN MEMORIAL
GOLD MEDAL for getting FIRST rank and FIRST class with
Distinction in the M.Sc., degree (Mathematics).

RESOURCE PERSON:

Name of the staff: Mr. D. Ramamurthy

Worked as Resource person in
(i) Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras for
M.Sc.,(Mathematics), M.C.A.,.
(ii) Distance Education, Anna University, Chennai for M.B.A.

EXAMINATION WORK:

Name of the staff: Mr. D. Ramamurthy

(i) Worked as Assistant to Additional Chief Superintendent, Sir Theagaraya College, Chennai-21, November 2009, University of Madras.

(ii) Acted as Observer, University of Madras from 27.12.2008 to 14.2.2009 (only saturday and sunday) at Ambal Matriculation school, Arumbakkam.

MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC:

Name of the staff:Mr. D. Ramamurthy

Worked as Resource person in Academic council member, University of Madras, from 27.01.2003 to 26.01.2006.

2. STUDENT PROFILE - ENTRY LEVEL COMPETENCIES, SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ETC.,

STUDENTS STRENGTH:

Academic Year 2008 - 09

Classes	Total	Community wise Total					Sex wise Total
		OC	BC	MBC	SC	ST	Boys	Girls
B.Sc Maths I, II & III year	146	1	17	30	98	---	118	28
Total	146	1	17	30	98	---	118	28
Percentage		0.6	11.6	20.5	67.1		80.8	19.1

Academic Year 2009 - 10

Classes	Total	Community wise Total					Sex wise Total
		OC	BC	MBC	SC	ST	Boys	Girls
B.Sc Maths I, II & III year	118	0	22	26	70	__	92	26
Total	118	0	22	26	70	__	92	26
Percentage			18.6	22	59.3		77.9	22.0

Academic Year 2010 - 11

Classes	Total	Community wise Total					Sex wise Total
		OC	BC	MBC	SC	ST	Boys	Girls
B.Sc Maths I, II & III year	115	01	23	22	69	__	83	32
Total	115	01	23	22	69	__	83	32
Percentage		0.8	20	19.1	60		72.2	27.8

The competency level of most of the students at the entry level is relatively as most of them hail from socially and economically disadvantaged sections of North Chennai. One of the welcome features in recent years is the growing number of girl students leading to, in near future gender parity in student demography.

3. CHANGES MADE IN THE COURSES OR PROGRAMMES DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE FACULTY TO THOSE CHANGES

Keeping in views the socio-economic background of large number of students,serious and sincere efforts are being taken to hasten their learning process. Such efforts have not only borne fruit in building core competencies in the subjects but also in enhancing their language and communication skills.

4. TRENDS IN THE SUCCESS AND DROP OUT RATES OF STUDENTS DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS

Year	Success Rates	Drop out Rates
2008-2009	12	7
2009-2010	4	0

THE PAST TWO YEARS

5. LEARNING RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENTS - LIBRARY, COMPUTERS,LABORATORIES AND OTHER RESOURCES

The Department is endowed with an array of educational resources which facilitate the learning process among students. The department has a separated library with more that Two Hundred and Fifty books for the benefit of both the faculty and the students.

6. MODERN TEACHING METHODS PRACTICED AND USE OF ICT IN TEACHING- LEARNING

The faculty members of the department have significantly altered the teaching methods. No longer are they focusing exclusively on Chalk and Talk method. Instead they have effectively embraced the information and communication technologies for the delivery of educational content. Power point presentations are made for the benefit of the students.

Staff Details

7. PARTICIPATION OF TEACHERS IN ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL COUNSELING OF STUDENTS

Going beyond the academics, the faculty members pay particular attention to the personal needs of the students who come up with a range of issues. Counselling proved to be the efficacious method in addressing such issues.

8. DETAILS OF FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES AND TEACHERS WHO HAVE BEEN BENEFITED DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS

Faculty members attended various faculty development programme such as orientation course and refresher course for the benefit of themselves and for the students. They also updated their knowledge by attending various programmes conducted by 8 other colleges and Universities.

9. PARTICIPATION / CONTRIBUTION OF TEACHERS TO THE ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TEACHING, CONSULTANCY AND RESEARCH

The faculty members are extremely talented and competent: their levels of participation in the seminars, national and international and the presentations that they make in the seminars resulting in publication in journals.

10. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS/ INSTITUTIONS, AT THE STATE, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS, AND THEIR OUTCOME DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS

The Department had not make any collaboration with other departments/ institutions,at the State, National and International levels.

11. PRIORITY AREAS FOR RESEARCH AND DETAILS OF THE ONGOING PROJECTS, IMPORTANT AND NOTEWORTHY PUBLICATIONS OF THE FACULTY,DURING PAST TWO YEARS

There is no ongoing projects in the Departments at this stage. Our faculty members are interested in doing the minor projects in the forthcoming years.

12. PLACEMENT RECORD OF THE PAST STUDENTS AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE DEPARTMENT TO AID STUDENT PLACEMENTS

s.no	Company	Number of Students benefitted
1	Reliance Insurance	1
2	Nokia	2

13. PLAN OF ACTION OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS

The department has road map to improve the academic performance through emulation of best practices pursued in other colleges so as to enhance the skills and competencies. Plans are also a foot to develop newer platforms and newer tools to impart education to the students.

The department has encouraged the students to participate in many seminars and workshops conducted by various colleges. In the forthcoming years, we have decided to conduct more competition both in intra and inter collegiate level in order to increase the knowledge of the students.

The department also wish to extend a Postgraduate degree such as M.Sc., Mathematics in our college so as our students may continue their studies further. Our faculty members also wish to attend various faculty development programme for the benefit of the students in future.

At the time of Parents teachers meet, we have decided to counsel both the students and the parents highlighting the significance of higher education for the future of the students so that there will not be any dropout rate.

Faculty members will be sensitize the students about the emergence of new avenues of opportunities for employment in various sectors and guide them to access those opportunities.

In this way, the faculty members of the department would work hard more to develop the students knowledge. More importantly, the department is concerned both with the task of transforming students into productive persons useful to the nation.

Staff Details

Thiru.K. Dilli Babu, M.sc., M.Phil.

Asst.Prof.