AQAR 2009-2010 - Madras Christian College

ACADEMIC YEAR 2009 - 2010 

ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT 

Submitted to 

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT AND ACCREDITATION COUNCIL 

BENGALURU 

Internal Quality Assurance Cell 

MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS) 

Tambaram, Chennai – 600 059

MISSION STATEMENT 

The Madras Christian College with the 

inspiration of the love of God offers to 

people of all communities education of 

the whole person which is congruous with 

God’s revelation in Christ of the true 

nature of humanity and is appropriate to 

the needs of India and the world.

Madras Christian College (Autonomous) Annual Quality Assurance Report: 2009-2010 

ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT 

2009-2010 

Dr. R.W. Alexander Jesudasan was inducted as the XVI Principal of the College by 

Bishop Samuel P. Raju, the former Bishop of Kolkata on the 31 st of May 2009. 

VISION FOR THE MADRAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE 

Madras Christian College is a preferred Institution for higher education; one among 

the top ten Colleges of India constantly nurturing, innovating and providing 

impressive standards of academic excellence, administrative effectiveness, social 

relevance and spiritual vitality. 

Social Work Students of MCC and University of South Australia with the 

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Honourable Julia Gillard* during the renewal of MoU at Chennai. 

* Prime Minister of Australia since June 2010 

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Part A 

Plan of Action: Quality Enhancement in Academics and Research 

Outcome: 

• Initiated the work related to NAAC Re-accreditation. 

• Orientation for young teaching faculty conducted to inculcate a sense of 

belongingness to the College. 

• Renewed thrust in International programmes. 

• Concerted focus on research: The office of the Dean of Research and 

Development was established with a Dean and two Associate Deans one each 

from the Humanities and Sciences respectively. 

• Continuous updating of curriculum. 

• Identified thrust areas of research to apply for national and international funding 

agencies and corporate sectors as well. 

Plan of Action: Social Relevance through extension activities 

Outcome: 

• Renewed the activities at Pammal outreach unit through the active involvement of 

the Student Christian Movement (SCM) 

• Improved the school building and facilities at the Rural Service League (RSL) 

School that provides education for the children from underprivileged communities 

• Upgradation of Campus School into Matriculation School 

• Prepared a Database of Scholarships 

• Established a committee to study the feasibility of starting a Community College 

for the underprivileged youth in and around Tambaram 

Plan of Action: Infrastructural Development and Support Services 

Outcome: 

• Upgraded the Library facilities and provided avenues for e-learning accessibility 

to journals on-line and digitalizing vital documents 

• Inauguration Margret Hall the new residential facility for women students. 

• Establishment of an additional photocopying facility and a new stationary shop 

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• Appointment of a Civil Engineer to take care of the maintenance of building in the 

College 

• Continuing the work to complete the facilities for the new Centre for Media 

Studies 

Plan of Action: Placement Services 

Being the naturally preferred destinations of the Corporate, MCC still holds on to its 

enviable track record in providing competent and professionally adaptable students 

for the various job requirements. The Placement Cell envisages a 10 % increase in 

placement by maintaining strong relationship with both the Corporate Sector and the 

Public Sector. 

Outcome: 

Brand MCC was effectively projected in the Placement Officers meet organized in 

several places in the state. Many Companies have visited MCC in the last two years 

and hundreds of our students have been successfully placed in leading Companies. 

This year (2009- 2010) 252 students were placed. 

Plan of Action: Improved Health Facility 

MCC Campus Clinic caters to the health needs of students and staff of MCC. To 

make it more accessible to students an outlet, Satelite Clinic is considered for 

commencement in the main building. 

Outcome: 

The Satellite Clinic was started in October 2009 in the Science block. An additional 

posting of staff nurse was created and recruited to take care of the clinic along with 

the Medical Officer and the Hospital Worker. Students who avoided visiting the main 

clinic because of its distance, started coming to the ‘Satellite Clinic’ in the main 

building. The number of students availing the Campus clinic facility has increased 

from 5-10 a month previously, to 100-150 in 2009-2010. 

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Plan of Action: Sharing knowledge and experience 

Outcome: 

A large number of faculty and students get opportunities to travel abroad to study, do 

research or present papers. SKY is a special forum initiated to enable sharing of these 

experiences and therby encouraging more such visits. 

Plan of Action: Dissemination of Information 

To start a MCC Newsletter to be published every month carrying information about 

the activities of the college to the students, faculty, alumni and public. 

Outcome: 

Successfully published seven issues of the MCC Newsletter with details regarding 

conference organized, papers presented by faculty, publications and research projects, 

Hall activities and programmes organized by students were published for the year 

2009-10. 

Plan of Action: Strengthening of Alumni Chapters 

Outcome: 

• Strengthened the Alumni chapters for active involvement in the life of the College 

by organizing periodical Alumni Chapter meetings in India and Abroad. 

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Part B 

1. Activities reflecting the goals and objectives of the institution: 

Academic Excellence 

• MCC continues to be ranked among the top 10 Arts and Science colleges in India 

as per the survey conducted by India Today. 

• The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) conducted an Academic Audit in 

June/July 2009 for all the Departments with the help of three External Subject 

Experts for each Department. 

Spiritual Vitality 

• Retreats, morning devotions and special services continue to be held to inculcate 

spiritual values in the life of individuals who pursue academic goals. . 

• Students and faculty are actively involved in organizing and participating in 

Retreats/Fellowship meeting/Staff Study Circle/SCM Programmes; 

• The Institute for Advanced Christian Studies organized programmes on 

ecumenism and inter-faith concerns for faculty and students. 

Social Relevance 

• The college continues to be a forerunner in ensuring that academics are closely 

linked to social needs around us. Students and Staff work in the various outreach 

centers of the college namely, The Rural Service League, Pammal Centre, Oxfam 

Centre and Family Life Institute to enhance living standards of individuals. 

• Relevant programmes are organized through Service-Learning, NSS, NCC, Value 

Education, Environmental Action and Education and Social Outreach aimed at 

holistic development and relevance to the community. 

2. New academic programmes initiated by the College (UG & PG): 

• A new course in B.Com with specialization in Accounts and Finance was 

introduced and additional sections in BBA and BCA was added. 

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3. Innovations in curricular design and transaction: 

Innovations in Curricular Design and Transaction in the Academic Council Meeting, 

12 June 2009: 

Department of Tamil: Introduced changes (i) In UG Part I, Tamil Paper – I, instead 

of ,yf;fpa cyh, Prescribed Book – Ntdpy; (Collection of Essays). 

Department of History: (I) Introduced changes in the following courses:(a) Outline 

History of South India up to 1565 A.D; (b) Economic History of India (c. 1857- 

1947); (ii) The postgraduate course in History to be implemented from June 2009 was 

discussed in detail and passed. The Board approved the withdrawal of the 

postgraduate papers on National Security and Constitutional History of India; and (iii) 

In the UG Course: The present three course in Indian History has been reconstructed 

as four papers like, (a) History of India I (upto 1206 A.D), (b) History of India II 

(1206-1707), (c) History of India III (1707-1857); and (d) History of India (1858- 

1947). 

Department of Public Administration: (i) Syllabus revised for Batch 2009-10; (ii) 

proposed a change in the title of the course (Nomenclature) as MA Public 

Administration and Management from MA Public Administration. 

Department of Physics (Both Aided & SFS): (i) ‘Computer Training’ offered in III 

and IV Semester (2+2 Hrs.) shifted to V semester (2 Hrs.); (ii) New paper ‘Physics of 

Appliances and Devices’ was proposed for III and IV semester (2+2 Hrs.); (iii) Minor 

changes in 5 UG papers and 2 PG papers without any addition of new topic. 

Department of Journalism (SFS): Shift of allied paper offered in the IV semester 

(Public Relations and Advertising) to the V semester as major paper. Instead, the V 

semester major paper – Radio Journalism would be offered as an allied paper. This 

change is suggested as the department does not have enough lab facilities and 

equipment to conduct both the practical papers (Radio Journalism and Visual 

Journalism) in the same semester. 

Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource Management: The titles of 

the five papers were changed as follows: (i) Marine Bio-resources changed to Marine 

Resources (from 2009-2010 batch onwards); (ii) Coastal Bio-resource Management 

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changed to Fisheries Science & Management; (iii) Anthropogenic Effects on Coastal 

Ecosystem changed to Marine Pollution & Toxicology; (iv) Socio-economics of 

Coastal Resource Management to Socio-economics of Coastal Communities; and (v) 

Remote Sensing and GIS in Coastal Management changed to Remote Sensing and 

GIS in Marine Science. 

Changes in the old syllabus have been carried out in few papers namely: (i) Remote 

Sensing and GIS in Coastal Management; (ii) Marine Bio-Informatics; (iii) Biological 

Oceanography; and (iv) Marine Bioresources. 

Department of Hindi (Languages SFS): Proposed to start a new course i.e. ‘Basic 

Hindi’. 

4. Inter-disciplinary programmes started: 

Interdisciplinary courses introduced under the credit system continue to be offered 

with periodic updating. A new course on ‘Human Resource Development’ was 

introduced at the undergraduate level in the Department of Commerce. 

5. Examination reforms implemented: 

The examination office continues to work effectively to ensure that all examination 

related work is carried out effectively in the best interest of students. The work is 

computerized and results are published in about a month from completion of 

examination. Under the XI Plan an amount of Rs. 60,000/- was allotted for Exam 

Reforms. 

6. Candidates qualified for NET/SLET/GATE etc.: 

Number of our students appear for various competitive exams and also have 

successfully passed, though no separate records are maintained of the same. 

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7. Initiative towards faculty development programme: 

Orientation Course: 

• R. Joel Karunakaran, Department of Chemistry, attended the Orientation Course 

conducted by University of Madras, 20 August to 16 September 2009. 

• Shyamala Lionel, Department of Chemistry, attended the Orientation Course 

conducted by University of Madras, 02 February to 01 March 2010. 

• The following Faculty members attended the Orientation Course conducted by 

University of Madras, 06 May to 02 June 2010: (1) V. Chitra, Department of 

History; (2) Ravinder Nath Chanana, Department of Political Science; (3) J. 

Diviyan, Department of Political Science; (4) Jyothi Salomi Tsapa, Department of 

Mathematics; (5) Huldah Sathyaseelan, Department of Mathematics; (6) 

E. Caroline Victoria, Department of Physics; (7) P. Subbashini, Department of 

Physics; (8) Wilfred Sugumar, Department of Chemistry. 

• J. Sudar Vizhi, Department of Tamil (SFS), attended The Orientation Course, 

conducted by Barathiyar University, May 2010. 

Refresher Course: 

• S. Stephen Jebanesan, Department of English, attended the Refresher Course, 

conducted by UGC ASC, University of Madras, 23 rd July to 12 th August 2009. 

• R. Venkataramanujam, Department of History, attended the Refresher Course, 

conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 24 th August to 20 th 

September 2009. 

• G. Suresh Dhas, Department of Economics, attended the Refresher Course, 

conducted by UGC ASC, University of Madras, 10 th to 30 th November 2009. 

• D. Selva Kumari, Department of Physics, attended the Refresher Course, 

conducted by UGC ASC, University of Madras, 11 th November to 01 st December 

2009. 

• E. Joyce Sudandara Priya, Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, 

attended the Refresher Course, conducted by UGC ASC, University of Madras, 

01 st to 26 th February 2010. 

• R. Raveen, Department of Zoology, attended the Refresher Course, conducted by 

Pondicherry University, 10 th to 30 th October 2009. 

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• R. Belinda, Department of Social Work (SFS), attended the course on Human 

Rights, Social Exclusion and Social Inequality, conducted by UGC ASC, 

University of Madras and the Department of Social Work, Loyola College, 

February 2010. 

Faculty Development Programme (FDP) 

The following faculty members were awarded UGC Teacher Fellowship under FDP 

during XI Plan to pursue doctoral research for a period of two years, 2009 to 2011: 

• N. Jayaselvi, Department of English. 

• S. Sudha, Department of Political Science. 

• V. Jacquline Raja Bai, Department of Economics. 

• Merlin Juliet Arul Thangam, Department of Economics. 

• S. Adeline, Department of Economics. 

• Hannah Fredrick, Department of Commerce 

Other Faculty Development Programme: 

Ph.D. Awarded: 

• Dr. Samuel Sukumar, Department of Zoology 

• Dr. R. Gautham, Department of Tamil 

Workshops: 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, attended the Basic Leadership 

Skills Workshop, organized by XLRI, Jamshedpur, February 2010. 

• Shirmila. T, attended Workshops on (i) The Application of Statistical Tools and 

Techniques for Research, organized by the University of Madras, 17 th & 18 th 

December 2009; (ii) ‘Recent Developments in Corporate Law’, organized by the 

DB Jain College along with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), 

26 th February 2010. 

• Anli Suresh, attended the FDP on Financial Services organized by Loyola 

College, 23 rd October 2009. 

• R. Madhanagopal & S. Joshua David, Department of Statistics, attended the UGC 

sponsored National Workshop on ‘Statistical applications of R-Software’, 

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conducted by Department of Statistics, Government Arts College, Salem, 12 th & 

13 th February 2010. 

• Jayakishore Panda, Iyappan, Nimmy Edwin, Prince Edwin Das, Amirthavalli, 

Jaba Priya & Mary Verghese, Department of Chemistry, attended the Workshop 

on ‘The Basics of Biotechnology for Non-Biology Faculty’, organized by the 

Department of Zoology, Madras Christian College, 26 th to 27 th October 2009. 

The faculty also attended the Workshop conducted by the Department of Plant 

Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Madras Christian College on the same topic, 

30 th to 31 st November 2009. 

• T. Senthil Kumar, Department of Chemistry, attended a two day Lecture 

Workshop on ‘Frontier topic in Chemistry’, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, 

21 st & 22 nd August 2009. 

• Angela Wesley, Department of Plant Biology & Biotechnology, attended 

Workshops on (i) ‘Basic Skills in Counselling’, organised by the Department of 

History and Project –Institute for Gender Studies, United Board for Christian 

Higher Education, USA, (UBCHEA), 26 th & 27 th June 2008; (ii) National 

Workshop on ‘Taxonomy of Fungi (sponsored by Ministry of Environments and 

Forests’, Government of India , New Delhi), 5 th & 12 th October 2009; (iii) One 

day Workshop on ‘Hands on Training in PCR’, organized by EPPENDORF, 

Chennai, 10 th November 2009; and (iv) ‘Creation of e-Learning Content’, 

sponsored by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, 

Government of India, 23 rd March 2010. 

• W. Arisdason, successfully completed the ‘Training Raining’, workshop for the 

IUCN Western Ghats Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment on the IUCN Species 

Information Service and IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Karunya 

University, Coimbatore, 11 th to 15 th January 2010. 

• Anu Annamma Mammen, attended Workshops on (i) ‘Hands on Training in 

Biotechnology’, conducted by the Department of Biotechnology, Stella Maris 

College, Chennai, 06 th January to 09 th February 2010; and (ii) ‘Hands on 

Training in PCR’, organized by EPPENDORF, Chennai, 10 th December 2009. 

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• R. Raveen, Department of Zoology, attended a two day Workshop on ‘Lab 

Animal Care and Research’, Saveetha University, Chennai, 02 nd & 03 rd July 


• Samuel Sukumar, attended a Workshop on ‘Waste Management’ in IGCAR, 

Kalpakkam, 29 th June 2009. 

• Jeslin Renjith, Department of Computer Science (SFS) attended a one day FDP on 

Embedded Systems Technology in Vel. Tech Multi Tech College, Avadi, 

Chennai, 19 th September 2009. 

• Subashini & Eswari, Department of Geography Tourism & Travel Management, 

attended a Workshop on Creating a Green Campus organized by United States- 

India Educational Foundation (USIEF), Chennai and Madras Christian College, 

20 th February2010. 

8. Total number of Seminars / Workshops conducted: 

Endowment Lectures: 

• Department of Political Science: (i) Dr. Chandran D.S. Devanesen Memorial 

Endowment Lecture delivered by his Excellency Shri. M.M. Rajendran, Former 

Governor of Orissa on the topic ‘Democracy and Governance’, February 2010; 

and (ii) Dr. M. Abel Endowment Lecture delivered by Prof. P. Jagadeesan, 

Member State Planning Commission, Government of Tamil Nadu, March 2010. 

Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops conducted by the Department 

National/Regional: 

Aided Stream 

• Department of Political Science: One-day Regional Seminar on ‘India at the 

Crossroads’, wherein eminent personalities like Dr. M. Abel, former Principal of 

MCC, Prof. M.J. Vinod, Bangalore University, Commodore R.S. Vasan, Centre 

for ASG Studies, Dr. Manivannan, University of Madras and Dr. Agarala Easwara 

Reddy, Former Speaker, A.P. Legislative Assembly, spoke. 

• Department of Economics: National Symposium on ‘Emerging Livelihood 

Issues: Shifting Development Paradigms’ was conducted in January 2010. Dr. 

Maria Saleth, Director, Madras Institute of Development Studies delivered the 

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key-note address. Of the 5 Colleges that participated in the Symposium, 

Symbiosis won the Malcolm Adiseshiah Trophy for the best overall performance. 

Dr. Ravikumar, Professor, Madras School of Economics, delivered the valedictory 

address. 

• Department of Social Work: (i) National Conference on ‘Human Rights 

&Marginalized’, wherein distinguished personalities like Dr. Thol. 

Thirumavalavan, M.P., Ms. Medha Patkar, Social Activist, Mr. Henri Tiphagne, 

Executive Director, Peoples Watch, Dr. Christudas Gandhi, I.A.S., and Dr. 

Binayek Sen, Social Activist were chief guests, September 2009; and (ii) 

Department in collaboration with the Centre for Integrated Rural Development 

Studies conducted a Certificate Course on Holistic Child Development for the 

Child Development Associates of Caruna Bal Vikas, Chennai, 2009-10. 

• Department of Zoology: National Seminar on ‘Recent Advances in Fish 

Reproduction’ along with the Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management, October 2009, with Dr. Samuel Sukumar as the Organizing 

Secretary. 

Self-Financed Stream 

• Department of Computer Science: National Symposium Techwoods 10, in 

which 153 students from 23 colleges participated, February 2010. 

• Department of Commerce: National Conference on ‘Paradigm Shift in Financial 

Services’ was organized by the department. It was inaugurated by Mr. K. R. 

Ananda, Regional Director Reserve Bank of India, 15 th September 2009. The 

guest of honour spoke on the measures taken by RBI in motivating the 

innovations in the financial sector. 

• Department of Social Work: (i) The Annual National level Study Conference 

Sunergeo 2009 was conducted on the theme ‘HR: Strategically Balancing the 

Business’, at which 200 students and HRs from different Colleges and Companies 

participated. 

• Department of Microbiology: National Symposium on ‘Molecular Perspectives 

of Microbes in Health and Environment’ under the theme Bioconsortium10, 


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Seminars/Workshops: 

• Department of Tamil: One-day Symposium on ‘Ponmozhi Pulavar Ka. 

Appadurai’ in collaboration with Sahitya Academy and the National Academy of 

Letters of the Government of India. 

• Department of Philosophy: One day UGC sponsored Seminar on ‘The 

Philosophical and Ethical Implications of Globalization’. Dr. John Clammer, 

Professor of Development Sociology, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan, 

delivered the Key note address and Dr. V.S. George, Professor & Head, 

Department of Philosophy, Loyola College delivered a lecture on The Impact of 

Globalization Today. Dr. S. Mathivanan, Department of Philosophy, MCC, 

delivered a lecture on, Globalization and Education. Dr. M. Gabriel and 

Dr. K. Joshua of the Department of Philosophy, MCC, delivered lectures on, The 

Philosophical and Ethical Implications of Globalization, 2009. 

• Department of Statistics: (i) Seminar on ‘Quality and Reliability of the Hard and 

Soft’, IAPQR and UGC sponsored World Quality Day Celebrations, November 

2009; (ii) UGC sponsored Workshop on Six-Sigma Concepts, February 2010, 

M. Balakrishnan, coordinator, DISC, CARI, Port Blair delivered the valedictory 

address on ‘Application of Bioinformatics in Biotechnology’ and distributed 

certificates to participants; and (iv) DBT Star College Biotechnology Workshop 

for students from the Department of Physics, Chemistry & Zoology, Madras 

Christian College, 09 December 2009. 

• Department of Physics: One-day seminar on ‘Vistas in Physics Research’, 

sponsored by the UGC and Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and 

Technology. 

• Department of Physics and Chemistry: (i) Workshop on Biotechnology for UG 

students under DBT – Star College Scheme. Dr. N. Gautham, Professor, 

Department of Biophysics and Crystallography, University of Madras, Guindy, 

Chennai, delivered the inaugural address. A practical manual for the basic 

biochemistry experiments, an in-house publication was released by the Principal 

during the inauguration; (ii) One day seminar on ‘Climate Change – Biodiversity 

and Livelihood’ at MCC for College Teachers and Students, 2009; and (iii) DBT – 

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Star College Workshop on ‘Basics of Biotechnology’ for Staff members in 

Physics and Chemistry, 30 & 31 October 2009. 

• Department of Zoology: (i) Workshop on ‘Basics of Biotechnology for Non- 

Biology’, faculty under the Star College Scheme with Dr. Samuel Sukumar as the 

Organizing Secretary. The Workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Rangasami, 

Director, CAS in Botany, University of Madras, October 2009; and (ii) Workshop 

on Coastal Biodiversity Restoration, along with the Marine Studies Programme, at 

the Estuarine Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, December 2009 with Dr. Logamanya 

Tilak as the organizing secretary. 


• Department of Business Administration: (i) ‘Idea Generation Workshop on 

Entrepreneurship’, in which the best business plan was selected for a major 

project to be undertaken by the department in collaboration with SIFE; and 

(ii) Seminar on ‘Career Skills’ by the TIME Institute. 

• Department of Physics: (i) ‘Symbian 2009’, a one-day Seminar on Applications 

of Radio Isotopes. Dr. P. Aruna, Professor, Medical Physics Department, Anna 

University, delivered a lecture, December 2009; and (ii) Workshop on learning 

electronics through mini projects was also held in the Physic Laboratory, January 


• Department of Journalism: Seminars and Workshops as part of the department 

festival ‘Mediascape’, March 2010. 

Lectures Organized by the Departments: 

• Department of Philosophy: (i) Rev. Dr. Frank Clooney, Professor of Religions 

and Theology, Harvard University, U.S.A. delivered a lecture on ‘Religious 

Pluralism and its Significance’, 27 July 2009; (ii) Dr. Mark Harbold, Professor of 

Music, Elmhurst College, Chicago, delivered lectures on ‘Music and Expression’, 

and on ‘Music and Emotion’, 01 September 2009; (iii) Prof. Claude Stulting, 

Professor of Religion and English, Furman University, South Carolina, U.S.A, 

delivered a lecture on the topic: Religious Pluralism in the Context of U.S.A, 

30November 2009; (iv) Prof. Veena Khandke, Department of Asian Studies, 

Furman University, South Carolina, U.S.A, delivered a lecture on: ‘Psychology 

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and Interdisciplinary Approach’, 01 December 2009; and (v) Dr. William Sweet, 

Professor of Philosophy, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada, delivered a 

lecture on: The Ethic of Inter-Culturalism, 23 February 2010. 

• Department of Business Administration: Two lectures under ‘Distinguished 

Speaker Lecturer Series’, were given by Mr. K. Gopalakrishnan, Hon. General 

Secretary – TANSTIA and Mr. K.M. Viswanathan, Deputy Controller of 

Patents & Designs, India, on 11 & 14 December 2009. 

• Department of Physics: (i) Dr. Mark Harbold, Elmhurst College, Chicago, USA, 

gave a lecture on ‘Music and the Physics of Sound’, November 2009; and 

(ii) Dr. C.S. Sundar, Head of Material Science division, IGCAR, Kalpakkam, 

delivered the C.V. Raman Lecture sponsored by DAE, Government of India. 

• Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology: In the special meeting 

of PG Botany Club, guest lectures were delivered by two eminent Field 

Biologists, Dr. John Mathew, Doctoral Fellow in History gave lecture on ‘Local in 

the Environment’ and Mr. Abishek Harihar, Research Fellow, Wild Life Institute 

of India, Dehradun on ‘Tigers of North-West India’, 07 October 2009. 

• Department of Journalism: Lecture series on ‘Journalism in the Context of 

Science and Social Science’ under the name SPECTRUM, inaugurated by the 

Principal and Mrs. B. Salome Yeshudas, Scientist and Nutritionist working for the 

UN spoke on ‘Media, Science and Rural India’, Dr. Mark Harbold of Elmhurst 

College on ‘The Appreciation of Music as an Art’ and Dr. D. Narasimhan of the 

Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, MCC, on ‘Biodiversity’. 

