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First Vice-Chancellor Ninth Vice-Chancellor Dr.G.Ramachandran leading the Dr.SM.Ramasamy leading the first convocation procession XXVII convocation orocession Gandhigram was founded in 1947 by a team of dedicated disciples of Gandhiji led by Dr.T.S.Soundaram and Dr.G.Ramachandran. Situated very close to the southern tip of the Indian Peninsula, 55 km north of Madurai, Gandhigram is nestled in sylvan surroundings in the shadow of the salubrious Sirumalai hills. It is a purposively created village dedicated to the Gandhian ideals and the home of many rural development programmes and experiments.

THE GANDHIGRAM RURAL INSTITUTE (DEEMED UNIVERSITY) Gandhigram - 624 302 Dindigul District Tamil Nadu INDIA

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The Institute’s emblem is rich in symbolism for it integrates intellectual, emotional, artistic and spiritual dimensions. The lotus at the centre stands for enlightenment and the kolam bordering it represents art. The Institute’s vision and four-fold mission is reflected through the lamp which is traditionally associated with knowledge and education. The plough and the charka which represent agriculture and village industries respectively reflect the rural character of the Institute and the rod of Asclepius stands for health. Dr. SM. RAMASAMY Vice-Chancellor The Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University) Gandhigram - 624 302 Tamil Nadu

FOREWORD

The Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRl), established in 1956 by the disciples of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr.T.S.Soundram and Dr.G.Ramachandran with the quest to providing rural empowerment, has emerged as one of the centres of repute, attracting the attention of national and international scientists, planners, administrators, rural development professionals, NGOs and other sections of the society. The Institute has made very impressive progress in all the three facets of academia viz., teaching, research and extension. Started in a small way, the Institute has provided higher education including pre- doctoral and doctoral studies to over 25,000 rural students. Besides, the Institute has undertaken sponsored and action research projects funded by various national and international funding agencies. The extension academia and outreach activities of the Institute are given a major thrust by all the departments and they conduct a lot of extension programmes in different domains of rural development. The Institute has thus engineered a silent, but phenomenal revolution in the transformation of rural India. Duly recognizing the merits of GRl, the Government of India conferred the Deemed University status on the Institute in 1976 and the NAAC accredited the Institute with the Five Star status in 2002 and re-accredited with ‘A’ Grade in 2010. This booklet illustrates the path- breaking journey and the contributions made by GRl and its faculty members during the last three and a half decades. I am confident that with such a scintillating track record, the Institute will scale greater heights in the years to come. I congratulate the teaching and non teaching staff and the students of this university for their excellent contributions to build this Institute. I appreciate the efforts taken by the team in compiling this booklet. In particular, I place on record the tireless efforts taken by Dr. S. Ramaswamy, Dr. S. Manivel, Dr. K. Manikandan and Dr. S. Abraham John in collecting information and compiling this booklet. The overall support rendered by Dr.M.G.Sethuraman, Director of IQAC, other members of IQAC and Dr.N.Narayanasamy, Registrar, needs to be acknowledged. I also appreciate Shri. V. Pechi, Shri. P. Maruthai Pandian and Shri. P. Sellachamy for neat typesetting and designing of this book.

SM. RAMASAMY Vice-Chancellor

Contents

A. Profile of GRI 1.0 Academic Programmes ... 1 2.0 Doctoral Research ... 14 3.0 Sponsored and Action Research Projects ... 16 4.0 Publications ... 20 5.0 Innovative Extension Academia ... 24 6.0 Special Development Grants Received ... 37 B. Contributions by Faculty members 1.0 Faculty of Tamil, Indian Languages and Rural Arts ... 41 ❖ Department of Tamil ... 42 ❖ Department of Hindi ... 54 2.0 Faculty of English and Foreign Languages ... 57

3.0 Faculty of Rural Social Sciences ... 65

Department of Cooperation ... 66

Department of Economics ... 76

Department of Political Science and Development Administration 80

Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Science ... 86

Department of Sociology ... 93

Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy ... 98

Department of Rural Industries and Management ... 103

Department of Education ... 112

Dr.G.Ramachandran Library ... 117

Department of Physical Education ... 122

4.0 Faculty of Rural Oriented Sciences ... 125

❖ Department of Mathematics ... 126

❖ Department of Physics ... 134

❖ Department of Chemistry ... 146

❖ Department of Home Science ... 161 ❖ Department of Biology 170

❖ Department of Computer Science and Applications 180

❖ Rural Technology Centre 189

< * Rural Energy Centre 192

❖ Centre for Applied Geology 195

5.0 Faculty of Rural Development 198

❖ Department of Rural Development 199

❖ Department of Applied Research 208

❖ Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension 216

❖ Department of Extension Education 223

❖ Centre for Future Studies 231

6.0 Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 234

7.0 Faculty of Rural Health and Sanitation 246 ■i > '■i i 1 '! r i j 1.0 Academic Programmes 1.1 Faculty of Tamil, Indian Languages and Rural

M.1.1 Department of Tamil (Estd. 1956) Programmes offered: A Tamii and Core Tamil for DRS Programme (1956-1975)

Malayalam - Part One: UG for DRS Programme (1956-1975) Programmes ongoing: Core Courses in Malayalam in all UG Programmes (since 1976) Malayalam - Elective course for UG/PG Certificate Course in Functional Malayalam - Evening Course (since 1999) Core Courses in Tamil for all UG Programmes (since 1976) M.A. Tamil and Indian Literature (since 1984) M. Phil, (since 2008) Ph.D. Tamil (since 1992) Ph.D. Malayalam (since 1999)

1.1.3 Department of Hindi (Estd. 2004) Programmes offered: Hindi and Core Hindi for DRS Programme (1956-1975) Programmes ongoing: ^ Core Courses in Hindi for all UG Programmes (since 1976) ^ Certificate Course: Spoken Hindi-Evening Programme for Staff and Students (since 1976) Summer Hindi Programme for Children (since 1991) M.A. (since 2004) ^ Ph.D. (since 1997). 1.2 Faculty of English and Foreign Languages

epartment of English (Estd. 1956) A Programmes offered: English (Core Course) for DRS Programme (1956-1976) Certificate Course in Arabic (1976-1996) iVI.A. Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies (2005-2010)

Programmes ongoing: Certificate Course in French (since 2005) Core Course m EngWsh for aW UG PTOQTammes (s'mce "^976) M.A. English and Communicative Studies (since 1984) M.Phil. English and Communicative Studies (since 1994) Ph.D. (since 1990)

1.3 Faculty of Rural Social Sciences

1.3.1 Department of Cooperation (Estd.1956) Programmes offered: A

# DRS Cooperation (1965-1976) ^ B.A. Cooperation (1976-2000) 4 B.Cop. (2001-2005) # M.A. Cooperation (1982-2001) # M.A. Cooperative Management (2001-2005)

Programmes ongomg:

Diploma in Cooperation - Distance Mode (since 2003) Diploma in Insurance Business (since 2005) B.Com. Cooperation (since 2005) M.B.A. Cooperative Management (since 2005) Ph.D. (since 1983) 3 Post Doctoral Research (since 2001) J- 1.3 Faculty of Rural Social Sciences ... contd.

1.3.2 Department of Economics: (Estd. 1956) Programmes offered:

^ Courses in Economics for DRS Programmes (1965-1976) Courses in Economics for UG and PG Programmes (1976-1981) M.A. Rural Economics & Extension Education (1981-1996) M.Phil. Economics (1991-2005) if M.A. Business Economics (1997-2005)

Programmes ongoing:

if M.B.A. Small Business Management (since 2005) M.Phil. (since 2009) i f Ph.D. (since 1989)

3 Departmen^^PoMtica^cienc^n^Developmen^dministratio^^^ (Est.1976)

Programmes offered: ^ B.D.A. (1989-1997) i f M.A. Development Administration (1997-2000) Programmes ongoing: i f M.A. Development Administration - 5 Year Integrated (since 1996) i f M.A. Governance and Development (since 2008) i f M.Phil. Development Administration (since 2009) ♦ Ph.D. (since 1989) V 1.3 Faculty of Rural Social Sciences ... contd.

1.3.4 Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Science (Estd. 1993) (Erstwhile Centre for Gandhian Thought and Peace Science: 1983-1984)

Programmes offered: # B.A. Rural Reconstruction (1996-2005) # M.Phil. Gandhian Thought and Peace Science (1983-1992) Programmes ongoing: ^ B.A. Gandhian Social Work (since 2005) ^ M.A. Human Resource and Conflict Management (since 2003) Ph.D. (since 1998)

1.3.5 Department of Sociology (Estd. 1976) If Programmes offered: ^ M.A. Rural Services (1976-1984) ^ M. A. Rural Sociology and Panchayati Raj (1984-1996) ♦ M.A. Rural Sociology (1996-1999) M.Phil. Sociology - Distance mode (since 2008 - 2009) Programmes ongoing: M.A. Sociology (since 1999) M.Phil. Development Sociology (since 1998) •¥ PG Diploma in Sustainable Development (since 2008) Ph.D. (since 1988) 1.3 Faculty of Rural Social Sciences ... Contd.

1.3.6 Department of Rural Industries and Management: (Estd.1956) Programmes offered: DRS Rural Industries and Management (1965-1976) B.A. Rural Industries and Management (1976-2005) M.A. Rural Industries and Management (1991-2005) M.Phil. Rural Industries and Management (1993-2001) Diploma in Khadi and Handloom Technology (1987-2011) Programmes ongoing: Diploma in Textile Technology (since 2011) Diploma in Bakery and Confectionery (since 1998) B.B.A. Rural Industries and Management (since 2005) M.B.A. Rural Industries and Management (since 2005) Diploma in Labour Management - Evening Programme (since 2005) Certificate Course in Salesmanship - Evening Programme (since 2006) Ph.D. (since 1992)

Department of Education: (Estd. 2007) Programmes ongoing: Pre - B.Ed. (Integrated) (since 2002) •¥ B.Ed. Integrated Programme (since 2003) M.Ed. Programme (since 2008) <► P.G. Diploma in Educational Technology and Action Research (since 2008) 1.3 Faculty of Rural Social Sciences ... Contd

8 Library: (Estd. 1956) - Dr.G.Ramachandran Library Programmes offered: ^ Bachelor of Library and Information Science (1993-1996) & (1999-2002) ♦ Post Graduate Diploma in Archives and Documentation Management (1990-1995)

9 Physical Education: (Estd. 1976) Programmes offered: # Certificate Course in Yoga (2002-2007) Programmes ongoing: ^ Sports and Games - Foundation course in all UG programmes (since 1995)

( a 1.4 Faculty of Rural Oriented Sciences

1.4.1 Department of Mathematics: (Estd. 1965) Programmes offered: DRS Mathematics (1965-1975) M.Sc. Mathematics and Computer Applications (1989-2005) M.Sc. Tech.-Industrial Mathematics with Computer Applications (2005-2010)

Programmes ongoing: ♦ B.Sc. Mathematics (since 1976) M.Sc. Mathematics (since 2008) M.Phil. Mathematics - Self supported (since 2005) <¥ Ph.D. (since 1991)

^ A .2 Department of Physics: (Estd.19 6 5 )^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Programmes offered: DRS. Physics (1965-1976) Programmes ongoing; ^ B.Sc. Physics (since 1979) # M.Sc. Physics (since 1987) ^ M.Phil. Physics - Self supported (since 2009)

1.4.3 Department of Chemistry: (Estd.1965) Programmes offered: ^ DRS Chemistry (1965-1976) Programmes ongoing: B.Sc. Chemistry (since 1976) •¥ M.Sc. Chemistry (since 1982) M.Phil. Chemistry - Self supported (since 2007) Ph.D. (since 1993) 1.4 Faculty of Rural Oriented Sciences.

/^M.4.4 A A DepartmentDc of Home Science: (Estd. 1956) H Programmes offered: ^ DRS. Home Science (1965-1976) B.Sc. Home Science (1976) ^ M.Sc. Home Science Extension (1984) B.Sc. Food Science and Nutrition (1999) # P.G. Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education (2002) Programmes ongoing: B.Sc. Food Science and Nutrition (since 2008) M.Sc. Food Science and Nutrition (since 2003) B.Sc. Composite Home Science (since 2005) M.Sc. Extension and Community Development (since 2008) M.Phil. Food Science and Nutrition - Self supported (since 2009) Ph.D. (since 1989)

1.4.5 Department of Biology: (Estd.1978) Programmes offered: ^ P.G. Diploma in Biogas & Renewable Energy (1983-1989) ^ M.Sc. Applied Biology (1993-2007) Programmes ongoing: •¥ M.Sc. Microbiology - Self supported (since 2002) # M.Sc. Zoology (since 2007) # M.Sc. Botany (since 2007) ^ Ph.D. (since 1989)

n 1.4 Faculty of Rural Oriented Sciences.

^A^Departm ^ of Compute^ci^ce and Applications: (Estd.1996)^ Programmes ongoing: MCA (since 1995) ^ M.Sc (IT) - Self supported (since 2000) Ph.D (since 1996) V

1.4.7 Rural Technology Centre (Estd. 1988) Programmes offered: B.Sc. Rural Technology (1994-2005) ^ B.Sc. Sustainable Technology Management (2002-2005) Programmes ongoing: B.Tech. Civil Engineering (siince 2005) Ph.D. (since 2001) V

Rural Energy C e n tre T (E ^ ^ 9 9 8 )^ Programmes ongoing: M.Phil. Energy Studies (since 2008) 4 M.Phil. Energy Studies - Distance Mode (since 2008) •¥ Certificate Course in Energy Auditing (since 2008) ♦ Ph.D. (since 2008)

1.4.9 Centre for Futures Studies: (Est. 1989) Programmes ongoing: ^ M.Phil. (since 1989) Ph.D. (since 1994)

10 1.5 Faculty of Rural Development

1.5.1 Department of Rural Development: (Estd. 1987) [Erstwhile Centre for Integrated Rural Development (1976-1987) Programmes offered: ^ M.A. Rural Services (1976-1980) ^ M.A. Rural Development (1981-1984) M.A. Rural Development and Management (1985-2008) ^ Certificate course in Micro Finance and Micro Enterprise (2002-2008) Programmes ongoing: ^ M.Phil. Micro Level Planning (since 1983) ♦ M.A. Rural Development (since 2009) ♦ M.Sc. Geoinformatics (since 2002) ♦ PG. Diploma in Spatial Technologies (since 2007) ^ Diploma in Micro Finance Management (since 2008) ♦ Certificate course in Rural Banking and Micro Finance Management (since 2009) Ph.D. (since 1991)

1.5.2 Department of Applied Research: (Estd.1976) Programmes ongoing: ^ PG Diploma in Applied Population Research (since 2004) ^ Diploma in Applied Population Research (since 2005) ^ M.Phil. Research and Development (since 1997)

1.5.3 Department of Adult Continuing Education and Extension (Estd. 1984): Programmes ongoing: Certificate Course in Population Education (since 1988) Certificate Course in Personality Development (since 2002) Certificate Course in Guidance and Counseling (since 2002) National Institute of Open Schooling (10‘*^ Std. & 12*^ Std.) (since 2003) V Ph.D (since 1990)

11 c 1.5 Faculty of Rural Development.....contd.

1.5.4 Department of Extension Education: (Est. 1988)

Programmes offered; PG. Diploma in Rural Project Management (1992-1996) ^ M.A. Rural Project Management (1997-2004) Programmes ongoing: ^ M.B.A. Rural Project Management (since 2005) M.Phil. Extension Education and Communication -Distance mode (since 2008) M.Phil. Extension Teaching and Training -Distance mode (since 2008) Ph.D. (since 1994)

1.6 Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

rogrammes offered: Two Year Certificate Programme in Agriculture (1956-1980) ^ PG Diploma in Dairy Science (2000-2004) ^ Post Diploma in Commercial Horticulture (1992-2000) Programmes ongoing: Two Year Diploma in Agriculture (since 1980) PG Diploma in Seed Production Technology (since 1992) ^ M.Sc. Dairy Science (since 2004) ^ Certificate Programme on Maintenance of Farm Power & Equipment (since 2007) Certificate Programme on Value Addition of Milk and Milk Products (since 2008) Ph.D. (since 1989) I

12 1.7 Faculty of Rural Health and Sanitation

rogrammes offered:

Diploma in Sanitary Science (1961-1999)

Programmes ongoing:

PG Diploma in Sanitary Inspector (since 1999) 0

1.8 Distance Education Centre

Programmes ongoing: M.Phil English (2004-2009) M.Phil Futures Studies (2004 - 2009) M.Phil Mathematics (2008 - 2009) M.Phil Sociology (2008 - 2009) M.Phil Environment Management (2008 - 2009) M.Phil Bio Diversity Conservation (2008 - 2009) M.Phil Extension Education and Communication (2008 - 2009) M.Phil Extension Teaching and Training (2008 - 2009) M.Phil Energy Studies (2008 - 2009) Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication (2004 - 2010) Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Research and Applications (2004 - 2010) Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Population Research(2004 - 2010) Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Statistics (2004 - 2010) Diploma in Micro Credit Management (2004 - 2010) Diploma in Panchayati Raj Administration) (2004 - 2010) Diploma in Cooperation (2004-2010)

13 2.0 Doctoral Research

14 Faculty of Tamil, Indian Languages and Rural Arts

As on 31-12-2011 16 3. SPONSORED AND ACTION RESEARCH PROJECTS

3.1 FACULTY OF TAMIL, INDIAN LANGUAGES AND RURAL ARTS

Grant Received Departments Duration No. of Projects (Rs. in lakhs)

Tamil 2004-2010 2 1. 15

Maiayalam 2004-2010 2 1. 03

Total 4 2.18

3.2 FACULTY OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Grant Received Department Duration No. of Projects (Rs. in lakhs)

Department of English 1995-2009 4 13.13

Total 4 13.13

3.3 FACULTY OF RURAL SOCIAL SCIENCES

Grant Received Departments Duration No. of Projects (Rs. in lakhs)

Department of Economics 1997-2009 14 25.55

Department of Cooperation 1992-2009 15 105.87

Department of Political Science and Development 2009 57 455.00 Administration

Department of Sociology 1996-2009 10 14.24

Department of Rural 1998-2009 42 31.16 Industries and Management

Dr.G.Ramachandran Library 1996-2008 5 17.17

Physical Education 2002-2007 1 1.65

Total 144 650.64

17 3.4 FACULTY OF RURAL ORIENTED SCIENCES

Grant Received Departments Duration No. of Projects (Rs. in lakhs)

Department of Mathematics 1992-2008 9 56.59

Department of Physics 1993-2012 9 29.77

Department of Chemistry 1997-2012 19 255.22

Department of Computer 1996-2012 8 212.17 Science and Applications

Department of Biology 1991-2007 6 35.90

Department of Home Science 1987-2009 24 35.47

Rural Technology Centre 1998-2008 22 161.17

Rural Energy Centre 1988-2008 19 51.49

Centre for Futures Studies 1989 3 8.25

Total 116 846.03

3.5 FACULTY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Grant Received Departments Duration No. of Projects (Rs. in lakhs)

Department of Rural 1998-2011 49 141.00 Development

Department of Applied 1983-2011 48 57.05 Research

Department of Adult Continuing Education and 2006-2011 14 4.50 Extension

Department of Extension 1996-2011 17 95.65 Education

Total 127 298.20

18 3.6 FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Grant Receive Faculty Duration No. of Projects (Rs. in lakhs

Faculty of Agricultural and 1994-2011 22 367.53 Animal Husbandry

Total 22 367.53

3.7 FACULTY RURAL HEALTH AND SANITATION

Grant Receive Faculty Duration No. of Projects (Rs. in lakhs

Faculty Rurai HeaHh and 1995-2011 4 83.21 Sanitation

Total 4 83.21

3.8 DISTANCE EDUCATION CENTRE

Grant Receivc Project Duration No. of Projects (Rs. in lakhs

People Education Wing 2005-06 onwards 1 57.5

Total 1 57.5

19 JAVA2

4.0 Publications

Books - 421 Journals - 3245 Conference Proceedings - 895 Monographs - 135

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Rural ■ ■ Development in India4illt SEMBlssues and Trends N UmHtHm ir RURAL e n e rijY Grassroots I MANAGEMENT Entrepreneurship lur pficrofinance Jbntervention and Eoipowennent Women

20 4.1. Faculty of Tamil, Indian Languages and Rural Arts

4.1.1 Department of Tamil (1993-2009) - 22 Books / 357Papers

4.1.2 Department of Hindi (2002-2009) - 5 Books / 9 Papers

4.2. Faculty of English and Foreign Languages

^•2 S n t a n g S e r " (1976-2009) - 19 Books / 79 Papers

4.3. Faculty of Rural Social Sciences

4.3.1 Department Cooperation (1976-2009) 31 Books/ 214 Papers

4.3.2 Department of Economics 8 Books / 54 Papers / (1976-2009) 74 proceedings

4.3.3 Department of Political 67 Books / 266 papers / Science and Development (1976-2009) 87 Monographs / 5 Administration proceedings

4.3.4 Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace (1993-2009) 21 Books /138 Papers Science

4.3.5 Department of Sociology (1976-2009) 11 Books / 87 Papers

4.3.6 Department of Rural 30 Books / 237 Papers / Industries and (1997-2009) 24 proceedings Management

Dr.G.Ramachandran 4.3.7 (2003-2009) - 23 Papers /1 proceedings Library

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^ ^ ^ Department of 8 Books/146 (1976-2009) Mathematics Papers/77 Proceedings

1 Book/251 Papers/117 4.4.2 Department of Physics (1976-2009) Proceedings

3 monographs / 320 . . « Department of (1976-2009) Papers / 217 Chemistry Proceedings

4.4.4 Department of Home (1976.2009) 14 Books/59 wcisnc© Papers/11 Proceedings

12 Books / 209 Papers / 4.4.5 Department of Biology (1976-2009) 174 Proceedings

Department of 4 Books / 47 Papers / 4.4.6 Computer Science and (1980-2009) 27 Proceedings Applications

2 Papers / 24 4 4 7 Technology (1994-2009) Centre Proceedings

2 Books /15 Papers/33 4.4.8 Rural Energy Centre (1998-2009) Proceedings

Centre for Futures 5 Books / 24 Papers / 4.4.9 1989 Studies 12 Proceedings

4.5. Faculty of Rural Development

21 Books/6 (1976-2009) Monographs / 99 Papers

25 Books /128 Papers 4.5.2 Department of Applied (1976.2009) /13 Research Research ' ' Monographs

Department of Adult 26 B ooks/169 4.5.3 Continuing Education & (1988-2009) Papers/9 monographs Extension

4.5.4 Department of (1976-2009) 42 Books /140 Papers Extension Education ' ’ /17 Monographs

22 4.6. Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry

4.6 Faculty of Agriculture MQ7R-9nnQ^ . 37 Books/237 and Animal Husbandry i ^ " Papers

4.7. Faculty of Rural Health and Sanitation

. 7 Faculty of Rural Health /^q7« 9^nQ^ ^ Books / 36 and Sanitation

23 5.0 Innovative Extension Academia

24 Innovative Extension Academia: VPPI VSR Activities

Introduction ‘Extension’ is ainned at developing self-reliant, informed and autonomous rural community and forms the nerve centre and integral part of all academic and research programmes of GRI.

Approaches and Methods After experimenting various people-centric, region-specific and issue-based approaches and methods of extension work, GRI now has anchored its extension programmes of various departments under following six categories.

❖ Village Placement Programmes (VPP); ❖ General Extension Intervention and Subject Specific Intervention; ❖ Capacity Building of Local Institutions; ❖ Sector Specific Extension; ❖ Service Oriented Extension Camps; »:♦ Action Research towards Development of Appropriate Rural Technologies; and On-Campus Extension

Village Placement Programme Since inception, the GRI has been effectively involving the teachers and students in extension programmes. One of the latest versions of the Extension Programme is the Village Placement Programme popularly known as VPP. The objectives of VPP are four fold. These are:

❖ providing opportunities for the students to understand the different facets of the rural community by employing participatory-learning methods; ❖ enabling the students to relate classroom learning to field realities; ❖ sharing development information with people; and ❖ facilitating the initiation and sustenance of socially relevant programmes and projects that will benefit the rural community. And in innovative VPP activities, different departments focus on their respective fields of specialization.

25 5.1. FACULTY OF TAMIL, INDIAN LANGUAGES AND RURAL ARTS

5.1.1. Department of Tamil

Understanding culture, unearthing vanisliing folk arts and providing knowledge in these areas to the villagers for their revival Tamil literacy programmes Tree planting Awareness on Health and Sanitation Awareness on Female Infanticide

5.1.2.Department of Hindi

“ o ------Functional Hindi Classes Tree Planting Rural Games Cultural Programmes

5.2. FACULTY OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Teaching English to the chilc Primary/High school level students by’ students Conducting Training for P.G. Teachers in schools J

26 5.3. FACULTY OF RURAL SOCIAL SCIENCES

5.3.1 Department of Cooperation

Membership drive and awareness programmes on cooperatives in the service villages Organization of dairy cooperatives in service villages Organization and management of campus cooperatives Promotion of self help associations among coconut growers in service villages Promotion of tiny and small scale entrepreneurs on coconut Socio economic survey Soda) awareness campaign Consumer Awareness drives Tree plantation

5.3.2 Department of Economics

Micro Level Data Generation Farm Management Practices Awareness and Observational study on village life Identification of Market traps in vegetable marketing Medical Camps Meeting with Rural Banks villages and regulated markets Exhibition of Renewable Energy Devices Awareness on Energy use Sanitation Awareness campaigns Identification and dissemination of Small Business Opportunities Small Enterprises Awareness Awareness on Organic Farming Awareness generation on business opportunities based on local resources Formation of self help groups and youth groups Tree Plantation and its need

27 5.3.3 Department of Sociology

Conducting village survey and preparing village profiles Creating awareness among the rural children about the future course of education Conducting literacy classes Sensitizing the village women and youth on social evils and instilling positive attitude in their minds (through individual and collective contact and village camp), Awareness generation on income generating activities, and social welfare programmes Conducting village games, sports Cultural programmes and cycle rallies to create awareness on communal harmony, conflict solution methods, etc. Conducting awareness programmes on the evil effects of alcohol Meeting with village elders and planning for village development Promotion of literacy among the people Construction of library building for the villagers Discussion on personal hygiene Promotion of reverse adoption extension method among the villagers Awareness creation on MDGs among the villagers Forming social action groups involving village elders and non-officials Shramdhan

5.3.4 Department of Political Science and Development Administration

Awareness creation among voters Panchayat Raj Training Media sensitization on decentralization of power Micro Level Planning exercises and preparation of reports for Village Panchayats Creating Networks of NGOs for Panchayati Raj System Networking of Women Leaders Federation Online service to Panchayat Leaders and to Service Villages Programmes on women and dalit participation

28 5.3.5 Department of Gandhian Thought and Peace Science

Taking Gandhi to villages and schools Organizing youth peace brigades and making youth clubs as peace clubs Inter-religious prayer meetings Cycle rally against social evils Awareness generation programmes through different methods AIDS awareness programmes Medical camps, eye camps and veterinary camps Vahana Yatra for communal harmony 75*^ Year Salt Satyagraha Yatra during 2005 Rally against Alcoholism Campaign for zero noise pollution Gandhi summer Department programmes Assisting NGOs to organize programmes under Gandhian frame work Tsunami Reconstruction Relief and Counseling Programmes Human Chain for Peace and Harmony Organizing cultural programmes and documentary movies for imbibing Gandhian Values Samaj Shilpi - Change Agents as part of Extension Work Training in Non-violence, peace, conflict resolution and rural reconstruction

5.3.6 Department of Rural Industries and Management

Bakery Training to SHG Weavers Training Conduct of village meetings on Rural Industrialization Preparation of Village Development plan Awareness Programmes and Work Education Training to SHGs on soap making Technical guidance for construction of bio gas plant Skill training on paper and paper products Rural entrepreneurship programmes

29 5.3.7 Department of Education

X Literacy camps (? Tree plantation Z Cultural programmes

5.3.8 Dr.G.Ramachandran Library

User awareness programme on INFLIBNET, e-journal access for scholars, students and staff of the Institute User training programme on e- resources of JCCC @ ugc infornet conducted In collaboration with 7 Informatics India, Bangalore

5.3.9 Physical Education

Divisional level Coaching Camp for Secondary and Higher Secondary Girl students on Volleyball and Athletics Organization of Rural Sports meets Assessment of sports facilities and sports needs in 10 rural villages Cycle Rally, Peace runs and cross country race for village youth. Organizing Inter village competitions in Kabaddi, Throwball Organizing sports meet for children Organizing friendly matches in the villages Teaching basic skills in volleyball, hockey, Kabaddi and Organising mass physical training programmes Laying of Volleyball and Kabaddi playfields and issue of sports and games materials to each village Rural Sports Centres Organised Sports for Handicapped Children Organising Yoga awareness programme Organizing District level Non- Students Youth Sports Mela

30 5.4. FACULTY OF RURAL ORIENTED SCIENCES

5.4.1. Department of Mathematics

• Socio-economic survey IHeaith and sanitation camps • Teaching mathematics to Rural students

5.4.2. Department of Physics

Imparting Science to Rural children Survey work for implementing development schemes and programmes Soak pit construction and Shramdhan work Reviewing schemes of the SHGs Measuring the efficiency of the improved chulhas installed by the department Installation of Domestic and community chulhas, and propagation of alternate energy sources Training to Potters and masons in manufacturing chulhas Chulha users Training programmes with DRDA and KVIC funds Integrated Development of a Village : Ramaiyanpatti Demonstration of Physics Experiments in rural schools Establishing Physics/Science labs in rural schools

31 5.4.3. Department of Chemistry

Water Quality Research and dissemination of findings among villagers Inculcation of scientific knowledge among rural children Popularization of Science among villagers through street plays/video clippings/cycle rally Organization of health (dental) and veterinary camps Fabrication of low cost science teaching aids Service training in provision of safe drinking water to personnel like Engineers and In-service training for SriLankan Tea Plantation Tamil teachers in basic sciences

