Fr. Principal's Message
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Fr. Principal’s Message I am very happy to meet you through this page. Loyola College has stood above the rest in its approach to education and in its pedagogies. The ways we teach and the ways our students learn are unique and creative. Consistently, we never hesitated to look into our deficiencies and transform us to an efficient agent of social change. Many critics would confirm that the College has substantially contributed to the process of National Development by providing quality education and thereby enabling the students to become globally competent. We have plans and dreams in the years to come. We propose to introduce Aademic Audit for every department by external experts. This aims at regular scrutiny of the quality of teaching and the content of teaching. This will certainly go a long way in enhancing quality in education in accordance with the objectives of the institution and in serving society at large with sensitivity and commitment. We envisage, in the coming years, an interdisciplinary research in science and social sciences. The college as an autonomous institution for 30 years has achieved many feats and climbed new heights. Award of the College with Potential for Excellence in 2004 and NAAC’s accreditation at A+ level in 2006 and were some of them. Sooner or later we hope to be honoured by the UGC as a Degree Awarding College. Education is not an act of acquiring knowledge but learning a skill to lead life and forming one’s personality. This is an ennobling process of growth. I can boldly say that we have excelled in every initiative that we undertook and we have stood together in facing the challenges in realizing quality education. In all this, we have made every effort to be sensitive and compassionate to the marginalized and the people in need. This has been the unique character of Jesuit Education. I feel happy when the bright and talented students perform remarkably well. However what makes me happier is when a weak student from a rural background progresses steadily from poor performance to better performance, moving towards excellence. Fr. A. Albert Muthumalai. S.J. Principal 1 2 LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) An Overview FOUNDER Fr. FRANCIS BERTRAM S.J. YEAR 1925 AIM To create Men & Women for Others STUDENTS UG 5516 PULC 3089 PG 1285 LIVE 408 M.Phil. 105 Ph.D. 133 Total No. : 10536 STAFF Teaching 358 Non Teaching 138 Total No. : 496 COURSES U.G. 25 P.G. 20 M.Phil. 11 Ph.D. 14 Total No. : 70 INSTITUTES OF EXCELLENCE 08 CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE 09 OVERSEAS PROGRAMMES 04 No. of ONGOING PROJECTS 36 MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING 26 CENTRE FOR POTENTIAL FOR EXCELLENCE BY UGC - 2004 REACCREDITED AT A+ LEVEL BY NAAC - 2006 LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE 3 Ovations College Day Jubilee Mass Jubilee Celebrations College Chapel IDCR Building 4 CONTENTS Page No. 1. ABOUT LOYOLA 6 2. JESUIT PHILOSOPHY 10 3. ADMINISTRATION 11 4. COURSES OFFERED 14 5. ACADEMIC SYSTEM 18 6. CHOICE BASED COURSES 29 7. DEPARTMENTS 40 8. RESEARCH DEGREES 133 9. ENDOWMENT LECTURES 139 10. GENERAL SCHOLARSHIPS 141 11. INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES 147 12. SPORTS & GAMES 157 13. FACILITIES AND SERVICES 160 14. CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES 170 15. INSTITUTES OF EXCELLENCE 173 16. CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE 181 5 1 ABOUT LOYOLA Statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola (Founder, Society of Jesus) 6 BACKGROUND in Statistics, Physics and Zoology were introduced. Special courses in Journalism, Tourism, Art The College started functioning in July 1925 with Appreciation, Photography, etc. were conducted as just 75 students on the rolls in the undergraduate additional courses in the autonomous system. Another courses of Mathematics, History and Economics. Sir important event was the opening of the Entomology A.P. Patrot, then Minister of Education, solemnly Research Institute under the auspices of the Central inaugurated the institution on 12th October 1925. By Government in 1985. 1926, the college building emerged to its stately dimensions in the architectural hands of Mestriar S.A. The Diamond Jubilee of the College was Gnanaprakasam Pillai. Within three years after the celebrated in October 1986. Mr. M.O.H. Farook, the starting of the College, affiliation was obtained for the then Chief Minister of Pondicherry and an Alumnus prestigious three years Honours courses following the presided over the celebration and inaugurated it. Yet intermediate. The first batch of Loyola graduates were another sequel of this great event was the new presented to the University Convocation in August department B.Sc. in Visual Communication, the only 1927, an event which the Principal named “Its one of its kind in the country which started functioning Academic Baptism”. The College by this time had in 1989. From 1993, a new trend in education emerged ample facilities for Sports and other activities. By 1929, in the form of