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HISTORY OF THE PLANT BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
The present Plant Biology and Biotechnology department with a Post graduate and Research Centre had its beginning in 1927 with an intermediate Botany programme and the Botany-Ancillary was started in 1960. Later, in 1970 the department had its establishment as major botany teaching department and in 1983 PG programme was started.
By the Concerted efforts of the teachers from the period of its establishment the department has grown to the present status and it was upgraded as a Research department in 1993. Since then several major and minor research projects offered by agencies such as UGC, DOEn, DBT, DST, CISR, TNSCST have been completed 31 scholars have completed their Ph.D., from the department. At present there are seven research guides guiding number of scholars in pursuing their Ph.D.
The Department of Science & Technology of Govt. of India has chosen this department as one of the centers for “Fund of improvement of Science and Technology infrastructure in University AND Higher Education Institutes” (FIST”). The scientific contributions of this department played its role in getting the “College with Potential for Excellence status” to the college. It has become a full-fledged research centre to offer research programs in any area of Plant Science.
The department under its new nomenclature as approved by the Government of Tamil Nadu offers a choice based credit system at the UG and PG level since 2002. The UG programme has been vocationalized with the financial assistance of UGC.
Apart from the core curriculum the department also offers a number of extradepartmental courses such as Photomicrography, Food Technology, Mushrooom Cultivation, Bioethics, Ecotourism and Forest Resource Management, Etc.,
Areas of Research:
- Biosystematic of flowering plants and pteridophytes
- Tissue culture for conservation of rare and endangered plants
- Plant Molecular Biology to elucidate Genetic Variability among the plant populations.
- Phytochemical and Pharmacognostical studies on medicinal Plants
Books Published: : 10
Papers Published : 390
National Seminars conducted : 3
Refresher course in Biotechnology :1
Training & Workshop in Plant Tissue culture: 7
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TEACHERS WHO SERVED IN THIS DEPARTMENT
Rev.Fr.Balam S.J. (1927-28), Rev.Fr.Foreau S.J. (1928-33). Messers.T.S.Krishnamoorthy Iyangar (1931-32), Vargeese Chandy (1933-44), Gregory Fernando, M.V.Rajendran (1944-47), Fr.Joseph Pallithanam (1943-44), Fr.Antony Manjil(1948-51) and Maxwell Johnson (1951-53& 1956-59). Mr.Joseph Xavier Arachi(1960-1994), Messers.S.Albert(1960-61), Justus Stephen(1961-63), Ignatius Xavier (1964-65), A.M.Antony Raj(1966-71), A.Arokiasamy1967-70), Rev.Fr.Henry S.J. (1968-69) and Cyril Nayagam (69-70) Mr.Kanikkai Mohan Dhas(1971-72), Rev. Fr.John Britto(1975, 1976-79), Mr. S. Arockiasamy (1974-75), Mr.Dalton C.Gonsalves (1975-79), Rev.Fr.S.Ignacimuthu S.J. (1975-76), Mr. K. Natarajan (1976), Rev.M.Charles (1979 -80), Rev.Fr. M. Joseph Britto (1980-81), Rev.Fr. V.S.Manickam (1981-2002) and Rev. Fr. G. Ambrose S.J. (1982-1999) , R. Antonysamy(1984-2000)
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