5.4.4. Department of Computer Science and Applications

Computer literacy to village students Awareness programmes on Health, sanitation, social issues and evils Shramdhan Work Conducting sports events for village students and medical camps Tree plantation

5.4.5. Department of Biology

Training village women on Mushroom Cultivation Consultancy on Fruit preservation to entrepreneurs Technology transfer of Spirulina culture Imparting training to TWAD Board Engineers on water quality and Biogas Technology Awareness on Science and Development to the villagers through video show Training village women on Sericulture & Vermicomposting

32 5.4.6. Department of Home Science

Awareness on Diabetics to rural mass Assessment of dietary pattern of the rural community Assessment of nutritional status of different age groups Intervention for micro nutrient deficiencies Value added food products, Geriatric Nutrition Popularization of energy conservation technologies Popularization of water and sanitation technologies Reproductive and child health education, Life Skill Education Vocational Training Programme for Employment Generation Apparel Designing- Khadi (Apparels) Occupational and Health problems of workers Taking schemes to door steps of villages Education and services for prevention of alcoholism and drug abuse Gender issues - Occupational health problems of women Status of Women and Violence against women

5.4.7. Rural Technology Centre

Training on Cost effective building technologies Training on Cost effective Building Technologies for Tsunami affected area with aid from UNDP Training on fruit processing to entrepreneurs, women SHGs, students in collaboration with government and NGOs

33 5.4.8. Rural Energy Centre

Door-to-Door canvassing on Fuel Conservation- LPG, Kerosene etc. Training programme on LPG usage Information, Education and Communication Campaigns and Programmes on Energy Conservation Bio mass assessment survey Awareness on Solar Energy devices

5.5. FACULTY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

5.5.1. Department of Rural Development

Socio economic surveys Awareness generation on Govt. RD schemes Facilitating the rural community to plan for its development and lend a helping hand in getting assistance under government schemes Formation of SHGs Livelihood activities for SHGs Programmes on empowerment of rural women and micro finance Cultural programmes on rural issues and prospects Consultancy to NGOs in their development project cycle______

5.5.2. Department of Applied Research

Environmental surveys and action plan Alternative and Remedial Education SHGs and empowerment of Rural women (?> ICT Intervention and capacity building for marginalized Care and Welfare of Aged Empowerment of rural labour force

34 5.5.3. Department of Adult Continuing Education and Extension

Running village extension Centres Awareness training, meetings and cultural programmes, Cycle Rallies and Yatras Capacity Building and Training Programmes Action Research Surveys Career Guidance Awareness and Skill development for the neo-literates Organizing and running Adult Education Centres Legal Literacy Programmes Women related and SHG activities and Mathar Sangam meeting All India Radio programmes on Adult Population & Legal Literacy Medical camps Celebration of days of National importance Reproductive Health Camps and meetings Creche Teachers training Value Education programmes Blood Donation Camps Animal Husbandry Camps Summer Holiday Camps Counseling and Career Guidance Yoga & Meditation camps Interaction with different sections of the Community - SHG Women, Village youth Monitoring J.S.N. Programme Consultancy to NGOs

5.5.4. Department of Extension Education

Catering to the co-curricular and extra curricular requirements of the student community of GRI. Providing extension services, the third- dimension advocated by the UGC Serving as the pivotal point of Extension Programmes of various departments of GRI Coordinating the V.P.P. for the students of all the programmes of the Institute since 1988, besides, conducting VPP to the postgraduate students of the department

35 5.6. FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Regular interventions in the rural areas on • Agricultural Engineering • Horticulture • Dairy Science • Plant Pathology • Agricultural Extension • Agronomy • Veterinary Surgery • Radiology and Agronomy

ruralTraining and demonstrations to ruralTraining popular on • Organic manure preparation • Indigenous technical knowledge • Promotion of bio-fuel • Value added milk products • Maintenance of farm implements and machineries • Mushroom cultivation and Nursery maintenance • Student farmers enterprise

5.7. FACULTY OF RURAL HEALTH AND SANITATION

Construction of househofc Construction of Soak Pits people’s participation Health Education to individuals and communities Food Handlers Training and Training on TSC for State officials PHED Engineers, Coordinators, Project officers - PRI Functionaries/women Block Development Officers-and NGO Staff on rural Health & Sanitation

36 6.0 Special Development Grants Received 6.0 Special Development Grants Received (Rs. 390.58 lakhs)

Amount SI. No Title of the Project Department Period of the project Funding Agency sanctioned (In Lakhs) UGC-SAP

D.R.S.-I 5 years D.R.S. -1 UGC SAP 26.00 (2004-2009) 1 Mathematics UGC - SAP D.R.S.-II 5 years D.R.S. - II UGC SAP 41.00 (2009-2014)

D.R.S.-I 5 Years 2 D.R.S. -1 UGC SAP Chemistry UGC - SAP 36.25 (2009-2014)

Political Science and D.R.S-1 5 Years 3 D.R.S. -1 UGC SAP Development UGC - SAP 39.00 (2009-2014) Administration

UGC - NON SAP

UGC - NON SAP - For Strengthening 4 infrastructure in terms of power supply, water Chemistry N on-S AP UGC - NON SAP 20.00 supply etc.

5 UGC - NON SAP Infrastructure Grant Mathematics 2007-2008 UGC - NON SAP 20.00 FIST and others

To strengthen Teaching facilities in Dept, of 6 Chemistry 5 years (2007-2012) DST, GOI 15,00 Chemistry

To Augment the teaching facilities the 5 years (2007-2012) DST, GOI 10.48 M.Sc. Programme of the Dept, of 7 Mathematics Mathematics

(1999-2010) NBHM 21.10 Department Library Book Grant

UGC INNOVATIVE PROGRAMMES - GRANT

Medium Term course in Science DST 8 English 5 years (2006-2011) 2.00 Communication GOI

M.A. in Comparative Literature and 5 years (2005-2010) 9 Cultural Studies English UGC 12.00

Political Science and 10 M.A. in Governance and Development Development 5 year (2008-2013) UGC 41.00 Administration

11 PG Diploma in Spatial Technology Rural Development 5 year (2007-2012) UGC 36.00 S¥:

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42 Department of Tamil

Profile

The Department of Tamil has been functioning since the establishment of the Institute. When the Institute was declared as Deemed University in 1976, the Department of Tamil was upgraded into a Faculty of Tamil, Indian Languages and Rural Arts. Part-1 Tamil is being offered as a compulsory subject to students of all Degree programmes of the Institute. PG Programme in Tamil and Indian Literature is also being offered from 1984. Comparative Indian Literature, Translation, Folklore and Media Studies are the thrust areas of research and instruction.

43 Dr. A. Pitchai

Designation Professor Qualification MA (Tamil), MA (Psy.), PhD (Tamil). D. Ling., D.H.Ed. Experience 31 years Specialization Comparative Indian Literature, Tamil Folklore, Modern Tamil Literature and Cankam Literature e-mail [email protected]

Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 2 3 / 09

Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of projects / Total funds Received - 01 / Rs.1.00 lakhs

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Govt, of 1 Bharathiar Fellowship Programme Permanent 1.00 Tamil Nadu

Publications Books 10

Selected Publications SI.No. Publications 1. History of Tamil Research - A Hand book, Kapilan Pathippakam, Gandhigram, 2008. Bharathikku pin Pennum Kavithaiyum ( Post Bharathi: Women and Poetry) September 2. 2008 Oppiyal nokkil Bharathiyum bakthi illakkiyamum (A Comparative view on Bharathi’s 3. Devotional literature) March 2004. 4. Comparative Indian Literature, Kapilan Pathippakkam, Gandhigram, 2003. History of Folklore Research in Tamil, International Institute of Tamil Studies, 5. Chennai, 2003 6. Bharathiin Panchali Sabatham (The vow of Panchali of Bharathi), December 2002. 7. Bharathiyum Kuzhanthai illakkiyamum (Bharathi and children literature), April 2002

Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 12/16 Awards & Recognitions ❖ Second prize for research article, Academy of Tamil Scholars, Tamil Nadu, Trichi -08 (1977/78) ❖ Silver Jubilee Award for Regular and Continuous Participation and presentation of research articles in the Annual conferences of Indian Tamil Teachers Association at MKU May 27/29, 1994, honoured by Education Minister of Tamil Nadu. ❖ Fellowship received: JRF (1974 - 78), MKU, Madurai. Membership in Professional Bodies <* Life member, Dravidian Linguistics Association. ❖ Executive member, Indian University Tamil Teachers Association, Madurai and International Society for Tamil culture, Madurai. ❖ Life Member, Journal of Asian Studies and Journal of Tamil Studies, Chennai.

44 Dr.M.Kuruvammal

Designation Professor

Qualification M.A., B.Ed., Ph.D. E .<0 Experience 36 Years Specialization Sangam Literature, Comparative Literature, Bakthi Literature, Journalism, Feminism, Folklore, Kavya Literature, Journalism and Media. e-mail [email protected]

Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 02 /08 Publications Books I Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in refereed journals 03 / -\00 Selected Publications SI.No. Publications 1. Theeratha Vilayattu - Drama Collection 2. Panbu Paaraattum Ulagu -Collection of Research articles 3. Jayakanthan, Mulkraj Anand Novel’s Social Protest of Change Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Attended 08 Awards & Recognitions ❖ Academic Excellence Award, Institute of International Educational Services, Madras, 1995. ❖ Art Award, Federation of Indian Tamil Associations, Palani, 1997. ❖ Ellakkia Emayam Award, Edhaya Geethan Elakkia Sangam, Dindigul, 1998. ❖ Kalai Sirpi’98 Vaigai cultural Associations, Madurai, 1998. ❖ Best Performer’ 98, Gangai Cultural Academy, Madurai, 1999. ❖ Best Service’98, Tamil Nadu Cultural Academy, Chennai, 1999. ❖ Kalai llakkiaya Chemmal, Tamil Nadu Cinema Kalai Mandram, Chennai, 1999. ❖ Mangaiyar Maamani Award, Thavathiru Sangaradoss Swamikal lyal Isai Nadaga Mandram, Pondicherry, 1999. ❖ Sathanai Semmal, Ulaga Kavinkarkkal, Thanjavur, 2000. ❖ llakkiya Viruthugal, Tiruppur Tamil Sangam, Tiruppur, 2000. ❖ Best Tamil Professor Award from India Society Cultural Academy. Madurai, 2001. ❖ Award of Excellence from Rengaprabhath Alumthara, Thiruvananthapuram, 2002. ❖ Award of Kalai Gnana Varihi from Mahalakshmi Women’s College, Thoothukudi, 2009. ❖ Award of Eyattramizh Vitthahar from Anaithulaga Tamil Mamandram, Chinnalapatty, 2009. Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Life Member, Centre for Promotion of Inter Religious and Social Harmony, Gandhi Museum, Madurai ❖ Life Member, Tamil Maarutham, Madurai <* Vice President, Progressive Writer’s Association, Dindigul ❖ Executive Member, International Skantha Muruga Studies, Chennai

45 Dr.B.Padmanabha Pillai

Designation Professor and Dean

Qualification M.A. (Tamil), M.A. (Linguistics), Ph.D. E Experience 22 Years .<0 Specialization Linguistics, Grammar (Phonology & Morphology) and Modern Literature

e-mail [email protected]

Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 02/05

Sponsored and Action Research Projects

No. of Proiects / Total funds Received Q4 / Rs, 29,80 lakhs

SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Total Amount in Lakhs Bio-Mass Assessment Study (Co-PI) 1. MNES & TEDA 16.05 (A Series of 12 Studies) 2. Renewable Energy Park (Co-PI) MNES&TEDA 4.25 World Bank and Capacity Building Programme on 3. Madras School of 1.50 Environmental Economics Economics Rural-Urban Disparities in Tamil Nadu 4. NIRD, Hyderabad 8.00 (Joint Co-ordinator)

Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol./ Papers in Refereed Journals / 04/15/13/70 Papers in Proceedings

Selected Publications Environmental Sustainability: Approaches and Policy Options (Regal Publication, 1. New Delhi, 2010) Energy Environment and Sustainable Development: Issues and Policies (Regal 2. Publication, New Delhi, 2009) 3. Rural Energy IVIanagement (Reliance Publication, New Delhi, 2005) “Three-tier Participatory Global Environmental Governance (TPGEG) Mechanism 4. for Sustainable Society” , Journal of Research and Extension, Vol.1. Nos.1&2, July- 2008& January-2009 “Water for Sustainable Livelihood: Principles and Challenges” Vikas Vani Journal, 5. XIDCOM Publications, April - June, 2008, Vol.II, Issue, II “ Economic Valuation of Environmental Damage: A Case of CV Method” Journal of 6. Research and Extension, Vol.5, No: 2, July 2003

Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized I Participated - 08/70

78 Awards and Recognitions Member, Working Group on Non Conventional Energy Sources, Eleventh Five Year Plan, Planning Commission, Govt, of Tamil Nadu.

County visited: Nepal

Membership in Professional Bodies Life Member, Indian Economic Association • Life Member, Association of Economists of Tamil Nadu

Dr.S.Nehru

Designation Associate Professor

Qualification M.A., M.Phil., M.Ed., Ph.D.

Experience 11 Years

Specialization International Economics

e-mail [email protected]

Research Guidance M.Phil 15

Publications Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 05/13 Selectted Publications Performance of India’s Agricultural Exports under the WTO Regime. International 1. Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 26(3-4), 2008

Trends in Educational Development in Tamil Nadu. International Educator, Vol. 20 (1), 2. 58-64, 2008

A Study on Farmers’ Awareness about the WTO’s Implications for Indian Agriculture. 3. InternationalJournal of Tropical Agriculture, 26(3-4), 2008

Need for Intellectual Property Management in Indian Agriculture in Raja Mohan Rao.K. 4. (ed.) Emerging issues in Intellectuai Property Rights: Role of Universities, New Delhi: Serials Publications: 191 - 196, 2006

Impact of Globalisation on Indian Agriculture: Threats and Opportunities, Flandra K, 5. Sudan (ed.) Globalisation and Liberalisation Nature and Consequences, New Delhi: Serials Publications:” 46-54, 2005

Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 42

Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Life Member, Indian Economic Association (lEA) ❖ Life Member, Association of Economists of Tamil Nadu. (AET)

79 Dr.K.Manikandan

Designation Assistant Professor

Qualification M.A., Ph.D.

Experience 6 Years

Specialization Agricultural Economics

e-mail [email protected].

Research Guidance PG - 08

Publications Books / Papers ia Edited Vol. / Papers ia Refereed Journals 03 / 02 /04 / 05 / Proceedings

Selected Publications

Water Poverty Reduction, Journal of Extension & Research, Gandhigram Rural 1. University, Vol. X (1 & 2), January 2008.

Management of Self Help Group” (in Tamil), New Century Book House, Chennai, May 2. 2007.

Solar Disinfection of Water: A Simple Method, Tamil, Vignana Sudar, Vol 33, No.1, 3. January 2006.

Tamil Nadu Comprehensive Wasteland Programme : A Handbook for Trainers, 4. Department of Agriculture, Government of Tamil Nadu, 2002. (One of the authors)

Mid - Term Evaluation Report of 14 DPAP Watersheds, District Collectorate, Dindigul, 5. 1998. (co-author).

Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 09

Awards and Recognitions

❖ Award of Junior Research Fellowship - NET, UGC, 1989

80 Department of Political Science and Development Administration

Profile

The Department started in 1956 has its focus on democratic decentralization and development administration. The department has got support under UGC-special assistance programme for research on Decentralization and Women Empowerment. The Rajiv Gandhi Chair for Panchayati Raj Studies of the Department is nationally known for its contribution in the field of Panchayati Raj. Ford Foundation supports a Major Research Project on Globalization and Local Governance.

81 Dr.G.Palanithurai

Designation Professor

Qualification M.A., PhD.

Experience 25 Years

Specialization Grassroots Democracy, Decentralized Governance and Development Management e-mail gpgri [email protected]

Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 07/10

Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 56 / Rs. 411 lakhs Selected Projects Amount Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration SI.No. in Lakhs The Ford Globalization and Decentralization (Phase 1 1 Foundation, New 2005-10 111.30 and Phase II) Delhi Tracking Panchayat Resources in Three Min. of Panchayati 2 Indian States (Tamil Nadu, Andhra 2007-08 14.00 Raj, GOI Pradesh and Orissa) Micro Level Planning in 17 Gram 3 Panchayats of Nagapattinam District to The Hunger Project 2000-08 151.00 reconstruct Tsunami affected areas Role of Panchayats in Disaster preparedness and Management in the The Action Aid 4 2007-09 16.00 States of Gujarat, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, India International Tamil Nadu and Kerala 5 Poverty Reduction and Empowerment The World Bank 2005-07 56.00

Publications Books/Papers in Edited Vol./Papers in Refereed Journals/Monographs 6 3 / 14/ 139/82 Popular Articles 76

Selected Publications 1. Globalization : Issues at Grassroots, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi 2009. Panchayats in Disaster prepandress and management. Concept Publishing Company, 2. New Delhi, 2009 Dynamics of New Panchayati Raj System in India Vol. I1,III,IV,V,VI,VII, Concept 3. Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2008. Net Working & Elected Women Representatives at Grassroots New Delhi: Concept 4. Publiship Company, 2008 Decentralization in India: Oriented Issues from the Field, Concept Publishing 5. Company, New Delhi, 2010. Planning at Grassroots: Governments Participation in Peoples Plan, Concept 6. Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2008. Rajiv Gandhiji’s Vision on Local Governance, Concept Publishing Company, New 7. Delhi, 2008

82 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / participated - 75/210

Awards & Recognition Republic Day Award for the best contribution made in the field of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj given on 26**^ January 2005. Best Service Award given by the District Administration for the services rendered to Panchayat in the year 2006. • Seven Generations Award in recognition of the initiatives taken for the uplift of the less fortunate In India by the Rural Development Mission of the US, 2007.

Countries visited: USA, Canada, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Senegal and Malaysia

Membership in Professional Bodies Life Member, Indian Political Science Association. Life Member, Indian Association for American Studies.

Life Member, American Studies Research Centre, Hyderabad. Life Member, Indian Association for Canadian Studies. Life Member, Social Science Research Council.

Life Member, Indian Academy of Social Sciences. Life Member, Tamil Nadu Academy of Political Science.

Life Member, Indian Public Administration Association.

Life Member, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi.

83 Dr.V.Ragupathy

0 Designation Professor o c Qualification M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D. 0) o Experience 22 years CO Specialization Decentralization, Common Property Resources 75 Management o e-mail [email protected] o Q. Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 08/03

Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received 02 / Rs. 6.65 lakhs Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Status and Process of Women 1. Empowerment in Tamil Nadu UGC 2009-10 5.85 and Kerala Centre for Study of Training in Secularism and 2. Society and 2010 0.80 Inclusive Development Secularism, Mumbai

Publications Bool

Selected Publications Communities, Panchayats and Governance at Grassroots, Concept Publishing 1. Company, New Delhi. 2007 Functional Efficiency of Gram Sabha in Tamil Nadu, Concept Publishing Company, 2. New Delhi. 2005 Participatory Management of Natural Resources in Tamil Nadu, Concept Publishing 3. Company, New Delhi, 2003 Building Alliances and Capacities among the Elected Women Representatives of 4. Grassroots, Gandhigram, Rajiv Gandhi Chair for Panchayati Raj Studies, 2003. One Step Forward and Two Steps Backward - Status of Panchayati Raj in Tamil 5. Nadu, Gandhigram, 1999.

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized / Participated - 10/30~~

~~Countries visited - United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, Malaysia and Sri Lanka~~

Awards and Recognitions • Ford Foundation grant to participate in Summer Institute on Challenging Globalization in Schumacher College U.K, 2003 • HB Foundation support to visit Institute of Social Sciences, University Hidelsheim Germany, 2009

~~84 Dr.A.Celine Rani~~

~~Designation Associate Professor and Head~~

~~Qualification M.A., M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D.,~~

~~Experience 19 Years~~

~~Specialization Women and Panchayati Raj Leadership in Local Governance e-mail celineamaladoss@gmaiLcom o QL Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 03/01~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol./ Papers in Refereed Journals 01 / 01/11 Papers in PTOceedings I Training mobuie 05/01~~

Selected Publications “Emerging Pattern of Rural Women Leadership in India”, Kalpaz Publications, New- 1 Delhi, 2002-03 “Role of Dairy Cooperatives for Rural Women”, NCDC Bulletin, Vol.43, No.1, April 2009, 2 Pp. 2-7. “Dairy Cooperatives and Development of Rural Women in the Globalization 3 Environment”, Indian Cooperative Review, October- December, Vol.46 (2), 2008, Pp.127-136. “Problems and Strategies of Women Panchayat Presidents” (Tamil), Thittam, Vol.32 4 (7), March 2001. “Emerging Pattern of Rural Women Leadership in Tamil Nadu” in Palanithurai. 5 G.(Ed.)Dynamics of Panchayati Raj system in India: Empowering Women, Vol. IV, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2000 6 “Manavargalum Samaya Nallinakkamum”, Thittam, Vol. 28 (3), November, 1996. “Panchayatu Arasu Amaippum Mahalir Kaiyil Aatchiporuppum”, Thittam Vol.27 (7), 7 March 1996.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / participated - 09/31~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Member, Indian Society of Gandhian Studies.~~

~~85 Dr.K.S.Nakkeeran~~

~~Designation Associate Professor~~

~~Qualification M.A., Ph.D.~~

~~Experience 15 Years~~

~~Specialization Human Rights~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 05/03 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs. 5.85 lakhs Total Si. Funding Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount No. in Lakhs Status and Process of Women Empowerment in 1 UGC 2009-10 5.85 Tamil Nadu and Kerala (CO PI) Publications Papers in Refereed Journals 08 Selectted Publications “The Current Scenario of Social Development through Self Help Groups” in Dr.Lalitha, 1. Readings in Micro Finance, New Delhi, Dominant Publishers, 2008. “Concrete Platform for Good Governance”, Journal of Integration Studies Vol IX-XI, July, 2. 2007. “Good Governance at Grassroots: A case analysis of Dindigul District”, Grassroots 3. Governance Journal, Vol V (1), June, 2007. Public Policy Analysis, Chennai, Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras, 4. 2006. India Arsankamum Arasialum, Chennai: Tholaithoora Kaivi Niruvanam, University of 5. Madras, 2006 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / participated - 04/32

~~Sri. Sonkhogin Haokip~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification M.A.(Pol.Sa)~~

~~Experience 5 years~~

~~Specialization Western Political~~

~~e-mail [email protected] Awards and Recognitions • Qualified UGC NET D#p«rtm«nt of Oandhian Thought and Pm c* 8el«ne«~~

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- ’J m “ m Dr.S.Narayanasamy O) 3 Designation Professor O Qualification M.A. (RS), M.A. (GT), Ph.D., c Experience 30 Years .SS Specialization Gandhian Studies, Peace Science, Youth z Development, Disability Issues, Rural ■o Reconstruction c [email protected] to e-maii O Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 11 /0 3 Sponsored and Action Researcfi Projects No. of projects / Total funds received 0 2 / Rs. 17.82 lakhs Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Women to Women Project, 1 BENG, Netherlands 2004-2012 16.00 Netherlands Trainers Training on Child Dept, of Labour, Govt, 2 2008 1.82 Labour of Tamil Nadu Publications Books / Papers in refereed journals and edited volumns: 12/96 Selected Publications 1 World Crisis and Gandhian Way, Concept Publishers, New Delhi, 2009 Religious Pluralism and Peace Culture, (Edited) ISBN 978-81-9046680-6, Emerald 2 Publishers, Chennai, 2007 Hospice Movement for Peace, Sarvodaya Talisman, Vol.2 (6), Ma '^pril, 2009, Pp.83- 3 93 Gandhigram Experiments with Villages, Anasakti Darshan, International Journal of 4 Non-violence in Action, Vol.4 (1), January-June, 2008 5 The Crusader of the Rural Poor, Jagriti, Vol.11, Oct. 2006, Pp.33-35 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 82 /192

Countries visited Sri Lanka, Italy, Mauritius, Netherlands, Germany and Belgium Awards & Recognitions ❖ Best Social Service Award, CHDP- Community Health and Development Programme, Udumalpet, 2009. ❖ Defender of Peace Award, Gandhi Educational Trust, Erode, 2009 ❖ Seva Rathna Award, Bharathiyar Social Cultural Academy, Erode, 2008 ❖ The Seven Generations Award from the Members of the group from USA, First Rural India Learning Journey, 2007.

Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Life Member, Indian Academy of Social Sciences ❖ Life member, Indian Society of Gandhian Studies. ❖ Life Member, Dharma Bharathi Mission ❖ Member, Peoples Movement against Alcoholism Dr.M.William Baskaran G) 3 Designation Professor O Qualification M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D.

~~c Experience 21 years Specialization Shanti Sena, Conflict Resolution, !E Counseling, Gandhian Thought and -D Peace Science c (0 e-mail [email protected] O~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 03/03~~

~~Publications Books I Papers in refereed journals 02/17~~

Selected Publications Shanti Sena: The Post Gandhian Development 1948 - 1990, Ahimsa Nonviolence Vol. 1 IV. (2), March-April, 2008. Indian Perspective on Conflict Resolution, Gandhi Media Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, 2 2004. 3 Terrorism and Nonviolent Responses", Gandhi Marg, Vol.25 (1), April-June 2003 “Shanti Sena: The Gandhian Vision”, Gandhi Media Centre & Madurai Institute of 4 Peace Science, Madurai, Dec. 1999. 5 Gandhi’s Peace Army", Gandhi Marg, Vol.24 (4), Jan.-March 2002

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized / Participated - 38/98~~

~~Country visited: Sri Lanka~~

Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Life Member, Indian Society of Gandhian Studies. ❖ President, Madurai Institute of Peace Science, Gandhi Museum, Madurai since 1987. ❖ Joint Secretary cum Treasurer (till 1995) presently Board Member, Centre for the Promotion of Communal Harmony and Inter Religious Amity, Gandhi Museum, Madurai.

