PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY (A Central University) THIRTY SECOND ANNUAL REPORT (1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018) R. Venkataraman Nagar Kalapet Puducherry - 605 014 Published by Registrar, Pondichery University, Puducherry - 605 014, India Designed & Printed by Jay Ess Graphics, No.4, Second Cross, Navasakthi Nagar, VVP Nagar Arch Opp., Vazhudhavur Road, Kundupalayam, Puducherry - 605 009. e-mail : [email protected] Ph: 0413-4304606 iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The University acknowledges the efforts ofProf. K. Rajan, Department of History, Prof. V. Mariappan, Department of Banking Technology and Prof. V.V. Ravi Kanth Kumar, Head, Department of Physics of Pondicherry University in consolidating and finalizing 32nd Annual Report of the University. The efforts of the Committee Members are appreciable and I thank them for their involvement and dedication. I also thank the Deans of Schools, Officers and Staff of University Administration for their support in the preparation of this Annual Report. Vice-Chancellor v VISITOR Hon’ble Shri. PRANAB MUKHERJEE President of India (upto 25.07.2017) Hon’ble Shri. RAM NATH KOVIND President of India (from 25.07.2017) CHANCELLOR Hon’ble Shri. MOHAMMAD HAMID ANSARI Vice-President of India (upto 11.08.2017) Hon’ble Shri. MUPPAVARAPU VENKAIAH NAIDU Vice-President of India (from 11.08.2017) CHIEF RECTOR Hon’ble Dr. KIRAN BEDI, IPS (Retd.) Lt. Governor of Puducherry VICE-CHANCELLOR Prof. (Mrs.) ANISA BASHEER KHAN (officiating) (upto 29.11.2017 F.N.) Prof. GURMEET SINGH (from 29.11.2017) REGISTRAR Prof. M. RAMACHANDRAN (i/c) (upto 14.07.2017) Shri. B.R. BABU (from 14.07.2017 to 20.09.2017) Prof. K. THARANIKKARASU (from 21.09.2017) FINANCE OFFICER (i/c) Prof. MALABIKA DEO CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS (i/c) Prof. K. THARANIKKARASU (upto 06.11.2017) Prof. P.NATARAJAN (from 07.11.2017) LIBRARIAN Dr. R. SAMYUKTHA vi DEANS OF SCHOOLS Subramania Bharathi School : Prof. A. Thirunagalingam of Tamil Language & Literature Dean (i/c) School of Management : Prof. G. Anjaneyaswamy Ramanujan School of Mathematical Sciences : Prof. K. M. Tamizhmani (upto 10.04.2017) Prof. P. Dhanavanthan (from 11.04.2017) School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences : Prof. G. Govindaraj (sabbatical leave) Prof. S. Balakrishnan Dean (i/c) (from 21.07.2017) School of Life Sciences : Prof. N. Parthasarathy School of Humanities : Prof. Nalini J. Thampi School of Social Sciences & International Studies : Prof. Venkata Raghotham School of Engineering & Technology : Prof. P. Dhanavanthan Dean (i/c) School of Education : Prof. P. K. Subramanian Dean (i/c) School of Medical Sciences : Dr. S. Mahadevan (Dean i/c) Professor (Academic), JIPMER School of Performing Arts : Prof. C.K. Ramaiah Dean (i/c) School of Media & Communication : Prof. C.K. Ramaiah Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies : Prof. K. Anbalagan Dean (i/c) School of Law : Prof. Sibnath Deb Dean (i/c) vii HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS & CENTRES SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Department of Management Studies : Dr. R. Panneerselvam (upto 10.04.2017) Dr. R. Chitra Sivasubramanian (from 11.04.2017) Department of Management Studies (Karaikal Campus) : Dr. S.A. Senthil Kumar Department of Commerce : Dr. Malabika Deo Department of Commerce (Karaikal Campus) : Dr. S. Amilan Department of Economics : Dr. V. Nirmala Department of Tourism Studies : Dr. Y. Venkata Rao Head (i/c) Department of Banking Technology : Dr. V. Prasanna Venkatesan Department of International Business : Dr. Yarlagadda Srinivasulu (upto 01.05.2017) Dr. Bushan D. Sudhakar Head (i/c) (from 02.05.2017) RAMANUJAN SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES Department of Mathematics : Dr. T. Duraivel Department of Statistics : Dr. P. Tirupathi Rao SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL & APPLIED SCIENCES Department of Physics : Dr. Ramaswamy Murugan Department of Chemistry : Dr. K. Tharanikkarasu Department of Earth Sciences : Dr. D. Senthilnathan Department of Applied Psychology : Dr. B. Rangaiah (upto 19.09.2017) Dr. Surendra Kumar Sia (from 20.09.2017) Department of Disaster Management : Dr. N. Ramanujam (upto 31.05.2017) Dr. K. Dharanirajan Head (i/c) (from 09.06.2017) viii SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology : Dr. C. Thirunavukkarasu (upto 28.08.2017) Dr. P.P. Mathur (from 29.08.2017) Department of Microbiology : Dr. Joseph Selvin Co-ordinator Department of Biotechnology : Dr. V. Arul Department of Food Science and Technology : Dr. H. Prathap Kumar Shetty Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences : Dr. Priya Davidar (upto 30.11.2017) Dr. G. Poyyamoli (from 01.12.2017) Department of Ocean Studies & Marine Biology : Dr. Jayant Kumar Mishra (upto 13.11.2017) Dr. R. Mohanraju (from 14.11.2017) Centre for Bioinformatics : Dr. H. Surya Prakash Rao, Head (i/c) SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES Department of English : Dr. Clement Sagayaradja Lourdes Department of French : Dr. Nalini J. Thampi Department of Hindi : Dr. S. Padmapriya (upto 16.08.2017) Dr. C. Jaya Sankar Babu Head (i/c) (from 17.08.2017) Department of Sanskrit : Dr. J. Krishnan Department of Philosophy : Dr. S. Indira Directorate of Sports : Dr. D. Sultana Centre for Foreign Languages : Dr. B. Krishnamurthy Department of Physical Education & Sports Dr. D. Sultana (upto 20.07.2017) Dr. P.K. Subramaniam (from 21.07.2017) Escande Chair in Asian Christian Studies : Dr. N. Jonas ix SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Department of Anthropology : Dr. T. Subramanyam Naidu (upto 31.05.2017) Dr. A. Chellaperumal (from 21.06.2017) Department of Sociology : Dr. Sudha Sitharaman Department of History : Dr. K. Venugopal Reddy Department of Social Work : Dr. A. Shahin Sultana Head (i/c) Department of Politics & International studies : Dr. B. Krishnamurthy Centre for South Asian Studies/UNESCO-Madanjeet : Dr. A. Subramanyam Raju Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation Centre for Women’s Studies : Dr. R. Nalini (Head i/c) Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy : Dr.T.Subramanyam Naidu (upto 31.05.2017) Dr. M. Thanuja Head (i/c) (from 21.06.2017) Centre for European Studies : Dr. B. Krishnamurthy UGC Centre for Maritime Studies : Dr. A. Subramanyam Raju SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY Department of Computer Science : Dr. T. Chithralekha Department of Computer Science (Karaikal Campus) : Dr. G. Suresh Kumar Head (i/c) (upto 28.01.2018) Dr. G. Kumaravelan Head (i/c) (from 29.01.2018) Department of Electronics Engineering : Dr. R. Nakkeeran Centre for Pollution Control and Environmental : Dr. Basant K. Tiwary Engineering Head (i/c) x SCHOOL OF EDUCATION Centre for Adult and Continuing Education : Dr. K. Devan SCHOOL OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATION Department of Electronic Media and Mass : Dr. D. Nivedhitha Communication (upto 18.07.2017) Dr. M. Shuaib Mohamed Haneef Head (i/c) (from 19.07.2017) Department of Library & Information Science : Dr. R. Sevukan MADANJEET SCHOOL OF GREEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES Department of Green Energy Technology : Dr. B. Mohammed Jaffar Ali Centre for Nano Sciences & Technology : Dr. A. Subramania EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA RESEARCH CENTRE Dr. M.S. Pandian (upto 31.05.2017) Dr. S. Arulselvan Head (i/c) (from 01.06.2017) COLLEGE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL Prof. K. Srinivas (Dean i/c) DIRECTOR UGC – HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT CENTRE Prof. Venkata Raghotham COMMUNITY COLLEGE – PUDUCHERRY Principal Dr. A. Chellaperumal (upto 26.12.2017) Dr. G. Chandrasekaran (from 27.12.2017) COMMUNITY COLLEGE – MAHE Dr. Prabhath Bhaskaran Centre Head DIRECTOR – DISTANCE EDUCATION Prof. Sibnath Deb Director (i/c) xi ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS (As on 31.03.2018) VICE-CHANCELLOR’S SECRETARIAT Assistant Registrar : Smt. S. Alamelu REGISTRAR’S SECRETARIAT Assistant Registrar : Shri. B. N. K. Radipe (upto 31.10.2017) Shri. M.P.T. Sagayaraja (from 20.11.2017) OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR Joint Registrar (Admn & Estt (T)) : Dr. B. Chithra (upto 09.11.2017) Deputy Registrar : Dr. P. Muralidassan (from 24.08.2017) Deputy Registrar (Special Reservation Cell) : Dr. P. Muralidassan Assistant Registrar (Special Reservation Cell) : Shri. K. Jayabalan (upto 31.01.2018) Assistant Registrar (Legal Cell) : Shri. L.R. Franklin Thomas Assistant Registrar (Admn) : Shri. N. Giridharan Assistant Registrar (Estt) : Shri. B. Routtramourthy Assistant Registrar (P&D) & PCR Cell : Shri. S. Murugaiyan Assistant Registrar (Purchase & Stores) : Dr. M. Vallathan (upto 31.05.2017) Shri. P. Vaithenathan (from 23.06.2017) Deputy Registrar (Academic) : Smt. S. Punitha Assistant Registrar (Aca – Admissions) : Shri. P. Rajasekaran Assistant Registrar (Aca – General) : Shri. N. Devanarayanan Deputy Registrar (Affiliation Wing) : Smt. S. Punitha (from 16.11.2017) xii Assistant Registrar (Affiliation Wing) : Shri. MPT Sagayaraja (upto 19.11.2017) Assistant Registrar (Project Cell) : Shri. P. Vaithenathan (upto 22.06.2017) Shri. K. Mahesh (from 23.06.2017) Deputy Registrar (Recruitment Cell) : Dr. P. Muralidassan (from 24.08.2017) Assistant Registrar (Recruitment Cell) : Shri. V. Jothimurugaian (upto 05.07.2017) Assistant Registrar (Public Relations) : Dr. M. Vallathan (upto 31.05.2017) Shri. K. Mahesh (from 03.07.2017) Assistant Registrar (Transport) (i/c) : Shri. M. Velayudham Officer on Special Duty (Vigilance & Security) : Shri. N. Ravikumar Internal Quality Assurance Cell : Shri. V. Jothimurugaian (from 06.07.2017) OFFICE OF THE FINANCE OFFICER Deputy Registrar (F & A) : Shri. R. Segar Assistant Registrar (Finance & Accounts) : Shri. M. Velayudham Shri. N. Pitchai Pandi OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS Joint Registrar (Exams) : Dr. B. Chithra (from 10.11.2017) Deputy Registrar (Exams)