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Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it. - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

PSGR Krishnammal College for Women

• UGC- Certified College of Excellence • Autonomous • Affiliated to • ISO 9001:2015 Certified • Reaccredited with 'A' Grade by NAAC • Ranked 16th in NIRF 2018 by MHRD Message

PSGR Krishnammal College for Women is a premier, autonomous, educational institute, affiliated to Bharathiar University, .

The college is offering undergraduate courses in English, History, Economics, Commerce, Hindi, Business administration, Botany, Chemistry, Zoology, Physics, Mathematics and postgraduate courses in Computer science, Chemistry, Zoology, Mathematics, Botany & Physics. The college boasts of state of art infrastructure, well equipped library and laboratories, academic and administrative services fully backed by highly qualified, experienced and committed faculty members. The college provides conducive academic environment for achieving excellence and is immensely contributing in empowerment of girl students by providing quality and value based, holistic education for all round growth and overall personality development .

The college is able to attract extra-mural funding such as FIST from DST and was accorded 'Star status' for 5 science departments viz., physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, mathematics and support under strengthening component of Star College scheme for computer science, information technology and computer applications from DBT. As expected, college has also been awarded ' College of excellence' by UGC, reaccredited with 'A 'grade by NAAC with CGPA of 3.57 and 16th rank by National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF).

I had the privilege of visiting the college a few times and have found the management very proactive and faculty are putting all out efforts to raise the bar of excellence, each time. I am pleased to know that college is bringing out a newsletter highlighting activities of departments supported under DBT star college programme. I compliment the faculty for taking this initiative and sincerely believe that this will showcase activities of star departments and will encourage other colleges in the region to apply for support in the scheme. I sincerely hope that the college will continue to strive for excellence in higher education and research.

(Dr. Suman Govil) Sr. Adviser/ Scientist H, DBT(Retired)

Science is a vast interface to explore and in this context I am grateful to the DBT star scheme for providing the financial support for the promotion of science among young minds at the undergraduate level to enhance the scientific research opportunities. The science departments of our college had the opportunity to successfully organize guest lectures, internships and training programs to build the knowledge and skills of the student community and also to facilitate networking of teachers to share their ideas, experience and expertise in pedagogy and research. Congratulations to the faculty members and the students of the science departments for bringing this newsletter. Dr. N. Yesodha Devi Secretary

Creation and maintenance of a highly productive study culture is our aim and in view of this, The science departments organize academic programs round the year under DBT star college scheme. I wish to thank the DBT for the financial support to build a free and open forum for basic sciences and research culture among the student so as to develop a healthy relationship with the world of science. I also appreciate the effectiveness of the scheme for improving the interdepartmental and intercollegiate relationship in the conduct of activities. Dr. S. Nirmala Principal DBT's star college scheme transforms undergraduate science education

“Star College Scheme” has been initiated in the year 2008 by DBT to support colleges and university departments offering undergraduate education to improve science teaching. The programme aims to improve the skills of teachers by organising faculty training, improved curriculum and emphasis on practical training to students by providing access to specialised infrastructure and consumables. Star college scheme has been divided in two categories viz. strengthening of support for undergraduate education and Star college status. The support has strengthened physical infrastructure in laboratories, library, teaching aids, and promoted networking with neighboring institutes. Hands-on training and projects of day to day relevance have enhanced interest in students to pursue science courses at Undergraduate level.

INFRA To furnish and upgrade STRUCTURE existing facilities in our laboratories

To organize and attend specialized training programmes for faculty FACULTY improvement for optimizing technical capabilities

For Hands on exposure to experimental work and STUDENTS OBJECTIVES participation in summer internship

To design standard curricula and E-CONTENTS Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for practicals

NET To provide access and WORKING exposure to students to research institutions/organizations

