Microbiology

About the Department

The department has well-equipped laboratories with all the necessary facilities to kindle students' curiosity and make them competitive in the world of research. Our department strives to produce students with the necessary skills, scientific application, and critical faculties to conduct independent teaching and research.

Courses Offered UG, PG & Research Programmes

B.Sc., Microbiology -1994
M.Sc., Microbiology -1997
M.Phil., Microbiology -2005
Ph.D., Microbiology - 2005

Placement

Placement data in percentage for the past 3 years

S.no	Year	No.of enrollment	No.of Placed	Percentage
1	2019 - 2020	22	13	59
2	2020- 2021	11	10	90.9
3	2021-2022	10	08	80

Internship

Students joined in Internship training (Molecular connection) at KSR College and MCAS -6nos

Salient Features

Awards

India Today MDRA Rankings 2021-2022- 125th out of 186th Science Colleges in India
Best Department Award given by Microbiologists Society, India - 2020-21

Seminars/Workshops conducted at National/International level

National level Seminars have been conducted-10

Total Seminars/Workshops have been conducted- 150

Achievements

University GOLD Medals - 09 University Ranks - 74
No of Ph.D Guides-04
No. of Ph.D Awarded -17
M.Phil Awarded 61
Publication in National & International Journal-80 No.of Students Placed- 205
Mou signed with Moon foods, Tiruchengode (17-18)
Mou Signed with Division of crop protection, ICAR- National organic farming research institute, Tadong, Sikkim on 05/3/2019.
Mou signed with Dept of Pharmacy, Regional institute of paramedical and nursing sciences, Aizawl, Mizoram on 08/03/2019.
Mou signed with Dept of Botany, St.Edmund's college, Shillong, Meghalaya on 29/01/2019.
Innovation Patent -Developing An Artificial Intelligent Immune System -2017 – 2025
Indian Patent published - Plant Mediated Nanoparticle Coated Fabrics (Nano Fabrics) With Antimicrobial Property And Wound Heal-2021

R&D Projects

S. No.	Name of the Staff	Name of the Project	Period	Academic Year	Funding Agency	Amount (Rs.)
1	Dr. N. Sudhakar	Fast track Young Scientist Project from SERB, DST	2013-2016	2013	SERB, DST	Rs. 27.27 Lakhs
2	Dr. M. Maghimaa	TNSCST stu project	2016-2017	2017	TNSCST	Rs. 10000
3	Dr. N. Sudhakar	DBT STAR SCHEME	2018-2021	2018	DBT	Rs. 1.04 Crores
4	Dr. N. Sudhakar	Foldscope Project	2018-2020	2018	DBT	Rs. 8 Lakhs
5	Dr. M. Maghimaa	TNSCST stu project	2017-2018	2018	TNSCST	Rs. 10000
6	Dr. N. Sudhakar	Extramural Research Grant	2019-2022	2019	DBT	Rs. 27.6 Lakhs
7	Dr. M. Maghimaa	DBT Foldscope Project	2018-2020	2018	DBT	Rs. 8 Lakhs
8	Dr. M. Maghimaa	TNSCST stu project	2018-2019	2019	TNSCST	Rs. 7500
9	Dr. M. Maghimaa	TNSCST stu project	2018-2019	2019	TNSCST	Rs. 7500
10	Dr. M. Maghimaa	TNSCST S&T project	2019-2020	2019	TNSCST	Rs. 4.2 Lakhs
11	Dr. N. Sudhakar	SERB, DST ( CO INVESTIGATOR)	2019-2022	2019	SERB, DST	Rs. 40.47 Lakhs
12	Dr. S. SHAHITHA	TNSCST - Inservice training to science teachers in Namakkal district	2020-2021	2020	TNSCST	Rs. 90000

Consultancy works

Generated ₹14400/- through Consultancy work in the academic year 2020 – 21 (Antimicrobial activity)

Generated ₹9300/- through Consultancy work in the academic year 2021 – 2022 (Antimicrobial activity)

Social Activities

Extension activities done at Thoppupatty village, near singalanthapuram, Namakkal district and the activities done were Disease Awarness, Personal hygiene, Saplings plantation, Diagnosis of Blood Sugar level, Medical camp, Cleaning the school campus, Temple service (cleaning), Awareness about covid 19 disease

Unique Infrastructure

Highly equipped lab with latest instruments like ELISA Reader, Trinocular Microscope with advanced cameras, Western blotting, Cooling Centrifuge and generator facilities.

Research and lab work are highly precise with the use of high precision apparatus like micropipettes, high quality chemicals, and disposable wares.

Audio-visual aids like Slide Projectors, computer animations etc.

Well qualified and trained faculty in specialized branches.

Trained lab technician

Fully equipped and air-conditioned microbiological lab with incubation, inoculation, serological and instruments chambers separately under establishment.