• Department of Marine Studies and Costal Resource Management: 

(i) Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong, Director, Institute of Environmental and Marine 

Sciences, Silliman University, Dumaguete City, Philippines delivered a lecture on 

‘Activities of Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences, Silliman 

University’, 28 August 2009; (ii) Dr. Janet S. Estacion, coordinator for Graduate 

Programmes, Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences, Silliman 

University, Dumaguete City, Philippines delivered lecture on ‘Assessment of 

Dugong Population and its Habitat in Davao Sur’, 28 August 2009; and (iii) Dr. 

John Mathew from Harvard University – Seminar on Tracing Evolutionary 

Zoological Links. 

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Co-Curricular Activities 

Aided Stream 

• Department of History celebrated Madras Day on 17 & 18 September 2009. As 

part of the celebrations, the department conducted an Archaeology Exhibition on 

Madras. Dr. S. Muthiah, eminent historian of Madras, Dr. V. Jeyaraj, former 

Curator, Government Museum, Chennai and experts from Kuoni Academy 

delivered lectures on various aspects of the city and tourist attractions. The event 

also witnessed the launching of the Departments Newsletter Pyrsos. The 

Department conducted a one-day Film Festival, 10 March 2010 with Ms. Jennifer 

Arul, Chief, NDTV-Hindu, Chennai and Mr. Sashikumar, Chairman, Media 

Development Foundation and eminent journalist, as discussants. 

• Department of Political Science: (i) Ph.D. research scholars from Queens 

University, Belfast, interacted with the students of the department, February 2010 

and (ii) Tibetan students of the department organized a lecture on Sino-Indian 

Relations delivered by Tenzin Chapel, a full-bright scholar. 

• Department of Social Work: SEWA activities during the year 2009-2010 

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Programme was 

conducted in Selaiyur Hall, 65 students and 10 Women Volunteers from SOS 

(Save Our Soul) Village participated, 26 June 2009. 

International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking Programme was 

conducted in Thomas Hall at 6.30 pm, 75 students participated, 08 July 2009. 

SEWA inauguration was conducted at CIRDS, Conference Hall, 

Dr. John Kurian George, CEO Director of GLRA was the Chief Guest and the 

Guest of Honor – Dr. R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, Madras Christian 

College, 27 July 2009. 

World Breast Feeding Day awareness programme was conducted in 

collaboration with Kamatchi Hospital, Pallikaranai for the in and outpatient in 

that hospital through means of Cultural Programme like street play, 01 August 


Independence Day programme was conducted in Family Life Institute (FLI), 

Mappedu, the Chief Guest was Dr. Samuel Sukumar the 

Former-warden of Heber Hall. The sports competition for the School Children 

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and Cultural fiesta put up by the FLI students and SEWA students, added color 

to the occasion, 15 August 2009. 

Teachers day programme was celebrated by giving a hand-made greeting card 

to each staff member of the college (Day and Evening), 05 September 2009. 

World Peace day was observed in collaboration with Student Christian 

Movement where students performed a street play on “PEACE or PIECE” at 

the Day Cafeteria, 25 November 2009. 

World Aids Day was celebrated with children affected with AIDS residing in 

PACT, at Tambaram Sanatorium. A special programme like Songs, Puppets 

Show, Skit was conducted for the children focusing on Love of God. Gifts also 

were distributed, 01 December 2009. 

Human Rights Day was observed by bringing awareness about Right to 

Information, Child Rights and Basic rights of the people in East and West 

Tambaram Railway Station through Displaying Posters, Charts, and 

Distributing pamphlets to the public, 11 December 2009. 

In connection with the International Women’s Day which falls on 08 March a 

one-day seminar sponsored by UGC was organized for women from various 

self-help groups on the theme SHGs – A Strategy For Women’s 

Empowerment, 12 March 2010. 

• Department of Mathematics: ‘Mathwoods’, an inter-collegiate programme, 

which included events such as paper presentation, Math Quiz, etc., was organized 

by the department of Mathematics. Dr. Narayanaswamy from IIT, Chennai, and 

Dr. T. Robinson from MCC gave Special Lectures. 

• Department of Chemistry: Prof. R. Venkatraman Interschool Quiz Competition 

2009 was organized by the Department, August 2009. 

• Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology: The combined 

inauguration of the Botany Society and PG Botany Club for the academic year 

2009-2010 was held on 07 August 2009. Dr. P. Dayanandan, Former Head of the 

Department, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College presided over the 

function and delivered the inaugural address on The Grand Unification of Life 

celebrating the Bicentenary of Darwin. 

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Organized a Public Lecture on ‘Life in the Tree tops- Forest canopies promote 

Conservation, Ecotourism and Education’ by Margaret Lowman, North 

Carolina State University, in collaboration with ATREE, Bangalore and 

CPREEC, 02 February 2010 at C.P.R Environmental Education Centre, 

Chennai. 

Public display of Medicinal Plants, Plant Fossils and Timber Wood types in the 

Education Department Pavilion of Trade and Tourists Fair at Island Grounds, 

organized by Tamil Nadu Tourism Department, 22 & 23 February 2010. 

• Department of Zoology, along with the University of Madras, conducted 

Bicentenary celebration Darwin 200 – at which an inter-collegiate oratorical 

competition for PG Zoology students was organized, January 2010. 

Self - Financed Stream 

• Department of Business Administration: (i) ‘EXOUSIA 2010 – Dynamic 

Power’, a competition organized for the school children, at which immense 

potential was showcased by young talents on the theme ‘Eco-friendly Business’, 

January 2010; and (ii) ‘La Corrida 10-Bull Fight’, an inter-collegiate management 

event, at which vibrant students from 27 Colleges in and around Chennai thronged 

to be a part of it and Ethiraj College for Women emerged as the champion. 

• Department of Mathematics: Inter-School Math Competition ‘ENIGMA 09’, 

which was inaugurated by Dr. Mrs. Indra Rajasingh, Head of the Department of 

Mathematics, Loyola College, Chennai, 400 students from 20 schools participated 

and the students actively participated in the events like Su-do-ku, Quiz, 

Mathematical puzzles, Number chain, Olympiad, Mathematical sketching, etc. 

• Department of Social Work (MSW): ‘The Annual Fest Cognito 2010’, 

organized by the department had an overwhelming response from students and the 

following events were conducted: Paper Presentation, Ad Zap, Quiz, Best 

Manager, Collage, Poster Making, Face Painting, Stress Interview, Creative 

Writing, Treasure Hunt and Speech. 

• Department of Social Work (BSW): The Annual Department Fest ‘Udhayam 

2010’ was conducted on the theme Empowering Minds and Enriching Lives at 

which eminent speakers like Mr. PMJF Lion S. Nagin and Ms. Brindha 

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Jayaraman, Psychologists gave excellent inputs to the participants. Ms. Shiny 

Wilson, Indian Athlete and Olympian, presided over the valedictory function. 

• Department of Computer Applications: ‘Quest IT10’, a two-day inter-collegiate 

technical competition cum cultural event, at which over 15 Colleges participated. 

• Department of Visual Communication: (i) WERKSTAT 09, an inter-collegiate 

Workshop on creativity and innovation in association with the advertising giant, 

Ogilvy and Mather; and (ii) Darpan, the annual photography and art exhibition in 

the exam gallery, March 2010. This annual event is conducted to encourage the 

budding artists and photographers of the department and thereby create an 

exposition for their creations. 

• Department of Communication: Photography Exhibition which was named as 

‘F-stop’. Fifty best photographs were exhibited and this event encouraged students 

to realize their creative potential and hone their skills to face the challenges of the 

media industry. 

9. Research projects: 

• An Etymological and Grammatical Connection between Tamil and North Indian 

Languages: Major Project funded by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil, 

Government of India, was successfully completed by G. Rajendran, Department 

of Tamil, January 2010. 

• Working Performance of NREGP in Cuddalore District: Minor research project 

sanctioned to A. Annadurai, Department of Economics, by Malcolm Elizabeth 

Adiseshiah Trust, Chennai. 

• An Economic Evaluation of Environment Degradation (with reference to select 

water resources in Kancheepuram District): UGC Sponsored Research Project by 

Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, submitted in December 2009. 

• Problems of Marketing of Product Produced by Women Self-Help Group in 

Chennai: Minor Research Project by the UGC for a sanctioned amount of 

Rs. 95,000/- to John Gabriel, Department of Commerce. 

• WHO funded project on Community Participation in Dengue Control in 

collaboration with Indian Council for Medical Research, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 

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India: Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, has been appointed as Coinvestigator 

and Social Scientist for the Second phase of the project (2009-10). 

• Socio-Economic Survey of the Project Affected People (PAPS) in the proposed 

project area in Marakkanam, Villupuram District, TN: Rs. 8 Lakhs project 

sanctioned by the National Thermal Power Corporation with Prince Annadurai, 

Department of Social Work, as the Principal Investigator. 

• Public Key Cryptosystems based on Language Theory and their Security, UGC 

Minor Research Project sanctioned to P. Abisha Jeyanthi, Department of 

Mathematics, 2009-2011. 

• Preliminary Investigations in Digital Process Control of Chemical Methods to 

Form ZnO Films: Major research sponsored by UGC for an amount of Rs. 1.9 

lakhs has been sanctioned to N. Lakshminarayan, Department of Physics, status of 

the project is ongoing. 

• Conserve Two Critically Endangered and Endemic Trees of Southern Western 

Ghats: A multi-institutional project was sanctioned to D. Narasimhan (Project 

Coordinator) and G.A.I. Ebenezer (Co-investigator, MCC), Department of Plant 

Biology and Plant Biotechnology by the Department of Biotechnology, 

Government of India. This project includes Madras Christian College 

(Coordinating Institution), Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, 

Thiruvananthapuram and The American College, Madurai. The total budget for 

the project is Rs. 59.5 lakhs of which MCC is allocated Rs. 31.5 Lakhs, 16 

December 2009. 

• Developing searchable database on Alien Species including invasive species of 

Tamil Nadu: sanctioned to D. Narasimhan, by Department of Environment, 

Government of Tamil Nadu, Rs. 29, 000, Duration one year (2010) 

• A multinational project entitled Biodiversity and Conservation: An Evaluation of 

Comparative Study of Biodiversity and Conservation of Three Hotspots of Asia: 

A special reference to participatory approach of responsible fisheries and 

utilization of indigenous stake-holders: Sanctioned by the United Board for 

Christian Higher Education in Asia, Hong Kong to R. Moses Inbaraj, Department 

of Zoology, and three institutes for an amount of US $ 42,000. 

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• Fruit Juice Project: sponsor by SIFE – seed grant to the Department of Business 

Administration (SFS), and the sanction amount is Rs. 40,000/-, the status of the 

project is Ongoing. 

• GIS Based Interpolation Contour Models on the Assessment of Benthos in Pulicat, 

South East India: UGC sanctioned a major research project to the Department of 

Marine Studies and Costal Resource Management, 2009-2012. 

10. Patents generated, if any: 

Nil 

11. New collaborative research programmes: 

• Department of Business Administration in collaboration with SIFE introduced an 

entrepreneurship programme which mobilizes the students to make a difference in 

their communities while developing the skills to become socially responsible 

business leaders. 

• Department of Chemistry, has an MoU with Orchid Chemicals and 

Pharmaceuticals Ltd., and conducted a training programme for their employers 

under the programme OLIVE. 

• Department of Chemistry, in collaborative arrangements with leading research 

institutions like CLRI, CSIR, CECRI, NEERI, Asthagiri Research Institutions, 

IGCAR, Hindustan Photo Films- Ooty, to carry PG research projects. 

• Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, collaborates with the 

following organization for ongoing research and consultancy: (i) National 

Biodiversity Authority of India (NBA); (ii) Botanical Survey of India (BSI); 

(iii) Southern Circle, Coimbatore; (iv) Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Chennai; 

(v) Department of Environment – Tamil Nadu, Chennai; (vi) FRLHT, Bangalore; 

(vii) C.P. Ramaswamy Research Foundation (CPRRF), Chennai; and (viii) 

Krishnamoorthy Institute of Algology (KIA), Chennai. 

• Department of German (Languages), is in collaboration with Deutsche Welle 

Germany for the purpose of Co-operation and Sharing of Web-based resources for 

the period of 2009-2010, and its outcome is web-based learning resources for 

German Learning. 

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12. Research grants received from various agencies: 

Research Grants 

1 Major Project – GIS – Dr. Seshseribia 526300 

2 DBT – Star College – Dr. Arul Samraj 1200000 

3 UGC – Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship 750000 

4 UGC – Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship 200000 

5 ICHR – Veeraraghavan 5000 


7 DBT – BIF – Dr. Arul Samraj 1600000 


9 DBT – BIF – Dr. Arul Samraj 1519000 

10 ICSSR – New Delhi 71250 

11 Ednl. Innovation 120000 

12 UGC – student project – Govt. of India 100000 

13 NTPC project – Dr. Prince Annadurai 96000 

14 Major Project – CFRP – Dr. Narasimhan 1601000 

15 NTPC project – Dr. Prince Annadurai 64000 

16 ICHR – Mr. Sudhakarraj 7000 

17 TNSCST – Student project 12000 

18 Indian Assn. Research – Dr. Gnanamalar David 25000 

19 TNSCST – Student project 20000 

20 Indian Assn. Research – Dr. Gnanamalar David 30000 

21 TNSCST – Dr. Rajendran 62500 

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13. Details of research scholars: 

Number of departments conducting M. Phil. Programme : 14 

Number of departments conducting Ph.D. programme : 14 

Name of the Department M.Phil. Ph.D. 

Recognized 

Guides 

Students 

Enrolled 

Recognized 

Guides 

Scholars 

Enrolled 

1 History 8 12 4 5 

2 Political Science 9 5 9 15 

3 Public Administration 4 4 2 - 

4 Economics 5 2 5 5 

5 Philosophy 3 5 3 2 

6 Tamil Literature 4 5 3 4 

7 English Literature 7 3 4 8 

8 Mathematics 2 10 4 3 

9 Statistics 4 12 7 3 

10 Physics 3 6 2 1 

11 Chemistry 3 12 2 1 

12 Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology 5 7 7 1 

13 Zoology 3 5 3 1 

14 Commerce 4 7 4 8 

14. Citation index of faculty members and impact factor: 

Nil 

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15. Honours / awards / recognition to the faculty: 

• The College has been selected as a Star College by the Department of 

Biotechnology, Government of India. D. Arul Samraj, Department of Zoology is 

the Coordinator of the Star College Programme. 

• R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, served as a member of the NAAC (an 

autonomous body of the UGC) Peer Team to assess the Colleges for Accreditation 

and Re-accreditation. 

• Ann Thomas, Department of English, (i) Represented the World Alliance of 5 

YMCAs at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women at the United 

Nations, Headquarters, New York, USA, March 2010; (ii) Re-nominated as the 

National Chairperson of the Women’s Empowerment and Gender Concerns 

Committee for another term of 3 years; and (iii) Nominated to the Managing 

Committee of Kendriya Vidyalaya, No.2, Air Force Station, Tambaram, for a 

three year period during 2009-2012. 

• Moses Michael Faraday, Department of Tamil, has been honored by the CSI, 

Madras Diocese, as one among 10 living Tamil Christian Scholars and the CSI has 

published an article, on his life and contributions to Tamil Christian Literature, 

November 2009. 

• P. George, Department of Tamil, served as Coordinator for ‘World Youth 

Programme’, organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth, Government 

of India, in which nearly 275 foreign youth participated. 

• C. Selvaraj, Department of Economics, (i) Vice-Chancellors nominee in the 

Boards of Studies of Lady Doak College, Madurai, Holy Cross College, Trichy 

and Ethiraj College, Chennai; and (ii) The Recruitment Committee of A.M. Jain 

College, Meenambakkam and Hindu College, Pattabiram. 

• A. Duraisamy, nominated as subject expert to the Board of Studies of Economics, 

for Government Arts College, Nandanam as well as Loyola College, Chennai, by 

the University of Madras. 

• M. Gabriel & K. Joshua, Department of Philosophy, have been honoured with 

an invitation from Compassion International, U.S.A. in their capacity as Board 

Members of Caruna Bal Vikas, Chennai, to participate in the Inaugural 

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Programme and official meetings of Sri Lanka Chapter (Compassion 

International) at Colombo, 23 to 25 March 2010. 

• V.M. Spurgeon, Department of Philosophy was invited as an honorary Chaplain 

by the Canterbury Christ Church in October 2009. During his stay there in UK, he 

participated and served in the altar of Canterbury Cathedral and West Minister 

abbey. He has also been nominated as one of the members of the Selection 

Committee for the post of General Secretary of Anglican Communion. 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, Membership in International 

Honor Society in Business-Membership in ‘Sigma Beta Delta’, Shenandoah 

Chapter, Winchester, Virginia, USA, in recognition of high scholastic 

achievement, 05 April 2010. 

• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, has been invited to be (i) Member, 

Ethics Committee for research, Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health 

(BALM) in collaboration with University College, London; and (ii) Reviewer for 

the special issue on Service Learning, Journal of New Horizons in Education, 

(Vol. 57, No.3), June 2009. 

• D.G. Thomas, Department of Mathematics, has been invited to be a member of 

the Programme Committee of the International Symposium CompIMAGE10, 

Buffalo State University of New York, USA, May 2010. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar, Department of Chemistry, is invited to be a Reviewer for 

the special issue on Service Learning, Journal of New Horizons in Education, 

(Vol. 57, No.3), June 2009. 

• T. Jaba Priya, Department of Chemistry, is appointed as a member of the 

Editorial Board of The Asian Journal of Experimental Chemistry, an International 

Refereed Journal on Chemistry and Chemical Sciences. 

• H.K.P. Devadoss, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, 

Member of Indian Aerobiological Association and Indian Palynological society. 

• M. Baluswami, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, (i) 

Associate of Associate of Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology from 1991 

onwards; (ii) Member of Seaweed Research and Utilisation Association; (iii) 

Member of Indian Phycological Society; (iv) Member of Indian Hydrobiology. 

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• D. Narasimhan, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, (i) has 

been elected as Expert Member on Access and Benefit Sharing for National 

Biodiversity Authority, Government of India for a period of Two Years; (ii) has 

been invited as an expert to participate in the meeting on Tamil Nomenclature and 

Classification of Medicinal Plants organized by the Government Museums, 

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, September 2009; and (iii) was awarded Prof. V.V. 

Sivarajan Gold Medal for his valuable contribution in the field of Angiosperm 

Taxonomy in India in the XIX Annual Conference of Indian Association for 

Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) & International Symposium on Angiosperm 

Systematics & Phylogeny: Retrospects and Prospects held at NCBE, Lucknow, 

India and he also delivered the medal lecture on the topic Tropical Dry Evergreen 

Forests: An Endangered Forest type, November 2009. 

• R. Moses Inbaraj, Department of Zoology, has been selected as a Committee 

member for Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management Project Directorate. 

• Manu Thomas Mathai & Anulin Christudas, Department of Zoology, isolated 

and studied the Defensin gene from the dragonfly Crocothemis servilia and the 

nucleotide sequence is deposited in the gene bank NCBI, USA, Access No. 

GU9354141. 

• K. Kavitha, Department of Microbiology (SFS), (i) Honoured with an Executive 

Membership in the ‘Indian Association of Applied Microbiology’; and (ii) Served 

as a Chairperson for the oral presentation of scientific paper session, SRM College 

of Arts and Science, Chennai, 11 &12 December 2009. 

• Rayson K. Alex, Department of English (SFS), has been awarded the British 

Prime Ministers Award to visit Queens University, Belfast, on an academic 

exchange programme, 2010. 

• Sudar Vizhi, Department of Tamil (Languages SFS), Excellent Comperer Award 

was given at the valedictory function of the Faculty Orientation Programme, 

Barathiyar University, May 2010. 

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16. Internal resources generated: 

• The college was able to generate funds for purchase of new books, equipment’s 

for the laboratories and to enhance class room teaching / learning. 

• Funds were also generated for infrastructural development. 

17. Details of departments getting SAP, COSIST (ASSIST)/DST, FIST, etc: 

Nil 

18. Community and support services: 

A. SUPPORT SYSTEM 

MCC School of Continuing Education (MCCSCE) 

• The MCC School of Continuing Education is growing each year with the total 

enrolment for the academic year 2009-2010 touching 370 as against 310 the 

previous year. The unit has been conducting full-time PG Diploma Courses and 

two Diploma Courses with 130 students on the roll. PG Diploma Course in 

Human Resource Management which has attracted a good number of candidates. 

Other part-time courses such as Computer Application, English Language and 

Teachers Training have also had very good response. 

• A large number of poor villagers had the benefit of diagnosis and free medical 

treatment through the multi-diagnostic camp conducted by the PGDMLT students 

at Pulicat in December 2009. This programme was sponsored by Elsevier 

Publishing Company. A. 

• A Health Stall put up by the Medical Laboratory Technology students at the 

Deepwoods festival received positive response. 

• The Printers Day was celebrated in memory of John Gutenberg, the pioneer of 

modern printing. 

College Union Society 

• The College Union Society began the activities by conducting the campus tour for 

the fresher on 19 June 2009. Over 1500 wide-eyed students were shown around 

the pristine campus while being educated with bits of MCCs glorious history. 

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• On the 22 July 2009, Radio Mirchi, in association with the College Union Society 

(CUS), organized the Fresher’s talent hunt. Representative from MCC won the 

overall prize at the city-level competition. 

• The inauguration of the society for the year 2009-2010 was organized on 11 

August 2009 with Mr. Andrew Simkin, the US Consul General in Chennai, 

gracing the occasion. The CUS used the opportunity to also host an intercollegiate 

elocution competition in association with the US Consulate, Chennai, 

on the topic ‘Worldwide Movement for Democracy: India’s Role’. 

• Gandhi Jayanthi was celebrated in the College on the 01 October 2009 with an 

event organized by the CUS. The two-day event saw Sketching and Essay Writing 

competitions and an exhibition of Gandhi memorabilia from the collection of Mr. 

Kalyanam, Mahatma Gandhi’s personal secretary. The celebration ended with a 

recollection of memories by Mr. Kalyanam and a panel discussion featuring Mr. 

Kalyanam and other Gandhi-ists from our College. 

• Madras Christian College Theatre Society was re-launched on 22 October 2009 

after almost a decade. The CUS organized an evening with three plays by the 

Colleges Theatre group. Three plays of Indian authors were staged: ‘Hidden 

Fires’, ‘Temporary Matters’ and ‘A twist of tales’. The plays were produced and 

directed entirely by the students. 

• The New Year started with the Times of India ‘Fresh Face’ talent contest 

organized on 22 January 2010. At the end of the talent hunt, Mervin Solomon and 

Shema Mariya were selected from MCC to represent MCC at the city level. 

• The annual inter-collegiate cultural festival, Deepwoods, was organized from 10 

to 12 February 2010. The three days saw unprecedented levels of participation. An 

internationally acclaimed rock band ‘Avial’ performed for the first ever time in 

Chennai. ‘Hexachord’, a band of MCCs old boys performed a light music show. 

• Women’s Day was celebrated on 08 March 2010 with an inter-departmental 

elocution competition and a speech to spread awareness on Trafficking of 

Women. 

• The MCC mini-marathon was organized on 13 March 2010 to explore the campus 

as well as to foster the spirit of competition between the departments. 

• The valedictory function was held in April 2010. 

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Centre for Women’s Studies 

• The Centre for Women’s Studies offers two-semester value oriented credit course 

on ‘Gender Studies’. This is an optional paper under ‘Value Education’ and is 

open to the first year undergraduate students. It is encouraging to note that a few 

men students also have opted for the course. 

• The women workers of the college met every month to share their concerns and 

had programmes of their choice. They continue to contribute towards the small 

savings scheme. Mrs. Nirmala Jesudasan hoisted the National flag and distributed 

sweets to all present on Independence day. Special programmes were held on 

Christmas and International Women’s Day. For the Independence Day 

Celebration on 15 August 2009,. 

• Annual sale for the benefit of women workers was held on 05 February 2010 with 

generous contributions in cash/usable articles from a number of well-wishers. The 

fund generated is used to (i) give interest free loans to women workers every year. 

The loan amount is recovered in 10 equal installments; (ii) meet the expenses for 

their monthly meetings and special programmes; (iii) expenses to buy saris for 

them for Christmas; and (iv) meet their medical expenses up to Rs. 2,000/-. 

• The Centre also closely monitors the progress of the women in the three slum 

clusters at Durga Nagar, about eight kilometers from MCC and provides help 

whenever required. 