Significant Achievements

• Improvement of curriculum with emphasis on practical training to students by providing access to specialised infrastructure and consumables • Scaling up ofthe skills of teachers by organising faculty training Programmes • Opportunities to learn from stalwarts and visits to nearby institutes and universities are provided under the scheme • The programme lays emphasis on inter-departmental and inter-disciplinary interactions • Faculty improvement workshops in collaboration with British Council are being oarganised to train the trainers • Higher enrolment in undergraduate science courses, increase in cut off percentage at time of admission, decline in dropout rates, better pass percentage and higher enrollment in post graduate courses in science • Students pursuing their Ph.D. program at ARCI , IIT , BITS - PILANI, Taiwan University, North Carolina University • PG programme at , NIT Trichy, BITS PILANI, IIT, IISc, Amirta • Student cleared NET, CSIR NET, SET Examinations • SOPs, e-Contents prepared under DBT Star College Scheme • Group projects – Patent, Publication and Extended to funded projects • Cluster formation of Star Colleges and share of knowledge in the form of lectures, seminars, workshops • Outcome based education (OBE) PHYSICS

Internship

National Institute of Wind Energy, Chennai Annamalai University, Radio Astronomy Centre, Ooty Bharathiar University, Coimbatore Ventura Motors, Coimbatore Coimbatore International Airport, Coimbatore VEE EEE Technologies, Coimbatore Scientific and Industrial Testing and Research Centre, Coimbatore Industrial Visit

Group Projects Institutional visit to BITS PILANI, GOA 3rd - 6th Oct 2018 IISER TRIVANDRUM on 19th Feb 2019 Outcome : Understood the concepts of the Non-linear world. Motivated to do research towards the versatile physics applications

G.Sujitha & S.R.Varshaa presented two papers in the International workshop on Materials Technology and Applications at Vellore Community Service Institute of Technology, Vellore, 11th-12th Oct 2018. C.Priyadharsini & S.R.Varshaa presented two papers in the Environment - Singanallur lake National Symposium on Graduate Reserach -19(NSGR-19) at Dr Education and Health - MVR Primary School, N.G.P Arts and Science College, Coimbatore , organized under the Leader ship - PSGR Krishnammal High School, Peelamedu DBT STAR College Scheme , 26th - 27th Feb 2019. Women's Rights - Ellaithottam Road, Peelamedu Sharnitha Raju, Madhumitha K & Shanmuga Priya C were awarded the Best Crystal Display Award in the National conference on Crystal Growth and Applications at Bharathiar University, Jan 28th - 30th, 2019, 28th - 30th Jan 2019.

Guest Lectures

Dr.D.Mangalaraj, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore- Why students have Fear of Physics on 25th June 2018 S.Natarajan, Hon. Lecturer, Nehru planetarium, Mumbai – Our Universe on 13th Aug 2018 Dr.K.Gurumurugan, Broadridge Financial Solutions, New Jersey, USA – Motivational Lecture on 24th Aug 2018 Intercollegiate Competition - SCISTROM on 27.10.18 Faculty Corner Faculty Development Program Organized

