Aditanar college of arts and science

Strength:

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  Well qualified faculty members
  
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  Well equipped laboratories with sufficient glass wares and chemicals
  
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  Possibility of continuing the education upto research level
  
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  Personalized attention to students
  
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  Remedial classes are conducted for weaker students
  
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  Campus interviews for students
  

Weakness:

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  As most of the students studied through Tamil medium, they find it difficult to understand technical concepts in English.
  
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  Lack of interest to pursue higher education
  

Opportunities:

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  Higher education
  
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  Placement in industries and government sectors
  
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  Self employment
  

Challenges:

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  Student communication skills
  
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  Financial support for poor students from rural area
  
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  Most of the students are first generation learners.
  
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  Training to the slow learners
  

Future Plan:

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  All faculty members will try to get Major / Minor project from UGC, DST, etc.,
  
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  National and International seminar will be conducted.
  

DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

1.	Name of the Department			:	Zoology
2.	Year of Establishment			:	1978
3.	Names of Programmes offered			:	B. Sc (Zoology)
4.	Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/ units involved			:	Nil
5.	Annual / Semester / Choice Based Credit System ( programme wise )			:	(CBCS) - Semester system
6.	Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments			:	Non Major Elective offered by our Department to other Department student i) Public Health and Hygiene ii) Bee keeping iii) Bio fertilizer iv) Mushroom culture
7.	Courses in collaboration with other Universities , industries , foreign institutions, etc			:	Nil
8.	Details of Courses / Programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons			:	Nil
9.	Number of Teaching Posts			:
			Sanctioned			Filled
		Associate professor	3			3
		Assistant professor	2			2

10. Faculty profile with Name, Qualification, Designation, Specialization

(Dsc./ D.Litt./ Ph.D., / M. Phil ., etc ) as on 01.03.14

Name	Qualification	Designation	Specialization	Experience (in years)	Students awarded Ph. D degree in the last 4 years
Dr. C. Lakshmanan	M. Sc. Ph. D	Associate Professor & Head	Entomology	27	-
Dr. S. Jayakumar	M. Sc. M. Phil., Ph. D	Associate Professor	Aquaculture	16	-
Mr. C. Sundaravadivel	M. Sc. M. Phil	Associate Professor	Aquaculture	15	-
Dr. D. Vasumathy	M. Sc. Ph. D	Assistant Professor	Aquaculture	6	-
Ms. Arockia Mary Fernandez	M. Sc. M. Phil	Assistant Professor	Aquaculture	5	-

11.	List of Senior Visiting Faculty	:	Nil
12.	Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by Temporary faculty	:	Nil
13.	Student – Teacher Ratio (Programme wise)	:	B. Sc. : 10 : 1
14.	Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned and Filled:	:	Lab Assistant : 2
15.	Qualifications of teaching faculty with Dsc., / D.Litt., / Ph.D., / M. Phil., / PG	:	M. Phil : 2 ; Ph. D : 3
16.	Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received	:	1. Dr. D. Vasumathi got Major Project from DST 2. Dr. C. P. Balakrishnan got Major Project from UGC
17.	Department projects funded by UGC and total grants received	:	Nil
18.	Research Centre facility recognized by the university	:	Recognized guides – Ph. D i). Dr. G. Lakshmanan ii) Dr. D. Vasumathi
19.	Publications with ISSN Number-
	Number of books published and edited		Nil
	Seminar Proceedings published in books with ISBN No.		Nil
	Number of papers published in the journal		Dr. S. Jayakumar – 3 Mr. C. Sundaravadivel – 3

20.	Areas of consultancy and income generated	:	Nil
21.	Faculty as members in

a) National Committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards:

Editorial Boards: Nil

Membership in Academic bodies – Board of Studies: Nil

22.