Student Christian Movement (SCM) 

• Student Christian Movement a unit of Campus Ministries of MCC functions with 

three fold vision namely Evangelism, Discipleship and Social action. 

• The programmes have been designed focusing on the above mentioned aspects of 

vision. SCM began its activity through the inaugural on 08 July 2009. Mr. Ajoy 

Varghese addressed the gathering with the theme ‘Waiting for the World to 

Change’. 

• Fresher’s retreat was conducted on 18 July 2009 along with ‘Talent Time’ in the 

afternoon. 

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• Staff student Retreat was conducted in the MCC Pavilion on 02 August 2009,. Mr. 

Kingsly Arunodaya Kumar was the resource person. 

• Aided Stream-SFS meet was held at the Pavilion, 19 September 2009 to create a 

rapport between both the stream. 

• The SCM Alumni meet was conducted, 03 October 2009. Mr. Wilfred Davidar, 

IAS and Mr. Silas Balraj spoke on this occasion. 

• Christmas programme and Sale was conducted on 16 December 2009, Mr. Freddy 

Joseph was the guest speaker. 

• Leadership Camps were held at Pulicat, 24 to 26 July 2009 and at Yelagiri Hills, 

26 to 28 February 2010. These programmes are conducted to identify and train 

potential student leaders from MCC. 

• Team building camp for SFS students was conducted at Padappai on 13 February 


• Panel Discussion on ‘Evolution or Design’ was organized, 19 February 2010 with 

resource persons from abroad and from various departments of MCC at Agnes 

Martin Auditorium. 

SCM - Social Action Programme 

• Pammal Medical Centre Activities were renewed with the Inaugural event on 23 

October 2009 and by conducting a special Dental Camp for Pammal residents. 

• Teachers Day was celebrated in association with NSS unit of our campus on 

September 10 2009 by presenting Radhakrishnan Memorial Award for 6 senior 

professors of the campus. 

• The World Peace Day was celebrated on 25 November 2009 on the theme of 

Peace and Freedom inviting Tibetian students of our campus to render their 

cultural programme and to display the Photo Gallery. Food Carnival was 

conducted with a view of raising fund for the social action programme especially 

for Pammal Medical Centre, 04 December 2009. World AIDS Day was observed 

in Collaboration with SWASA unit of MCC on 12 December 2009 by inviting 

children from YWAM Centre at Tambaram Sanatorium by celebrating Christmas 

with them. A friendly Foot Ball match between Pammal Football Team and MCC 

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Football team was conducted on 06 January 2010, to create a working atmosphere 

at Pammal for social action of SCM. 

• A special programme for students on the theme Building Youth for Social 

Transformation with special reference to Human Rights and Marginalization 

sponsored by the North Tamil Nadu Region of SCMI Bangalore was held at 

International Guest House of MCC, 22 to 24 January 2010. 

• Oliver Jeffrey student from Department of Physics attended National Ecumenical 

Youth Assembly conducted by Student Christian Movement of India, at Calcutta 

from 05 to 11 January 2010. 

• Diploma course on Spoken English and Communication skills is offered to five 

Dalit Students of MCC in association with MCC School of Continuing Education 

by availing sponsorship from Student Christian Movement of India, Bangalore 

under SCMI fellowship programme. 

• Sunday School Rally was held at Anderson Hall on 13 February 2010. Sunday 

School Children of SCM at Pammal, Oxfam School, Mizpa School, Model 

Village along with MCC Campus Children took part in the progran. 

B. COMMUNITY SERVICES 

National Service Scheme (NSS) 

There are 5 units in our College, each having strength of 100 volunteers. Dr. S. Yagna 

Sekhar, Dr. P. George, Dr. A. Annadurai, Dr. P. Wilson and Mrs. Miriam Kalpana 

Simon are the NSS Programme Officers. Every NSS Volunteer is expected to put in 

240 hours of service in order to aquire the service certificate. Regular activities like 

Hospital Services, Tutorial Classes, Orphanage Visit, Blood donation, Zoological 

Services and Campus Maintenance are effectively carried out by our NSS Volunteers. 

• More than 400 NSS Volunteers participated in the awareness Program conducted 

by Red Ribbon Club of MCC . 

• NSS Unit, along with SCM of MCC, organized Teachers Day celebration on 05 

September 2009. Six retiring Professors were honoured with Dr. Radhakrishnan 

Award. 

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• Three NSS Volunteers participated in a tree plantation programme organized by 

US Consulate, Chennai. 

• NSS unit also organized special camping programme at MCC FLI School at 

Mappedu Village, on the theme Healthy Youth: Healthy Nation in October 2009. 

• The highlight of this year’s NSS activities was the involvement of more than 200 

NSS volunteers in a mega project which was initiated by the Vice-Chancellor of 

the Madras University titled Nam Padithadhai Pirarku Padikka Koduppom 

(collection of used books). The volunteers worked for more than 2 months to 

collect over 15,000 books from different parts of Chennai. These books will be 

contributed to Aringhar Anna Centenary Library at Kotturpuram. 

• More than 20 volunteers participated in the Community Service project organized 

by the US Consulate General, Chennai, at Government Hobart Higher Secondary 

School for Muslim Girls, Chennai. 

• Twelve NSS volunteers participated in the Facebook Launch of the US Consulate 

General, Chennai, March 2010 at Chennai City Centre. 

• Dr. S. Yagna Sekhar, Dr. P. George, have been selected by the Ministry of Youth 

Affairs and Sports to coordinate with the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth 

Development, Sriperumbudur, for World Youth Programme, February 2010. 

National Cadet Corps (NCC) 

Infantry 

• Combined Annual Training Camp was held in July 2009 in which 20 cadets 

participated from our College. Cadet N. Edwin Gogi won the first place in 1500 

mts. 

• CUO N. Mahadevan, II B.B.A. and CSM I. Augustine Joe, II B.S.W. were 

selected for the prestigious Republic Day Camp, New Delhi; 8 of our cadets, 

namely, CQMS S. Aravind, Cpt. K. Nithin, Cdts R. John Joseph, N. Edwin Gogoi, 

R. Gajendran, K. Gopinath, J. Saravanan and Esra Prasad took part in the 

Republic Day Parade, held in Chennai. 

• CUO T. Saravanan Raja, II B.Sc. Physics, represented Tamil Nadu Directorate for 

map reading event in the Talsainik Camp held at New Delhi, September 2009. 

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• CUO M. Dinesh Kumar, II B.A. Pol. Science, took part in the National Integration 

Camp held at Ranchi, Jharkand, and he piloted the Governor of Jharkand, January 


• NCC Inter-College Competition was held at Stella Maris College in February 

2010. at which MCC’s Infantry wing won (i) 1st place in the Contingent Drill; (ii) 

overall II position and won the runners championship shield; (iii) Cdt R. John 

Joseph, I B.A. History won 1st place in the cross country race; (iv) Cdt K. 

Gopinath, I B.Sc. Physics, won the 1stplace in Talsainik events; (v) S.W. cadets 

won the 1st place in Quiz competition; and S.D. cadets won the 2nd place in the 

Guard of Honour event. 

• Our Infantry cadets also participated in the social service activities such as Tree 

Planting, Blood Donation, Election Duty, etc. 

NAVY - Boys Wing 

• Cadet Captain I. Jason Xia Soundar, II B.Com. and PoC K. Nirmal Kumar, II 

B.Com. attended Ship Attachment Camp at Mumbai, June 2009. They also 

attended pre-RDC camp at Coimbatore, November 2009; 

• Cadet Captain I. Jason Xia Soundar attended Best Cadet Capsule Camp at 

Pondichery, November to December 2009. 

• Six cadets attended Pre-IGC at Kancheepuram; 6 cadets attended IGC at 

Coimbatore, September 2009; and POC M.K. Anand, II B.Com and POC S. 

Rajeshwaran, II B.A. Eng. Attended IVC at Pondichery, September 2010. 

• POC M.K. Anand, II B.Com., POC S. Rajeshwaran, II B.A. English, and LC 

Sathianandhan, II B.A. Tamil attended Launch I at Pondichery, October 2009; 

Cadet Captain I Jason Xia Sounder, II B.Com and POC K. Nirmal Kumar, II 

B.Com attended Launch I at Chennai, December 2009; POC M.K. Anand, II 

B.Com. attended Launch II Camp at Pondichery, October 2009. 

• Cadet Captain I. Jason Xia Sounder, II B.Com. and POC K. Nirma Kumar 

attended Republic Day Camp 2010 held at Delhi, December 2009 to February 

2010; They also attended PM Rally at New Delhi, 28 January 2010; Cadet Captain 

I. Jason Xia Sounder attended Rajpath March, 26 January 2010 at New Delhi. 

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• POC M.K. Anand, II B.Com. attended Sea Training Camp at Vishakapatnam, 


• Cadet Captain I. Jason Xia Sounder was selected for the Naval Cruise. 

NAVY - Girls Wing 

• Five cadets, CC R. Sandhya, II B.Sc. Physics, POCs, S. Bhavani, II B.Sc. Physics, 

P. Gayathri, II B.A. Pol. Science, G.V. Shylaja, II B.Sc. Mathematics and S. 

Bhuvaneswari, II B.A Tamil, attended the All India Trekking Camp held at 

Aruvangadu, Coimbatore, May to June 2009. 

• POC P. Gayathri successfully attended the Nausainik Camp held at 

Vishakapatnam and excelled in the All India Drill. Cadets POC P. Gayathri and 

G.V. Shylaja attended the IUC Camp and got overall Championship in Culturals. 

POC G.V. Shylaja attended the Launch I Camp. 

• POC S. Bhavani took part in the RDC, Delhi and participated in Rajpat. 

• Our first year cadets, NC II, S.Dharani, I B.A. English, G. Hinduja, I B.Sc. 

Zoology, Sangari, I B.Sc. Physics, M .Shyamala I B.Sc. Physics and P. 

Shanmugapriya, I B.Sc. Physics participated in the prestigious Madras Republic 

Day Parade at Marina, 26 January 2010 and Saluted the Hon’ble Chief Minister of 

Tamil Nadu and the Hon’ble Governor Mr Surjit Singh Barnala. 

• Cadet POC S. Bhavani who attended RDC is selected for the Youth Exchange 

Programme. 

Campus Ministries 

Campus Ministries facilitates the College to maintain Christian identity and also to 

enhance the Christian presence on Campus by promoting Christian values, excellence 

and service. 

• The activities of the Campus Ministries for the academic year 2009-2010 began 

with the Retreat for Teaching Staff on 14 June 2009. It was held at MCC 

Estuarine Biological Laboratory in Pulicat. Mr. Silas Balraj, Country Director of 

Caruna Bal Vikas led the retreat. 

• The retreat for non-teaching staff was held on 27 June 2009 in the campus. 

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• Staff-student retreat was held on 02 August 2009. 

• The MCC Staff Study Circle organized several meetings for the staff members to 

reflect on the contemporary issues from Christian perspective. 

• The retreat for member institutions was held on 09 January 2010 at MCC Higher 

Secondary School, Chetpet. Dr. Paul Dinakaran of Jesus Calls Ministries led the 

retreat. 

• The Campus Ministries expanded its ministry in this academic year through two 

additional worship services on all Sundays vide free worship service at 11 a.m. on 

Sunday at Anderson Hall and Worship in Tamil at Oxfam School campus for the 

parents of project children. 

• The College Chaplain Rev. Dr. V.M. Spurgeon was invited as an honorary 

Chaplain by the Canterbury Christ Church in October 2009. During his visithe 

participated and served in the altar of Canterbury Cathedral and West Minister 

Abbey. He has also been nominated as one of the members of the Selection 

Committee for the post of General Secretary of Anglican Communion. 

Family Life Institute (FLI) 

As Family Life Institute, Mappedu entered its 36th year. It has grown from being just 

a clinic to an organization that caters to a plethora of family services. FLI has carved a 

niche for itself in the village of Mappedu through its various service schemes,. 

The various services provided by FLI presently are: 

Health Clinic 

Maternity services 

English medium primary school 

Tailoring unit 

Neighbourhood group 

Social work trainees field placement 

Volunteer programmes and 

Service-Learning programmes. 

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Farm 

The Farm operations are satisfactory and efforts are being taken to improve it. 

Groundnut and maize were cultivated within the inner fencing on the eastern side 

during the first half of the year. On the western side, inner-fencing has been done 

which has brought 10 acres of cultivable land under protection against grazing cattle, 

goats and deer. Greens, radish and lady’s finger are being cultivated in one acre land 

within this area. Tamil Nadu Forest Department has sponsored in the execution of 

Solar fencing, . this will help the farm in preventing the invasion of deer and other 

herbivores into the dairy, poultry, piggery and goats are maintained as usual. 

Institute for Advanced Christian Studies (IACS) 

The IACS offers short term diploma and certificate courses in Christian Studies taught 

by Professors who have earned a doctorate in secular disciplines and qualified with an 

additional basic degree in theology. This year 20 students registered for the Diploma 

in Christian Studies and 35 for the Certificate in Biblical Foundation Course. IACS 

plans to offer higher level courses in Christian Studies in the near future. 

Dr. Devanesen Center for Human Resource Development 

Dr. Devanesen Center has been offering its services to the PG students by imparting 

interdisciplinary soft skill program. Three components, namely, personality 

enhancement, communication skill in one of the foreign languages and career coping 

skill are basically emphasised. A team of teachers in the Centre has successfully 

brought out a course manual for facilitators to run the programme for the UG 

students’ volume 1 titled Self Transformation with the help of the UGC funds. 

Sharing of Knowledge You Had Abroad (SKY) 

SKY, a new venture of the College initiated in December 2009, aims to provide a 

platform for students and staff who went abroad on academic matters to share their 

experiences with the college community. This new initiative is aimed at improving 

our teaching-learning process and amenities based on the experiences gained by the 

concerned individuals. 

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Scrub Society 

• The activities primarily focused on the conservation of flora and fauna in the 

campus. Regular campus walks were held to imbibe and understand the rich 

biodiversity of the campus. 

• The college team participated in Flipper Fest 2009, a Marine Biodiversity 

Conservation Awareness programme organized by TREE Foundation and a comic 

strip competition on Climate Change organized by the British Council, Chennai. 

• Students participated in Chennai Bird Race-2010 organized by Madras 

Naturalists Society and in the two-day workshop on Eco Revolution – Youth 

Summit 2009, jointly organized by the institute of Remote Sensing (Anna 

University), TREE Foundation and Roots and Shoots. 

• Scrub Society organized a night-long walk along the beaches at Chennai to ensure 

the safety of Olive Ridley turtles that come ashore during the winter months to lay 

eggs. 

• Students participated in the Green Brigade Campaign organized by the 

Confederation of Indian Industry to make students green ambassadors and drive 

home the message of environment conservation in their neighbourhood and in the 

bicentenary celebrations of the evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin organized 

by Tamil Nadu Science Forum. 

• The Scrub Society scaled new heights this academic year with a workshop on 

Green Campus for students and faculty of city colleges to share their experiences 

of initiating environmental activities for the campus community. 

19. Teachers and officers newly recruited: 

Newly Recruited Teachers 

Department Name Month & Year 

1 English Mrs. Phebe Angus June 2009 

2 English Mr. J. Dinesh Kumar June 2009 

3 History Dr. Jinu Koshy June 2009 

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4 Mathematics Ms. C. Beaula June 2009 

5 Physics Ms. Larny Mary Jayan June 2009 

6 Chemistry Mr. T. Senthil Kumar June 2009 

7 Chemistry Ms. S. Geetha June 2009 

8 Plant Biology & PBT Dr. R. W. Arisdason June 2009 

9 Plant Biology & PBT Mr. Leslie Lawrence June 2009 

10 Plant Biology & PBT Ms. Anu Annamma Mammen June 2009 

11 Zoology Dr. T. Vimala Persis June 2009 

12 Zoology Dr. Maghil Denis June 2009 

13 Zoology Ms. J. Lily Mahalya June 2009 

14 Tamil Dr. N. Kanikkaraju July 2009 

20. Teaching - non-teaching staff ratio: 

The teaching and non-teaching staff ratio is 3:2 

21. Improvements in the library services: 

• Books for competitive exams and self-development were procured. A separate 

textbook library for the benefit of SFS students is functioning in addition to Aided 

stream text book library. 

• Reference section of the library is revamped. 

• Institutional membership was obtained in American Library and British Council 

Library for the benefit of staff and students. 

• BSNL broadband connection for the Digital library was procured. 

• Library has a static IP address from BSNL as per INFLIBNET criteria. 

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• Bar Code printer and scanner was introduced in the library for completion of the 

automation of the library. 

• Digital repository system is installed in the library server to manage digital 

resources. 

• Scanner cum copier is acquired for the purpose of digitalization of documents. 

• Subscription to on-line databases EBSCO, Questia and N-LISThas been initiated. 

• In the process of signing MoU with DELNET regarding inter-library loan and 

membership to DELNET. 

22. New books/journals subscribed and their value: 

Books / Journals Subscribed 

Books 

Journals 

Quantity Amount Quantity Amount 

2373 8,15,035.00 77 78,256.00 

23. Courses in which student assessment of teachers is introduced and the action 

taken on student feedback 

Student assessment of teachers is introduced for all the courses. In addition to this, 

course feedback is collected from students who have completed their degree 

programme in the college. The data is used both for faculty improvement and for 

enhancing the curriculum of the respective departments as and when needed. 

24. Unit cost of education: 

Total expenditure during 2009-10 including the salary : Rs.15, 64, 39,978.6 

Total No. of students enrolled 2009-10 :5934 

Unit cost of education 

(i) Including salary : Rs. 26,363 

(ii) Excluding salary : Rs. 4,970 

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25. Computerization of administration and the process of admissions and 

examination results, issue of certificates: 

Computerization of Administration office, Admission office, Examination office and 

Issue of certificates in the Records office continue and are upgraded whenever 

necessary. 

26. Increase in the infrastructural facilities: 

Infrastructure 

BUILDING 

Particulars 

Amount (Rs) 

Martin Hall Extension work 1753897 

UGC – Margaret Hall 

1500000 

UGC - Margaret Hall 

6100000 

MRC Building 704580 

Ladies Lounge 1159960 

Pulicat Lab construction 1285000 

Farm (inner fencing) 119027 

Total 12622464 

FURNITURE 

Particulars 

Amount (Rs) 

Library 199462 

Hostel 139620 

Other units 261802 

Total 600884 

MCC Campus Clinic, an extension unit of MCC Hospital, is functioning from 

Science Block of our campus. A large number of students, staff and campus workers 

are getting medical attention from this unit. 

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27. Technology upgradation: 

Carl Zeiss Trinocular research microscope with Canon DSLR camera and digital 

interface with attached Personal Computer was commissioned by Dr. R.W. Alexander 

Jesudasan, Principal, Madras Christian College (Autonomous) on 22 June 2009 at the 

department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology. The microscope apart from 

facilitating research would enable seamless demonstration of microscopic specimen 

through the high quality visual display. 

Techonology Upgradation 

ELECTRICAL & EQUIPMENT’S 

Particulars 

Amount (Rs) 

College Generator 340219 

College Other Units 1107833 

XI Plan Equipment 136310 

Total 1584362 

COMPUTER 

Particulars 

Amount (Rs) 

Library 199462 

Exam 147940 

SRO, SW, B.O, Dept. etc., 88119 

Maths, Commerce and Chemistry etc 133050 

Total 568571 

Grand Total 2152933 

28. Computer and internet access and training to teachers and students: 

Students and teachers continue to have access to computers and internet in the central 

computer facility in the library and in respective departments. Computer education is 

also offered as an integral part of the undergraduate syllabus. Number of the 

postgraduate departments offer computer training either as part of the curriculum or 

under the soft skills programme. 

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29. Financial aid to students: 

Scholarships: 

Particulars 

Scholarship 

GOVERNMENT 

Amount (Rs) 

SC 24,75,691 

BC 12,06,882 

GS 2,55,152 

MANAGEMENT 

Management 3,73,341 

Grand Total 43,11,066 

30. Activities and support from the alumni association: 

The alumni constitute an important source of strength to the Madras Christian 

College. Under the able leadership of Mr. K.M. Mammen, the Alumni Association 

continues to contribute richly to the life in MCC. While the Annual meetings kept the 

spirit of MCC alive, the Chapter visits by the Principal encouraged the alumni in 

keeping their contact with MCC alive and encouraging. An alumnus of 1957-58 

batch, Hon’ble Kivejinja Kirunda, Deputy Prime Minister, Republic of Uganda, 

visited the College in January 2010. As in the past, MCC Alumni Carol Concert was 

organized at the MCC School, Chetpet. The Annual Old Boys Cricket Match was held 

in February 2010. MCC continues to value its Alumni as much as the Alumni love 

and cherish their alma mater. 

Golden Jubilee Reunion 

The History Honours and M.A batch of 1956 - 59 had a Golden Jubilee Reunion, 

07 June 2009 in the campus. Around 10 alumni including Mr. A.J. Anandan IPS 

(retired DGP, Karnataka), Mr. Kasim IPS (retired IG, TN), Prof. Samantham, Prof. 

Sivashanmugam, Prof. Venkat Rao and Mr. Peter got together with their families to 

share the memories.Two former Principals of the MCC, Dr. Abel and Dr. V.J. Philip 

graced the occasion along with the present Principal Dr. R.W. Alexander Jesudasan; 

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Mrs. & Dr. C. J. Nirmal, former Professors at MCC and present faculty Dr. Joseph 

Barnabas also participated. 

Alumni Chapter Meetings 

The alumni chapter of Tirunelveli, Tuticorin & Kanyakumari met on the 01 May 2009 

and the Trivandrum Chapter on the 24 May 2009. 

The Alumni of the Visakhapatnam chapter met on the 28 October and the Bangalore 

chapter on 28 November. Both the meetings saw many members of the alumni attending. 

The Principal, Dr. R. W. Alexander Jesudasan, the Joint Secretary of MCC 

Alumni Association, Dr. C. Selvaraj (Head, Department of Economics) and the 

Alumni & Public Relations Officer, Mr. John Rajkumar Devanboo were present at the 

meetings. 

1973-1976 Statistics Reunion 

1973-76 Class of Statistics students had a reunion on the 17 July 2009 in Madras 

Christian College which included classmates from USA, NZ, Dubai, and Sri Lanka.. 

Alumni Silver Jubilee Reunion 1984 

The Class of 84 celebrated their Silver Jubilee Reunion in the Anderson Hall on 14 

August 2009. Former Principals Dr. M. Abel, Dr. Francis Sounderaraj, Dr. Alexander 

Mantramurti and Dr. V.J. Philip were honoured. 

31. Activities and support from the Parent-Teacher Association: 

The Dean of Student Affairs, Dean of Women students, Wardens and Heads of 

Departments meet with parents as and when required to discuss both academic and 

personal issues of their words. 

32. Health services: 

The College provides round the clock health services to members of the College 

Community. There is a Resident Medical Officer and Nurse on Campus and the Main 

Clinic functions between 7 am to 8 am Monday to Saturday and the Satellite Clinic 

from 10.15 am to 11.15 am on Monday, Wednesday & Friday and 3 pm to 4 pm from 

Monday to Friday. 

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The various services provided are: 

• Conducted Medical Examination for I year UG and PG students and about 865 

students were examined clinically and appropriate counseling and treatment given. 

• Conducted ‘Cancer Awareness Programme’ for the women workers in association 

with Centre for Women Studies. 

• Awareness meeting on Preventive Health and Nutrition, Cancer awareness on 

Female Cancers was conducted for women staff – Teaching and non-teaching – 

along with SWAWSA. 

• In association with a Medical Team from Global Hospital, a General Health 

checkup camp was arranged, wherein B.P, weight and Basic Blood tests were 

done for staff and students. 

• ECGs were taken for those who needed a Cardiac Evaluation. Consultation by 

Cardiologists were offered for free of cost. Students and Staff community 

benefited by this programme. 

33. Performance in sports activities: 

Sports and Games 

• Alamen, II MA Pub. Admn., won 100 meters Silver Medal in the All India Inter 

University Athletic Meet and Gold in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• V. Praveen, I MA. Philosophy, won 100 and 200 meters Silver Medal in the A.L. 

Mudaliar Meet. Samudra Pandiyan, III B.A. Philosophy, won the National Level 

Silver Medal in Pole Vault; Gold Medal in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• Jemi Renswick Seelan, II B.Sc. Physics, won Gold Medal in Hammer Throw; 

Bronze medal in Shot-Put in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• Ranjith, I B.A. Political Science, won Silver Medal in 110 m Hurdles in the A.L. 

Mudaliar Meet. 

• Joseph Prem Chanran, II MA Pub. Adm., won Bronze Medal in Hammer Throw 

in the A. L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• Dhamurathnam, III B.Com. won the National Level Bronze medal in Decathlon, 

held at Cochin and won the National Level Bronze medal in Octathlon, held at 

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Coimbatore and won the Open State Level Bronze Medal in Decathlon held at 

Chennai and won the State Level Silver Medal in Decathlon held at Thanjavur. 

• Alameen, II MA Pub. Adm., Praveen, I MA Philosophy, Karthie, I B.A. History 

(Voc.) and Vivek, I B.C.A. won the 4x100 m Relay in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• Madhavan, I B.Sc. Physical Education, Narendran, I MA Pub. Adm., 

Balagangadharan, I B.Sc. Physical Edu., Prasanna Paplu, I B.Sc. Physical Edu, 

won the 4x100m Relay Silver Medal in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

Handball 

• The college team emerged winners of the Inter-zone competition organized by the 

Madras University. 

• M.Mageswaran, I M.S.W., Prasad, II B.A. Pol. Science, Gowtham, III B.Sc. 

Statistics, Pradeep Kumar, I B.A. Philosophy, Murali Kumar, I B.A. Philosophy 

Joshua, I B.A. History, represented the Madras University team. 

Badminton 

• The college team emerged winners of the Madras University B-Zone competition. 

The team was represented by U. Udayakumar, I MA Pub. Adm., John Peter, III 

B.Sc. Physics, John Joseph, I B.A. History, Johnson, III B.Sc. Statistics, Prince, 

III B.Sc. Phy. Edu. 

Basket Ball 

• The college team emerged winners of the Madras University B-Zone competition. 

K.Jagadeesh Prabhu, III B.Sc and Naresh, II B.A. Pol. Sci, represented Madras 

University team. 

Foot Ball 

• The college team were the Runners-up of Madras University B-Zone competition. 

Frederick Johnson, I M.Com and Daniel Sebastin, II B.A. Philosophy represented 

the Madras University team. 

Table Tennis 

• The college team were Runners-up of the Madras University B-Zone competition. 

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Boxing 

• State Senior Boxing Championship 2010: T.S. Beeshman of II B.A. Pol. Science 

won the 1 st place in the middle weight category organized by the Tamil Nadu 

State Boxing Association, in Chennai. 

Best Physique 

• V.C. Vinoth Kumar, II MA Pol. Science, won the 2 nd place in the 80-85 weight 

Category; Dharmaraj, I B.A. Political Science, won the 2 nd place in the 70-75 

weight category competition which was organized by the Madras University. 

Taekwondo 

• Shilpa Singh, II B.Sc. Physical Education, won the State Level Silver Medal in 

feather weight category, held in Dindugal; won the District Level Gold Medal in 

feather weight category, held in Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and passed the 

National Referee Course held in Pondicherry. 

34. Incentives to outstanding sportspersons: 

To encourage the sportspersons free boarding and lodging are provided in the halls. In 

addition special diet is also provided. Scholarships are awarded to outstanding 

sportspersons and academic assistance is provided wherever necessary. 

35. Student achievements and awards: 

• The Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, has been providing scholarships to 

four UG students of MCC to spend one semester in Australia. Fifth semester UG 

students successfully completed the programme and returned with renewed 

vigour. This year, seeing the progress and cooperation of MCC and its students, 

the Flinders University sanctioned scholarships to 8 students and termed it as 

‘Endeavour Scholarships given by the University of South Australia” to our 

students. With careful scrutiny the Selection Committee constituted by the 

Principal has selected 8 UG students to proceed to the Flinders University, 

Australia, by the end of June 2010. 

• Department of Social Work: Three students of II MSW, Dameen Queen, 

Devasitham and Prabhakar, were selected to study in the University of South 

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Australia for Semester III (2009) under the Endeavour Scholarship of the South 

Australian Government. Three students of II MSW, Helen Christinal, Barnabas, 

Amitha Punnose, were also selected to do their internship in University of South 

Australia for a period of 6 months, June to December 2009 under the Endeavour 

Scholarship of the South Australian Government. 

• Department of History: N. Rishi, I MA, won the first prize in the intradepartmental 

Quiz competition held as part of the Madras Day Celebrations, 

September 2009; Prasanth Perumal, Ankitha Nambiar and Rekha Mirza, II B.A. 

Vocational, won the first prize in the Quiz competition conducted by the 

Department of History, Loyola College, as part of their inter-collegiate 

competition Ithihaasic, 11 December 2009; Ankitha Nambiar, II B.A Vocational 

won the first prize in the Elocution in the above competition; Sujin Babu, I B.A., 

Prasanth Perumal, II B.A. Voc., and C.R. Bharathi Kannan, II MA won the first 

prize in the Quiz competition conducted by the Department of History and 

Tourism, Stella Maris College, as part of their annual inter-collegiate competition 

Saatvika, 05 February 2010. 

• Department of Mathematics: Arunthathi Krishnan, Mary Cherian and Uma, S., got 

the first prize in Quiz conducted by S.D. Vaishnav College for women. 

• Department of Statistics: A. Michael Rani Mary Kiruba, III B.Sc. and P. Victor 

Francis, I B.Sc. Statistics, have secured the first place in the STATQUEST (Dumb 

Charades) conducted by SDND Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai. An 

Agricultural field experiment was conducted by the department to study the yield 

of Balsam flowers with the help of the M.Sc students, March 2010. 

• Department of Chemistry: The essay of P. Maheswari, a PG student, has 

published in the Vinyl 2010 essay book in June 2009 (Topic: Faced with food and 

energy crisis, how the society can think of its well-being?) conducted by the 

European PVC sustainable development programme. Ms. P. Maheswari, selected 

by DST, India and FRG, Germany attended the Noble Laureates meet at Lindau, 

Germany, June to July 2009. Chethna Jagadesh and Bhuvaneshwari, I PG 

students, won I prize in Debate in the Chemfest Nano – 09 conducted by the 

Department of Chemistry, Loyola College, Chennai, December 2009; Mathew 

Kuruvilla and Jayanthi of II PG and Chethna Jagadesh and Saranya.N of I PG 

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have won I Prize at the Inter-Collegiate Quiz competition – Intellecta-09 

conducted by the Thomson Reuters, 18 December 2009; V. Poorna III UG 

student, participated in the Second Science Conclave: A congregation of Nobel 

Laureates, organized by Indian Institute of Information technology, Allahabad, 

India, 8 to 14 December 2009; Mathew Kuruvilla and Jayanthi of II PG and 

Chethna Jagadesh and Saranya. N. of I PG have won I Prize at the Inter-Collegiate 

Quiz Competition – Intellecta-09 conducted by the Thomson Reuters, 18 


• The Chennai Science City conducted the Science fest Biodiversity from 03 – 07 

February 2010 at Birla Planetarium, Science City, Chennai. PG students from the 

Department of Chemistry exhibited two working models: (i) Solar energy (SOCH) 

and (ii) Ultrasonic Distance Monitor. The Solar energy working model SOCH was 

appreciated by the Media, the Public, the School students and the organizers of 

Science City and it was telecast in various TV Channels. 

• Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology: III B.Sc. students 

participated in the Inter-Collegiate GENOSTAV 09 organized by the Department 

of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Loyola College, and won prizes and 

Overall Championship – Rev. Fr. Jerome D Souza Rolling Shield, December 


• Department of Zoology: A. Aravinth, II M.Sc., received the first prize of 

Appreciation for his presentation of a paper entitled Clostrodial Neurotoxins as 

Potential Bio-weapon, State Level Students Seminar held at Thiagarajar College, 

Madurai, September 2009. 

• Department of Business Administration: Sharath, I B.B.A. was adjudged as the 

Best Speaker in the Debate conducted by American Council; and Ajay, II B.B.A. 

was adjudged as the Best Manager in an inter-collegiate competition held at SRM 

University. 

• Department of Visual Communication: Dhwaraknath, III B.Sc., got the first place 

for his short film at IIT Saarang, Chennai. Vibin and Paul George, I B.Sc. got first 

place in IRIS conducted by D.G Vaishnav College, first place in Tatoo designing 

that took place in Stella Maris College and first place in WCC for the pencil 

sketching competition. 

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• Department of Journalism: Zubin Vincent, Vishnupriya Bhandaram and Sandeep 

Joseph, II B.A. students staged plays as part of the College theatre at the Museum 

Theatre, Chennai, and they won the award for the Best Play. Preetam Thapa, III 

B.A., won the Sivaji Ganesan National Level Talent Award at SRMCollege. 

Niyati Thakur, III B.A., was the winner of the reality series Fast and the 

Georgeous 2010 broadcasted by MTV. 

• Department of Hindi (SFS): Shilpa Singh, II B.Sc. Physical Education, won the 

First Pirze in Creative Writing competition held at D.G Vaishnav College, 

February 2009; She also won First place in Essay Writing competition held at 

Loyola College, December 2010; A team of five students (Krishna Bora, I B.Sc. 

Microbiology, Ritwika Nath, I B.Sc. Maths, Vibin, I B.Sc. Vis. Com., Vishwesh, 

II B.Sc. Physics and Vinay Kumar, II B.Sc. Maths won the first place in Adzap 

conducted by DSRBCCC Hindu College, September 2009; Krishna Bora of I 

B.Sc. Microbiology and Ritwika Nath of I B.Sc. Maths won the First place in the 

event Antakshari conducted by DSRBCCC Hindu College, September 2009; and 

Alka Beniwal of I B.Sc. Maths won the First prize in Essay Writing held at 

Hindustan College of Arts and Science, February 2010. Students also won the 

Overall Championships at DSRBCCC Hindu College and also Loyola College, 

Chennai. 

36. Activities of the Guidance and Counselling Unit: 

The Counselling Centre of MCC provides both personal and academic help to 

students. The faculty and non-teaching staff also approach the counselor when 

needed. Departments refer students to the counselor when a need is identified or when 

they are unable to deal with the problem. 

37. Placement services provided to students: 

The Placement Cell of MCC seeks to provide a platform that would bridge various 

companies across the globe with our talented students. Some of the leading companies 

like, Ford, Goldman Sachs, Wipro, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL, 

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Google India, GVK BIO, Maruti, Ernst n Young, 

Slash support and Titan visited our campus and a good percentage of our students 

received their offer letters. 

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Placement Service: 

• It was felt that a Psychometric Test would immensely benefit the students 

appearing for the various Companies, therefore, it was provided to our students. 

This enabled students to identify their interests and proceed forward. 

• These are some of the leading Companies that visits our Campus year on year: 

Sutherland Global Services, Wipro, CTS, Infosys, HCL, Amazon, Ajuba, Apollo, 

L&T, OUP, Deloitte, Citibank, Milestone, Zohocorp, Dolcera, Ernst & Young, 

Essar, Ford, Goldman Sachs, Advinus, Deutche Bank, DE Shaw, Ramco systems, 

Leathercraft, Maruti Ltd, Mckinsey, Caliberpoint, Nestle, TFI, Nokia, 2020, RR 

Donnely, Tally, Infomatics, Bharati Axa Life, Reach, Keane and Co., Colliers, 

Dell, Slash Support, C2 Workshop, Qcon, GVK Bio. 

• Workshops and Seminars conducted by leading Companies proved to be excellent 

catalysts for students to hone their various skills. 

• Every student is a potential success story; like a seed waiting to take root given 

the right environment and stimuli. The role of the Placement Cell is to just act 

like a catalyst. 

Department of Computer Science (BCA): (i) Sam Jerry, Immaculate Jennifer, 

Divya G. were selected by HCL; (ii) Ansila Antony, Santhosh Sudhakar by Nokia. 

38. Development programmes for non-teaching staff: 

The Non-Teaching Staff had their annual retreat on 27 June 2009 in Anderson Hall. 

Dr. Roop Singh shared the Word of God. The meeting was well attended. 

39. Healthy practices of the institution: 

Magazines and Newsletters: 

• 2009-10 marks the quasiquicentennial year of the publication of the Madras 

Christian College Magazine. It was the pioneer among the college magazines in 

the country when it first appeared in 1883. The magazine stands as a testimony to 

the value it attaches to freedom of expression for the members of the college 

community. The magazine also provided space for the creative expressions of the 

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faculty and students and served as an instrument to link the alumni spread across 

the country. 

• Many departments publish their own Magazines and Journals, such as the 

Department of English publishes the referred Journal ‘Eclectic Representations’ 

annually; the English Department association also publishes ‘Concopia’, a 

magazines to foster the creative writings of the students; the Department of 

Philosophy publishes the magazine ‘Cogito’. 

• The College Union Society publishes the monthly magazine called ‘Woodchips’ 

and a special newspaper during the Deepwoods, the annual cultural fest. 

• Halls of Residence also publish their own in-house magazine narrating the life 

experience of the hall community, like St. Thomas’s Hall publishes ‘Usha’, Heber 

Hall publishes ‘Heber Rags’ and Selaiyur Hall publishes ‘Thots’. 

Seminars, workshops and Endowment Lectures: 

• A large number of endowment lectures brings in the best in the academia. It is a 

regular feature of the MCC to organize national seminars, Departmental seminars, 

inter-departmental seminars by the active participation of the teachers and 

students. The visiting faculty from abroad and other parts of the country 

invariably interacts with the college community through discussions and lectures. 

Students Representation and Feedback: 

• Student representation is ensured in the Hall administration and various other 

decision making bodies of the college. Students and alumni are adequately 

represented in the Board of Studies at the Department level and in the Academic 

Council at the College level. Students are also represented in the Senatus, the 

body that meets every month to discuss day to day administration of the college. 

• The Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the college collects student 

feedback on the performance of the teachers. The feedback report helps the 

teachers to improve their performance and to initiate remedial measures wherever 

necessary to improve the overall quality of education at MCC. 

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Grievance Redressal Cell: 

• Student grievances are addressed at the Hall level by the Wardens of the Hall. The 

Dean of Women Students and the Dean of Student Affairs addresses grievances of 

general nature. Department Grievances are looked into by the respective 

Department Grievance Redressal Cell. The College has a body to look into any 

complaints that comes under the ambit of Prevention of Sexual Harassment of 

Women in Workplace. Sensitization of men and women on gender issues is given 

adequate importance in the curriculum using the expertise available with the 

Center for Women Studies. 

International collaboration and exchange: 

• The College fosters cross cultural competency among faculty and students through 

the various international partnerships, exchange programmes, interaction with 

faculty and students on campus, participation in international conferences and 

international study tours. 

Research Activity: 

• During the current year, twelve research projects funded by UGC and other 

organizations have been undertaken by the faculty. The college always encourages 

faculty members to carry out such research activity, curriculum design and 

provides funds for meaningful research. 

Extension and Outreach programmes: 

• Social relevance has been a guiding principle in the education offered at the 

College. As part of the Academic programme, students and faculty are involved in 

various extension and outreach programmes like rural camps, community 

awareness, street theatre, service-learning, tribal visits, medical camps, etc. 

Counselling Centre: 

• The uniqueness of the College is the relationship between faculty and students. 

This fosters a healthy life among students and faculty mentoring of students. In 

addition to this, there is a Counselling Centre with a faculty member trained in 

Counselling who meet students. The Chaplain of the College also provides 

Christian Counselling Services to students. 

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Health Care on Campus: 

• Treatment is given to staff and students with a holistic approach when they come 

for consultation 

• For the students and non-teaching staff consultation and medicines are given free 

of cost. By appropriate financial management, standard and high cost antibiotics 

are also procured and dispensed to the students. 

• Students and Staff with chronic illnesses such as Diabetes, seizure and 

psychological issues are counseled on the importance of taking regular treatment 

to lead a normal life and to avoid adverse situation due to an acute exacerbation. 

40. Linkages developed with National /International Academic /Research /bodies 

International Programmes: 

Davidsons College, North Carolina, U.S.A, Semester in India Programme in 

Humanities – 2010: 17 students accompanied by 2 faculty members spent 3 

months on the Campus. 

Elmhurst College. Illinois, U.S.A, J - Term Programme on Art and Music - 

January 2010: 15 students accompanied by 1 faculty member spent 3 weeks on 

Campus. 

International Students in MCC: 

• Students from Bergen University College, Norway, studied different courses in 

Sciences for a Semester 

International Visitors to the College: 

There has been a stream of visitors to the college from various institutions abroad. 

• Mr. Paul Jayakumar, from Canada, a former resident of St. Thomas’s Hall visited 

the College in April 2010. 

• Dr. Job Thomas & Dr. William from Davidson College had been to the College 

to plan the Semester in India Programme in 2010. 

• Groups of staff and students from Universities such as Queens University of 

Belfast, University of Michigan (USA) Brethren Colleges Abroad, USA, visited 

the College. 

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• Dr. Mark Harbold, Professor of Music at Elmhurst College, USA, visited MCC as 

a visiting scholar and delivered lectures in various departments during this 

academic year. 

• Mr. Vinod Daniel, Head of the cultural heritage and science initiatives, Australian 

Museum, Sydney, visited the college to interact with the Department of History 

and Archaeology and Zoology on the 19 November 2009. He is also a board 

member of the Australia – India council. 

• Dr. Donald E. Messer, Executive Director of the Center for the Church and Global 

AIDS, Denver, USA visited the college on 20 November 2009. Dr. Messer, an 

alumnus of the college, is known for his work on global HIV/AIDS, world hunger, 

and clean water. During his visit to the campus, Dr. Messer also had wide-ranging 

discussions with faculty to explore new academic initiatives. 

• The Collaborators of the Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management, Dr. Sigfried Berhimpon (Dean of Science), Mr. Donald Rumokoy 

(Rector) and Mr. Djonlie W. Emor of Sam Ratulangi University, Indonesia visited 

the Department on 10th December, 2009 under the UBCHEA Biodiversity - 

Conservation project. 

41. Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add: 

PUBLICATIONS (Aided Stream) 

Department of Tamil 

• Moses Michael Faraday, Y. Gnana Chandra Johnson, S. Balusami, P. David 

Prabhakar, N. Ilango, Y. Paul Prabhu Santharaj, D. Arul Padmarajan and 

D. Meshak, contributed research articles in the research volume, namely, 

Innasiyin Ezhuttulagam. 

• Moses Michael Faraday, Y. Gnana Chandra Johnson, P. David Prabhakar, Y. 

Paul Prabhu Santharaj, D. Arul Padmarajan and D. Meshak, published 

research articles in two research volumes, namely Tamil Christian Literary 

Forms, Vol. I, Traditional Literature and Vol. II, Modern Literature Published 

by Christian Tamil Literary Academy of CSI, Madras Diocese, November 


• Y. Gnana Chandra Johnson authored a book on The Biographical Literatures 

of Ma. Po. Si, published by the IITs, Chennai, December 2009. He has served 

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as the publishing editor in two research volumes, namely, 1. Kristaayanam 

and 2. Christian Tamil Literature: An Introduction, published by the Institute 

of Asian Studies, May 2009. 

• S. Balusami, published a book on Arunans tapas – Mahabalipuram, released 

by Kalac Cuvadu Publishers, January 2010. He also served as the publishing 

editor of a book on wall paintings of Tamil Nadu entitled ‘Chitra Maadam’, 

published by Maatru Publishers, January 2010. 

• P. David Prabhakar, published a paper on Language of Valluvar in the book 

Tamil Didactic Literature: Growth and Dimensions, Bharathidasan University 

College, Perambalur, 25 November 2009. 

• P. George served as the compiling editor for the research volume called 

Gender differences in Tamil Culture, Palkalai Publishers, Chennai, January 


Department of Languages 

• Ravindra Nath Singh (Hindi), written a Chapter on Kambans Opinion about 

Society in Kamb-Ramayan in the book Stories of Ram in the Indian 

Languages, published by Ayodhya Research Institute, Department of Culture, 

Government of Uttar Pradesh, 2009. 

Department of History 

• C. Joseph Barnabas authored a book on ‘Human Rights Perspectives’ which 

has been prescribed as a subject for III B.A. History students of the Tamil 

Nadu Open University, Chennai. 

• Vasanthi Vijayakumar, et al. edited a study manual called Rethinking Gender, 

Vol. I for Value Education programme of MCC. 

• V. Chitra, published papers on (i) Economic Empowerment of Rural Women 

through Self Help Groups; and (ii) Social and Economic Empowerment of 

Self-Help Groups, published in the Proceedings of the Annual Session of the 

South Indian History Congress. 

• R. Sheba, published an article on Seeking the Root of Women Upliftment in 

Indian Sub-Continent, was published in the study manual entitled Rethinking 

Gender, Vol. I, pp. 124-127. 

• Christina Kokila, published an article on Women in Medieval India, ibid, 

pp.106-119. 

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• Marilyn Gracey Augustine, published an article on Women in Indian Politics, 

ibid, pp.82.91. 

Department of Political Science 

• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, published (i) Issues and Challenges in India’s 

Grand Strategy in the New Century Indian Journal of Politics and 

International Relations ISSN 0973-5011 (Refereed Journal) Vol. 2 No. 1 

(Published in June 2009) pp151-173, January to June 2009; (ii) Maritime 

Security Triangulation of ASEAN-Australia-India: An Indian Perspective in 

William Tow & Chin Kin Wab (2009) ASEAN-India-Australia: Towards 

Closer Engagement in an New Asia (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Studies 

Press) pp 219-242 (ISBN: 978-981-230-963-1), September 2009; (iii) Can the 

Indian Ocean be a Zone of Peace? In Harjeet Singh (2010) South Asia 

Defence and Strategic Year Book 2010 (New Delhi: Pentagon Press) ISBN: 

81827444X; 9788182744448 pp37-47; and (iv) Chinas String of Pearls in 

Southern Asia-Indian Ocean: Implications for India and Taiwan Ch.3 in 

M.J.Vinod, Yeong-kuang Ger, S.Y. Surendra Kumar (2009) Security 

Challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Taiwan Factor (New Delhi: Viva 

Books International) pp39-60. 

Department of Economics 

• C. Duraisamy, published an article on ‘Economic Analysis of Growth and 

Resource Use Efficiency of Small Scale Industries in Tamil Nadu’, in the 

book Small and Medium Enterprises under Globalization: Challenges and 

Opportunities, Gandhigram Rural University, June 2009. 

• Merlin Juliet, (i) Authored a book on Financial Services, for PGDCM offered 

by the Christian Institute of Management, Shillong, February 2010; and (ii) 

Edited a book on Rethinking Gender published by Madras Christian College 

under the United Board Project, 2009. 

• A. Annadurai, published an article on Women Empowerment through Poultry 

Enterprises, ANJAC Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences1 (1). 

Department of Philosophy 

• M. Gabriel, published articles on (i) A Gandhian View on Peace and 

Harmony in Secular India, in the book Religions and Humanitarianism, 

Department of Philosophy, National College, Trichy, July 2009; (ii) The 

Ideology of Gandhi for Nation Building, in ‘Social Philosophy for the 

Realization of Globalization, Multiculturalism and the International Order’, 

Dravidian University, November, 2009; (iii) ‘Kierkegaard and Christianity’, 

in the Journal of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Arulanandar 

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College, Madurai, 2010; (iv) ‘The Conception of Salvation – A Critique 

according to Ramanuja and Kierkegaard’, in the Commemorative volume, 

published in honour of Dr. P.S. Jacob, Union Biblical Seminary, 2010; (v) 

‘The Concept of Love according to Soren Kierkegaard’, in Madras Christian 

College, Chennai, 2010; and (vi) ‘Liberation Theology and its implications 

for Humanism in India’, in the book, Religions and Humanitarianism, 

Department of Philosophy, National College, Trichy, 2009. 

• K. Joshua, published (i) ‘In Search of a Global Ethic: Hans Kungs 

Reflections’, Published in Social Philosophy for the Realization of 

Globalization, Multiculturalism and the International Order, ICSP and 

Dravidian University, November 2009; and (ii) ‘Edinburgh to Tambaram: A 

Paradigm Shift in Mission or the Horizons of Mission Enlarged’, published in 

Dharma Deepika, Chennai, January 2010. 

Department of Commerce 

• S. John Gabriel, published papers on (i) Role of Banks in small and medium 

scale enterprises towards propelling economic revival with special reference 

to internet banking strategies published by Women’s Christian College, 

Chennai, Issue 1, ISBN:978-93, February 2010; (ii) A study on the role of 

Digital Payments in improving Financial Inclusion (with special reference to 

mobile payments) published by University of Madras, Chennai, in the book 

entitled Global Financial System in the post-crisis era, 05 March 2010; and 

(iii) ‘Role of Indian Railways in Economic Development’ published by 

southern economist, Bangalore (ISSN NO 0038-4046) volume 49, No. 1, 

May 2010. 

• Hannah Fredrick, published papers on (i) ‘ FDI in Higher Education Through 

Foreign Education Providers with reference to foreign B-schools in India’ in 

the Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Indian Economy PP 302-312, 

ISBN : 978-81-7446-843-7, 2010; and (ii) ‘Implications of Foreign Education 

with special reference to the performance of foreign B-schools in India by 

the year 2020’ in India 2020 PP 223-231, ISBN : 978-93-80697-13-0, 2010. 

• T. Shirmila, contributed a chapter Goals and Visions in the book ‘Self 

Transformation’, published by Dr. Chandran Devanesen Centre for Human 

Resource Development, MCC. 

• Tabitha Durai, published papers on (i) ‘FDI in SEZ’ in the Impact of Foreign 

Direct Investment on Indian Economy ISBN: 978-81-7446-843-7, 2010; and 

(ii) ‘Special Economic Zones and Human Development’ in India 2020, ISBN: 

978-93-80697-13-0, 2010. 

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• Anli Suresh, published (i) Financial Innovations and financial crisis – a case 

of failure to predict failure, published by Anugraham ISBN; 978-81-907733- 

9-3m 2009; (ii) ‘Role of Financial Reforms in sustainable development in 

India’, published in Excel India Publishers, ISBN: 978-93-80043-76-0 2010; 

(iii) ‘Financial Innovations – Perspectives and Prospects’, published by 

Earthworm Books. ISBN: 10:81-86945-24-5, 2010; (iv) ‘A study on financial 

innovations and better investment option based on individual preferences’ in 

the International Journal of Business Intelligence & Management published 

by International Sciences Press ISSN:0975-8100-Volume 1, Number 1 & 2, 

Page Nos.169-178, January to December 2009. www.dkagencies.com; (v) 

Role of Financial Innovations on Wealth Creation with reference to 

Investment Options in Global Financial System in the Post Crisis Era: 

Challenges and Opportunities, published by Vijay Nicole, page nos.600-606. 

ISBN: 978-81-8209-269-9, 2010; (vi) ‘Financial Innovation & Consumer 

Protection-Possible Benefits and Risks’ in Perspectives on Business Vision 

2020 published by Himalaya Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. Page nos.01-07. 

ISBN: 978-81-8488-937-6; and (vii) ‘An Analytical View of Financial 

Innovations based on Investors Opinion’ in Sustainable Strategies on 

Technology and Management for Developing Countries, volume-2 published 

by Anugraham Page nos. 88-92. ISBN No: 978-93-80627-15-1, 2010. 

Department of Social Work 

• Drolet, Julie, Miriam Samuel, et al. (2010): International Social Work and 

Disasters: Our Unique and Important Contributions to Disaster Relief Work 

and Research, Perspectives: Newsletter of the BC Association of Social 

Workers, Canada, volume 32, Number 1, January 2010. 

• Miriam Samuel, Acknowledgement of support and contribution as coinvestigator 

of research team of the WHO funded research on Eco-bio-social 

Determinants of Dengue Vector Breeding: A Multicounty Study in Urban and 

Periurban Asia in the paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health 

Organization, Volume 88, Number 3, 161-240 (Special Theme: 

Communicable Diseases in South-East Asia) March 2010. 

Department of Mathematics 

• V. Rajkumar Dare & Huldah Sathyaseelan, Generalized Parikh Matrices, 

published in the Proceedings of National Conference on recent advancement 

in Pure and Applied Mathematics, 2009. 

• V. Rajkumar Dare, & D.G. Thomas, et al, (i) t-communicating Iso Array P 

System, Proceedings of World Congress on Nature and Biologically Inspired 

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Computing, 2009, IEEE, 1556-1559; and (ii) On the Combinatorics of 

triangular arrays, Proceedings of Indian International Conference on Artificial 

Intelligence, 2009, 146-165. 

• N. Gnanamalar David, et al, K-Even Mean Labeling in Graphs, Proceedings 

of the National Conference on Applied Mathematics, B.S. Abdur Rahman 

University, Chennai, 2010. 

• D.G. Thomas & N. Gnanamalar David, et al, (i) Parallel Contextual 

Hexagonal Array Grammars and Languages LNCS 5852 (2009), 344-357; 

and (ii) On inference of w-tree languages from prefixes, Proceedings of the 

National Conference on Applied Mathematics, (NCAM 2010), Allied 

Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2010, 68-72. 

• D.G. Thomas et al, (i) Recognizability of Polyhexes, In Mathematical and 

Computational Models, Recent Trends, Narosa Publishing House, 2010, 163- 

168; (ii) Gradual s-Tree Automata, Trees and w-Trees, ibid, 169-179; (ii) 

Learning of Local Polyhexes Picture Languages, Proceedings of the National 

Conference on Applied Mathematics, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2010, 63-67; 

(iv) Domino recognizability of Polyhexes, Proceedings of the National 

Conference on Computational Mathematics and Soft Computing, 2009, 79- 

84; (v) Hexagonal Arrays and Subarrays, Proceedings of the International 

Conference on Mathematics and Computer Sciences GK Publishers 2010, 

171-175; and (vi) A learning algorithm for a subclass of tree replacement 

systems, Proceedings of International Conference on Mathematics and 

Computer Science GK Publishers 2010, 166-170. 

• P. Abisha Jeyanthi, D.G. Thomas & D. Jayaseelan Samuel, Public Key 

Cryptosystems and Line Pictures, Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and 

Combinatorial Computing, 69, (2009), 5-14. 

• G. Thomas, T. Robinson, et al, Recognizability of Polyhexes of Tiling and 

Wang Systems, LNCS 5876 (2009), 568-577. 

• D.G. Thomas, J.D. Emerald, et al, On a Subclass of equal matrix languages, 

Proceedings of the National Conference on Computational Mathematics and 

Soft Computing, 2009. 

• B. Adolf Stephen, et al, (i) A Generalization on a class of Salagean-Type 

Harmonic Multivalent Functions, International Journal of Pure and Applied 

Mathematics, vol. 52 no. 5, 2009, 741-752; (ii) Harmonic Parabolic Starlike 

Functions of Complex Order, International Journal of Mathematical sciences 

and Engineering Applications, vol. 3, No. II 92009), 59-66; (iii) A coefficient 

inequality for certain subclasses of meromorphic function, International 

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Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, vol.55, November 2009, 73-79; 

and (iv) Feketes-Zego inequality for certain subclass of analytic function 

related to complex order, Indian Journal of Mathematics, Vol. 51, Number 3, 


• Thomas Rosy, et al, (i) Certain coefficient inequalities for some subclasses of 

analytic functions, Hacettepe Journal of Mathematics and Statics, 38 (3), 

(2009), 233-242; (ii) On certain sufficient condition of involving Gaussian 

hyper geometric functions, International Journal of Mathematics and 

Mathematical Sciences 2009, Article ID 989603; (iii) Certain result on 

multivalent functions involving Wright hypergeometric functions, Acta 

Universitatis Apulensis 18, (2009), 185-198h; (iv) A unified class of 

uniformly convex functions involving Cho-Kim Operator, Lecture series on 

Geometric function theory series II, University of Kebangsaan, Malaysia, 

Banki, Malaysia, October 2009; and (iv) Subordination and super ordination 

results for certain class of analytic functions, International Journal of Math. 

Sci. and Engg. Appls., Vol.3, No.1 (2009), 173-182. 

Department of Statistics 

• G. Manimannan, published (i) Statistics and Literary Analysis, UGC-SAP, 

International Symposium on Linguistics and Computation, Centre for Applied 

Linguistics and Translation Studies, Central University, Hyderabad, 

published by Vaman Publications, New Delhi, pp. 24-35, 2009; and (ii) 

Neural Computation in Authorship Attribution: the case selected Tamil 

Articles, published by Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, Routledge Taylore 

and Francis Group Germany, Volume 16, pp.115-131, 2009. 

• Bala Srinivasan & Joanna Kezia, ‘A Practical Approach to Blood Inventory 

Management’, Proceedings of RASH 10 United Institute of Technology, 

Coimbatore, April 2010. 

Department of Physics 

• N. Lakshminarayan, published (i) Mechanism of Green Luminescence in 

ZnO, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, November 2009; (ii) 

Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Layer Formation by Inductively Coupled 

Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition and its Application for Surface 

Passivation of p-Type Crystalline Silicon, Japanese Journal of Applied 

Physics, 2009; (iii) Effect of N2O/Sih4 Flow Ratios on Properties of 

Amorphous Silicon Oxide Thin Films deposited by Inductively-coupled 

Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition with Application to Silicon Surface 

Passivation, Vacuum (2009); (iv) RF magnetron sputtered ITO thin films for 

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improved heterojuction solar cell applications, Curr. Appl. Phys. (2010); and 

(v) Simulation and study of the influence of the buffer intrinsic layer, backsurface 

field, densities of interface defects, resistivity of p-type silicon 

substrate and transparent conductive oxide on heterojunction with intrinsic 

thin-layer (HIT) solar cell, Sol. Energy (2010). 

Department of Chemistry 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar, published ‘Role of Service Learning in Water Quality 

Studies’ – part II in New Horizons in Education (Vol. 57, No.3, 2009, pp 73- 

81). 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar & T. Jaba Priya, published (i) Cucurbituril as a host 

molecule for the complexation of cations and acetamide in aqueous solution 

in The Asian Journal of Experimental Chemistry, Vol. 4, Issue 1 & 2, June & 

December 2009; and (ii) Service-Learning Hand Book and a hand-out for 

students sponsored by UBCHEA. 

• R. Joel Karunakaran, published a paper on Iodination of alkyl-benzenes using 

benzyltriphenylphosphonium dichromate/I2 in E Journal of Chemistry. (6(4) 

2009) 

• C. Amirthavalli, Characterization of Ferrites and Chromites prepared by 

Solid-State Method: XRD, XPS, Mossbauer Study, Power Plant Chemistry 9 

(7), 32, 2007 is cited in Mossabauer Effect Data Centre Journal, 30(9), Ref. 

No. 07P, 57, November 2008. 

Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology 

• V.K. Stanley Raja & M. Baluswami, A first report on occurrence of the taxa 

of Cosmarium (Zygnematales, Chlorophyceae) in Thirunelveli and 

Kannyakumari districts of Tamil Nadu, India. In: S. Krishnan and D.J. Bhat 

(Eds.) Plant and Fungal Biodiversity and Bioprospecting, Broadway Book 

Centre, Goa, 2009, 41-50. 

• M. Baluswami, published a book ‘Phaeophyceae of India and neighbourhood’ 

which was released in the International Conference on Algal Biomass 

Resources and Utilization, organized by Department of Plant Biology and 

Plant Biotechnology, Stella Maris College, Chennai, July 2009. 

• D. Narasimhan & Sheeba J. Irwin, Conservation of Strict Endemics of the 

Nigiris in Tamil Nadu ENVIS Special Issue: Endemic Angiosperms of Tamil 

Nadu. 2009, Vol. 5(4): 27-34. 

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• F.M. Franco & D. Narasimhan. Plant names and uses as indicators of 

knowledge patterns. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 2009, 8(4): 

645-648. 

• R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi, K. Karthigeyan & D. Narasimhan, published new 

reports to the Flora of India from Saddle Peak National Park, North 

Andaman. Rheedea 2009, 19(1&2): 69-71. 

• J. Jayanthi, K. Karthigeyan, R. Sumathi, & D. Narasimhan. Addition to the 

Genus Medinilla (Melastomataceae) from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. 

Indian Journal of Forestry 2010, 33:2. 245-246. 

• K. Karthigeyan, R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi & D. Narasimhan, Codonacanthus 

sanjappae sp. nov. (Acanthaceae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, 

Nordic Journal of Botany 201028: 501-502. 

• Narasimhan D. & Sheeba J. Irwin, Population status of Poeciloneuron 

pauciflorum Bedd. (Clusiaceae): an Endemic and Critically Endangered tree 

species from Southern Western Ghats, India. Indian Journal of Forestry 2010, 

33(3):419-424 

• D. Narasimhan & F. M. Franco, What is Traditional Knowledge? In: S. 

Krishnan & D. J. Bhat (eds.) Plant and Fungal Biodiversity and 

Bioprospecting. Broadway Book Centre, Goa 2009. 

• D. Narasimhan, Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest: An endangered forest type. 

In: Abstracts, XIX Annual Conference of Indian Association for Angiosperm 

Taxonomy and International Seminar on Angiosperm Systematics & 

Phylogeny: Retrospects & Prospects. National Botanical Research Institute, 

Lucknow, India, 2009. 

• D. Narasimhan, W. Arisdason, Sheeba J. Irwin & G. Gnanasekaran, Invasive 

Alien Plant Species of Tamil Nadu. Proc. National Seminar on Invasive Alien 

Species. ENVIS Centre, Department of Environment, Government of Tamil 

Nadu, Chennai. 2009, pp. 29 – 38. 

• D. Narasimhan, W. Arisdason, Leslie Lawrence, M. Anantha Lakshmi, S. 

Shalini, & A. Nithaniyal Stalin, Guindy Raj Bhavan, Tree Census. Urban 

Forestry Division, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Chennai, 2010. 

• W.Arisdason, & P. Daniel, Dimeria jayachandranii (Poaceae), a new species 

from the Western Ghats, India. Kew Bulletin 2009, 64(2): 345 – 347. 

• K. Sasikala, K. Rahina, & W. Arisdason, Exotic Plants of Mahe, U.T. of 

Puducherry. Eco-Chronicle 2009, 4: 265 – 271. 

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• M. Sanjappa, P. Venu, W. Arisdason, &W. Dinesh Albertson, A Review of 

Mangrove Species in India. In: Towards Conservation and Management of 

Indian Mangroves. MoEF, Government of India, New Delhi, 2009. 

• M.V. Sumanth, A.N. Stalin, S. Shalini, M.A. Lakshmi, D. Narasimhan, & W. 

Arisdason, How do we evaluate Red listed Medicinal Plants? Souvenir & 

Abstracts of International Conference on Medicinal Plants and Herbal Drugs: 

Challenges and Opportunities in Cultivation Sustainable Utilization and 

Conservation. Pachaiyappas College, Chennai, 2010, p. 34. 

Department of Zoology 

• R.W. Alexader Jesudasan, (i) Invasive Insects in Agriculture Medicine and 

Forestry, Current Science 97 (30; 300-301), 2009; (ii) Biology and 

management of forest insect pests. In Pests and Pathogens: Management 

strategies – Eds. Dasvantha Reddy Vudum, Nagaraja Rao Poduri & 

Venkateswara Rao Khareedu, B.Sc. Publications, Hyderabad, ISBN 978-81- 

7800, PP. 1-22, 2010; and (iii) Insect Biodiversity in Scrub jungle 

environment. In Insect Biodiversity: Functional Dynamics and Ecological 

perspectives, Ed. Prof. T.N. Ananthakrishnan, Scientific publishers (India), 

Jodhpur, ISBN: 978-81-7233-641-7, pp. 127-152. 

• R. Moses Inbaraj, (i) Identification and expression of steroidogenic enzyme 

3αHSD gene in the brain of an Indian major carp, Labeo robita (Ham.), 

NSCERP 2009, Institute of Science, p.133, December 2009; and (ii) 

Identification and Expression of Steroidogenic enzyme 3αHSD gene in the 

brain of an Indian major carp, Labeo robita (Ham.), NSCERP 2009, Institute 

of Science, p.134, December 2009. 

• Vimala Persis, Macrozooplankton Biomass in the deep scattering layer of the 

Indian EEZ, Journal of Marine Biological Association of India, Vol.51, pp. 

26-31, 2009. 

PUBLICATIONS (Self-Financed Stream) 

Department of Business Administration 

• The department brings out an annual magazine ‘Acumen’ which highlights 

various activities of the department and also provides information on the 

current issues in management. 


• R. Belinda, published articles on (i) ‘Working and Living Conditions of 

Construction Workers in Chennai’, in Journal of the Madras School of Social 

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Work; and (ii) ‘Security for migrant women construction Workers’, in the 

book titled Contemporary Social Work Research published by the 

Department of Social Work, Madras School of Social Work. 

• Sylvia Daisy, published (i) Article on Adolescence and Spiritual Orientation, 

National Journal of Social Work, October 2009; and (ii) Paper on Human 

Right and the Marginalized, Proceedings of the National Conference 

organized by the Department of Social Work (Day), Madras Christian 

College. 

Department of Journalism 

• The department published a 16 page tabloid newspaper ‘The Beacon’ which 

was released by Mr. D. Suresh Kumar, Education Correspondent, Times of 

India and the first copy was received by Kumar Chellapan, Special 

Correspondent, Deccan Chronicle. 

Department of Microbiology 

• V. Mahalakshmi, authored a book entitled Enzyme Technology. 

Department of Marine Studies and Costal Resource Management 

• N. Thirunavukarasu, R. Moses Inbaraj & V. Deepak Samuel, ‘Mud Crab 

Fisheries Trade in India-Challenges and Opportunities’, Proceedings of 

World Ocean Conference held at Manado, Indonesia P.11. 

• J. Sesh Serebiah, et al., (i) Fishery resources in arid zone mangrove Gulf of 

Kutch, Gujarat, North West coast of India. Journal of Oceanography, 

University of China, Oceanic and coastal sea research, vol.8 (3):1-8, 2009; 

(ii) Cadmium induced effect on growth and physiology in halophilic 

phosphobacteria. J. Environ. Biology Vol 30 (2009) pp 673 – 676; and (iii) 

‘Forest structure of arid zone mangroves in relation to their physical and 

chemical environment in the western Gulf of Kachchh’, Gujarat, Northwest 

Coast of India. J. Coast Conserve – Springer (2009) 13: 217-234. 

• V. Deepak Samuel, et. al., (i) ‘Knowing Cephalopods, Octopus macropus, 

Risso, 1826’. South Indian Coastal and Marine Bulletin. Vol.1 (1 & 2) pp 22; 

and (ii) Experiences in rearing the full beak Tylosurus crocodiles (Peron and 

Lesueur, 1821) under controlled conditions. National Seminar on Recent 

advances in fish reproduction organized by the Department of Zoology and 

Department of Marine Studies & Coastal Resource Management at Madras 

Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai, October 2009. 

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Department of Tamil 

• Sudarvizhi, published a paper on ‘Siluvai Vazhi Ammanai’ in the book 

‘Christhava Tamil Ilakkiya Valam’, Edited by Y. Gnana Chandra Johnson, 


• D. Samuel published a paper on Iraiisai Paamalariyil Viviliya Sinthanaigal in 

the book ‘Christhava Tamil Ilakkiya Valam’, Edited by Y. Gnana Chandra 

Johnson, December 2009. 

• S. Sathasivam, published books on (i) Pazhanthamizhar Valvum Varalarum, 

February 2010, ISBN: 978-81-910062-2-3; (ii) Pazhanthamizhar Panpattu 

Nerigal, February 2010, ISBN: 978-81-910062-3-0; (iii) Sangappenpar 

Pullavar Varalaru, February 2010, ISBN: 978-81-910062-0-9; (iv) 

Sangappenpar Pullavargalum Samoogamum, February 2010, ISBN : 978-81- 

910062-1-6; (v) Marutha Veenai, February 2010 (Awarded by Tamil Nadu 

Educational Research & Development Institute, Chennai), ISBN : 978-93- 

81006-05-04; (vi) Nela Soru, February 2010, ISBN : 978-93-81006-06-1; 

(vii) Thagadoor Yathirai, February 2010, ISBN: 978-93-81006-07-8; (viii) 

Mownayathirai, February 2010, ISBN : 978-81-910062-4-7; (ix) Senkatambu, 

February2010, ISBN : 978-93-81006-08-5; and (x) Semmoodhai, February 

2010, ISBN : 978-93-81006-09-2, All the above ten books were published by 

Semmoodhai Padhippagam(publication). 

Department of Hindi 

• V. Jayalakshmi, published an article ‘Bharatiya Sanskriti Aur Sabhyata Ke 

Moolya - Aaj Ke Paripreshya Mein’ (The Value of Indian Culture and 

Civilization - In Today’s Perspective), in the Quarterly magazine ‘Dakshin 

Bharat’by Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai, January to March 


PAPER PRESENTATION BY THE FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE 

REGIONAL/ NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/ 

SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS: 

International Conferences / Seminars/ Workshops 

Aided Stream 

• Mekala Rajan, Department of English, ‘Ecocriticism, Sustainability and 

Salman Rushdie’, International Conference on English Language and 

Literature Today, Vidya Bharati College, Amravati, November 2009. 

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• P. David Prabhakar, Department of Tamil, (i) ‘Computer Analysis of Tamil 

Verbs’, 8 th Tamil International Conference, University of Cologne, Germany, 

23 to 25 October 2009; and (ii) ‘Tamil Computing: Scope and Challenges’, 

International Seminar on Tamil Computing, organized by the University of 

Madras, February 2010. 

• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, Department of Political Science, (i) ‘The Impact 

and Imperatives of a Nuclear Iran’, at the Working Group on Weapons of 

Mass Destruction and Border Security, at the Working Group on Weapons of 

Mass Destruction and Border Security, Regional Network of Strategic Studies 

Centres, Near East and South Asia Division, National Defense University, 

Washington DC, USA & Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo, Sri 

Lanka, 19 to 22 June 2009; (ii) ‘India’s Proaction and Responses to the 

Emerging Security Architecture in East Asia’, International Conference on 

India and East Asia: Prospects of Cooperation and Problems of Integration, 

Centre for Southeast Asian and Pacific Studies, S.V. University, Tirupati, 7 to 

9 October 2009; (iii) ‘Climate Change and National Security: Issues, 

Linkages and the Indian Context’ at the V International Conference on Indian 

Ocean Research Group Climate Change in the Indian Ocean Region: 

Geopolitics, Energy and Security, Osmania University Centre for 

International Programmes Hyderabad, 16 to 18 November 2009; (iv) ‘Nuclear 

Proliferation in the Indian Ocean Region: Issues and Challenges’ at the 

Working Group on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Border Security, 

Regional Network of Strategic Studies Centres, Near East and South Asia 

Division, National Defense University, Washington DC, USA & Institute of 

Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi, 18 to 21 November 2009; (v) 

‘Challenges and Perils of Nuclear Proliferation: The Axis of Violent Non- 

State Actors and Technology Suppliers’, International Conference on Conflict 

Management, Peace Economics and Peace Science, The Gandhi Smirthi and 

Darshan Samiti, New Delhi, 11 to 13 January 2010; (vi) ‘Envisioning 

Cooperative Security Engagement: New Perspectives in India-Australia 

Strategic Engagement’ at the Fifth India-Australia Biennial International 

Conference on India and Australia: Negotiating Change, Goa, 18 to 21 

January 2010; (vii) ‘New Vistas in Deterrence-Disarmament: The Emergent 

Possibilities: an Indian Perspective’, Annual meeting of the International 

Studies Association: Theory vs. Policy?: Connecting Scholars and 

Practitioners, New Orleans Hilton Riverside Hotel, Florida USA, 17 to 20 

February 2010 (in absentia); (viii) India and China: Matrices of Naval 

competition In South and Southeast Asia International Conference on India 

and South Asia: Amidst a Troubled Neighbourhood & India and Southeast 

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Asia: Promising Future? Maulana Abul Kalam Institute of Asian Studies, 

Kolkatta, 27 to 29 March 2010; and (ix) Challenges and Perils of Fissile 

Material Controls: A Perspective at the Working Group on Weapons of Mass 

Destruction and Border Security, Regional Network of Strategic Studies 

Centres, Near East and South Asia Division, National Defense University, 

Washington DC, USA & Center for Strategic Studies (CERSS) Mohammed 

V University, Rabat, Morocco, 20 to 22 April 2010. 

• M. Gabriel, Department of Philosophy, (i) ‘The Ideology of Gandhi for 

Peace and Harmony’, International Congress on Social Philosophy organized 

by Dravidian University, Kuppam on the theme, Social Philosophy for the 

Realisation of Globalization, Multiculturalism and the International Order, 

November 2009; and (ii) ‘The Concept of Peace and Harmony according to 

Gandhi’, in the International Congress on Social Philosophy in Dravidian 

University, Kuppam, 12 December 2009. K. Joshua, ‘In Search of a Global 

Ethic: Hans Kungs Reflections’, International Congress on Social Philosophy 

organized by Dravidian University, Kuppam on the theme, Social Philosophy 

for the Realisation of Globalization, Multiculturalism and the International 

Order, November 2009. 

• S. John Gabriel, Department of Commerce, (i)’Role of Banks in Small and 

Medium enterprises towards propelling economic revival with special 

reference to internet banking strategies’, International Conference, Women’s 

Christian College, Chennai, 5 & 6 February 2010 was awarded as the Best 

Paper of the Conference; (ii) ‘A study on the role of Digital Payments in 

improving Financial inclusion (with special reference to Mobile Payments)’ 

at UGC sponsored International Conference organized by University of 

Madras, Chennai, 16 & 17 March 2010. 

• Anli Suresh, (i) ‘Women Empowerment through Micro Finance – A Boon for 

Economic Development’, International Conference, organized by Anna 

Adarsh College, Chennai, 19 to 21 August 2009; (ii) ‘Financial Innovation 

and Financial Crisis – A Case of Failure to Predict Failure’, International 

Conference organized by Sri Sairam Institute of Management Studies, 

Chennai, September 2009; (iii) ‘Corporate Governance and Misgovernance: 

A Challenge to Corporate India’, International Conference organized by 

Loyola College, Chennai, January 2010; (iv) ‘An Analytical view of 

Financial Innovations based on Investors Opinion’, International Conference 

organized by Bharathidasan University, Trichy, January 2010; (v) ‘Role of 

Financial Reforms in Sustainable Development in India’, International 

Conference organized by Women’s Christian College, February 2010; (vi) 

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‘Investing a Human Capital by the Organization is Vital for making India a 

Developed Nation’, International Conference organized by Loyola College, 

Chennai, February 2010; (vii) ‘Role of Financial Innovations on Wealth 

Creation with reference to Investment Orders’, International Conference 

organized by the University of Madras, Chennai, March 2010; (viii) 

‘Financial Innovation & Consumer Protection-Possible Benefits And Risks’, 

International Conference organized by Acharya’s Bangalore B-School, 

Bangalore, 15 & 16 April 2010; and (ix) ‘An Analytical view of Financial 

Innovations’, in sustainable strategies on technology and management for 

developing countries, International Conference jointly organized by Asian 

Council for Science and Management Anuragam, Kalignaan Pathipagam 

Chennai, Tyndale College, Singapore, 15 & 16 May 2010. 

• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, (i) ‘International Social Work 

– Issues & Challenge’, International Seminar on International Social Work 

Practicum: Trends in Cross Cultural Social Work Practice, organized by the 

Centre for International Social Work, Department of Social Work, MCC, 

September 2009; and (ii) delivered key note address and presented a paper on 

‘Millennium Development Goals – From a Gender Lens’ at the Global 

Learning Symposium, organized by Kamloops Women’s Resource Groups 

Society, BC Council for International Cooperation, with Dr. Julie Drolet of 

Thompson Rivers University, Canada, November 2009. 

• N. Gnanamalar David, Department of Mathematics, ‘Parallel Contextual 

Hexagonal Array Grammars and Languages’, International Workshop on 

Combinatorial Image Analysis at Cancun, Mexico, 24 to 27 November 2009. 

• B. Adolf Stephen, (i) ‘Harmonic Multivalent Mappings Defined by 

Convolution’, International Conference on the Computational Methods and 

Function Theory, Ankara, Turkey; (ii) ‘Harmonic Mappings Defined by 

Convolution’, Asian Mathematical Conference, Malaysia, June 2009. 

• Thomas Rosy, ‘Subclasses of Analytic Functions Associated with Fox 

Wrights Generalized Hypergeometirc Functions’, Computational Methods on 

Function Theory 2009, Bilkent University, Anakara, Turkey, June 2009. 

• D. Gnanaraj Thomas, research paper on ‘t-Communication Iso-Array P 

System’, International Conference on Nature and Biology Inspired 

Computing Conference (NaBIC 2009) at PSG College of Technology, 

Coimbatore, 9 December 2009. 

• R. Chandrasekaran, Department of Statistics, (i) ‘Neural Network as a Tool 

in Data Mining’, International Symposium on Intelligent Science and 

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Technology, Sun College of Engineering and Technology, Nagercoil, 18 & 

19 June 2009; and (ii) ‘On the Classification of Article of Ambiguous 

Authorship Using Multivariate Statistical Analysis’, International Conference 

on Statistics and Information Analytics – ICSIA 2010, Department of 

Statistics, Loyola College, Chennai, India, (with G. Manimannan) 11 to 13 

January 2010. 

• R. Chandrasekaran & R. Madhanagopal, ‘On Understanding the Importance 

of Financial Ratios of Industries using Perceptual Mapping’, International 

Conference on Statistics and Information Analytics– ICSIA 2010, 

Department of Statistics, Loyola College, Chennai, India, (with R. 

Madhanagopal) 11 to 13 January 2010. 

• Bala Srinivasan & E. Joanna Kezia, (i) ‘A Practical Approach to Blood 

Inventory Management’, International Conference on Statistics and 

Information Analytics – ICSIA 2010, Department of Statistics, Loyola 

College, Chennai, India, 11 to 13 January 2010;and (ii) ‘Hospital Based 

Inventory Management’, International Conference on Operations and 

Management Science, Institute of Management Technology, Nagpur, 12 & 13 


• K. Shankar Bhat & Miriam Kalpana Simon, ‘Quasi – Stationary Distribution 

of the Residual Life of a Complex Two-Unit System’, International 

Conference on Statistics and Information Analytics – ICSIA 2010, 

Department of Statistics, Loyola College, Chennai, India, 11 to 13 January 


• R. Madhanagopal, (i) ‘Customer Loyalty Approach for Success’, 

International Seminar on Global Business Climate–Impact in India, 

Department of Management Studies, Annai Mathammal Sheela Engineering 

College, Erumapatty, Nammakkal, (with Dr. E. Muthukumar) 09 October 

2009; and (ii) ‘BPO Industries in India’, International Seminar on Global 

Business Climate – Impact in India, Department of Management Studies, 

Annai Mathammal Sheela Engineering College, Erumapatty, Nammakkal, 09 

October 2009 (with Dr. E. Muthukumar). 

• N. Lakshminarayan, Department of Physics, ‘Influence of Indium Tin Oxide 

(ITO) Properties on Performances of Heterojunction Intrinsic Thin (HIT0 

Solar Cell)’, 19 th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering 

Conference, South Korea, November 2009. 

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• R. Wilfred Sugumar, Department of Chemistry, ‘Recovery Citizenship – 

Recycling Resources’, at 6 th PAN-ASIAN International Conference Initiative 

of Service-Learning, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, June 2009. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar & T. Jaba Priya, (i) ‘Recycling using Household 

Chemicals’, Sixth International Conference on Hands on Science (HSCI 

2009) Science for All: Quest for Excellence, The Science City, Ahamedabad, 

India, 31 October 2009; and (ii) ‘Pet Bottles and Informal Recyclers’, IV 

International Conference of Organization for Studies in Literature and 

Environment – India, at National College, Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, 

organized by OSLE, India with the Departments of English & Botany, 

National College, Tiruchirappali, 25 & 26 September 2009. 

• T. Jaba Priya, ‘Hi-tech (E)-waste Management – the Remedy for 

Environmental Degradation’, IV International Conference Organization for 

Studies in Literature and Environment – India, at National College, 

Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, organized by the OSLE, India and the 

Department of English and Department of Botany, 25 & 26 September 2009. 

• D. Melchi Leebana & M. Baluswami, Department of Plant Biology and 

Plant Biotechnology, ‘The Euglenophyceae of Thiruvannamalai District, 

Tamil Nadu, India – 1. Phacus Dujardin’ in the International Conference on 

Algal Biomass, Resource and Utilization, Stella Maris College, Chennai, 27 

to 30 July 2009. 

• K. Dhanalakshmi, B. Babu, A. Nicodemus, B. Nagarajan and M. Baluswami 

Thorea hispida (Thore) Desvaux emend. Sheath, Vis et Cole from Little 

Andaman, India, in the International Conference on Algal Biomass, Resource 

and Utilization held at Stella Maris College, Chennai, 27 to 30 July 2009. 

• Angela Wesley, ‘Key role of Life Sciences for Sustainable development in 

the World’, International Conference, organized by the Department of Life 

Sciences , Hindustan College of Arts and Sciences, Chennai, 30 & 31August 


• D. Arul Samraj & Joyce Priyakumari, Department of Zoology, ‘Collagen 

Microparticles in Controlled Drug Delivery’, International Symposium on 

Gene to Vial, Concept for Biotechnology Based Health Care Molecules, 

organized by Centre for Bio-Separation Technology (CBST), VIT University, 

Vellore, February 2010. 

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• Vimala Persis, (i) ‘The Distribution and Abundance of the Deep Sea Family 

Phosichthidae and Sternoptychidae in the India EEZ’, MECOS 2009, 

International Symposium, Cochin; and (ii) ‘The Length Weight Relationship 

of the Vinciguerria nimbaria and V. Lucetia’, Poster presentation, MECOS 

2009, ibid. 

International Conferences / Seminars/ Workshops 


• Nimala Mohan, Department of Commerce, ‘An analytical study on Basel 

Norms with respect to Pillar I’, International Conference, organized by 

University of Madras, March 2010. 

• R. Charlet Christina, (i) ‘Role of the Government in the Revival of Economic 

Slowdown’, International Conference, organized by Women’s Christian 

College, February 2010; and (ii) ‘A study on the Customer Preference of 

International Brands of Cosmetics’ International Conference, organized by 

Osmania University, 05 to 07 March 2010. 

• Vimal George Kurian, (i) ‘Role of Banks in SME towards propelling 

Economic Revival with special reference to Internet Banking Strategies’, 

International Conference, organized by Women’s Christian College, February 

2010; and (ii) ‘A Study on Role of Digital Payment in Improving Financial 

Inclusion’, International Conference, ‘Global Financial System in Post-Crisis 

Era issues Challenges and Opportunities’, organized by Department of 

Commerce at the University of Madras, March 2010. 

• Lakshmi Manean, (i) ‘Indian Television Industry-SWOT Analysis’, 

International Conference at Annamalai University, July 2009; (ii) ‘An 

analysis of Level of Satisfaction of Consumers using Air-Conditioners’, 

International Conference, organized by Sairam Institute of Management 

Studies, September 2009. 

• Sneha Sabu, Faculty, Department of Visual Communication, ‘Altering the 

Indian Farmers Destiny – Two Facts of Agricultural Communication in 

India’, International Conference, ‘Development Communication in the Era of 

Globalization’, organized by Loyola College &Global Communication 

Research Association, Australia, 9 to 11 July 2009. 

• James Zachariah, Department of Physical Education, ‘Wellbeing and 

Fitness among students pursuing Higher Education’, International 

Conference, organized by the School of Physical Education, Alagappa 

University, Karaikudi, February 2010. 

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• N. Bindu, Department of English, ‘Australianness in the Poetic Works of 

Judith Rodriguez, Fay Zwicky, Jennifer Strauss and Ania Walwicz’, 

International Conference, organized by IASA in association with Australia- 

India Council, Goa University and IGNOU, New Delhi, Goa, January 2010. 

• Jayanthi Rajendran, ‘Feminism’, International Conference, Anna Adarsh 

College for Women, Chennai, August 2009. 

• Sudar Vizhi, Department of Tamil, (i) ‘Avvaiyarin Agapaadalgalil Pura 

Seidhigal’, Semmozhi Tamil Aaivu Karutharangam, February 2010; and (ii) 

‘Aandal priyadarshini kavidhaigalil velipadum pennia sindhanaigal’, World 

Women’s Welfare Association, September 2009. 

• S. Sathasivam, Samuthaya Attrupadai, World Women’s Welfare Association, 

Chennai, November 2009. 

National Conferences / Seminars 

Aided Stream 

• Moses Michael Faraday, Department of Tamil, ‘Prose Works of Poet Ka. 

Vezhavendhan’, National Seminar, organized by Periyar University, Salem, 


• G. Rajendran, (i) ‘Semmozhi Iyal’ in 5 places including the Department of 

Tamil Language, University of Madras, 2009; and (ii) ‘Pathinen 

Keelkanakku’, National Seminar, organized by the Periyar University, Selam, 


• Y. Gnana Chandra Johnson, ‘Aspects of Life as depicted in Kurunthokai’, 

National Seminar, organized by Kumari College Teachers, Tamil 

Association, Nagercoil, January 2010. 

• P. David Prabhakar, ‘Tholkappiyar Concept of Ceppu and Vinaa’, National 

Seminar, Descriptive Strategies as conceived in the Traditional Grammars, 

organized by CAS in Linguistics, Annamalai University, February 2010. 

• D. Arul Padmarajan, ‘Contribution of Foreign Scholar to Tamil Grammar’, 

National Seminar, organized by the Tamil University, Tanjore, February 


• P. George, ‘Christianity and Christians in the works of Ayothidasar’, World 

Christian Tamil Conference, Trichy, May 2010. 

• V. Chitra, Department of History, ‘Self Help Groups - A Boon to the Poor’, 

16th Annual Session of the Tamil Nadu History Congress, National College, 

Trichy, October 2009. 

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• Christina Kokila, ‘Tirupur Kumaran: His Personality and His role in India’s 

Freedom Struggle – What the Younger Generation can Learn – An 

Overview’, Seminar organized by the PG and Research Department of 

History, Government Arts College, Coimbatore, January 2010. 

• J. Ramesh Sundar, Department of Political Science, (i) ‘Natural Disaster 

and Child Rights’, National Seminar on Natural Disaster and Conflicts and its 

implications in Realizing Child Rights’, Presidency College, Chennai, 2009; 

and (ii) ‘Role of e-Governance: An Overview’, UGC National Seminar on e- 

Governance: Issues and Challenges, Government Arts and Science College, 

Gobichettipalayam, August 2009, (presented along with J. Diviyan). 

• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, (i) ‘The Impact and ‘Import’ of the Strategic 

Triangulation of India-Pakistan and China in the Region’, National 

Conference, India and its Neighbours: Changing Trajectories of Relations, 

Centre for Advanced Study, Department of Political Science, Osmania 

University and Indian Council for World Affairs, New Delhi, October 2009; 

(ii) ‘The Imperatives of Status of India as a Nuclear Weapon State’, National 

Conference on The Future of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Issues and 

Options for India, The Institute of Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi, 

22 & 23 March 2010; and (iii) ‘India’s Strategic Calculus and Praxis: Issues 

and Imperatives correlatives in Counter-terrorism’, National Seminar on 

Terrorism of 26/11: Implications for Indian Foreign Policy, 26 & 27 March 

2010 VPM Centre for International Studies & Ministry of External Affairs, 

Govt. of India, Mumbai. 

• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, Strategic Analysis in Defence Technical Journals, 

(i) ‘A small beginning: India’s Aerospace Command’‘ Strategic Affairs New 

Delhi: Centre of Asian Strategic Studies) July 2009; (ii) ‘Pearl’s New 

Crescent Future role and capabilities of Pakistan Navy’ Strategic Affairs 

(New Delhi: Centre of Asian Strategic Studies) August 2009; (iii) ‘Armada 

Adventures: NCW capabilities of navies in the Indian Ocean’ Strategic 

Affairs (New Delhi: Centre of Asian Strategic Studies) August 2009; (iv) 

‘Securing Frontiers: India’s maritime intelligence, surveillance and 

reconnaissance (ISR) initiatives’ Strategic Affairs (New Delhi: Centre of 

Asian Strategic Studies) September 2009; (v) ‘Challenges for India’ ‘Blue 

Water Navy’ aspirations: In depth Vision Strategic Affairs (New Delhi: 

Centre of Asian Strategic Studies) November 2009; and (vi) Singapore Navy: 

Fulcrum to Southeast Asian Naval Power’ Strategic Affairs (New Delhi: 

Centre of Asian Strategic Studies) December 2009. 

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• A. Annadurai, Department of Economics, (i) ‘Global Financial Crisis and its 

impact on Labour Market’, Seminar organized by the Department of 

Economics, S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil, September 2009; and (ii) Role of 

Special Economic Zone in Economic Development of Rural Industries 

Management, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, January 2010. 

• M. Gabriel, Department of Philosophy, (i) ‘Some Challenges in the Hindu 

Christian Dialogue in India Today’, National Seminar, on the ‘Role of 

Religion in a Changing Society’ organized by the Department of Philosophy, 

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, November 2009; (ii) ‘Religious 

Consciousness and Self-Identity from the writings of Soren Kierkegaard’, 

National Seminar, ‘Consciousness and Self-Identity’, by the Department of 

Philosophy, Pondicherry University, January 2010; and (iii) ‘Gandhi and 

Hindu Christian Dialogue’, National Seminar, ‘Mahatma Gandhi and 

Comparative Religion’ by the Department of Philosophy, Sri Venkateswara 

University, Tirupati, January, 2010. 

• K. Joshua, (i) ‘Cyber Space: A Philosophical Enquiry’ at the Seminar on 

Virtual Morality and Cyber Space, organized by Sacred Heart College, 

Poonamalle Seminary, Department of Philosophy, September 2009; and (ii) 

‘Deconstructing Gandhian Christianity’, National Conference on Gandhi and 

Comparative Religion, organized by the Department of Philosophy, Sri 

Venkateswara University, Tirupati, January 2010. 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, (i) ‘Global Economic 

Recession: Survival Strategies and Policy Options’, Sir Syed Ahmed College, 

Taliparamba, Kannur, Kerala, 19 & 20March 2010; and (ii) ‘Foreign Direct 

Investment – an Indian Perspective’, Seminar, organized by Sri Syed College, 

Cannore, Kerala, March 2010. 

• Hannah Frederick, ‘Foreign Direct Investment in Higher Education’, National 

Conference, ‘The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Indian Economy’, 

organized Department of Commerce, Loyola College, Chennai, February 


• T. Shirmila, (i) ‘Significance of Customer Relationship Management and its 

impact on Demographic Variables on Elements of CRM’, Seminar, organized 

by Sai Ram College, Chennai, September 2009; and (ii) ‘Customer 

Relationship Management – an Entrepreneurs Tool for Quality Interaction’, 

National Conference on Role and Challenges of Entrepreneurship 

Development, organized at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, 

May 2010; 

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• Florence John, (i) ‘Internet Banking in India: An Insight into its Growth, 

Fraud Pattern and Security Precaution’, Seminar at Sai Ram College, 

September 2009; and (ii) ‘An Analytical Study on Basel II Norms in Banking 

Sector-with reference to First Pillar’, Seminar organized by the Department of 

Commerce, University of Madras, March 2010. 

• Tabitha Durai, ‘Special Economic Zone – Positive and Negative Impact on 

the Economy’, National Conference, ‘The Impact of Foreign Direct 

Investment on Indian Economy’, Department of Commerce, Loyola College, 

Chennai, February 2010. 

• Anli Suresh, (i) ‘Financial Innovations – Engine of Growth or a source of 

instability’, UGC sponsored national Conference held at Erode Arts College, 

Erode, July 2009; (ii) ‘Means and Methods to Strengthen the alumni bond 

with the institution’, NAAC sponsored National Conference, Sree Saraswathi 

Thyagaraja College, Polachi, July 2009; (iii) ‘Private Sector Insurance is not a 

boon but a ban e’, National Conference, Madras Christian College, 

Tambaram, September 2009; (iv) ‘Impact of Global Economic Recession 

2008 with reference to Foreign Banks in India’, National Conference, Cochin 

University of Science and Technology, January 2010; (v) ‘A study on 

Financial innovations and better investment option based on individual 

preferences’, National Conference, Cochin University of Science and 

Technology, January 2010; (vi) ‘Management of Capital Flows in India in the 

post liberalization era’, National Conference, Loyola College, February 2010; 

(vii) ‘Financial Innovations & their effects on the Derivative Markets’, 

National Conference, St. Mary’s School of Management Studies, 9 & 10 

April 2010; (viii) ‘Financial inclusion in Indian banking services in southern 

region of India-a critical analysis’, National Conference ‘Corporates: 

Management, Governance, Issues and Challenges’, Saveetha Management 

School, 28 April 2010; and (ix) ‘Factors influencing life insurance policy 

selection-an empirical study’, National Conference, ‘Corporates: 

Management, Governance, Issues and Challenges’, Saveetha Management 

School, 28 April 2010. 

• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, ‘Is Transgender my 

Neighbour?’ and Group Leader on ‘Can Christian Institutions promote Sexual 

Minorities Issues in the Curricula?’ and Co-chair for a National Consultation 

on ‘Sexuality and Faith – A Faith-Based Perspective Consultation’, organized 

by the Centre for the Church and Global AIDS, USA & Concern for AIDS 

Research and Education Foundation, India, Asha Nivas, Chennai, 12 & 13 


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• V. Rajkumar Dare & Annal Deva Priyadharshini, Department of 

Mathematics, ‘Subsequences of Finite Words’, National Conference on 

Cryptography, Automat and Learning Theory CALT 2009. 

• N. Gnanamalar David, et al., ‘K-Even mean Labeling in Graphs’, National 

Conference on Applied Mathematics (NCAM 2010), B.S. Abdur Rahman 

University, Chennai. 

• N. Gnanamalar David &D.G. Thomas, et al., ‘On Inference of w-Tree 

Languages from Prefixes’, National Conference on Applied Mathematics, 

B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai. 

• N. Gnanamalar David & J. D. Emerald, ‘Some Polly Cracker Public-Key 

Cryptosystems’, National Conference on Cryptography, Automata and 

Learning Theory, 2009. 

• P. Abisha Jeyanthi, D.G. Thomas & Jayaseelan Samuel, ‘Symmetric Key 

Cryptosystems for Pictures’, National Conference on Applied Mathematics, 

B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai. 

• P. Abisha Jeyanthi, ‘Public Key Cryptosystems based on Word Problems’, 

National Conference on Cryptography, Automata and Learning Theory, 2009. 

• P. Abisha Jeyanthi & D. Jayaseelan Samuel, ‘Symmetric Key Cryptosystems 

based on Shuffle and Deletion on Trajectories’, National Conference, 

Cryptography, Automata and Learning Theory, 2009. 

• P. Abisha Jeyanthi, et al., ‘Learning Parallel Communicating Grammar 

System’, National Conference on Cryptography, Automata and Learning 

Theory, 2009. 

• J.D. Emerald, et al., ‘Learning 2D Monogenic Pure Context-free Picture 

Grammars’, National Conference on Cryptography, Automata and Learning 

Theory, 2009. 

• R. Manickkavachagam, Department of Physics, ‘Sports in Physics’ Indian 

Association of Physics Teachers Conference, Ahamedabad, November 2009. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar & T. Jaba Priya, Department of Chemistry, (i) ‘Study 

on Complexation of Macromolecule Cucurbituril with Metals and acetamide’, 

National Seminar on New Vistas in Material Science, PG & Research 

Department of Chemistry, Sri Paramakalyani College Alwarkuruchi, Tamil 

Nadu, August 2009; and (ii) ‘Tackling the Climate Change through Service 

Learning’ National Conference on Climate Change and Future directions’, in 

Loyola College, Chennai, January 2010. 

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• R. Joel Karunakaran, ‘Studies on Catalytic Reforming’ and ‘Synthesis and 

Characterization of amino acid Schiff bases’ at the National Seminar on 

Recent developments in green Chemistry, Sri Ramakrishna Mission 

Vidyalaya College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, 22 & 23 July 2009. 

• Jaya Kishore Panda, ‘Fractionation and compositional study of indigenous 

(Pondicherry) and imported (Basrah) Crudes’, National Seminar on Recent 

developments in green Chemistry, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya 

College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore, 22 & 23 July 2009. 

• P.S. Raghavan, (i) ‘Catalysis by ionic surfactants in the oxidation of benzyl 

Alcohol’ in the Indo-Hungarian Workshop on Future Frontiers in Catalysis, 

Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, February 2010; and (ii) ‘Micelle 

Influenced Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in DMSO – water Binary Solvent 

Media’, the National Conference in NIT, Suratkal, Karnataka, March 2010. 

• Ann Annama Mammen, Department of Plant Biology and Plant 

Biotechnology, ‘Genotoxic effect of Furarolidone and Antidiarrhoeal Drug 

on the Root Meristems of Allium cepa L.’, seminar on ‘Recent Trends in 

Biological Sciences’, organized by Department of Zoology, Pachaiyappas 

College, Chennai, 23 September 2009. 

• Arul Samraj D. & C. Priyakumar Joyce, Department of Zoology, (i) 

‘Clostridal neurotoxins as potential bio-weapon’, State level inter-collegiate 

students seminar on ‘Margining and re-emerging infectious diseases – global 

trend and Challenge’, Thiagarajar College, Madurai, 23 September 2009; (ii) 

‘Fish Collagen in Drug Delivery’, in conference on, ‘Biotechnology: Fusion 

of Advanced Research and Teaching’, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 

02 to 04 January 2010; (iii) ‘Annotation and sequence analysis of 

Oculocutaneous albinism II Gene’. Conference on ‘Biotechnology Fusion of 

Advanced Research and Teaching’, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 

January 2010; (iv) ‘Evolution of genotoxicity of 11amino-2-naphthol-4- 

sulfonic acid using comet assay’, Conference on ‘Biotechnology: Fusion of 

Advanced Research and Teaching’, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 

January 2010; and (v) Two papers on ‘Tertiary Structure prediction of Fungal 

Enolase from Alternaria alternata and Magnaporthe grisea’ and ‘Molecular 

detection of Candida species from clinical isolates by PCR’ at the National 

Level symposium on ‘Molecular Perspectives of Microbes in Health and 

Environment’ under the theme ‘Bioconsortium 10’, organized by the 

Department of Microbiology, Madras Christian College, Chennai, February 


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• Samuel Sukumar, et al, (i) ‘Diversity of molluscan fauna along the Chennai 

Coast’, National Symposium on Current Trends in Marine Science and 

Technology, Chennai; and (ii) ‘Climate Change – A reality: An urgent need 

for immediate inclusion of related issues in curricula and public debate’, 

National Conference, Climate Change and Future Security organized by 

Loyola College, January 2010. 

• R. Moses Inbaraj, et al, (i) ‘Identification and expression of membrane 

progestin receptor (mPRα and ¥gene in the oocyte of Labeo Rohita (Ham.)’, 

National Seminar, Recent Advances in Fish Reproduction, Chennai, October 

2010; (ii) ‘Changes in steroid hormone profiles in relation to differences in 

water temperature in female Indian Major carps ‘Catla catla and Cirrhinus 

mrigala’, ibid; and (iii) ‘In Vitro Steroidogenesis during the Development of 

Testis in Labeo rohita’, ibid. 

• Ann Stevens, ‘Lectin in Antimicrobial therapy’, National Conference on 

Antimicrobial Resistance: From Emerging Threat to Reality, Allahabad 

Agricultural Institute, Deemed University, Allahabad, 2009. 

• Ananthi Rachel Livingstone, et al., ‘Analysis of Water’, National Seminar, 

Recent Trends in Biological Sciences, organized by the Department of 

Zoology, Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai, September 2009. 

• Vimala Persis, ‘Reproductive Biology of the vertically migrating fish, 

Vinciguerria nimbaria and V. lucetia (Family: Photichthyidae)’, ‘Recent 

Advances in Fish Reproduction’, organized by the Department of Zoology 

and Marine Studies and Coastal Resource Development, October 2009. 

National Conferences / Seminars 


• D. Minnie, Department of Computer Science, ‘Design and Implementation 

of Search Engine Algorithms on Text documents for Web Intelligence’, 

National Conference, Data Mining and its Applications, Arul Anandar 

College, Madurai, December 2009. 

• Nirmala Mohan, Department of Commerce, ‘A Paradigm Shift in the Urban 

Co-operative Banks in India’, National Conference, ‘Paradigm Shift in 

Financial Services’, 15 to 17 September 2009. 

• Annet Pearl, ‘Banking Ombudsman’, National Conference, ‘Paradigm Shift 

in Financial Services’, 15 to 17 September 2009. 

• R.Charlet Christina, ‘Internet Banking Pros and Cons’, National Conference, 

‘Paradigm Shift in Financial Services’, 15 to 17 September 2009. 

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• Lakshmi Manean, ‘Measuring Consumer Satisfaction of Financial Services’, 

National Conference, ‘Paradigm Shift in Financial Services’, 15 to 17 

September 2009. 

• Menaka, ‘Health Insurance–Knowing the Unknown’, National Conference, 

‘Paradigm Shift in Financial Services’, 15 to 17 September 2009. 

• J. Anuradha, ‘CRM in the Banking Industry Conference’, National 

Conference, ‘Paradigm Shift in Financial Services’, 15 to 17 September 2009. 

• Zeenath Zarina, ‘Rural Banking’, National Conference, ‘Paradigm Shift in 

Financial Services’, 15 to 17 September 2009. 

• Krithika Ilamparithi, Department of Visual Communication, ‘Contesting 

terrains of Communication: Mobile technology, adolescence and Changing 

behavior’, National Conference, Media, Education and Development, 

organized by the Department of Communication, Manonmaniam Sundaranar 

University, Tirunelveli. 

• V. Mahalakshmi, Department of Microbiology, ‘Biodegradation of 

Plastics’, National Conference, ‘Microbiologyand its Impact on 

Environmental Protection in Relation to Health and Geological 

Sustainability’, organized by Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists, 

SRM College of Arts and Science, Kattankulathur, Chennai, 11 & 12 

December 2009. She has also won II prize for her research article presented 

under best paper session. 

• Jojan Job, Department of Journalism, ‘Aurobindos Contribution to Indian 

Journalism – A Study’, National Seminar, ‘Emerging Trends in Media’, 

organized by the Centre for Electronic Media and Mass Communication, 

Pondicherry University, January 2010. 

• Rachel Jacob, ‘Content Analysis – A case Study on Violation of Media 

Ethics’, ibid. 

• R. Belinda, Department of Social Work, ‘Social Security and Migrant 

Women Construction Workers’, National Conference, ‘Trends in Social 

Work Research’ organized by Madras School of Social Work, Chennai, and 

the paper was adjudged as II Best Paper; (ii) ‘Social economic and living 

conditions of migrant women construction workers and their children’, State 

Level Consultation on Migrant Women Construction Workers Conducted by 

TN Forces, Chennai; and (iii) ‘Migrant Women Construction Workers’ in a 

consultation organized by the Department of Social Work on ‘Migrant 

Workers’, Loyola College, July 2009. 

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• M. Rebeca Sofiya Joice & V. Sudha, Department of Chemistry, ‘Studies on 

the Development of Cost effective Adsorbents for the De-colorization and 

Degradation of Dye Waste Water’, National Seminar on ‘Environmental 

Monitoring: Issues and Challenges,’ Madras Christian College, 09 February 


• V. Sudha, ‘Control of Pollution by Manufacturing Eco-friendly Paper’, 

National Seminar on ‘Environmental Monitoring: Issues and Challenges’, 

Madras Christian College, 09 February 2010. 

• Sudar Vizhi, Department of Tamil, (i) ‘Aatruppadai noolgalil anbu nerigal’, 

Kandasamy Kandar College, Naamakal, December 2009; and (ii) 

‘Puranannootril Pugazh’, Kalloori Aasiriar, Kumari Tamilsangam, Nagarkoil, 

January 2010. 

• Sathasivam, (i) ‘Pathu katturai oru panmuga parvai’, University of Madras, 

September 2009; (ii) ‘Aatruppadaiyil arubadai veedugal’, Kandasamy Kandar 

College, Naamakal, December 2009; and (iii) ‘Marudha nila makkal 

vazhibadu’, Kandasamy Kandar College, paramathi Velur, Namakkal, 


• V. Jayalakshmi, Department of Hindi, (i) ‘Bharathiya Sanskriti Aur 

Sabhyata Ke Moolya – Aaj Ke paripreshya mae’ (The value of Indian culture 

and civilization in today’s perspective) at a program organized by Anna 

Adarsh College for Women, Chennai, 29 August 2009; (ii) ‘Sampoorna 

Bharat Ko Ek Sutra Mein Baandne hetu Dakshin Bharat mae Hindi – Kyun 

aur Kaise’ (Hindi in South India, to bind the whole nation together as one – 

why and How?) at a program organized by Milind Publications, Hyderabad at 

Rajiv Memorial ITI Hall, Pondicherry, 31 January 2010. (A report was 

published regarding the above seminar in the monthly magazine – Shri 

Milind). 

Lectures/Resource Persons 

Aided Stream 

• R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, delivered (i) Inaugural Address on 

‘The Humble Beginnings – Story of Bioinformatics’, Inauguration of the 

Association of the Department of Biotechnology, Karunya University, 

Coimbatore, August 2009; (ii) A lecture on ‘History of Madras Christian 

College’ to a group of students from Furman University, North Carolina, 

USA, November 2009; (iii) Gave Presidential address at the Dr. K. 

Rajaratnam Endowment Lecture held at Gurukul, Chennai, January 2010;and 

(iv) Delivered inaugural address at the ‘Workshop on Research Guides and 

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Research Scholars’ organized by the UGC Academic Staff College, 

University of Madras, Chennai, March 2010. 

• K. Ganesh, Department of English, delivered (i) Keynote address on 

‘Diaspora’ in Madura College, Madurai, September 2009; (ii) Inaugural 

address for a one-day inter-collegiate event on ‘Nature Writings in English’; 

and (iii) Radio Talks (in all India Radio) on ‘Analysis of Poems’, November 

2009 & March 2010. 

• Mekala Rajan, delivered a lecture as a resource person on ‘One Act Plays’, 

organized by the Hindustan College of Arts and Science, July 2009. 

• Ann Thomas, delivered (i) Lecture on ‘National Curriculum Framework of 

NCERT’, for the Principals of Kendriya Vidyalaya’s of Tamil Nadu, 

Pondicherry and Kerala, October 2009; (ii) Keynote address on ‘Gender 

Parity for Equitable Growth’, Eastern India Women’s Conference, Patna, 

November 2009; (iii) Keynote address on ‘One Body, Many Parts: Call to 

strive for Gender Equality’, Central India Women’s Conference, Bhopal, 

January 2010; (iv) Took a session on ‘Personality Development and 

Leadership Skills’, Western India Women’s Conference, Bombay, January 

2010; (v) Inaugural address on the theme ‘Act Now’, Southern India 

Women’s Conference, Kanyakumari, February 2010; and (vi) Ending 

Inequity: Equal Right, Equal Opportunities – Progress for All, National 

Gender Conference, Aizwal, Mizoram, May 2010. 

• Moses Michael Faraday, Department of Tamil, delivered (i) A Guest 

Lecture on ‘Tholkappiyam-Seyyul’ at the special workshop organized jointly 

by the Department of Tamil, Pachaiyappas College and the Central Institute 

for Classical Tamil, February 2010; (ii) Two Lectures on ‘Tamil Christian 

Literature’, Refresher Course, conducted by the Academic Staff College, 

Pondicherry Central University, February 2010; and (iii) Special address in 

the All India Radio, Chennai, in the programme ‘Sandror Sindhanai’ for 5 

consecutive days in February 2010. 

• S. Balusami, delivered Guest Lectures on ‘Art Theories of Naicker Period and 

Mamallapuram Sculptures’, Refresher Course, Academic Staff College, 

Pondicherry Central University, February 2010. 

• P. David Prabhakar, delivered (i) A lecture at the Dr. Periyannan Yesudasan 

Endowment Lecture on ‘Development of Tamil Prose: European 

Contribution’, Bishop Heber College, Trichy, December 2009; (ii) A lecture 

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on ‘Christian Contribution to Tamil Prose’, Literary Circle meeting, CLS, 

Chennai, January 2010; (iii) Special address at the inauguration of ‘Tamil 

Literary Forum’ in the BWDA Arts and Science College, Kooterpattu, March 

2010; and (iv) Lecture on ‘Tholkappiyam - Peyariyal’ in the special workshop 

jointly organized by the Pachaiyappa’s College and the Central Institute of 

Classical Tamil, Chennai. 

• G. Rajendran, presented a series of Lectures on Etymology monthly once in 

District Control Library, March 2010 to February 2011. 

• P. Rukmani Sampath Kumar, Department of History (i) Presided over 

Saatvika, conducted by the Department of History and Tourism, Stella Maris 

College, Chennai and delivered a lecture on ‘Women’s Rights and the Indian 

Constitution’; (ii) Resource person for a Workshop on ‘Translation of 

Knowledge Texts in Social Sciences’, conducted by the National Translation 

Mission, Mysore, University of Madras, February 2010; and (iii) Resource 

person, Tamil Nadu Archives in a panel discussion, ‘Social Empowerment of 

Women since Independence’, January 2010. 

• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, Department of Political Science, (i) ‘Nuclear 

Deterrence and Nuclear Disarmament: New Vistas in the 21 st Century’, 

Lecture at the Centre for International Politics, Organization and 

Disarmament, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 

New Delhi, August 2009; and (ii) Special Lectures for new University and 

College faculty, Teachers Recruitment Board, Higher Education Department, 

Government of Tamil Nadu on ‘Issues and Challenges of Contemporary 

India’s Foreign Policy and Role in International Affairs’, Department of 

Indian History and Academic Staff College, University of Madras, Chennai, 

July 2009. 

• C. Selvaraj, Department of Economics, delivered lectures on (i) ‘Monetary 

Aggregates and Money Supply Analysis’, Indian Institute of Technology, 

Chennai, March 2010; and (ii) ‘Monetary Policy and Macro – Economic 

Implications’, Academic Staff College, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 

March 2010. 

• A. Duraisamy, delivered lectures on (i) ‘Teaching Methods of Quantitative 

Economics’ for newly recruited Government College Teachers at the 

University of Madras, July 2009; (ii) ‘Inflation and its Impact on Economy’, 

ICFAI Study Centre, Chennai, July 2009; (iii) ‘Global Financial Crisis’, St 

John’s International School, Chennai, October 2009; (iv) ‘Personality Traits’ 

in 5th Citizenship Training Camp, Vidya Sagar Women’s College of 

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Education, Chengelpet, December 2009; (v) ‘Economics Education – 

Challenges and Opportunities’, D.B. Jain College, Chennai, January 2010; 

(vi) ‘Stabilization policies and structural change in Indian Economy’, 

International School of Business and Research, Chennai, January 2010;(vii) 

‘Global Recession and its Impact on Indian Economy’, Sir Theagaraya 

College, Chennai, February 2010; (viii) ‘Econometric and remedies’, Madras 

School of Economics, Chennai, February 2010; (ix) Conducted a Personality 

Development Programme for the students of Thiru Vee Ka Boys Hr. Sec. 

School, Chennai, February 2010; and (x) ‘Introduction to Econometrics’, 

Refresher Course organized by the Academic Staff College, Bharathiar 

University, Coimbatore, March 2010. 

• A. Annadurai, (i) Chaired the session on ‘Global Financial Crisis and its 

impact on Financial Institutions’, National Seminar on Global Financial 

Crisis and its impact on Indian Economy, organized by the Department of 

Economics, S.T. Hindu College, Nagercoil, September 2009; and (ii) Was a 

resource person for Plus Two Teachers ‘How to teach Economics’, a 

programme organized by the Department of Economics, St. Xavier’s College, 

Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli, October 2009. 

• M. Gabriel, Department of Philosophy, delivered lectures: (i) 

‘Phenomenology and some challenges to Edmund Husserl’; (ii) ‘Faith and 

Salvation, according to Soren Kierkegaard’, Department of Philosophy, 

University of Kerala, July 2009; (iii) ‘The Role of Philosophy in Indian 

Society’, (iv) ‘Religious Pluralism and Secularism in India Today’, 

Department of Philosophy, Sankara University, Kalady, Kerala, November 

2009; and (v) Delivered a lecture to the students and faculty of Furman 

University of South Carolina, U.S.A on the theme: ‘The History of Inter-faith 

Relation from the International Conference of 1938 at Madras Christian 

College, to the Present’, November 2009. 

• P.J. Sathiaraj, delivered a lecture on ‘Caste, Dalits and Tribals in India’, to 

Students of January Term in India 2010 Programme of Elmhurst College, 

U.S.A, January 2010. 

• K. Joshua, delivered lectures on (i) ‘The History of Madras Christian 

College’, to a group of students of Furman University, South Carolina, 

U.S.A., November 2009; (ii) ‘The History of Madras Christian College and 

its Role in Higher Education’ to the students of Elmhurst College, U.S.A, 

January 2010; and (iii) ‘Gandhi and Radhakrishnan’ at the Institute of 

Apologeties, RZIM, Chennai, October 2009. 

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• Maher Spurgeon, delivered a lecture on ‘The Philosophy of Jainism’, to the 

students of Elmhurst College, U.S.A, 18January 2010. 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, resource person for the 

UGC sponsored National Level Seminar at Sir Syed College, Taliparamba, 

Cannanore, Kerala State, 19 &20 March 2010. 

• Anli Suresh, (i) Chaired a Technical session of paper presentation in the 

International Conference organized by Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 

January 2010; and (ii) Chaired a technical session of paper presentation in the 

National Conference, ‘Corporates: Management, Governance, Issues And 

Challenges’, organized by Saveetha Management School, 28April 2010. 

• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, (i) Gave the keynote address 

at the Global Learning Symposium organized by Dr. Julie Drolet of 

Thompson Rivers University, Canada and the Centre for International Social 

Work, MCC, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, Canada, 19 November 

2009; (ii) Resource person for the training program ‘Freedom Training’ for 

the released bonded Labourers of International Justice Mission-India, MCC, 

2009-2010; (iii) Resource person for Training of Community Development 

Associates (CDA) from Caruna Bal Vikas on ‘Capacity Building’, MCC, 

Chennai, 2009-2010; (iv) Resource person and Valedictory Address, 

International workshop on ‘International Social Work Practice: Trends in 

cross-cultural social work practice’ organized by the Centre for International 

Social Work, Department of Social Work, MCC, 8 September 2009; (v) 

Delivered talk on ‘Gender Concerns’ for the NSS students at the NSS Special 

Camping program held at MCC FLI, Mappedu, October 2009; (vi) Talk on 

the topic ‘Gender Inequality and Health’, Seminar on Gender Discrimination 

and Health on the Occasion of Human Rights Day Celebration organized by 

Madras Medical Mission College of Health Sciences, Chennai, December 

2009; (vii) Resource Person ‘Gender, Family & Social Issues’ for the J-Term 

in India-MCC program of the Elmhurst College, U.S.A, January 2010; (viii) 

Chaired a session on ‘Framing Field Work Objectives’, & Participated in the 

one-day seminar on ‘Field Work Program in Social Work Education’, 

organized by the Board of Studies in Social Work, University of Madras, 

January 2010; (ix) Group Convener: Education, in the one day workshop on 

‘Creating green campuses: A comprehensive approach’, organized by MCC 

in association with United States-India Educational Foundation, February 

2010; (x) Resource person and Chief Guest for the International Women’s 

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Day Celebration held at Hindustan College of Arts and Science, Padur, March 

2010; (xi) Resource person, Domestic Violence Awareness Training for the 

Freedom Training programme for released bonded laborers, organized by 

International Justice Mission, Chennai, 2009 – 2010; and (xii) Chairperson, 

Conference on ‘Emerging Spaces: Empowering or Disabling Women?’, 

organized by the College Union Society, MCC & ‘WE CAN’, Chennai, 9 

April 2010. 

• D. Prince Annadurai, resource person for The Compassion Project workers at 

Camp Caruna, Yercaud and conducted workshops on topics such as: public 

health care and emphasis on first-aid and basic skills on need identification, 

February 2010, March 2010. 

• Prince Solomon, (i) Trained the Australian and National Volunteers of 

Students Partnership World Wide on Team Building for the year 2009-10; (ii) 

Trained Hexaware-IT Company Chennai branch staff on Team Building, 

February 2010; (iii) Trained Community Development Associates (CDA) 

from Caruna Bal Vikas on Capacity Building in Yercaud and Chennai, 2009- 

2010; (iv) Trained Project Managers of Caruna Bal Vikas from Bangalore 

cluster on Working with groups; (v) Went as a resource person to PB 

Memorial Mahajan Post Graduate Centre, University of Mysore and 

presented a paper on Scope, Relevance and Practice of Social Group Work in 

India, March 2010; (vi) Trained the released Bonded laborers on Stopping 

Domestic Violence in Freedom Training for International Justice Mission- 

India, Chennai during 2009-2010; (vii) Trained the children from Leadership 

Development Programme conducted by Compassion International, India 

during the year 2009-2010; and (viii) Taught in Department of Social Work, 

Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan, as part of the CISW, Faculty 

Exchange programme, April to June 2010. 

• Priscilla Samuel, resource person for (i) Krupa Community College and 

addressed about goal setting; (ii) Training programme for the Krupa staff at 

Padappai; and (iii) Child Development Associates training in Compassion, 

Yercaud, March 2010. 

• V. Rajkumar Dare, Department of Mathematics, (i) ‘Topologies on Formal 

Languages’, National Conference, Fuzzy Mathematics and Graph Theory, St. 

Teresa College, Ernakulam; (ii) ‘Automata Theory’, National Conference, 

Mathematics for Computer Science, Bharatha Mata College, Kochi; (iii) 

‘Membrane Computing’, National Conference, Advanced Computing, Union 

Christian College, Aluva; (iv) ‘Some recent development in Language 

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Theory’, National Seminar, Theory of Computing, Fatima College, Madurai; 

(v) ‘Recent Developments in Membrane Computing’, National Conference on 

Applied Mathematics, B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai; (vi) ‘Borel 

Hierarchy of w-regular Languages’, International Conference, rent trends in 

Applications of Mathematics, MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science, 

Chennai; (vii) ‘Locally testable languages’, National Conference, 

Applications of Mathematics in Science and Engineering, Sacred Heart 

College, Tirupattur; (viii) ‘A Study on local w-language’, International 

Symposium, Current Research in Mathematics, Kumararani Meena Muthiah 

College, Chennai; (ix) ‘Biologically Motivated Computing’, National 

Conference on Mathematical Modelling in Global Perspective, Velammal 

Engineering College, Chennai; and (x) ‘Topology and Automata Theory’, 

National Workshop, Recent Trends in Applied Mathematics, Karunya 

University, Coimbatore. 

• N. Gnanamalar David, ‘Parallel Contextual Hexagonal Array Grammars and 

Languages’, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University 

of Bremen, Germany, 7th Graph Transformation Day, December 2009. 

• D.G. Thomas, (i) ‘Graphs and Monadic Logic’, National Workshop, 

‘Applications of Logic’, Department of Mathematics, Sathyabama University, 

Chennai, October 2009; and (ii) ‘Tree Automata and Tree Languages’, 

Workshop on Recent Research Trends in Mathematics’, Department of 

Mathematics, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai, January 2010. 

• R. Chandrasekaran, Department of Statistics, resource person for (i) UNDP 

Sponsored Programme on Strengthening State Plan for Human Development, 

State Planning Board Sponsored Training Programme on Modern Analytical 

to the particular Reference to Econometrics, University of Calicut, Trichur, 

July 2009; (ii) Refresher Course in Library and Information Science 

conducted by the Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, 

Pondicherry, February 2010; (iii) The National Workshop on Application of 

Statistical Software Packages, Department of Statistics, Bharathiar 

University, Coimbatore, 19 February 2010; (iv) Invited Talks Delivered in the 

Conferences/ Workshops: (a) Classification and Cluster Analysis using SPSS, 

National Conference Mathematical Softwares, SRM University, 22 & 23 

October 2009; (b) Usage of Statistical Software Tools for Engineering 

Problems, National Seminar on Scope of Research, Methodology, Analysis 

and Evaluation, Department of Biomedical Engineering, SSN College of 

Engineering, 8 & 9 December 2009; and (iii) Refresher Course in ICT 

Applications, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, May 2010. 

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• Bala Srinivasan, (i) Delivered a lecture on Statistical Inference, Shasun Jain 

College, T. Nagar, Chennai, October 2009; and (ii) Chaired a technical 

session in the International Conference on Statistics and Information 

Analytics – ICSIA 2010, Department of Statistics, Loyola College, Chennai, 

India, 11 to 13 January 2010. 

• Miriam Kalpana Simon, resource person for workshops on (i) Statistical 

Methods at the Department of Communication, Madras Christian College 

2009; and (ii) Statistical Methods for M.Ed. Students at Rajalakshmi College 

of Education, Thandalam, Sriperumbudhur. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar, Department of Chemistry, (i) Delivered the key note 

address ‘Role of Recycling in Environmental Protection’, for the State level 

Ms. N. Shakuntala Endowment Lecture at Fatima College, Madurai, 18 

September 2009; and (ii) ‘Appointed as reviewer of the Journal of New 

Horizons in Education’, (Vol57, No3), Hong Kong. 

• R. Joel Karunakaran, resource person and delivered lectures on (i) 

‘Stereochemistry’, for the Orientation course for the newly recruited 

Government college teachers at the New College, 28 July 2009; and (ii) 

‘Conformational Analysis’ in the orientation course for the newly recruited 

Government College Teachers at the Presidency College, 25 July 2009. 

• P.S. Raghavan, delivered guest lectures on (i) ‘Designing New Electrical 

conductors for future’, for the EEE students of the Sairam Institute of 

Technology, Chennai, 24 October 2009; (ii) ‘General principles of 

Spectroscopy’ and ‘Advanced Electronic Spectroscopy’, for the orientation 

course for the newly recruited Government College Teachers at the New 

College and at the Presidency College, Chennai, 22 July 2009; (iii) ‘The Art 

of presenting Scientific Information’, workshop on Scientific writing and 

presentation conducted, Women’s Christian College, Chennai, February 

2010; and (iv) Was a member in the panel of Judges for oral paper 

presentation in ‘Convergence’, the National Level Symposium, Sairam 

Engineering College, Chennai, 23 February 2010. 

• P. Wilson, delivered lectures on (i) ‘Implications of Electrochemistry’, St. 

Johns International School at Poonthamalli, for the Higher Secondary School 

Students, Chennai, 6 August 2009; (ii) ‘Charismatic Movement’, IACS, 

MCC, 17 December 2009; (iii) ‘To be a gracious Leader – a Christian 

perspective’, in the Staff study circle conducted by SFS, MCC, Chennai, 

December 2009; (iv) ‘Whatever happened to Pentecostalism: Growth of 

Pentecostal Churches in Tambaram-Critique by a friendly Neo Evangelical’, 

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in Tambaram Ecumenical Clergy Fellowship, February 2010; and (v) 

appointed as a member in the Advisory Committee, Christian Community 

Development Organization, Dehradun. 

• Jaya Kishore Panda, E. Iyyapan, C. Amirthavalli & T. Jaba Priya, resource 

persons for the Workshop on Biotechnology for UG Students, under DBT – 

Star College Scheme jointly organized by the Physics and Chemistry 

Departments, 10 & 11 December 2009. 

• T. Jaba Priya, was appointed as a member of the Editorial board of ‘The 

Asian Journal of Experimental Chemistry’. 

• M. Baluswami, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, 

delivered a lecture as a resource person on (i) ‘Algal Biodiversity’ in the 

Orientation Programme for the newly recruited Government College 

Teachers in collaboration with Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher 

Education, Chennai-05, C.A.S. in Botany, University of Madras, Guindy 

Campus, 11 July 2009; and (ii) ‘Freshwater Algae-Collection, Culture and 

Cultivation’, in the workshop organized by Krishnamurthy Institute of 

Algology, RKM Vivekananda College, Chennai, 10 to 15 May 2010. 

• D. Narasimhan, delivered lectures on (i) ‘Indian Medicinal Systems’ to 

graduate students of Michigan University, USA at MCC, July 2009; (ii) 

‘What is Taxonomy?’ in the Orientation Programme for the college teachers 

recruited by the Teachers Recruitment Board, Government of Tamil Nadu, 

Chennai, July 2009; (iii) ‘Taxonomy’ in the Taxonomy Workshop at 

Department of Botany, Karpagam University, Coimbatore, October 2009; (iv) 

A lead lecture on ‘Is taxonomy Important’ in Seminar on ‘Relevance of 

Conventional biology in the modern world’ organized by the Department of 

Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Government Arts College for Men, 

Nandanam, Chennai, September 2009; and (v) served as Organizing 

Committee Member for One day seminar on ‘New Facets of Evolutionary 

Biology’ organized by the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, 

Chennai Local Chapter and Madras Christian College (Autonomous), 

Chennai at Anderson Hall, MCC, February 2010. 

• S. Ravi Shankar, Resource person (Lecture and Training) on the topic 

‘Localization of Plant Metabolites by Histochemical Methods’, for the DBT 

sponsored training course (21 days) on Molecular Techniques in Plant 

Sciences for College teachers’, organized by Department of Plant Biology 

and Plant Biotechnology, Loyola College (Autonomous), Chennai, February 


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• Samuel Sukumar, Department of Zoology, resource person in a Consultation 

on Sexuality and Faith – A faith-based Perspective, sponsored by Concern for 

AIDS Resource and Education Foundation, India and Center for the Church 

and Global AIDS, India, November 2009. 

• R. Moses Inbaraj, resource person for evaluation of Marine Eco-toxicology 

Project in ICMAM-Project Directorate, Ministry of Earth Science, 

Government of India, November 2009. 

• C. Joyce Priyakumari, resource person for the Refresher Course for Biology 

Teachers at Adarsh Group of Schools, Chennai, June 2009. 

• J. Logamanya Tilak, (i) Lecture on ‘Potentials of a degrading ecosystem – 

Pulicat Lake, a core study for the Consultative Workshop on Coastal 

Resource Enhancement for Sustainable Livelihood of Fisher folk in Pulicat, 

July 2009; and (ii) was a resource person in the Workshop on Coastal 

Biodiversity Restoration organized by the Department of Zoology & Marine 

Studies Programme, December 2009. 

Lectures/Resource Persons 


• D. Armstrong Doss, Department of Business Administration, (i) Delivered 

a Lecture on Recent Trends in Consumer Behaviour, ICFAI National College, 

Chennai; and (ii) Resource person for a Workshop on Time and Stress, 

Management, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, 2009. 

• K. Kavitha, Department of Microbiology, served as a Chairperson for the 

oral presentation of scientific paper session, SRM College of Arts and 

Science, December 2009. 

• Janice Shiji, Department of Social Work, resource person for the (i) 

‘Conference of Vice-Principals of Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools, Southern 

Region; (ii) ‘Child Psychology’, Orientation Program organized for the Vice 

principals of Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools in Southern Region, 27 October 

2009; and (iii) Soft Skill Classes to UG and PG students of SDNB Vaishnav 

College, June 2009. 

• Sylvia Daisy, was a resource person for (i) One day workshop organized by 

the Sacred Heart Seminary for the Philosophy students of Sacred Heart 

Seminary at Thiruthani, October 2009; (ii) The pre-marital course by Family 

Commission of Chinglepet Diocese on first Sunday of every month since 

2009; and (iii) Two-day seminar on Adolescence and Spiritual Orientation for 

students of St. Joseph Seminary, Mudichur. 

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• N. Thirunavukkkarasu, Department of Marine Studies and Costal 

Resource Management, (i) ‘Current Status of Biodiversity and threats in 

Pulicat Lake’, Workshop on ‘Coastal Biodiversity Restoration’ organized by 

the Department of Marine Studies & Coastal Resource Management and 

Department of Zoology at Estuarine Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, 

December 2009; and (ii) Role of Non-governmental organizations in Pulicat, 

Workshop on ‘Coastal Biodiversity Restoration’ organized by the Department 

of Marine Studies & Coastal Resource Management and Department of 

Zoology at Estuarine Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, December 2009. 

• V. Deepak Samuel, (i) ‘Marine Biotechnology’, MVJ School of 

Biotechnology, Bangalore University, 2009; (ii) ‘Artificial Reefs (ARs) and 

Fish Aggregating device (FADs)’, Workshop on ‘Coastal Biodiversity 

Restoration’ organized by the Department of Marine Studies and Costal 

Resource Management and Department of Zoology at Estuarine Biological 

Laboratory, Pulicat, December 2009; (iii)‘The World of Corals’, ibid; (iv) 

Identification of Scheduled marine organism, Training given to front line 

forest officials, sponsored by the Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve Trust 

and Ministry of Environment and Forests; (v) ‘Drugs from the deep – 

resource availability’ in National Technical Symposium ‘Chrysalis 09’ at 

Department of Biotechnology, Sathyabama University, Chennai, August 

2009; (vi) ‘Teaching and effective presentation of research findings’ in ICMR 

sponsored National workshop on ‘Critical perspectives on research 

methodology in biomedical sciences’ at School of Bio-technology and health 

sciences, Karunya University, Coimbatore, 08 October 2009; (vii) ‘Marine 

biodiversity and influences by Man’ at ‘16 films documentation’, Alliance 

Francaise, the French academy, Nungambakkam, 11 November 2009;(viii) 

‘Dynamic marine environment’ at the International workshop for 

environmental journalists organized by Suganthi Devadasan Marine Research 

Institute, Thoothukudi, November 2009; (ix) ‘Understanding the taxonomy of 

marine organisms’, CSIR sponsored NET training programme for 

Postgraduate students, organized by the Faculty of Marine Science, 

Annamalai University, Parangipettai, February 2010; and (x) ‘Role of 

artificial reefs and fish aggregating devices in eco-restoration’, CSIR 

sponsored NET training programme for Postgraduate students, organized by 

the Faculty of Marine Science, Annamalai University, Parangipettai, February 


• Lita Sundar, (i) ‘Keystone species’, Workshop on ‘Coastal Biodiversity 

Restoration’, organized by the Department of Marine Studies & Coastal 

Resource Management and Department of Zoology at Estuarine Biological 

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Laboratory, Pulicat, December 2009; and (ii) ‘Marine Algae’, Workshop on 

‘Coastal Biodiversity Restoration’, organized by the Department of Marine 

Studies & Coastal Resource Management and Department of Zoology at 

Estuarine Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, December 2009. 

• J. Sesh Serebiah, (i) ‘Soil erosion and accretion’, Workshop on ‘Coastal 

Biodiversity Restoration’, organized by the Department of Marine Studies & 

Coastal Resource Management and Department of Zoology at Estuarine 

Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, 09 to 11 December 2009; and (ii) ‘Geographic 

Information System (GIS)’, Workshop on ‘Coastal Biodiversity Restoration’, 

organized by the Department of Marine Studies & Coastal Resource 

Management and Department of Zoology at Estuarine Biological Laboratory, 

Pulicat, 09 to 11 December 2009. 

• K. Mahesh Kumar, (i) Workshop on ‘Entrepreneurship development 

Programme for biology students’ organized from 23 to 25 September 2009 by 

the Post Graduate and Research Department of Advance Zoology and 

Biotechnology, Government Arts College for Men (Autonomous), 

Nandanam, Chennai; (ii) Dr. K. Mahesh Kumar, 2009. Coastal Zone 

Management Workshop on ‘Coastal biodiversity restoration’ organized by the 

Department of Marine Studies & Coastal Resource Management and 

Department of Zoology at Estuarine Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, 

December 2009; and (iii) ‘Workshop for Government College Teachers on 

Major and non-Major Elective Subjects in Zoology’ at Department of 

Zoology, Government Arts College for Men (Autonomous), Nandanam, 

Chennai, December 2009. 

• V. Jayalakshmi, Department of Hindi, judge for the event ‘Kavitha Lekhan’ 

organized by the Hindi department of SDNB Vaishnav College for Women, 

24 September 2009. 

Participation in International / National / Regional Conferences / Seminars 

• Anli Suresh, Department of Commerce, participated in the National 

Entrepreneurship Summit-Strides 09 conducted by IFMR, 30 October 2009. 

• Prince Edwin Das, Department of Chemistry, participated in the ‘Second 

Science Conclave: A Congregation of Nobel Laureates’, organized by Indian 

Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, 8 to 14 December 2009. 

• Mary Vergheese & T. Senthil Kumar participated in the one day seminar 

‘Vistas in Physics Research’, organized by Physics department, Madras 

Christian College, 11 September 2009. 

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• K. Dhanalakshmi, B. Babu, A. Nicodemus, B. Nagarajan & M. Baluswami, 

Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, Thorea hispida 

(Thore) Desvaux emend. Sheath, Vis etCole from Little Andaman, India in 

the International Conference on Algal Biomass, Resource and Utilization, 

Stella Maris College, Chennai, 27to 30 July 2009. 

• M. Baluswami, participated in the International Conference, Algal Biomass 

Resources and utilization, organized by Department of Plant Biology and 

Plant Biotechnology, Stella Maris College, Chennai and also released a book 

on Phaeophyceae of India and neighbourhood authored by V. Krishnamurthy 

& M. Baluswami, 27 to 30 July 2009. 

• G.A.I. Ebenezer, participated in the ‘Bioinformatics Coordinators Meeting’, 

organized by Central Agriculutre Research Institute (CARI), Port Blair, 

Andamans, 3 & 4 February 2010. 

• E. Joyce Sudandara Priya & Angela Wesley, participated in the Workshop, 

‘Hands on Training in Biotechnology’, organized by the Department of 

Biotechnology, Stella Maris College (Autonomous), Chennai, 06 January to 

09 February 2010. 

• Jeyarathi, participated in the one day workshop on ‘Green Campuses: a 

comprehensive approach’, organized by the Scrub Society, Madras Christian 

College, Tambaram, 20 February 2010. 

• Angela Wesley, participated in the National Seminar (i) ‘New Facets of 

Evolutionary Biology’, organized by the Indian National Science Academy, 

New Delhi, 17 February 2010; and (ii) ‘Fungal Biotechnology’, Vels 

University, 4 & 5 March 2010. 

• J. Logamanya Tilak, Department of Zoology participated (i) workshop on 

‘Entrepreneurship Development Programme for biology students’ organized 

by the Government Arts College for Men, Nandanam, 23 to 25 September 

2009; and (ii) UGC sponsored workshop on Research Grant working 

organized by Department of Social Work, 30 March 2010. 

• Rakhi Yadav, Department of Chemistry (SFS), participated in the two day 

seminar ‘Women in Science and Technology, Career in Science and 

Technology’, organized by Centre for Empowerment of Women, Anna 

University Chennai in collaboration with Women in Science, Indian 

Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru, 15 & 16 May 2010. 

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• M. Rebeca Sofiya Joice, participated in a Lecture on ‘Solid-State Physics 

Then - To Material Science’ by Dr. C. S. Soundar, Scientist, IGCAR, 

Kalpakkam conducted by Department of Physics, Madras Christian College. 

• M. Rebeca Sofiya Joice & V. Sudha, participated in a Workshop on Polymer 

Technology Training Course offered by Department of Chemistry, College of 

Engineering, Guindy, Anna University, 23 to 27 March 2010. 

• Tony Thomas, Department of Business Administration (SFS), participated 

in a LIBAs Business Ethics Conference called BEACON10, 30January 2010. 

• Subaniya Sarah, participated in the National Level Seminar (i) ‘Women and 

the Work Place - Evolving Roles’, in MOP Vaishnav College, Chennai; and 

(ii) ‘Gateway to Industry Academia Engagement’, MOP Vaishnav College, 

Chennai. 

• R. Belinda, Department of Social Work (SFS), participated in a seminar on 

‘Supervision in Social Work Field Work practicum, organized by Board of 

Studies in Social Work, University of Madras, April 2010. 

• Janice Shiji, participated (i) Symposium on mental health and gender violence 

organized by SCARF and The Prajyna trust, Schizophrenic Research 

Foundation, Chennai, 4 December 2009; and (ii) UGC sponsored workshop 

on Research grant writing, organized by Centre for International Social Work, 

Madras Christian College, 30 March 2010. 

• S. Eswari, Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management 

(SFS), (i) gave a lecture on Geography, ‘Prospects of Geography’ in St. Johns 

International Residential School, 6 December 2010. 

• Nameetha, guest lectures on Tourism Management for the M.B.A (Tourism) 

students of Prist University. 

• Two staff members and two students of the department participated in the 

National level seminar on Climate change and Disaster Management at 

Department of Studies in Geography, Manasagangotri, U.O.M, Mysore, 6 

March 2010 

Foreign Visits 

• R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, attended the Asian University 

Leadership Programme at Hong Kong organized by the United Board for 

Christian Higher Education in Asia, January 2010. He also had discussions 

with Lingnan University and Hong Kong Baptist University for possible 

institutional collaboration. He visited USA & UK – Overseas partnership 

programme, 01 May to 22 May 2010. 

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• Ann Thomas, Department of English, attended the UN Conference on the 

Status of Women at UN Headquarters, New York, USA, March 2010. 

• R. Sridhar, Department of Political Science, was nominated by the US State 

Department to represent India at the American Studies Conference of the 

American Studies Association held in Washington D.C., USA, November 


• K. Joshua, Department of Philosophy, visited Edinburgh in connection with 

the Madras Christina College History Project. From Edinburgh he went over 

to Hermansburgh and Wittenberg in Germany and delivered Lectures on 

Indian Christianity, July 2009. 

• Maher Spurgeon visited Canterbury Christ Church University and served as 

an honorary Chaplain for 15 days, 20 Octoberto November 2009. During this 

time he served in the Canterbury Cathedral and West Minister Abbey, 

London, U.K. He also visited U.S.A as a resource person for the Leadership 

Training Programme at Haggai Institute, February 2010. 

• James Kurian, was with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 

College of Business and Science, Muscat. 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, Visiting Scholar, Harry 

Bird School of Business-Winchester, Virginia, USA-taught ‘International 

Business’ for MBA students. 

• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, visited Thompson Rivers 

University, Canada, as a Resource Person, 14 to 21 November 2009. 

• Prince Solomon, visiting faculty, Social Work Department in the Chang Jung 

Christian University, Taiwan as part of a staff exchange and collaborative 

research programme. 

• N. Gnanamalar David, Department of Mathematics, visited the Department 

of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Germany, and 

gave a talk on ‘Parallel Contextual Hexagonal Array Grammars and 

Languages’, 1 to 5 December 2009. 

• T. Robinson, visited the Department of Computer Science, Liverpool Hope 

University, U.K., for post-doctoral research. 

• Adolf Stephen, was with the School of Mathematical Sciences, University 

Sains Malaysia for a period of one year. He presented and published research 

papers in collaboration with Prof. Rosihan M. Ali. 

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• K. Mohandoss, Department of Chemistry, served as the faculty of the 

Department of Applied Sciences (Chemistry Section), Higher College of 

Technology, Muscat under the Ministry of manpower, Sultanate of Oman for 

a year 2008-2009 and returned to MCC, 13 November 2009. 

• R. Moses Inbaraj, Department of Zoology, attended a consultation meeting 

on Environmental Initiatives of Asian Higher Education Institutions 

organized by the United Board for Christian Higher Education in Asia at 

Chinese University, Hong Kong, 25 to 29 June 2009. 

• G. Johanna Johnsi Rani, Department of Computer Science, visited the 

Ateneo de Manila University, Manila, Philippines, in the second phase of the 

United Board Fellows program 2008-2010, November 2009 to February 

2010. During the four months stay in Manila she also visited the 

administrative units and departments especially the computer Science 

Department of De La Salle University, University of Philippines and the 

University of Santo Tomas. 

• D. Samuel, Department of Tamil (SFS), visited Qeezon City, Philippines, as 

a delegate to the School for Ecumenical Leadership Formation, on the theme 

Revitalizing Youth and Students, October 2009. 

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Part C 

Details of the plan for the next year: 

Preparation for Quartoseptcentennial celebrations: 

To prepare the College for the Quartoseptcentennial celebrations by laying 

foundations for various ventures so as to prepare the College to face the challenges of 

the next century. 

Placement Service: 

It has been decided to provide the students in their IV Semester UG and I Semester 

PG with a comprehensive approach to develop their skills through personality 

development and soft skill programme to enhance their employability. 

Centre for Media Studies: 

It is envisaged that the new Centre for Media Studies will be completed and 

commissioned by June 2010. 

Health Services: 

• To improve the facilities in the Satellite Clinic functioning in the main building of 

the College. 

• To conduct health camps for the students and staff in association with corporate 

hospitals. 

• To conduct awareness camps on certain chronic diseases such as Diabetes, cancer 

and also on Nutrition and Personal Hygiene. 

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GENERAL INFORMATION 

Name and Address of the College 

Madras Christian College 

(Autonomous) 

Tambaram, Chennai 600 059. 

Phone 044-22390675 

Fax 044-22394352 

E-mail iqac@mcc.edu.in 

principal@mcc.edu.in 

Name and Address of the Faculty 

member in-charge of the IQAC 

Prof. Miriam Samuel 

Head 


Madras Christian College. 

Year of Establishment 1837 

Type of College 

Aided and Self-financing 

Status 

Autonomous 

Whether the College has been 

assessed and accredited by NAAC 

Yes 

If yes, what is the star or grade award 

A+ Grade 

Year in which assessed 2003 – 2004 

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Number of Academic Programmes Offered by the College: 

Academic Programmes Offered 

Level Aided Self-Financed 

Under Graduate (Regular) 13 13 

Under Graduate (Vocational) 3 - 

Post Graduate 15 7 

PG Diploma, Diploma & Certificate (including add–on courses) - 6+6=12 

Student Strength (Number of students studying in 2009-10) by Gender: 

Gender – Wise Student Strength (2009 – 2010) 

Course Men Women Total 

AIDED 

Under Graduate 

B.A. 542 355 897 

B.Sc. 358 439 797 

B.Com. 180 114 294 

Post Graduate 

MA (Including M.S.W) 208 145 355 

M.Sc. 94 201 295 

M.Com. 36 43 79 

M.Phil. 50 75 125 

Total 1468 1374 2842 

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SELF - FINANCED 

Under Graduate 

BA & B.B.A 415 201 616 

B.Sc. 635 301 936 

B. Com 299 110 409 

Post Graduate 

MA (Including M.S.W) 82 62 144 

M.Sc. 69 60 129 

M.Com. 35 23 58 

M.C.A. 33 26 59 

Total 1568 783 2351 

Demand for UG Courses for the Academic year 2009-2010 

Demand of Under Graduate Course (2009 – 2010) 

Name of the Course/ Programme 

Candidates 

Sanctioned 

Candidates 

Applied 

Strength 

Admitted 

AIDED 

History (Regular) 107 45 44 

History (Vocational) 44 30 28 

Political Science 197 70 69 

Economics 308 70 55 

Philosophy 59 35 33 

Tamil Literature 74 70 42 

English Literature 491 70 67 

Commerce (Regular) 1390 70 70 

Commerce (Vocational) 682 30 30 

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Mathematics 653 70 61 

Statistics 122 50 35 

Physics 194 50 49 

Chemistry 293 50 46 

Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology 182 50 38 

Zoology (Regular) 103 50 44 

Zoology (Vocational) 26 30 15 


Business Administration (Sec –I & II) 718 125 125 

Commerce 827 180 179 

Computer Application (Sec –I & II) 815 100 95 

Microbiology 89 50 33 

Visual Communication 344 50 49 


Physics 96 50 46 

Physical Education 55 50 35 

Journalism 138 70 59 

Social Work 109 70 67 

Geography, Tourism &Travel Management 94 50 47 

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Demand for PG Courses for the Academic year 2009-10 

Demand of Post Graduate Course (2009 – 2010) 


Candidates 

Applied 

Sanctioned 

Strength 

Candidates 

Admitted 

AIDED 

History 43 40 27 


Public Administration 85 40 38 





Commerce 137 40 40 




Physics 179 26 25 


Plant Biology &Plant Biotechnology 124 26 25 

Zoology 77 26 24 


Computer Application 115 30 30 

Communication 81 40 39 



Applied Microbiology 82 26 24 

Commerce (COBA) 68 40 39 

Marine Studies & Coastal Resource Management 30 26 17 

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MCC School of Continuing Education 

MCC School of Continuing Education (2009 – 2010) 

S. No Name of the Course/ Programme Men Women Total 

1 P.G. Diploma in Human Resource Management 26 10 36 

2 P.G. Diploma in Computer Application 1 1 2 

3 P.G. Diploma in Medical Lab Technology 6 13 19 

4 P.G. Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication 4 4 8 

5 Diploma in Medical Lab Technology 1 22 23 

6 Diploma in Printing Technology-I Year 17 - 17 

7 Diploma in Printing Technology– II Year 21 - 21 

8 Diploma in Computer Application (Morning) 13 5 18 

9 Diploma in Computer Application (Evening) 15 25 40 

10 Diploma in Human Resource Management (Morning) 41 24 65 

11 Diploma in Human Resource Management (Evening) 44 21 65 

12 Diploma in Montessori Primary School Teaching Technology (6 

Months) 

- 15 15 

13 Certificate Course in Financial Accounting and Tally (4 Months) 15 3 18 

14 Diploma in English Language and Communication Skills (Evening) 3 2 5 

TOTAL 352 

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Students Performance in the Examinations in the UG Courses (Final year 

students Appeared in April/May 2010 Only) 

Performance in Under Graduate Final Year Students 


AIDED 

Students 

Appeared 

Students 

passed 

Pass 

Percentage 

History (Regular) 31 16 52 

History (Vocational) 8 1 12 






Commerce (Regular) 65 55 85 

Commerce (Vocational) 29 23 79 





Botany 32 23 72 

Zoology (Regular) 38 28 74 

Zoology (Vocational) 13 3 23 





Botany 14 8 57 

Business Administration 65 60 92 

Computer Science 45 45 98 

Microbiology 36 33 92 

Physical Education 16 14 88 

Visual Communication 40 28 70 

Journalism 40 30 75 

Geography 41 34 83 


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Students Performance in the Examinations in the PG Courses (Final year 

students appeared in April/May 2010 Only) 

Performance in Post Graduate Final Year Students 


Students 

Appeared 

Students 

passed 

Pass 

Percentage 

AIDED 

History 14 13 93 


Public Administration 36 31 86 











Botany 25 21 84 

Zoology 18 18 100 


Computer Application 29 28 97 

Communication 24 23 96 



Commerce (COBA) 19 17 89 

Applied Microbiology 24 22 92 

Marine Studies & Coastal Resource Management 19 19 100 

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