Department of Zoology

PG DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

About the Department

The Department of zoology offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Undergraduate course started in 1970 and the postgraduate course began in 1987. Our Department staff tirelessly strives to work towards women’s education at all level in the State to be a pioneer in the field of Women Empowerment. The teachers are very intelligent and know well that how to draw attention of students. The good conductor of knowledge having lots of patience and confidence who take responsibility of the future of students.

Department Vision and Mission

Vision :

To create self confidence among the students through up to date curriculum designing.
To develop and maximize the learning competency.
To inculcate the social and moral values that enable the students to become a good citizen.
To develop true research attitude.

Mission :

To provide the students with good quality education.
That integrates science, technologies and society and to perform value based real-time research activities and there by leaping to excellence.

Courses Offered

COURSES	DURATION
B.Sc. Degree (From - - 1970)	3 Years
M.Sc. Degree (From - 1987)	2 years

Faculty Members

S.NO.	FACULTY NAME	DESIGNATION	DOWNLOAD
1	Dr (Tmt). R.UmaMaheswari, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D	Head & Associate Professor	View Profile
2	(Tmt). P.Pavatharini, M.Sc., M.Phil	Assistant Professor	View Profile
3	(Tmt). M.Lathasanthi, M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed	Assistant Professor	View Profile
4	Dr (Tmt). S.Subashini, M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D	Assistant Professor	View Profile
5	(Tmt).S.Sasikala, M.sc.,M.Phil.,	Assistant Professor	View Profile
6	(Tmt).J.R.Hemalatha,M.Sc.,M.Phil	Assistant Professor	View Profile
7	(Tmt).S.Sumathi,M.Sc.,M.Phil	Assistant Professor	View Profile

Seminars and workshops

S.NO	TOPIC	DATE
1	Soft skills and personality Development	09.02.2012
2	Prediction of Protein Structure	08.01.2013
3	Personality Development & Leadership Quality	17.01.2013
4	Menstrual Cycle	16.02.2013
5	Sowing the seeds to ignite the young minds	15.07.2015
6	Career opportunities for Biology Students	15.02.2016

S.NO	INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL/STATE	TITLE	DATE
1	State level Seminar	Biodiversity –A Perspective for future Era	28.01.2014
2	State level Seminar	Biosynergy-2015	17.03.2015
3	State level Seminar	“Recent Challenges in Zoology”	08.08.2015
4	Workshop	One day hands on training in Biotechnology	09.02.2016

Department Alumini

S.NO	NAME	DESIGNATION
1	Dr.K.Parvathy	Assistant Professors of Zoology,Erode Arts College,Erode-9
2	Mrs.Kalaivani.K	Assistant Professors of Zoology,Vellalar College for Women,Erode-9
3	MrsA.Jeevalatha	Assistant Professors of Zoology, GTN Arts College, Dindigul
4	Mrs K.Krishnaveni	Assistant Professors of Zoology and Head, GTN Arts College, Dindigul
5	Dr.Tamilselvi	Assistant Professors of Zoology, APA Arts and Culture College, Palani
6	Mrs.Kasturi	Sub Treasury officer, Madathukulam
7	Mrs.Ganga Devi	Assistant Professors of Zoology, APA Arts and Culture College, Palani
8	Ms.Kokila	P.G.Assistant, Hajee Mustafa Matriculation school, Sriramapuram

Highlights

Well-designed curriculum inclusive of job oriented courses extend the scope of employment avenues.
MoU with Ornamental Fish Culture/Vermiculture/Poultry farms strengthen students’ efficacy for self-employment.
Book Bank facility and Department library with rich number of books widen the level of understanding of students.
High Teacher-Student Ratio.
Faculty and students get acquainted with the updates in the subject matter by organizing /attending seminars, symposia and workshops.
Two UGC sponsored Major Research Projects were undertaken by Dr.N.Puveneswari & Dr.R.Umamaheshwari and completely successfully.
Dr.R.Umamaheshwari is awarded with a certificate of Excellence in reviewing by Asian Journal of Environment and Ecology.
Mrs.S.Mallika has received Best Teacher Award -2014 from Akshaya Institute of Management studies, Coimbatore.
Dr.R.Umamaheshwari has received Dr.Radhakrishnan Gold Medel-2013 from GEPRA,Chennai.
It is a pride to mention that Dr.N.Puveneswari, Faculty of Zoology, is appointed as Principal of the College.

Future Plan

Organize International seminars on the theme of Recent Challenges of Zoology.
Upgrade the Department as Research Department.
For having practical knowledge about the field many field trips are planned to gain knowledge about the ecosystems.
Planned to conduct coaching classes for Competitive examinations like SET / NET.
Planned to establish Potent Virtual laboratory for nurturing the students about the anatomical knowledge.