Student Projects

:

19. 
    Percentages of students who have done in-house projects including inter department / programme – 100%. Group project in the 6^th semester
    
20. 
    Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e in Research Laboratories / Industry / other agencies – Nil
    

23.	Awards / received by faculty and students	:	Nil
24.	List of eminent academicians / visitors to the department who delivered special lectures	:

No.	Name of the resource person	Designation
1.	Dr. M. Narayanan	Professor of zoology St. Xavier’s College, Titunelveli
2.	Dr. Venleataramani	Dean, Fisheries college, Thoothukudi
3.	Ds. S. Murugessan	Scientist F. Institute of Tree, Building and Genetics forest Depart, Coimbatore
4.	Dr. R. D. Thileka	Associate professor of zoology St. Mariy’s College Thoothukudi
5.	Dr. N. Jayakumar	Assistant professor of Fisheries college, Thoothukudi
6.	Dr. P. Jawahar	Assistant professor of Fisheries college, Thoothukudi
7.	Dr. B.A. Daniel	Scientist & Director zoo ret real organization Coimbatore
8.	Dr. S. Suthakar	Head, Department of biotechnology, M.S University , Tirunelveli
9.	Dr. S. Mala	Associate professor of zoology, Govindamman College, Tiruchendur
10.	Dr. Palavesam	Professor & Head Department of coastal aquaculture, M. S. University, Tirunelveli
11.	Dr, Elanchezlion	Aquiculture Department & Repeaecl statias Arubsonerdenre

25.

Seminars / Conferences / Workshops organized & the source of funding

:

Nil

9. 
   State / National Seminar - 4 (Funded by TNSCST and
   

Management)

10. 
    International - Nil
    

26.

Student Profile Programme / Course wise

:

Name of the Course / Programme	Applications Received	Selected	Enrolled		Pass Percentage
			M	F
B. Sc. Zoology
2009-2010	52	28	11	17	20
2010-2011	48	26	18	8	91
2011-2012	40	27	23	4	78
2012-2013	39	24	28	-	58
2013-2014	37	28	28	-	(Awaiting)

27.	Diversity of Students		:
Name of the Course		Percentage of students from the same state	Percentage of students from other states		Percentage of students from abroad
B. Sc. Zoology		100	-		-

28.

How many students have cleared National and State Competitive Examinations such as NET, SLET , GATE , Civil Services , Defence Services , etc

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Nil

29. Student Progression :

30.

Detail of Infrastructural Facilities

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Class room – 3 Staff room - 1 Internet facility - 1 Laboratories 1

31.

Number of students receiving financial assistance from college , university , government or other agencies

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Type of Scholarship	2009 – 2010	2010-2011	2011-2012	2012-2013
Institutional Scholarship
Students AID Fund	6	8	7	-
Government Scholarship
SC Scholarship	17	12	8	9
BC	15	19	21	19
MBC	-	1	1	1
Chef minister award scholarship	-	-	-	1
Former Scholarship	11	11	-	-
UGC Merged Scheme	-	1	-	-

32.

Details on student enrichment programmes ( Special lectures / Workshops / Seminar ) with external experts

:

Nil

33.

Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning

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Generally, the lecture method is followed using black board. In addition, seminar and group discussion are also adopted. Further, power point presentation with LCD is also used on special occasions. Students are also advised to make use of the internet to have exposure to the latest developments in the subject for their completion of their group projects.

34.

Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities

:

Our students are Participating in NSS, NCC and other activities to render service to the society

35.

SWOC Analysis of the department and future plans

:

STRENGTH

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  Well qualified faculty member
  
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  Well equipped laboratories
  
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  Personal attention to students
  

WEAKNESS

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  Lack of interest to pursue higher education
  
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  Most of the students hail from Tamil Medium
  

OPPORTUNITIEES

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  Opportunities are available to strengthen the sills of students.
  

CHALLENGES

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  Students communication skill.
  
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  Most of the students are first generation students.
  

FUTURE PLAN

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  To provide practical scientific knowledge through projects and it may be helpful for future empowerment of the students.
  