89 Dr.M.Mallammal O) 3 Designation Professor and Head O Qualification M.Sc., M.A., Ph.D. c Experience 20 Years S Specialization Gandhian Thought, Peace-making and Z Rural Reconstruction "O e-mail [email protected] c (0 O Research Guidance M.Phll / Ph.D. 04/04

~~Publications Bool(s / Papers in Edited Vol. and refereed journals: 02 / 07~~

Selected Publications The Life & Philosophy of SLRamalingam Non-Violence, (IGINP), CESCI, Madurai, 1 Vol.4 (1). Jan- Feb.. 2008 Relevance of Satyagraha in the 21” Century, Joumal of Extension and Research Vol,5 2 (1),Juty, 2002 3 Gandhian way to Communal Harmony, Yojana, Vol.45 (10), Oct., 2001 Plight of Quany Workers in Tamil Nadu, Joumal of Extension and Research, VolJV 4 (1&2). January. 2000 SL Ramalingam and Mahatma Gandhi, Valliammal Institute, Gandhi Museum complex, 5 Madurai. 1992

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 0 1/48 Membership in Professional Bodies Life Memt)er, Indian Society of Gandhian Studies.~~

90 JZ Dr.R.Mani O) 3 Designation Associate Professor o £ Qualification M.A.(RD), M.A.(GT), M.Phil., Ph.D. H C Experience 11 Years 2 Specialization Rural Development, Rural Z Reconstruction, Watershed Planning and ■o Gandhian Thought c (0 e-mail [email protected] O

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 09~~

~~Publications Books / Papers In Edited Vol./ Papers In Refereed Journals 01 / 03/ 08~~

Selected Publications Role of NSS Volunteers in HIV/AIDS Awareness - A model, in S.K.Bhanj and 1 R. Chinnadural (Eds.), Issues related to Planning Sustainable Livelihood Settlement for HIV/AIDS Affected People in Rural Areas, NIRD, Hyderabad, July 2008 A Study on Livelihood Status of the Tribals in the Lower Palani Hills of Dindigul District, 2 in K.Velumani (Ed.), Tribals, Forests and Futures, Gandhigram Rural University, Gandhigram, 2007

Palani Malail Paguthiyil Kodayil Ela Sedikalai Pathukakkum Muraihal- Valarum Velanmai, 3 (Tamil), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Vol. 33 (11), November 2007 “Socio Economic status of the plantation workers among the Tribals in the Lower Pulney 4 Hills”-A Case Study, Jagriti, Vol.56 (9), August 2006 5 Watershed Planning and Employment Generation, Mittal Publication, New Delhi, 2006

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 04/27~~

91 Dr.S.Radhakrishnan o Designation Assistant Professor 3 O Qualification M.A., M.Phil, B.Ed., Ph.D. SI H Experience 26 Years C (0 Specialization Management of Khadi and Village Industries, Gandhian Thought and Peace Science. ■o c e-mail [email protected]

~~O Research Guidance M.Phil 02~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and in Refereed Journals I Proceedings 04 / 06 i 01~~

Selected publications The Light House of Peace and Harmony - Vadaloor Saint Ramalinga Adigal Religious in 1 Narayanasamy.S.(Ed.), Pluralism and Peace Culture ICSA Books, Educational Development Services of India, Chennai, Pp. 77-84, 2007. Input Output Analysis in Khadi and Village Industries, in Soundrapandiyan.M (Ed.), 2 Industrial, Resurgence in Rural India- Scope and Strategies, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 1997, Pp. 105-109 Khadi and Village Industries Commission on Rural Industrialisation in 3 Soundrapandiyan.M (Ed.), Industrial, Resurgence in Rural India- Scope and Strategies, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 1997, Pp.197-207 Management of Working Capital in Tiny sector- A Study, in Meenashisundram.N. (Ed.), 4 Financial Management in Small Enterprises, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 2000, Pp.85-95 Growth and Susceptibility of Bakery Industry, in Soundrapandian.M.(Ed.) Rural Industries 5 in India, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, Pp.158-167

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized / attended - 10 / 59~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Member, Tamil Nadu Bakers Federation ❖ Member, Sarvodayamandal,Gandhi Narpani Mandram ❖ Member, Peoples Movement Against Alcoholism~~

92 Dr.T.Ravichandran U) 3 Designation Assistant Professor O x ; Qualification M.A(G.T.), M.A.(Eng.Litt.), M.Phil., Ph.D H c Experience 14 Years .IS !E Specialization Gandhian Thought & Peace Science, "O Inter-religious Dialogue, Museology, c Yoga and Stress Management, <0 Communalism O e-mail [email protected]

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 05~~

~~Publications Books/Papers in referred Journals and edited volumes: 6/10 Selected Publications:~~

1. Practical Yoga, Mahatma Gandhi Yoga Institute, Madurai, 2002. 2. Communalism in India and the Way Out, Gandhi Media Centre, Madurai, 2000 3. 73^" Constitutional Amendment - A Giant Step Leaping Towards Participatory Democracy, (Jointly with Dr.M.Aram) in Kurukshetra, Govt, of India7995 4. Inter-religious Dialogue, jointly ed., Centre for Communal Harmony, Madurai, 1994. 5. Studies in Peace Making, jointly ed., Madurai Institute of Peace Science, Madurai, 1983. 6. Executive Editor, NCRI News, Hyderabad, 1996.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Wokshops Organized/Attended 25/75~~

~~Countries Visited South Korea, Hong Kong, Spain, Singapore, Indonesia, Italy (2 times), Vatican City (2 times) Sri Lanka, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Malaysia.~~

Awards & Recognitions • “Best Youth Award” from The Gandhigram Rural University, 2002 • “International Peace Award” , Lions Club International, 2006. • “Best Gandhian Award” , Bharathi Yuva Kendra, 2002

Membership in Professional Bodies • Hony. Chairperson, “Mahatma Gandhi Yoga Institute”. • Board Member, Centre for Communal Harmony & Inter-religious Amity • Board Member, “Madurai Green”. External Member, IQAC, Lady Doak College, Madurai

~~93 Department of Sociology~~

~~Profile~~

EftfbN fhtd In th« y ta r 1906, th t D«ptrtm *nt of Sociology hM boon ^ lltilin g tho ttudomt to ftudy oommunKlof fdoptliig Intlruction, roftaroh and oxttntlon modof from cultural anthropological and famlnlit ptrapoctlvff and tqulp tham with tha nacatMiy fkllla to tacfcia •odal laauaa and pracarva natlva cuKura,

~~Tftfuat Araaa of Aoadamla « Social Exdualon and Indualva PoUdaa ^ Sociology of Haalth Suatalnabla Davalopmant~~

THruat Araaa of ixianaloii Rural SoeW Oavalopmant PromotlonofMDGf Woman Empowarmant through C 6 0 f Rural Povarty analyalf and databasa managamant Advocacy for Suftalnabla Davalopmant Policy Influandng with Stata and Non-ftate aganclet Extanflon of ralavant knowladga Social Lab / Obfarvatory

~~94 Dr.S.Gurusamy~~

~~Designation Professor~~

~~Qualification M.A (Soc), M.A (RS), M.Phil, PGDHE, Ph.D Experience 25 Years~~

~~Specialization Development Sociology, Inclusive Policy Studies. e-mail [email protected] [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 50/08~~

Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received 08 / Rs. 12.09 lakhs Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Status of Girl Child and Female 1 UGC 1997-98 0.10 Infanctide in Tamil Nadu Campaign against Female 2 Infanticide in Tamil Nadu MHRD, GOI 1998-99 1.10 (CAFIT) Campaign againt Female 3. Infanticide in Tamil Nadu MHRD, GOI 1999-2000 1.75 (CAFIT) Female Infanticide in 4 Periyakulam Block-A CAFIT 1999-2000 0.10 Diagnostic Study NGO Training Prevention and 5 TNSACS 2000-01 2.00 Control of HIV/AIDS Social Structure and Religious NFCH 6 Conversion in Two Districts of 2002-04 1.30 New/ Delhi Tamil Nadu - Dianostic Study Social Structure and the Plight 7 of Girl Child: A Study in UGC 2002-05 2.60 Selected District of Tamil Nadu Social Exclusion and Community Preparedness in 8 Disaster Management: A Study UGC 2007-09 3.14 in Coastal Districts of Tamil Nadu

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in Refereed Journals 0 6 /5 6~~

~~95 Selected Publications Peasant Politics in South India: A Socio-Political Analysis of a Pressure Group, 1. Kanishka Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi.~~

~~2. Development Sociology- A Reader, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.~~

~~3. Social Demography: Processes and Perspectives, Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.~~

~~4. Status of Girl Child: Female Infanticide in Tamil Nadu, GRI, Gandhigram.~~

~~5. Girl Child, APH Publishers, New Delhi.~~

~~6. Human Rights and Gender Justice, APH Publishers, New Delhi~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended 07 / More than 100~~

~~Country visited Sri Lanka~~

~~Awards and Recognitions Served as subject expert, J&K Public Service Connmission, 2008 and 2010.~~

Membership in Professions Bodies Executive Board Member, R.C 13 of International Sociological Association, Madrid, Spain. • Life Member, Indian Sociological Society • Convener, R.C.7 Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi, 2002 to 2009.

~~96 Dr.T.Rajendran~~

~~Designation Professor and Head, Dean~~

~~Qualification MA (RS), MA (GT), MA (Soc.), Ph.D~~

~~Experience 27 Years~~

~~Specialization Gerontology and Rural Development~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 25/01~~

Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs.2.05 lakhs Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Value of Child and Fertility Behaviour Among Rural 1 UGC 2005-06 2.05 Women: A study in Authur Block of Tamil Nadu

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 02 / 05 / 09~~

~~Selected Publications 1 Mainstreaming of Differently Abled Children. Journal of Research Vol. 1 (1), July 2002~~

~~Women Leadership at Grass Roots Level: A Case Study of Elected Women Leaders 2 in Tamil Nadu. Quarterly Journal of the Institute for the Study of Developing Areas. Vol II No. 2, April-June 2001~~

~~An Evaluation of Self and Wage Employment Programmes in Rural Areas of Tamil 3 Nadu, Journal of Extension and Research, Vol II (1), July 1999.~~

~~Child Labour in Dindigul Restaurants-An Incidence, Quarterly Journal of the Institute 4 for the Study of Developing Areas, Vol. 9 (3&4), July - December 1999.~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 25~~

~~Country visited UK~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Life Member, Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi.~~

~~97 Mr.R.Kumaran~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification M.A., M.Phil.~~

~~Experience 4 Years~~

~~Specialization Sociology of Marginalised Communities and Media Studies. e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 03~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol./ Papers in Refereed Journals 03/09/ 08~~

~~Selected Publications~~

~~1 Listening to People Living in Poverty. Book for Change, Bangalore, 2003~~

~~2 Eclipsed Moons: Stories of People from Other Side. (Mimeograph), Action Aid India, 2003~~

~~Listening as a Radical Art, in Alternative Methodologies, Action Aid India, 3 (IVlimeograph) Swing Of The Pendulum: Deinstitutionalising mental Health Care, (IVIimeograph), Action Aid India, 2003~~

~~4 Film Music and Tamil Society, (Mimeograph) Heart’s / Eye and its Reasoning: Action Aid’s Work against Adverse Child Sex Ratio, Action Aid India, 2006~~

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Participated - 13~~

~~Countries visited: Senegal and Morocco (North West Africa)~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Member, CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal~~

~~98 Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy~~

The Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP) was established by University Grants Connmission vide its letter No.F.319/2008 (SCT) dated 26*^ March 2008. It started to function in June 2010 after appointment of the staff initially. Its objectives are to conceptualizing the discrimination, exclusion and inclusion based on caste / ethnicity and religion; understanding the nature and dynamics of discrimination and exclusion at an empirical level and formulating policies for protecting the rights of these groups and eradicating the problem of exclusion and discrimination.

Thrust Areas of CSSEIP • Social Groups like studies on the Phenomenan of Social Exclusion to enforce Inclusive Policy on Dalits, Adivasis, Women, Backward Classes, Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic Minorities, Transgenders, People with HIV/AIDS, Differentially-able, Population Ageing and other social ‘misfits’; and Sectoral Groups like Subaltern groups and (Marginal farmers. Agricultural laborers, bonded labors, Informal and Unorganized sector on workers, Manual scavengers etc). Child workers. Sex workers. Single woman etc.

~~99 Dr.C. Ramanujam~~

~~Designation Associate Professor cum Deputy Director~~

~~Qualification IVl.Sc., Ph.D., o6 Experience 35 Years L il Specialization Statistics, Population studies, Social CO Exclusion and Inclusive Policy CO e-mail [email protected] O~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 11/03~~

~~Publications Books / Journals 105 Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Attended - 44~~

~~Countries visited USA, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Ethiopia~~

~~Awards & Recognitions ❖ Fellowship from International Development Research Centre, Canada.~~

Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Member in East West Centre, Honolulu ❖ Indian Association for Studies in Population ❖ Steering Committee of Population Policy and Research Advisory Group Unit, Centre for Policy Research, Govt, of India.

~~100 Dr.A. Mani~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor cum Assistant Director Qualification IVI.A., M.Sc., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D~~

~~Experience 06 Years 06 Specialization Sociology of Religion, Rural Sociology, LU Social Psychology CO CO e-mail [email protected] o~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil - 06~~

~~Publications Books / Journals - 02 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Attended - 12~~

~~Awards and Recognitions~~

~~• M.A Gold Medalist~~

~~• National foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) an autonomous organization under Home Ministry, Govt, of India has awarded a “Fellowship” for Ph.D programme~~

~~101 Mr.P.A. Sam Velladhurai~~

Designation Assistant Professor cum Assistant Director 06 Quaiiflcatlon M.A., Ph.D (pursuing) UJ (0 Experience 04 Years (0 Speciaiization Indian Society, Dalit Studies and o Movements, Subaltern Studies, Dalit Studies and Movements, Population Ageing, Globalization and its Impact on Excluded Communities, Issues of Minorities e-mail [email protected]

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Attended - 03~~

~~Awards and Recognitions~~

~~Unviersity Research Fellowship (URF) by University of Madras~~

~~102 Dr.Anjuli Chandra~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor cum Assistant Director Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D~~

~~Experience 03 Years o6 UJ Specialization Social Anthropology, Environmental (0 Anthropology and Tribal Studies (0 e-maii [email protected] O~~

~~Publications Books / Journals 05 Seminars / Conferences I Workshops~~

~~Attended 04~~

~~Awards and Recognitions~~

~~• D.Phil scholarship under UGC scheme~~

~~103 Department of Rural Industries and Management~~

~~Profile~~

The Department of Rural Industries and Managennent was established in 1955 in order to give skill based training in Rural Industries and Management. It also aims at developing man power required for promotion of SMEs. The most important feature of the development is that It encourages the students to become entrepreneurs.

The thrust areas are: o Rural Industries and Management o Textile Technology and Management o Human Resource Management o Development Planning o Environmental Economics o Rural Entrepreneurship and Rural Marketing

~~104 Dr.M.Soundarapandlan~~

(0 Designation Professor (on lien) o Quaiification M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil., M.Ed., PhD. 0) 3 Experience 25 Years "O C Specialization Rural Management, Entrepreneurship 2 e-mail [email protected] 3 0^ Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 63/14

~~Sponsored and Action Researcli Projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 17 / Rs. 12 lakhs~~

~~Selected Projects~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Female Low Literacy Rate in Villlupuram 1 District - a Study on Causes and SRC 2009 0.15 Remedies Impact of Leather Tannery Industries on UGC 2 2006-2008 2.86 Rural Poverty in Tamil Nadu New Delhi Determinants of successful UGC 3 2006 0.35 Entrepreneurship in Dindigul District of TN New Delhi A Study on Utilisation of Newspapers in 4 SRC 2004 0.20 Continuing Education Centres Impact of New Economic Policy on Small ICSSR 5 Scale Enterprises: A Micro Level Study in 2003-2005 2.77 New Delhi Tamil Nadu Environmental Degradation and Rural UGC 6 Poverty in Backward Regions in Tamil 2000-2002 2.11 New Delhi Nadu Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol./ Papers in Refereed Journals 23 / 59 / 59 Selected Publications New Economic Policy and Rural Development, ISBN:81-8387-006-6, Serials Publications, 1 New Delhi, 2006

~~Environment for Entrepreneurship ISBN-81-7888-515-8, Dominant Publications, New 2 Delhi, 2007~~

~~Green Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises Vol-I (Industries and Agriculture) 3 ISBN-13-978-81-8069-371-7, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2007~~

~~Green Productivity in Small and Medium Enterprises Vol-ll (Environment, Health and 4 Waste Management) ISBN-30-978-81-8069-372-4, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2007~~

~~Beekeeping Industry in Rural Industrialization, ISBN - 81-7888-563-8, Dominant 5 Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, 2008~~

~~105 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 29 /133~~

~~Countries Visited: South Africa and IVIalaysia~~

Awards and Recognitions ❖ Young Economist Award (2002), Association of Economists of Tamil Nadu ❖ Bharat Jyoti Award (2005), India International Friendship Society IVIembersllip in Professional Bodies ❖ Life Member, Association of Economists of Tamil Nadu ❖ Life Member, Indian Economic Association ❖ Life Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Economics ❖ Life Member, Indian Society of Labour Economics ❖ Life Member, Indian Adult Education Association ❖ Life Member, Indian Academy of Social Science

~~106 Dr.R.Seerangarajan (/> Q) Designation Professor and Head~~

(/) Qualification B.Tech., MBA., PhD. 3 "O Experience 22 Years C Specialization Operations Management, Business 75 Mathematics, Fiber Science and Textile Technology, Entrepreneurship 3 development. Organizational Behaviour e-mail [email protected]

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 07/03~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 03 / Rs. 1.72 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Development of Improved Hook 1 . UGC 2002 0.20 Lifting System for Jacquard Looms Dept, of Textiles, Development of New Varieties of Art 2. Govt, of Tamil 2006-2008 1.42 Silk Sarees for Rural Weavers Nadu Development of Banana-Sisal Fibre 3 GRI 2008 0.10 Composites for Rural Applications

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in refereed journals 05/14/09~~

~~Selected Publications 1. Developmental Strategies for Small Enterprises, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 2000 2 Manual for Handloom Weavers, GRI, 2004~~

~~3 Managerial Guide for Executives of Handloom Society, GRI, 2007~~

~~4 Dyeing Hand Book for Weavers, GRI, 2006~~

~~5 Design Hand Book for Weavers, GRI, 2006~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies Member, Textile Association Member, Indian Society for Technical Education • Member, Indian Association of Social Sciences • Member, Institution of Engineers~~

~~107 Dr.L.Radhakrishnan~~

~~Designation Professor (A 0) Qualification M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D.~~

~~0) Experience 15 Years 3 T3 Specialization Rural Industries and Management, C Environmental Economics, Human Resource Management 2 e-mail [email protected] 3 Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 15/02~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in Refereed Journals / 02 / 31 / 04 Proceedings~~

Selected Publications Small and Medium Enterprises under Globalisation: Challenges and Opportunities, 1 Kalpaz Publications, Delhi, 2009. “Appropriateness of Micro Insurance for the Rural Poor”, Journal of Extension and 2 Research, XI (1&2), 2009 Empowerment of Women through Entrepreneurship, Gyan Publishing House, New 3 Delhi, January 2008 “Waste Management Technology”, Ushus Journal of Business Management, 3(1), 4 2004 Contribution of Forest to the Economic Development of the Andaman and Nicobar 5 Islands, Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences, 4 (1), 2002

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 05/78~~

~~Country visited United Kingdom~~

Awards & Recognitions ❖ Overseas Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (PDRF) on Evironmental Economics under World Bank Project ❖ Award of Junior Research Fellowship, UGC-NET ❖ Honorary Fellowship, Society of Environmental Sciences (F.S.E.Sc.) ❖ Honorary member. Research Board of Advisors in the American Biographical Institute (ABI)USA in 2001.

Life Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Indian Management Association ❖ Association of Economists of Tamil Nadu ❖ Indian Academy of Social Sciences ❖ The Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) ❖ Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development, New Delhi ❖ Agricultural Economics Research Association (India), New Delhi ❖ International Association for the Study of Common Property ❖ Commission on Education and Communication (CEC) ❖ The Common Wealth Forestry Association (CFA)

~~108 Dr.K.Raja Alias Pranmalai tf) 0) Designation Associate Professor~~

if> Qualification M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D. 3 ■o Experience 14 Years C Specialization Rural Industries and Management, 75 Business Law k. e-mail [email protected] 3 0 ^ Research Guidance M.Phil. 10 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs.1.50 lakhs

~~Funding Total Si.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs 1 Detailed Base Line Survey (Co-PI) DRDA 1 year 1.50~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and refereed Journals 01 /06~~

~~Selected Publications~~

~~The Role of Tamil Nadu Small Industries Development Corporation in Madurai District 1 Financial Management in Small Enterprises, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 2001~~

~~Rural Industries for Social Development, Journal of Extension and Research, Vol.5 No.2 2 January 2003, Pp. 68-76.~~

~~Non-conventional Energy Schemes in India: A Training Manual for Women on Non- 3 Conventional Energy Instruments, 2003, Pp.75-89~~

~~Performance of Tamil Nadu Industrial Cooperative Bank, Chennai - A Case study, in 4 Meenakshisundaram.N. (Ed.), Rural Industries Management, Concept Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2006~~

~~5 Gandhiji and Khadi and Village Industries, Khadi Gramodyag, Vol.49 (3), Dec.2002~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / participated - 02/25~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Member, Dindigul District Small and Tiny Industries Association ❖ Member, Indian Economic Association~~

~~109 Sri.Well Haorei~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor (/) 0) Qualification M.A. (Eco.), MBA, M.Phil. (Eco.)~~

~~(/) Experience 7 Years 3 Specialization Economic Development and Planning, "O C Operation Management, e-mail [email protected] 2 3~~

~~Research Guidance UG/PG 15/10~~

~~Publications “BPO: a New Revenue Strategy” in Balakrishnan.A. (Ed.), Impact of Globalization and 1. Retaining Strategy for Labour and Employment 2007, Chpt.43______~~

~~Seminars I Conferences / Worl^sliops Attended - 15~~

~~Awards and Recognitions~~

~~• Lectureship- UGC-NET~~

~~110 Dr.H. SamutI ThavaraJ Dttlenatidn Aiilitant Professor~~

Quallfiettlon M .BA, M. Phil,, Ph.D. s Exp«i1«nc« 14 Years 8p«elfllizfltlon Marketing and Human Resource 1 Management &I •-m ail [email protected] Research Guidance M.S.A projects. 87 Publications Books / Journals 03 Seiected Pubiications "A Discriminant Analysis on Entrepreneurship: A Psychological Approach”, SEDME, Volume 32,pp. 47-52, March 2006 “Emotional Intelligence among Practicing Cost and Management Accountants in Tamilnadu”, The Management Accountant, Volume 42 No. 10, October 2007, pp 817 - 819. “Emotional Intelligence - The Training has to open the Third Eye”, FOCUS - A half-yearly house journal from Postal Training Centre, April 2008, pp 12 - 15.

~~Seminars / Conferences / Worltsiiops Participated - 14~~

~~Countries Visited ❖ Srilanka~~

~~Awards and Recognitions ❖ B.B.A - Madurai Kamaraj University Rank Holder - 12”^ Rank ❖ Serving Indian Railways on Invitation as RPF - MITRAS - Madurai Division~~

~~111 Mr.B.Senthil kumar~~

~~(A 0) Designation Assistant Professor~~

Qualification M.Tech (Textile Technology) (/) 3 "O Experience 5 Years C Speciaiizationd Fibre science, Textile Chemical Processing & Finishing, Technical textiles, 75u. 3 Garment Technology 0 ^ e-mail [email protected]

~~Publications Books / Journals 02~~

~~Selected Publications Seamless Garments-An overview-Published at Fibre2fashion article source~~

~~Implementation of “Lean Manufacturing Process in Apparel Industry-Published at Fibre 2 fashion article source.~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Worksliops Participated - 14~~

Awards and Recognitions • Best Spinning Student Award by “Precites Industries” • GATE Scorer in the year of 2004 with 89 percentile (52 All India Rank). • Goldmedalist in UG-under MK University.

~~112 Department of Education~~

~~Profile~~

Established in the year 2007, the department coordinates the first ever integrated B.Ed. programme introduced in the country by GRI in the year 2003-04. It is an innovative teacher education programme open to all final year UG and PG students of the institute. The department also offers M.Ed. programme. The Department has introduced PG Dip. progamme on Educational Technology and Applied Research during the year 2008-09. The thrust areas include Teacher Education and Training, Educational Technology, Educational Psychology, Counselling and Guidance.

~~i't ' il'** ■ ■ 1^ ., , H DEPARTMNT OF education~~

~~113 Dr.A. Jahitha Begum~~

Designation Associate Professor and Head c o Quaiification M.A., M.A., M.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D o(0 Experience 19 Years 3 Specialization Cognitive Science, Communicative ■o Competence and ICT u e-maii [email protected]

~~Research Guidance M.Phil: 15~~

~~Ph.D. Awarded / Submitted / Ongoing 04 / 05 / 08~~

~~Publications - 87 Selected Publications~~

Begum Jahitha, A. (2004) “The Effect of Mediated Learning Experience On 1. Communicative Competence of Primary Teachers. (Researcii)” The Primary Teacher (NCERT Journal), Vol.XXIX No.1, ISSN-0970 9282 Page No 2. Begum Jahitha, A. (2004) “What Makes Pupils to Misbehave? (Review)” The Educational Review, Vol:47, No.1, ISSN-0013 3. Begum Jahitha, A. and Lokanatha Reddy (2006) “Community Development: Role of Universities and NGOs”. (Review) University News Vol: 44, No; 47 Nov: 20-26, 2006. ISSN No: 05662257 4. Begum Jahitha, A. and M. Vakkil (2007) “A test on humor among the University Students”. (Researcii) Indian Journal of Psychometry and Education, Vol.38 (1) January, 2007. ISSN No: 03781003 5. Begum Jahitha, A. and Lokanatha Reddy (2007) “Role of Metacognitive & Self - Regulatory Strategy on Enhancing Life skills Among the Students (international) (Review), New Frontiers in Education, New Delhi Vol:XXXVII, No:1 January-March 2007. ISSN No: 09721231

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Attended I Organized - 47/06~~

~~Countries Visited~~

~~• England, Scotland and Srilanka~~

Awards and Recognitions 2010 Dr.Rajamanickam Memorial Award for Best Psychologist,Rajpur 2009 Prerak Vyaktitva Award, K.M.Shanthi Foundation, Agra. 2009 Hindi Manasvi Award, Hindi Sahithya Sabha, Agra. 2009 Prof S.D.Kapoor Award of Best Researcher, IPERA, Agra. 2009 Anand Award of Best Cognitive Psychologist, IPERA, Agra 2008 Akhil Bharathi Vaicharik Kranthi Manch, Certificate of Appreciation, Luknow. 2008 Prof. K. Sivadasan Pillai Memorial Lecture Award, Council of Teacher Education, Bhopal. 114 2008 Air India BOLT District Award. 2008 Professional commitment Award, lAlP, Indore 2008 Hindi Manasvi Award, Hindi Sagithya Sabha, Agra, 2007 Akhil Bharathi Agith Parishat Certificate of Appreciation, Luknow, 2007 Prof. Uma Nag Lecture Award, Psycholingulstic Association of India, Agra, 2003-04 NCERT National Award for Innovative Practices, 2002-03 NCERT National Award for Innovative Practice Lectureship- UGC-NET

Membership in Professional Bodies • Member, Psychollnguistic Association, Agra, • Member, All India Association for Educational Research, • Tamil Nadu Vice PreskJent For Council of Teacher Educatk)n Bhopal (CTE)« • Member English Language Teacher Association of India, (ELTAI), Chennai,

~~Ms.P.S.Sridevi Designation Assistant Professor QuM\WcaUon M,8e(Pfiy),, M,Ed,,~~

~~Experfen«« 3YMTS~~

~~•peeUillzalfon PtryikM Sdonco, Rosoirdi MottiocMogy, Teacher Education •HIMlI dovidhiran^gniid/oom~~

~~Research Guidance PG 03~~

~~Seminars I Conferences / Worl(shops PaiDdpjrted ' 04 Dr.S.Gunasekaran~~

~~c Designation Assistant Professor _o Qualification M.Sc (Psychology), M.A (English), M.Phil o (Education), UGC - NET in Education, Ph.D (Peace Education) "O LU Experience 9 Years~~

~~Specialization Psychology of Education, Teacher Education and Peace Education e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Ed. 08~~

Research papers/articles in edited books/refereed journals; 7/4 Selected Publications 1 “Value Based Teacher Education: Implications of Sri Sathya Sai Educational Philosophy”, in R. Venkateswaran (ed) Proceedings of International Conference on Enhancement of Strategies in Teacher Education in Present Scenario, Kasthooribha College of Education, Athanur, Namakkal, 2011, pp. 299 - 301, (ISBN No: 978-93-80624-29-7) 2 "Peace Education: Contemporary Perspective”,The Progress of Education, Pune, Vol.LXVII, No.1, Aug.1992, pp.14-19. "Scientific Temper and Nation - Building Process; An Indian Perspective”, The Progress of Education, Pune, Vol.LXIX, No.6, Jan.95, pp.109-115. 4 "Human Resource Development: A Gandhian Perspective”, in B.S.BhatIa, H.L.Verma (eds) Readings in Human Resource Development Vol-I, Deep & Deep Publication, New Delhi, 1996 pp. 18-34. 5 "Principles and Features of Cooperative Movement in India, Metaphysics of Cooperative Movement, Vol-I, Deep and Deep Publications, New Delhi, 1994 pp.201-211. 6 “Basic Education and Its Contemporary Relevance, in A.D. Mishra(ed) Gandhism After Gandhi”, Mittal Publication, New Delhi, 1999, pp.255-256.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshop organized/paper presented: 0 3 /14~~

~~116 Mrs.N.Devaki c , o Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~(U Qualification M.A (Eng), M.Sc (Psy), M.Ed, M.Phil o 3 (Eng), M.Phil (Edn), NET, (Edn), Ph.d "O LU (Viva awaited) Experience 14 Years~~

~~Specialization Educational Psychology, English Language Teaching. e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance~~

~~M.Phil: 10~~

~~M.Ed. 07~~

~~Seminars I Workshops /Symposiums attended: 18/4/2 iVlembership in Professional Bodies~~

~~English Language Teacher Association of India (ELTAI) Chennai. Membership No. 20062024~~

~~Countries Visited Sri Lanka.~~

~~117 Dr.G.Ramaehandran Library~~

~~Profile~~

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~~H i Dr. J. Abraham~~

~~Designation Deputy Librarian and Library i/c~~

~~Qualification M.Com. IVI.L.I.Sc., M.Phil., M.Ed., DCP. IS DGT., Ph.D., A Experience 32 years~~

~~Specialization Library and Information Systenn & Services, LibraryAutomation, IT based Library and Information Services~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Publications Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in Refereed Journals 07 Selected Publications~~

~~SI.No. Title of the publications~~

“Strategies for Collection Management/ Development during Economic recession in Library and Information Centres” in Ramesh Babu.B. et.al.(Ed.) Information Management, Trends and Issues, ISBN:81-901-785-0-4, New Delhi: Researchco Book Centre, 2003

“Cost-effective Vs Cost-benefit Analysis: The Financial Management Perspectives in Library and Information Systems and Services”, in Ramesh Babu.B,et.al.(Ed.) Information Management, Trends and Issues, ISBN:81-901-785-0-4, New Delhi: Researchco Book Centre, 2003

“Information Access and Community Development" in Ramesh Babu.B. and Gopalakrishnan.S. et.al. (Ed.), Information, Communication, Library and Community Development. Ed by 2 Vols. ISBN:81-7646-434-1, New Delhi: B.R.Publishing, 2004 “Information Networking and resource sharing in the Internet Era” In Nagarajan et.al (Ed.) Procedlngs of the National Seminar on Strategic Information Management in the Digital Era, 26 - 27 Mar 2009. ISBN: 978-81-908455-0-2, Annamalainagar: Annamalai University, 2009

Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Information Seeking and Use pattern of the Industrial Information System with reference to Small Scale Industries, in Dantrlta,J et.al. (Ed.) Future Concept of Library and Information Services:Changes, Challenges and role of Library Professionals, New Delhi, Ess Ess Publications, 2009

Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Member, Indian Library Association (ILA) ❖ Member, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres ❖ Member, Indian Academic Library Association (lALA) ❖ Life Member, Foundation for Information Communication (FCI), Madras Chapter ❖ Member, Tamilnadu Library Association (TLA)

~~119 Dr. M. Tamizhchelvan~~

~~Designation Deputy Librarian~~

~~Qualification B.Sc., M.L.I.S., M.A. PGDCA, Ph.D. <0 n Experience 24 years Specialization Automation, Digital Library~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

Research Guidance M.Phll/Ph.D. 18/06 Sponsored Projects - 02/0.90 lakhs 1 1 1 1 Total Amount SI.No. Title of Project Funding Agency Duration in Lakhs NISSAT project for Folk Wisdom 1. Govt, of India, DST 6 months 0.90 Lakh in Andhra Pradesh Interactive e-learning portal 2. UNESCO 1 year 2.0 Lakh http://www.salisonline.org Publications Papers in Refereed Journals I Papers in Proceedings I Edited Volumes - 05/40/04 Selected Publications An Investigation in to the Features of OPACs in Tamil Nadu, Library F - /\ew, Vol. 52 no. 5&5, 1. April 7, 2003. pp. 257 - 267 (UK) (Co-author; Dr. B. Ramesh Babu) (ISSN 0024-2535) The Changing Face of India. Parti: Bridging the Digital Divide, Library Review, Vol. 53 no. A, 2. pp. 213-219 (UK) (Co-authors: A C Ganesh, Khaiser Nikam). (ISSN 0024-2535) The Changing Face of India (2): Knowledge Management for Digital Preservation, Library 3. Review, Vol. 53 no. 5, pp. 309 - 312 (UK) (Co-authors: A C Ganesh, Khaiser Nikam).(ISSN 0024-2535) E-Learning initiative in Engineering College: a Study of SKCET, SALIS Journal of 4. Management and Information Technology, June-December, 2010, Vol. 1(2) pp: 12-21 (ISSN: 0975-4105) Implementation of NPTEL material using Open Source Software, Indian Journal of 5. Information Science and Service, June - December, 2010, 4(2): pp.11-16. (ISSN: 0973- 8967) Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended 06/40

Best Paper award 01 Membership in Professional Bodies • Madras Library Association • Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS) • Alumni Association of Library and Information Science (AALIS) • Foundation for Information and Communication (FIC)

~~120 Ms. S. Mathurajothi~~

~~Designation Assistant Librarian (SI.Gr.)~~

Qualification IVIA, IVILISC., DCP., DGT., (0 n Experience 24 years Specialization Library and Information System and Services, LibraryAutomation, IT based Library and Information Services e-mail [email protected]

Publications Papers in Edited Vol. / Proceedings 04/01 Selected Publications 1 Digital Libraries: An Overview. In Danrita et al(Ed) Future Concept of Library and Information Services; Changes, Challenges and Role of Library Professionals (ISBN:978-81-7000-558-2), ESS ESS Publications,New Delhi, 2009. 2 Collection Development and Issues in University Librairies. in Ramesh Babu(B) and Rajendran (P)(Ed) Library Resources and Services in the Digital Era. (ISBN:978-81-7525-948-5) SRM University, 2008. 3 E-Journal and Peer Review -E-Resources in Higher Education; Issues, Developments, Opportunities and Challenges, edited by S.Srinivasa Raghavan and Ramganesh-Bharathidasan University,Trichirappalli, p787 4 Professional Competencies and Skills in Digital Era Librarians and Information Professionals, Digital Vision 2020, Golden Net Publishers,Trichy, Pp.-286-289

Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 19 Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Member, Indian Academic Library Association (lALA) ❖ Member, Madras Library Association ❖ Member, Tamil Nadu Library Association (TLA)

~~121 Dr. S. Dhanavandan ra Designation Assistant Librarian V. n Qualification M.A. B.Ed. D.LL.M.L.I.S., M.Phil., Ph.D~~

~~Experience 24 years~~

~~Specialization Automation, Networking~~

~~e-maii [email protected]~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings / Edited Volumes -14/17/01~~

Selected Publications Awareness of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Tools Among Library 1. Professionals in Tamil Nadu, Pakistan journal of Library and Information Science, ISSN 1680-4465,No.9 (2008) p 83-97 A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal “The Indian Journal of Agronomy” 1996-2006, Library 2. Progress (International), ISSN-0970-1052, Vol.27 No. 2p73-84 A Study of the Use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) Tools by Librarians, 3. Library Philosophy and Practice, ISSN 1522-0222, August 2008 A Bibliometric Analysis of the Journal “ACM Transactions on Information Systems”1997- 4. 2006, Library Progress (International), ISSN-0970-1052,Vol.28 No. 2p189-202 Internet-Based Resources and Services among Librarians in Tamil Nadu,India, Library 5. philosophy and Practice, ISSN 1522-0222, Jan 2011 Information Communication Technology (ICT) Infrastructure Facilities in Self Financing 6. Enqineerinq College Libraries in Tamil Nadu, Library philosophy and Practice, ISSN 1522- 0222, March 2011 The Use Pattern of Information by Computer Science Engineers in Engineering Colleges: A 7. Study in Thiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu., Pearl: A Journal of Library and Information Science, ISSN 0973-7081 Vol. 1 No.1 P 6-12. Searching of Information from the Internet: A Study among the Engineering College Students 8. in Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, Indian Journal of Information Science and Services, ISSN 0973-8967,Vol.1 No.1, P6-12 Use of Internet by Engineering College Students in Tiruvannamalai District(TN) - A Study, 9. Indian Journal of Information Library & Society, ISSN 0971-4286, Vol.23,No.1-2 Jan-June 2010

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Attended 26~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Madras Library Association Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)~~

~~122 Department of Physical Education~~

~~Profile~~

The Department of Physical Education was established in the year 1976. Since inception the department has been functioning with the prime objective of creation of sports awareness among the students of GRI, as most of them hail from the remote rural regions of Tamilnadu and other states. With the view to promote the standards of sports the department facilitates and provides the students with training facilities in almost all major sports and track events. Trained teams of GRI have made remarkable achievements in district and state level competitions. The yoga centre mends the young minds of GRI and promotes self discipline and yogic order of life through its yoga awareness programmes.