self-financed courses. Also, Loyola there were 11 hostel blocks for accommodation. On Institute of Vocational Education, Loyola Institute of March, 6, 1931, the College Chapel was consecrated. Frontier Energy, Ignatian Institute of Career The period between 1937 and 1942 saw a remarkable Development etc. were started during this period. In expansion for the College under the caring hands of 1998, B.A. French and M.A. Philosophy were started. Fr. Murphy, S.J., Rector and Principal. The year 1942 The trend continues even today with BBA. M.Sc. saw on its rolls 1387 students. Fr. Jerome D’Souza, Biotechnology and MCA being just started in 1999. In S.J., who took over in 1942 enabled further expansion 2000 we started M.Sc. Computer Science, B.C.A. and by introducing various courses during his tenure viz., B.A. Corporate Secretaryship and M.Sc. International Hindi, French, Botany, Chemistry, Zoology in the B.Sc. Business in collaboration with South Bank University, and B.Com. (Honours). London. Seventy-five years since its inception, today as we enter the new millennium we are proud of the The Silver Jubilee Celebrations commenced on glorious past of this great college. The record placed October 27, 1950 with the inauguration of the three is just a bird’s eye view of the multifarious activities day long function by the then Chief Minister of Madras, and achievements of a great educational institution. Hon’ble Sri. P.S. Kumaraswami Raja. In the year 1956, “The life of man”, says the Psalmist, “is three-score the Ignatian Centenary Year commemorating the 400th and ten”. Loyola has crossed the Biblical barriers and death anniversary of Saint Ignatius, a full-fledged M.A. is marching forward towards the centenary celebrations in Social Work and several other post graduate courses with much glory, keeping ever fresh the Ignatian spirit in M.A. and M.Sc. were also started. of ‘Magis’, the greater. The Golden Jubilee celebrations though Loyola, on the eve of the Platinum Jubilee, has originally planned for 1975, due to some unavoidable envisaged a blue print of plans and programmes which reasons was celebrated in 1976. The then Prime includes restructuring the curriculum, improving and Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi inaugurated the enriching the infrastructural facilities and to making celebrations. Along with her words of wisdom and Loyola a Deemed University. Care has been taken to encouragement she added comments about her see that it projects the meaningful direction to the friendship with eminent Jesuits like Fr. Jerome D’Souza future, which are definable, practical and realizable. and Fr. Theo Mathias. The major event during the Loyola’s commitment to harness value-based decade after the Golden Jubilee, was the granting of education for promoting a happy, harmonious and autonomy to the college in 1978. Loyola Institute of healthy society is much appreciated by the stake Business Administration also started functioning from holders. 1979. During this period, new post graduate courses 7 Loyola College is affiliated to the University of NAAC. Further, feed back from the students on the Madras. The University of Madras, organised on the performance of the faculty provides a healthy academic model of London University was incorporated on 5th environment. September 1857 by an act of the legislative council of In pursuance of its statement or purpose, Loyola India. College recognises as essential, its adherence to the quality assurance and quality control procedures. The National Assessment and Accreditation Quality assurance is achieved through external Council popularly known as the NAAC, awarded Loyola appraisal of all courses using new course validation A Plus rating after making a thorough review of the events and subsequently through a process of college and its various activities. The methodology college based periodic reviews. To this end, the college that they adopt to judge the colleges is unique and has constituted an Internal Quality Assurance Cell effective. The colleges are judged based on various (IQAC) which is assisted by an Extended Internal parameters, such as related institutions in college, Quality Assurance Cell and Quality Circle. While the facilities that are made available to the students latter is a course-based activity, achieved through an studying in the college in terms of lab, library, annual cycle of internal critical appraisal of the classrooms, food, accommodation, etc. operation, the success of courses is in meeting their The short-term goals and the long-term goals that aims and objectives. The A Plus rating awarded by every institution has set for itself, have been reviewed the NAAC exemplifies as an approval for the nature in and checked for their successful completion and which the College keeps its high standards in higher measures that are being taken for the attainment of education. the goals set for the future are analysed. In every The College has been conferred with the status parameter of judgement, Loyola had an edge over all of ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ by University the other institutions.