Presentation Workshop on Optics - 16th Oct 2018 1.Mrs. M.Lavanya - International symposium on Optics OSI-ISO Faculty development Program on Mathematical Physics - 20th to 2018 - 19th to 22nd Sep 2018 @ IIT Kanpur. 21st Nov 2018. Dr N.Priyadharsini & Dr.S.Shanmuga Sundari - Materials & Faculty development Program on Electromagnetic theory - 28th to Technologies for Energy Conversion and Storage (M-TECS 2018) @ 29 th Jan 2019 BARC, Mumbai - 26th to 29th Sep 2018 Dr J.Balavijayalakshmi - Second International Conference on NanoScience and Engineering Applications - Centre for NanoScience and Technology, Institute of Science and Technology @ Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad - 4th to 6th Oct 2018. Mrs. M.Lavanya & Mrs S.Subanya - Photonics 2018 @ IIT Delhi - 12th to15th Dec 2018. Dr.S.Shanmuga Sundari - International Workshop on Crystalline Materials and Applications @ Anna University, Chennai - 3rd to 5th Jan 2019 Hands on Training Program Dr.S.Shanmuga Sundari - National Conference on Crystal Growth and Applications @ Bharathiar University - 28th to 30th Jan 2019 Training program on Microcontrollers - Vi Micro Systems, Coimbatore - 26th June 2018 Skill development training on Mobile Phone Servicing - New Technology, Coimbatore - 17th to 18th Aug 2018 Projects External funded projects: Dr.S.Shanmugasundari - Growth and Optical Waveguide Formation in New GPI Based Single Crystals – DST-WOSA – Rs 27,70,000/- (2018-2020) Dr G.Praveena - Ion transport properties of cyclic peptide Nanotube- A theoretical approach – UGC – Rs 3,00,000 /- (2018-2020) Training Program In-house Projects: Mrs. S.Subanya - “Experimental and Theoretical Plasmonics”, IIT Dr J.Balavijayalakshmi - Adsorptivity and recylability of polymer Delhi - 10th to 14th September, 2018. functionalized carbon- metal nanocomposites for dye Mrs. S.Subanya, - “Mathematical Physics”, IIT Delhi - 15th Sep degradation - Rs 5,00,000 /- (2017-2019) 2018. Dr.S.Shanmuga Sundari - Growth and Characterization of DAST M.Lavanya - Two tutorial courses on current and future trends in and its derivative crystals for Tera hertz communication – Rs 5,00,000 /- (2017-2019) Plasmonics: Basics and Applications & Classical and Quantum aspects of the angular momentum of light @ IIT Kanpur on 19th Dr. N. Priyadharsini - Modelling and fabrication of High Gain Sep 2018. Microstrip Patch Antenna using Polymer impregnated Perovskite Manganite Materials – Rs 4,00,000 /-(2018-2020) Dr.C.Sharmila - Chitosan encapsulated silver nanoparticles In- As Resource Persons vitro evaluation of cytotoxicity on vero and mcf-7 cell line – Rs 1,50,000 /- (2018-2020) Dr J.Balavijayalakshmi & Dr S.Shanmuga Mrs S.Subanya - Numerical investigation on the performance of Sundari - International Conference on spr based fiber optic sensors using graphene and metal layers – N a n o m a t e r i a l s : S y n t h e s i s , Rs 1,50,000 /- (2018-2020) Characterization and Applications - IIUCNN, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, , 11th - 13th May 2018. Nobel Prize 2018 Physics Mrs M.Lavanya & Mrs S.Subanya invited Arthur Ashkin (USA), Gerard Mourou (France) and Donna as adjunct faculty for PG students at Strickland (Canada) for groundbreaking inventions in the field of Chikkanna Govt Arts College, Tiruppur laser physics, optical tweezers and their application to biological systems, for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses. CHEMISTRY

Guest Lectures

Prof. K. G. Moodley, Emeritus Professor, Durban University of Technology, South Africa - ‘Ionic Liquids & their Applications’ - 27.11.18. Dr. Narayanasamy Vijayan, Senior Scientist, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi - ‘Technologically important Single Crystals and Its Applications’ - 20.12.18. Mr. P.V. Ramakrishna, Managing Director, WAFE Auxiliary Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Coimbatore - ‘Opportunities and Growth in Chemical Industries’ - 09.01.19. Dr. P. Lalitha, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Avinashilingam University- ‘Cheminformatics’ - 26.12.18. Dr. Sengottaiyan Murugan, Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, IIT, Bombay - ‘Video Conferencing Aromaticity’ - 13.02.19.

Workshop / Training Organized Faculty Training Programme Inter-collegiate Hands-on Training on “Microscale Experiments” Ms.P.Vani - International Conference on “Recent Advances in Food was held on 13.07.18. Dr.S.Murugan, Retired Professor, Processing Technology” (iCRAFPT'18) at Indian Institute of Food Department of Chemistry, S.T.Hindu College, Nagercoil Processing Technology, Tanjore from 17.08.18 to 19.08.18 demonstrated the methodology of doing organic and inorganic Mrs.G.Sathya Priyadarshini, Dr.S. Charulatha -Training Programme qualitative analysis at a microscale level by the minimal usage of on “HPLC-MASS Technology”, Karunya Institute of Technology and chemicals. Beneficiaries:100 students from 6 colleges. Sciences from 15.08.18 to 18.08.18. Inter-departmental workshop cum Hands-on training on Textile Dr.V.Hemapriya, Dr. S. Jone Kirubavathy, Dr. K. Kalaiselvi Dr. R. Printing in collaboration with Archanah Academy, Trivandrum was Revathi, Dr. G. Subashini and Dr. P. Amutha - Training programme held during 18.09.18 & 19.09.18. Beneficiaries: 50 students from on “Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope” at Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Zoology and Maths Department. Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education Two-Day Workshop on ‘Cheminformatics and its Applications in for Women Research and Drug Industry’ in collaboration with Makeintern, E- Dr.N.Muthulakshmi Andal - GIAN Course on “Environment and its Cell, IIT – Kharagpur was held from 29.01.19 to 30.01.19 Sustainability” at National Institute of Technology, Warangal from One day workshop on “Advance Catering” was organized for 38 19.11.18 to 24.11.18 faculty members in collaboration with Parikshan Labs certified by Dr.D.Nalini, Dr.E.Kayalvizhy, Dr.P. Kanchana, Dr.G. Selvi, Dr.V. FSSAI - 09.11.18. Hemapriya, Dr.K. Kalaiselvi - Workshop on “Cheminformatics and its Applications in Research and Drug Industry” in collaboration with Makeintern, E-Cell, IIT – Kharagpur from 29.01.19 to 30.01.19 Competitions Inter School Science Model Competition - Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics(STEM-2018) was held on 31.08.2018.

Community Oriented Programme Mentor Meeting Free Awareness Camp on “Diabetes - Screening and Consultation” in Dr.V.Vijaikanth, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Karunya Institute of collaboration with Diet & Diabetics Hospitals, Coimbatore at Technology and Sciences ( University) addressed the students on Vellanaipatti Village, Coimbatore on 18.12.18. Beneficiaries: 150 “Higher Studies and Career Opportunities in Chemistry” - 19.07.18 Vellanaipatti Villagers. Beneficiaries : 60 III B.Sc Chemistry. Internship Interface Meeting

IISc, Bangalore Dr.R.Prakash, Scientist & Team Leader, International Advanced Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, Neyveli Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), The South Textile Research Association (SITRA), Coimbatore Chennai - 21.01.19 Newsprint and Papers Limited, List of Group Projects - 15 Kothari Petrochemicals, Chennai Adsorption of heavy metals by graphene oxide/cellulose hydrogel Industrial Visits prepared from NaOH/Urea aqueous solution. Ni – ZnO Nanocomposite: Synthesis, Characterisation and its Kopalle Pharma Chemicals Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad from 21.08.18 to applications. 26.08.18. Senthil Papain and Food Products Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore on Synthesis, Characterisation and Screening of activated Carbon/ 13.08.18. Carbon doped Calcium alginate beads derived from Gallus gallus Encee Aromatics Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore on 14.08.18. domesticus beaks in the removal of toxic cation/anions of Battery , on 12.09.19. Leachates. Unifront Textiles Processors Pvt Ltd, Perundurai, Erode on One pot microwave synthesis of Tri-substituted imidazole. 12.09.19. Magnetite Fe3O4 Nano-oxide derived from leaf extract of Sakthi Sugars Ltd, Erode & Pollachi on 16.02.19 Cocciniagrandis : Synthesis, Characterisation and Anti-Cancer Evaluation. Impact of impregnated red soil with silver nanoparticles via green route in the sequestration of Ni(II) from aqueous matrix

In House Projects Selective organic transformation using a novel heterogeneous catalyst: A green protocol (Dr. P. Amutha,) (Rs. 5.00 lakhs) Porous metal organic framework composites for environment monitoring and clinical applications (Dr. S. Jone Kirubavathy) (Rs. 2.00 lakhs) Quinoline based cyclometallated iridium (III) and Nobel Prize 2018 Chemistry rhodium(III) complexes as potent anticancer agents (a) one half to Frances H. Arnold (USA) - for the directed (Dr.G.Selvi, Mrs.G.Sathya Priyadarshini) (Rs. 1.75 lakhs) evolution of enzymes. Utilisation of bio-waste as eco-friendly Biodegradable (b) other half jointly to George P. Smith (USA) and Sir corrosion inhibitor for metals in acid media (Dr.V.Hemapriya Gregory P. Winter (UK) - for the phage display of peptides & Dr. S. Chitra) ( Rs. 2.00 lakhs) and antibodies. BOTANY

Guest lectures

Dr. P. Ponmurugan, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, - Biomedical applications of Lichens Dr. J. M. Sasikumar Associate Professor School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia - Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress And Antioxidants Dr. Suresh Mathews Professor & Chair, Dept of Nutrition & Dietetics, Samford University, USA - Curcumin and Resveratrol: A tale of two polyphenols in improved insulin action and glycemic control Mr. Suresh Kandaswamy Co-Founder, Envelor Inc. Parlin, New Jersey, USA - Entrepreneurship / careers in Horticulture and organic farming.

Group Project Institutional/Industrial Visit

Comparative Biochemical studies of the Panicum sumatrense Plant Collection and visit to , Roth ex Room & Scult and Echinochola frumentacea Link. Sakthi Soya Factory, Marchinaickenpalayam, Pollachi. Effect of Air pollution on anatomy and physiological characters of selected plants. Impact of water pollution on the anatomical and histochemical characteristics of Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms. Preliminary phytochemical FT-IR spectroscopy, antimicrobial activity and synthesis of silver nano-partical of two species of Terminalia, L. (Family: Combretaceae). Molecular docking studies of bioactive compounds from Abutilon hirtum (Lam.) Sweet (Malvaceae). Phytosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using the leaf extract of Artemisia pallens.

Community Service Popularization of Science in remote corners of India through low cost paper Foldscopes. 1000 seedlings of endangered plants were supplied to Siruthuli, Coimbatore.

Internship

Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore Aavin Dairy Plant, Coimbatore Grow Great Trust, Mettupalayam Madhur Fruits, Thottiyam Subramaniya Siva Co-operative Sugar Mills Ltd, Dharmapuri Training organized Name of the faculty Events Beneficiaries Utilization of Foldscope 35 UG Students and Dr. M. Kamalam Department of Botany, Goalpara College, Goalpara, Gauhati University, Assam 30 faculty members Date: 16/11/2018 & 17/11/2018 Popularization of Foldscope PSGR Krishnammal Higher secondary School, 75 students - Dr. K. S. Tamil Selvi Chandra Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chandra Public School 8th, 9th & 10th Std. Geethanjalee Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Date: 06/12/2018

FDP Attended : Dr. M.Kamalam, Dr. K. S.Tamil Selvi & Dr.H. Rehana Banu Training on assembly and use of foldscope @ New Delhi. Workshop Organized : Biological testing of crude drugs In House Projects Dr. H. Rehana Banu - An automated tool to predict the Ayurvedic leaf and its medicinal benefits using machine learning algorithms (Rs. 2,60,000/-) Dr. K. Sunitha kumari- Assessment of air quality in Coimbatore city using air pollution sensors for environmental monitoring (Rs. 3,00,000/-) Dr. Sarah Jaison- Microplastics and heavy metal pollution in the wetlands of Coimbatore (Rs. 2,00,000/-)

Nobel Prize 2018 Physiology or Medicine James P Allison (USA) and Tasaku Honjo (Japan) For their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation

On-going Projects

Faculty Topic Funding Agency Duration Outlay in Lakhs Exploitation of Banana fiber as an alternative for 2017-19 Dr. K.Gajalakshmi cotton and value added products development in TNSCST 18,44,000 the rural community To validate the Siddha formulation “Sathurmuga Dr. M. Kamalam chooranam” using Foldscope DBT 2018-19 8,00,000 Isolation of microorganisms from the most troublesome aquatic weed- Eichornia crassipes (water hyacinth) for Dr. K. S. Tamil Selvi 2018-19 its use as a bio control agent. DBT 8,00,000 Exploration of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the rhizosphere of five varieties of Cocos nucifera, L. in Dr. H. Rehana Banu DBT 2018-19 8,00,000 Pollachi Taluk, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Slow growth conservation - cryopreservation and analysis Dr. B. S. Chithra Devi of genetic stability of in vitro regenerated plants of UGC 2017-19 2,40,000 Coelogyne nervosa A. Rich - an endemic medicinal orchid ZOOLOGY

Guest Lectures

Dr.Shomitha Mukherjee, Principal SACON - “Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh: The land of mountains, trees, clouds and cats” Dr. Jeyashree Ashwath, Pediatrician, Ayush Health Care - “Adolescent Health” Dr. D. Prabaharan, Professor and Head, Department of Marine Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, - “Indian Arctic and Antarctica Polar Expeditions” Dr. Disha Chauhan, Research Associate, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi – “Inside out: Understanding the Brain” ( Video Conferencing) Dr. Chakravarthy Nallathambi, Laboratory Specialist & Head, Virology Lab, Fisheries Research Center, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - “Aquatic Diseases & Diagnosis” (Video Conferencing) Dr. A. Manisekar, Deputy Chief Scientist, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control board - “Recent Trends in Environment Issues and their health impact”

Field Visits

Nilgiri Biosphere National Park, Anaikatti, Coimbatore - 06.09.2018 Institutional Visit to Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Mangalore, - 04.10.2018 to 06.10.2018 Industrial Visit Tamil Nadu Sericulture Board, Coimbatore - 11.01.2019 Internship

Aavin Dairy Plant, Coimbatore , Pollachi Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary , Kerala Clinical Labs in Multispecialty Hospitals at Coimbatore and Madurai S.M.S Poultry Farm, Namakkal Sterling Biotech, Ooty Tamilnadu Veterinary and Animal Science University, Chennai Unibiosys Research Labs, Cochin

A Rhino's horn is not attached to its skull. It is actually made up of compact mass of hairs that continues to grow Internship at chennai park chennai on topic “Reptile and Amphibion Conservation on captivity” throughout the animal's lifetime. Workshops organized Paper Presentation By Faculty

Workshop on Microbiological techniques, Spectrophotometric and Colorimetric Analysis Workshop on Fold scope was organized for the school children Workshop on 'Apiary' - Intercollegiate programme Dr. P.B. Harathi presented a paper on Applications of Geospatial Technologies for Disease Mapping at ESRI User Conference 2018, Group Projects Hyderabad, 6th September, 2018.

Role of hypovitaminosis of Vitamin D in reproductive system of Dr. P.B. Harathi presented a paper on Eco-Distribution Mapping of male albino rats. Medicinal Plants using GIS at ESRI User Conference 2018, Hyderabad, 6th September, 2018. Role of hypovitaminosis of Vitamin D in reproductive system of female albino rats. Continuous air quality monitoring of Coimbatore city using low Community service cost sensors. A community/extension service programme was organized at A pilot study on the effect of the usage of electronic devices and it's Vellanaipatti, Aandakampalayam, Serayampalayam, relations towards developing . Kaikolapalayam “Fish Biofertilizer” on 18.12.2018. Digital Dementia Documentation of commercial edible fish of fish market, Coimbatore and reuse of fish scales into products.

Most of the living organisms have one heart. But a strange fact about octopuses is that every octopus has three hearts. Two hearts pump blood to its gills whereas one heart pumps blood to the rest of the body!

Student Paper Presentation (Group Project) Nivetha.B - “Microbes isolated from ladies handbags” at a National seminar on “Advances in Biological Sciences and Research” @ Workshops Attended by Faculty Nirmala College for Women - 19th & 20th September 2018. Dr. P.B. Harathi - ”Improved Production Technologies of Aromatic and Veena Vinod - “Assessing Lead Removal from Contaminated Water Medicinal Plants & Aromatic Oils” - Organized by CSIR-Central Using Fish Bones” at a National seminar on “Advances in Biological Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Centre, Sciences and Research” @ Nirmala College for Women - 19th Bengaluru at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, 30th &20th September 2018. August to 1st September, 2018 Harini - “ Continuous air quality monitoring of Coimbatore city using low cost sensors” DBT star college scheme sponsored two Interface Meeting day National symposium on graduate research – 19 @ Dr. NGP Dr.K. Murugan, Vice Chancellor, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellore on Arts and Science College – 26th & 27th February 2019 09.02.2019 Divyapriya and Sneha – “A Pilot study on the effect of the wage of electronic device and its relation towards developing digital Eco-Distribution Mapping of Medicinal Plants using GIS - DST- delmania” DBT star college scheme sponsored two day National NRDMS (Rs. 19,88,000/-) Dr. P.B. Harathi symposium on graduate research – 19 @ Dr. NGP Arts and Science In House Projects College – 26th & 27th February 2019 Dr. N. Ezhili & Dr.S. Bhuvaneshwari – Development of an Apiary Sreesha.G, Veena.A, Indhu.N, Diviya.V.T, Keerthika.A, Nivetha.B, unit at NBNP, Annaikatti, Coimbatore(Rs.5,00,000/-) Mahalakshmi.A, Subheeksha.G, Sreyasa.R - “Reuse of fish scales Mrs. P. Susheela & Dr. P.B. Harathi - Digitization of Museum into products” at Department of Zoology @ Annamalai University, Specimens (Rs. 75,000/-) Chidambaram in International Conference RIBER on 20 - 22 Feb 2019. Dr. M. Sheeba & Charumathi - Extraction of Chitin and Chitosan from fish scales (Rs. 1,50,000/-) MATHEMATICS

Guest Lecture Student Attended

Mr. K. Muthukumar, ME, Managing Director, Textek Electronics Pvt Krithika K and Salma Begum I participated in International Ltd, - Career Opportunities of Mathematics in Industries Conference on the topic “Advances in Statistical Methods and Data Science” from 21.12.2018 to 22.12.2018, , Dr.T. Asir, Assistant Professor, Department Of Mathematics, Chennai. Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai - Learning Mathematics Students of III B.Sc Mathematics attended “National conference on Mr.E.Narayanan, Proprietor, Honeybee Technologies, Coimbatore - Analysis and its Applications” conducted by PKR College of Arts Matlab and Science on 30.7.16 Dr. P. Mariappan, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Students of III B.Sc Mathematics attended “International Bishop Heber College, Trichy - Mathematics Applications in conference on Applied and Computational Mathematics” Business Decision Making conducted by Erode Arts and Science College on 10.8.18 Dr. R. Parthasarathy, Assistant professor, Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study University of Madras, Chepuk, Chennai - Algebra and its Application Internship R-Programming, Re-Tech Solution Pvt Ltd, Chennai Banking, Mutual funds and Billing Management, Adhitya Birla Sunlife, Coimbatore Matlab, Susin I-TorkPvt Ltd, Coimbatore. Application on Hydraulics, Fluidtek Services Ltd., Coimbatore. Statistical Analysis, Sri Sripathi Tex, Tirupur.

Students Paper Presentation Group Projects

S. Abirami, K.Krithika - “Applications of Mathematics in Study of Fibonacci pattern in botanical science cardiology” at Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science, Statistical analysis of Thyroid gland using R programming Coimbatore. Fast Fourier transform weed detection in Corn field S.Elakkiya, T.Karthika – “Recent Innovation in Mathematics-Data Analytics” at Dr.N.G.P. Educational Institution, Coimbatore Fitting different Mathematical models for the wheat yield – A P.Ramya, M.Renukadevi – “Math Modelling” at Sankara College of comparison study Arts and Science, Coimbatore on 28.12.2018 Time series Analysis and Forecasting M.Moonish, P.Ramya - “Applications of Mathematics” at Erode Arts A study on Statistical Analysis of Students Technical and Science College, Coimbatore. Competency and their Career Opportunities in Coimbatore Harini.M, Monisha.G.V - “National Symposium on Graduate Research - Dr.NGP Educational Institution, Coimbatore. Applications of Gauss Divergence Theorem Study of Mathematical Modeling in the yield of Groundnut in different soil Study on One Dimensional Heat Equation using Matlab Mathematics Commensurate Genetics Fourier Transform for lossless Audio Compression Students Satisfaction Survey – A Case Study using Data Analytics and Statistical Tools Received an Award from Governor FDP Organized MATHOPHILLA - 2019 Digital Designing using Photoshop and Corel draw Workshop on Matlab Analytical geometry with geogebra Hands on training Scilab, Tableau Competition for School Children Mathematika Nakshat

Community Service Seminar/Workshop Attended Dr. K. Sumathi attended Two days workshop on Revised NAAC Norms and Procedures, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore. Dr. D. Sasikala attended and presented paper in National seminar on “Recent Trends in Topology” at University of Calicut, Kerala. SCRIBE- B. Sc Mathematics students have gone as Scribe for visually impaired students through NGO, Blue bell, (Cheran Dr. G. Arthi attended International Congress of Region Christian Society for Disabled Children) No.397, Mathematicians – ICM2018, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil from Nanjundapuram, Ramanathapuram , Coimbatore (Dt.) August 1st to 9th , 2018. Tamilnadu(st), India. Dr. R. Lakshmi, attended one day International Conference Special Lecture for School Children III and I B.Sc, on Applied and Computational Mathematics, Erode Arts and Mathematics students Taught Vedic Mathematics and short Science College, Erode. cut methods for Multiplication and Division for school Children (Govt. School, Vellanaipatti) through NSS. Have shown the videos of Indian Mathematicians and their life story. Institutional Visit

Students of III B.Sc Mathematics Visited BITS Pilani, Goa from 18.09.2018 to 23.09.2018. The students attended a seminar on the topic “Einstein's messengers”. Up-gradation of science laboratories under DBT STAR Scheme Spotlight

Interdepartmental Workshops in PSGRKC- Faculty Two SOPs selected for "Life Science Protocol Manual 2018” from science departments attended in house by DBT under Star College Scheme - one among the 19- workshops in various fields contributing institutions and the only college in (Departments involved – Physics, Chemistry, Botany, selected for the publication. Zoology, Mathematics, Computer Science, Computer Applications & Information technology) Outcome Based Education Biological Data mining and Analytics Food Safety Supervisor Public Financial Management System (PFMS) with special reference to EAT Module Quality Research Enhancement Initiative on Scholarly publication, Citation, Impact factor, Plagiarism and Reference Management tools for research Indian Mathematics and its Industrial Applications Introduction to Entrepreneurship Packages for Processing Biological Data in R programming

Two Group projects selected for UBA – Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, MHRD, Government of India Fish Fertilizer Training at Thondamuthur, (Rs. 1,00,000/-) - Zoology - Dr. N. Ezhili Lake Restoration” at Madhampatti, Coimbatore District (Rs. 1,10,000/-) - Chemistry - Dr. M. Muthulakshmi Andal

Dr. P. B. Harathi and Dr. M. Vijaya have been nominated for the 4th India International Science Festival (IISF) conducted at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow. One of the events in IISF was National Science Teachers Congress on 06th and 07th October, 2018. National Science Teachers Congress was organized to bring hundreds of innovative, dedicated and passionate teachers from all walks of life, on a single platform to share their experiences and put forth the future road map for the country. The workshop included panel discussions on various aspects of teaching-learning practices as well as the effective tools for comprehensive and continuous learning of science to discuss the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) inter-linkage and policies to make education an effective tool for nation building. Cluster formation of Star Colleges

SRI RAMAKRISHNA COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE (Autonomous) Formerly SNR Sons College

Intellectual Property Rights and Innovations A workshop on “Intellectual Property Rights and Innovations” was organised in our college on 27.10.18 under DBT STAR COLLEGE scheme. Five colleges collaborated with us in organising this workshop, as partnering facilitated the sharing of knowledge about the use of intellectual property, networking and mutual benefit among the participating institutions. Dr.M.Kantha Babu, Director, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR), Anna University, Chennai, focused on different aspects of IPR, conversion of research / project works into patents and Hands –on-training on patent searches and innovations.

National Symposium on Graduate Research -19 (NSGR-19) “National Symposium on Graduate Research- 19 (NSGR-19)” was organized at Dr. NGP Arts and Science College during February 26-27, 2019. The NSGR-19 aimed to create widespread awareness and understanding among undergraduate students to nurture the research spirit. Five Colleges Collaborated in organizing this symposium and this partnership will facilitate collaborative research at the undergraduate level in various disciplines of science, and provide a unique platform for all DBT – Star colleges for Networking and knowledge sharing , and eventually resource persons from national institution, incubation centers and industry to ensure sharing of research insights and innovative ideas in varying fields such as agriculture, animal husbandry, public health, waste management, environment and natural resources. Popularising Science Workshop for school children on “Science with Fun” was organized on 29.06.2018 to kindle interest in Basic Sciences under the DBT Star College Scheme. Workshop for school Teachers on “Teaching Science with Ease” was organized on 03.07.2018 to enhance the self -efficacy of teachers of science for the improvement of science learning outcomes among students and to raise awareness among the school teachers to enhance their science literacy skills. Hands on training on Foldscope was organized for school children on 06.12.2018