123 c Dr. D. Grace Nirmaia o Designation Deputy Directress (U o Qualification M.A., M.P.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. 3 ■o LU Experience 27 years 15 Specialization Exercise Physiology o Sports Physiology and Volleyball e-mail [email protected] ’S

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs. 1.65 lakhs~~

~~Funding Total SLNo. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs 1 Yoga centre UGC 2004-07 1.65~~

~~Publications Physical Education and Health Education~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 11~~

~~Awards & Recognitions ❖ Best Physical Director Award in 2004 by District Collector, Dindigul~~

IVIembership in Professional Bodies ❖ Executive Member, District Volleyball Association ❖ Vice President, Dindigul District Fencing Association ❖ Member, Advisory Committee for Sports Development in Dindigul District

~~124 Dr.C.SUGUMAR~~

~~Designation Deputy Director~~

~~Qualification M.P.E.S., M.Phil., Ph.D.,~~

~~Experience 12 years~~

~~Specialization Exercise Physiology & Hockey~~

~~e-mail gripetcs@gmai!.com~~

~~Selected Publication - Articles; 21~~

1 (2010) Enhancement of Academic Achievement through Attainment of Excellence in Sports, in New Horizons in Educational Research, Vol. 3: 1, pp. 20-26. 2 (2010) Effect of Pranayama Practice on Selected Variables, in Yoga Mimamsa, Vol. XHl'. 2, pp. 103-8. 3 (2010) Lactate Threshold Prediction and Endurance Training, in Indian Journal for Research in Physical Education and Sports Sciences, Vol.5:1, pp. 69-72. 4 (2009) Predictors of Repeated Sprint Ability on Soccer Players, Research Bi-annual for Movement, Vol.25;2, pp.36-40. 5 (2009), Analysis of Volleyball Match Performance Statistics between Indian Stars and National League Winners (lOB), in IJRPES, Vol.4:1, pp. 47-51.

~~Seminars/Conferences/workshopS: Papers presented in Conferences 21+7~~

Awards & Recognition Organizing member, Indian Senior Men Volleyball Coaching Camp-Preparation of Doha, SAP, Games 2010, Organized by VFl, Venue- Dr. Sivanthi Aditanar College Of Physical Education, Tiruchendur. • Member of the Senate Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. (2003-2007) • Selector Tamilnadu Physical Education and Sports (TNPESU) University Hockey Men Team (2007-2010) • Selector TNPES University Volleyball Men Team (2006-07). • Selector Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Hockey Men Team (2004-05).

~~Membership in Professional Bodies~~

~~Athletic Coaching Expert in Indian Sports Promotion Academy (ISPA), Chennai, 2011.~~

~~125 Dept, of Mathematics~~

~~Dept, of Physics~~

~~Dept, of Chemistry d~~

~~Dept, of Home Science <:=2~~

~~Dept, of Biology < := 3 r~~

~~Dept, of Computer Sci. & Applns. i-~~

~~Rural Technology Centre~~

~~Rural Energy Centre E=>r 1 ; A 1 Centre for Applied Geology 1~~

~~126 Department of Mathematics~~

Profile The most significant research contributions of the Department of Mathematics established as a full-fledged Department are: Neural networks Fuzzy Sets & Applications Operation Research Cryptography Control Theory Fractal Theory

~~127 Dr.P.Baiasubramaniam~~

~~Designation Professor and Head~~

~~■ oMM 13 Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., M.C.A., Ph.D. E Experience 16 years 0) Specialization Differential Equations (Control Theory),Neural Networks and Fuzzy (0 Systems e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 14/ 08~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 06 / Rs. 42.46 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Controllabiltiy of Second Order 1 DST 1996 1.68 Integrodifferential System in Banach Space 2 Studies on Fuzzy Control Systems CSIR 1999 4.50 Neural Networks for Nonlinear Control 3 DST 2003 3.48 Systems and Dynamical Systems Approximations of Solutions to Stochastic 4 NBHM 2007 8.67 Functional Differential Equations Studies on Qualitative Properties of 5 CSIR 2008 8.01 Stochastic Partial Differential Equations Studies on Modeling for Stochastic Differential Equations and their Optimal 6 DST 2008 16.12 Control using Neural Networks, Genetic Programming and Simulink Approaches

Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in Refereed 05/71/40 Journals/ Proceedings Selected Publications Delay-Dependent Robust Stability Analysis of Uncertain Stochastic Neural Networks with Discrete 1 Interval and Distributed Time-varying Delays, Neurocomputing, 72 (2009) 3231-3237. (Impact Factor: 1.234)

~~LMI Conditions for Stability of Stochastic Recurrent Neural Networks with Distributed Delays, 2 Chaos Solitons and Fractals, 40 (2009) 1688-1696. (Impact Factor: 2.98)~~

~~Faedo-Galerkin Approximate Solutions for Stochastic Semilinear Integrodifferential Equations, 3 Comput. Math. Appl. 58 (2009) 48-57. (Impact Factor: 0.997)~~

~~Approximate Controllability for Semi-linear Retarded Stochastic Systems in Hilbert Space, IMA J. 4 Math. Control Information, 26 (2009) 131-140. (Impact Factor: 0.586)~~

Solution of Generalized Matrix Riccati Differential Equation for Indefinite Stochastic Linear 5 Quadratic Singular System using Neural Networks, Appl. Math. Comput. 204 (2008) 671-679. (Impact Factor: 0.961)

~~128 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated : 08 / 27~~

~~Countries visited South Korea and Sri Lanka~~

Awards & Recognitions • Bharat Jyoti Award 2005, India, International Friendship Society • Best Scientist Award (TANSA)-2005, Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology • International Visiting Professor under UGC-SAP (DRS) for doing collaborative research works with the Department of Mathematics, University of loanninna, Greece, February to July 2008 Visiting Professor under Korean Scientific Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) at the Department of Mathematics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea under Prof. J. Y. Park from June to Sept. 2001 • Visiting Professor under Korean Scientific Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) at the Department of Mathematics, Pusan National University, Pusan, Korea under Prof. J. Y. Park from August 2005 to July 2006

iVlembership in Professional Bodies ❖ American Mathematics Society, U.S.A., membership code: BPLXXA ❖ Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), U.S.A. ❖ Indian Society for Technical Education. Membership No GM41307 dated 20-08.1996 ❖ Life member in Cryptology Research Society of India, Indian Statistical Institute

~~_ UOC-8AP(ORS II) $ ^ O N A L WORKSHOP ON SOFT COMPUTtNO AMO M ATHEMATICAL MODELING (NWSCIMII-2010) IS-a FESmMllV 2G1» N j;:~~

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~~129 s. Parthasarathy (0 o Designation Associate Professor~~

~~13 Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil. E 0) Experience 33 Years £ Specialization Applied Statistics and Operations Research (0 e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 11~~

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 01/07~~

~~Country visited Sri Lanka~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Life Member, Ramanujan Mathematical Society~~

~~130 Dr. R. Uthaya Kumar~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 38/01~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 01 / Rs.7.26 lakhs~~

~~Funding SLNo. Title of the Project Duration Total Amount Agency in Lakhs Estimating the Chaotic Dynamics in the 1. UGC 2008 7.26 Human Brain via Fractual Dimensions~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in Refereed Journals/ 02/31/20 Proceedings~~

Selected Publications An Algorithm for Computing the Fractal Dimension of Waveforms, Applied 1 Mathematics and Computation, 2008, 195(2), 598- 603. A Two Level Supply Chain with Partial Backordering and Approximated Poisson 2 Demand, European Journal of Operational Research, 2008, 187, 228-242. Evaluation of Supply Chain Structures using a Delayed Product Differentiation 3 Process, International Journal on Advanced Manufacturing and Technology, 2008, 39,401-408. Size Measure Relationship Method for Fractal Analysis of Signals, Fractals, 2008, 4 16(3), 235-241. Application of Fractal Theory in Analysis of Human Electroencephalogram Signals, 5 Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2008, 38(3), 372-378.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 03/02~~

~~Country visited Sri Lanka~~

Awards and Recognitions ❖ Best Paper Award for Young Mathematicians in the Xllth Annual Conference of the Ramanujan Mathematical Society held at Shimoga, Karnataka, during May 22-24, 1997. ❖ Medal for the first rank in B.Sc., Mathematics

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Life member, Ramanujam Mathematical Society~~

~~131 Dr.P. Muthukumar~~

Designation Assistant Professor 0) o Qualification M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D. w Experience 7 years £ Specialization Control Theory / Differential Equations o e-mail pearlkumarl [email protected] (0

~~Publications International / National - 05/01~~

Selected Publications P. Balasubramaniam and P. Muthukumar, Approximate Controllability of Second Order Stochastic Distributed Implicit Functional Differential Systems with Infinite Delay, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 143(2009), 225-244. P. Muthukumar and P. Balasubramaniam, Approximate Controllability of Nonlinear Stochastic Evolution Systems with Time-varying Delays, Journal of the Franklin Institute, 346(2009), 65-80. P. Muthukumar and P. Balasubramaniam, Approximate Controllability for Semi-linear Retarded Stochastic Systems in Hilbert Spaces, IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, 26(2009), 131-140. P. Balasubramaniam, J. Y. Park and P.Muthukumar, Approximate Controllability of Neutral Stochastic Functional Differential Systems with Infinite Delay, Stochastic Analysis and Applications, 28(2010), 389-400. P. Muthukumar and P. Balasubramaniam, Approximate Controllability of Second-order Damped McKean-Vlasov Stochastic Evolution Equations, Computers and Mathematics with Applications, 60(2010), 2788-2796______

~~Sem inars I Conferences / Workshops Presented / Participated - 02 /11~~

Countries visited : sh Lanka Awards & Recognitions ❖ Selected as Project Fellow by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt, of India, New Delhi, INDIA under Special Assistance Programme (SAP) DRS-I, Grant No. F.510/6/DRS/2004 (SAP-1). ❖ Selected as Senior Research Fellow under Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, INDIA (Grant No. 09/715(0012)/2009-EMR-l).

~~132 (0 Dr.R. Rajkumar~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor w E Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D. o j= Experience 2 years~~

~~(0 Specialization Coding Theory, Graps and Networks~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

Publications Journal / Book - 09 Selected Publications 1 W,B. Vasantha aad R. Rajkumar, Some Metrical Problems on Svmmetrlc Groups Rosenbloom-Tsfasman Metric, Ultra Sci. Phys. Sci., 291-294, 2010. 2 W.B. Vasantha and R. Rajkumar, Distance Graphs on Constant Weight Metric Spaces with Rosenbloom-Tsfasman Metric, Ultra Sci. Phys. Sci., 102-111, 2010. 3 W.B. Vasantha and R. Rajkumar, On the Minimum Distance of Circulant RT Distance Codes, Ultra Sci. Phys. Sci., 725-730, 2009. 4 W.B. Vasantha and R. Rajkumar, Use of Best Biapproximation in Bicoding Theory, VarahmihirJ. Math. Sci., 509- 516, 2006. 5 W.B. Vasantha and R. Rajkumar, A Class of Cayley Graph Interconnection Networks based on Rosenbloom-Tsfasman Metric, Proceedings of the 2009 International Conference on Computers and Network Technology, World Scientific Publishing, 2009, pp. 66-72.

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Presented / Participated - 09~~

Countries visited : Sri Lanka Awards & Recognitions • Received Fellowship (JRF/SRF) in IIT Madras during Aug. 2004 - July 2009. • Qualified in GATE 2004 with 92.90 percentile. • Qualified in CSIR-UGC NET for Lectureship in December 2007.

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Member of International Assosication of Computer Science and Information Technology (lACSIT), Singapore~~

133 (0 Dr.G. Nagamani m^mo 13 Designation Assistant Professor E Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., 0) £ Experience 7 >2 years cs Specialization Neural Networks S Stochastic Differential Equations e-mail [email protected]

~~Publications Journal / Book - 0 9/-~~

Selected Publications 1 Global passivity analysis ot interval neural networks with discvete and distributed delays of neutral type, Neural Processing Letters, 32(2) (2010) 109-130. (Impact factor:1.015) 2 Robust passivity analysis for Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy stochastic Cohen-Grossberg interval neural networks with time-varying delays, Physica Scripta, 83 (2011) 1-8 (Impact factor: 1.088) Global robust passivity analysis for stochastic interval neural networks with interval time-varying 3 delays and Markovian jumping parameters, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications, 149 (1) (2011) 197-215 (Impact factor:0.996) Passivity analysis for neural networks of neutral type with Markovian jumping parameters and 4 time delay in the leakage term. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulations, D0l:10.1016/j.cnsns.2011.03.028 (Impact factor:2.612) A delay decomposition approach to delay-dependent passivity analysis for interval neural 5 networks with time-varying delay. Neurocomputing, 74(10) (2011) 1646-1653 (Impact factor: 1.44) Global robust passivity analysis for stochastic fuzzy interval neural networks with time-varying 6 delays. Expert Systems with Applications, Doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2011.07.066 (Impact factor: 2.908)

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Presented / Participated - 05~~

~~Awards & Recognitions • Qualified CSIR-UGC Test for JRF and Eligibility for Lectureship (NET)~~

~~134 Department of Physics~~

~~Profile~~

The Department of Physics had its origin in the Department of Home Science as a supporting faculty. In 1965, the department blossomed in to an independent entity. It was offering a Diploma course in Rural Services with Mathematics and Chemistry as optional subjects with Physics as core subject. From 1970 onwards the department was offering Diploma in Rural Services (DRS-Physics main with Chemistry and Mathematics as ancillary subjects).

In 1976, when the institute was elevated to the status of a Deemed University, the Department started offering B.Sc. programme in Physics with Chemistry and Mathematics as allied subjects. Considering the need for offering the PG programme, the department went in for a M.Sc. programme in Applied Physics in 1987. This programme was renamed as M.Sc. (Physics) in 1994. The Department started admitting students to the Ph.D. programme in 1991. M.Phil in Physics was started during the academic year 2009-10. Thrust areas of the department: Spectroscopy Thin Film Devices Luminescence Materials Low Dimensional Semiconductors Plasma Physics Solar Thermal Utilization High Pressure Physics Fast Iron Conductors and Batteries

~~135 Dr.G. Muralidharan~~

~~Designation Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D.,~~

~~Experience 21 years~~

~~Specialization Luminescence Thin Films, Instrumentation e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance Ph.D. 02 Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs. 0.10 lakhs~~

~~Funding SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Total Amount Agency in LaKhs Design and Fabrication of a Dip Coating 1 L-RAMP 2006-07 0.10 Unit and study of Electrochromic Thin Films~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 29/26~~

Selected Publications 1 The Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Electrochromic Properties of Nanostructured NiO Films, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 93,1195-1201 (Impact factor-2.788), 2009 2 Optical, Structural and Electrochromic Studies of Molybdenum Oxide Thin films with Nanorod Structure, Solid State Sciences 12, 246-251 (impact factor-1.742), 2010

3 Effect of Tungsten on the Electrochromic Behaviour of sol-gel Dip Coated Molybdenum Oxide Thin Films, Materials Research Bulletin 45 (2010) 542-545 (Impact factor-1.812). 4 Chermoluminescence and Optical Studies on x-irradiated Terbium Doped Potassium Bromide Crystals, Journal of Luminescence, 130(2010) 618-622 (Impact factor-1.628).

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 05125~~

~~Countries visited : Spain and Sri Lanka Awards & Recognitions~~

1 JRF of CSIR, New Delhi 2 SRF of CSIR, New Delhi Membership in Professional Bodies • Life member, Indian Association of Physics Teachers • Life member, Instrument Society of India • Life member. Luminescence Society of India

~~136 Dr. K. Jayakumar~~

~~Designation Professor and Head~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D. Dip.in German~~

~~Experience 22 Years~~

~~Specialization Semiconductor Nanostructure~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D : 02/02~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs. 6.88 lakhs~~

~~Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Investigations on the Electronic and 1. Impurity Status in Semi Magnetic UGC 2007-10 6 . 8 8 Nanostructured Systems~~

~~Publications Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals / Proceedings 03 / 25 / 32~~

~~Selected Publications~~

1 Effect of Magnetic Field on the Laser-Dressed Donor in a Semimagnetic Quantum Well, International Conference on Advances in Nanotechnology-ICANAT 2008, MATS University, Raipur (CG), India (2008) 2 Shape Effect of Semimagnetic Quantum Dot on the Bound Magnetic Polaron, International Conference on Nano Science and Technolgy-ICONSAT2010 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai, India Feb 17-20, (2010) 3 Laser Induced Semiconductor -Metal Transition in a Semimagnetic Quantum Well, International Conference on Nano Science and Technology- ICONSAT2010 Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay, Mumbai, India, Feb 17-20, (2010) 4 Laser-Dressed Spin Polaron in CdTe-Cdi.xnxTe Quantum Well, Proc. of the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Pp291 (2010), Allied Publishers, ISBN:978-81-8424-578-3

5 Spin-Polaron in a Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor Quantum Wire, Proc. of the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2010) Pp311 (2010), Allied Publishers, ISBN:978-81-8424-578-3

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 29~~

137 Awards & Recognitions 1 Pressure Study on the Semiconductor-Metal Transition in a Quantum Well, P.Nithiananthi and K.Jayakumar, Rhys. Stat. Sol. (b), 246 (2009) 246 - One of the top 10 most accessed early view articles in April 2009.

2 National ❖ Invited to participate in the Young Indian Scientists’ Colloquium 2009 by T.I.F.R, Mumbai ❖ Research Consultancy Collaboration with Dept, of Physics, D.A.Univ. Indore 3 International ❖ Research Consultancy with Dept, of Physics, Yasouj University, Iran ❖ Research Consultancy with Dept, of Electrical Engg. I-Shou Univ, Taiwan

Membership in Professional Bodies • Life Member, Indian Chapter of International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy #338 • Life Member, lAPT # L1844 • Member, \nsMute of Physics, UK # 1084753 • Life Member, Semiconductor Society of India # 2009 08 596

~~138 Dr.P.Subramanian~~

~~Designation Professor (/) o Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D~~

~~Experience Teaching : 22 years Research : 29 years Specialization Electron paramagnetic Resonance~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 02/01~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 23/17~~

~~Selected Publications 1 EPR studies of Cu(ll) Doped in Glycine Lithium Sulfate Single Crystal, Crystal Research Technology, 43, 857, 2008~~

~~2 Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Optical Studies of Cu^"" in bis (thiourea) Cadmium Chloride Single Crystal, Solid State Sciences 9 961, 2007~~

~~3 EPR study of Cu^"^ in Glycine Zinc Sulfate Single Crystal, Solid State Communications 143, 277, 2007~~

~~4 Theoretical Studies of EPR Site Centre for Mn^"^ Doped Potassium Thiourea Bromide Single Crystal, Physica B 399, 143, 2007~~

~~5 An EPR and Optical Study on Vo2+ in bis(glycine) Cadmium Chloride Single Crystals, 62a, 462, 2007~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Attended - 03107~~

~~Countries visited Sri Lanka~~

Awards and Recognitions • SERC Visiting Fellowship, supported by DST, 1993-94. • Best Paper Award - International Conference on Optoelectronics, Fibre Optics and Photonics, 2006, Hyderabad • Reviewer for Elsevier Journals

~~IVIembership in Professional Bodies • Life member. Instrument Society of India • Life member, Indian Association of Physics Teachers~~

~~139 Dr. M. Sivaraman~~

~~Designation Professor (on Lien)~~

~~(0 Qualification MSc., PGDCM., M.Phil., Ph.D., o '5 Experience 30 years Specialization Spectroscopy and Plasnna Physics~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 02/04~~

~~Publications Books I Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers 01 /06 in Refereed Journals~~

~~Selected Publications~~

~~1 Viscous Damping of Alfven Surface Waves in the Solar Atmosphere, Plasma Physics Reports 35, 976, 2009~~

~~2 Viscous Damping of Alfven Surface Waves in the Magnetic Interface, Journal of Phy: Conference Series, 208, 012071, 2010~~

3 Viscous Damping of Alfven Surface Waves at a Tangential Discontinuity with Steady Flows in the Solar Atmosphere, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, Magnetic Coupling Between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun, 10.1007/978-3-642-02859-5-48, 429, 2010

~~4 Study on MOHD surface waves along the interfaces of the Magnetosheath, Boundary layer and Magnetosphere with the effect of solar wind, Bull. Astr. Soc. India (BASI) 35, 481, 2007~~

~~5 Hydrodynamic surface waves along a compressible cylindrical plasma column surrounded by a neutral gas. Journal of Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 43, 39, 2001~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 01/15~~

Awards and Recognitions • “Best Paper Award” - Presented in Plasma 2002, National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology conducted at Department of Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore by Plasma Science Society of India during December 16-19, 2002.

~~Membership in Professional Bodies Life and Executive Council Member, Plasma Science Society of India. Life Member, Indian Association of Physics Teachers.~~

~~140 Dr. P. Vickraman~~

~~Designation Professor~~

~~tf) Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil, Ph.D o *5 Experience 20 years > Specialization Solid State Ionics, Semiconducting Oxide Materials, Li-ion Batteries e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 08/04~~

Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funded received - 02 / Rs. 10.91 lakhs 1 Funding Tota\ SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Characterization of Solvent Free PVC 1 based Electrolytes for Lithium Battery UGC 2 years 0.35 Applications Preparation Characterization and optimization of super acid fillers based 3 years 2. UGC 10.56 PVDF -HFP/PVE blend Polymer (01.02.2011- nanocomposite electrolytes by phase 31.1.2013) inversion technique for lithium ion batteries

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 21/17~~

~~Selected Publications~~

1 A Study on the Blending Effect of PVDF in the Ionic Transport Mechanism of Plasticized PVC-LiBF4 Polymer Electrolyte, Materials Letters 60 (2006) 3431, 2006 2 A Study on the Blending Effect of Polyvinyledene Fluoride in the Ionic Transport Mechanism of Plasticized Polyvinyl Chloride + Lithium Perchlorate Gel Polymer Electrolytes, Ionics 13 (2007) 355, 2007 3 A Study on LiBoB-based Nanocomposite Gel Polymer Electrolytes (NCGPE) for Lithium-ion Batteries, Ionics 13 (2007) 277, 2007 4 Polyvinylidenefluoride based Novel Polymer Electrolytes Complexed with Mg(CI04)2, Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys. 45 (2009) 11101, 2009 5 Synthesis and Characterization of LiBoB-based Pvdf/PVC-Ti02 Composite Polymer Electrolytes, Polymer Engineering and Science, 2009 Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Participated - 17

~~Country visited - Sri Lanka~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Ultrasonic Society of India • The Indian Science Congress Association~~

~~141 Dr.S.Arumugam~~

~~Designation Professor~~

~~(/) Qualification M.Sc, M.Ed, M.Phil., Ph.D _o ■ 3 Experience 28 years Specialization Solar Thermal, Solar Photovoltaic and Semiconductor Physics~~

~~e-mail saruguam,[email protected] Research Guidance~~

~~M.Phil/Ph.D. 12/03~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs.0.05 lakhs~~

~~Funding Total Title of the Project Duration SI.No. Agency Amount in Lakhs~~

~~1 Solar Pond Transmission Studies TNSCST 1 year 0.05~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 06/14~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organised/attended 1/12~~

~~Countries visited: Sri Lanka~~

~~Awards and Recognitions • Consultant, Pondicherry Experimental Solar Pond Power Project, Electricity Department, Government of Pondicherry, Pondicherry.~~

Membership in Professional Bodies Life Member, Indian Association of Physics Teachers, New Delhi. • Life Member and Governing Council Member, Solar Energy Society of India, New Delhi • Life Member, Luminescence Society of India

~~142 Dr.S.Ariponnammal~~

~~Designation Associate Professor o(/) Qualification ‘3 M.Sc., P.G.D.C.A., Ph.D. Experience 13 Years~~

~~Specialization High Pressure Physics~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance Ph.D. 03~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals 05~~

~~Selected Publications~~

~~1 FTIR Spectroscopic Analysis on Dentrifrices, Asian Journal of Spectroscopy, Vol. 13, No.1-3, Pp.41-42~~

~~2 High Pressure Electrical Resistivity Study on Non Linear Single Crystal Zinc Thiourea Sulphate (ZTS), J.Crystal Research Technology, 2005, Vol.40, No.8, Pp.786 - 788~~

~~3 Study of Charge Transfer and Structure Factor Calculation in Ytterbium Selenide, Modern Physics Letter B, 2006, Vol.20, No. 12, Pp.691- 696~~

~~4 High Pressure Electrical Resistivity Study On Non Linear Bis Thiourea Cadmium Chloride (BTCC) Single Crystal, J.Crystal Research Technology, 2005, Vol.40, No.9, Pp.896 - 897~~

~~5 High Pressure Electrical Resistivity Study on Non Linear Single Crystal Zinc Thiourea Chloride, Modern Physics Letters B, 2007, Vol.21, No.11, Pp.675- 678~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops~~

~~Attended - 06~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Life Member, Indian Association of Physics Teachers - 6804: L3717~~

~~143 Dr.K.Marimuthu~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor o(/) M.Sc, Ph.D ‘5 Qualification Experience 6 years~~

~~Specialization Luminescence, Glasses and Ceramics~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance~~

~~Ph.D. 04 (guiding) Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs. 10,000/-~~

~~Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Preparation, Structural and Optical 1. Characterization of Europium Doped L-RAMP 2006-07 0 . 1 0 Alkali Borate Glasses~~

~~Publicatlons~~

~~Papers in Refereed Journals 14~~

Selected Publications 1 Structural and Optical Studies of Eu3+ in Alkali Borate Glasses. Physica Status Solidi (a), 206, 131, 2009 2. Structural and Spectroscopic Investigations on Eu3+ Doped Alkali Fluoroborate Glasses. Solid State Sciences 11, 1297, 2009 3 Structural, Optical and Thermal Investigations on Dy3+ Doped NaF-Li2-B203 Glasses. Physica B, 404, 3995, 2009 4 Dysprosium Doped Alkali Fluoroborate Glasses-Thermal, Structural and Optical Investigations, Journal of Luminescence, 130, 1067, 2010 5 Structural, Optical and Thermal Studies of Eu3+ ions in Lithium Fluoroborate Glasses. Solid State Sciences, 11, 1882, 2009

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organised / Participated 1/11~~

~~Country visited Sri Lanka Membership in Professional Bodies~~

~~• Life Member, Luminescence Society of India Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education~~

~~144 Dr.P. Nithiananthi (0 o Designation Assistant Professor 'S > Qualification M.Sc, Ph.D~~

~~Experience 4 years~~

~~Specialization Semiconductor Nanostructures~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Publications~~

~~Journals / Conferences 20/21~~

Selected Publications 1 “Effect o1 Temperature on the Binding Energy of Low Lying Excited States in a Quantum Well”, P. Nithiananthi and K. Jayakumar, Int. J. Mod Phys. B30, 5811 (2003) 2. “Effect of r- X crossover on the Donor Binding Energy in a Quantum Well”, P. Nithiananthi and K. Jayakumar, Int. J. Mod. Phys. 819, 3861 (2005). 3 “Diamagnetic Susceptibility of Hydrogenic Donor Impurity in Low Dimensional Semiconducting Systems”, P. Nithiananthi and K. Jayakumar, Solid State Commun. 137,427 (2006). 4 “Effect of r - X band Crossover and Impurity Location on the Diamagnetic Susceptibility of a Donor in a Quantum Well”, P. Nithiananthi and K. Jayakumar, Solid State Commun. 138, 305 (2006). 5 “Diamagnetic Susceptibility of a Hydrogenic Donor in Low Lying Excited States in a Quantum Well”, P. Nithiananthi and K. Jayakumar, Superlattices and Microstructures 40, 174 (2006).

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Participated - 12~~

~~Country visited Sri Lanka~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies~~

~~Life member of Semicoductor Society of India. Reg.No.201002607 • Life member of lAPT, India Life member of Luminescence Society of India~~

~~145 Lalrinsanga Hnamte~~

~~(/) Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~■5 Qualification M.Sc.,~~

~~Experience 6 Months~~

~~Specialization Fiber Optics~~

~~e-mail [email protected] / [email protected]~~

~~Awards & Recognitions~~

~~1 Awarded Junior Research Fellowship by UGC (2010)~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies Member, Optical Society of America~~

~~146 Department of Chemistry~~

~~Profile~~

The Department of Chemistry had its origin in the Department of Home Science as a supporting faculty. In 1976, the Department started B.Sc.Programme in Chemistry with Physics and Mathematics as allied subjects. The Department started offering M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from 1987 to 1994 and this programme was renamed as M.Sc. Chemistry in 1994. The Department started admitting students to the Ph.D. programme in 1991 and M.Phil. Chemistry from the academic year of 2007-08.

Thrust areas of department Naturally Occuring Biologically Active Molecules Fluoride Toxicity and Defluoridation Pollution Control Charge Transfer Complexes of Drugs Nanomaterials Based Biosensors Green Corrosion Inhibitors Conducting Polymers

~~147 Dr. N.S. Nagarajan~~

~~Designation Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D~~

~~Experience 37 years~~

~~Specialization Chemistry of Natural Products (Isolation, Characterization and Pharmacological examination of medicinal plants) e-mail [email protected] Research Guidance~~

~~M.Phil/Ph.D. 4/6~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings -16/40~~

~~Selected Publications~~

~~1 Antidiabetic and Antihyperlipemic Effects of Clemeo felina, Fitoterapia, 76, 2005, 310- 315~~

~~2 Dalsympathetin, a New Isoflavone Gentiobioside from Dalbergia sympathetica, Natural Product Research, 20(2), 2006, 195-196~~

~~3 Two New Isoflavonoids from the Roots of Dalbergia congesta (Grah), Journal of Asian Natural Products Research, 8(1-2), 2006, 143- 48~~

~~4 Studies on the Antihyperlipidemic Properties Averrhoa M/mfa/fruit in rats, Planta Med., 75 (2009) 55.~~

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized/Participated - 05/10~~

~~Countries visited : Thailand, Singapore, Australia, Japan, and Sri Lanka Membership in Professional Bodies~~

~~Life Member of Indian Pharmacy Association~~

~~148 Dr. M. Sundaravadivelu~~

~~Designation Professor and Head~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., M.A (GT). Ph.D.~~

~~Experience 29 years~~

~~Specialization Synthetic Organic Chemistry~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Gu idance Ph.D. - 05~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received: 01/ Rs.0.3 lakhs~~

~~Funding S.No. Title of the Project Duration Total Amount Agency in Lakhs~~

~~1. Air Pollution Study in Dindigul UGC-MRP 2 years 0.30~~

~~Publications~~

~~Papers In Refereed Journals/Papers in Proceedings- 28/26 Selected Publications~~

Removal of Basic and Acidic Dyes from Aqueous Solution by Adsorption on a Low 1 Cost Activated Carbon: Kinetic and Thermodynamic Study, Ind. J. Chem. Tech.,15, 130, 2008. 2 Synthesis and Study on 2,4,6,8-tetraaryl-3,7-diazobicyclo-[3.3-1]nonanes and its Derivatives, Mag. Reson. Chem. 43, 479, 2005 3 XRD Study of ethyl-4-oxo-2,6-diphenyl-4-pieperidine-3-carboxylate, Acta. Cryst. E59, 1672,2003 4 Corrosion Behavior of Carbon Steel in Polyvinylalcohol, Anticorrosion Methods and Materials, 52,102, 2005 5 Influence of chloride ion Concentration on the Inhibition Efficiency of HEDP-Zn^'" system, J. Electrochem. Soc. (India) 38, 11, 2003.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized - 2~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Fellow of Indian Chemical Society ❖ Fellow of Indian Council of Chemists~~

149 Dr.M.G.Sethuraman Designation Professor % Quailfication M.Sc., Ph.D, E 0) Experience 22 years £ o Speciaiization Natural Products Chemistry, Corrosion Science and Surface Coating Formulations e-maii [email protected] Research Guidance 06/08 M.Phil/Ph.D.

~~Sponsored and Action Researcli Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 06 Z35.24 lal~~

Total Funding SI.No. Title of tiie Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Development of Green Inhibitors for Acid 1 Corrosion of Mild Steel from Apocyanaceae UGC 3 years 5.92 and Cactaceae Phytoconstituents of Asclepiadeceae and Sloa 2 naceae as Eco-Friendly and Cost Effective UGC 3 years 3.47 Corrosion Inhibitors for Mild Steel in Acid Media 3 Analgesic Agents from Plant Sources UGC 1 year 0.10 4 Development of Wood Varnishes from TNSCST 3 years 1.95 Biomaterial Wastes 5 Development of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs from UGC 1 year 0.12 Natural Sources Development of Sol-gel Derived Organosilicate 6 Hybrid Coatings Preloaded with Organic BRNS 3 Years 23.68 Corrosion inhibitor for metallic substrates

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 69/54~~

~~Selected Publications~~

1 Anti-inflammatory Activity of Roots of Ecbolium viride (Forsk) Merrill, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 128 (2010) 248-250 (Impact Factor-2.260). 2 Volatile Constituents from the Rhizomes of Curcuma haritha Mangaly and Sabu from Southern India, Flavour and Fragrance Journal, 23 (2008) 348. (Impact Factor- 0.882). 3 Natural Products as Corrosion Inhibitor for Metals in Corrosive Media - A Review. Materials Letters, 62 (2008) 113 (Impact Factor - 1.748; Citation Index-100). 4 Piperidone Derivative from Dalbergia sympathetica, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry, 43 (2005) 264. (Impact Factor - 2.438). 5 Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Rhizome Oil of Hedychium larsenii, Acta Pharmaceutica, 55 (2005) 315 (Impact Factor-1.676).

~~150 Seminars / Conferences / Workshops~~

~~Organized / Participated - 07 / Above 100~~

~~Countriesvisited - Sh Lanka, Malaysia~~

~~Awards and Recognitions~~

• Research Article on “Strychnos nux-vomica” was adjudged as the most accessed article in September 2008 in Materials and Corrosion. • Article on “Natural Products as Corrosion Inhibitors” published in Materials Letters was selected as one of the twenty five hottest articles published in Materials Letters in 2008. • Research Presentation on “Chemical Investigation of Pittosporum virudulum, an Endemic Species” has been awarded the Best Poster Award at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, presented at the Asian Symposium on Medicinal Plants, Species and Other Natural Products (ASOMPS) XIII on Nov.2008.

~~Menxbership in Professional Bodies~~

~~• Fellow of Indian Chemical Society • Fellow of Indian Council of Chemists • Life Active Fellow of Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology, India~~

~~151 Dr.S.Meenakshi~~

~~Designation Professor~~

~~S' Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D (/) Experience 18 years E o Specialization Water Research £ O e-maii [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Pli.D. - 05/03 Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received 04/Rs. 61.42 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Development of Eco-friendly and Cost effective 1 Biosorption and Photodegradation Methods for UGC 3 years 6.70 the Reversal of Textile Effluents Feasibility Studies of a Few Developed and Experimential Defluoridation Technologies in 27.60 2 DST 3 years Selected Fluorotic Villages of Dindigul District in Tamilnadu Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric 3 Resins and Nanocomposites for the Removal of Heavy Metal Ions from Water and Development DRDO 3 years 14.80 of Viable Technology 4 Synthesis and Characterization of Polymeric UGC 3 years 9.20 Compounds and their Defluoridation Studies 5 Defluoridation of water using burnt clay UGC 1 year 0.12 Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 30/15 Selected Publications 1 Sorption of chromium(VI) using Modified Forms of Chitosan Beads. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2010.03.010 (Impact Factor: 1.867), 2010 2 Removal of Fluoride from Aqueous Solution using Protonated Chitosan Beads. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 161, 443-450 (Impact Factor: 2.975), 2009 3 Synthesis of Zr(IV) Entrapped Chitosan Polymeric Matrix for Selective Fluoride Sorption. Colloids Surf B: Biointerfaces, 72, 88-93 (Impact Factor: 2.593), 2009 4 Enhanced and Selective fluoride sorption on Ce (III) Encapsulated Chitosan Polymeric Matrix. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 112, 1114-1121 (Impact Factor: 1.187), 2009 5 Uptake of Fluoride by nano-hydroxyapatite/chitosan, a Bioinorganic Composite. Bioresource Technology, 99, 8226-8230 (Impact Factor: 4.453), 2008 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 02/05 Country visited - Sri Lanka Awards and Recognitions • Resource Person for In-service Teachers Training Programme organized by Asst. High Commission of India, Kandy and the Ministry of Education Central Province, SriLanka from 22 to 31 August 2007 at Hatton, SriLanka.

~~152 Dr.S.Ramesh~~

~~Designation Associate Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc. (Hons.), Ph.D. o5 Experience 24 years E Q) Specialization Corrosion s : O e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 02/01~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects 01~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 03/07~~

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized / Attended 01 /03~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies Member, Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology~~

~~153 Dr.P. Anitha Pius~~

~~Designation Associate Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc.,Ph.D~~

~~Experience 18 Years~~

~~Specialization Environmental Chemistry, Applied Chemistry e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance Ph.D. 02~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 03 / Rs.9.1 lakhs~~

Funding Total Si.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Study on the Contribution of Fluoride through 1 Water Food to the Prevalence of Fluorosis and UGC 3 years 5.65 its Interaction with Selected Elements Loss of Assessment of Ecological/Environmental Loss Ecology 2 caused by Tanneries in and around Dindigul - 3.5 Authority (Prevention and Payment of compensation). of India Minor Research Project: A Study on the Levels 3 of Fluoride in Commercially Available and UGC -- Co-PI Locally Grown Tea and Coffee Samples.

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 15/17~~

Selected Publications 1 Determination of Calcium Dose for Minimizing Fluride Bioavailability in Rabbits. Current Science. Vol;95,No.6, Sep 2008 2 Transport of Methyl Methacrylate Monomer through Natural Rubber. J. Mater. Sci (Springer Science), 45 (2010) 409-417 3 Morphology, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Nano-structured Fill IPN’s based on Polyisoprene and PMMA, J. Mater. Sci. Springer Science, Published on line February 18, 2010 4 Main Chain and Segmental Dynamics of Semi Interpenetratory Polymer Networks based on Polyisoprene and Polymethyl Methacrylate, Polymer, Elsevier (in press)

~~Seminars / Conferences / Workshops Organized / Participated - 02/16~~

~~154 Dr. K.P. Elango~~

~~Designation Associate Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D..~~

~~Experience 11 years~~

~~Specialization Coordination Chemistry, Charge Transfer Complexes e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance Ph.D. 04~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects~~

~~No. of PT0)ec\s/T0\a\^unds Received - 03 / Rs.23.87 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Studies on the Molecular Complexes of Drugs 1 with Biologically Significant Acceptors: A Tool to Unravel the Mechanisms of Drug-receptor CSIR 3 years 13.0 Interactions. Chemometric Techniques for Rationalization of 2 the Solvent Effect on the Photoreduction of UGC 3 years 4.61 cobalt(lll) Complexes Correlation Studies of Groundwater Quality Variables with Special Reference to Fluoride in 3 Ten Blocks of Dindigul District and Development RGNDWM 3 years 6.96 of a Viable Eco-friendly Polymer based Defluoridation Medium

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 95/20~~

Selected Publications Defluoridation of Water via Doping of Polyanilines. J. Hazard. Mater., 163, 1026-1032 1 (Impact Factor;2.975), 2009 Electronic, Raman and FT-IR Spectral Investigations of the Charge Transfer 2 Interactions between Ketoconazole and Povidone Drugs with iodine, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 72, 789-795 (Impact Factor: 1.51), 2009 Removal of Fluoride Ions from Aqueous Solution by Conducting Polypyrrole. J. 3 Hazard. Mater 167. 300-305, 2009 Correlation Analysis of Reactivity in the photo- and electro-reduction of cobalt(lll) 4 Complexes in Aquo-organic Solvent Medium, Z. Naturforsch. 63a, 482-492. (Impact Factor:0.737), 2008 Solvent and Structural Effects on the electro- and photo-reduction of cis-p- 5 [Co(trien)(RC6H5NH2)CI]Cl2 Type Complexes in Water/1,4-dioxane media. J. Coord. Chem., 61, 3008-3020. (Impact Factor:0.732 ), 2008

~~155 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organised / Participated - 01/14~~

Awards & Recognitions > Reviewer in Elsevier, Wiiey-lnterscience, Springer and Taylor & Francis Journals > Member in Scientific and Technical Committee, National Conference on Recent Trends in Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry held at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore during 17-18*'^ July 2008.

~~IVIembership in Professional Bodies > Life Member (F/3266), Indian Chemical Society~~

~~156 Dr. S. Abraham John~~

Designation Associate Professor S' w Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Eng. (Japan) E Experience 9 years o s : Specialization Electrochemistry, Nanomaterials, O Biosensors e-mail [email protected]

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 02/04~~

~~Sponsored & Action Researchs Projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 05 / Rs.74 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Self-Assembled Aromatic Thiol Monolayers and 1 DST 3 years 9.55 Mixed Monolayers for Biosensors Electrocatalytic and Electrochromic Properties of 2 Bis(phthalocyaninato) Lanthanide Complexes CSIR 3 years 8.83 Modified Electrodes Electrodes Coated with Monolayer Protected 3 UGC 3 years 5.21 Metal Particles for Electrocatalytic Applications Synthesis of Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles 4 and Their Self-Assembly on Electrode Substrates DST 3 years 35.52 for Sensing of Biomolecules Optochemicai Sensing of Toxic Gases Using 5 Thin Films of Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine DRDO 3 years 14.91 Derivatives on Solid Substrates

~~Publications Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals / Proceedings 02 / 57 / 40~~

Selected Publications 1 Highly Sensitive Determination of Hydroxylamine using Fused Gold Nanoparticles Immobilized on sol-gel Film Modified Gold Electrode Anal. Chim. Acta 663, 158 (Impact Factor: 3.146), 2010 2 Leaflike Structured Multilayer Assembly of Dimercaptothiadiazole on Gold Electrode, J.Phys. Chem. C 113, 10176 (Impact Factor:3.396), 2009 3 Selective Electrochemical Sensor for Folic Acid at Physiological pH using Ultrathin Electropolymerized Film of Functionalized Thiadiazole Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode , Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24, 3575 (Impact Factor: 5.33), 2009 4 Nanostructured Aggregates of meso-tetramesitylporphyrin on Solid Substrate, Langmuir 25, 12414 (Impact Factor: 4.097), 2009 5 Amino Group Position Dependent Orientation of Self-assembled Monomolecular Films tetraaminophthalocyanatocobalt(ll) on Au surfaces Langmuir 24, 2186, 2008

~~157 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops~~

~~Organized/ Participated - 01/22~~

~~Countries visited : Japan and Sri Lanka~~

~~Awards & Recognitions ❖ JSPS Post-doctoral Fellowship, Awarded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Govt, of Japan, 1999-2001, Tokyo University of AgrI & Tech, Japan~~

~~❖ Young Scientists’ Project - Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi~~

~~❖ JSPS Visiting Fellowship for Foreign Researchers, Nagasaki University, June- November 2006~~

~~❖ Electrochemical Sensors Developed for Folic Acid and Paracetamol were highlighted in Nature India, 2009 & 2010~~

~~❖ Recognized as a potential reviewer for many international journals including American Chemical Society, Elsevier and Wiley-lnterscience Publishers~~

~~IVIembership in Professional Bodies ❖ Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)~~

~~❖ Life member, Indian Society of Electroanalytical Chemistry (ISEAC)~~

~~❖ Member, Society for the Advancement of Science & Technology (SAEST)~~

~~158 Dr. K. K. Satheesh Kumar~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D~~

~~Experience 3 years E 0) Specialization Conducting Polymers s : O e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil -1~~

~~Publications Papers In Refereed Journals / Papers In Proceedings 17/08~~

Selected Publications 1 Process for the Preparation of Flexible and Free Standing Conducting Polyaniline Film, U.S. Patent 6,402,992 (June 2002) 2 Development of an Efficient Anode Backfill based on Ion Conducting Paste for cathodic Protection of Iron and Steel Structures and Pipelines buried under the Soli, Indian Patent Appl. No. 2536/DEL/2008 3 Conducting Polymer/alumia Composites as Viable Adsorbents for the Removal of Fluoride Ions from Aqueous Solution, J. Fluorine Chemistry, 130, 894-901, 2009 4 EMI Shielding Methods and Materlals-A Review, Journal of Applied Polymer Science - 112, 2073-2086, 2009 5 Removal of Fluoride Ions from Aqueous Solutions by Conducting Polypyrrole, J. Hazardous Materials, 165, 300-305, 2009

~~Seminars / Conferences / Workshops Participated - 08~~

~~159 Dr. P. Kalimuthu~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D w Experience 5 years E 0 Specialization Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Porphyrin JO Chemistry and Molecular Electronics o e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Selected Publications~~

SI.No Publications 1. In-situ Fabrication of meso-Tetrakis(4-sulfonatophenyl)porphyrin Nanostructures with Excitonic Absorption on Glass Substrate ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2010, 2, 3348- 3351. 2. Nanostructured Aggregates of meso-Tetramesitylporphyrin on Solid Substrate. Langmuir 2009, 25, 12414-12418.

~~3. Leaf like Structured Multilayer Assembly of Dimercaptothiadiazole on Gold Surface J. Phys. Chem .C 2009, 113, 10176-10184.~~

~~4. Optochemical sensing of HCI gas using meso-tetramesitylporphyrin deposited glass plate. Analytica Chimica Acta 627, 2008, 247-253.~~

~~5. Charge-Transfer Interaction of Aromatic Thiols with 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p- benzoquinone; Spectral and Quantum Mechanical Studies. J. Phys. Chem. A 2007, 111, 12086-12092.~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops~~

~~Participated - 10~~

~~Awards & Recognitions~~

~~1. CSIR-UGC (NET) - Junior Research Fellowship. 2. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) - 90.70 percentile. 3. Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship - Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.~~

~~Countries visited 1. Japan 2 . Sri Lanka~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies 1. Membership in Chemical Society of Japan.~~

~~160 Dr. M. Seenlvasaperumal~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor S' Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D w E Experience 10 years Q) Specialization Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Medicinal chemistry o e-maii [email protected]~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 08/04~~

Selected Publications 1 Mechanism of the Asymmetric Sulfoxidation in the Esomepyrazole Process: Effects of the Imidazole Back Bone for the Enantioselection. M. Seenlvasaperumal, H-J. Federsel, K. J. Szabo. Adv. Synth. Catal. Commun, 2009, 903-919 2 Factors Influencing the Selectivity in Asymmetric Oxidation of Sulfides Attached to Nitrogen Containing Heterocycles, M. Seenlvasaperumal, H-J. Federsel, A. Ertan, K. J. Szabo Chem. Commun, 2007, 2787-2189 3 Boraxanes: Preparation and Applications, M. Periasamy, M. Seenlvasaperumal, S. Sivakumar Science of Synthesis, Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations, Georg Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart, Volume 6, 2005, 301-320 4 Synthesis of Chiral Amino Ether Derivatives: Synthetic Applications of Aziridinium ions, M. Periasamy, M. Seenlvasaperumal, V. D. Rao Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2004, 15, 3847-3852 5 Convenient Procedures for Asymmetric Reduction of 1,4-Diphenylbutane-1,4-dione and Synthesis of 2,5-diphenylpyrrolidine Derivatives, M. Periasamy, M. Seenlvasaperumal, V. D. Rao Synthesis 2003, 2507-2510

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 06~~

~~Countries visited: Sweden, USA~~

Awards & Recognitions • Post Doctoral Fellowship-Stockholm University, Sweden. Sponsored by Astra-Zeneca- Sweden. • Junior Research Fellowship awarded by CSIR, New Delhi. • Senior Research Fellowship awarded by CSIR, New Delhi. • Qualified in GATE 1999 examination at National Level. • Obtained Central University (Hyderabad) Medal in M.Sc. for securing 1®' rank among the SC/ST students.

~~Members in professional bodies: 1. Member in American Chemical Society in the year of 2007-2008.~~

~~161 Department of Home Science~~

~~Profile~~

The Department of Home Science has been in existence from the Inception of the institute in 1956, offering a three year course on Diploma in Rural Services. Later it was replaced as B.Sc. Programme in Home Science in 1976 followed by M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. Programmes in Home Science.

~~Thrust areas of the department • Nutritional Status - Promotion • Appropriate Technologies - Dissemination • Women Empowerment • Promotion of Literacy~~

~~162 Dr. K.P. Vasantha Devi~~

~~Designation Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.~~

~~Experience 34 years~~

~~Specialization Food and Nutrition~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 0 2/02~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 02 / Rs.18.51 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Development of Appropriate Prevention and 1. Intervention Strategies for Non Communicable DST 3 years 10.70 Nutrition Related Disorders among Worming Post Reproductive Period - A Multi-site Study Prevention and Control of Anemia among 2. Adolescent Girls, through Food UGC 3 years 7.81 Supplementation and Educational Intervention

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in 01 /07 Refereed Journals~~

Selected Publications 1 Impact of Diabetes Education Intervention Among Adolescents of Selected Schools Journal of Extension and Research Nov. 2009, 2 Diabetic Diet, Dindigul Diabetic Education and Research Centre, Vijaya Clinic, Dindigul. 2002 3 Factors Contributing to Type 1 Diabetes: A study. Journal of Extension and Research Vol. V, No.1, July Pp.85-89,2002 4 Health and Nutritional Problems of the aged. Ageing in Rural India Perspective and Prospects. Pp. 33-43, 2000 5 Health and Nutritional Problems of the Aged, The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, P. 35, Vol.317, 1998,

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 12/53~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Life Member, Nutrition Society of India • Life Member, Home Science Association of India • Life Member, All India Science Congress~~

~~163 Dr. K.S. Pushpa~~

~~Designation Professor and Head Q) O c Qualification M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D 0) Experience 20 years o (0 Specialization Home Science Extension 0) E e-mail l~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 06 / Rs.9.79 lakhs~~

...... Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Preparation of lEC materials for Functional 1. Education on Programmes for Women’s UGC 2 years 0.20 Development Fuel Energy concerns of Rural Families and 2. TNSCST 1 year 0.04 their Intervention at Micro level Determinants of Age at Marriage of Rural 3. TNSCST 1 year 0.04 Women in Dindigul District Preparation and Use of lEC materials for 4. Functional Education on Schemes for TNSCST 1 year 0.05 Differently-Abled Total Literacy in a Selected Panchayat 5. TNSCST 1 year 0.05 through School Children as literacy educators Developing a Model for Educational Empowerment of Women (35-55) Years 6. UGC 2 years 9.41 through Literacy Facilitators - a Rural Experience Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals / Proceedings 11/I/6/11

Selected Publications 1 Smokeless Chulhas turning to Smoky Chulhas, EEC NEWS (April,1991) . 2 User’s Views on Smokeless Chulha, Changing Villages Vol.15,No.1-2, January - June 1996 3 Drinking Husband, Weeping Wife, Social Welfare.Vol.43, No.12, March 1997 4 Determinants of the Age at Marriage of Rural Women In India. Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal, Vol.37, No.2, December 2008. 5 Internet Utilization Pattern of Students at University level-Journal of Extension Education, Vol.20, January 2009.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 09/77~~

~~Country visited China~~

~~164 Dr. R.l. Sathya~~

~~0) ______, Designation Associate Professor o c Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D 0) o Experience 16 years (0 a> Specialization Textiles and Clothing E e-mail o [email protected] X~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 02~~

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Attended - 15~~

~~Dr. S.S. Vijayanchali~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D~~

~~Experience 13 years.~~

~~Specialization Food and Nutrition~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Attended - 9~~

165 Mrs. S. Kavitha @ Maithily 0) o Designation Assistant Professor c 0) Qualification M.Sc., M.A., M.Phil o Experience 4 years CO o Specialization Home Science Extension E o e-mail [email protected] X

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 02 / Rs. 0.09 lakhs~~

Funding Total Sl.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Profile of Rural Wonnen with Disabilities 1. TNSCST 1 year 0.04 Developing a Multi media Educational 2. Package on Menstrual Hygiene TNSCST 1 year 0.05 Management

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 02/01 /01~~

Selected Publications Vuyirai Parikkum Bothai Porulkalai Pattri, Gandhigram: Department of Home 1 Science, 1997 . A Child-centered Rural Outreach Experiments by Home Science in Boraian.M.P. 2 (Ed.), Community Development: An Outreach Approach, Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 2008. 3 Peer Leaders Handbook, Gandhigram. TANSACS & NSS, RRC, GRU, 2009.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated 01 /18~~

~~166 Ms. Somishon Keishing 0) o v/'iaMMiai.M'wwjta Designation Assistant Professor c 0) Qualification M.Sc. o <0 Experience 1 year 0) Specialization Foods and Nutrition E 0 e-mail [email protected] 1~~

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Attended 07 Paper presented 02~~

~~Awards~~

~~UGC Net exam for Lectureship, June 2009~~

~~167 Dr. A. Thahira Banu~~

~~0) Designation Assistant Professor o c Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D o o Experience 14 years (0 Specialization Food Service IVIanagement and Dietetics Q) E e-mail [email protected] o X~~

~~Publications Books / Journals 04~~

~~Seminars / Conferences ( Workshops Attended 23~~

Selected Publications Acceptability of Enteromorpha Tarta Incorporated Recipes, Vol.1, Journal of 1 Seaweed Research Utilization and Association, Jan 2007-2008 ICT in Higher Education - a Study - Canadian Journal of Data Information and 2 Knowledge Engineering, Vol.1, No.1, April 2010 Microbial assay of Different Brands of Packed Milk Available in and around 3 Madurai - Published in Indian Journal of Dairying Sciences, Home Science and Food Science, Vol.27, No.8, and Sep - Dec. 2007 Phytochemical and Antioxidant Activity of Green Seaweeds, Indian Journal of 4. Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol.47, No.521, Dec. 2010

~~Membership of Professional Bodies~~

~~• Life member of Indian Dietetic Association of India • Life Member of Breast Feeding Promotion Network of India~~

168 Dr. R. Shahul Hameed o o c Designation Assistant Professor o Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D., PDF (Canada) o CO Experience 3 years 0 E Specialization Food Analysis, IVIeat Processing and o Preservation and Functional and Nutritional Properties of Food Proteins X p e-m ail [email protected] Publications Books / Journals 19

Selected Publications 1. Alternative Techniques for Defatting Soy: a Practical Review. Food and Bioprocess Technology. DOI: 10.1007/si 1947-010-0367-8. 2. Comparison of the Functional Properties of Pea, Chickpea and Lentil Protein Concentrates Processed using Ultrafiltration and Isoelectric Precipitation Techniques. Food Research International, 43(2): 537-546.

3. Storage Stability of Dehydrated Chicken Chunks in Different Packaging Materials. The Indian Journal of Veterinary Science, 84(12): 285-288. 4. Processing Foods without Peanuts and Tree Nuts. In Allergen Management in Food Industry, Boye, J.l. and Godefroy, S. (Edts.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA, p. 289-332.

~~5. Processing Foods Free from Dairy Proteins. In Allergen Management in Food Industry, Boye, J.l. and Godefroy, S. (Edts.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA, p. 207-258.~~

~~6. Processing Foods without Soybean Ingredients. In Allergen Management in the Food Industry, Boye, J.l. and Godefroy, S. (Edts.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. USA, p. 355-392.~~

7. Novel Techniques for the Processing of Soybeans. In Novel Food Processing: Effects on Rheological and Functional Properties, Ahmed, J., Ramaswamy, H.S., Kasapis, S. and Boye, J.l. (Edts.), CRC Press LLC, USA, pp: 373-402.

~~Seminars/Symposiums I Conferences Presentations and participations -11 International visits - Canada~~

~~169 Awards and Recognitions~~

1. Recipient of Home Science Staff and Dr. S. Kannaiyan Award Medal for the Best Ph.D. Student in Food Science and Nutrition for the year 2009. 2. Awarded as Best Outgoing Student of the year 2009 by the Dean of Home Science College and Research Institute, Madurai. 3. Received Ph.D. Research Assistantship from the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

~~Membership in Professional Bodies~~

~~1. Life Member in Nutrition Society of India (NSI) 2. Full member in Association of Food Scientists and Technologists 3. Annual member in Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology~~

~~170 Department of Biology~~

~~Profile~~

Origin of the department - 1978; offering PG, Ph.D. programmes; carrying out research in the field of aquaculture, mushroom culture, vermiculture, composting, pest control, ethnobotony, solid waste recycling, biodiversity, environmental studies; transforming technologies for rural development through extension.

~~171 Dr.Thilagavathy Daniel~~

~~Designation Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., M.Ed., Ph.D~~

~~Experience 36 years~~

~~Specialization Zoology~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D, 14/09~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 08 / Rs.36.44 lakhs~~

Selected Projects Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Transfer of Technology and Research on 1 the Production of Enriched Vermicompost UGC 3 years 1 0 .2 0 for Preparation of Plant Growth Medium Preparation of Vermicompost using 2 TNSCST 1 year 0 .1 0 Kitchen Wastes and Vegetable Wastes Interactive Meeting of Department of 3 DBT 1 year 0.73 Biotechnology, New Delhi Transfer of Technology on Sustainable 4 Agriculture to the Weaker Section and DBT 3 years 7.25 SC/ST Youth in Dindigul Anna Dist. 5 Popular Lecture Series DBT 1 year 0 .2 1

~~Publications Books / Papers In Edited Vol./ Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in 7/4/62/90 Proceedings~~

Selected Publications Indigenous Plant Extracts as Larvicidal Agents against Culex quinquefasciatus Say. 1 Bioresource Technology, 59 (2&3), 1997, Pp. 137-140 Effect of vermicompost on the Growth and Yield of Green Gram Phaseolus aureus 2 Roxb. Tropical Agriculture, 76(2), 1999, Pp. 143-146 Larvicidal and Chemosterilant Activity of the Leaves of Sapium indicum Wild against 3 Culex quinquefasciatus say. Asian journal of Microbiol.Biotech.Env.Sc. 9(1), 2007, Pp.201-203 Isolation and Mass Multiplication of Rhizobium sp. for Nitrogen Enrichment of 4 Vermicompost. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 1(2), 2007, Pp.251-254 A study on Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms of an Orchard Ecosystem in Tamil 5 Nadu. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 2(1), 2008, Pp. 219-222

~~172 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 1 3 /4 4~~

~~Countries visited Singapore, Malaysia and Sri Lanka~~

~~Awards and Recognitions • Awarded Association of Commonwealth Universities Fellowship, London (1996-97)~~

IVIembership in Professional Bodies Life Member, National Academy of Vector Borne Diseases • Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association • Life Member, Society of Environmental Sciences • Member, Indian Society of Life Sciences

~~173 Dr. R.Kumuthakalavalli~~

~~Designation Professor and Dean~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., M.A (G.T), B.Ed., M.Phil.,Ph.D~~

~~Experience 33 years~~

~~Specialization Botany~~

~~e-mail [email protected] Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. - 03/07 Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 13 / Rs. 21.6 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount In Lakhs Technology Transfer for SC/ST Youth on Recycling Agro Residues for Income Generation DBT 4 years 3.92 1 and Production of Organic Manure through Mushroom Cultivation Promotion of Oyster Milky Mushroom Technology 2 DBT 3 years 10.04 for Income Generation among SC/ST population Transfer of Technology of Mushroom Cultivation 3 CAPART 5 years 5.41 to Rural Women Maintenance of Established Centre to Disseminate the Mushroom Cultivation 1.75 4 CAPART 3 years Technology and Continue to Training and Supply of Spawn to the Mushroom Growers Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in 03 / 06 / 30 / Proceedings 40 Selected Publications Evaluation of Saw Dusts as Alternative Substrate for Cultivation of Oyster mushroom 1 {Pleurotus citrinopileatus), International Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology, Vol.2(2), 2008, Pp.543-546 Study on Amylolytic Activity of Bacteria Isolated from SMS. International Journal of Pure 2 and Applied Microbiology, Vol.2(2), 2008, Pp.559-561 Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants, Swamy Botanical Club, 3 Vol.2, 2008, Pp.121-122 Some Traditional Folk Formularies against Fertility in Kerala, J. Human Ecology, 13 (4), 4 2002, Pp.335-336 5 Genetic variation in Pleurotus spedes, Mushroom Research, 11 (2), 2002, Pp.65-73

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 04/42~~

~~Countries visited USA and Sri Lanka Membership in Professional Bodies • Life member, Journal of Swamy Botanical Club Life member, Mushroom Society of India~~

~~174 Dr.A.David Ravindran~~

~~Designation Professor and Head >» G) Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D. O O Experience 22 Yrs m Specialization Agriculture, Microbiology~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phii/Ph.D. 10/06~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total Amount Received - 12 / Rs.21.61 lakhs~~

Selected Projects Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs 1 Evaluation of Institutional Biogas Plants in Three TEDA 1 year 0.35 Districts of Tamil Nadu 2 Biomass Assessment Studies in Nine Taluks TEDA 5 years 8.25 Evaluation Study on Solar Water Heaters and Air MNRE& 3 6 months 1.15 Heaters Installed in Tamil Nadu TEDA Evaluation of Solar Street and Home Lighting MNRE & 4 Systems Installed in Remote Habitations in Tamil 6 months 6.45 TEDA Nadu Evaluation of Solar Lightings in Remote Habitations MNRE& 5 3 months 0.85 of Theni District TEDA

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol./ Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in 02 /06 /19/25 Proceedings~~

Selected Publications Occurrence of a lysogenic Streptomyces sp. On the Nodule Surface of Black Gram 1 (Vigna mungo (L) Hepper), Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 48, 1984, Pp.1114-1115 Biotechnological Process for the Treatment of Fleshing from Tannery Industries for 2 Methane Generation, Current Science, 93 (11), 2007, Pp.1492-1494 Impact of Phosphate Stabilizing Microorganism and Rhizobium on Growth, Nutrition 3 and Microbial Load of Cowpea (Vigna unguicuata (L.)walp) Fertilized with Rock Phosphate, Asian Journal of Microbial. Biotech. Env. Sc. 10 (3), 2008, Pp.621-624 Utilization of Various Industrial Wastes for Production of poly-p-hydroxy butyrate 4 (PHB) by Alacligenes eutrophus, African Journal of Biotechnology, 17(5), 2009, Pp.1524-1527 Effect of Organic Substrates (neem cake) on the Growth of Spirulina, J. Ecobiol. 24 5 (4), 2009, Pp.369-372

~~175 Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Organized / Participated - 7/26~~

~~Country visited Malaysia~~

~~Awards and Recognitions • UNDP/ICAR Fellowship for Ph.D.~~

IVIembership in Professional Bodies National Geographic Society, U.S.A Indian Yeast Group, India. All India Microbiologist Association, India President, Palani Hills Bird Watchers Society Perumparai Environmental Centre

~~176 Dr.M.R.Rajan~~

~~Designation Associate Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., MPhil. M.Ed., Ph.D.~~

~~Experience 17 years~~

~~Specialization Zoology- Aquaculture and Environment~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 15/02~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research projects No. of Projects / Total funds Received - 8 / Rs.2.09 lakhs~~

~~Selected Projects Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Tannery Effluent-Utilization through Tree 1 TNSCST 3 years 1.57 Plantation~~

2 Probiotic Effect of Intestinal Bacteria on Growth UGC 2 years 0.15 and Disease Resistance of Gold Fish Tannery Effluent Utilization through Tree 3 UGC 2 years 0 .1 0 Plantation Eco-Friendly Utilization of Heavy Metal Zinc from 4 Electroplating Industry Effluent through Vegetable TNSCST 1 year 0 .1 0 Cultivation

~~Publications Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed 10/ 69/17 Journals / Papers in Proceedings~~

Selected Publications Effect of Treated Tannery Effluent on Biochemical Characteristics of Certain Tree 1 Species, Pollution Research, 28 (3), 2009, Pp. 449-454 Physico-Chemical Characteristics and Water Quality Index of Electroplating Industry 2 Effluent, J. of Industrial Pollution Control, 25 (1), 2009, Pp.29-32 Survey of Vegetation in and around Tannery Polluted Soil and Isolation of Bio 3 indicators for Phyto-remediation, J. of Industrial Pollution Control, 23 (1), 2007, Pp. 32- 36 Development of a Low Cost Technology for the Treatment and Purification of Tannery 4 Effluent, Recent Trends in Biotechnology, Edited by V.S. Harikumar, Agrobios (India), Jodhpur, 2002, Pp.241-244 5 Recycling of Tannery Effluent for Growing Selected Tree Species, International Journal of Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 6(3), 2000, Pp.319-322

~~177 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated 01 /38~~

~~Country visited Sri Lanka~~

Awards & Recognitions • Gene sequencing was carried out for one microbe Aneurinibacillus neurinilyticus (ID.7988010) Isolated from Tannery effluent and the same was deposited in the AMERICAN GENE BANK • Ten salinity tolerant multipurpose non-edible tree Species belonging to Family Leguminaceae with high biomass were identified for growing in tannery polluted Soil

IVIembership in Professional Bodies • Life member, Bio-Energy Society of India, New Delhi • Member, National Institute of Ecology, New Delhi • Life member. Association of Zoologists, Madhya Pradesh Life member. Journal of Environment and Eco planning, Dumka, Jharkand • Member, Indian Environment Network • Member, National Wild-Life Federation

~~178 Dr. P.U. Mahalingam~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D~~

~~Experience 12 years~~

~~Specialization Microbiology-Microbial Technology~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 03~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 02 / Rs.11.08 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Promotion of Oyster Milky Mushroom 1 Technology for Income Generation among DBT 3 years 10.98 SC/ST Population A Study on Preparation of an Effective 2 Microbial Consortium for Rapid Composting L-RAMP 6 months 0 .1 0 Process

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 03/02~~

Selected Publications Gut micro flora of earthworm, Eisenia fedita. J.Environment and Ecology. 26(1 A), 2008, 1 Pp.297-299 A Study on Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms of an Orchard Eco-system in 2 Tamilnadu. J. Pure & Appl. Micro. 2(1), 2008, Pp.219-222 A Study on Phosphate Solubilizing Microorganisms of an Orchard Ecosystem in Tamil 3 Nadu. Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology. 2(1), 2008, Pp.219-222 Organic Farming with vermicompost as a Way of Sustainable Agriculture. Proceedings of 4 the National Seminar on “Organic Farming: Trends and Challenges” Arul Anandar College, Karumathur, Madurai, Tamilnadu, 2006, Pp.82-84 Microbiological Evaluation of Agrowaste Compost, Proceedings of National Conference on Environmental Pollution, Management and Sustainable Development, Department of 5 Biology, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Deemed University, Gandhigram, Tamilnadu (2008), Pp.75-79

~~Seminars / Conferences / Workshops Participated - 29~~

~~Country visited - Sri Lanka~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Life time Member, Biotechnology Association, Cochin, Kerala~~

~~179 Dr. R. Ramasubbu~~

>» O) Designation Assistant Professor o o Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D m Experience 7 years Specialization Botany (Plant Reproductive Biology, Taxonomy, Tissue culture. Biodiversity conservation and Forestry) e-mail [email protected] [email protected]

~~Publication; 45 Journals: 29, Book; 1, Book chapters: 5 Articles: 3. Proceedings:?.~~

Selected publication Ramasubbu, R., Sreekala, A.K., Pandurangan, A.G., and Kulloli, S.K. 2011. Reproductive Ecology of Impatiens platyadena Fischer- A Critically Endangered Balsam of Western Ghats. Curr. ScL, 100(10):1551-1554. Ramasubbu, R., Chandra Prabha, A. and Sevugaperumal, R., 2008. In vitro Clonal Propagation of Saraca asoca (Roxb) de wild: A Vulnerable medicinal plant from Western Ghats. - Natural Product Radiance, 7(4):338-341. Sreekala, A.K., Pandurangan, A.G., Ramasubbu, R. and Kulloli, S.K. and.2008. Reproductive Biology of Impatiens coelotropis.-a Critically Endangered Balsam from the Southern Western Ghats Curr Sci., 95(3): 386-388 Ramasubbu, R. 2009. Micropropagation and Estimation of Biochemical Constituents in Pedalium murex L. and Physalis angulata L. J. Sci. Trans. Environ Technov. 2(4):226-230. Ramasubbu, R., Kulloli, S.K., Sreekala, A .K and Pandurangan, A.G. 2009. Reproductive Ecology and Breeding Systems of Impatiens phoenicea Bedd., a Critically Endangered Balsam of Western Ghats. Adv. Pollen Spor Res., 27:218-224.______

Seminars/ Conferences/ Workshops Participated : i6 / 07 nos. Awards & recognitions • Maveeran Sundaralingam Endownment Scholarship awarded by MKU for Merit, 2004. Received Ayya Nadar Gold Medal for having secured the first Place in Tamil (BA/BSc) • Received Cash Award for Article Publications in Science Reporter Magazine, NISCAIR (CSIR), New Delhi • First Rank in MPhil. Botany and Second rank in MSc./ BSc. Botany courses

~~Membership in professional bodies • Member, Society of Plant Reproductive Biologists • Honorary Editor, Journal of Biosciences Research~~

~~180 Department of Computer Science and Applications~~

~~Profile~~

The Department of Computer Science and Applications was established in 1996 with the vision of providing education in the area of Computer Applications and Information Technology for meeting the demand for software professionals in India. As such, it offers MCA and M.Sc.-IT programmes. The department has created a pool of faculties to do research and guide Ph.D. scholars in IT and IT enabled services. The thrust areas of research are Image Compression, Image Enhancement, Image Segmentation, Medical Image Processing and Image Restoration. The department undertakes computer literacy, training and consultancy programmes as part of its extension programmes.

~~181 Dr.K.Somasundaram~~

~~Designation Professor and Head~~

~~Qualification M.Sc., PG.D.C.M., Ph.D.,~~

~~Experience 34 years~~

~~Specialization Image-Compression, Enhancement and Segmentation, Java, JSP, Servlet, Multimedia e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 15/05~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects - 05~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Studies on Modeling for Stochastic Differential 1 Equations and their Optical Control using Neural DST 3 years Networks, Genetic Programming and Simulink 16.12 Approaches Automatic Skull Stripping and 3D-rendering of 2 Brain from T1 Magnetic Resonance Images UGC 3 years 7.80 (MRI) 3 Multimedia for Teaching ACU, UK 1 year £5000

~~4 Study of MHD Surface Waves on Solar DST 4 years 1.92 Atmosphere 5 PC based Spectral Analyses UGC 1 year 0.10~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 03 / 01 / 42~~

Selected Publications Extended Golomb Code for integer Representation, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 1 Vo. 9, 2007, Pp. 239-246 Madhuram: A Simulation Model for Sweet Potato Growth, World Journal of Agricultural 2 Sciences, Vol. 4, 2008, Pp.241-254 Adaptive Index Coding Scheme for VQ Indices Compression, Proceedings of the 3 International Conference on Computing: Theory and Applications, (ICCT’07), IEEE Computer Society, Kolkatta, 2007 A Linear Programming Model to Compute the Optimum Yield of Sweet Potato at various 4 Locations, Agricultural Journal Vol. 2., 2007, Pp. 160-167 Impulsive Noise Detection by Second-order Differential Image and Noise Removal using 5 Adaptive nearest Neighborhood Filter, AEU-lnternational Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 62, 2008, Pp. 472 -477

~~182 Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 7/23~~

~~Countries visited Italy, Australia, Singapore, Hungary and USA~~

~~Awards & Recognitions • Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR, Govt, of India. • Association of Commonwealth University Development Fellowship, 1998-99. • Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World.~~

IVIembership in Professional Bodies • Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi. • Member, World Enformatika Society (www.enformatika.org) • Member, ACM. USA Member, IEEE, Computer Society, USA

~~183 Dr. P. Shanmugavadivu~~

~~Designation Associate Professor~~

~~Qualification M.C.A., Ph.D., UGC-NET, SLET~~

~~Experience 21 Years~~

~~Specialization Image Processing~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 07~~

~~Sponsored & Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs.6.23 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Development of Adaptive Noise Filters for 1 Restoration of Digital Images Corrupted by UGC 3 years 6.23 Impulse and Gaussian Noise

~~Publications Edited Volumes / Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 02 / 06 / 48~~

Selected Publications 1 Adaptive Iterative Order Statistics Filter, ICGST, International Journal on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing, Vol.09 (IV), 2009, Pp. 23-32 Impulsive Noise Detection by Second Order Differential Image and Noise Removal using Adaptive Nearest Neighborhood Filters, International Journal of Electronics and Communications (AEU), Elsevier, Vol.62, 2007, Pp. 472-477 Image Inversion and Bi-Level Histogram Equalization for Contrast Enhancement, International Journal of Computer Applications, 1, 2010, Pp.69-73.______

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organised / Participated - 04/20~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies > Life Member, ISTE~~

~~184 Mrs. P. Kalavathi~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification M.C.A., M.Phil.~~

~~Experience 8 years~~

~~Specialization Image Processing and Software Metrics~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance~~

~~M.Phil 01~~

~~Publications Papers in Proceedings 02~~

Selected Publications Automatic Skull Stripping of Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) of Human Head Scans Using Image Contour, Proceedings of National Conference on Image Processing, Department of Computer Science and Applications, GRI, Gandhigram, Pp.147-151.______

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Attended - 11~~

~~Awards & Recognitions • University Gold Medalist for UG Degree~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Life member, Indian Society for Technical Education~~

~~185 Mrs. M. Mary Shanthi Rani o o Designation Assistant Professor c .2 Qualification M.C.A., M.Phil. o (0 Experience 8 years~~

~~0) Specialization Image Compression 3 e-mail [email protected] Q. E o o Publications Papers in Refereed Journals / Papers in Proceedings 01 /03~~

Adaptive Classified Pattern Matching Vector Quantization Approach for compressing images, The 2009 International Conference on Image Processing, Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition Proceedings, ISBN 1-60132-117-1 Pp.532-538, July 13-16, Las Vegas, USA

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Attended - 3~~

~~Country visited USA~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Life member, Indian Society for Technical Education~~

~~186 Dr. T. Kalaiseivi~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification MCA, Ph.D~~

~~Experience 15 Years~~

~~Specialization Digital Image Processing, Medical Image Analysis~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

Sponsored & Action Research Projects: 1 Total SI. Funding Title of Project Duration Amount No Agency (Lakhs) 1 Development of an Automatic Tool for Brain Image DST 3 years 10.5 Extraction and Brain Tumor Detection from Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Head scans

~~Publications: Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Referred Journals: 1 /4/3~~

Selected Publications: SI.No Description 1 “Automatic Brain Extraction Methods for T1 Magnetic Resonance Images using Region Labeling and Morphological Operations”, Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 41, no. 8, pp. 716-725, August 2011. 2 “Fully Automatic Brain Extraction Algorithm for Axial T2-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Images", Computers in Biology and Medicine, vol. 40, no. 10, pp. 811-822, October 2010. 3 “Fully Automatic Method to Identify Abnormal MRI Head Scans using Fuzzy Classification and Fuzzy Symmetric Measure”, International Journal on Graphics, Vision and Image Processing (ICGST-GVIP), vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1-9, August 2010.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops: Participated : 11~~

~~Country Visited Malaysia (June 2011)~~

Awards & Recognitions: • Recipient of Young Scientist Scholarship from DST, Gol during 2008 • University Rank Holder (UG & PG) in Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore. • Recipient of Shrl C. Subramaniam Award for Excellence in Character from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay for the year 1990-91

Membership in Professional Bodies: • Life Member (LM 74313), Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) • Lifetime Member (LM 0124), Telemedicine Society of India (TSI) • Academic Community Member (ACM), International Congress for Global Science and Technology (ICGST)

~~187 Dr. S. Sivagurunathan~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification MCA, M. Phil., Ph.D.,~~

~~Experience 13 Years~~

~~Specialization Computer Networks and Network Security~~

~~e-mail [email protected], [email protected]~~

Selected Publications Sivagurunathan S., Mohan V. and Subathra P. (2010), ‘Distributed Trust Based 1 Authenticatior\ Scheme in A Clustered Environment Using Threshold Cryptography for Vehicular Ad Hoc Network’, International Journal of Business Data and Communications and Networking (IJBDCN), Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp. 1-18 Sivagurunathan S., Subathra P., Mohan V. and Ramaraj N. (2009). ‘Authentic 2 Vehicular Environment using a Cluster based Key Management’, European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 36, No. 2, pp. 299-307. Subathra P., Sivagurunathan S. and Ramaraj N. (2010), ‘Detection and Prevention of 3 single and Cooperative Black hole Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks’, International Journal of Business Data and Communications and Networking (IJBDCN), Vol. 6, Issue 1, pp. 38-57 Emil Selvan G.S.R., Sivagurunathan S., Subathra P and Dina Nidhya S.(2009). 4 ‘Mobile Ad Hoc Network Security - A Cluster Based Approach’ Journal of Computers, Vol.20, No.3, pp. 38-46. Subathra P., Sivagurunathan S. and Emil Selvan G.S.R. (2006). ‘Securing Mobile Ad 5 hoc Networks through Ant Tree Clustering and Threshold Cryptography’, IEEE Digital Diary.

~~ConferencesA/Vorkshops: Organized/ Attended: 6/17~~

~~Awards & Recognitions: • Award of Appreciation from ElVIC, Bangalore. Membership in Professional Bodies: Member in Computer Society of India (CSI)~~

~~188 Dr. N. Senthilkumaran~~

~~0) Designation Assistant Professor o c Qualification M.C.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., 0) o Experience 1 year CO Ui Specialization Digital Image Processing 0 e-mail [email protected] 3 a E o o~~

~~Publications Book Chapter / Papers in Proceedings / Papers in Referred 01/16/07 Journals~~

Selected Publications Neural Network Technique for Lossless Image Compression using X-Ray Images, 1 International Journal of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Vol.3, No.1, ISSN: 1793- 8163, pp. 17-23. 2011 Brain Image Segmentation, International Journal of Wisdom Based Computing, Vol. 1, 2 No. 3, ISSN: 2231-4857, pp. 14-18. 2011 Improved Huffman Coding Technique for Lossless Image Compression, International 3 Journal of Advanced Engineering & Applications, Vol. 1, ISSN: 0975-7783, pp. 26-28. 2010 A Note on Image Segmentation Techniques, International Journal of Recent Trends in 4 Engineering (Computer Science), Academy Publisher, Finland, Vol.3, No.2, ISSN. 1797- 9617, pp. 21-23. 2010

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Attended - 16~~

~~Countries visited Malaysia, Hong Kong~~

~~Awards & Recognitions • Research Excellence, Brain image segmentation using granular rough sets, European Conference for Academic Disciplines, Germany, 2009~~

Membership in Professional Bodies • Member, Association of Computer Electronics and Electrical Engineers ( ACEEE) • Member, International Association of Computer Science and Information Technology (lACSIT) Member, International Association of Engineers ( lAENG)

~~189 Rural Technology Centre~~

~~Profile~~

The Rural Technology Centre was established as the Technical Wing of the GRI in the year 1988 with the major objectives of Developing Technologies for rural upliftment through innovative approaches and to offer Academic programmes. The Centre initially offered B.Sc. programmes in Rural Technology (1994-2005) and B.Sc. Sustainable Technology Management (2002-2005). From the year 2005-06, the centre has been offering an innovative technical progamme namely B.Tech in Civil Engineering (Habitat Development). The centre is actively involved in research in the areas of Cost-effective Building Technologies, Habitat Issues, Rural Housing and Models.

~~190 Dr. K. Mahendran~~

~~Designation Associate Professor and Director i/c~~

~~Qualification B.E (Civil Engg ); M E (Struct); Ph.D.,~~

~~Experience 22 years~~

~~Specialization Structural Engineering & Cost-Effective Building Technologies~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Seminar /workshop/symposium Organized: 2 Publications Research articles Published in refereed journals Papers in edited volumes Edited volumes~~

Selected Publications 1 Influencing Factors on Rural Housing - A Block Level Case Study, Journal of Extension and Research, Vol. 12, No.1, pp. 12-15, 2009 (ISSN 0972-351X) 2 Assessing Regional Sustainability - Land Cover Change Analysis for Athoor Block in Tamil Nadu, International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 03, No. 1, pp. 38-42, 2010 (ISSN-0974-5904) 3 Disaster Resistant Rural Housing Design for Low Income People, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.77-82, 2010 (ISSN-0976-4259) 4 Need and Urgency of Land Slide Risk Planning for Nilgiri District, Tamil Nadu State, India, International Journal of Geomatics and Geosciences, Vol. 1, No.1, pp. 29 - 40, 2010 (ISSN-0976-4380) 5 Block Level Planning of Crops Using GIS, Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture, Vol.39(2), pp 57-62, 2010 (ISSN 1815-316X)

~~Awards and recognition Best Paper Award in International Conference on Earth Sciences and Engineering (ICEE 2010), Malla Reddy Engineering College & CAFET-INNOVA Technical Society, Hyderabad, 2010.~~

191 Er. B. Sangeethavani 0) Designation Assistant Professor c 0) O Qualification B.E. (civil), M.E. (Irrigation water Mgt) > Experience 8 years O) o Specialization Water Resource Engg. , Irrigation o Engg. and Sanitation c £o e-mail [email protected] 0 H

~~15L. 3 Training / Workshops I Observation cum Exposure visit: 321815~~

~~Country visited South Africa~~

~~Er. R.T. BALAMURALI~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification DCE, BE (Civil Engineering), ME (Structural Engineering)~~

~~Experience 3 years~~

~~Specialization Structural Design & Detailing e-mail balacengg@gmail. com~~

~~Worksliops / Trainings / Conferences I Seminars: 01 / 01 / 03 / 02~~

~~192 Rural Energy Centre~~

~~Profile~~

REC was established in the year 1998. The vision of the centre is to operate as a centre of excellence in teaching, research and extension in energy area for sustainable rural development. The thrust areas are Renewable Energy and Conservation.

~~193 0) Dr. A. David Ravindran V. c Designation Director i/c o For details, refer Department of Biology O >» D) O c LU 2 3~~

~~Dr.V.Kirubakaran~~

~~Designation Assistant Professor~~

~~Qualification B.E., M.Tech., Ph.D.~~

~~Experience 5 years~~

~~Specialization Bio Energy and Gasification~~

~~e-mail [email protected].~~

Research Guidance M.Tech projects 13 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 07 / Rs. 35.545 lakhs Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Integrated Rural Energy Planning for 2006-2007 1. MNRE 4.00 Dindlgul Dt Energy Conservation Awareness 2006-2008 2. PCRA 4.00 Programme 2008-2009 3. Energy Efficient Wooden Log Stove DST 16.99 Evaluation Study on Solar Water 4. TEDA 2008-2009 1.15 Heater and Air Heaters Evaluation of Solar Street & Home 5. Lighting installed in remote TEDA 2008-2009 6.45 habitations Tamilnadu Energy Conservation Awareness 2008-2009 6. PCRA 1.25 Programme Design and Development of 2009-2010 7. UGC 01.70 Muscular Electric power generator Ongoing

~~Publications Books/Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals / Proceedings 02/03/10/33~~

194 Selected Publications A Review on Gasification of Biomass, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 1 Vol. 13(1), 2009, Pp. 179-186, Elsevier Kinetics of Auto-Gasification of Poultry Litter, International Journal of Green Energy , 2 Vol. 4, 2007, Pp. 519-534, Taylor & Francis Kinetics of Auto-Gasification of Coir Pith, Journal of Current Sciences (An International 3 Triannual publication of Society of Sciences - ISSN 0972-6101) Vol. 10 (1), 2007, Pp. 33-42 Experimental Study on Waste Heat Recovery for Sustainable Industrial Systems 4 Journal of Current Sciences (An International Triannual Publication of Society of Sciences - ISSN 0972-6101) Vol. 9 (2), 2006, Pp. 489-496 Investigation of Energy Recovery from Poultry Litter and Municipal Solid Waste by 5 Thermochemical Conversion Method in India, Journal of Environmental Science & Engineering 47, 4, 2005, Pp. 266-275

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 15/35~~

Awards & Recognitions • Approved Energy Auditor / Energy Manager of Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Goverment of India • Inclusion of biography in “ Whos Who In the World” by Marquis - 25**^ Edition • Reviewer in Chemical Engineering Journal, Elesvier Associate Editor • Associate Editor in International Journal of Integrated Energy System

Membership in Professional Bodies Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education Associate Member, Institute of Engineers [India] Life Member, Solar Energy Society of India Life Member, Indian Society for Heat & Mass Transfer Fellow, Society for Sciences

~~195 Centre for Applied Geology~~

~~Profile~~

Duly realizing the vitality of Geological Sciences in various developments in general and the Rural Development in particular, Gandhigram Rural Institute- Deemed University, has created the Centre for Applied Geologyin the UGC XI Plan period. The main objectives of the Centre is to carry out advanced Academic, Research & Extension in the areas of Applications of Geomatics Technology (Remote sensing, Image Processing, Geographic Information System, Global Positioning system. Digital Cartography, Geodesy, etc.,) for mapping and modeling the Earth System dynamics and the related Georesources, Geoecosystem and Geohazards Management.The Thrust Areas of Research are Visible, Infrared, Thermal, Micro wave & Hyperspectral Remote Sensing; Image Processing, Geographic Information System, Global Positioning System etc., for the Geoscientific studies.The Centre has launched Post Graduate Diploma program in Geology and Geomatics (PGDGM) from the Academic year 2012-2013 to start with, and M.Sc., Applied Geology subsequently. Doctoralresearch program has already been started. The Application of Geomatics technology for natural resourceinventory and management. Geological Ecosystem and their related development planning,natural disaster vulnerability mapping, disasters mitigation and preventive development and development of information systems.

~~Centre For Applied Geology (CAG)~~

~~196 Dr. B.Gurugnanam > D) O Designation Associate Professor and Director i/c~~

O Qualification M.Sc., M.Phil., M.Tech., Ph.D., M.Sc.,(GIS) 0) O Experience 15 Years “O 0) Specialization Geospatial Technology and its application to Earth Sciences a e-mail [email protected], [email protected] a < Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 23 /02

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of projects / Total funds Received - 08 / Rs. 103. 54 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs 1. TNSCST Student Project Scheme TNSCST 1995 5,000/- “GIS Based Groundwater Assessment at 2. Gomukhi-Manimuktha Sub basin, Vellar, UGC 2003 12,000/- Tamilnadu, India” Project “RainGIS” Integrated RAIN water Harvesting plans for Augmenting DST- 3. groundwater recharge using Geophysics, 2008 15,35,800/- NRDMS Remote Sensing and GPS in GIS environment. Project “AquaGIS” Groundwater Quantity and Quality Assessment in Veeranam 4. Catchment Area using Conventional, UGC 2008 7,55,800/- Remote Sensing, GPS in GIS Environment. Project “AquiGIT” Integrated village level study on Hard Rock Aquifers in parts of Upper Thirumanimukthar Watershed, DST- 5. 2010 20,24,200/- Salem District, Tamilnadu, India using NRDMS Geographic Information Technology Platform. Project “3DGIS” Spatial Decision Support 6. System through 3D GIS studies in parts of UGC 2011 8,81,800/- Kodai Hills, Tamil Nadu. Project “ElecGIS” Electioneering through Govt.of 7. 2009 27,83,000/- Geographic Information Technology Tamilnadu Project “SWIRLIS” Sea Water Intrusion research investigation to develop Remote Sensingbased land information system for 8. DST 2011 23,56,800/- coastal aquifers adjoining Marakanam area in the East coast of tamilnadu and Pondicherry union territory, India.

~~197 Publications Books / Papers in Refereed Journals - 02/38 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Attended - 59~~

~~Countries visited - Mexico, Taiwan~~

Awards & Recognitions Secured University First Rank in IVI.Tech. in Remote Sensing Degree Examination. Secured Second IVIark in M.Phil. Degree Examination. Secured Silver Medal for University IT*^ Rank In M.Sc. Applied Geology. Received Young Scientist Award for the Best Research paper presentation. Delivered invited talk in the international conference held at Mexico.

IVIembership in Professional Bodies Life Member in Geological Society of India, India Life Member in Indian Society of Remote Sensing, India Lrte Member in \ndian Geological Congress, India Life member in Ariga Ariviyal, India Life Member in Indian Association of Sedimentologist, India Life Member in Indian Science Congress Association, India Life Member in Indian Association of Hydrologist of India, India Life Member in The Geological Association and Research Central Balaghat (M.P), India Life Member in Indian Society of Applied Geochemistry (ISAG), India

~~198 Faculty of Rural Development~~

~~> Dept, of Rural Development~~

~~1 1 Dept, of Lifelong Learning and Extension ______' t /~~

~~Centre for Future Studies~~

~~199 Department of Rural Development~~

~~Profile~~

Centre for Research, Extension and Integrated Rural Development was created in 1976 after the attainnnent of Deemed University status. A separate department of Rural Development was created in 1988 when the above centre was branched out into four departments under the Faculty of Rural Development. The thrust areas of academic programmes and research activities of the department are Rural Management, Micro Level Planning, Micro Finance, Self Help Groups, Rural Women Empowerment, Geoinformatics and NGO Management.

200 ^ Dr. N.D. Mani c o Designation Professor E Qualification MSc., M. Ed., Ph.D a o Experience 28 years o > Specialization Geo Informatics, Rural Development o Q e-mail [email protected] 2 3 o c . Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 22/02 Sponsored and Action Research Projects

~~No. of Projects / Total funds received - 31 / Rs.33.99 lakhs~~

~~Selected Projects~~

SI. Funding Total Title of the Project Duration No. Agency Amount in Lakhs 1. Resource Atlas of Dindigul Anna District, TN UGC 1994-96 6.98 DPAP-WDP Watershed Maps of Dindigul DRDA, 2. 1998-99 2.54 District Dindigul Mid-Term Evaluation of Integrated Wasteland DRDA, 3. Development Programme Watershed in 1998-99 1.20 Dindigul Shanarpatti Block, Dindigul District Socio-Economic Profiles of DPAP DRDA, 4. 2000 1.72 Watersheds in Dindigul District Dindigul Resource Mapping for Watershed DRDA, 5. 2000-01 1.50 Development in Coimbatore Coimbatore Designing an Information System for 6. UGC 2001-02 3.29 Panchayat Planning at Block Level 7. GIS for Watershed Development UGC 2006-08 2.57

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 03 / 09 / 20~~

Selected Publications Poverty, Hunger and Coping Strategy, in Narayanasamy. N et.al.(Eds.), Analysing 1. Community Problem, Tentacles of PRA, Himalaya Publishing, Mumbai, 1998 (Co authored) Geographic Information System for Grassroot Level Planning, in Palanidurai.G. 2. (Ed), Empowering People - Issues and Solutions, Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi, 1996 Perceptional Cartography for District Planning, Concept Publishers, New Delhi, 3. 2002. Watershed Management: Principles, Parameters and Programmes, Dominant 4. Publishers, New Delhi, 2005. Information System for Panchayat Planning in Palanithurai.G. (Ed ), Dynamics of 5. New Panchayat Raj System in India, Concept Publications, New Delhi, 2006.

~~201 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 1 7 /3 3~~

~~Country visited Malaysia~~

~~IVIembershlp in Professional Bodies • Indian Geographical Society • Indian National Cartographic Association • Indian Academy of Social Science Congress~~

202 Dr. N. Lalitha c Designation Professor 0) M.A (Economics); M.A (Women’s Studies; E Qualification a M.A (Gandhian Thouglit) M.Ed; M.Phil., o Ph.D. 0 Experience 21 Years > 0) Specialization Rural Development, Microfinance, Self Q Help Groups and Gender Studies, Micro 15 Level Planning e-mail [email protected] 3 0 ^

~~Research Guidance M.Phil / Ph.D. 37/07 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 16 / Rs.56.36 lakhs~~

~~Selected Projects~~

Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs An Action Research Project on 1. CAPART 2002-06 13.56 SHGs and SHPIs in Dindigul Dt. SIDBI’s Evaluation of Micro Credit Agri. Fin. 2. 2005-06 0.50 Programme Corporation Ground Water Demand Mgt. in 3. TWAD, Chennai 2005-06 1.35 selected village panchayats Micro Finance Intervention and 4. Women’s Empowerment - A Study ICSSR, New Delhi 2004-07 3.13 In Selected Districts of TN Community Digital Visual and Voice Standford 5. Narrative Enactment (Co-DiVINE University, 2005-07 25.00 Project) California, USA Standford Jana Aashay Vacha (Voicing 6. University, 2006-07 2.00 Peoples Aspiration Project) California, USA Micro Finance in Alleviating 7. UGC, New Delhi 2006-08 3.02 feminization of poverty A Study on Financial Inclusion - 8. ICSSR 2009-11 2.97 Gender Perspectives Quality and Sustainability of SHGs In 9. NABARD, Bombay 2008-09 3.15 Tamil Nadu

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals / Proceedings 1 8 /2 /4 8 /5 0~~

203 Selected Publications Rural Women Empowerment and Development Banking, Kanishka Publishers, New 1 Delhi, 2002 2 Rural Development-Vol. 1 and Vol. II, Dominant Publishers, New Delhi, 2003. Grassroot Entrepreneurship; Glimpses of SHGs, Dominant Publishers, New Delhi, 3 2006 4 Readings in Micro Finance, Dominant Publishers, New Delhi, 2006 Micro Finance Intervention and Empowerment of women. Dominant Publishers, New 5 Delhi, 2010

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized/attended - 13/65~~

~~Countries visited USA~~

~~Awards & Recognitions • Go\d Meda\, M.A Women’s Studies at Mother Tevesa Women’s Unwevsity Member, Advisory Committee and Doctoral committee, Centre for Padma Mahila University, Thiruppathi~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Association Economists of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry Member, Indian Academy of Social Sciences Member, Indian Economics Association~~

~~204 Dr.P.Anandharajakumar~~

~~Designation Associate Professor and Head~~

~~Qualification M.A (RD)., M.A (Sociology)., IVI.Phil (IVILP)., Ph.D. Experience 13 Years~~

~~Specialization Rural Development~~

~~e-mail [email protected].~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil - 12~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs. 0.15 lakhs~~

~~Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs A study of Exploitation of Rural Women in 1. UGC 2004 0.15 Beedi Works in Tirunelveli District of TN~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Refereed Journals 01 /20~~

Selected Publications 1 Child Labour in India - Causes and Consequences, Third Concept, 1997 2 Child Labour - A Contemporary Social Evil, Social Action, 1998 3 Case Studies on Child Labour, Journal of Extension and Research, 1998 4 Working on the Street: Better Present; Bleak future - Social Welfare, 1999 Socio Cultural Prospective on Ageism in Sudhir.M.A. and Balakrishnan. A.(Ed.), 5 Ageing in Rural India: Perspectives and Prospects, Indian Publishers & Contributions, Delhi. 1999

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 36~~

~~205 Dr. M. Muthukumar c o Designation Assistant Professor~~

E Qualification M.Sc., M.Tech., Ph.D. a o Experience 6 Years 0) > Specialization Geospatial Technology in Geology, 0 Structure & tectonics and Geomorphology Q with Special Reference to Natural Disasters Mapping, Mitigation and 15L. 3 Management a :

~~e-mail mmuthukumarl [email protected]~~

~~[email protected] Research Guidance~~

~~M.Sc. / M.Tech. 03/04~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 02 / Rs.43.64 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Space In Project “ PRACRITI” Application 16.11.2010 Models to Study the Impact of Sea Level 1. Centre to Till Date 19.00 Rise on Coastal Environment of India' (SAC), (Co-investigator) Ahmedabad. (29.11.2011 Rainfall induced landslide forewaning system DST, 24.64 2. to for Linga slide ( Linga Slide) New Delhi 28.11.2013)

~~Publications Books / Refereed Journals 15~~

~~Selected Publications~~

~~1 GIS Based Slope Analysis for Landslide Hazard Zonation Mapping, Nilgiri Mountains, South India. International Journal of Geoinformatics vol. 4, No.3 S, (2008) pp: 47 - 57,~~

2 Geomorphic Controls of Landslides, The Nilgiri Mountains, South India Journal of Indian Landslides, No.2 Vol.2, (2009) pp 35 - 40 Geospatial Modelling of Geosystems and Landslides Mapping and Mitigation, The 3 Nilgiri Mountains, South India. Journal of Indian Landslides, Vol.1 No.1, (2008) pp45- 54 Along with Ramasamy SM, Mahammad Sartaj Basha SK & Kumanan CJ. (2008) Field 4 based geological structures and landslides in nilgiris, south india - A GIS analysis Journal of Indian Landslides, Vol.2, No.1, pp 1-10 5 Geological Complexities, Landslide Vulnerabilities and Possible Mitigation, Tirumala hills, India. Journal in Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (In Press), (2011)

~~206 Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Presented / Participated - 0 7 /0 9~~

~~Awards and Recognitions~~

~~■ 2nd Rank in M. Sc Degree Examination,~~

~~■ 2nd Rank in B Sc Degree Examination~~

~~■ District Level - Winner 2006, Boxing (81 - 91 Category)~~

~~■ Regional Level - Winner 2007, Boxing (81 - 91 Category)~~

~~■ NCC “B&C” certificate passed in “B” Grading ,~~

~~IVIembership in Professional Bodies • Life member (ISG-L-1221) in Indian Society of Geomatics • Life member in Tamil Nadu Service Forum~~

~~207 Dr.Neema Gnanadev c 0) Designation Assistant Professor E a Qualification M.A, M.Phil, Ph.D o Experience 05 Years a> > Specialization Area planning, Rural Development 0) Q e-mail [email protected]~~

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~~Publications Books / Refereed Journals 02~~

Selected Publications 1 Nobel Prize to Amarthya Sen, Southern Economist, February 1999 Impact of Public Expenditure on Health and Employment, National Seminar “Infrastructure for Sustainable Development, Dept, of Economics, Maharani College of Women, Bangalore

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Presented / Participated - 04~~

~~208 Department of Applied Research~~

~~Profile~~

The Department of Applied Research established in 1976 under the Faculty of Rural Development plays a key role in enabling the Institute to achieve its over all objectives of rural development by promoting interdisciplinary, problem solving and development research. The Department offers Ph.D. and M.Phil. programmes apart from teaching Research Methods and Statistics courses to the UG, PG and M.Phil. programmes of the Institute. The thrust areas of academia are Research Design and Statistical Models, Interdisciplinary and Policy Research, Rural Development Research Paradigms, Development Indicators, Advances in Gender Research, Population and Reproductive Health, Poverty and Human Rights, Applied Gerontology, Labour Studies and Globalization, Environment and Tribal Education.

209 Dr.M.A.Sudhir u 1- Designation Professor and Dean i/c (0 0) Qualification M.A., M.A., M.Ed., Ph.D. (/> a> Experience 30 years 0 ^ Specialization Qualitative Research, Environmental "O Q Education, Rural and Tribal Development, Applied Gerontology, a Psychometrics a e-mail [email protected] < Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 22/16 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 08 / Rs. 27.34 lakhs

Funding Total Si.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Inclusive Strategies for the Learning SSA, 1. 2 years 1.50 Disabled Chennai Intervention Strategies for Out-of-School SSA, 2. 3 years 1.55 Children Chennai Elimination of Child Labour in Dindigul SSA, 3. 2 years 0.23 District Chennai Safe Environment- Replicable Sullage SSA, 4. 4 years 3.52 Disposal System Chennai Impact of Micronutrient Malnutrition on DST, New 5. 2 years 4.23 Child Development Delhi Elimination of Micronutrient Malnutrition 6 . FAO/MSSRF 2 years 1.27 in Tamil Nadu 7. Socialization of Rural Girl Child UGC Minor 1 year 0.20 Participatory Learning and Action for NCERT, 8. 2 years 3.59 Environmental Education New Delhi

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Book Review 03 / 08 / 07 Papers In refereed journal / Research Monograph 62/07~~

Selected Publications 1 Environmental Issues, New Delhi: Reliance Pub, 2003 Psycho - Social Characteristics and Problems of the Rural Aged, Help Age India, 2 Research and Development Journal, Vol.11 (1), January 2005. Pp. 16-22 ICT Induced Social Change in Rural India - Tamil Nadu Experience, in NIRD ‘Rural 3 Development and Social Change’, New Delhi: Discovery Pub, 2006 Innovative Teacher Education at Gandhigram, International Educator, Vol.18 (1),June 4 2006, Pp. 10-12 Book Review - Tribal Agriculture and Modernization, Journal, Studies of Tribes and 5 Tribals, Vol 4 (2), Dec 2006 6. Intervention Strategies for Education of Out-of-School Children, Indian Educational Review, New Delhi (NCERT Journal) ,Vol 44 (2), July,2008

~~210 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 2 0 /4 6~~

~~Country visited: Sh Lanka~~

~~Awards & Recognitions Citation for Service to Rural Education, 2005 IVIember, Advisory Committee, SSA, Kerala, 2007 • Member, ERIC, NCERT, New Delhi, 2008~~

~~IVIembership in Professional Bodies • Life member, American Studies Research Centre (ASRC) • Life member, North-East India Education Society (NEIES) • Fellow, Indian Academy of Social Sciences~~

~~211 Dr.S.Gunasekarn~~

Designation Professor and Head as Q> Qualification M.Sc. (Statistics), M.A. (Sociology), (/> M.Sc.(Demograpliy, LSE, UK), Ph.D. o (Population Studies) o r Experience 20 years ■O o Specialization Applied Statistics and Population Studies

~~a e-mail [email protected]. a < Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 08/06~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projecte * 25~~

Selected Projects Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Women’s Autonomy and Reproductive ICSSR 2 years 3.75 Behaviour in Tamil Nadu New Delhi Changing Living Arrangements, Health Conditions and Care of Elderly in Tamil UGC 2 years 2.61 Nadu Integrating a Human Rights Approach in UNESCO Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Tamil 1 year 4.55 New Delhi Nadu Socio-Cultural Factors, Medical ICSSR Advancement and Juvenile Sex Ratio in 2 years 2.80 New Delhi Tamil Nadu Health Problems and Care and Support ICMR Available to Elderly During Sickness in 2 years 5.42 New Delhi Rural Tamil Nadu

~~Publications Books / Papers in Refereed Journals 03/15~~

Selected Publications 1 Women’s Autonomy and Reproductive Behaviour, Kalpaz Publication, New Delhi, 2010 2 Human Rights Approach in Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Tamil Nadu, Journal of Rural Development, Vol:.28 (4), October-December, 2009 3 Determinant of Infant and Child Mortality in Rural India, New Delhi, 2008 4 Levels, Trends and Differentials of Infant and Child Mortality in Rural India, Journal of Extension and Research, Vol. XI (1 & 2), 2008 & 2009 5 Integrating a Human Rights Approach to Poverty Alleviation Programmes in Tamil Nadu, India, UNESCO’ Small Grants Programme on Poverty Eradication, Building national capacities for research and policy analysis, UNESCO,2008, Pp. 244-248 6 Living Condition and Health Status of Elderly in Old Age Homes, Helpage India, Research & Development Joumal, Vol.14, (3), 2008

~~212 Seminars / Conferences / Workshops Organized / Participated - 0 2 /3 4~~

~~Countries visited : UK, France, Portugal~~

~~Awards & Recognitions Received Britisli Council Fellowship for Higher Studies in Demography (M.Sc) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, UK.~~

IVIembership in Professional Bodies • International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (lUSSP) • Asia Population Network (APN), Asian Meta Centre • Population Environment Research Network (PERN) • Indian Association for the Study of Population (lASP) • London School of Economics, India Society (LSE, India) • Member, Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health (lASSH, India)

~~213 Dr.C.Sivapragasam~~

~~(H Designation Professor Q> (fi Qualification M.Sc (Statistics): Ph.D (Applied Statistics) Q) t L Experience 26 Years~~

~~T3 Specialization Applied and Development Statistics, O Development Indicators "5. e-mail [email protected] a <~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 10/01~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 04 / Rs.3.5 lakhs~~

Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs A Statistical Study of Village 1. UGC 1 year 0.20 Development Indicators Integrated Rural Energy Planning TN Energy Devt. 2. 1 year 0.50 Exercise for Palani Block Agency Energy Survey and Plan for Urjagram TN Energy Devt. 3. Project at Chettiapatti in Athoor Block in 1 year 0.30 Agency Dindigul District Population Based Survey Research - Good Samaritan 4. 2 years 2.50 Phase 1 and II Foundation, USA

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 01 /05/03~~

Selected Publications Identifying the Indicators of Village Development - A Statistical Assessment, Journal of 1 Extension and Research, Vol.3, No. 1 &2, Jan, 2001 Assessment of Village Development: An Approach by Discriminant Function Analysis” 2 ISDA Journal, Vol 13, No 4, Oct- Dec, 2003 “Spatial Analysis of Village Development” in “Recent Advances in Applied Mathematics 3 and Statistics”, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 2004 (Edited Book). 4 Research Methods - Tips and Techniques, MJP Publishers, Chennai, 2008 (Text book)

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 02/25~~

~~214 Dr.A.Balakrishanan o L. (0 Designation Professor Q> (/) Qualification M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D. 0) o r Experience 18 Years~~

~~"O Specialization Rural Development, Labour Studies o a e-mail [email protected] a <~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 11 /01 Sponsored and Action Research Project No. of Projects/Total funds received - 01 / Rs. 0.15 Lakhs~~

~~Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Empowerment of Rural Labour Force 1. UGC 2 years. 0.15 through NGOs~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol./ Papers in Refereed Journals 04 / 04 / 03~~

Selected Publications Empowerment of Rural Female Labour Force in India, New Delhi: Anmol Publications, 1 Pvt. Ltd., 2002 Problems of Rural Landless Agricultural Labourers: A study. Journal of Extension and 2 Research, Vol 2(1), July 1999 Rural Landless Women Labourers - Problems and Prospects, Delhi: Kalpaz 3 Publication, 2005 Impact of Globalization and Retaining Strategies for Labour and Employment, Delhi: 4 Cyan Publication, 2007 Voluntary Action and Social Change, Journal of Extension and Research, Vol. 5 (1), 5 July 2001

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 10/33~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies~~

~~• Member, Indian Academy of Social Sciences~~

~~215 Dr.M.Hilaria Soundari~~

~~(0 Designation Assistant Professor 0 0) Qualification MSW, PhD 0) Experience 5 years~~

~~■O Specialization Development Research, Gender Issues o and Social work a e-mail [email protected] a <~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 07 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs. 4.48 lakhs~~

~~Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Achieving MDGs: Role of Marginalised 1 UGC 2 years. 4.48 Women and Micro Credit~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 02 / 04 / 08~~

Selected Publications Social Dimension of Higher Education in Thavamani. M.(Ed.), Issues in Higher 1 Education, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 2006. The Awakening of the Arunthathiyars, Integral Liberation, Bangalore Vol.7 (4) Dec. 2 2003 Did We Succeed in Empowering Women? Integral Liberation, Bangalore Vol.5, Dec. 3 2001. Alternative Approaches for Empowering Dalit Women - Review Projector, Vol.4 (1), 4 Jan-Mar, 2001. (ISSN 0970-1702)

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized / attended - 05/17~~

~~Countries visited USA, Netherlands, and Switzerland~~

~~Awards and Recognitions • Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), UGC NET~~

~~216 Department of Lifelong Learning and Extension~~

~~Profile~~

Established in the year 1984, the department operates with a vision to enhance the quality of life of rural people through meaningful and sustained rapport between the institute and rural communities by catering to the educational needs, augmenting income, counseling, population education of rural communities and action research. The thrust areas include teaching, training, research, life long learning programme, on campus / off campus programmes and population education.

~~217 Dr.L.Raja~~

~~Designation Professor LU Qualification M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D. o a Experience 13 Years~~

~~Specialization Adult Education, Continuing Education~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance Ph.D. 04~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 02 / Rs. 19.53 lakhs~~

~~Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Value Based Non Formal Education for 1. UGC 2006-09 4.53 Rural Children 2. Gandhigram Creche Programme AFN - Itally 2005 15.00~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in Refereed Journals 06/58~~

Selected Publications 1 Government Schemes, Department of ACE & E, GRI, Gandhigram, 1998. Training Module for Awareness Generation Programme for Village Women, 2 Department of ACE & E, GRI, Gandhigram, 1999 The Road to Success” A Guide to Vocational and Higher Education in Tamil Nadu , 3 NCRI, New Delhi and Department of ACE & E, GRI, Gandhigram, 2001 Maanakara Chutrupura Choozhal (Tamil), State Resource Centre, Chennai, February, 4 2002 Economy of Permanence and Dynamics of a Sharing Community, Department of ACE 5 & E, GRI, Gandhigram, June 2007 6 Araneri Kaivi - 1 (Tamil), Department of ACE & E, GRI, Gandhigram, January 2008

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 27/96~~

~~Country visited Italy~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies *> Vice-President, Indian Adult Education Association, New Delhi~~

~~218 Dr.R.Subburaman~~

~~Designation Professor and Head~~

~~LU Qualification M.A, M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D. 06 Experience 26 Years~~

~~Specialization Adult Education, continuing Education, counseling and Extension e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs.3.5 lakhs~~

~~Funding Total Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Impact of Counseling on the Stress Level among the Caregivers of the Intellectually UGC-MRP 2009-11 3.50 Challenged Children~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals 10~~

Selected Publications Need Based Continuing Education Courses, Perspectives on Continuing Education, 1 Department of ACE & E, GRI, Gandhigram, 2007 Evolving Extension Strategies in Higher Education System, Perspectives on Continuing 2 Education, Dept.of ACE & E, GRI, Gandhigram, 2007 Women Education and Development - Camp Approach, Journal of Extension and 3 Research, GRI, Jan.2007 A Study on the Quality of Life of the Parents of the Intellectually Challenged, Proc. of 4 International Conference, Holy Cross College, Trichy, July 2008 Policy Issues in Disability Intervention, Journal of International Educator, 5 Tiruvananthapuram, June 2008

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 02/15~~

~~Awards and Recognitions • Literary Award from Integrated Women and Child Development programme, New Delhi, 2005~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies Life Member, Indian Adult Education Association~~

~~219 Dr.S.Baluchamy~~

~~Professor LU Designation 06 Qualification M.A., Ph.D. Experience 22 Years~~

~~Specialization Sociology, Extension and Continuing Adult Education e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 10/01~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 10 / Rs. 7.38 lakhs~~

Selected Projects Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Evaluation of Awareness Generation Central Welfare 1. 2005-06 0.91 project in TN Board, New Delhi Gender issues in Industrial set up - A ICSSR 2. study of Industries in Coimbatore 2008-09 2.69 New Delhi district An Assessment of status of Women 3. labours in industrial sector in Dindigul UGC 2008-10 3.78 & Coimbatore districts

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in Refereed Journals/Monographs 01/12/01~~

Selected Publications 1 Panchayati Raj Institutions, Mittal Publications, New Delhi Perception of Mothers on Pre-School Education-An Overview, Journal of Extension and 2 Research, July 2002 A Study of Panchayati Raj Institutions as instrument of participatory Democracy for 3 Development, Journal of Extension and Research, January 2002 4 National Policy and Welfare Schemes for the disabled aged, Aravalli Books, New Delhi 5 Female Agricultural Labourer in the Present Scenario, Kalpaz Publications, New Delhi Economic Emplowerment of Women - A Case Study, Journal of Extension Research, 6 January, 2004

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 49/45~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Life mennber, Indian Adult Education Association~~

~~220 Dr. V. Seeninatarajan~~

~~LU Designation Professor 06 Qualification M.A., P.G.Dip. in RS & CD, B.Ed., Ph.D Experience 26 years~~

~~Specialization Adult Education, Continuing Education~~

~~e-mail [email protected]~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 04~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 04/11/14~~

Selected Publications 1 Varunthathe Ezhal maname (A Drama in Tamil) 2 Life Skills for Adolescents (Tamil) Adult Education 3 ARASU Thittangal (Govt. Schemes), ACE & E, GRI “ Education for Sustainable Livelihoods in Rural Areas- Basic Education - A 4 Gandhian Approach” Adult Education and Development (A Bi-monthly Journal of West Bengal Committee to Eradicate Illiteracy) Continuing Education through SHGs in Department of ACE & E, GRI (Ed.), 5 “ Perspective on Continuing Education”

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended 09 / 31~~

~~Country visited Malaysia~~

~~Awards & Recognitions • ’’Fellow” Award of the International Institute of Adult and Life Long Education, New Delhi~~

Membership in Professional Bodies Life member, Indian Adult Education Association Life member, Indian of Gandhian Studies Life member, West Bengal Committee to Eradicate Literacy • Life member, Indian society for Community Education

~~221 S.Ravindran~~

~~Designation Associate Professor~~

~~Qualification M.A, M.A., M.Phil~~

~~LU Experience 24 years 06 Specialization Population Education and Continuing Adult Education e-mail [email protected].~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phil - 8~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects~~

~~No. of Projects / Total funds received - 02 / Rs. 1.0 lakh~~

Funding Total Si.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Reproductive Health Awareness among 1 UGC 6 months 0.5 Newly Married couples Impact of Population Education Training 2. UGC 6 months 0.5 Programme

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. 03/03~~

Selected Publications 1 AIDS Free India Challenges and Youth Participation, Dept; of ACE & E GRI. Annotated Bibliography on Population Education, Dept, of ACE & E, GRI. Population Education Clubs and Extension Work, UGC Guidelines for Universities and Colleges. Dept.of ACE & E, GRI.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 133 / 25~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Life member, All India Population Education Council • Member, Indian Adult Education Society~~

~~222 Dr.R.Venkata Ravi~~

~~Designation Associate Professor~~

~~Qualification M.A, (RD), Ph.D. (Econ.) LU 06 Experience 17 Years~~

~~Specialization Rural Development, Economics, Adult Education and Extension e-mail rvenl~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects~~

~~No. of Projects I Total funds received - 31 / Rs,1Q9 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Inclusive Governance for Rural Development; A Study on Schedule Caste ICSSR, June 2012 1 4.86 Headed Village Panchayats in Andhra New Delhi -M ay 2013 Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

~~Publications Books / Mimeographs, Research Reports / Papers in Edited Vol. and - 06 / 31 / 32 Papers in refereed journals~~

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Attended - 19~~

~~Countries visited Afghanistan~~

Awards and Recognitions Recipient of UGC - Research Fellowship [April 1987 - May 1992]. • Awarded NABARD Gold Medal and Certificate for the Best Extension Worker in Gandhigram Rural Institute in 1984.

~~IVIembership in Professional Bodies • Associate Editor for the Indian Journal of Millennium Development Studies [International Journal] published since 2005 by the Serials Publication, New Delhi~~

~~223 Department of Extension Education~~

~~Profile~~

started in 1956 as Department of Extension, it was renamed as Department of Extension Education in 1988. Primary programmes are five fold - extension, teaching, researcli, training and monitoring & evaluation. Rural Project Management programme (MBA) and evolution of development projects comprise the thrust areas.

224 c Dr.N.Narayanasamy o Designation Professor (on Lien) (Q O Qualification P.G. Dip. in Rural Eco. & Coop., Ph.D. 3 ■o Experience 35 Years LU C Specialization Participatory Rural Appraisal, Financial Management ■5 e-mail [email protected] c

~~X Research Guidance LU M.Phil/Ph.D. 06/08~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects~~

~~No. of Projects / Total funds received - 22 / Rs.80.00 lakhs~~

~~Selected Projects~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Ford 1. Participatory Rural Appraisal 1994-95 4.50 Foundation Village Consultations in TN Road Sector 2. Govt, of TN 1998-99 3.00 Project for East Coast 1998- 3. Hunger Free Area Programme MSSRF 6.00 2000 NCRI, 4. Capacity Building and Skill Upgradation 2001-02 7.50 Hyderabad Monitoring and Documentation of Backward Regional Development Grant Planning 5. 2005-08 18.00 Fund (BRGF) Programme in Dindigul Commission District District Preparation of District Perspective Plan 6. Administration, 2006-07 10.00 for NREGS Dindigul Performance of National Rural Min. of RD, 7. Employment Guarantee Scheme in Kerala 2009 8.23 Govt, of India - An Appraisal TN. State Evaluation of Agri. Extension programmes 8. Planning 2009 5.00 in TN Commission

~~Publications Books / Papers in Refereed Journals / Monographs 1 3 /8 0 /1 7~~

225 Selected Publications Analysing Community Problems: Tentacles of PRA Methodology, Himalaya I. Publishing House, Mumbai, 1998 Corruption at the Grassroots: The Shades and Shadows, Concept Publishing 2. Company, New Delhi, 2000 Efficacy of PRA: The Experience of NGOs in South India, Concept Publishing 3. House, New Delhi, 2005 4. Management of Self Help Groups, New Century Book House, Chennai, 2007 Participatory Rural Appraisal: Principles, Methods and Applications, Sage 5. Publications, New Delhi, 2009.

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 4 2 134~~

~~Countries visited : United States of America , SriLanka and Japan~~

Awards & Recognitions »:♦ Secured first ranl< in P.G. Dip. In Rural Eco. & Coop, and was awarded the T.A. Ramalingam Chettiar Memorial Medal. ❖ Awarded ‘Man of Excellence Award’ by the Dindigul District Administration for the year 2005-2006 for monitoring and documenting various activities carried out by 23 Government Departments under Rashtriya Sam Vikas Yojana. ❖ Appreciation for involvement in “Light Weight Caliper Distribution”, by Differently Abled- Physically Challenged Society. ❖ Invited for presentation in the International Workshop on ‘Evaluation Methodology for Community Driven Development Projects’, World Bank in Washington DC on 27.04.2003. ❖ Nationally and internationally recognized trainer in Participatory Rural Appraisal.

226 Dr.M.P.Boraian c ,o Designation Professor Qualification M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. o 3 Experience 30 Years ■o LU Specialization • Community Based Organizations (CBOs) C • Project Planning, Monitoring & , o Evaluation ‘ 5 • Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) c 0) e-mail [email protected] X LU Research Guidance M.Phil / Ph.D. 05/02 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 12 / Rs.53.98 lakhs

Selected Projects Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Village Consultations in TN Road Sector 1. Govt, of TN 1998-99 3.00 Project for East Coast (CO-PI) Efficacy of PRA Methods among NGOs in 2. ICSSR 1998-99 2.00 South India (CO-PI) Efficacy of Participatory Methods: An 3. ICSSR 2000-01 2.00 Enquiry into NGO experience (CO-PI) Empowerment of Rural Women - 4. ICSSR 2003-06 2.00 Locating the Deterrents and Determinants Monitoring and Documentation of Union Backward Regional Development Grant 5. Planning 2005-08 18.00 Fund (BRGF) Programme in Dindigul Commission District (CO-PI) Performance of National Rural Min. of RD, 6. Employment Guarantee Scheme in Kerala Govt, of 2009 8.23 - An appraisal (CO-PI) India TN. State Evaluation of Agri. Extension programmes 7. Planning 2009 5.00 in TN (CO-PI) Commission

Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. and Papers in Refereed Journals 08/54 Selected Publications Analysing Community Problems - Tentacles of PRA Methodology, New Delhi 1 Himalaya Publishing House, 1998 (Co-Editor) Corruption at the Grassroots - The Shades and Shadows, Concept Publishing 2. House, New Delhi 2000. (Co-Editor and contributor of a paper on the above title) Participatory Rural Appraisal - The Experience of NGOs in South India, Concept 3. Publishing Company, New Delhi, 2005 Community Development - An Outreach Approach, Anmol Publications, New Delhi, 4. 2008 5. Empowerment of Rural Women, Concept Publishers, New Delhi, 2008

~~227 Countries visited The Philippines, Thailand, Singapore~~

Awards & Recognitions ❖ Awarded Rural Workers’ Education Fellowship by the United Nations’ International Labour Organisation (1988) ❖ Fellowship Award from the University Grants Commission (UGC) for the M.Phil. Programme at NIRD, (1979) ❖ Certificate of Appreciation by Dr.Sivathanu Pillai, Advisor, Defence Research and Development Organization, Govt, of India for undertaking service activities among persons with disabilities in rural areas.

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Indian Academy of Social Sciences ❖ Indian Society of Extension Education »:♦ Tamil Nadu Society of Extension Education ❖ International Extension Forum~~

228 c Dr. S.K, Gopal ,o Designation Associate Professor and Head OS o Qualification 3 P.G. Dip. In R.S. &CD., Ph.D., ■o LU Experience 33 years C Specialization Agricultural Extension o Training and Demonstration w e-mail [email protected] c 0) 4-» X LU Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 04/03

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Pvojects - 10~~

Selected Projects Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Promotion of organic farming by training 1. and demonstration to farmers and ICAR 2004-05 1.43 extension functionaries Capacity building for sustainable 2. development of Rural peasants through ICAR 2004-05 4.92 NGOs TN Comprehensive watershed 3. ICAR 2002-06 1.24 development programme Community based bio-inputs production 4. by SC/ST youth towards ecological and ICAR 2004-07 7.20 sustainable agriculture Demonstration of productivity enhancement of Horticultural crops 5. ICAR 2004-09 3.21 through the efficient exploitation of resources

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Proceedings 03/05~~

Selected Publications 1 Cultivation of Medicinal Plants 2 PRA- a guide to extension workers 3 A Hand Book on Waste land management for Govt, officials 4 Watershed management-Trainers manual 5 Technologies for Rain fed cultivation 6 Advanced Technologies for cotton cultivation

~~229 Seminars/Conferences/Workshops Organized - 78 ( Farmers): 24 (NGOs) 7 (Zonal Level) Participated - 47~~

~~Countries visited : Sri Lanka, Philipines, Singapore, Hong Kong~~

~~Awards & Recognitions Outstanding Extension worker-Asian Agricultural Foundation, Hong kong Best Extension Worker - Shikshrattan Puraskar Award.~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies Member, Land Core Movement, Society of Soil Conservation • Member, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction Member, International Extension Forum~~

~~230 c Dr.A.Easwaran ,o Designation Associate Professor~~

o Qualification M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. 3 ■o Experience 20 years LU C Specialization Rural Developnnent, Extension Education, _o Micro Level Planning, Management of Training c e-mail [email protected] 0) X liJ Research Guidance M.Phil 05

~~Publications Books and manuals / Papers in Edited Vol. 15/01~~

Selected Publications 1. Communication Technologies, 2008 2. Management of Training, 2008 3. A manual on Leadership Qualities (Tamil), 2004 Millennium Development Goals at Micro Level: Values and Social Responsibilities for 4. the Versity Students, 2005

~~Awards & Recognitions • Gold Medal in M.Phil. Micro level Planning • Best Extension worker Award, GRI, Gandhigram~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies Member, Indian Academy of Social Sciences~~

~~231 Centre for Futures Studies~~

~~Profile~~

The Centre for Futures Studies was established in 1989 to promote research in multi disciplinary areas relevant to Rural Development. The centre has undertaken M.Phil. / Ph.D. / Project research in the filed of Futures Studies, Agriculture, Ethno Botany, Tribal Studies and Environmental Studies. The course Environmental Studies is being offered to all undergraduates of this institute from 2003.

~~232 (/) Dr. T. Seivin Jebaraj Norman o Designation Professor~~

~~3 Qualification M.Sc., Ph.D. CO Experience 25 Years (/) £ Specialization Agricultural Economics 3 e-mail [email protected] 3~~

~~Research Guidance~~

~~M.Phil/Ph.D. 16/05~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 02 / Rs. 3.71 lakhs~~

~~Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs 1. Paliyar Tribe at Sirumalai Hills UGC 2003 0.18 2. Major Tribes of Tamil Nadu UGC 2005-07 3.53~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals / 02/ 02/ 11/12 Proceedings~~

Selected Publications Ethnomedicinal Plants used by Kurumba Tribals of Nllgiri Hills, TN, India, Plant Archives 1 9, 2009, Pp.377-379 Ethnomedicinal Survey among Malayali tribes of Yelagiri Hills, Vellore District, TN., 2 India, Plant Archives 9, 2009, Pp.463-465 Ethnobotany and Livelihood Status of Malayali Tribes of Kollihills in Tamil Nadu, Plant 3. Archives 8, 2008, Pp.479-481 Ethnobotanical Practices of Malayali Tribes of Yercaud in Tamil Nadu, Plant Archives 8, 4. 2008, Pp.457- 459 Knowledge ,Adoption and Future of Bio- Fertilizers with Special Reference to Athoor 5. Block, Dindigul, Ecol, Env & Cons., 7(4), 2001, Pp.471-475

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 03/10~~

~~233 Dr. K. Velumani (0 o Designation Professor~~

3 Qualification M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. i n Experience 20 Years V) o Specialization Industrial Sociology, Personal 3 Management, Women’s Studies, Demography, Human Resource 3 Management and Futurology. e-mail [email protected]

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 14/02~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs.4.54 Lakhs.~~

~~Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Cultural Practices of Farming 1. UGC 2009-11 4.54 Communities~~

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. 03/10~~

Selected Publications 1 Application of Prognostic Techniques in Solving Problems”, GRI Publications, 2006 Tribals, Forests and Futures, GRI Publications, 2007 Research Methodology, Pavai Publications, 2007,

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 03/24~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Life member, The Indian Sociological Society • Society of Futurology~~

~~234 HA~~

~~( f Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry~~

~~Profile~~

Established in the year 1956, the Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, strives to produce man power with knowledge and skill in Dairy Science, Seed Technology, Agriculture and Commercial Horticulture. Its academic, research and extension activities aim at spreading new technologies in Farming, Cattle Management, Seed Production and Preservation. The thrust areas include Indigenous Knowledge, Bio-fuel Promotion, Better Farming and Farm Technology Transfer, Agro-Engineering and Watershed Management.

236 X Dr.T.T.Ranganathan ■ < Designation Professor o 6 Qualification M.Sc., (Agri), Ph.D. 0) 3 Experience 28 years Specialization Agricultural Extension (Area of Interest Agro 3 Forestry, Waste Land Developnnent, Water _ o Shed Management, Organic Farming and 'v l O) Sustainable Agriculture) < e-mail [email protected] Research Guidance

M.Phil/Ph.D. 04/05 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects - 12 Selected Projects Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Min. of Environ. And Forest, 1. Waste land Development 1992-94 14.42 GOi, New Delhi 2. Waste land Development NABARD 1992-94 2.00 Promoting of sustainable 3. Ford Foundation 1994-01 50.21 Agri. through PRA Demonstration of 4. Sustainable Agri. Practices HELP AGE India, Cuddalore 2006-07 24.23 in Tsunami affected areas Training on Indigenous COMPAS-EIC Foundation, The 5. 2006-07 8.20 farming Netherlands Evaluation of Agricultural Dept, of Evaluation and Applied 6. 2009 5.00 Schemes in TN Research, GOTN, Chennai Publications Books / Papers in Refereed Journals 09/18 Selected Publications Sustainable Agricultural practices, supported by ETC - COMPAS, The Netherlands, 1 2006 Management of Coconut (Tamil), RSVY - IDC, Union Public Planning, New Delhi, 2 September, 2004 Indigenous Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Farming (English), Agrobios (India), 3 Jodhpur, 2003 4 Herbal Treasures - cultivation and their uses (Tamil), KVK, GRI. Gandhigram, 2002 5 Chemical Weed Control (Tamil), F.Ag and AH, GRI, 2000 Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 05/98

Awards & Recognitions Consultative member for Planning Commission Working group of the Environment, Forest and Wild Life Department for the preparation of draft report for the IX five year plan. • Advisory Committee Member, Hunger Free Area Programme - a joint programme of MSSRF, Chennai and GRI. (1998 - 2000).

237 X Dr.R.Udhayakumar < Designation Professor od Qualification M.E (Agri.), Ph.D O Experience 28 Years 3 «*■» Specialization Agricultural Engineering - Farm Power 3 O and Machinery 'Z e-mail [email protected] O) <

~~Research Guidance M.Phil/ Ph.D. 02/07~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 08 / Rs. 155.95 lakhs~~

Selected Projects Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Development of Infrastructure facilities Indo-German fund 1. 1998-03 10.40 in GKM through KfW Developing Cost Effective Building HUDCO, through 2. 1998-03 3.50 Technologies GOI grant Introduction of B.Sc. (STM) Degree 3. NCRI, Hyderabad 2001-03 58.86 programme Construction of Leaf Rust Lab & Coffee Board, 4. 2002 48.56 administrative building Bangalore HUDCO, New 5. Establishing Mobile Building Centre 2002-03 13.13 Delhi CAPART, 6. Construction of Model houses for LIG 2003 1.00 Hyderabad 7. Construction of SHG Training Hall DRDA, Dindigul 2003 2.50 Construction of Multipurpose TN Sports 8. 2004 18.00 Gymnastic Hall Council, Chennai

~~Publications Books / Papers in Refereed Journals 03/42~~

Selected Publications Process Standardization and Selection of a Method of Drying for the Industrial 1 Production of Rasona Ksheera - Pakam a Dairy Based Nutracentical - International Journal of Agricultural Engineering, Vol. 2 (2), Oct. 2 0 0 9 - Mar 2010; 301-303 2 Improved Bullock Drawn Seed Drill, ABC Publishers, Dindigul, March 2005 Proceedings of the National Seminar on Recent Trends and Issues In the Evolution of 3 Appropriate Technologies for Integrated Rural Development ABC Publishers, Dindigul. March 2004 Studies on Some Physical Properties of WCT Coconut Relevant to the Design of 4 Processing Equipment, Journal of Plantation Crops: 32 (Suppl.), Dec 2004; 406-412 5 Hand book on Cost Effective Building Technology, GRI publications, March 2003

~~238 Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 06/18~~

~~Countries visited: United Kingdonn, Nepal, Rwanda, East Africa~~

Awards and Recognitions • Award from Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (I), IVIadurai Centre for Service Appreciation in Promoting Rural Technologies, March 2002 • Best Builder Award from Tamil Nadu Sports Development Council, District Collector, Dindigul, 2004.

~~Membersilip in Professional Bodies Life Member, Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering~~

~~239 X Dr. T. Senthivel < Designation Professor and Dean o6 Qualification MSc.(Ag.), Ph.D in Agronomy~~

~~£ Experience 24 Years 3 Specialization Soil & Nutrient Management, Weed 3 IVlanagement, Organic Farming and O Watershed IVlanagement 'Z O) e-mail [email protected] <~~

~~Research Guidance Ph.D. 02~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 09 / Rs.60.94 lakhs~~

Selected Projects Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Mid-term Evaluation of DPAP/IWDP DRDA, DPAP Cell, 1. 2004 0.44 Watershed in Different Districts of TN Govt, of TN Awareness in Watershed 2. DRDA, Govt, of TN 2005-07 50.50 Management Preparation of Perspective DRDA, 3. 2006 5.00 Watershed Development Plan Thoothukudi Preparation of Perspective 4. DRDA, Pudukottai 2006 5.00 Watershed Development plan

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 05 / 04 / 45~~

Selected Publications Evaluation of Spot - Vegetation Derived Global Vegetation Assessment Product for Near- 1 Real Time Drought Monitoring over India. PROG.NAT.ACAD.SCI.INDIA, 76(B) ,1 , 2006 Soil Line Transformation based Radio Metric Normalization. International Journal of 2 Remote sensing. Vol.27(1 &2), 2006, Pp.5103-5108 Midterm Evaluation of IWDP Watersheds in Erode District, Tamil Nadu - An Appraisal. Proceedings of Three-Day National seminar on Wasteland Development held at 3 Agricultural College and Research Institute, TNAU, Killikulam, Tamil Nadu duhng 27-29*^ December, 2004. Pre Monsoon Dry Seeding through Rainfall Prediction in Rain Fed Vertisol Tracts in Proc. of National Seminar on Technology Option for Dry Land Agriculture, conducted at 4 Agricultural College & Research Institute, TNAU, Madurai during 20-22, November, 2001. P.104 Organic Wastes and Recycling - An Overview. Proc. of National conference on Environment Awareness & Pollution Impacts, Centre for Energy & Environmental 5 Science and Technology, National Institute of Technology, Thiruchirapalli, during 27 November 2004, P.172-178.

~~240 Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized / Participated - 0 2 /2 7~~

~~Countries visited: Rwando, East Africa~~

Awards & Recognitions • SPIC Research fellowship, 1982-84 • Distinction in PG programme with 4.00 out of 4.00 CGPA. • Best Poster presentation award, National Seminar on Wasteland Development, TNAU, December, 2004

Membership in Professional Bodies • Life Member, Indian society of Weed science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University • Life Member, International Extension Forum (lEF) Dept of Agricultural Extension, TNAU Member, Madras Agricultural Students Union TNAU Life member, Indian Society of Agronomy, ICAR

241 I Dr. S. Ganesh < Designation Professor 06 Qualification M.Sc. (Horti.), Ph.D 0) V. 22 Years 3 Experience Specialization Horticulture, Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, 3 O Organic Horticulture, Tropical & Arid zone ‘H Fruits G) e-mail [email protected] < Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 01 102 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 02 / Rs. 92.54 Lakhs

Funding SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Total Amount Agencv Validation and Standardization of 1. Indigenous Dryland Practices (Co- UGC 2007-10 4.54 Investigator) Establishment of Centre for Jatropha and 2. UGC 2006-09 88.00 Bio-fuels Promotion (CJBP) (Co-Director) Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 07/18/22 Selected Publications Studies on the Effect of Biological Inoculants and Graded Levels of Chennai Chemical 1 Fertilizers on Tomato, Pavai Publication, Chennai, Aug, 2008 ISBN:81-7735-695-X Performance Evaluation of Coconut Hybrids and Parents Pavai Publication, Chennai, 2 Nov, 2008 ISBN:81-7735-738-7 Estimation of Heterosis of Economical Important Characters of Coconut Hybrids, 3 Journal of Planation Crops, 2008, 36(3): 151-154 (Impact Factor:3.0) Assessment of Phytotoxicity and Compatibility of Flubendiamide+Thiacloprid 480 SC 4 (RM) with other Agrochemicals, Pestology, Vol.XXXIII, No.5, May, 2009. (Impact Factor:2.0) Growth, Yield and Quality of Ecotypes oi Aloe vera L., Madras Agric.J., 96(1-6):88-94, 5 June, 2009 (Impact Factor: 1.0)

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 03/25~~

Awards & Recognitions ❖ Research papers on “Characterization and Screening of different eco-types of >A/oe vera for growth, yield and quality” was selected as the Best research paper with an award of US$ 5000 by the International Aloe Science council, Texas, USA Membership in Professional Bodies Life Member, South Indian Horticulture Association Life Member, Indian Horticulture Life Member, Root Crops, CTCRI, Trivandrum Life Member, Advances in Plant Sciences Member, IJTK, NISCAIR, New Delhi Life Member, International Extension Forum, TNAU, Coimbatore

~~242 X Dr. M. Seethalakshmi < Designation Professor o 6 Qualification M.Sc (Dairying) Ph.D o Experience 25 Years 3 Specialization Dairy Science 3 O e-mail [email protected] 'n . u > <~~

~~Research Guidance M.Phii/Ph.D. 04 / 01~~

~~Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects i Total funds received - 03 / Rs. A1.94 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Empowerment of Women through 1 UGC 2 years 0.10 Dairying Clean Milk Production and Low Cost 2 MOFPI 1 year 4.84 Technology in Milk Product Preparation 3 Career Oriented Programme UGC 5 years 7.00

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers in Refereed Journals 01 / 06 / 09~~

Selected Publications Stylo Promising Forage Legume for Cultivation The Kissan World, Vol.19, No.4, Aphl., 1 p.39 Women in Dairying Need for Institutional Intervention Journal of Extension and 2 Research, Vol. 1 (2), July-Dee, Pp.125-137. Decision Making Behaviour of Women in Dairy Sector - A Micro Study, Journal of 3 Extension and Research. Vol; III (1&2) January, Pp.63-69. Social Sector in the Context of Economic Reforms - Ground Realities Conference 4 Issue: Peninsular Economist Vol; XIII (2), Pp.52-57 Consumption of Milk at Source Journal of Extension and research. Vol; IV (1&2), 5 January, Pp.89-93

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized / Participated - 09/53~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Indian Academy of Social Sciences ❖ Indian Dairy Association ❖ Association of Food Scientist Technologists, India~~

~~243 X Dr. G.S. Kannan~~

~~< Designation Professor o 6 Qualification B.Sc., B.Sc.(Agri), M.Sc. (Agri.), Ph.D. £ 3 Experience 19 Years~~

~~3 Specialization Plant Pathology O e-mail [email protected] D) < Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects/Total funds received - 02 / Rs. 92.54 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Establishment of Centre for Jatropha and 1. UGC 2006-09 88.00 Bio-fuels Promotion (CJBP) (Director) MRP on Validation and Standardization of 2 . Indigenous Dryland Practices UGC 2007-10 4.54 (Co-Investigator)______

~~Publications Books / Papers in Refereed Journals 01/20~~

Selected Publications Interactions of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae and Collar Rot Disease of Groundnut, Pavai 1 Publications, Chennai, August 2008, ISBN:817735697-6 Survey of Ochratoxin A in Indian Green Coffee Destined for Export, Journal of Food 2 Additives and Contaminants Part B, Vol.l, July 2008, 51-57, UK. (Impact Factor: 3.5) Influence of Water Activity on Growth and Ochratoxin: A Production by Isolates of 3 Aspergillus ochracceus, Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology, 2008, Vol.38 (3), Pp. 551-555 (Impact Factor: 3.0) Study on Toxigenic Potential of Aspergillus Species from Coffee, Journal of 4 Mycopathological Research, 2008, Vol. 46 (2) 227-232 (Impact factor: 4.0) Effect of Roasting and Brewing on Ochratoxin A in Coffee., Journal of Food Science 5 Technology, 2009, Vol.46(5), 131-135, CFTRI, Mysore, India (Impact Factor: 7.2)

~~Seminars I Conferences / Workshops Organized / attended - 02/36~~

~~Awards & Recognitions ❖ CAR Research Fellowship for Higher Studies, ICAR New Delhi~~

~~Membership in Professional Bodies »:• Member, Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology~~

~~244 X Dr. M. Sundaramari < Designation Professor oa Qualification M.Sc.,(Ag.), Ph.D.~~

£ Experience 19 Years 3 Specialization Agricultural Extension, Indigenous 3 O Knowledge and A.V.AIds. 'k l e-mail [email protected] D) < Research Guidance Ph.D. 01 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 03 / Rs 99.95 lakhs.

Total SI.No. Title of the Project Funding Agency Duration Amount in Lakhs Standardization of Indigenous Dry land 1. UGC-MRP 2006-09 4.54 practices Establishment of Centre for Jatropha 2. UGC 2006 88.00 and Bio-fuels promotion (Co-Director) Orientation and Training programme on ETC Foundatlon- indigenous farming to students, 3. COMPAS, The 2005-06 7.41 farmers, NGOs and Extension workers Netherlands (Co-Coordinator)

~~Publications Books / Papers in Edited Vol. / Papers In Refereed Journals 04/17/24~~

Selected Publications Indigenous Agricultural Practices for Sustainable Farming, ISBN:81-7754-176-5, 1 Agrobios (India), Jodhpur, Sep. 2003 Methodology to measure the Perceived Effectiveness of lAPs, Journal of Extension 2 Education, TNAU, 15(4), Oct.-Dec., 2004 (Impact Factor: 3.0) Indigenization of Indian Farming: Problems and prospects ISBN:81-7735-695-X, Paval 3 Publication, Chennai, Aug., 2008 Traditional Herbs and Herbal Formulation for Wound Healing in Livestock , ISBN:81- 4 7735-737-9, Pavai Publication, Chennai, Nov., 2009 A Scale to Measure the Attitude of Farmers towards Indigenous Knowledge, Journal 5 of Extension Education, TNAU, 21(1), Jan.-Mar., 2009 (Impact Factor: 3.0) Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Organized / attended - 05/26 Awards and Recognitions Received Five Gold Medals during UG and PG studies Membership in Professional Bodies *> Life Member, Society of Extension Education, TNAU, Coimbatore ❖ Fellow, Indian Academy of Social Sciences ❖ Member, SEVA, Madurai ❖ Member, IJTK, NISCAIR

~~245 Dr.A.Ramanathan X ■ Designation Associate Professor < Qualification M.V.Sc., Ph.D. 0 6 Experience 13 Years £ 3 Specialization Veterinary Science~~

~~3 e-mail [email protected] 0 ' z O) < Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects / Total funds received - 01 / Rs.4.96 lakhs~~

Funding Total SI.No. Title of the Project Duration Agency Amount in Lakhs Clean Milk Products and Low Cost Ministry of Food 1 Technologies in Milk Products Processing 6 months 4.96 Preparation Industries, Gol

~~Publications Books / Papers in Refereed Journals 07/10~~

Selected Publications Clinical Evaluation of Tridax Procumbens Leaf Paste in the Treatment of Septic 1 Wound in Cattle. The Indian Journal of Field Veterinarians, 3(4): 43-45, 2008 Pelviclimb Fracture in Dogs: A Survey of 307 cases. The Indian Journal of Field 2 Veterinarians, 3(4): 71-72, 2008 Arthroscopic Management of Septic Polyarthritis in a Calf. Indian Journal of Animal 3 Health, 2008 4 Aadu Athai Naadu (Tamil) Pasumai Vikatan, July 2007. Uriya Kalathil Madugal Sinaippidikka Inapperukka Melanmai (Tamil), Uzhavar Osai, 5 September 2005.

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Organized / Participated - 03/17~~

Awards & Recognitions • Appreciation Certificate from Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery in 2006. • Appreciation fronn Director of Research, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Dr. M.N. Menon Gold Medal for Best Doctoral Thesis, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai

~~Membership in Professional Bodies • Member, Tamil Nadu Veterinary Council. Member, Indian Society for Veterinary Surgery~~

~~246 Faculty of Rural Health and Sanitatio~~

~~247 Faculty of Rural Health and Sanitation~~

~~Profile~~

The Pilot Health Project started by Government of India to study the rural health condition recommended the establishment of training centres for training peripheral level health personnel. Based on this recommendation, the Faculty of Rural Health and Sanitation was established in 1961 in Gandhigram Rural Institute as one of the three centres established in the country during that time. The main emphasis in the curriculum is field training and the thrust area of activity is rural health and sanitation.

~~248 c o Mrs.A.Jansirani (0 Designation Associate Professor E Qualification M.Sc; (Microbiology) (0 Experience 25 Years od Specialization Microbiology~~

~~e-mail [email protected] CO 0) X Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 05~~

~~c o Dr.V.Anuradha HM Designation Associate professor and Dean~~

c Qualification M.Sc. M.Phil. Ph.D. (Q CO Experience 30 Years o6 Specialization Entomology £ e-mail [email protected] (Q 0) X Research Guidance M.Phil/Ph.D. 03/01 Sponsored and Action Research Projects No. of Projects - 01 Publications Papers in Refereed Journals - 08 Selected Publications Control of Pulse Beetle - Callosobruchus Malulatus on Stored Pulses using Certain 1 Plant Materials. J.Eco.Res.Biocon.Vol.14 (1) 2003-(31-34) “Insecticidal Effect of Certain Plant Extracts on Callosobruchus Maculates a Pest on 2 Stored Pulses. J. Eco.biol, 2001 “Effect of Certain Plant Extracts against on Callosobruchus maculates a Pest on 3 Stored Pulses” J.Ecobiol.13 (15) Pp.145-148, 2001 (First authored) Effect of Certain Plants Extracts against Instar Larvae of Filarial Vector Culex 4 qulnquefasciatus J. Ecobiol, 12(12)93-98, 2000 (First authored) Indegenous Plant Extracts as Larvicidal agents against Culex quinquefasciatus Say. 5 Bioresource Tech.59:137-140.Elsevier Science Ltd. Great Britain, 1996

~~Seminars I Conferences I Workshops Participated - 18 Membership in Professional Bodies ❖ Member, Palani Bird Watchers Club~~

~~249 c _o Dr. G. Dhanasekaran~~

~~(0 Designation Associate Professor~~

‘E Qualification M.A, M.A, M.Ed, M.Phil, Ph.D, DHE, DC (0 <0 Experience 29 Years od Specialization Health Education, Training, Educational Technology, Infornnation, Education and Communication (0 e-mail [email protected] Q) X

~~Research Guidance M.Phil 01~~

~~Publications Papers in Refereed Journals 07~~

Selected Publications Vulnerability of Youth to AIDS-A Priority for a Healthy Nation, Health Promotion and 1 Education in South East Asia, 2007 Health Seeking Behavior among Urban Women with regard to RCH Programme, 2 Journal of Extension and Research, GRI, 2006 Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, and Maintenance regarding Sanitary Latrines, Journal 3 of Extension and Research, GRI, 2005 Teacher Intervention in Developing School Health Programme, Health Promotion and 4 Education in South East Asia, 2004 A study of Awareness and Practices regarding Drinking Water Supply among Women 5 in Selected Areas. GIRH & FWT Bulletin, June, 2004

~~Seminars / Conferences I Workshops Organized - 10~~

~~Countries visited - Australia, Singapore, and Malaysia~~

Membership in Professional Bodies • Life Member, Society for Educational Technology Research and Development (SETRAD) • Life member, Indian Society of Health Administration (ISHA) • Life Member, International Union for Health Promotion and Education, South East Asia Regional Bureau • Life member, Indian Academy of Social Sciences • Life member, Indian Association for Social Sciences and Health

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i t ’. Declaration of Deemed University Status Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs.Indira Gandhi in animated By Prime Minister ShrimathI Indira Gandhi conversation with Dr.Soundram during their visit to ( i r August 1976) Gandhigram in 1957