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NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department of Geology Department of Geology School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences University of Madras 1 Name of the Department Department of Geology 2 Year of establishment 1952 3 Is the Department part of a School Of Earth & Atmospheric School/Faculty of the university? Sciences 4 Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Sc. Geology (CBCS) - M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Semester Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) M.Phil. Geology (CBCS) - Semester Ph.D. Geology (CBCS) - Semester 5 Interdisciplinary programmes and --- departments involved 6 Courses in collaboration with other --- universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. 7 Details of programmes discontinued, if --- any, with reasons 8 Examination System: Annual/ Semester/ Semester – Choice Based Trimester/Choice Based Credit System Credit System 9 Participation of the department in the ----- courses offered by other departments 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors/others) Sanctioned Filled Actual (including CAS & MPS) Professor 1 1 1 Associate Professors 1 - - Asst. Professors 4 4 4 Others - - - 1 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department of Geology 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance Name Qualifica Designation Specialization No. of No. of tion Years of Ph.D./ Experience M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years Stratigraphy, M.Sc., Micropaleontology Professor & Ph.D. – DR.S.P.Mohan M.Phil., Marine Ecology, 31 Years Head 3 Ph.D. Sequence Stratigraphy Igneous and Metamorphic Ph.D. – DR.V. Ram M.Sc., Petrology, 4 Professor 28 Years Mohan Ph.D. Environmental M.Phil.: Geology, 10 Geochemistry Sedimentology, Ph.D.-1 M.Sc., Sedimentary DR.S.Ramasamy Professor 25 Years M.Phil- Ph.D. Petrology, 4 Marine Geology Estuarine Ecology, Biodiversity & Ph.D. – M.Sc., Biogeography of Assistant 3 DR.S.M.Hussain M.Phil., Ostracod studies, 12 Years Professor M.Phil.: Ph.D. Sequence 6 Stratigraphy, tsunami studies Environmental Micropaleontology, M.Sc., Placer Mineralogy Ph.D. – DR.M. Suresh Assistant M.Phil., & Coastal 8 Years M.Phil.: Gandhi Professor Ph.D. Geomorphology 4 Beach Placer Minerals 12 List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct -- faculty, emeritus professors 13 Percentage of classes taken by temporary 12hrs per week for taking classes faculty – programme-wise information 14 Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio I M.Sc.-13 Students -5 Faculty II M.Sc-20 Students -5 Faculty M.Phil- 14 Students -5 Faculty Ph.D. - 48 Students -5 Faculty - Full time=41, Part time=7 2 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department of Geology 15 Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: Sanctioned Filled Actual 1 1 1 Vacant from 2010 3 2 2 – 1 Vacant 16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies a) Micropaleontology – Micropaleontology & Coastal/Marine Ecology b) Petrology (all branches) - Petrology (All branches),Tamil Nadu 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise. Name of the Amount Funding Title of the project and duration Investigator Sanctioned Agency Post-Tsunami Coastal Geomorphic Changes in Northern Tamil Nadu: CSIR, Dr. V. Ram Rs. 16.00 Impact of shore protection measures New Delhi Mohan Lakhs and Vulnerability to Extreme events (August 2007 to July 2010) V.Ram Mohan Processing analysis and preparation (Principal of inundation maps for modeling & Investigator) mapping under the project & Establishment of National Early Rs.55.75 MoES, New M.Suresh Gandhi Warninig System for tsunami and Lakhs Delhi (Co - stroms surges in Indian ocean Investigator) (Dec, 2006 to March 2012) “Geochemistry and clay mineralogy Dr.S.Ramasamy of Long cores of Bengal Fans” 10 Lakhs DOD (Completed in 2007) “Sedimentological and structural Dr.S.Ramasamy studies of badami sediments of (Principal Kaladgi Super Group, in and around Investigator) DAE-AMD, Deshnur area, Belgaum dist., 19.8 Lakhs & Mumbai Karnataka, to explore unconformity M.Suresh Gandhi related uranium mineralization” (Co -Investigator) (Ongoing (2009-2012)) 3 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department of Geology “Physico-Chemical Controls on Localising Epigenetic Sulphide UGC-New Dr.S.Ramasamy Mineralisation In Mid-Proterozoic 9.65 lakhs Delhi Coarse Clastic Sequence Of Kaladgi Basin, Karnataka” (2012 – 2015) DST–PURSE Programme University of Madras DST– Dr.S.Ramasamy Rs.80,000/- (DST-PURSE March – (October PURSE 2010) “Holocene Climate Change and its TamilNadu Dr.S.Ramasamy Implications on Sea levels and State Rs.6000/- (Student Project) Mangroves of Tamil Nadu Coast” Council of (2011-2012) Technology DST – PURSE Programme of DST- Dr.S.M.Hussain University of Madras March to Rs.60,000/- PURSE October , 2010 Distribution and morphological variabilities of Recent Freshwater Ostracods from southern India: Rs.8.73 (UGC-New Dr.S.M.Hussain Ecology, biodiversity and lakhs. Delhi) biogeographical implications” (Principal Investigator). (Feb., 2011 to Jan., 2014) “High resolution paleoclimatic studies in the Bay of Bengal” (Principal (MoES – Dr.S.M.Hussain Rs.15 Lakhs Investigator). (July, 2012 to June New Delhi) 2014) DST Purse Programme Dr.M.Suresh (Principal Investigator) 80,0000/- DST Gandhi Completed 2012 Evolution of coastal landforms and micropaleontological studies in Palk Dr.M.Suresh Strait, East cost of India 7,00,000/- UGC Gandhi (Principal Investigator) On- going – 2011-2013 UGC-CPEPA “ Centre on Mangrove Ecology” Rs. 2.3 crore sanctioned and released to School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences consisting of Geology, Applied Geology and Geography Departments. Prof. S.Ramsamy- Co-Ordinator, Department of Geology Name of the Title of the project and Amount Funding Agency Investigator duration Sanctioned Climate change impact on Mangroves in parts of Dr. V. Ram Mohan Cuddalore, Nagapattinam Rs. 12.00 Lakhs UGC-CPEPA and Thirvallur Districts (2011-2016) 4 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department of Geology Response of Mangroves to Dr.S.Ramasamy Differential Sedimentation Coordinator-UGC Rates and Accretion/Erosion Rs. 12.00 Lakhs UGC-CPEPA CPEPA Events in Tamil Nadu Coast (2011-2016) Holocene Stratigraphy, Dr.S.Ramasamy Palynodebris and Diatom Coordinator-UGC Rs. 12.00 Lakhs UGC-CPEPA Analysis of TamilNadu CPEPA Mangrove Areas(2011-2016) “Distribution of Ostracoda in the sub surface samples of Pulicat Mangrove Dr.S.M. Hussain Rs.12.00 lakhs UGC-CPEPA ecosystem- implication for sea level variations” (2011 – 2016) “Palynological Studies in the Mangrove Ecosytem of Pichavaram and Muthupet Dr.M.Suresh Gandhi region-A tool for sea level Rs.12.00 Lakhs UGC-CPEPA variation and Paleoenvironment reconstruction” (2011-2016) 18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received a) National collaboration - b) International collaboration – “Late Pleistocene-Holocene Palyno- chronostratigraphy in north-eastern part of Cauvery delta: Implications in Palaeoclimatic and sea-level studies” (DST – New Delhi) Rs. 16.40 lakhs (April, 2009 to March, 2012) Awarded to Dr.Anjum Farooque, P.I., Scientist, BSIP, Lucknow DR.S.M.Hussain (Co-Investigator). 19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received. a. The Department of GEOLOGY was awarded the UGC through its SPECIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME under DSA- LEVEL I for Research and Development programmes and sanctioned an amount of Rs. 56 Lakhs for the period 2007-2012. b. The Department of GEOLOGY was awarded the FIST PROGRAMME (Phase – I) by the Department of Science of Technology, New Delhi for the years 2003- 2008 with a grant of Rs. 60.0 Lakhs. c. The Department of GEOLOGY was awarded the FIST PROGRAMME (Phase – II) by the Department of Science of Technology, New Delhi for the years 2012- 2017 with a grant of Rs. 1.50 Crores. 5 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department of Geology d. The SCHOOL OF EARTH AND ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES was awarded Centre with Potential of Excellence in Particular Area (CPEPA) by UGC with a grant of Rs. 2.30 Crores (Department of Geology is one of the Three Participating Departments.) 20. Research facility / centre with · state recognition : ----- · national recognition : ----- · international recognition: ----- 21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies - ----- 22. Publications: * Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) : 66 * Monographs : 3 * Chapters in Books : 3 * Edited Books : 1 * Books with ISBN with details of publishers : 6 * Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : * Citation Index – range / average : * SNIP : * SJR : * Impact Factor – range / average : * h-index : 23. Details of patents and income generated - Nil 24. Areas of consultancy and income generated - Nil 25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories / institutions / industries