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

1.	Name of the Department		:	Computer Science
2.	Year of Establishment		:	1988
3.	Names of Programmes offered		:	B. Sc. Computer Science
4.	Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/ units involved		:	Nil
5.	Annual / Semester / Choice Based Credit System ( programme wise )		:	(CBCS) - Semester system
6.	Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments		:	Non Major Electives – Maths, Physics and Chemistry Students
7.	Courses in collaboration with other universities , industries , foreign institutions, etc		:	Nil
8.	Details of Courses / Programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons		:	Nil
9.	Number of Teaching Posts		:
		Sanctioned			Filled
Associate professor		4			4
Assistant professor		-			1 (Management)

10. Faculty profile with Name, Qualification, Designation, Specialization

(Dsc./ D.Litt./ Ph.D., / M. Phil ., etc ) as on 01.03.14

Name	Qualification	Designation	Specialization	Experience (in years)
Mr.S.Sethuramalingam	M.Sc.,M.Phil.,	Associate Professor & Head	Computer Networks and Fuzzy Logic	25.5 yrs
Dr.C.Velayutham	M.Sc.,P.G.D.C.A.M.Phil., Ph.D.,	Associate Professor	Image Processing, Data mining and Brain Computer Interface	22 yrs 5 months
Dr.D.S. Mahendran	M.Sc.,P.B.D.C.S.A.,M.Phil., Ph.D	Associate Professor	Computer Networks and Green Computing	25 yrs 4 months
Mr.R.Balakrishnan	B.E.,	Associate Professor	Digital Design and Software Engineering	16 yrs one months
Miss M.Jeyanthi	M.C.A	Assistant professor	Computer Networks	10 months

11.	List of Senior Visiting Faculty			:	Nil
12.	Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled (Programme wise) by Temporary faculty			:	17.7 % (per semester)
13.	Student – Teacher Ratio (Programme wise)			:	B.Sc.: 14 : 1
14.	Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff sanctioned and Filled:			:	1
15.	Qualifications of teaching faculty with Dsc., / D.Litt., / Ph.D., / M. Phil., / PG			:	M. Phil : 1 ; Ph. D : 2 ; PG: 1
16.	Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and grants received			:	Nil
17.	Department projects funded by UGC and total grants received			:	Nil
18.	Research Centre facility recognized by the University			:	Nil
19	Publications with ISSN Number-
No.		Name of the Staff	Number of paper published
			National			International
1.		Mr.S.Sethuramalingam	-			1
2.		Dr.C.Velayutham	-			8
3.		Dr.D.S. Mahendran	-			2

Seminar Proceedings published in books with ISBN No.

No.	Name of the Staff	Papers Published in the edited books with ISBN Number
1.	Dr.C.Velayutham	14

Number of papers presented in the seminar

No.	Name of the staff	No. of papers Presented in the seminar
		National	International
1.	Dr.C.Velayutham	4	8

Resource person in seminar /workshop

No.	Name of the staff	Seminar / Workshop
1.	Dr.C.Velayutham	7

20.	Areas of consultancy and income generated	:	Nil
21.	Faculty as members in a) National Committees b) International Committees c) Editorial Boards: Editorial Boards:	:

Membership in Academic bodies – Board of Studies

No.	Name / Designation	University Position	Year
1.	Dr. D. S. Mahendran, Associate Professor of Computer Science	Member, Board of Studies, Computer Science (UG), M.S.University, Tirunelveli	2012-2015
		Member, Board of Studies, Information Technology (UG), Alagappa University, Karaikkudi	2011-2014
		Member, Board of Studies, Computer Science (UG), ST. Mary’s College, Thoothukudi	2011-2014
2.	Mr. S. Sethuramalingam, Associate Professor of Computer Science	Member, Board of Studies, Computer Science (UG), M.S.University, Tirunelveli	2012 - 2015

22.

Student Projects

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21. 
    Percentages of students who have done in-house projects including inter department / programme – 100%.
    

22. 
    Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations outside the institution i.e. in Research Laboratories / Industry / other agencies – Nil
    

23.	Awards / received by faculty and students	:	Nil
	Lt. Cdr. Dr.D.S.Mahendran received the national award DIRECTOR GENERAL NCC COMMENDATION for the year 2013 from Director General, NCC, New Delhi for his selfless dedication and exemplary devotion to duty in National Level Camps.
24.	List of eminent academicians / visitors to the department who delivered special lectures	: