AQAR 2010-2011 - Madras Christian College

ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 - 2011 

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: 2010-2011 

ANNUAL QUALITY ASSURANCE REPORT 

2010-11 

During the academic year 2010-11, Madras Christian College intensified its focus on 

its infrastructure development to keep pace with the curricular reforms and support 

its growing student population. The Centre for Media Studies, with its state of the art 

labs, recording and editing equipment, and a world class mini-theatre is a mojor 

landmark in the illustrious history of MCC. The maintenance and refurbishment of 

classrooms, Halls of Residence and the Administrative Offices and the various 

buildings are being carried out in a phased manner. 

As Madras Christian College is reaching its 175th year various programmes are 

scheduled during the calendar year 2012 to befittingly celebrate of its glorious 

achievements over the years. To keep pace with the technology upgradation and 

student upliftment and enligtnement several well thought and debated developments 

are in pipeline for implementation in high priority. We are confident that these 

schemes would create uniqe benchmarks to excel in education. Infrastructural projects 

including a new Commerce Block, a multi-purpose Auditorium, expansion of the 

International Guest House, renovation and reformation of the Library, Campus Local 

Area Network, computer aided smart classrooms, and refurbishing the Halls are on 

the anvil. 

The Autonomy Review Committee from the University of Madras visited the Madras 

Christian College in January 2011. The Committee, after interacting with all the stake 

holders has expressed its appreciation of the functioning of autonomy in MCC. 

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View of the Media Studies building and the Preview Theatre that were commissioned during the year 

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Part A 

Plan of Action: Completion and Inauguration of the Centre for Media Studies 

Outcome: 

The landmark in the history of the MCC for the academic year 2010-2011 has been 

the completion of the state of the art “Centre for Media Studies” (CMS). The CMS 

(a)Shooting floor - I for video, (b) Shooting floor - II for photography, (C) Audio 

booth, (d) Edit suit and (e) Mini theatre with seating capacity for 180. 

Plan of Action: Placement Service 

The Placement Cell envisages raising the percentage of placement by building a 

strong relationship with the various job sector. 

Outcome: 

In the various Placement Officer’s meet held across South India, Brand MCC was 

effectively projected. Many Companies visited MCC this year and the year recorded 

285 students securing placement through campus interviews. 

Plan of Action: Comprehensive Health Care on Campus 

Outcomes: 

Efforts were taken to improve health care delivery by conducting health camps and 

awareness programmes for the College Community. 

Regular counseling with individual attention has improved the patient compliance and 

treatment without discontinuity, for chronic illnesses such as diabetes, seizure and 

other psychological illness leading to reduction in the number of cases of acute 

exacerbation. Apart from this regular Health awareness camps were conducted. This 

has resulted in the community’s perspective to life through preventive methods. 

To stock valuable medicines the Satellite Clinic has been facilitated with a 

refrigerator. 

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Part B 

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

Academic Excellence 

• As in the past, individual departments through their Board of Studies and 

feedback mechanisms and the Academic Council of the College continue to 

function effectively to maintain academic standards. 

• A review of the Autonomous status was done by the University of Madras on 20 

Janaury 2011. The review team commented positively about the stature of 

autonomy in MCC and recommended its continuation. This exercise directly 

enabled the College to have a feedback about the functioning of autonomy 

through a neutral source. 

• Annual Quality Assurance Reports of the College were updated and posted to 

NAAC. 

Spiritual Vitality 

• Various activities of the college that include Campus Ministry, Staff Study Circle, 

Staff – Student Retreat, Retreat for teacher/students, Retreat for units of the 

College, Student Christian Movement and others helped to ensure that the spiritual 

dimension of education in MCC is retained. 

Social Relevance 

• Keeping in mind the welfare of the students, Students Insurance Scheme as 

proposed by the University of Madras was instituted for all students. 

• A committee was constituted to look into the starting of a Community college in 

response to the social needs in Tambaram. It is proposed that this college will 

cater to the needs of the youth from the disadvantaged communities to equip them 

with life skills and employability skills. 

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

Nil 

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3. Innovations in curricular design and transaction: 

Innovations in curricular design and transaction in the Academic Council Meeting 

held on 29 June 2010. 

Department of English: (i) Introduced changes in the text books for Semesters I, II, 

III and IV. Each text book for each semester comprises of six poems and five essays. 

Additionally, a play, a novel, and six short stories are included in the first semester, 

second semester and third semester text books respectively; and (ii) introduced a 

mastery-focused writing module in the fourth semester text book to prepare the 

students for the campus placement tests. Raymond Murphy’s “An Essential Guide to 

English” was introduced as a text book for the remedial component of the curriculum. 

Department of Tamil: Introduced the paper jkpou; kuGr; nry;tk;, Instead of the 

general elective paper (UG 5th Semester) ,f;fhy nkhopapay; mwpKfk; with effect 

from 2010-2011. 

Department of Public Administration: Introduced three new papers namely, (i) 

International Institutions; (ii) Adminstration of Public Enterprise in India; and (iii) E- 

Governance in India. 

Department of Zoology: (i) Introduced the following papers for the III year 

Undergraduate Programme (Regular and Vocational): Major Courses: Biotechnology, 

Biophysics Evolution and Animal behavior, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, 

Biotechnology and Bioinformatics practicals, Animal Physiology and Immunology, 

Environmental Biology and Biodiversity; Elective: Agricultural Entomology, 

Seribiotechnology, Bioprocess Engineering and Technology, Vermitechnology; and 

Skill based courses in Vermiculture and Computer Basics. 

Department of Computer Science introduced the following changes in the MCA 

course: (i) New electives were introduced in Cryptography and Network Security, 

Cloud Computing, Digital Image Processing and Sematic Web; and (ii) New 

Laboratory Programmes were introduced in Data Structures and Algorithms, internet 

Programming Laboratory-Java, HTML, JavaScript, XML, JSP and Servelets, C# and 

.NET, Operating Systems and Networks Laboratory, Software Development 

Laboratory, Advanced Java Programming. 

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Department of Communication introduced (i) Two Internship papers, one in the first 

semester titled “Internship” with 2 credits and another in the third semester titled 

“Industrial Training” with 4 credits. (ii) New paper on Media Economics and 

Management; and (iii) a full Practical paper on Event Management. 

Department of Personality Development shifted the topic on Communication to 

Personality Development I and the Unit on Time and Stress Management was shifted 

to Personality Development II. 

4. Inter-disciplinary programmes started: 

The Senatus of the College approved the proposal to recognize the Estuarine 

Biological Laboratory at Pulicat as a ‘Centre for Marine Research’ to function under 

the Department of Zoology to facilitate research in the inter-disciplinary field of 

Marine Studies. 

5. Examination reforms implemented: 

The examination office has initiated the process of introducing Mark Sheets for 

students with security features. 

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

Number of students appeared for the above competitive exams. 

7. Initiative towards faculty development programme: 

Ph.D. Degree 

The following members of staff were conferred Ph.D. Degree in their respective 

disciplines during this academic year: 

• Surendran Purushotham, Department of History, Guided by 

Dr. G.J. Sudhakar, Loyola College. 

• S. D. Christopher Chandran, Department of Policitical Science, Guided by Dr.P. 

Kingsley Alfred Chandrasekaran, MCC. 

• T. Shirmila, Department of Commerce, Gudied by Dr. M. Sakthivel Murugan, DB 

Jain College. 

• Ansuman Rabboni, Department of Public Administration, Guided by 

Dr. P. Kingsley Alfred Chandrasekaran, MCC. 

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Orientation Course 

• An Orientation Programme for Young Faculty members was organized by the 

College on 14 August 2010. While the Session on Personal Effectiveness was 

handled by Mr. Anto Vincent, the Session on Organizational Excellence was 

conducted by our former Bursar Dr. P. R. Guruswamy. 

• The following Faculty members attended the Orientation Programme conducted 

by University of Madras, 06 August to 02 September 2010; 

(i) Ann Thomas, Department of English; (ii) Shirmila. T, Department of 

Commerce; (iii) S. J. David Chellakumar, Department of Physics; 

(iv) R. Daniel, Department of Physics; (v) E. Iyyappan, Department of Chemistry, 

(vi) J. Jayarathi, Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology; and (vii) 

Ananthi Rachel Livingstone, Department of Zoology. 

• Two faculty members attended the Orientation Course, conducted by the UGC 

ASC, University of Madras, 17 May to 13 June 2011; (i) R. Belinda, Department 

of Social Work (SFS); and (ii) V. Jayalakshmi, Department of Hindi (SFS). 

• M. Rabikumar, Department of Physics, attended the Orientation course at 

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, May to June 2011. 

Refresher Course 

• Samuel Rufus, Department of English, has participated in the UGC Sponsored 

Refresher Course in English, conducted by the University of Madras, 01 to 21 

July 2010. 

• Vasanthi Vijayakumar, Department of History, attended Refresher Course in 

Social Studies conducted by the University of Madras, February 2011. 

• Johnson Sampathkumar, Department of Public Administration, attended the 

Resher Course conducted by the University of Madras, 09 November to 06 

December 2010. 

• Florence John, Department of Commerce, attended the Refresher Course in 

Business Studies (Commerce), conducted by ASC, University of Madras, 02 to 22 


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• S. J. David Chellakumar and R. Daniel, Department of Physics, attended 

Refresher Course on “Theoritical Condensed Matter Physics” at the University of 

Madras, August to September 2010. 

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

the Refresher Course conducted by the UGC-Academic Staff College organized 

by the Department of Botany, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore for 21 days 

from 12 May to 01 June 2011 

• J. Logamanya Tilak, Department of Zoology, attended a DBT sponsored 

Refresher course on “Innovative and Viable Biotechnological Techniques for 

Ornamental Aquaculture System Management”, by TANUVAS, Madhavaram, 

Chennai, 10 November to 03 December 2010. 

• J.Sudar Vizhi, Department of Tamil (SFS), attended Refresher Course, Madras 

University, November 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- 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 Frederick, Department of Commerce. 

Other Faculty Development Programmes 

Aided Stream 

• Samuel Rufus, Department of English, has participated in the 3-day Teacher 

Support Programme conducted by the British Council, Chennai, 03 to 05 August 

2010. 

• Ann Thomas, Department of English, attended a ‘Business English Certificate’ 

Course Teachers Meeting organized by the British Council, November 2010. 

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• A.Duraisamy, Department of Economics, has participated in the Workshop on 

“Panel Data Econometrics”, the Madras School of Economics, Chennai, 23 & 24 


• Janet. E. John & Tabitha Durai, Department of Commerce, attended a Workshop 

on CSR Implementation by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands 

and CBI Centre for the Promotion of Imports from Developing Countries and 

Partners in Change, 20 & 21 September 2010. 

• Florence John, Department of Commerce, underwent training in “Management 

Development Programme on Advanced Excel” conducted by MSME 

Development Institute, Chennai, 21 August to 03 October 2010. 

• The following faculty members from the Department of Commerce, attended 

Workshop on “Data Analysis using SPSS” organized by World Class Business 

Education Programme of the College: Charles Suresh David, John Gabriel, 

Hannah Fredrick, Shirmila.T, Florence John, Janet E. John, Tabitha Durai, Anli 

Suresh, & Starline Georgina, 20 to 22 October 2010, 

• T. Shirmila, Department of Commerce, attended a National Workshop on 

“Curriculum Development on Peace Education” organized by the Institute of 

Advanced Christian Studies, MCC, December 2010. 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, attended the MDP on 

Managerial Leadership and Conflict Resolution, IIM-Calcutta, 17 & 22 January 


• Anli Suresh, Department of Commerce, participated in (i) Workshop on “Writing 

and Publishing Articles in National and International Journals” organized by 

LISSTAR (Loyola Institute of Social Science Training and Research), Loyola 

College, Chennai, 24 September 2010; and (ii) “Faculty Development Programme 

on Business Simulation” conducted by IIM Kozhikode, 18 to 20 April 2011. 

• E. Caroline Victoria, Department of Physics, attended a workshop on ‘Curriculum 

development on Peace Education’ conducted by MCC, 03 to 04 December 2010. 

• P. Subhashini, Department of Physics, attended a two–day training programme on 

Virtual Instrumentation ‘Getting started with Labview’ at Chennai conducted by 

National Instruments, Bangalore, August 2010. 

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

participated in the IGBP Pages Pharos Workshop organized by French Institute, 

Pondicherry, 27 to 29 January 2011. 

• G.A.I. Ebenezer, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, was 

trained in confocal microscopy from Plant Imaging Center (PIC), University of 

Wisconsin, Madison, USA. 

Self-Financed Stream 

• The following staff members attended a Workshop on ‘e-Content Creation” 

organized by Bioinformatics Centre of MCC, 11 August 2010: (i) Annet Pearl, 

Lakshmi Manean & Menaka, Department of Commerce; (ii) R. Belinda, 

Department of Social Work; (iii) D. Armstrong Doss & Tony Thomas, 

Department of Business Administration; and (iv) V. Jayalakshmi, Department of 

Hindi. 

• Nirmala Mohan, Department of Commerce, attended a Workshop on 

‘Management Development Programme on Advanced Excel’, conducted by 

MSME Development Institute, Chennai. 

• Zeenath Zarina & Menaka attended a Workshop on “Team Building and 

Advanced Counselling” organized by the Department of Social Work, MCC, 17 & 

18 January 2011. 

• R. Belinda, Department of Social Work, attended Workshops on (i) Peace 

Education organized by the IACS, MCC, December 2010; and (ii) “Research 

Methodology” conducted by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth 

Development and Tata Institute of Social Sciences at RGNIYD, Sriperumbudur, 

02 to 05 May 2011. 

• D.Armstrong Doss, Department of Business Administration, attended a NEN 

Workshop on Entrepreneurship, July 2010. 

• Tony Thomas & Karthick attended a National Level Workshop on “Application of 

Statistical Tools in Management Research”, St. Joseph's College of Engineering, 

Chennai, 28 August 2010. 

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• Karthick attended a Workshop on “Data Analysis using SPSS” conducted by 

World Class Business Programme, Department of Commerce, Madras Christian 

College, 20 & 21 October 2010. 

• D. Sathiya Priya & D. Padma Prabha, Department of Computer Application 

(BCA), participated in the two day Workshop conducted by the Department of 

Mathematics, Madras Christian College, 25 & 26 June 2010. 

• Eswari and Subashini, Department of Geography Tourism and Travel 

Management, attended two Days Faculty Development Workshop on GIS for 

College Geography Teacher in University of Madras, Sponsored by UNIGIS 

International, University of Salzburg, Austria and Indian Geographical Society, 26 

& 27 February 2011. 

8. Total number of seminars / workshops conducted: 

Endowment Lectures 

• Department of Philosophy: Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Endowment Lecture delivered 

by Dr. S. Kanthamani, former Professor and Head, Department of Philosophy, 

University of Kerala, on the theme: ‘Theories of Consciousness – A Post Modern 

Approach’, September 2010. 

• The Dr. Sarveppalli Radhakrishnan Endowment Lecture, delivered by Dr. Richard 

Bingle, Official, Indian Office Library and Records, the British Library, London, 

on the topic: Raja Ram Mohan Roy (1830-1833): A Reassessment, 28 January 


• The Dr. Michael C. Lockwood Endowment Lecture delivered by 

Mr. Theodore Baskaran, Film Historian and Trustee, W.W.F. – India (MCC 

Alumnus – 1957-60), on the topic “Language and Ecology: A Fading Heritage”, 

11 February 2011. 

• Department of Chemistry: Dr. R. Gopalan Endowment Lecture delivered by Dr. 

B. Venkataraghavan, Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, on 

‘Proteins: the Marvelous Molecular Machines’, July 2010. 

• Dr. R. Gopalan Endowment Lecture delivered by Dr. P. Ramamurthy, Director, 

National Centre for Ultra Fast Processes, University of Madras, Taramani 

Campus, Chennai, on “Photonics – A New Horizon”, 01 March 2011. 

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Conferences/ Seminars/ Workshops conducted by the Department 

International Conferences: 

• The Department of Social Work has been known for organizing the annual 

National/International Conferences for the past 2 decades. This year the 

International Conference was on the theme Environment, Livelihood and Human 

Rights, 27 to 29 September 2011. The Conference was inaugurated by Ms. Vidhya 

Dinker (Activist- Mangalore). Some of the eminent speakers were Mr. Nithyanand 

Jayaraman (Independent Journalist), Ms. Shoba Menon (Founder Trustee, Nizhal), 

Dr. Kelly Ashcraft (Appalachian State University), Dr. Sultan Ismail (The New 

College, Chennai), Dr. Gabriel Dietrich (National Convenor, NAPM). As part of 

the conference a public meeting was held on the 27 th of September. The 

programme started with a traditional welcome dance by the “Uravu” team from 

Vellore. Dr. Nammalvar (Farmer, Scientist and Activist) was the speaker for the 

meeting who shared his valuable thoughts about handling the nature and the 

practice of organic farming. The Valedictory for the conference was held on 29 

September 2011. Padmashri Krishnamal Jaganathan (All India Sarvodhaya 

Activist) was the Guest of Honour for the valedictory who inspired the gathering 

by sharing her valuable experiences as an activist. Dr. Leon Ginsberg, Chair, 

Appalachian State University, USA also addressed the gathering. 

• Centre for International Social Work (CISW), Department of Social Work: 

The strong international partnerships developed over the years have enabled the 

CISW to conduct workshops of international standards. 

Service-Learning through Global Partnerships - The CISW in 

collaboration with the Appalachian State University (ASU), USA 

conducted a two day Workshop on Service-Learning, 28 & 29 January 

2011. Dr. Shari Galiardi- Director, Service Learning Programs- ASU, Dr. 

Robin Byerly, Department of Management Studies-ASU, Dr. Judy Kaplan, 

Department of Social Work- ASU, were the resources persons. This 

Workshop was attended by 29 participants and a majority of them were 

from Madras Christian College (both from day and SFS streams). 

Participants from our partner institution like Bishop Heber College - 

Trichy, Madras Christian Council for Social Service, Student Interns from 

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Finland at MCCSS, Student Interns from Brethren College Abroad (BCA), 

USA had also participated. Dr. Wilfred Sugumar, Head of the Department 

of Chemistry, Madras Christian College delivered the key note address. 

Dr. Shari Galiardi presented, “Philosophy and Relevance of Service 

learning in Today’s Educational Context”. A community visit was also 

made to Rehoboth, a home for the mentally ill at Porur. Case presentations 

of service-learning models were made by the faculty from Appalachian 

State University, Madras Christian College, Bishop Heber College and 

Madras Christian Council for Social Service and the students from BCA, 

USA and Finland. 

Disha: A path towards an empowered trainer - The Department of 

Social Work organized a week long Workshop on six different topics 

namely, Mediation, Team Building,Trauma Care, Art Therapy, Facing 

Challenging Behaviour, and Coaching from 17 to 22 January 2011. A team 

of international experts from our partner institutions in Netherlands 

conducted the programme. Staff and students and NGO representatives 

participated in this Workshop. 

National Conferences 

• Department of Commerce: National Conference on “Trends and Progress in 

Financial Sector”which was inaugurated by Col. Dr. G. Thiruvasagam, Vice- 

Chancellor, University of Madras. 

• Department of Business Administration: First National Conference on the 

theme “Global Management: Issues, challenges and opportunities”, January 2011. 

• Department of Microbiology: National Conference on “The Challenges of 

Microbial Technology – Microbes and Technology”, 04 February 2011. 

• Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management: National 

Seminar on “Environmental Monitoring: Issues and Challenges” with active 

participation of research scholars, students and staff from across the country and 

the proceedings of the seminar was published. 

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Seminars/Workshops 

Aided Stream 

• Department of Tamil: Seminar on the Contribution of foreign Tamils to Tamil 

Language & Literature Scholars from Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and South 

Africa along with native scholars spoke on the various contributions of Tamils 

who live abroad to Tamil Language and Culture. In this function, a book 

containing the literary works of Mr. Barathibalan, a Sri Lankan Tamil Poet, living 

in Denmark was released by Dr. K.P. Aravanan, former Vice-Chancellor, 

Manonmaniyam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, 19 October 2010. 

• Department of History: UGC sponsored one-day Workshop on “Internal 

Examination Reform”, 30 July 2010. 

• Department of Economics: (i) A Workshop on Syllabus Revision on 26 July 

2010 at which Dr. R. Vijay, Associate Professor of Economics, Hyderabad 

Central University and Dr. P.A. Matthew, Director, FISAT, Kochi, were the 

resource persons; and (ii) A National Symposium on InclusiveDevelopment with 

Dr. C.T. Kurien, Former Head of the Department of Economics and an Eminent 

Economist as the Guest of Honour and Dr. B. Venkatesh Athreya as the Chief 

Guest. 

• Department of Philosophy: (i) A one day seminar on “HIV/AIDS: Socio- 

Philosophical Dimensions”, Rev. Prof. Donald E. Messer, Executive Director, 

Centre for the Church and Global AIDS, Colorado, USA, made a presentation on 

“Stigma and Discrimination: Socio-Philosophical Aspects”, January 2011; and (ii) 

A one-day Seminar on “Contemporary Ethical Issues and Challenges”, March 


• Department of Social Work: (i) ‘Celebrating Life in MCC’, an Orientation 

Workshop for the SFS Commerce students for three days in February 2011. The 

Workshop highlighted the values and ethics to be followed in College during their 

student life. About 185 students participated; (ii) Freedom Training Programme in 

collaboration with International Justice Mission was organized for released 

bonded labourers, 23 & 30 November 2010 & 02 February 2011. About 60 

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families’ benefited from these programmes. Awareness on alcoholism and drug 

addictions, domestic violence, human rights were among the topics covered in the 

sessions. In addition to this the department also organized the Leadership 

development programme for the rehabilitated labourers, 08 to10 November 2010. 

About 20 rehabilitated bonded labourers benefited from this; and (iii) In 

Collaboration with Life Line Hospital, Perungudi for Training and Research - The 

department has established an ongoing professional arrangement with the Life 

Line Hospitals, Perungudi for training of their personnel in the area of 

Professional Development. The first training programme on Team Work was 

conducted by Miriam Samuel and Prince Solomon for the heads of 

Units/Departments in the hospital, 30 July 2010. 

• Department of Mathematics: Workshop on “Research Practices on Topics in 

Mathematics” with Dr. D.G. Thomas and Dr. T. Robinson as Coordinators, 25 & 

26 June 2010. 

• Department of Statistics observed the World Quality Day 2010. A Seminar on 

“Honesty: Key to Quality” was conducted in association with the Indian 

Association for Productivity, Quality and Reliability and supported partially by 

the Vestas Wind Technology India Pvt Ltd, 11 November 2010. 

• Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology: One day ‘Seminar on 

Applied Microbiology’ was organized by Botany Society, for final year B.Sc. 

students to present their seminars on various aspects of Applied Microbiology. Dr. 

N. Mathivanan, Assistant Professor, C.A.S in Botany delivered the Inaugural 

Address on ‘Exploration of Microbial Diversity for the Discovery of Bioactive 

Molecules’ and Dr. Mrs. B.C. Archana Kalyani, District conservator of Forests, 

Government of Tamil nadu delivered the Valedictory Address, 22 Februrary 2011. 

• Bioinformatics Centre of BTISnet celebrated National Science Day with the 

theme “Chemistry in Life” for poster presentations by the school students of 9th 

and 11th standard. Lectures on the importance of basic sciences were given by 

eminent scientists, 28 February 2011. 

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• Department of Commerce: (i) A three-day Workshop on “Data analysis using 

SPSS” was organized for the faculty members of the department, October 2010; 

(ii) Workshop on “Learning and Wellness for Life Purpose” was organized for 

students of II B.Com. and I M.Com. (COBA), November 2010; (iii) A one-day 

Workshop on “Data analysis using SPSS” was organized for the students of II 

M.Com. (COBA), 23 November 2010; and (iv) A one-day Workshop on 

“Teambuilding” was organized for the students of I M.Com. (COBA), 11 

February 2011. 

• Department of Business Administration: (i) Annual Inter-collegiate 

Management meet “La’Corrida – Bull Fight”, 12 January 2011; (ii) One-day 

Workshop on the theme “Climbing Golden Ladder” by Prof. David Easow; (iii) 

Workshop on the theme “Campus to Corporate” by Mr. Karthikeyan, Hon. 

Secretary, ISTD; and (iv) Workshops on Team Building and latest trends and 

practices in the field of HR inviting industrial experts. 

• Department of Visual Communication conducted “Werkstat”, the annual 

Workshop on film making. The Workshop was inaugurated by 

Mr. Gnanasekaran, Dean, Mindscreen Film Institute. Mr. Mugil from 

L.V. Prasad Film Institute handled a session on script writing, Mr. Balaji from 

Sivaji Ganesan Film Institute handled a session on mise-en-scene, 

Mr. Sushanth from Mindscreen spoke about cinematography, Ms. Uma Vangal 

from Loyola College handled a session on film analysis while 

Mr. Sudish Kamath from “The Hindu” about film criticism and appreciation. 

Ms. Madhumitha, one of the few women directors in the Tamil Film industry 

attended the valedictory function. 

• Department of Microbiology: (i) Exhibition for School Students on the theme 

“Microbes – Nature’s Architect”, 03 September 2010. 

• Department of Physical Education, Health Education and Sports: Workshop 

for students on “Officiating in Athletics”, 08 October 2010. 

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• Department of Communication: (i) Five-day Workshop in August 2010. Ms. 

Laitha Sriram, a member of Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) gave a 

seminar on “Censorship” and Mr. Vijay Xavier, Vice-President of Lowe Lintas, 

on “Globalisation”. Some of the other Resource Persons were Mr. Shakthi 

Arvind, Cinematographer and Mr. K.P. Sunil, Vice-President, JAYA TV. On the 

final day of the Workshop, a theater club “Taranga” was inaugurated by staging a 

skit enacted by the first year students of MA Communication on “Modern 

communication lacking human touch”. “Click Smart”, a PR campaign was 

conducted by the II MA Communication students on Cyber security and Right to 

Information; and (ii) “Media Fest”, a three-day Workshop by the Department 

forum ‘SCAENA’, February 2011. It included ‘F-stop’ and ‘24 Frames’, a photo 

exhibition and a short film competition respectively. 

• Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource Management: (i) Twoday 

programme “Collaborative Research Project Symposium in India” at Ideal 

Beach Resort, Mamallapuram; and (ii) Workshop on “Wetland Ecology and 

Restoration” sponsored by the Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and 

Technology, Chennai. 

• Department of English: Seminar cum Workshop on Curriculum Framing in 

English Language, Dr. A.S.D. Pillai, Former Head of the Department of English, 

St. Joseph’s College, Trichy and Mr. Bellermine of the British Council, Chennai, 

were the resource persons on the occasion, 12 February 2011. 

Lectures Organized by the Departments: 

Aided Stream 

• Department of History: Special lecture on “Democracy and Electoral Process in 

India” by Mr. Naresh Gupta, I.A.S. (Retd), Former Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil 

Nadu. He also released the Department Newsletter: Pyrsos. 

• Department of Commerce: Guest lecture by Dr. Joseph M. Putty, Consultant, 

Small Business Administration, Government of USA. 

• Department of Statistics: Special lectures by (i) Dr. K. Jayaraman, Associate 

Professor, Graduate School of Business, University Sains Malaysia, Penag, 

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Malaysia, on “Lean Six-Sigma and its applications”, 29 July 2010; (ii) Dr. R.N. 

Mishra, Professor of Statistics, Patna University, Patna, lecture on the importance 

of Statistics in various disciplines. 

• Department of Physics: (i) Dr. Joe Jesudurai ,Head, Department of Physics, 

Loyola College, Chennai, spoke on the topic “Evolution of Microprocessor “ at 

the inauguration of Physics Society, 2010-11; (ii) Dr. P. K. Palaniswamy, 

Professor, Department of Physics, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna 

University spoke on the topic “ Optics and Material Science” at Spectra, Intercollegiate 

Physics meet , 2010-11; (iii) Dr. Roger Miller, Associate Professor of 

Physics in Maryville College, US spent the Sabbatical in the Department of 

Physics MCC; (iv) Dr. John Ridway, Scientist and international consultant in low 

temperature physics spoke on the topic “Low temperature physics” to the students 

of department of physics, 2010-11; (v) Dr. Rita John, Associate Professor, 

Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras, Chennai, gave a 

motivating lecture on “Importance of basic science to research “at the 

inauguration of Physics Society, 2010-11. 

• Department of Chemistry: Guest lecture by Dr. K.S. Nagaraja, Research 

Scientist, Loyola Institute of frontier Energy, Chennai, on ‘Magnetic and Optical 

properties of Novel metals’ at the inaugural of Chemistry Society, 07 February 


• Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology: Lectures by (i) Prof. 

Gerald Pillay, Vice-chancellor, Liverpool Hope University, UK accompanied by 

Monsignor John Divine and Dr. Keith Paterson, Dean of International 

Programmes visited the Department, 04 June 2010; (ii) The following experts 

visited the Department and delivered Guest lectures in the Department PG 

Seminar Club: (a) Dr. R. Geetha Iyer, Professor of Botany, Department of Botany, 

Delhi University delivered a Guest Lecture for PG students and faculty on 

“Phylogenetic Evolution”, 16 June 2010; (b) Mr. Jude Sekar, Principal Chief 

Conservator of Forest, Odisha State spoke on “Non timber forest produce in 

economy and livelihood”, 23 August 2010; (c) Vaidya Sardhar Dr. Usman Ali, 

Director, Centre for Tribal Medicine Research, Chennai spoke on “Professor 

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Venkata Subban through my eyes”, 3 December 2010; (d) Dr. Parminder Singh 

Ranhotra, Scientist of Birbal Sahni Institute of Paleobotany, Lucknow, spoke on 

two topics “Vegetation, Climate and Glacier History in the Himalayan Region 

since last Pleistocene” and “The Glimpses of Arctic Expeditions 2009-2010”, 4 

January 2011; (e) Dr. T.S. Suryanarayanan, Director, Vivekananda Institute of 

Tropical Mycology delivered a talk on “A brush with the Amazon”, 13 January 

2011; (f) Dr. S. Yadav, Professor of Botany, Shivaji University, Kolapur, 

delivered a lecture on“Rare Endangered and Threatened Plant Species of Western 

Ghats and their Conservation”, 8 February 2011; (g) Dr.S. Balusami, Associate 

Professor, Department of Tamil, MCC delivered a talk on “Himalayan 

environment in Arjunan penance panel”, 9 February 2011. This lecture was 

followed by a trip to Mamallapuram with Dr.S.Balusami, where he explained the 

nuances of the Arjunan penance panel and also few other panels; and (h) Dr. 

Rathnasiri Premathilake (RP), The Postgraduate Institute of Archeology, 

University of Kelaniya, Colombo, Sri Lanka, delivered a talk on Phytoliths. 

• D. Narasimhan 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 2011. 

Self Financed Stream 

• Department of Computer Science (MCA): (i) Mr. Jebaraj Abraham, Project 

Manager, Cisco, USA, delivered a talk on “Voice Over Internet Protocol”; (ii) Mr. 

Satish, Former CEO, iGate, delivered a talk on “Facing interviews in the current 

IT Industry”, (iii) Mr. Prince Solomon, Asst. Professor, Department of Social 

Work, MCC, handled the session “Intra and Interpersonal Communication”; and 

(iv) Mr. Jachin Daniel, Team Leader, CTS, Chennai, handled the session “Facing 

Interviews” as part of the Personal Excellence and Personnel Management. 

• Department of Commerce: (i) Mr. Narayanan Ramachandran, Assistant 

Manager (HR), CTS, MEPZ, delivered a lecture on the topic “Team Building and 

Communication” for the Graduates and Postgraduates of the Department in the 

Anderson Hall, 28 July 2010; (ii) Mr. Sharath Nair and Mr. Revanth of IMS on 

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the topic “E-Commerce”, 13 August 2010; (iii) Mr. G. Sairajan, Assistant 

General Manager, NABARD, “Emerging Trends in Financial &Banking Sector”, 

September 2010; (iv) Mr. J. Ravindran, HR Consultant on the topic “Motivation”, 

February 2011; and (v) Mr. K. Gunasekaran, Chief Manager-Vigilance Officer, 

Punjab National Bank, “Anti Money Laundering”, February 2011. 

• Department of Business Administration: Guest Lectures on (i) A “Paradigm 

shift in auditing techniques” was delivered by Mr. Karthikeyan for the final year 

students of BBA, September 2010; (ii) Career Opportunities Abroad for final year 

students, 10 & 14 February 2011. 

• Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource Management: Dr. 

Supraja Dharini, Chairperson of Tree Foundation, gave a guest lecture 

on”Challenges on sea turtle conservation and marine mammals sighting and 

stranding along the Chennai coast – an overview”, 12 August 2010. 

Co-Curricular Activities 

Aided Stream 

• Department of Tamil: (i) In the Department Association inaugural ceremony, Dr. 

K. Ramasamy, the officer in –charge of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil 

participated and gave a lecture, 25 August 2010; (ii) A book release function was 

organized in which three books authored and published by the Department faculty 

and Dr. S. Innasi, a renewed Tamil Scholar, were released. Mr. Malan,a noted 

journalist, was the Chief Guest, September 2010; (iii) The Tamil Peravai 

organized many interesting and enlightening programmes in which many Writers, 

Artists, Political Leaders like Mr. Tiruchy Siva, Member of Parliament, 

Cheran,Actor and Cine Director, Tirupur Krishnan,famous Jounralist and Mr. A.S. 

Jamal, Tamil Scholar, Hong Kong were guests of honour: (iv) In a remarkable 

Annual Programme of Tamil Peravai called “Manitha Naeya Peruvizha” (Festival 

of Humanism), the Mayor of Chennai, Mr. M. Subramaniyam was conferred 

“Annai Theresa Award” for his multifarious social welfare activities and Dr S. 

Mathivanan, Department of Philosophy, MCC, was conferred with the title 

“Manitha Naeya Chelvar”, 01 February 2011. 

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• Department of History: (i) The History Association was inaugurated by 

Mr. Kamaraj, Vice-Chairman of Tambaram Municipality which was followed by 

a short Audio-visual presentation on birds of MCC by Mr. A.J. Mithra. The 

novelty of the presentation was that the music was solely composed of natural 

sounds of birds; (ii) “Istoria” - the inter-collegiate Cultural Programme in which 

Loyola College won the Rolling Shield, 4 March 2011. 

• Department of Philosophy: Under the Dialectic – The Philosophy Forum, the 

following speakers delivered lectures: (i) Dr. D. Narasimhan, Associate 

Professor, Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, MCC, “Sustainable 

Development”, January 2011; (ii) Dr. W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, Associate 

Professor, Political Science, MCC, “State of Contemporary International 

Relations” February 2011; (iii) Dr. A. Gajanan Rao, Director, A.G. Hospital and 

Member of Krishnamurthi Foundation, Tambaram, presented a Video talk on the 

Life and Philosophy of Jiddu Krishnamurthy,04 March 2011; and 

(iv) Dr. S. Balusami, Associate Professor, Department of Tamil, MCC, “An 

Introduction to Mamallapuram Monuments”, March 2011. 

• Department of Social Work: (i) The Social Experience Laboratory (SEL) was 

conducted for the First year students both as a Bridge Course to enable students to 

understandthe Social Work Course and also as a Skills Laboratory to explore their 

skills and aptitude for social work, 07 to 17 July 2010; (ii) International Campaign 

to Stop Domestic Violence Day: Six days campaign which included, SMS 

campaign, Movie screening in the halls, Human chain in the East Tambaram 

railway station was conducted by the social work students to create awareness 

about Domestic Violence both in College and among the public, 25 November to 

01 December 2010; (iii) Rural Camp: The rural camp “Kadambam” took place at 

Kadukapattu village in Villupuram District, 25 November to 05 December 2010 

by the first year students of Social Work Department. It was the journey of joy, 

fun and learning which enabled the students to aspire, inspire and move further in 

life under any circumstances. They conducted sports day for the Community 

Children, Medical Camp, AIDS Awareness Campaign, Veterinary Camp, Farmers 

Meet, Awarenesson Self Help Group. They also organized a Public Meeting in 

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collaboration with International Justice Mission on “Bonded Labour and its 

Evils”; (iv) World AIDS day was observed by the Department of Social Work in 

collaboration with the SCM, MCC, 01 December 2010. Red ribbons were 

distributed and a street play was performed to create awareness on HIV/AIDS 

among the college students; (v) Human Rights Day was celebrated by the students 

by performing a street play on the rights of women and children in MCC, 10 

December 2010; (vi) As part of the Christmas Day celebrations, students 

organized some fun games for the estate workers of MCC and Christmas message 

was shared and gifts were presented; (vii) Inter-State Cricket Tournament for the 

Blind was organised from 26 to 30 December. Teams from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, 

Karnataka and Andhra participated in the tournament. Several Indian cricket team 

players for the Blind were present during the tournament; (viii) Specialization 

Visits - Tribal visit and visit to CMC, Vellore and NIMHANS, Bangalore, 11 to 

15 January 2011: The 2 nd year MSW students Community Development 

specialization went for a tribal visit to Nilgiri and Wayanad District. 

Conductingawareness program on Alcoholism and entertainment programs for the 

school children. The students of Medical & Psychiatric specialization visited 

CMC Vellore and NIMHANS, Bangalore for their orientation visit on Clinical 

Social Work; (ix) International study tour is a part of the academic requirement 

for the 2 nd MSW students for them to have an exposure to the Field of Social Work 

abroad. This year the students visited Sri Lanka and Malaysia from 05 to14 March 

2011. The students visited various Non- Governmental organizations and 

Universities in both countries. They visited the war affected places in Jaffna, Sri 

Lanka which gave them a real understanding about the impact of war on a 

community; (x) International Women’s day was celebrated with 50 inmates from 

the Institute of Mental Health, Kilpauk, Chennai at the Department, 07 March 


• Department of Statistics: (i) World Statistics Day was celebrated on 20 October 

2010; (ii) Rangoli competition was conducted at the Macphail Arts Centre, 29 & 

30 November 2010; (iv) Christmas was celebrated by the students on 10 

December 2010; (v) Statistica 2011 was conducted on 12 & 13 January 2011. 

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With an exhibition based on Statistics and its Applications, followed by Interschool 

Competitions; (vi) Intra – departmental cricket matches were conducted, 

21 to 24 September 2010; (vii) Intra-departmental Shuttle-Badminton and Throw 

Ball matches were conducted, 05 to 07 January 2011; (viii) Internship 

Programme: Fourteen students of I M.Sc, had undergone Internship programme 

for three weeks in the National Institute of Epidemiology, Indian Council for 

Medical Research, May-June 2010. 

• Department of Chemistry: (i) Participated in the Trade and Tourism Fair 2011 

organized by Government of Tamil Nadu at the Island grounds Chennai and 

exhibited their works on Recycling of plastics, Water quality studies, Solar mobile 

charger, Ultra sonic distance monitor, Adulteration; Banners, Charts, Working 

models were exhibited and demonstration was also carried out for the public, 14 to 

23 January 2011; (ii) Participated in the Chennai Science Festival Exhibition on 

the theme “Science in everyday life” conducted by Science City on28January 

2011. Students Exhibited Banners, Charts, Working models and demonstration 

experiments explaining various aspects of applications of chemistry in day-to-day 

life such as Recycling of plastics, Water quality studies, Solar mobile charger, 

Ultra sonic distance monitor, Adulteration. UG and PG students of the department 

participated in the programme; (iii) book on Problems in Physical Chemistry – 

Series I by Prof. R. Venkataraman, Former Professor of Chemistry was released at 

the inaugural of Chemical Society, 7 February 2011; (iv) Inter-collegiate Annual 

Chemfest “AROMA 11” was conducted on 03 March 2011. Various events such 

as paper presentation, quiz, collage, chemtunes and creative writing were 

conducted. Students from different colleges participated in the events; (v) 

organized a UGC sponsored Workshop on “Biotechnology of Solid waste” for 

students of the department on 23 March 2011. Mr. C. Ravikumar, Asst. Project 

Coordinator, SWM Project, Environmental Division, Hand-in-Hand, Chennai 

delivered a lecture on the “Solid Waste Management Techniques”. A practical 

session on “Biotechnology for Chemists” was conducted. 

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• Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology: PG Seminar club 

activities: PG Seminar Club was started in 1960-61 by the then Head of the 

Department, Dr. K. Venkatasubban, the founder President of the Club. The 

activities for this year include: (i) Lecture on ‘Phylogenetic Tree’ by Dr. Geetha, 

Department of Botany, Delhi University, 16 June 2010; (ii) Inauguration of the 

activites for 2010-11 and talk on ‘Glimpses of my experience in MCC’ by Dr. K. 

Selveraj, Former Professor of the department, 12 August 2010; (iii) 7 special 

seminars and a field trip to Mamallapuram besides the usual students’ seminars by 

final PG students; (iv) The Golden Jubilee Celebration of PG Seminar Club was 

held on 03 December 2010. Dr. Usman Ali, Director, Centre for Tribal Medicine 

Research, Chennai and an alumnus of Department delivered the Key note address; 

(v) Valedictory address by Dr. D. E. P. Jeysingh, Former Head of the department 

on 10 March 2011. 

• Botany Society Activities: (i) The Inauguration of Botany Society for the 

academic year 2010-11. Dr. P. Mullainathan, Professor of Zoology, University of 

Madras delivered the Inaugural Address on the topic “Disease and Immune 

response”, on 31 October 2010; (ii) One day Fresher’s Trip was organized by 

Botany Society to Pondicherry, 18 September 2010; (iii) Department Annual 

Christmas Programme. ProfessorDharmaraj, Former Professor of English, MCC 

delivered the Christmas message. Non-teaching women workers were given 

Christmas gifts, 9 December 2010; (iv) The Botany B-Day cultural festival was 

conducted. Dr. S.J. Kinsley, Professor & Head, Department of Plant Biology and 

Plant biotechnology distributed the prizes for winners and delivered the 

Valedictory address of the Botany Society for the academic year 2010-2011, 11 


• Department of Zoology: (i) Dr. Kirubagaran from NIOT, Chennai, India; Dr. R. 

Krishnammorthi from University of Madras and Dr. Mohammed Kasim from 

CMFRI, Chennai, visited the department, 29 & 27 August 2010; 

• Zoological Society: (i) The Orientation programme for I B.Sc. students, 02 July 

2010; (ii) “Go Wild”- The Wildlife week celebration was conducted by the 

students. Various school and college students participated in the competitions, 29 

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& 30 September 2010; (iii) Christmas programme was conducted by the society, 

16 December 2010; (iv) ‘Zooday 2011’ was celebrated, 12 February 2011; (v) 

Released the Magazine “Synapse-11”; (vi) The Vocational Stream of the 

Department went on an educational tour to Avalanche, Cold Water Fish Culture 

Institute, Kasimedu fish landing center, Marakkanam, Shrimp farm and pathology 

laboratory at Cochin (MPEDA,CMFRI, NIO, CIFNET and CTFT). 

Self- Financed Stream 

• Deparment of Tamil (SFS): Initiated “Muthamizh Avayam” (Literary 

Organization) this year. Mr. Stalin Gunasekaran (Makkal Sindhanai peravai 

Thalaivar) was the Chief Guest for the Inauguration of this Mandram, Anderson 

Hall, 02 March 2011. The Mandram also conducted various competitions like 

oratorical, essay writing, poem writing and prizes were distributed. 

• Department of Journalism: (i) Mediascape-Department Association organized a 

Seminar on “The Whistleblower and the Fifth Estate” at which Mr Uma Shankar, 

I.A.S., Managing Director, TANSI, Mr. Kiruba Shankar, CEO of Business 

Blogging Pvt Ltd, Mr. P.J. George, Senior Sub Editor, The Hindu, Mr. Mukund 

Padmanabhan, Senior Assiate Editor, The Hindu, Mr. Madhav, RTI Activist and 

Mr. Arun Ram, Metro Editor, The Times of India, spoke on the occasion; (ii) Dr. 

Sridhar Krishnaswamy, former foreign correspondent, englihgtened the students 

on the aspects of Journalsim, July 2010; (iii) The students were taken to SIGA, for 

understanding the nuances of printing and publishing. Mr. T.P. Rajeevan, 

Columnist, The New Indian Express, shared his experience on travel journalism, 

August 2010; (iv) The public relations campaign of the department “Uyir” was 

organized to spread awareness about organ donation, September 2010; (v) Mr. 

Vijayan, Copywriter, Advertising Department, Times of India and Ms. Neetu gave 

a lecture on Advertising Trends, September 2010; (vi) The Students were taken on 

for an educational tour to Pastapur, Andhra Pradesh to understand the working of 

a community radio. 

• Department of Commerce: (i) E-commerce Forum was inaugurated by Dr. R. 

Karthikeyan, Director GEMBA School of HR, 10 July 2010; (ii) The students of 

II B.Com.visited Madras Stock Exchange, January 2011 and the students of I 

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B.Com. and II M.Com. (COBA) visited Integral Coach Factory as a part of their 

industrial visit programme, February 2011. 

• Department of Business Administration: (i) industrial visit for the third year 

students to ICF (Integral Coach Factory), Perambur, 01 October 2010; (ii) annual 

inter school competition “EXOUSIA 2011 – Dynamic Power” where young 

prodigies of various schools flocked together in the College. The theme for this 

year’s competition was “Innovative Business Plans” and St. Joseph’s Residential 

Higher Secondary School, Sriperambathur emerged as the winners; (iii) 

inauguration of “Tycoons Association”on 11 August 2010. Dr. K.T. Thomas, 

Business Development Senior Manager, Cognizant delivered the inaugural 

address. Eminent Professors from various colleges, research scholars and 

corporate personnel presented their papers in this prestigious event. At the end of 

the day the best paper of the day was awarded to Dr. Geetha Shankar and Dr. A.S. 

Sharanya from Ethiraj College for Women.The guest of honour was Mr.D. 

Viswanathan, Management consultant. The fifth edition of the department 

magazine “Acumen 2011 – Intellect Unleashed” was released by the chief guest. 

It was followed by the various business competetionsin which students of D.G. 

Vaishnav College were adjudged the best. 

• Department of Communication: Industrial Visit for its students to The Hindu 

printing press, Maraimalai Nagar, to get hands on experience about the real time 

printing of Newspapers, 07 September 2010. 

• Department of Mathematics: (i) Inter-School Math competition “ENIGMA’ 10” 

which was inaugurated by Dr. G. Ramasubramanian, Correspondent and Chief 

Principal, Shri Natesan Vidyalaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, 

Chennai, and about 500 students from 28 schools in and around Chennai city 

participated in the competition. Events like SU-DO-KU, Quiz, Mthematical 

puzzle, Number chain, Olympiad, Mathematical sketching, etc. were conducted. 

Bala Vidya Mandir Higher Secondar School won the overall championship; (ii) 

The club activities of the department ACTUARIA’ 10 was inaugurated by Dr. J. 

Baskar Babujee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Anna 

University, Chennai, 17 September 2010. 

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• Department of Physics: (i) “SYMBAN”, an Inter-collegiate Physics competition, 

at which more than 18 Colleges participated, 01 March 2011; (ii) Intradepartmental 

physics competition to inculcate their knowledge and elevate their 

talents in the subject, 10 February 2011. 

• Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource Management: II M.Sc. 

students accompanied by Dr. Lita Sunder and Dr. K. Mahesh Kumar, visited 

“Open House” organized by the Chennai Zonal Base of Fishery Survey of India, 

Fishing Harbour, Royapuram, Chennai, as a part of celebrating “2010 

International Year of Biodiversity”. Different species of fishes, different models 

of fishing gears, modern navigational equipment and communication equipment 

were displayed. 

Visitors to the department: (i) Dr. Supraja Dharini, Chairperson of TREE 

Foundation, August 2010; (ii) Dr. H. Mohammed Kasim, Principal Scientist, 

Retired,Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Chennai, 25 August 2010; 

(iii) Dr.R. Kirubagaran, Group Head, Scientist ‘E’, Ocean Science & Technology 

for Islands, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Pallikaranai, Chennai, 26 

August 2010. 

• Department of Microbiology: organized a faculty development programme, 

where the faculty members had a hands-on training on Indirect Immuno 

Fluorescent Technique (IIFT) to detect autoimmune diseases by Biochip 

Technology by Sachika – an institute for Biomedical Training, 28 February to 

01 March 2011 

• Department of Computer Applications: Organized (i) QUEST IT, a two-day 

inter-collegiate technical competition, at which 350 participants from nearly 20 

colleges all over Chennai were present, 24 & 25 February 2011; (ii) Ranga, I BCA 

won the first place in College Audition for dance; (iii) Intra departmental cricket 

match was conducted during the month of August, III BCA won the cup. 

• Department of Visual Communication: (i) The III year students of the visited 

the Library of the University of Madras for their subject “Media Research and 

Analysis” and had access to the research materials, books, journals and thesis in 

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the archives. They also attended a session on Basic of Research Methodology by 

Dr. T.R. Gopalakrishnan, Asst Professor, Department of Journalism and 

Communication, University of Madras; (ii) organized an Inter-Collegiate 

programme “Aathmann” for the Visual Communication students from all over 

Tamil Nadu and a “Centre Stage: State Level Film Festival” for the Media 

Students and Individual Shortfilm makers, 19 to 21 January 2011; (iii) The 

students represented the department in many intercollegiate events conducted by 

visual communication department of other colleges. The students acquired the 

first place in face painting, mime and solo dance in the Hindustan Culturals. 

Visual Communication Department of Asan College of Arts & Sciences screened 

five short-films of our students for the Asan Video Award; (iv) intra departmental 

cultural fest in which I, II and III year students participated in different events 

such as junk art, face painting, debate, collage, creative writing and designing. 

The 1 st years won the overall trophy; (v) The 1 st year students had a field visit to 

Mambakkam village, Chengalpet for their subject Media Culture and Society, to 

have an interaction with the school students of the Village. The trip was to analyse 

the effects of media on the society. They also conducted session on painting and 

photography for the school students; (vi) The 2 nd year students had an educational 

trip on architectural photography to Kancheepuram and Mahabalipuram, to 

photograph the architecture of Cholas and Pallavas, 04 March 2011. 

9. Research projects: 

Aided Stream 

• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, (i) Co-Investigator, Decolonizing 

Field Education: Melq’ilwiye Coming Together A Canadian and International 

Comparison (with Natalie Clarke, Thompson Rivers University, Canada as 

Principal Investigator); funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research 

Council of Canada (SSHRC), 2010 onwards; and (ii) Co-Investigator, ICMR 

funded research on “Modelling the Impact of Stigma on Depression and Sexual 

Risk Behaviour of Men who have sex with Men and Hijras/Transgender women in 

India”; Implication for HIV and Sexual Health Programmes, 2010-2012. 

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• D. Prince Annadurai, Department of Social Work: Completed the Socio 

Economic Survey (SES) of the “Project Affected Persons” (PAPs) at the 

Marakkanam Super Thermal Power Station proposed area, for the National 

Thermal Power Corporation Limited, Government of India, March 2011. 

• Huldah Samuel, Department of Mathematics, Principal Investigator, UGC 

Minor Research Project titled “Combinatorics of Words – with special reference 

to Generalized Parikh Vectors”. 

• T. Jeba Priya, Department of Chemistry, Principal Investigator of the project 

entitled “Systemizing the recycling methods and reviving the life of informal 

recyclers”, sponsored by UBCHEA, sanctioned amount US$ 2500, 2010-2011 

(Completed) 

• N. Lakshminarayan, Department of Physics, major research project entitled 

“Preliminary Investigations in Digital Process Control of Chemical Methods to 

Form ZnO Films”, 2009-2011. It has been sponsored by UGC for an amount of 

Rs. 1.9 lakhs. (Completed) 

• Dr. D. Narasimhan, Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, 

Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator, DBT sponsored Multi-Institutional 

species recovery programme on “Conservation and Restoration of Two Endemic 

and Critically Endangered Tree Species [Syzygium gambleanum Rathakr. & 

Chithra and Syzygium rama-varmae (Bourd.) Chithra] from Agasthiyamalai 

Biosphere Reserve through conventional and non-conventional propagation”, 

Sanctioned amount Rs.31, 70, 000, from 2010 to 2015. 

• BTISnet, MCC, Coordinator: Dr. D. Arul Samraj, Department of Zoology: The 

Centre has been established in the dept. of Zoology with the help of Rs.20 lakhs 

released by DBT during the year 2006-07 and commissioned on 22, March 2007. 

An Extension Facility was also established in the Department of Plant Biology 

and Plant Biotechnology during April 2007. The facility is well utilized both for 

teaching and for carrying out P.G. and M.Phil dissertation work. 

• Research activities of the Centre presented as Posters at the XXII Annual 

Bioinformatics Coordinators’ Meeting held at the Centre for Bioinformatics, 

Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, February 2011. 

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o Molecular modeling and interaction study of Allicin with Bcl-2 protein 

inhibiting apoptopsis in Cancer theraphy, Stanley Raja V. and Joyce 

Priyakumari C 

o In silico analysis of molecular interaction of resveratrol with β-arrestin 1 and 

2, the functional GPCR- activated regulator of oncoprotein Mdm2, Swathiga 

Bommy P., Stanley Raja V., and Joyce Priyakumari C 

o Differential gene expression analysis of rhematoid arthritis and its response to 

anti inflammatory drug infliximab, Balasubramani G.L., and Joyce 

Priyakumari C 

o Database development for proteins of Metamorphosis in Homopterans, 

Karthick.M., and Joyce Priyakumari C 

o Comparative analysis of nif (Nitrogen Fixing) proteins of different Rhizobial 

bacteria using insilico methods, Karthik.K., and Joyce Priyakumari C 

o Workshops organized by the centre: "Creation of e-Learning Content" 

organized by Bioinformatics Centre of BTISnet, Madras Christain College, 

Chennai, 23 March 2010. 

R. Moses Inbaraj, Department of Zoology, has been sanctioned research projects 

(i) By the UBCHEA entitled “Mobilization of Partnerships at the Country Level to 

Influence or Enhance Curricular Offerings of Integrated CRM”, Grant sanctioned 

Rs. 9, 00, 000; (ii) UGC sponsored Major Research Project titled “Trace the 

Action of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals on the Reproduction of an Indian 

major carp, Labeo rohita”, Grant sanctioned Rs. 7, 22, 800; (iii) Principal 

Investigator – UBCHEA – Biodiversity & Conservation Project and conducted a 

Coastal Resource Management Collaborative Research Project Symposium, Ideal 

Beach Resort, Chennai, 26 & 27 August 2010. 


• D. Minnie and Feminna Sheeba, Department of Computer Science, 

Collaborative Research Work in the areas of Image Processing and Data Mining 

with the Department of Pathology, CMC, Vellore, and in the process of 

developing five applications namely (i) Segmentation WBCS in Blood Smear 

Images and Watermarking the Differential Count in the Images, (ii) Segmentation 

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of Malarial Parasites in Blood Smear Images, (iii) Segmentation of Tuberculosis 

Bacilli in Sputum Smear Images, (iv) TWINE Interface for Image Capture, and 

(v) Optimizing Pathology Automation using Data Mining. 

• Department of Social Work (HRM) (i) “A Study on the Working & Living 

Conditions of Migrant Women Construction Workers”, Malcolm Elizabeth 

Adishesiah Trust, Chennai (Ongoing Project); (ii) “A study of the Effectiveness of 

Theatre forms for the Adolescent school girls”, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of 

Youth Development, Sriperumbudur (Ongoing Project); (iii) UGC minor research 

on “Human Rights Violations of Migrant women Construction workers in 

Chennai”. 

• R. Belinda has undertaken a project on “Working Conditions of Migrant Women 

Constructed Workers” for MEA Trust, Ongoing project. 

• N. Thirunavukkarasu, Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management, has been sanctioned a minor research project entitled “Biosorption 

of Arsenic with Acid Washed Crab Shell Portunus Pelagicus” by the Tamil Nadu 

State Council for Science & Technology, Chennai. 

10. Patents generated, if any: 

Nil 

11. New collaborative research programmes: 

• The faculty and students of the Department of Social Work in Collaboration 

with Life Line Hospital, Perungudi for Training and Research were involved in 

the Collaborative Research on the “Need for Home Care Services in Chennai 

City”. D. Prince Annadurai coordinated the health need assessment survey for 

Life Line Hospital. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar, Head, Department of Chemistry attended the launch of 

Maithryam at R & D Centre, Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., 

Sholinganallur, Chennai, for collaborative research work, 05 February 2011. 

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12. Research grants received from various agencies: 

Research Grants 

1 Autonomy Grant 

Purpose of the Fund: General Fund (2009-2010) 

2 Dr. D. Narasimhan Project – DBT 

Purpose of the Fund: Database 

3 Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship 

Purpose of the Fund: M.Phil, Ph.D. Students Scholarship 

4 NTPC-Project-Dr. Annadurai 

Purpose of the Fund: Research Project 

5 Dr. D. Narasimhan Project – DBT 

Purpose of the Fund: Species Recovery - Endemic Plants Project 

6 Central Institute of Classical Research 

Purpose of the Fund: Research of Tamil 

7 Dr. Moses Inbaraj – Dept. of Zoology – UGC 

Purpose of the Fund: Major Research Project 

8 DBT – Star College – Dr. Arul Samraj 

Purpose of the Fund: Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology 

9 Indian Council of Medical Research – Ms. Miriam Samuel 

Purpose of the Fund: ICMR Fund 

10 Dr. Moses Inbaraj – Dept. of Zoology – UGC 

Purpose of the Fund: Major Research Project 

11 Ministry of Science & Technology – DBT – Dr. Arul Samraj 

Purpose of the Fund: Biotechnology – Project 

12 Minor Research – Ms. Abisha Jeyanthi 

Purpose of the Fund: Minor Research 

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35000 

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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 4 5 2 1 

2 Political Science 5 3 5 - 

3 Public Administration 2 7 2 4 

4 Economics 2 1 2 2 

5 Philosophy 5 - 4 3 

6 Tamil Literature 6 5 9 18 

7 English Literature 5 12 3 4 

8 Mathematics 4 12 7 3 

9 Statistics 4 5 2 1 

10 Physics 4 7 2 - 

11 Chemistry 5 4 6 1 

12 Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology 3 4 3 1 

13 Zoology 4 5 4 9 

14 Commerce 2 10 4 10 

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14. Citation index of faculty members and impact factor: 

Nil 

15. Honors / awards to the faculty: 

• The Government of Tamil Nadu conferred the “Best College Award” on MCC. 

The Award was received by the Principal from the Hon’ble Minister for Higher 

Education, Dr. K. Ponmudy, at a function held in the Vivekananda Hall, Anna 

University Campus on 24 August 2010. 

• R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, has been awarded (i) the Degree of Doctor 

of Science (D.Sc.), from the University of Madras, for his monumental 

contributions to the field of entamology and especially to the knowledge of Indian 

whiteflies; (ii) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Award for Excellence – 2010 for his world 

class research in the field of Entomology by the Indian Science Monitor. The 

Award was received from the Hon’ble Justice Dr. S. Mohan, former Justice of the 

Supreme Court of India, 17 February 2011; and (iii) has been invited as an 

Honorary Visiting Professor by the Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, U.K. to 

provide adequate inputs in teaching and research. 

• Ann Thomas, Department of English, was the Organising President of the 

International Conference on “Gender and Sustainable Development with Focus in 

Economic Development”, Pune, September 2010. 

• S. Balusami, Department of Tamil, authored a book entitled “Arjunan Thabasu” 

which was chosen as one of the best books under ‘fine arts’ category published in 

the year 2009 by the Department of Tamil Development. He received the award 

directly from the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at a function in Chennai, 

16 January 2011. 

• Ravindra Nath Singh, Department of Languages (Hindi), has been conferred the 

Best Cititzens of India Award on 2010 in “The International Publishing House”. 

• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, Department of Political Science, Visiting Professor, 

International Relations, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian 

Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai. 

• A. Duraisamy, Department of Economics, got Best Paper Awards for (i) 

“Determinants of Consumer Preference – An Analysis of Organized Retailing”, 

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International Conference, Global Marketing Strategies and Practices, Nehru 

Institute of Management Studies, Coimbatore, October 2010; and (ii) “Financial 

Inclusion Index – For Indian States”, National Conference on Trends and Progress 

in the Financial Sector, Department of Commerce, MCC, Tambaram, September 


• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, (i) Guest of Honor & Chaired 

a Technical Session in the Third International Annual Global Business Summit 

Conference (GBSC2011) held at Chennai, 24 to 26 March 2011; and (ii) Paper 

presented on “The Aftermath of Recession- The Road to Recovery” at the Third 

Annual Global Business Summit Conference organized by GSMI, Michigan, 

USA, held at the Karunya University, Chennai, has been awarded as the “Best 

Finance paper of the Conference”, Chennai, 24 to 26 March 2011. 

• Anli Suresh, (i) “Best Paper of the Conference” award for the following papers: 

(a) “A Study on Consumer Perception about Life Insurance - with reference to 

Chennai City”, presented at the Conference organized by GSMI, Michigan, USA, 

held at the Karunya University, Chennai; (b) “An Empirical Perspective of Brand 

Extension in Marketing with special reference to Tata Products’ at the AICTE 

sponsored National Conference on Digital Marketing, organized by the 

Department of Management Studies, SRM Easwari Engineering College, 

Chennai, October 2010, (c) “Financial Crisis and its Impact on Indian Capital 

Market in the Arena of Financial Innovations and Global Best Practices” at the 

Third Annual Global Business Summit Conference organized by GSMI, 

Michigan, USA, Chennai, 24 to 26 March 2011, and (d) “Role Played Banks in 

the Process of Resource Mobilization and Supporting Economic Growth in India” 

at the Third Annual Global Business Summit Conference organized by GSMI, 

Michigan, USA, Chennai, has been awarded as the “Best Economic Development 

Paper of the Conference”, 24 to 26 March 2011; (ii) was awarded the 

“Distinguished Fellow of Global Strategic Management Inc. Michigan, USA”, for 

her contribution to the Second Annual Global Business Summit Conference, 

Chennai, June 2010. 

• D.G. Thomas, Department of Mathematics, was a member of the Programme 

Committee of the “International Symposium on Computational Modeling of 

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Objects presented in Images”, (CompIMAGE’ 10) held in Buffalo, New York, 

USA, 05 to 06 May 2010. 

• T. Robinson, was the programme co-chair of the Fifth IEEE International 

Conference on Bio-inspired Computing (BICTA 2010), held at Liverpool Hope 

University, Liverpool, UK, 08 to 10 September 2010. 

• N. Lakshminarayan, Department of Physics, has been nominated as a Member of 

American Chemical Society (ACS) 2011, International Year of Chemistry. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar, Department of Chemistry, (i) admitted as Senior Member 

(Lifetime Membership) in Asia - Pacific Chemical, Biological and Environmental 

Engineering Society, July 2010; (ii) appointed as Reviewer (Lifetime 

Membership) in Natural and Applied Sciences, World Academy of Science, 

Engineering and Technology, July 2010; and (iii) appointed as Reviewer 

(Lifetime Membership) in Bulgarian Journal of Chemical Education, August 


• K. Mohandoss, appointed as Advisor on the Interview Board, Staff Selection 

Commission, Government of India, February 2011. 

• P. S. Raghavan, Chairman for the panel of Academic Audit Committee for the 

Department of Chemistry, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, 18 February 


• P. Wilson, Chair Person for the 3rd National level Symposium “Scihum 11” 

organized by Sai Ram Institute of Technology, Chennai, 11 March 2011. 

• T. Jaba Priya, appointed as a member of the Editorial Board of ‘The Asian Journal 

of Experimental Chemistry’, an International Refereed Journal on Chemistry and 

Chemical Sciences. 

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

appointed as an expert, among panel of examiners in connection with TNPSC 

Examination in August 2010; (ii) honored to chair a session and also acted as one 

of two judges to select best poster for award in the “National Seminar on Marine 

Plants’ organized by Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology, Faculty of 

Marine Sciences, Annamalai University, Parangipettai and Seaweed Research and 

Utilization Association, Marine Fisheries, Mandapam Camp, Rameswaram from 

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23 to 25 September 2010; (iii) Member for the selection committee constituted by 

University of Madras to scrutinize and recommend an eligible candidate of Ph.D 

Degree in Botany for the award of “Prof. R. Kalyanasundaram Memorial Prize” at 

the Annual Convocation for the year 2010 in the meeting held at the University of 

Madras, 12 October 2010. 

• Orophea narasimhani sp. Nov. (Annonaceae) from Andaman Islands, India a new 

species was published by Dr. K. Karthikeyan, Dr. R. Sumathi and 

Dr. J. Jayanthi, in the Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 56-57, 2010 honouring D. 

Narasimhan, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology. 

• D. Narasimhan, (i) Editor, Rheedea (Volume 20 Number 1 and 2), the official 

Journal of Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy since 2009; (ii) 

Member of Assessment Committee constituted by Sri Dorabji Tata Trust to 

evaluate the programme of Foundation for Revitalization of Local Health 

Tradition, Bangalore; (iii) Served as an Evaluator to evaluate the IUCN Status for 

about 190 Aquatic Angiosperms of Western Ghats assessed by various 

Researchers throughout the programme in the IUCN Western Ghats Freshwater 

Biodiversity Assessment Evaluation Workshop held at Karunya University, 

Coimbatore, organized by the ZOO Outreach and IUCN, Cambridge, 07 to 11 

October 2010. 

• W. Arisdason, (i) Editorial Assistant for Rheedea, the official Journal of Indian 

Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy since 2009; (ii) Served as an Evaluator to 

evaluate the IUCN Status for about 190 Aquatic Angiosperms of Western Ghats 

assessed by various Researchers throughout the programme in the IUCN Western 

Ghats Freshwater Biodiversity Assessment Evaluation Workshop held at Karunya 

University, Coimbatore, organized by the ZOO Outreach and IUCN, Cambridge, 

07 to 11 October 2010. 

• Moses Inbaraj, Department of Zoology, appointed as Project Evaluation 

Committee member for Integrated Coastal and Marine Area Management Project 

Directorate (ICMAM), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India. 

• K. Ganesan, Department of Business Administration (SFS), won the Best Paper 

Award for paper presented in the International Conference on “Global 

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management strategies and practices” organized by Nehru Institute of 

Management Studies. 

• J. Sesh Serebiah, Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management, received the ‘Young Scientist Award’ at the National Conference 

on Marine Biodiversity – Present Status and Prospects (MABPSAP – 2010) held 

at the Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, 

September 2010. 

• J. Sesh Serebiah received the ‘Best Paper Award’ for his research paper on 

“Photoluminescence Detection of Biomolecules by Nanostructured Marine 

Diatoms”, National Conference on Application of Nanotechnology in Current 

Agriculture Practices, Dr. Zakir Husain College, Ilayagudi, February 2011. 

16. Internal resources generated: 

The college constantly strives to generate resources for the welfare of students and for 

upgrading the facilties in various departmetns and units. 

Endowments/Prizes/Scholarships instituted: 

• Endowment instituted by Mr. N. P. Rao, I.P.S in memory of his father 

Mr. Gurunatha Rao, alumnus, in the Department of Economics for a sum of 

Rs. 35, 000. 

• Endowment Fund for Scholarship instituted by Mr. Ranganathan Narayana, 

University of Florida in honour of his father Mr. T. G. Narayanan, alumnus, in the 

Department of English for a sum of Rs. 1.25 lakhs. 

• Scholarship instituted by Dr. V. J. Phillip in memory of his father Mr. V. P. Jacob 

for IACS for a sum of Rs. 25, 000. 

• TABE-Kurian Endowment Medal instituted by Prof. S. Giriappa, student of Dr. C. 

T. Kurian to the Department of Economics for a sum of Rs. 50, 000. 

• Dr. I.M. Mathai – UBCHEA scholarship is instituted in the memory of Prof. I.M. 

Mathai, Former professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry, November 

2010. A permanent United Board Endowment was established. 

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

Nil 

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18. Community and support services: 

A. SUPPORT SYSTEM 

MCC School of Continuing Education 

The School of Continuing Education has been steadily growing during the last few 

years and the total enrolment for the current academic year is 350. The four full-time 

PG diploma courses alone have 130 students on the roll. Notable among them is the 

PG Diploma course in Human Resource Management which has attracted a good 

number of students. Similarly, the part-time Diploma Course in Human Resource 

Management, held in two batches, is in great demand with 120 students. Other parttime 

courses such as Computer Applications, English Language and Teachers 

Training have gained good response. The students of the Diploma in Medical 

Laboratory Technology organized a one-day medical diagnostic camp at the MCC 

RSL School, 22 Ocotber 2010, conducting various pathological tests and blood 

grouping of the students and staff and distributed blood group cards. A health stall 

put up by our Medical Laboratory Technology students at the Deepwoods cultural 

event 2011 was a great success. The Printer’s Day was celebrated in a Grand Manner, 

28 February 2011. More new and attractive courses are being planned for introduction 

in the next academic year with adequate infrastructural facilities. 

Institute for Advanced Christian Studies 

• The Diploma Course in Christian Studies and the Certificate Course on Biblical 

Foundations, offered by IACS, began on the 31 August 2010 and 27 January 2011 

respectively. Each course consists of 13 members totaling 26 in both the 

programs. The Diploma course is held in the afternoons and the Certificate course 

in the evenings twice a week. These courses cater to Christian understanding of 

the Bible and theology. The students who have joined these courses are from our 

College as well as those interested to study the Bible from the neighbourhood. 

• IACS organized the first Workshop on Curriculum Development on Peace 

Education, an UBCHEA sponsored project, 3 & 4 December 2010. The Prince of 

Arcot His highness Mohammed Abdul Ali inaugurated the Workshop. IACS has 

further plans to promote it into a higher learning and research institute. 

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• The Andrew Wall Center in the Liverpool Hope University, U.K. organized a 

Research Travel Seminar Team to come to India and visited several places of 

interest. MCC hosted them in the campus and organized seminars, facilitated to 

visit places like St. Thomas Mount and participated in cultural programmes, 15 

January 2011. 

College Union Society 

The activities of the College Union Society for the academic year 2010-2011 were: 

• Procurement of large number of waste-bins to be placed in strategic locations in 

the campus. Obviously, there was an immediate reduction of litter on the campus. 

• The first outstation trip of the academic year was to Christian Medical College, 

Vellore, to participate in their fest CMC Pegasus. Here the MCC team proved its 

mettle by emerging as the Runners up after winning number of events. 

• MCCians kept up their winning streak by emerging the runners up at the Ethiraj 

College cultural, winning the WCC cultural and completely dominating the music 

scene at IIT Saarang. In addition to these, the students have won various awards 

at prestigious competitions including the Elihu Yale debate held at Stella Maris 

College. MCC also placed third at the popular Airtel Theatrical Competition 

where teams from all over South India took part. 

• CUS organized an exclusive programme for the women students – Aurora 2010 – 

which saw even the most reticent students take part in competitions like dance and 

dumb charades enthusiastically. 

• The campus clean-up got a further impetus as the College Union Society decided 

to earmark a separate day to get all the students involved in a massive clean-up 

program. Students enthusiastically formed teams and started removing and 

segregating the waste. Needless to say, the program was a big success. 

• Deepwoods 2011 was a huge success. We saw students from as many as 35 

colleges taking part in the competitions. This year, two sets of events were 

organized during Deepwoods. One was the informal competition which had fun 

events like Karaoke and Radio Jockeying. The other was the theatre and 

photography workshops. Deepwoods was very well received and got an excellent 

media coverage. 

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• This year, the CUS had two new initiatives. The first was the revival of the 

monthly newsletter – Woodchips. The other was the printing and sale of a CUS 

calendar which had attractive pictures of the College and write-up of the founders 

of the Madras Christian College. 

• The year also saw students come on television for a series of programs, most 

notably on NDTV Hindu and SS Music for their college-centric talks shows. The 

CUS has also taken the initiative this year to launch the Rotaract Club in Madras 

Christian College. 

• The CUS had its valedictory function on March 24, 2011 with Lt Gen. R.K. 

Swamy, Chief of Staff, Southern Command, Indian Army, an alumnus of MCC, 

as the chief guest on the occasion. The highlight of function was the Martial 

Music rendered by the military band of over 100 musicians. 

Centre for Women’s Studies 

Mrs Achamma Mathai, who served as the Coordinator of the Centre for Women’s 

Studies for several years, relinquished from her position. The Centre was reactivated 

from October 2010 with a new committee headed by Dr. Bala Srinivasan, to look into 

the various activities. Some of the important programmes organized were: 

• Christmas programme for women workers, 16 December 2010. 

• Republic Day celebrations on 24 January 2011, at which Mrs Caroline Michael, 

Associate Professor of Physics, organized a quiz programme and conducted 

games for the women workers which they enjoyed. 

• Medical Camp for the workers of the College, 29 January 2011. Dr Shanthi 

Matilda, Medical Officer Dr. Christudas, Former Medical Officer, MCC and Dr 

Sheela Ramani, an Ophthalmologist comprised the team of doctors who 

conducted the medical camp. A complete blood test was done for all the workers 

who attended the camp and ECG was taken for those who were recommended for 

the same. Vitamin and Calcium tablets were distributed free of cost along with a 

bottle of Horlicks. 

• As a follow up of the medical camp, spectacles were distributed to nine workers, 

02 March 2011 in the Macphail Arts Centre and spectacles were sponsored by Mr 

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Haniffa, President, Lions Club, Tambaram, and cataract surgery free of cost for 

those who require the surgery was also organised. 

• As part of the International Women’s Day Celebrations, a cultural programme 

‘Eve’s Eve’ was organized, to showcase the talents of women students of the 

College, 24 February 2011. The students provided a captivating display of their 

talents. 

• The annual jumble sale for the benefit of women workers of the College was 

organized on 10 March 2011. The proceeds of the sale were pooled into the 

Women Workers Benefit Fund and the entire College community extended their 

support for the sale. 

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 following 

activities were carried out this year: 

• Inaugural Event in the Anderson Hall, 08 July 2010 

• Freshers’ Retreat, 24th July 

• Staff Student Retreat was held on 1st August 2010 at the Pavillion with Mr Philip 

Cherian as the resource person 

• Aided Stream-SFS Meet was held at IGH on 7th August 2010 to create a rapport 

between volunteers of both the streams 

• SCM Alumni meets were conducted on 7th August and 27th November 2010 at 

which Mr. Wilfred Davidar, I.A.S. spoke 

• Leadership Camps at Pulicat from 09 to 11 July 2010 and at Vellore from 14 to 17 

January 2011 to identify and train potential student leaders 

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

September 03 2010. 

• A team of both Aided stream and SFS students undertook a trip to the first 

mission field of FMPB at Periyamalai near Hosur during 09 to 11 September 2010 

to survey the social status of the tribals of the nearby villages. 

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• World Peace Day was clelebrated on 24 November 2010 by inviting Tibetian 

students of our campus to render their cultural programme and to display the 

Photo Gallery. 

• World AIDS day was observed in collaboration with SWASA unit of MCC on 1st 

December 2010 by conducting signature campaign and a musical evening by 

YWAM team. 

• A Sunday School Rally was organized at Anderson Hall on 26 February 2011 

inviting Sunday school children of SCM at Oxfam School, Mizpa School, FLI, 

MCC Campus School along with MCC Campus children. 

• SCM’s valedictory was organized by inviting Mr Isaac Joe on 10 March 2011 

with a gospel musical evening. 

Scrub Society 

• Scrub Society, with student strength close to 1500, strives to conserve and 

preserve the flora and fauna in the campus. Activities for this year include: 

• The legendary campus walk which was made interesting by inviting experts like 

Mr A.J. Mithra, an expert on bird calls. 

• Talk by Dr. C. Livingstone, Farm Director, inviting students to involve 

themselves in the farm activities. 

• The highlight of this year was the ‘Scrubie Campaign’ – awareness posters were 

put up, a street play was performed and online and mobile campaigns took place. 

• On 27 November 2010, more than 500 students gathered to scrub the campus 

clean. The students who participated in this exercise learnt that it is easy to throw 

each day’s rubbish into the bin than to clean year long rubbish in one day. 

• Dr N. Thirunavukkarasu, Asst Professor of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management, gave a presentation on the fragility of our biodiversity and the 

importance to preserve it. 

• The first screening this year was a short film ‘The Queen of Trees’. 

• Students were taken to the Scrub Center near the farm, where fish breeding and 

turtle breeding, nursery, vermi-composting are taking place. 

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• Deepwoods was the time a lot of students came together, “Woodchimes”, the 

green band was officially launched during Deepwoods. Mr. A.J. Mithra guided 

the students with the lyrics, composition and performance. 

Student Service For Differently Abled 

The SSDA is actively involved in the assistance of differently abled students in their 

academic pursuits by providing them scribing and reading services throughout the 

academic year. Further assistance is given in recording and compiling reading 

material. Other highlights of the unit are as follows: 

• Students were educated on the use of various methods to read without seeing. 

They were also informed about the various schemes of the government providing 

concession for the differently abled 

• The Indian Association for the Blind celebrated the White Cane Day in October 

2010 and flags were sold on this occasion. An amount of Rs.1800 was collected 

through the sale of these flags in the College and was sent to IAB, Madurai 

• A one-day trip was organized for the differently abled and their volunteers to the 

Birla Planetarium to inculcate an interest in science. 

• The visit to the Anna Centenary Libary was also organized on the same day and 

the differently abled students were given a briefing about the special equipment 

installed in the section dealing with the differently abled 

• An interaction was held with Mr Karunakaran, a differently abled person of Scope 

International on the various ways of empowering the differently abled students as 

well as the different kinds of software available in the market for equipping 

oneself adequately to perform the required tasks effectively. 

B. COMMUNITY SERVICES 

National Service Scheme (NSS) 

The NSS unit, guided by Programme Officers, continues to be vibrant in getting 

involved in the various social activities such as hospital services, tutorial classes, 

orphanage visit, blood donation, zoological services and campus maintenance work. 

The highlights of this year’s activities are: 

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• 15 volunteers participated in ‘AIDS’ Awareness Programme at Kamarajapuram 

organized by Moriah Creative and Charitable Trust. 

• Under ‘eat for a cause’, the NSS volunteers raised several thousands of rupees for 

the AIDS affected children. 

• Awareness talks on Leucoderma, road safety and manual scavenging was 

organized in the College on 31 July 2010. 

• About 50 volunteers participated in the ùsed book collection programme’ 

organized by the University of Madras in August 2010. 

• 15 volunteers who visited the “Children Home” at Royapuram organized cultural 

programmes and taught cleanliness to the inmates. 

• NSS unit, together with SCM and CUS, organized Teachers’ Day on 3 September 

2010 in the College and honoured the retiring Professors. 

• More than 300 volunteers participated in the Leucoderma Awareness Human 

Chain programme organized by the Leucoderma Awareness Movement of India at 

Marina Beach on 18 September 2010. Mr Subramanian, Mayor, Chennai, Mrs 

Kanimozhi, M.P., Col. Dr G. Thiruvasagam, Vice-Chancellor, University of 

Madras, Mr R. Pranjothi, District Judge, Madras High Court, participated in this 

programme. 

• 100 volunteers took part in `Mass Tree Plantation Programme’ at Madurantakam, 

organized by Indian Telugu Association of Chennai, on 25 September 2010. 

• 50 volunteers participated in AIDS awareness programme on World AIDS Day on 

1 December 2010 at TB Sanatorium, Tambaram. 

• Dr. S. Yagnasekhar, Dr. P. George and Dr A. Annadurai participated in the oneday 

University level Programme Officers’ meeting organized by the NSS unit of 

the University of Madras. 

• 30 NSS volunteers worked in Vandalur Zoo during Pongal holidays to regulate the 

crowd and to distribute paper bags. 

• More than 100 volunteers participated in the project ‘Kaitharikku Kai Koduppom’ 

(Encourage Handloom) on 26 January 2011 which was initiated by the Vice- 

Chancellor, University of Madras. 

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• Blood Donation Camp was organized in coordination with Rotary Club of Northwest 

and Rotaract Club of MCC on World Women’s Day on 8 March 2011 and 

about 220 units of blood were donated to the Government General Hospital, 

Chennai, for the poor and needy patients. 

• An Awareness Programme on Eye Donation was organized on 11 March 2011 in 

MCC conducted by Dr. Srinivas Rao of Agarwal Eye Hospital, Tambaram. More 

than 100 volunteers pledged to donate their eyes in the future. 

• A seven day special camping programme was organized at MCC FLI School, 

Mappedu Village, Kancheepuram District on the theme “Healthy Youth, Healthy 

Nation” during 11-17 December 2010 at which our volunteers manually cleared 

bushes in the school premises. Awareness talks on various themes were organized 

in the afternoons by MCC Professors. 

• The NSS unit received an award for having collected highest number of used 

books, among top 10 colleges, under the project initiated by the Vice-Chancellor 

of the University of Madras, on 5 September 2010. 

• The NSS volunteers won 3 prizes at the State Level AIDS Awareness 

Competitions ‘Ilavattam’ organized by TANSACS and University of Madras – 

Ashwin Philip, B.A. Pol. Science: I Prize in Oratorical competition, Chinna 

Muthu, III B.Com.: Inter-Dist I Prize in Oratorical competition; 10 volunteers 

led by Ms. Ambika bagged the II prize at the Inter-Dist level Street Play on 

AIDS awareness. 

• 42 nd NSS Valedictory programme was organized on 11 March 2011 at which Mr 

R. Paranjothi, District Judge (R) and Mrs. Deepti Sukumar, National Core 

Member, “Safai Karmachari Andolan”, were the guests of honour. 

National Cadet Corps (NCC) 

NCC: Infantry Wing 

• Cadets K. Gopinath, II B.Sc. Physics, J. Saravanan, II B.Com. (SFS), P. 

Prabakaran, II B.Com. (SFS), M. Nishanthan, II B.Sc. Geography (SFS) and M. 

Pavithra, II B.Sc. Mathematics (SFS) were selected to RDC/IGC (Inter Group 

Competition) Camp held at Trichy in October 2010. In the Camp Cdt. P. 

Prabakaran was selected as the Best Parade Commander. 

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• Cdt N. Dharmarajan, II B.Sc. Physics (SFS) was selected for the TSC/IGC 

(Thalsainik, Inter Group Competition) Camp, which was held at Madurai in 

September 2010. He won Gold medal in Map Reading Competition and Health 

and Hygiene written test. He also won Silver medal in Judging Distance and Field 

Craft written test in TSC/IGC Camp. 

• Cdt K. Gopinath, II B.Sc. Physics and Cdt. P. Prabakaran, II B.Com. (SFS) we 

selected for Pre-RDC Camp which was held at Trichy, November 2010. 

• Cdt N. Dharmarajan, II B.Sc. Physics, was selected for the most prestigious 

Thalsainik (TSC) Camp of the Army Wing NCC, which was held at New Delhi, 

November 2010. 

• Cdt P. Prabakaran, II B.Com. (SFS) was selected for the most prestigious camp of 

NCC, i.e. RDC (Republic Day Camp) which was held at New Delhi from 01 to 31 

January 2011. He was also selected for PM Rally and won 1st position in PM 

Rally competition. Cdt. P. Prabakaran had a change to meet the Hon’ble President 

of India Dr. Pratiba, Chief of the Army Gen. V.K. Singh, Chief of Naval, Admiral 

Nirmal Kumar Varma, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik and the Governor of Tamil 

Nadu Dr. Surjith Singh Barnala. 

• CUO I. Augustin Joe, II B.S.W., Cdts. S. Naveenkumar, I B.Sc. Chemistry, B. 

Rajeshwar, I B.A. Pol. Science, S. Stephen Raj, I B.A. Pol. Science, G. Keshav 

Kumar, I B.Com. (SFS) and Cdt. S.R. Vishnu Vardhan, I B.Com. (SFS) were 

selected for MRDC (Marina Republic Day Contingent) which was held at Marina 

Beach, on 26 January 2011. CUO I. Augustin Joe was selected as a Parade 

Commander in MRDC. 

• Cadets participated in the Inter Collegiate Competition “Cadofiesta” conducted by 

Dr. Ambedkar Law University and won the Iplace in Guard of Honour, III places 

in Contingent Drill and Best Cadet award and II place in Solo Dance. 

Naval - Boys Wing 

• V. Shanmugam, II B.A. Tamil, S.Tamilarasan, II B.A. Tamil, I. Antony Arasu, II 

B.Sc. Maths, Bala B.R. Naga Vikrenth, II B.S.W., Sunith Sanjeevan, II B.C.A. 

along with Divisional Commander Lt Y. Gnana Chandra Johnson attended the 

National Integration Camp held at Maharashtra. 

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• V. Shanmugam, II B.A. Tamil, I Antony Arasu, II B.Sc. Maths, M. Sriram, II 

B.Sc. Maths (SFS), K. Ramji, II B.C.A., R. Andrew Bansi, II B.Sc. Physics (SFS) 

attended the Inter Group Competition training camp held at Kanchipuram. 

• D. Janagaraj, II B.Sc. Physics, S. Tamilrasan, II B.A. Tamil, S. Thiyagarajan, II 

B.Com., B. Sai Vigneshu, II B.Sc. Mhs, B. Madhan, II b.Sc. Maths, attended the 

Ocean Sailing Camp held at Cuddalore. 

• D. Janagaraj, II B.Sc. Physics, received Bronze medal in Semaphore event from 

the Deputy Director General, Tamil Nadu Directorate Commodore D. Sartaj 

Immam. 

• V. Shanmugam, II B.A. Tamil, was selected for the prestigious Republic Day 

Camp held at New Delhi. He was also selected for All India Guard of Honour and 

also took part in Prime Minister’s rally on 28th January 2011. 

• S. Thiyagarajan, II B.Com., S. Tamilralsan, II B.A. Tamil, Sunith Sanjeevan, II 

B.C.A. attended the Ship Attachment Camp held at Vishakapattanam. 

• Twelve cadets attended the Marina Republic Day Parade held at Chennai, January 


Naval - Girls Wing 

• Fourteen cadets attended Combined Annual Training Camp (CATC) held at INS 

Rajali in May 2010. 

• NC I cadets S. Dharani, II B.A. English, M. Shyamala, II B.Sc. Physics, T. 

Priyadharshini, II B.A. Economics, G. Hindhuja, II B.Sc. Zoology (Voc) attended 

National Integration Camp (NIC) at Maharashtra in May 2010 at which NC I S. 

Dharani won second prize in Debate. 

• POC N. Nadhiya, II B.Sc. Mathematics and POC Jyoti Devi, II B.Sc. Physics 

participated in All India NCC Yatchingh Regatta 2010 held at INS CHILKA, 

Orissa. They got selected as a team of three Senior Wing to represent Tamilnadu 

Directorate. 

• L/C S. Bhuvaneswari, II B.Sc. PB & PBT attended Annual Training Camp held at 

Kerala in December 2010. T Captain S. Bhavani, III B.Sc. Physics attended a 

camp at Officer Training Academy, Gwalior. 

• Seven cadets participated in Marina Republic Day Parade on 26 January 2011. 

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• POC P. Shanmugapriya, II B.Sc. Physics participated the Republic Day Camp at 

Delhi. She took part in the prestigious Prime Minister’s rally. She also got 

selected in All India Culturals. She had an opportunity to meet our Hon’ble 

President of India and the Chief of Army, Navy and Air Force. 

Air Wing 

• IGC Camp was held in Pondicherry at which CUO T.S. Abil of II B.Sc. Physics 

won Gold Medal for ‘Best Pilot’ by flying single Engined Microlite Aircraft. 

• CATC Camp was held in Sathyabhama University in June 2010 in which CUO 

Niranjan Thomas, II B.Sc. Physics, won 2 nd prize in drill competition. 

• Vayu Sainik Camp was held in Jakkur Airfield, Bangalore, in October 2010 at 

which CUO T.S. Abil represented Tamilnadu and won Bronze medal under ‘Best 

Pilot’ category, and CUO Niranjan Thomas won Silver medal in Drill 

competition. 

• CUO Niranjam Thomas attended the Republic Day Camp and participated in the 

Republic Day Parade, 26 January 2011. 

• CUO T.S. Abil won the “Best Cadet Award” from the NCC Directorate, Tamil 

Nadu. 

Campus Ministries 

The activities of the Campus Ministries for the year 2010-11: 

• Annual Staff Retreat was held on 13th June 2010 at the Centre for Media Studies 

which was dedicated on the same day. Rev. Dr. Mani Chacko, Director of 

Ecumenical Church Centre, Bangalore, led us in the retreat. 

• The Retreat for the member institutions, Anderson Hall, 08 January 2011. Rev. 

Samuel Bhaskaran, Presbyter, St. Mathew’s Church, East Tambaram. 

• The Staff Study Circle organized several meetings for both day stream and selffinanced 

stream on several themes. 

• The worship services were held regularly at Bishop Heber Chapel and at the 

Anderson Hall. 

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• Ms. Serene Yoneko, II M.Sc. Physics took over as the Organist and Choir 

Director of Bishop Heber Chapel Choir after Mr Vimal George Kurien, who 

served for five years. 

• Two students in the Department of Social Work are ordained priests, Rev. Ruma 

and Rev. Tuji, they have been assisting the Chaplain in the worship services. 

• Mrs. Merlin Isaac, Ms. Anu Abraham, Ms. Sharon, Ms. Surachi, take care of the 

Sunday School. Around 30 children are benefited through Sunday School 

Ministry. 

• The Bishop Heber Chapel has been renovated after several years. 

MCC Oxfam School 

The MCC Oxfam School provides education to the poor children with a team of 

dedicated and resourceful teachers. There are plans to upgrade the centre into a 

Community College to serve the educational needs of youth in and around Tambaram. 

MCC-Family Life Institute 

Over the years the Family Life Institute has grown to an organization that caters to a 

plethora of family services. With its various schemes, FLI has carved a niche for 

itself in the village of Mappedu. The current year has witnessed a lot of growth and 

progress, the highlights are: 

• Health Clinic & Maternity Services - provides health and maternity services to the 

villagers of Mappedu at a subsidized rate; 

• English Medium Primary School – focuses on the holistic development of the 

child by giving equal importance to both academics as well as extra-curricular 

activities; 

• Tailoring Unit – it is an initiative to vocationally train and empower the local 

women; 

• Neighbourhood Group – the main objectives of neighbourhood group are women 

empowerment and achieving economic independence; 

• Volunteer and Service Learning Programs – FLI offers opportunities for volunteer 

and service learning programs for both national and international students; 

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• Social Work Trainees Field Placement – LI offers field work placements for the 

students of Social Work who are involved in the various services offered by FLI 

as well as in conducting special programmes on special days. 

MCC Centre at Pammal 

The Pammal Leprosy Centre has been renovated with the help of Student Christian 

Movement. As part of the Social Action Programmes of SCM, Pammal Medical 

Centre activities were renewed by conducting: 

• Food Carnival to raise funds for the social action programme especially for 

Pammal Medical Centre on 26 August 2010; 

• Christmas programme for children in Pammal was organized on 17 December 

2010; 

• A friendly Foot Ball Match between Pammal Football Team and MCC Football 

team on 12 January 2011 to create a working atmosphere at Pammal for social 

action of SCM. 

MCC Farm 

The Farm continues to provide hands on experience for students of certain 

departments in addition to its other activities. Pigs, Turkey and country chicken 

continue to be reared since they enable the farm to be sustainable. In a small protected 

area, vegetables such as lady’s finger (Okra), radish, snake gourd and greens were 

cultivated successfully; ecofriendly practices are being followed in vegetable 

cultivation and synthetic pesticides are not used. Light traps are set up to trap insects 

pests. Mango saplings have been planted in three acres. 

Final year UG students who have opted for Vermiculture as skill-based training 

programme are given practical training in the Farm. Students of Zoology Department 

regularly visit the Farm for the practical work in Agriculture Entomology. PG 

students of Statistics Department do their research project on radish grown in a 

sample plot inside the Farm. 

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19. Teachers and officers newly recruited: 

Newly Recruited Teachers 

Department Name Month & Year 

1 English Ms. Christina Dhanasekaran June 2010 

2 English Ms. A. Deepa Priyadharshini June 2010 

3 English Ms. Judy Bhaskaran June 2010 

4 English Ms. C. S. Chitra Devi June 2010 

5 English Ms. Bipasha Som June 2010 

6 Public Admn. Dr. Vijay Devanesan June 2010 

7 Public Admn. Dr. (Mrs.) Ansuman Rabboni June 2010 

8 Economics Ms. Sara Joy June 2010 

9 Mathematics Mr. Alexander Raymand June 2010 

10 Statistics Dr. G. Manimannan June 2010 

11 Statistics Mr. Joshua David June 2010 

12 Zoology Mrs. Sheeba Anitha Nesakumari June 2010 

13 Zoology Dr. (Ms.) Nirmal Magadalenal June 2010 

14 Zoology Ms. Adeline Jenefa Daniel June 2010 

15 MCA Ms. Felecia Rajathi June 2010 

16 MCA Ms. J. Shiny Priyadharshini June 2010 

17 Public Admn. Mrs. P. Subathra July 2010 

18 Commerce Ms. J. Starlin Georgina Aug. 2010 

19 Economics Ms. Ruth Elizabeth Jacob Sept. 2010 

20 Statistics Ms. R. Ruksana Nov. 2010 

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20. Teaching - non-teaching staff ratio: 

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

21. Improvements in the library services: 

The following improvements introduced in the last year continue to be provided: 

• Institutional membership to American Library, 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. 

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

digital resources. 

• A Scanner cum copier and Bar Code printer is acquired for the purpose of 

digitalization of documents. 

• Subscription to on-line databases EBSCO, Questia and N-LIST. 

• MoU signed with DELNET regarding inter-library loan and membership to 

DELNET. 

22. New books/journals subscribed and their value: 

Books & Journals 

Schene & Department Purpose of Fund Amount 

1 XI Plan PG Grant – Tamil Books & Journals 120000 

2 XI Plan PG Grant – English Books & Journals 120000 

3 XI Plan PG Grant–Pol.Science Books & Journals 120000 

4 XI Plan PG Grant – Economics Books & Journals 180000 

5 XI Plan PG Grant – Commerce Books & Journals 60000 

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6 XI Plan PG Grant – Maths Books & Journals 120000 

7 XI Plan PG Grant – Stats Books & Journals 120000 

8 XI Plan PG Grant – Physics Books & Journals 60000 

9 XI Plan PG Grant – Chemistry Books & Journals 120000 

10 XI Plan PG Grant – Botany Books & Journals 120000 

11 XI Plan PG Grant – Zoology Books & Journals 120000 

12 Autonomy Grant 2009-10 Amt Received 1600000 

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. 

24. Unit cost of education 

Total expenditure during 2010-11 including the salary : Rs. 193330561 

Total no. of students enrolled 2010-11 : 5581 

Unit cost of education: 

(i) Including salary 

(ii) Excluding salary 

: Rs.34641 

: Rs.7202 

25. Computerization of administration and the process of admissions and 

examination results, issue of certificates: 

As in the past the computerization of administration, admissions and examination 

work continues to be carried out effectively. This year efforts were made to introduce 

‘Online Admission’ and it is planned that after evaluating its effectiveness, the entire 

admission process would be online from the next year. 

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26. Increase in the infrastructural facilities: 

Infrastructure 

BUILDING 

Particulars 

Amount (Rs) 

Margaret Hall 719658 

Media Centre 8305436 

New Toilet Block 477706 

Total 9502800 

FURNITURE 

ELECTRICAL AND EQUIPMENTS 

Total 1051113 

Heber Hall warden Residence 247668 

Canteen 231114 

PG Block 182372 

Faculty House No. 22 247275 

Faculty House No. 20 126908 

XI Plan PG Grant – Physics – Equipments 120000 

XI Plan PG Grant – Chemistry – Equipments 120000 

XI Plan PG Grant – Botany – Equipments 60000 

XI Plan PG Grant – Zoology – Equipments 120000 

XI Plan PG Equipments 1250000 

Total 2705337 

Grand Total 13259250 

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Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility 

The Bioinformatics Division of the Department of Biotechnology, Government of 

India has granted Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility to Madras 

Christian College for the promotion of Biology teaching through Bioinformatics 

(BTBI) scheme of BTISnet”. Among more than 50 Institutions of the Country to 

receive this facility, less than 10 were given to Colleges andMCC was one among 

them. The facility is to be made use by all Life Science Departments of the College. 

The infrasturture facilty includes computer and communication facility, Scientific 

Software packages and Databases & other information resources. 

Computer & Communication facility 

• All Hardware and Software were purchased and installed according to the 

specifications provided by DBT and in certain cases an higher configurations 

were purchased.. 

• All terminals are provided with DVD writer, and in addition, Web Cam and 

Head Phone thereby facilitating Video Conferencing. 

• All in one Laserjet and Duplex printers have been installed. 

• An online UPS has been provided with more than two hrs backup. 

• 2Mbps Broad Band internet connectivity has been provided by BSNL 

Dataone. Wireless Dial up internet connectivity has also been provided by 

TATA INDICOM as a standby connectivity. 

• An independent air conditioned room. 

• The entire premises of the Dept. of Zoology has been provided with wireless 

internet connectivity by WiFi Technology and Note Book Computers are used 

in all class rooms; thereby roaming internet facility is made available in and 

around the Department of Zoology. It is possible to access the BIF server 

from the class rooms itself through this facility of Wireless Networking while 

utilizing the terminals of BIF simultaneously. It is also possible to share 

documents. 

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• An Extension Facility has been provided to the Botany Dept. by allocating a 

portion of the funds. The entire campus is to be connected with LAN facility 

shortly so that the Server of the BIF could be accessed from any part of the 

Campus (365 Acres campus) 

27. Technology upgradation: 

Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology: Dr. Ajay Parida, Executive 

Director, M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai inaugurated the 

Mircopropagation facility and Dr. R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, Madras 

Christian College inaugurated the digital microimaging facilityof the DBT sponsored 

Multi-Institutional species recovery programme on “Multiplication and Conservation 

of Two Critically Endangered Tree Species of Southern Western Ghats”. Dr. D. 

Narasimhan is the project coordinator and Principal Investigator, 04 October 2010. 

DBT Star College Scheme – Instrumentation Facility and Algal Culture Facility was 

inaugurated by Dr. T. Raja Abraham Devakumar, Joint Director of Finance, DCE, on 

09 March 2011. 

Department of Zoology: (i) LCD Facility at the Estuarine Biological Laboraory, 

Pulicat – Purchased under UBCHEA; (ii) LCD with Screen in II M.Sc. Room – B.Sc. 

Zoology – 1992 -95 Batch, 15 September 2010. 

Department of Visual Communication: The department of Visual Communication 

was shifted to the newly constructed building “Centre for Media Studies”. The centre 

has a video shooting floor, photography shooting floor, an audio booth, an edit suit 

and a 180 seat exclusive viewing theatre. The Centre for Media Studies was 

inaugurated on 13 June 2010 by Rev. Mani Chacko. 

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Techonology Upgradation 

ELECTRICAL & EQUIPMENT’S 

Particulars 

Amount (Rs) 

Visual Communication MRC 1944960 

Geography and Journalism 101750 

Microbiology 192816 

Total 2239526 

COMPUTER 

Particulars 

Amount (Rs) 

Visual Communication MRC 800800 

Administrative Offices 185723 

Total 986523 

Grand Total 3226049 

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

Under the credit system both the Under Graduate and Post Graduate level students 

continue to be trained in computer skills. The internet access for students and faculty 

members are provided both at the central facility and respective departments. 

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29. Financial aid to students: 

Scholarship 

Scholarship 

GOVERNMENT 

Particulars 

Amount (Rs) 

SC 7,60,909 

BC 11,75,830 

GS 8,97,171 

MANAGEMENT 

Management 4,09,351 

Grand Total 32,43,261 

30. Activities and support from the alumni association: 

The Department of Physics organized the first Physics Alumni Meet on 19 December 


The Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology had their Alumni Meeting 

for the year 2012 on 18 December 2012. About 90 alumni of the department 

participated. 

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

Meetings are held with parents when the need arises through the various offices of the 

college like the Deans, Warden’s and Heads of Departments. Important issues 

concerning students are communicated to the parents by the respective offices. 

Parents are invited for the three day Orientation Programme along with their wards 

when they join the College. 

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32. Health services: 

Community Service: 

• The Family Life Institute is a rural Health Centre of MCC situated in Mappedu, 

catering to the health needs of the people living in villages in and around 

Mappedu. A diabetes awareness camp was held in association with Dr. Mohan’s 

Diabetes and Research Centre in FLI. Blood sugar levels were checked for the 

village people who attended the camp. Of the 50 people who attended the camp 3 

were diagnosed to have high blood sugar level. Appropriate advice was given to 

them. People were also educated about DM and how to prevent it by life style 

modification and exercise. 

• Conducted urological health camp at MCC in association with RG stones Centre, 

for the teaching and non-teaching staff, where General Health checkup and 

ultrasound scanning of abdomen and pelvis were done to detect urological 

problems (i.e.) bladder (or) kidney stones, and appropriate counselling was given 

by urologists. 

• A Master Health Checkup was done for women workers arranged by Centre for 

Women Students in the Martin Hall auditorium where routine blood tests, B.P and 

weight and ECG were done. General examination of the women along with the 

reports was done and appropriate advice given. Four of them were diagnosed to 

have either Diabetes (or) Hypertension. 

• An eye specialist did a thorough eye examination and 12 of them were diagnosed 

to have refractive errors and 4 of them with cataracts they were given spectacles 

and referred for surgery respectively. 

33. Performance in sports activities: 

Athletics (Men) 

• V. Praveen, II M.A. Philosophy, won the 100 meters Gold and 200 mts Silver in 

the All India Inter University and also won 100 meters Gold and 200 mts Silver in 

the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• Alameen, II M.A. Public Admn. won the 100 mts Bronze in the A.L. Mudaliar 

Meet. 

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• D. Dhamurathinam, I M.Com. won the Gold Medal in Decathlon, Silver medal in 

High Jump and Silver medal in 100 mts Hurdles in the Under 20 South Zone 

Nationals held at Bangalore and also won Gold in High Jump & Bronze medal in 

100 mts Hurdles in the Open State Level competition. 

• Ranjith, II B.A. Political Science, won the Bronze medal in Triple Jump in the 

Under 20 South Zone Nationals held at Bangalore & won Gold medal in Triple 

Jump in the Open State Level Competition and won Silver medal in Triple Jump 

in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• Karthick, II B.A. History, won the Bronze medal in 100 mts in the State Level 

under 20 competitions. 

• M. Silambarasam, I B.A. History, won the Silver medal in Long Jump in the A.L. 

Mudaliar Meet. 

• B. Bhoopathy, I M.Com. won the Gold Medal in Javelin Throw in the A.L. 


• T. Sathya Narayanan, I B.A. History, won the Bronze medal in Javelin Throw in 

the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• Chidambaranathan, Ph.D. scholar won the Gold medal in Shot Put in the A.L. 


• Bluemen Rajan Sathya, I M.S.W. (HRM) won Silver medal in the 400 mts and 

Bronze medal in the 400 mts Hurdles in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• H. Sathish Kumar, III B.Sc. Statistics, won the Silver medal in the Half Marathon 

in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

• Jemi Renswick Seelan, III B.Sc. Physics, won Silver medal in Shot put in the A.L. 


• Joseph Prem Chandran, II M.A. Public Admn. won Gold medal in Hammer 

Throw in the A.L. Mudaliar Meet. 

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Athletics (Women) 

• G. Illakya, I B.B.A. won Silver medal in Hammer Throw in the A.L. Mudaliar 

Meet. 

Boxing 

• L.K. Rathana Kumar, II B.B.A., A. Dharmaraj, II B.A. History and V. 

Vigneshwaran, I B.Sc. Physical Education, were selected to represent the 

University of Madras and L.K. Rathna Kumar, II B.B.A. won the Bronze medal in 

Light weight category in the All India Inter-University Meet. 

Basket Ball 

• College team was the Winner of the University of Madras B-Zone Tournament. 

S. Karupusamy Pandi, I B.A. Political Science, K. Prasanna, I M.A. History, K. 

Padma Prakash, I B.A. Political Science, P. Naresh, III B.A. Political Science 

represented Madras University team. 

Football 

• Our College team was the Winner of the University of Madras B-Zone 

Tournament. L. Stejin, N. Saravanan, III B.Sc. Physical Education, Daniel 

Sabastian, III B.A. Philosophy, D. Fredric Johnson, II M.Com., M. Madhan 

Kumar, I B.A. History represented Madras University team. 

• Our team was the Runner-up of the Redeemer’s Cup – 2011 organized by 

Margochis Recreation Club, Nazareth. 

Handball 

• Our College team was the Winner in the University of Madras B-Zone 

Tournament. B. Murali Kumar, II B.A. Political Science, G. Pradeep Kumar, II 

B.A. Philosophy, A. Prasath, III B.A. Political Science, C. Balamurugan, II B.Sc. 

Physical Education, R. Veera Kumar, II B.Sc. Physical Education represented the 

Madras University Team. 

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34. Incentives to outstanding sportspersons: 

Madras Christian College encourages outstanding sports people through providing 

incentives like fee concessions, accomodation in the Halls, nutritious food, sports gear 

and recognition in various functions of the college. 

35. Student achievements and awards: 

Ph.D Awarded: 

• K. Suchithra, Department of Mathematics, “On certain aspects of the subclasses 

of Univalent and multivalent functions” in July 2010 (Supervisor: Dr. B. Adolf 

Stephen) 

• B. Srutha Keerthi, Department of Mathematics, “A study on subclasses of 

Analytic functions and Meromorphic functions” in August 2010 (Supervisor: Dr. 

B. Adolf Stephen) 

• C. Sebastian Antony Selvan, Department of Chemistry, ‘Synthesis and 

Characterisation of Some Curcumin – Mental Ion complexes’, September 2010, 

Supervisor: Dr. P.S. Raghavan. 

• N. Nirmal Magadalenal, Department of Zoology, Supervisor: Dr. R. Moses 

Inbaraj. 

• Dr. M.K. Mini, Department of Zoology, Supervisor: Dr.R.W. Alexander 

Jesudasan, 21 Februray 2011. 

Aided Stream 

• Department of Economics: Gitanjali Sethu, Debarati Dutta, Raisa Elsa Joseph 

and Priyanka Nair won prizes in the Economics Fest “Equilibrium 2010”, 

conducted by the Department of Statistics, Loyola College, Chennai, December 


• Department of History: Students attended a course in “Tamil Culture” conducted 

by the Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Madras, 


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• Department of Philosophy: Arul Manohar, Ph.D. scholar working under the 

supervision of Dr. M. Gabriel published an article titled “The Relevance of 

Kierkegaard Today”, College Magazine 2010-11; he has also been awarded 

International Kierkegaard House Foundation Summer Scholarship for Research by 

St. Olaf College, Minnesota, USA, 2011. 

• Department of Social Work: (i) a competition was organized by Mohan 

Foundation on 9 August 2010 in Madras Medical College. The students from 

Social Work Department, Michael Larsen, Immanuel Joel, Immanuel Jotham, 

Sam Daniel, Preethi and Dinah Cherian participated in poster presentation, mime 

and collage and secured second place for mime and poster presentation. This 

event was featured in ‘The Hindu’, and ‘The Deccan Chronicle’, 10 August 2010; 

(ii) The I MSW students participated in solo and group singing and won the first 

places in the both events in the Fresher’s Audition conducted at MCC on 4 th of 

August 2010 in Heber Hall; and (iii) Shadrach, Shanmuga Sundaram, Sreejith, 

Bijin, Evelyn and Gnanamoni participated in the International Conference on 

‘Eliminating Hunger and Poverty’, organized by M.S. Swaminathan Research 

Foundation, Chennai Trade Centre, 07 to 09 August 2010. 

• Department of Statistics: (i) Students attended Academic Bridge Programme on 

Clinical Research and Biostatistics conducted by the Department of Statidtics, 

Loyola College, Chennai, 18 to 20 November 2010; and (ii) Ram Prasad. B II 

M.Sc, Bhargavi TCA. III B.Sc, Shanthi Angeline III B.Sc, Kheya Datta II B.Sc, 

participated in an Essay Competition on “Child Statistics”, conducted by NSSO, 

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India, 

Regional Office, Chennai, 21 June 2010. 

• Department of Physics: Gayathri, II M.Sc. got first prize in Tamil Thirukural 

Quiz at Loyola College, Chennai; Serene Yonoko, II M.Sc. presented a poster on 

‘Laser Micromachining’ at the National Conference on Lasers’ at National 

College, Bangalore; Bhavana Varma and Minu Mary Abraham of III B.Sc. did a 

semester at Flinders University, Australia; Blessy, Chinchu, Diana, Serene 

Yonoko, Allen Mathew of II M.Sc. attended summer school at the Inter 

University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune; Harish of II B.Sc. 

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attended ‘Radio Astronomy Winter School – 2010’ at the National Center for 

Radioastrophysics, Pune, 20 to 29 December 2010; M. Niranjan Thomas of II 

B.Sc. represented Tamil Nadu Directorate in All India Vayu Sainik Camp and 

won silver medal in drill. He also participated in All India Republic Day camp at 

New Delhi, representing Rajpath Marching Contingent and won first place in 

Prime Minister’s rally; P. Shanmuga Priya of II B.Sc. participated in All India 

Republic day camp at New Delhi, representing Tamil Nadu contingent. Prime 

Minister’s rally and won first place in ALL India SW (Girls) drill; D. Janakaraj of 

II B.Sc. representing Tamil Nadu Directorate, won Bronze medal at All India Nav 

Sainik at Vishakapatnam; Jyothi Devi Sankhwar of II B.Sc. represented Tamil 

Nadu Directorate at a camp in INS Chilka, Orissa, 22 November 2010 to 2 

February 2011; Tintu K. Kuruvilla of II B.Sc. received scholarship for the 

scripture examination conducted in the college; Edith Jacob of I B.Sc won second 

prize in ‘Ecrit Creatif’ & third prize in ‘Collage’ conducted as part of the 

International Workshop cum Linguafest 2011 at the department of French & 

Other Foreign Languages, University of Madras, 7 to 9 february 2011. 

• Department of Chemistry: (i) R. Jasmine Rebecca, N. Saranya and M. Sowmya 

(II PG) presented a paper entitled ‘Monitoring water quality and water 

management in MCC campus’ in National Seminar on ‘Environmental 

Monitoring: Issues and Challenges’ organized by Department of Geography, 

Tourism and Travel Management, Madras Christian College held on 9 February 

2011; (ii) R. Jasmine Rebecca (II PG) presented a paper on ‘Study on the 

complexation of macromolecule cucuributril with metal ions and acetamide’ in a 

National Conference on New Renaissance in Chemical Research at SRM 

University on 4 March 2011; (iii) R. Shanmugam and B. Ranjith (II PG) 

presented a paper on ‘Adsorptive studies of zinc, cadmium, mercury complezes of 

hexa decyltrithiocarbonate using potentiometry, SEM and EDAX’ in second 

National conference on Recent Advances in Sciences and Humanities organized 

by Department of Science and Humanities, United Institute of Technology, 

Coimbatore, 18 & 19 March 2011; 

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Mary Martina, I M.Sc. Chemistry and Zainab (I B.Sc. Chem.) won first prize 

in Collage at ‘Quanta 2010’ conducted by Ethiraj College, Chennai, December 


Adi Kesavan, (II UG). Wonthird prize in Tamil elocution competition 

conducted by Bharathi Mandram, MCC, 15 December 2010. 

Subramee Sarkar, I B.Sc. Chemistry, is the only student from the State of 

Tamil Nadu selected for the Project Oriented Chemical Education Fellowship 

Programme to be held at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific 

Research, Bangalore. 

Students participated in the various events of RASAYANOTSAV organized 

by DG Vaishnav College, Arumbakkam, Chennai on 23 February 2011 and 

won prizes in the following events: E. Saravanan (III UG), C. Jyothi 

Thamizhanban, M. Ram Kumar and M. Gopu (II UG) and J. Ragunath (I UG) 

won third prize in Adzap; E. Saravanan (III UG), N. Samson Raj (II UG) and 

L. Pavithra (I UG) won second prize in Rangoli; Mary Martina (I PG) and N. 

Zainab Haleema (I UG) won second prize in Collage; S. Ram Kumar (I PG) 

won first prize and Mary Martina (I PG) won second prize in Chem Talk; G. 

Shamili and Subramee Sarkar (I UG) won second prize in Dumb-C. 

Students participated in the various events of ‘Chem Mati’ 11 organized by the 

Department of Chemistry, Women’s Christian College, Chennai, 25 February 

2011 and won prizes in the following events: E. Saravanan (III UG), M. Gopu 

(III UG), A. Adhikesava (II UG) and C. Jyothi Thamizhanban (II UG) won 

third prize in Adzap; T. Shakthiya (I UG), D. Aparna (I UG) and E. Saravanan 

(III UG) won third prize in Rangoli; C. Jyothi Thamizhanban (II UG), A. 

Adhikesava (II UG), P. Parandhaman (III UG) and E. Saravanan (III UG) won 

second prize in Chem Rhythms; N. Zainab Haleema (I UG) and Mary Martina 

(I PG) won second prize in Collage. 

Banupriya (II PG) won second prize in Prof. K.K. Balasubramanian PG quiz 

competition organized by Loyola Chemical Society, Loyola College, 18 


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• Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology: (i) III B.Sc. students 

participated in ‘Madulika – Inter-collegiate Competition’ organized by the 

department Plant Biology & PBT, SDNB Vaishnav College, Chrompet, and won 

1 st prize in Dry Flower Arrangement and Cross-word Competition and second 

prize in Bio-lyrics and overall third place in Madulika 2010, 05 & 06 August 

2010; (ii) I B.Sc.va students (Algal Biotechnology- Elective) went to Nallyan 

Research Centre, Navallur (Old Mahabalipuram Road) for one day Industrial 

visit and exposure to Mass Culturing of Spirulina, 27 July 2010; (iv) 5 students 

from I M.Sc. va and 5 students from II M.Sc. attended the “International 

Conference on eliminating hunger and poverty – priorities in global agricultural 

research and development agenda in an era of climate change and rising food 

prices” at M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai, 07 & 09 August 

2010; (v) A photograph taken by K.S. Vikneswaran, II B.Sc., featured in ‘The 

Hindu’, 07 October 2010. 

• Department of Zoology: Students of the department won the overall trophy in 

the Inter-Collegiate competitions ‘Synapse 11’ held in Stella Maris College. 

Gokulakrishnan S., Premjothi R. and Moses Inbaraj R. presented papers on 

‘Threats to marine biodiversity in Pulicat Lake’, in the National Conference on 

Marine Biodiversity – Present Status and Prospects, Bharathidasan University, 

Tiruchirappali, 16 to 18 September 2010. 

Premjothi .R, Gokulakrishanan .S and Moses Inbaraj ‘Distribution of macro 

faunal diversity on avain foraging grounds in Southern Pulicat Lake’, ibid. 

Lynda Keren T. and Moses Inbaraj R, paper on ‘The Eutrophic state of pulicat 

lagoon ecosystem: an analysis’, ibid. 

Self- Financed Stream 

• Department of Commerce: Theo Thomas, Deepak, V.C.S. and Manikandan, S., 

II B.Com. Students, won the first prize in the Quiz competition conducted by 

Ethiraj College while Theo Thomas alone won the first prizes in General Quiz and 

Science Quiz organized by Stella Maris College. Yuvasree and Ishwarya, II 

B.Com. won the first prize in the Paper Presentation Competition and Vaishnavi 

and Latha, II B.Com. got first prize in Collage at JBAS College for women. 

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• Department of Business Administration: The I year students of the department 

won the Overall Trophy at the Inter-collegiate meet conducted by Nazareth 

College of Arts and Science; BBA students won the first prize for the product 

packaging event conducted by Hindustan College of Arts and Science; they also 

won the first prize for the Best Manager event conducted by Asan Memorial 

College for Arts and Science. 

Iha Diwan of I BBA (B-Batch) won the first pize in Marathon Boating Race 

conducted by national Level Boating race, representing Madras Boat Club, 

Chennai. The students of BBA won the Semni Finalist for the State Level UG 

Meet conducted by Magna Arts and Science. The football team turned out 

victorious by winning the Overall championship trophy for the academic year 

2010-2011 conducted by College Union Society. 

• Department of Computer Applications: Christy and Joshua of II BCA won the 

first and second prizes respectively in gaming and debugging conducted by Mar 

Gregorios College, 15 February 2011. 

• Department of Microbiology: Poonam Kumari, II M.Sc. bagged the Best 

Question Award at the National Conference on “Processed Foods, a trend beyond 

bread foods” held at MOP Vaishnav College, February 2011. 

• Department of Physics: Sumit Vasant, Renu Rai, I B.Sc., Subramani Karthik, II 

B.Sc., Manoj Kumar and Vishvesh, III B.Sc.won overall championship award for 

Hindi competitions conducted by Hindu College,18 December 2010. 

Saravanaraja, III B.Sc. has won Bronze Medal in Taekwondo Championship 

at the state level tournament at Vel’s University, Chennai, 04 & 05 March 

2011. He has also won the state level championship in Taekwondo held in 

Salem, 10 June 2010. 

Manoj Kumar Parki, III B.Sc. has won Gold Medal in badminton Singles & 

mixed doubles, January. 

Manoj Kumar, Nithin Chandran & Purneshwar of III B.Sc. has won first prize 

for the event Pot Pouri – scintillation conducted by Ethiraj College. 

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Karthikeyan, III B.Sc. has won the ‘Best Student Award’ in the competitions 

conducted by Stella Maris College, 14 October 2010. 

Gladies has won second prize in essay writing competition held by languages 

department (Tamil), MCC, 06 December 2010. 

Sam Santhosh and Robinson. B won I and II prizes respectively in the 

Photography competition (F Stop) held in MCC and Mahesh Ramesh and Sam 

Sathosh got I and II prizes, respectively, in the Photography competition held 

at Asan College of Arts & Science. Robinson. B. got I prize in AdFilm 

competition held at Asan College of Arts & Science. Prakash. E. got the Kavi 

Kalaimani Award at the Poetry competition conducted by Jayam Foundations, 

Trichy. 

• Department of Chemistry: Students actively participated in the Chennai Science 

Festival Exhibition on the theme ‘Science in everyday life’ conducted by Science 

City on 28 January 2011. Jaynath Mangalam, V. Ramya and S. Vidhya of I and II 

M.Sc. students participated in various seminars and panel discussions held on 

January 28 and 01 February 2011. Students exhibited banners, charts, working 

models and demonstration experiments explaining various aspects of applications 

of Chemistry in day-to-day life such as recycling of plastics, water quality studies, 

solar mobile charger, ultra sonic distance monitor, adulteration, etc. 

Jayanth Mangalam presented a paper entitled “Surface water quality assessment of 

Thennari, Poosivakka, Uthiramerur, Kolavai lakes in Kanchipuram Dist, 

Tamilnadu”, J. Samuel Varakumar on “Control of Pullution by Manufacturing 

Ecofriendly Paper”, Sreerag Gopi on “Studies on the Development of cost 

effective Adsorbents for the De-colorization and Degradation of Dye Waste Water 

and S. Vidhya presented a Poster, at the National Seminar on ‘Environmental 

Monitoring: Issues and Challenges’ held at Madras Christian College, 2010. 

• Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management: Vishno Rao, 

III B.Sc., on selection by the College, went on an educational trip to Stanford 

Business College, Durban, South Africa, on a Student Scholarship offered by 

Stanford Business College, for a period of two weeks in November 2010. 

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Malavika Vipin, III B.Sc. won first prize in Paper Presentation in World Tourism 

Day Seminar conducted by Queen Mary’s College, Chennai, September 2010; 

Dennis, II B.Sc., Biri Yama, I B.Sc., Abraham II B.Sc. Kayshelle, III B.Sc., 

Angeline, II B.Sc. won first prize in `Ramp Walk’ at the World Tourism Day 

Inter-collegiate competition conducted by Loyola Institute of Vocational 

Education and Kuoni Academy, September 2010.Jayaram Vishnu (II B.Sc.) 

Malavika Vipin (II B.Sc.) Obed Jackson (I B.Sc.) won Thrid Prize in Quiz in 

“world tourism Day” intercollege competition conducted by Loyola Institute of 

Vocational Education and Kuoni Academy, 28 September 2010. Vishwesh (I 

B.Sc.) won third Prize in “PhotoGallery” in “World Tourism Day” intercollege 

completion conducted by Loyola Institue of Vocational Education and Kuoni 

Academy, 28 September 2010. Surendar (II B.Sc.), Uma shale (II B.Sc.) won 

second Prize in “Creative Art” in “World Tourism Day” intercollege competition 

conducted by Loyola Institute of Vocational Education and Kuoni Academy, 28 

September 2010. R. Obed Jackson & Vishwesh (I B.Sc.) preseted a paper in a 

National Conference on “Wellness Tourism” conducted by D.G.Vaishnav 

College, Arumbakkam, 04 March 2011. 

• Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource Management: Paper 

presentations by the students of the Department: A. Carlin Rama, “Minjur 

desalination plant – an imminent threat to marine biodiversity of North Chennai 

coastal waters”, National Conference on Mrine Biodiversity – Present Status and 

Prospects (MABPSAP – 2010) held at the Department of Marine Science, 

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, September 2010; Devi, P., “Loss of 

seagrass habitats in Pulicat – an adverse effect of biodiversity”, ibid.; Tisha Mary 

George, “Effects of thermal power stations at Ennore on Pulicat lake 

biodiversity”, ibid.; Anindya Mani, “Is Ennore port a threat to the biodiversity of 

Pulicat lake?, ibid.; Rahul Muralidharan, “Environmental parameters required for 

the presence of indo pacific humpback dolphin along Chennai coast”, ibid.; 

P.V.R. Prem Jothi, “Distribution of macro faunal diversity on avian foraging 

grounds in southern Pulicat lake”, ibid.; S. Gokulakrishnan, “Threats to marine 

biodiversity in Pulicat lake”, ibid.; R. Gomathy, “Marine diatom as optical 

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biosensor”, ibid.; and A. Priya, “GIS based spatial assessment of sub littoral 

benthos in Nambuthalai, Palk Bay, Southeast India”, ibid. 

• Rahul Muralidharan, won the Best Paper Presentation Award at the National 

Conference on Marine Biodiversity – Present Status and Prospects, held at the 

Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, 


• P. Devi, M. Harul and Rohit Sawant, came first in the Inter College Quiz 

Competition on ‘Biodiversity’ organized by Chennai Zonal Base of Fishery 

Survey of India, Fishing Harbour, Royapuram, Chennai. 

• Four II M.Sc. students visited the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Silliman 

University, Dukaguete City, Philippines, to study an optional paper on ‘Marine 

Bioreserves and coral reefs’. 

• Department of Hindi: Manoj, III B.Sc. Physics, Subramani Karthick, II B.Sc. 

Physics, Sumit Vashist, I B.Sc. Physics and Renu Rai, I B.Sc. Physics won the 

Overall Trophy at the competitions conducted by DRBCC Hindu College, 

Pattabiram, December 2010; Renu Rai, and Sumit Vashist, I B.Sc. Physics 

participated in the Inter-Collegiate Oratorical competition in Hindi and won the 

Lalachand Dadha Memorial Rolling Cup, organized by the Mylapore Academy at 

the PSS Hr Sec. School, Mylapore, Chennai, February 2011; Alka Beniwal, II 

B.Sc. Maths, won the First Prize in ‘Slogan Writing’, conducted by Guru Shree 

Shanti Vijai Jain College for Women, August 2010; Prachi Mahapatra, I BCA, 

won the First Prize in ‘Debate Competition’ conducted by Guru Shree Shanti Vijai 

Jain College for Women, August 2010; and Sumit Vashist, I B.Sc. Physics, won 

First Prize in ‘On the Spot Speech Competition’, organized by Loyola College, 

Chennai, December 2010. 

• Department of Physical Education, Health Education & Sports: Karthikeyan 

Mariappan, III B.Sc., was selected for Study Abroad Programme during the fifth 

semester at Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. He successfully completed 

the programme. 

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• Athletic Team of the department won the Overall Championship in the XI Tamil 

Nadu Inter State B.Sc. Physical Education Tournament held at Ayya Nadar 

College, Sivakasi, March 2011. 

• Football Team won the XI Tamil Nadu Inter State B.Sc. Physical Education 

Tournament held at Ayya Nadar College, Sivakasi, March 2011. 

• Roberth Vinoth, (I year), got II place in Heptathlon in the Junior State Meet; 

Vinoth Kumar, (II year), secured II place in 400m & 200m event in the Junior 

State Meet; Nijanthan, (I year), got II place in 400 m at Junior State Meet; 

Dinesh B Veerakumar and Balamurugan, (II year), players in the Handball team 

which was placed Runner-up in YMCA College Buck Tournament and also in the 

Madras University inter-zone and also represented Madras University; Saravanan 

& Stejin (III year) represented Madras University in Football; Saranya (II year), 

Silver medalist in Boxing at the Nationals and Gold medalist in State and district 

competitions; Vigneshwaran (I year), Silver Medalist in Boxing at the Madras 

University competition and represented Madras University; Jagan, D. (I year) 

selected for SAIL under 19 Cricket team; Rajan Babu ( I year), Silver medalist in 

Fencing at the State Championship; Shilpa Singh (III year), participated in 

International competition in Taekwondo, stood as referee in the national 

championship and won gold medal in the Vel’s University Taekwondo 

competition in the 65 kg weight category. 

• The Department also organized the inaugural Inter School Athletic Meet in 

October 2010 at which 30 schools took part. MCC Higher Secondary School won 

the overall championship in boys section and Christ King Girls Higher Secondary 

School won the girls Championship. 

• Department of Languages: organized National Conference on 31 March 2011 at 

Martin Hall, Madras Christian College. The Subject of the seminar was “Multiple 

Dimensions of Tamil”. Seminar proceedings were released by Dr. Ponnavikko 

(vice-chancellor of SRM University). Dr. Moorthy from Aligar Muslim 

University, Uttar Pradesh and Dr. Chandrasekar from Delhi University were the 

Chief guests for the conference 

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36. Activities of the Guidance and Counseling Unit: 

The counselling centre of the college provides guidance and counselling to students, 

faculty members and others as and when needed. Students are referred to the 

counselling centre by respective departments. 

In addition to this, MCC is known for its unique staff-student relationship and number 

of departments provide for mentorship and guidance within their respective 

departments. Every department has a women staff who is responsible of mentoring 

women students. 

37. Placement services provided to students: 

The College facilitates absorption of students for direct placement by most leading 

corporate sectors. The placement process this year saw top notch companies vying 

with each other for the early dawn slot to hire talents from MCC offering coveted 

profiles in traditional as well as niche segments. Sectors from across the spectrum – 

Banking, Analytics, Technology, continued their patronage of MCC. Continued faith 

reposed by the corporate sector reaffirms the fact that MCC proves time and time 

again that there is no dearth of talent. There was a substantial increase in the number 

of recruiters this year. In addition to our long standing partners, there was a surge of 

new partners such as Essar, OUP, Advinus, etc. which confirm the fact that brand 

MCC has been witnessing an increased demand by virtue of its exceptional academia, 

pedagogy and student quality. 

• It was felt that a Psychometric Test would immensely benefit the students 

appearing for the various Companies, therefore, such an assessment was provided 

to our students which enabled them to identify their interests, aptitude and 

personality. 

• Some of the leading Companies that visited the Campus for placement: 

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, 

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Donnely, Tally, Infomatics, Bharati Axa Life, Reach, Keane and Co., Colliers, 

Dell, Slash support, C2Workshop, Qcon, GVK Bio. 

• Many Workshops and Seminars were conducted by some of the leading 

Companies and they in turn proved to be excellent motivators which enabled the 

students to hone their various skills – Communication skill, Social skill, ICT skill, 

etc. 

• BBA students got placements in Wipro, Dell, Essar, Google and McKinsey. 

• Department of BCA: 14 students of the Department of Computer Applications 

have been placed in CTS, Wipro-BPO/IT and DELL. 

• Department of MCA: 15 out of 30 students were placed in the placement 

programme held for the MCA(2007-2010) batch (2-TCS, 4-Redblack Tree 

Technolgies, 2- Ameex, 2-Infonovum Technologies , 1-CADS, 1-webstix, 1- 

Corent Technolgies, 2-Temenos). 

• The placement programme for the MCA (2008-11) batch is still in process 18 

out of 29 students are already placed (4-TCS, 2-CTS, 4-Amexx, 1-CADS, 2- 

Redblack Tree Technolgies, 2 – Infonovum Technolgies, 3- Webstix). 

38. Development programmes for non-teaching staff: 

An Orientation Programme for Non-Teaching Staff was organized by the College on 

14 August 2010. While the Session on Personal Effectiveness was handled by 

Mr. Anto Vincent, the Session on Organizational Excellence was conducted by our 

former Bursar Dr. P. R. Guruswamy. 

39. Healthy practices of the institution: 

Curriculum: 

• A holistic curriculum that encompasses discipline specific courses and courses 

on Personality Development, Value Education, Gender Studies, Social 

Studies, Social Ethics, Christian Studies, Extension Programmes, Computer 

Education and skill-based training. 

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• Inter-disciplinary courses and General courses at UG level give an UG student 

a broad based education experience at MCC. 

• Involvement of stakeholders in formation of curriculum through Boards of 

Studies and Academic Council. 

• A strong focus on research at Masters Level with 16 Departments offering 

M.Phil and 14 Departments offering Ph.D programmes. 

• Opportunities for students to choose from a variety of regional and foreign 

languages offered at the Under Graduate Level. 

• The Academic ambience at MCC has a strong Christian value base that is 

relevant to the social needs of the neighbourhood communities. 

• The School of Continuing Education offers various certificate, diploma and 

PG diploma programmes that enables students to pursuing additional 

qualifiications. 

Teaching- Learning: 

• Involvement of faculty in research, publications and presentation of papers at 

conferences enables them to be continuously updated with new trends in their 

respective disciplines. 

• Efforts made by departments to use ICT in classroom teaching and learning. 

• Students centric teaching methodologies that provides hands-on experiential 

learning opportunities to students through field trips, study tours, laboratory 

sessions, internships and research work. 

• Innovative testing methods that include scrap books, group presentations, 

seminars, practicals and projects. 

Students: 

• Students’ representation and involvement in the decision-making bodies such 

as Senatus, Academic Council, Board of Studies, Disciplinary Committee. 

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• Opportunities for leadership through the college union society, department 

associations, hall cabinets and other forums which provide for development of 

skills, values and aptitudes. 

• The ambience of the College provides opportunities for learning beyond the 

classroom. 

• The College culturals – “Deepwoods” and various other Hall and Department 

Cultural Programmes give the students an opportunity to showcase their skills 

and talents. 

Support Systems: 

• Unique Hall systems that provide accommodation for men and women 

students to live on campus 

• 24 hour medical care with a Resident Medical Officer who lives on campus 

• Counselling services both formal and through a system of mentoring 

• Placement services and Career Guidance that provide job opportunites to 

students 

• Number of Scholarships of the Government and instituted by the management 

and prizes that provide support and encouragement to students 

• Students Centre and Cafeteria, Stationary and Photocopying outlet that cater to 

the needs of students and staff. 

• Excellent sports facilties with spacious sports arena, regular coaching, 

financial aid, free boarding and lodging that enable students to train and excel 

in sports activities 

Community Outreach: 

• A comprehensive network of neighbourhood extension ministires which 

involves faculty and students in both academic and social activities 

• A strong focus on ensuring that MCC as an institution remains to be sensitive 

and respond appropriately to the social needs of communities through various 

extension programmes 

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• Mainstreaming of gender concerns through the Centre for Women’s Studies, 

Women’s empowerment programme of Family Life Institute, various gender 

based courses, conferences and workshops and research conducted by various 

departments 

International Programmes: 

• Increase in number of international programmes that enhances cross cultural 

competencies among students and faculty through faculty and student 

exchanges, international study tours, international internships and interaction 

with international students and faculty. 

Unique activities: 

• Scrub society promotes environmental awareness and thereby protects the rich 

biodiversity on campus 

• The office of the Curator looks after tha 365 acre campus and ensure its 

protection. 

• Staff Study Circle, which is a forum that provides a platform for intellectual 

discourse among faculty 

• Interaction among women on campus is enriched through the Staff Wives and 

Women Staff Association (SWASA). The result of it is evident through 

various community and social development activities. 

Infrastructure: 

• The Main Building designed by a Swiss Architect with good ambience and 

ventilation hosts majority of the administrative and academic departments of 

the College 

• Addition of new building such as the Centre for Media Stuides, Centre for 

International Social Work, Margaret Hall of Residence for women students, 

extension of MacNicol’s women’s Lounge for non-resident women’s students 

and women faculty are some of the highlights. 

• Continuous upgradation and addition of infrastructure facilities and 

equipments have enriched the academic environment 

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Campus Ministries: 

• The commitment to spiritual vitality is manifested through various 

programmes of Campus Minisitris, Student Christian Movement, Institute for 

Advanced Christian Studies, worship programmes of Heber Chapel and 

Anderson Hall that enables the institution to uphold its strong Christian ethos. 

40. Linkages developed with National /International Academic /Research /bodies 

International: 

International Students at MCC: The College still maintains its cosmopolitan nature 

attracting students not only from all over India, but also from foreign countries such 

as USA, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, Srilanka, Tanzania, Thailand, 

Bhutan, Nigeria, etc. We have at present 190 overseas students on our roll. 

Student Exchange Programme: We receive students from overseas institutions 

under Study Abroad Programme/Semester in India Programme, such as Davidson 

College, Elmhurst College, St. Olaf College, Germanna College, etc., USA, 

University of South Australia, Australia, and Thompson Rivers University, Canada. 

Our students are also sent to the University of South Australia and the Flinders 

University, Australia, Silliman University, Philippines, Stanford College, Durban, 

South Africa, for a semester/short term programme which gives opportunity to our 

students to know about foreign education. 

Students from a consortium of colleges in U.S.A called Brethren Colleges Abroad 

(B.C.A.), Pennsylvania, U.S.A. study different courses across several Departments for 

a Semester since January 2011. 

Meeting with the Premier of South Australia, Hon. Michael Rann: The Staff and 

Students of the department of Social Work had the opportunity to meet with the 

Premier of South Australia – Honourable Michael Rann MP, Hotel Taj Coromandel – 

Chennai, to strengthen the academic exchange programme between MCC and 

universities in South Australia on 4 September 2010. 

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Centre for International Social Work: Department of Social Work (Day) has taken 

the lead in establishing international partnerships, and signing of MOUs. The Center 

for International Social Work, which has as many as six international partners, 

promises to offer an academically challenging and socially relevant programme for 

their partners. 

Student Interns from partner institutions: The following student internship and 

orientation programmes were organized for international students: 

• 17 students and 2 faculty from Chang Jung Christian University, Taiwan, visited 

the CISW from the 29 August to 02 September 2010. Field visits, Lectures and 

interaction with Indian and Tibetan students were organized. 

• Mr. Vincent from the Amsterdam University, Netherlands from June to December 


• Ms. Meaghan Waters from Thompson Rivers University –Canada from January to 

March 2011. 

• Ms. Christine Safe from the University of South Australia from March to May 


• Ms. Kate from the Flinders University, South Australia from March to June 2011. 

International Visitors: 

Number of international visitors visited the CISW to explore the possibilities of 

collaborative partnerships and also to strengthen them further. 

• 30 June 2010 – Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Gerald Pillay of Liverpool Hope University, 

UK. 

• 23 to 27 November 2010 – Dr. Adrian Adams, Chair, Department of Social Work, 

Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. 

• 2 faculty from the School of Social Work, Flinders University, Adelaide, South 

Australia, November 2010. 

• Dr. Leon Ginsberg and Dr. Kelly Ashcraft from Appalachian State University, 

USA, 26 to 30 September 2011. 

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• Dr. Jim, Mr. Joop, Dr. Marjan and Dr. Simon from Netherlands, 17 to 22 January 


• Dr. Shari Galiardi- Director, Service Learning Programs, Dr. Robin Byerly, 

Department of Management Studies, Dr. Judy Kaplan, Department of Social 

Work, Appalachian State University, USA, 26 & 30 January 2011. 

Department of Zoology & Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management 

International Visitors: (i) Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann, Vice President, UBCHEA 

from Hongkong visited Estuarine Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, 9 June 2010; (ii) Dr. 

Neil Palkey from Uniata College, Hungington, pennsylvania, USA visited Estuarine 

Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, 26 June 2010; (iii) Dr. Betty Cernol-McCann, vicepresident, 

UBCHEA, Hong Kong, 26 August 2010; (iv) Dr. Christopher Ablan, 

Liaison Officer to UBCHEA, Silliman University, 26 August 2010; (v) Dr. Fely 

Panoy David, Dean of School of Graduate Studies, Central Philippine University, 

Phillipines, 26 August 2010; (vi) Dr. Arie Pondonuwas and Dr. Hennay Dieu from 

Sam Ratulangi University, Indonesia; (vii) Dr. Janet S. Estacion from Silliman 

University, Philippines; (viii) Dr. Laurentius Th. X lalmentik from Sam Ratulangi 

University, Indonesia; (ix) Hilconida P. Calumpong, Director and Dr. Janet S. 

Estacion, Institute of Environmental and Marine Science, Silliman University, 

Philippines, 26 August 2010; (x) Dr. Siegfried Berhimpon, Director of Post Graduate 

Programs, Sam Ratulangi University was accompanied by three faculty members of 

the Department of Fishereis and Marine Science, 26 August 2010; (xi) 

Representatives of Artha Wacana Christian University were Dr. Ir. Godlief F. 

Neonufa, MT., the Rector and Dr. Wilson L. Tsiera, Faculty, College of Marine and 

Fisheries, 26 August 2010; (xii) Dr. Chris Paradise Professor of Environment 

Biology, Davidson College for Ecology & Environment, Charlotte, USA, 20 

December 2010; and (xiii) Students of Biology from Brethren Colleges Abroad, USA 

visited the department in February 2011. 

National: 

The Department of Plant Bilogy & Plant Biotechnology has linkages with national 

organizations for collaborative research programmes. Some of them are listed below: 

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• National Biodiversity Association (NBA) 

• Botanical Survey of India (BSI), 

• Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Chennai 

• Department of Environment - Tamil Nadu, Chennai 

• FRLHT, Bangalore 

• C.P. Ramaswamy Research Foundation (CPRRF) , Chennai 

• Krishnamoorthy Institute of Algology (KIA), Chennai 

41. Any other relevant information the institution wishes to add. 

PUBLICATIONS (Aided Stream) 

Department of English 

• K. Abitha, “Readymade Cliches: A Study of the Indian Culture Industry”, 

Application of Contemporary Critical Theories in Literary and Media Studies, 

Ed. by S. Franklin Daniel and K. Ganesh, Department of English, Madras 

Christian College, 2010, ISBN 978-81-910993-0-0. 

• Judy Bhaskaran, “Women in the The Books of Proverbs” and ‘Women in 

Meida’, ibid. 

• Phebe Angus, G., “Evolution of Film Discourses – An Ecocritical Study of 

Films”, ibid. 

• Christina Dhanasekaran, “Instinct – An Understanding of the Deep Ecological 

Consciousness” and “The Comedy of Biology – An Ecocritical Reading of the 

Film Instinct”, ibid. 

• Deepa Priyadarshini, “Is ‘pure’ translation possible? A Study of Relationships 

among language, culture and translation” (p. 72) in the book ‘Recent 

Advances in Linguistics’ - a silver jubilee commemoration volume released by 

the Department of Linguistics, Bharathiar University with ISBN 978-81- 

910681. 

• J. Dinesh Kumar, “The Discourse of the ‘Theatre of Absurd’ is Postmodern” 

in Application of Contemporary Critical Theories in Literary and Meida 

Studies. ED. S. Franklin Daniel, K. Ganesh, Chennai: Madras Christian 

College, Department of Engish, ISBN-978-81-910993-0-0. 

Department of Tamil 

• G. Rajendran, articles on (i) “EL eendra Alpha A”, ‘Muthanmozhi’ Magazine, 

April to June 2010; (ii) “Name – Etymology of the Word”, ‘Muthanmozhi’ 

Magazine, September 2010; and (iii) “Mugam Thamizhe”, in ‘Thenseithi’, 


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• Y. Gnanachandra Johnson, books entitled (i) “Kristava Keerthanai 

Kavignargal”, Keerthana Padippagam, June 2010; (ii) “Kristava Ilakkiya 

Valam”, Mullai Nilayam Publishers, June 2010; and (iii) article on “Suvisedha 

Puranam – Ore Arimugam” in the book ‘Kristava Keerthanai valam’, June 


• P. David Prabhakar, published a paper on ‘Tamil Elements in the Philippines 

Language and Culture”, Department of Tamil (SFS), Madras Christian 

College, 31 March 2011. 

Department of Political Science 

• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, (i) “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); (ii) “Dive for Deterrence: India’s Sea-based Nuclear 

Deterrence: The Quest for Credibility and Survivability”, Geopolitics Vol 1 

Issue 2 June 2010; and (iii) “Perilous Convergence: The Emergent China- 

Pakistan Naval Convergence”, Geopolitics, Vol 1 Issue V September 2010; 

(iv) “The Russian Resurgence and implications for India: New Power Matrix”, 

Strategic Affairs (New Delhi: Centre for Asian Strategic Studies) January 

2011; and (v) “China’s Proposed Review of its Nuclear Doctrine” in Strategic 

Affairs (New Delhi: Centre for Asian Strategic Studies) February 2011. 

Department of Public Administration 

• V. Vijay Devanesen, P. Kingsley A. Chandrasekaran, UGC Academic Staff 

College, University of Madras, (i) “Historical Perspectives of Reservation 

Policy in Tamil Nadu” in the book ‘Reservation Policy in India’, Scitech 

Publications (India) Pvt Ltd, Chennai, pp 101-109 (ISBN: 978-81-8371-285- 

9), 2010; (ii) “E-Democracy in India – Implication and Imper Actives”, 

Quarterly journal of political Science (IJPS), vol. LXXII, No.2, April – June 

2011, pp 395-401 ISSN No. 0919-5510. 

Department of Economics 

• Duraisamy, (i) “Crop Insurance: An Experiment in National Agriculture 

Insurance Scheme (NAIS)”, International Academic Journal of Applied 

Economics (ISSN No. 2229-564), Vol. 1, No.1, November 2010; and (ii) 

“Problems and Prospects of Sea Food Exports”, India 2020, Excel India 

Publishers, September 2010. 

• V. Jacquline Raja Bai, articleon “Socio-Economic Impact of Climate Changes: 

Threat to Food Security”, in the book Climate Economics: Impact and 

Assessment of Climate Change, edited by Dr D. Kumar, Jamal Mohamed 

College, Trichy. 

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Department of Philosophy 

• M. Gabriel, (i) a book entitled “Subjectivity and Religious Truth in the 

Philosophy of Soren Kierkegaard”, Mercer University Press, Georgia, USA, 

2010; and (ii) articles on (a) “The Works of Love – Gandhi and Kierkegaard – 

A Critique”, International Journal, Kierkegaardian, C.A. Reitzels Forlag, XII, 

Copenhaen, 2010; (b) “Ramanuja and Kierkegaard on the concept of Faith” in 

Beyond Borders – Challenging Boundaries of Philosophy, Faith and 

Education, Primatogue Publishers, Bangalore, 2010; (c) “Family and Values 

in a Pluralistic Society”, Journal of Intercultural Philosophy, Satya Nilayam, 

Chennai, 2010; (d) “The Happy and Harmonious Family”, Journal of 

Intercultural Philosophy, Satya Nilayam, Chennai, 2010; (e) “Democracy in 

the Family: Insights from India”, Journal of Intercultural Philosophy, Satya 

Nilayam, Chennai, 2010; and (f) “The Philosophical Dimensions of Love 

according to Kierkegaard”, College Magazine, Madras Christian College, 

Chennai, 2010-11. 

• K. Joshua, along with T. Ambrose Jeyasekaran, (i) The history of the College 

titled “Life and Legacy of Madras Christian College (1837-1978)”, October 

2010; and (ii) article on “Non-violence” to the South Asia Bible Commentary 

being published by the Langham Partnership Regional Council of South Asia, 

United Kingdom. 

Department of Commerce 

• Charles Suresh David, (i) “The Aftermath of Recession: The Road to 

Recovery”, Journal of Finance, Accounting and Management, Volume 2 

Number 1, 1 January 2011 (JFAM) Online Ed ISSN: 2153-2826; Print Ed 

ISSN: 2153-2818. http://gsmi-jfam.com; (ii) “The Aftermath of Recession- 

The Road to Recovery”, proceedings of the Third Annual Global Business 

Summit Conference ISSN:1947-833X, March 2011; and (iii) “Financial 

Innovations in India: Balancing the Goals of Growth and Stability” in Indian 

Industry: Fostering Economic Development, ISBN- 978-81-920303-1-9, 


• S. John Gabriel, (i) authored books (a) with Dr. A. Marcus, on “Financial 

Accounting”, published by Tata McGraw hill Education Ltd, New Delhi, July 

2010, Total no. of pages 1079; (b) “Role of Micro-Finance in Promoting 

Women Entrepreneurship”, published by Serials Publications, New Delhi, in 

Micro-Finance in India, pp 143-161, January 2011; (ii) pubished papers on (a) 

“Consumer Preference towards Maruthi Suzuki cars under the shadow of 

financial crisis - A Study” published by Madras Christian College, Tambaram, 

Chennai, September 2010; (b) “Financial Inclusion - The role of India Post 

Network” published by Women’s Christian College, in October 2010; (c) “Role 

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of Women entrepreneurs in developing Indian Economy – A Study” published in 

International Journal of Marketing Theory of Serials Publications, New Delhi, 

December 2010; (d) “BPO Industry in India – towards a Brighter Future”, 

National Seminar organized by Patrician college of Arts & Science, Chennai – 

20. (ISBN : 978-81*-88331-19-8; P no. 302-304), 05 March 2011; and (iii) 

FBook chapter on “Role of Electricity in the Development of Agricultural 

Sector in Tamil Nadu” in a book entitled Development of Indian Agriculture, 

(Trends & Challenges) published by Southern Economist Golden Jubilee 

publication, Banglore, ISBN 978-81-910247-2-2, May 2011. P. no 68-82. 

• T. Shirmila, articles on (i) “Customer Relationship Management – An 

Entrepreneur’s Tool for quality Interaction”, published by Excel Books, New 

Delhi, pp 243-249; (ii) “Innovation in Customer Service and Sustainable 

Banking – Major Trends in the Banking Sector”, published by Excel India 

Publishers, New Delhi, pp. 189-193; (iii) “Significance of Customer 

Relationship Management and Impact of Demographic Variables on Elements 

of CRM” published by Anuragam, Chennai, pp. 682-688, 2010; and (iv) 

‘Green Marketing – The journey towards Sustainable growth’, published by 

Semmoodhai Pathipagam, Chennai, ISBN: 978-93-81006-00-9, pp.146-149: 


• Florence John, published papers on (i) “Financial Inclusion in India”, Trends 

and Progress in the Financial Sector, Excel India Publishers, pp. 30-33; (ii) 

“IFRS Convergence for Indian Banks”, in Recent Developments in Banking 

and Financial Sectors – Its Impact on Other Sectors, pp. 104-108; (iii) “A 

Study on the Employability Skills in Enhancing Managerial Skills”, pp. 277- 

279; (iv) “ATM and Its Impact on Productivity in Commercial Banks”, 

Human Resource Management in Public Sector Banks, ISBN 978-81-907920- 

5-5, Learn Tech Press, Pg. No. 244-249; (v) “An Analytical Study of 

Chennaites’ Preferences towards Broadband Services” in Global Management: 

Issues, Challenges and Opportunities, ISBN 978-93-81006-00-9, Semmoodhai 

Pathipagam, Pg. No. 123-128; (vi) “Forensic Accounting: A Skill to Uncover 

the Extent of The Fraud and Other Accounting Irregularities” in 

Transformation, Adaptation and Sustainability towards a Bright Future “, 

ISBN 978- 81-88331-19-8, P.T. Bell Publishers, Pg. No. 196-198; (vii) “Value 

Relevance of Accounting Information – An Indian Perspective” in Economic 

Development and Business Strategies” ISSN: 1947 -833X, Pg. No. 438-448; 

and (viii) “ERM: A Key to Improved CRM” in Economic Development and 

Business Strategies” ISSN: 1947 -833X, Pg. No. 449-459; (ix) Value 

Relevance of Accounting Information – An Indian Perspective, Journal of 

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Finance, Accounting and Management (JFAM), Online Ed ISSN: 2153-2826: 

Print Ed ISSN: 2153-2818, Volume 2 Number, 01 Jan 2011. 

• Janet E. John, published (i) “Attracting and retaining Customers” published by 

NCCR Publication, Coimbatore, Pg. No.153-154, ISBN: 978-81-909150-7-6; 

and (ii) “Employee health and Safety” published by P.T. Bell 

Publications, Chennai, ISBN-978-81-88331-19-8, 2011, Pg.Nos. 64-65. 

• Tabitha Durai, published a paper “Role of career Anchors in career 

Development”, Opportunities and Challenges in the Current Global Business 

Scenario ISBN 978-81-8371-383-2, 2011. 

• Anli Suresh, published papers on (i) “A Study on Consumer Perception about 

Life Insurance – with reference to Chennai City”, Proceedings of the II 

Annual Global Business Summit Conference, pp 113-123, June 2010; (ii) “A 

Study on Financial Innovations and Better Investment option based on 

Individual Preferences”, International Journal of Business Intelligence & 

Management, published by International Sciences Press, Vol. 1, pp 169-178; 

(iii) “Financial Innovation & Consumer Protection – Possible Benefits and 

Risks”, Perspectives on Business Vision 2020, published by Himalaya 

Publishing House, pp 1-7; (iv) “An Analytical View of Financial Innovations 

based on Investors Opinion”, published by Anuragam Publishers, Chennai, pp 

88-92; (v) “Financial Innovations – Engine of Growth or Source of 

Instability?, published by Pointer Publishers, Jaipur, pp 7-30; (vi) 

“Questionnaire Method of Data Collection in Academic Research – Issues, 

Challenges and Solutions”, published by Dr MGR Educational & Research 

Institute, Chennai, pp. 71-74; (vii) “Taking Banking Services to the Common 

Man: A Critical Assessment”, Anuragam Publishers, Chennai, pp 83-85; 

(viii) “Financial Inclusion in Indian Banking Services in Southern Region of 

India – A Critical Analysis”, published by SCITECH Publishers (India) Pvt 

Ltd, Chennai, pp 108-109; (ix) “Factors Influencing Life Insurance Policy 

Selection – An Empirical Study”, ibid., (x) “A Conceptual Review on the 

Usefulness of Financial Innovations”, Deep & Deep Publishers (India) Pvt 

Ltd, New Delhi, pp 1023; (xi) “An Insight into the role of NGOs in 

promoting self help groups towards financial inclusion in India”, Anuragam 

Publishers, Chennai, pp 12-15; (xii) “A Comparative Study on Consumer 

Behaviour and Branding in Telecom Services of Tata Docomo and Bharti 

Airtel”, published by Vijay Nichole Imprints Pvt Ltd, Chennai, pp 3-8; (xiii) 

“Impact of Global Economic Recession 2008 – with reference to Foreign 

Banks in India”, published by Global Research Publications, pp 39-50; (xiv) 

“A Study on Consumer Buying behaviour and Brand Preference with respect 

to Brand Elements among Women – An Empirical Assessment”, published by 

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Research Centre for Consumerism, Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil, pp 

688, (xv) “An Insight into Financial Literacy based on a study on savings 

pattern among Urban College Students” published by Serials Publications, 

New Delhi, pp 109-124; (xvi) “Financial Crisis and its Impact on Indian 

Capital Market in the Arena Of Financial Innovations And Global Best 

Practices” in the proceedings of the Third Annual Global Business Summit 

Conference ISSN:1947-833X, March 2011 Page Nos.406-420; and (xvii) 

“Role Played Banks in the Process of Resource Mobilization and Supporting 

Economic Growth In India” in the proceedings of the Third Annual Global 

Business Summit Conference ISSN:1947-833X, March 2011, Page Nos.421 - 

437; In International Journals; (xviii) “Financial Crisis and its Impact on 

Indian Capital Market in the Arena of Financial Innovations and Global Best 

Practices”, International Journal of Finance, Accounting and Management 

(JFAM) Published by Global Strategic Management Inc. GSMI-USA.COM 

(Online Ed.) ISSN: 2153-2826 (Print Ed.) ISSN: 2153-2818 Volume 1, 

Number1, July 2010 Page Nos.12-26. http://gsmi-jfam.com; (xix) “Role 

Played by Banks in the Process of Resource Mobilization and Supporting 

Economic Growth in India”, International Journal of Finance, Accounting and 

Management (JFAM) Published by Global Strategic Management Inc. GSMI- 

USA.COM Online Ed.)ISSN: 2153-2826 (Print Ed.) ISSN: 2153-2818 

Volume 1, Number1, July 2010 Page Nos.63 -79. http://gsmi-jfam.com; (xx) 

“A Study on Student Participation in Quality Enhancement in Higher 

Educational Change”, in Discussions in Higher Education Published by 

HEF’s Indian Journal of Higher Education, Mumbai,pg.nos35-39. ISSN 0976- 

1314,Vol. II, Issue I, January - June 2011. 

Department of Mathematics 

• V. Rajkumar Dare, “Watson- Crick online tessellation Automaton and timed 

Watson- Crick w-Automaton’, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Bio- 

Inspired Computing (BICTA 2010). 

• N.G. David, J.D. Emerald & P. Persis Glory, “Petri Net Models and Non 

Linear Genetic Diseases”, Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Bio- 

Inspired Computing (BICTA 2010), 1466 -1470, 2010. 

• D.G. Thomas et al. proceedings “Learning of Local Polyhexes Picture 

Languages”, National Conference, Applied Mathematics (NCAM 2010), 

Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2010, 63-67. 

• D.G. Thomas et al. proceedings “A learning algorithm for a subclass of tree 

replacement systems”, International Conference, Mathematics and Computer 

Science, GK Publishers 2010, 166-170. 

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• D.G. Thomas et al, “Recognizability of Polyhexes, In Mathematical and 

Computational Models, Recent Trends”, Narosa Publishing House, 2010, 163- 

168 

• D.G. Thomas, “Gradual Tree Automata, Trees and ω-Trees, In Mathematical 

and Computational Models, Recent Trends”, Narosa Publishing House, 2010, 

169-179. 

• D.G. Thomas et al. (i) proceedings “Hexagonal Arrays and Sub-arrays”, 

International Conference on Mathematics and Computer Science, GK 

Publishers 2010, 171-175; (ii) A new method for generation of threedimensional 

cubes, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6026 (2010), 119-129; 

(iii) Online Tessellation Automaton Recognizing Various Classes of Convex 

Polyominoes, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6026 (2010), 95-106; (iv) 

proceedings “Parallel Splicing on Iso-Arrays”, IEEE International Conference, 

Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications, IEEE PRESS, 2010, 

1535-1542; and (v) Parallel Double Splicing on Images, Proceedings of IEEE 

International Conference of Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and 

Applications, IEEE PRESS, 2010, 1558-1567. 

• D.G. Thomas & N.G. David, proceedings “On inference of ω-tree languages 

from prefixes”, National Conference, Applied Mathematics (NCAM 2010), 

Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2010, 68-72. 

• D.G. Thomas & P.J. Abisha, “Learning Subclasses of Parallel Communicating 

Grammar Systems”, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 6339 (2010), 301– 

304. 

• D.G. Thomas, P. Abisha Jeyanthi & D. Jayaseelan Samuel, “Symmetric Key 

Cryptosystems for pictures, Proceedings of the National Conference on 

Applied Mathematics (NCAM 2010)”, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd, 2010, 44- 

49. 

• D.G. Thomas & V. Rajkumar Dare, et al. Collage of Iso-Picture Languages 

and P Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6026 (2010), 107-118. 

• D.G. Thomas, H. Geetha & T. Kalyani, Recognizable Polyhexes and their 

Acceptors, In ‘Object Modeling, Algorithms and Applications’ (Editors: 

Reneta Barneva, Valentin, Brimkov, Renato Natal Jorge and Jano Manual 

Tavares), Research Publishing Services, Singapore, 2010, 91-104. 

• T. Robinson et al. (i) Tile Pasting P System with Multiple-Edge Pasting, 

SEAL 2010, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6457, pp. 329–338, 2010.© 

Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010; (ii) Tactile Graphic Tool for Portable 

Digital Pad, ICCHP 2010, Part II, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6180, 

pp. 403–406, 2010.© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010; (iii) Tile 

Pasting Systems for Tessellation and Tiling Patterns, CompIMAGE 2010, 

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science 6026, pp. 72–84, 2010.© Springer-Verlag 

Berlin Heidelberg 2010; and (iv) A Variant of Tile Pasting P System for Tiling 

Patterns, BIC-TA 2010 Proc. Vol II, pp, 1543 - 1549, 2010 © IEEE Press. 

• D.G. Thomas & T. Robinson, et al., (i) Learning of Church-Rosser Tree 

Rewriting Systems, ICGI 2010, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 6339, 

pp. 284–287, 2010 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010; and (ii) 

Trajectory Array P System, BIC-TA 2010 Proc. Vol II, pp, 1568 - 1576, 2010 

© IEEE Press. 

• B. Adolf Stephen et al, (i) Subclasses of harmonic mappings defined by 

convolution, Applied mathematics Letters 23(2010)1243 – 1247; (ii) New 

Subclass of Salagean type Harmonic Univalent Functions, Chamchuri Journal 

of Mathematics Vol 2.2010 No.1,81-92; (iii) Coefficient bounds for 

meromorphic starlike and convex functions, Pacific-Asian Journal of 

Mathematics, 4(1) (2010), 1 – 10; (iv) Starlikeness and subordination of two 

integral operators, Thai Journal of Mathematics, 8(1) (2010), 141 – 148; (v) 

Coefficient problems for certain classes of p-valent functions involving 

Hadamard products, Analale Universităţii Oradea Fasc. Matematica, TOM 

XVII, 2 (2010), 47 – 53; and (vi) Some coefficient inequalities for certain 

subclasses of analytic functions with respect to k-symmetric points, Int. 

Journal of Math. Analysis, 4(35) (2010), 1745 - 1751. 

• Thomas Rosy et al, (i) Subordination results and integral means for k – 

uniformly star like functions, Acta Universitais Apulensis, 21, (2010), 171- 

183; (ii) Subclass of k – uniformly star like functions associated with wright’s 

generalized hypergeometric functions, Global Journal of Science Frontier 

Research, 10(5), (2010), 39-48; and (iii) Subordination and super ordination 

results for functions associated with convolution structure, Int. J. open 

problems complex analysis, Vol. 2, No. 2, (2010), 67-82. 

• D.G. Thomas & P. Abisha Jeyanthi edited book titled “Cryptography, 

Automata and Learning Theory” has been published by the Narosa 

Publications, New Delhi, 2011. 

Department of Statistics 

• R. Chandrasekaran, Classification of Textile Fabrics using Statistical 

Multivariate Techniques, Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor and Francis, 

London, UK. ISSN 0266-4763 Print/ISSN 1360-0532. 

• G. Manivannan, “Identification of Consistent and Distinct Writing Styles: A 

Clustering-based Stylistic Analysis”, Language Forum, A Journal of Language 

and Literature, New Delhi, pp. 576-72, 2010. 

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Department of Physics 

• N. Lakshminarayan, et al., (i) “Simulation and Study of influence of the 

buffer intrinsic layer, back surface field, densities of interface defects, 

resistivity of p-type silicon substrate and transparent conductive oxide on 

heterojunction with intrinsic thin-layer (HIT) solar cell: Solar Energy 84 

(2010) 777-783; (ii) “A Novel Fabrication Process of an Offset Gate 

Nonvolatile Memory on glass and the influence of the Offset Gate Structure 

on the Device Characteristics”, Solid State Electronics; (iii) “Optimized 

surface passivation of n and p type silicon wafers using hydrogenated Sin x 

layers”, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 356 (2010) 2880-2883; and (iv) 

“Interface Characterization and Electrical Transport Mechanisms in a Si:H/c- 

Si heterojunction solar cells”, Journal of the Electrochemical Society 158(3) 

(2011) H312-H317. 

Department of Chemistry 

• Wilfred Sugumar, published papers on (i) “Combined anaerobic-aerobic 

bacterial degradation of dyes”, E-Journal of Chemistry 7(3), p. 739-744, July 

2010; and (ii) “Adsoption of Acid Red 18 from aqueous solution onto 

activated carbon prepared from murraya koenigii (curry tree) seeds’ in Asian 

J. Chem, 23(1), 2011, p 219-224. 

• J.K. Panda, authored a book “Living Science – Chemistry” for class 9 (Tamil 

Nadu Matriculation Syllabus), published by Ratha Sagar Pvt.Ltd., Delhi– 

110009, June 2010. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar, J. K. Panda, Shyamala Lionel, T. Jaba Priya & 

V. Sudha authored a manual “Biotechnology for Chemists” sponsored by 

UGC and was released, March 2011. 

Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology 

• M. Baluswami, published a book “Phaeophyceae of India and 

Neighbourhood”, Vol. I (Ectocarpales, Sphacelariales, Dictyotales, 

Chordariales and Scytosiphonales), Krishnamurthy Institute of Algology, 

Chennai, 2010. 

• J. Jayanthi, K. Karthikeyan, R. Sumathi & D. Narasimhan, Addition to the 

Genus Medinilla (Melastomataceae) from Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve. 

Indian Journal of Forestry. 33:2. 245-246. 

• K. Karthikeyan, R. Sumathi, J. Jayanthi & D. Narasimhan, Codonacanthus 

sanjappae sp. nov. (Acanthaceae) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, 

Nordic Journal of Botany 28: 501-502. 

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• Cordilea Hannah, E. Joyce Sudandara Priya & Anu Annama Mammen, 

Durational Mutagenic Effect of Coke and Pepsi on the root meristems of 

Allium cepa. Biosciences, Biotechnology Research Asia 7(2) 807-812, 2010. 

• Ravi Shankar. S, R. Rangarajan, D.V.L. Saradha and C. Sreenath Kumar, 

Evaluation of Antibacterial Activity and Phytochemical Screening of Wrightia 

tinctoria L. Pharmacognosy Journal 14(2):19-22, 2010. 

• Anu Annama Mammen, Joyce Sudandara Priya E. & Cordilea Hannah, 

Gentoxic effect of Furazolidone, an anti-diarroheal drug on the root meristems 

of Allium cepa L. Functional Plant Sciences and Biotechnology 5(1):14-16. 

• Arisdason, W. & Daniel, P. Syzygium chandrasekharanii Chandrab. & V. 

Chandras, is a synonym of Syzygium fergusonii (Trimen) Gamble 

(Myrtaceae). Indian J. Forestry 2010, 33: 221 – 224. 

• Pradeep Kumar, G., Sasikala, K., Arisdason, W. & Ravindran, C.P. Floristic 

Diversity of Mahe, Union Territory of Puducherry – An Appraisal. In: the 

proceedings of the paper presented at XX Annual IAAT Conference at 

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore during 26 – 28 November, 2010. p. 97. 

• Sasikala. K., Pradeep Kumar, G., Arisdason, W., Girish Kumar, E. and 

Ravindran, C.P., A Preliminary Analysis of the Flora of Mahe, Union 

Territory of Puducherry. Accepted for publication in Eco-Chronicle 

Department of Zoology 

• Manu Thomas Mathai & Anulin Christudas, presented a paper on “Isolated 

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

nucleotide sequence is deposited in the gene bank NCBI, USA (National 

Centre for Biotechnological Information, Access No. GU0354141). 

• Ann Sudhir et. al, (i) “GenBank flat file: LOCUS HQ413153 582 bp DNA 

linear INV”, Definition: Aleurolobus barodensis cytochrome oxidas subunit I- 

like gene, partial sequence; mitochrondrial. ACCESSION HQ 413153, 

VERSION HQ 413153; and (ii) Genotyping of white fly using COI 

(cytochrome oxides subunit –I) gene. REFERENCE 2 (bases 1 to 582), 

Journal Submitted (11 Oct 2010) Biotechnology, Biozone Research 

Technologies, Chennai. 

PUBLICATIONS (Self-Financed Stream) 

Department of Computer Science (MCA) 

• Feminna Sheeba, research paper entitled “Segmentation and Reversible 

Watermarking of Peripheral Blood Smear Images”, in the Proceedings of the 

5th IEEE Conference Bio-inspired Computing: Theory and Applications 

(BICTA) 2011 in 8 to 10 September 2010 in the Liverpool Hope University, 

Liverpool, UK, Pg. 1373-1376. 

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Department of Social Work 

• R. Belinda, published papers on the book released (i) the National Conference, 

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore “Social Exclusion and Migrant Women 

Construction Workers”; and (ii) proceedings, International Conference by the 

Department of Social Work, Madras Christian College, Tambaram, on 

‘Livelihood Issues related to Migrant Women Construction Workers’. 

• R. Belinda & Janice Shiji, published a paper in the book released in the 

International Conference, Life Skills Education by the Rajiv Gandhi National 

Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, “Life Skill Based Health 

Education”, December 2010. 

• Janice Shiji, published an article on “Life Skill based Health Education” in the 

Magazine of RGNIYD. 

Department of Microbiology 

• S. Niran Andrew, co-authored a paper (along with M/s Lali Growther and E.K. 

Ranjith) “Antibacterial activity and minimum inhibitory concentration of 

Punica granatum peel against diarrhoeal Escherichia coli, Indian J. Applied 

and Pure Bio. Vol. 25(2), 301-302 (2010). 

Department of Physical Education 

• James Zachariah, Health Education & Sports, published an article on “Effect 

of selected asanas on serum cholesterol and functions of adrenal gland in 

College women”, Vyayam Vidyan, Vol. 43, 3, p. 1 Shree Hanuman Vyayam 

Prasarak Mandal Amravati, August 2010. 

Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource Management 

• N. Thirunavukkarasu & Moses Inbaraj et al., (i) “Production of chitin from 

two marine stomatopods Oratosquilla spp. (Crustacea). J. Chem. Pharm. Res., 

3(1): 353-359; and (ii) “Need of coastal resource management in Pulicat Lake 

-challenges ahead”, Ind. J. Sci. & Tech., Vol. 4(3): 322-326. 

• J. Sesh Serebiah & R. Moses Inbaraj, “Adaption and threats of environmental 

change: insights from Pulicat lagoon”, Proceedings of National Seminar on 

Environmental Monitoring: Issues and Challenges, pp. 85-89, by the 

Department of Geography, Tourisam and Travel Management, Madras 

Christian College. 

• J. Sesh Serebiah et al., (i) “New distributional records of Placuna ephippium 

(Reizius 1788) Family: Placunidae from Mandapam Area – South East Coast 

of India”, World Journal of Fish and Marine Sciences 2(1): 40-41;(ii) 

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“Hepatoprotective effect of An Indian salt marsh herb Suaeda Monoica Forsk. 

Ex. Gmel against concanavalin – A induced toxicity in rats”; (iii) 

“Composition and Seasonal Fluctuations of Nematodes in Palk Bay, Southeast 

Coast of India”, Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research 6(2): 189-197; and 

(iv) “Geographic Information System Based Assessment of Benthic 

Macrofauna in Thondi Coastal Area, South East Coast of India”, World 

Journal of Zoology, 5(3): 172-182, 2010. 

Department of Tamil 

• Sudar Vizhi, (i) published an article entitled “Innasiyin Katturai Kalangal”, 

published in the book Ìnnasiyin padaiipulagam’, July 2010; and (ii) published 

books such as “Silambil Manidhaneyam” and “Katturai manigal”, June 2010. 

• V. Vilvarani, published an article entitled “Sindhanikku sila – Sila paarvaigal” 

in the book ‘Innasiyin padaiipulgam’, July 2010. 

Department of Hindi 

• V. Jayalakshmi, published articles on (i) “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?); (ii) 

Journal, Hindi Prachar Samachar, Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, 

Chennai, July 2010, Pg. 5-12; and (iii) Author, the article, “Hasya 

Vyangyakaar Ke Roop MeinDr.Girirajsharan Agrawal” in Journal “Dakshin 

Bharat”, published in Dakshin Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Chennai, Pg. 62 to 

63, October to December 2010. 

PAPER PRESENTATION BY THE FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE 

REGIONAL/ NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/ 

SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS: 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES / SEMINARS/ WORKSHOPS 

• R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, presented an Invited Paper on “Climate 

Change – a threat to Life”, in an International Conference on Ìmpact of 

Climate Change on Food Security’, Bishop Moore College, Mavelikara, 

Kerala, March 2011. 

• R. Venkataramanujam, Department of History, presented paper on 

“Democracy and Human Rights in South Asia: A Survey”, International 

Seminar on Fostering Democracy and Human Rights in South Asia, organized 

by the Department of Politics & Pub. Administration, University of Madras 

and Centre for Asia Studies, Chennai, in the University of Madras on 24 & 25 

March, 2011. 

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• Mekala Rajan, Department of English, “Eco-centric World: the Co-existence 

and Destruction in William Golding’s The Inheritors”, International 

Conference organized by the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, November 


• Ann Thomas, (i) “Leading Change through Empowerment”, at the 

International Conference organized by the World Council of YMCAs, Hong 

Kong, July 2010; and (ii) “Gender and Sustainable Development”, Asia 

Pacific Gender Conference, Pune, September 2010. 

• J. Dinesh Kumar, (i) ‘Principles Governing the Choice of Textual Selections 

for Tertiary Level ESL Program in India’ in the International Conference on 

Recent Advances in Linguistics conducted by the Department of Linguistics, 

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 15 &16 December 2010; and (ii) 

“Selection of Texts for ESL (Tertiary Level) Classroom” in the International 

Seminar on “Humanistic Language and Literature Teaching”, Anna 

University, Chennai, 18 & 19 February 2011. 

• Moses Michael Faraday, Department of Tamil, “Tamil Proverbs”, 

International Seminar organized by Valliammal Women’s College, Chennai, 


• G. Rajendran, (i) “Tolkappiam – Seyulial” in a Seminar organized by 

Chemmozhi Institute and Government Arts College, Kumbakkonam, January 

2011; and (ii) “The Word ‘Zero’ and its concepts are from Tamil” in the Silver 

Jubilee, International Seminar of the Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai, 


• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, Department of Political Science, (i) “India’s 

Maritime Issues, Concerns and Challenges in the Indian Ocean Region’ in 

"The Galle Dialogue 2010", Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence and Sri Lanka 

Navy, Galle, Sri Lanka, 5 & 6 August 2010; (ii) “Nuclear Futures and Nuclear 

Renaissance: Issues and Challenges in Non-proliferation in Near East and 

South Asia”, International Working Group on Weapons of Mass Destruction 

and Border Security, Regional Network of Strategic Studies Centres, Near 

East South Asia Centre, National Defence University, Washington DC, USA 

meeting, Dead Sea, Amman, Jordan, 10 to 14 November 2010; (iii) “India's 

Strategic Role and Influence in the Evolving Regional Security Architecture in 

the Asia-Pacific”, International Conference on Evolving World Order: India- 

Russia Perspectives” Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi & 

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Moscow, Sapru 

House, New Delhi, 9 to 10 December 2010; and (iv) “India’s Double 

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Jeopardy- Nuclear threats and Violent Asymmetric Conflict: Issues and 

Dilemmas in a Turbulent Region”, International Conference on Nuclear 

Disarmament: Global Steps towards Human Security VPM Centre for 

International Studies & Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India, Mumbai 

20 to 22 December 2010. 

• Duraisamy, Department of Economics, (i) “Determinants of Consumer 

Preference – An Analysis of Organized Retailing”, International Conference, 

Global Marketing Strategies and Practices, Nehru Institute of Management 

Studies, Coimbatore, October 2010. This paper was selected for the Best 

Paper Award and also published in an Edited Book; (ii) “Grown of Wind 

Energy: A Case of Wind Energy in Tamil Nadu”, International Conference, 

Global Environment and its Sustainability: Implications and Strategies, RKM 

Vivekananda College, Mylapore, Chennai, November 2010; and (iii) “Recent 

Trends in Growth Patterns: A Global Perspective”, International Conference, 

Department of Economics, Loyola College, Chennai, February 2011. 

• M. Gabriel, Department of Philosophy, “Emergence of Ecumenical & Intercultural 

Families among Indian Christians”, International Conference, Family 

in a Multi-cultural Society: Changing Facts and Faces of Family Living, 

Loyola College, August 2010. 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, “The Aftermath of 

Recession: The Road To Recovery”, Third Annual Global Business Summit 

Conference organized by GSMI, Michigan, USA held at Chennai, 24 to 26 


• S. John Gabriel, “Challenges of International business before SAARC 

Nations: Some reflections” at the Third Annual Global Business Summit 

Conference organized by GSMI, Michigan, USA held at Chennai, 24 to 26 


• Anli Suresh, (i) “A Study on Consumer Perception about Life Insurance – 

with reference to Chennai city”, Second Annual Global Business Summit 

Conference organized by GSMI, Michigan, USA, held at the Karunya 

University, Chennai Campus, June 2010; (ii) “Taking Banking Services to the 

Common Man: A Critical Assessment”, International Conference on 

Management Practices and Sustainable Growth, organized by Annamalai 

University, Chidambaram, July 2010; (iii) “Customer Awareness on Credit 

Schemes offered by Public Sector Banks”, International Conference on Doing 

Business in India: Opportunities and Challenges organized by IFIM Business 

School, Bangalore, December 2010; (iv) “A Study of Paradigm Shift in 

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Management of Capital Inflows in Indian Financial System in Post- 

Liberalization Era”, International Conference on Business Research organized 

by SRM School of Management, Chennai, January 2011; (v) “A Study on 

Consumer buying behaviour and Brand Preference with respect to brand 

elements among Women – an Empirical Assessment”, International 

Conference on Globalization and Consumer Protection, Research Centre for 

Consumerism, Kalasalingam University, Krishnankoil, January 2011; (vi) 

“Internet Banking as a Product of E-Commerce in the Indian Banking System 

Based on Customer Perspective” at the International Conference on Emerging 

Trends in E-Commerce organized by University of Madras, Chennai, 16 to 17 

March 2011; (vii) “Financial Crisis and its Impact on Indian Capital Market in 

The Arena of Financial Innovations and Global Best Practices” at the Third 

Annual Global Business Summit Conference organized by GSMI, Michigan, 

USA held at Chennai, 24 to 26 March 2011; (viii) “Role Played Banks in the 

Process of Resource Mobilization and Supporting Economic Growth In India” 

at the Third Annual Global Business Summit Conference organized by GSMI, 

Michigan, USA held at Chennai, 24 to 26 March 2011; and (ix) “Financial 

Innovations and its Impact on Financial Markets Under The Shadow Of 

Financial Crisis”, International Conference, “Business Strategies on Corporate 

Race: A multidisciplinary Global Perspective “ICBSCR-2011”, organized 

Department of Management Studies Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan College Of 

Engineering & Technology, 6 & 7 May 2011. 

• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, (i) “Culture, Gender, and 

Violence: Challenging the Connections”; (ii) “Continuities and Discontinuities 

in Community: the aftermath of the tsunami reconstruction in coastal villages, 

Tamil Nadu, India”, and (iii) “Mentoring Social Work Students in 

International Field Placements: Some excerpts/experiences”; 2010 Joint World 

conference on Social Work & Social Development: The Agenda, held in Hong 

Kong, China, 10 to 14June 2010. 

• Prince Solomon, “International Social Work Practicum”, ibid. 

• V. Rajkumar Dare, Department of Mathematics, et al., (i) “One way 

Quantum Finite Automata on Infinite Words” presented at the International 

Conference on Computer and Mathematics, Loyola College; and (ii) “Watson- 

Crick online tessellation Automaton and timed Watson- Crick w-Automation”, 

at the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Bio-Inspired Computing 

(BICTA 2010), Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, 8 to 10 September 


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• V. Rajkumar Dare & Annal Priyadarshini, “Reconstruction of a word from 

Subsequences” presented at the International Conference on Computer and 

Mathematics, Loyola College, Chennai. 

• N.G. David, P. Persis Glory & J.D. Emerald, “Petri Net Models and Non 

Linear Genetic Diseases” at the Fifth IEEE International Conference on Bio- 

Inspired Computing (BICTA 2010), Liverpool Hope University,Liverpool, 

UK, 8 to 10 September 2010. 

• T. Robinson, et al. (i) “Tactile Graphic Tool for Portable Digital Pad”, 12 th 

International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs 

(ICCHP 2010), University of Linz, Vienna, Austria, 11 to 13 July 2012; (ii) 

“Tile Pasting Systems for Tessellation and Tiling Patterns”, Computational 

Modeling of Objects Presented in Images: Fundamentals, Methods, and 

Applications (CompIMAGE 2010) Buffalo-Niagara, NY, USA, 5 to 7 May, 

2010; (iii) “Learning of Church-Rosser Tree Rewriting Systems”, 

International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference (ICGI 2010), Valencia, 

Spain, 13 to 16 September 2010; and (iv) “A Variant of Tile Pasting P System 

for Tiling Patterns”. Fifth IEEE International Conference on Bio-Inspired 

Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2010), Liverpool Hope 

University, UK, 8 to 10 September 2010. 

• D.G. Thomas, et al “Recognizable Polyhexes Languages and their Acceptors”, 

presented at the International Symposium on Computational Modeling of 

Objects Presented in Images (CompIMAGE’10) held at Buffalo, New York, 

USA, 5 to 7 May 2010. 

• D.G. Thomas & P.J. Abisha, “Learning Subclasses of Parallel Communicating 

Grammar Systems”, Sindhu International Colloquium on Grammatical 

Inference (ICGI 2010), Valencia, Spain, 13 to 16 September 2010. 

• D.G. Thoms, T. Robinson, A.S. Prasanna Venkatesan & Atulya K. Nagar, 

“Trajectory Array P System”, Fifth IEEE International Conference on Bio- 

Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2010), Liverpool 

Hope University, UK, 8 to 10 September 2010. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar & T. Jaba Priya, Department of Chemistry, “Service 

Learning Approach to Recycling” at the International Conference on New 

Horizons in Education 2010 organized by INTE held at Salamis Bay Conti 

Resort Hotel – Famagusta / North Cyprus, 23 to 25 June 2010. 

• E. Joyce Sudandara Priya and Anna Ninan, Department of Plant Biology 

and Plant Biotechnology, “Analysis of Expression of (-) – Menthos 

Dehydrogenase gene in the leaf and stem of Mentha x Piperata L. at the 

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International Conference Greenomics 2010, Hindustan College of Arts and 

Science, Chennai, 30 & 31 August 2010. 

• Sijo Joy & Angela Wesley, “Morphogenetic studies in Ceropegia” at the 

International Conference Greenomics 2010, the Hindustan College of Arts and 

Science, Chennai, 30 & 31 August 2010. 

• R. Moses Inbaraj & N.N. Magadalenal, Department of Zoology, (i) 

“Androgen receptor gene expression in the ovary testis and brain during 

gonadal development in Labeo rohita”, 7 th International Congress of 

Neuroendocrinology at Rouen, France, July 2010; (ii) “Steroidogenesis 

difference in the brain of reproductively active Indian major carp Labeo rohita 

and its variation due to the interference of estrogen mimic bisphenol-A”, 6 th 

International Meeting on Steroids and Nervous System at Torino, Italy, 

February 2011; and (iii) A document on brain steroids: Synthesis and sexual 

differentiation. In the Brain Storming Meeting on Advances in 

Neuroendocriology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 14 & 15 February 


• Ann Stevens, “Translational Research”, International Conference at Zydus, 

Ahmedabad, 1 to 4 February 2011. 


• Feminna Sheeba, Department of Computer Science (MCA), (i) 

“Segmentation and Reversible Watermarking of Peripheral Blood Smear 

Images”, in the 5 th IEEE Conference Bio-inspired Computing: Theory and 

Applications (BICTA), Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool, UK, September 


• Feminna Sheeba, T. Robinson, Joy John Mammen, Hannah Thomas, Atulya. 

K, “White Blood Cell Segmentation and Reversible Water Marking”, in the 

International Symposium on Imaging and Signal Processing in Health Care 

and Technology (ISPHT) 2011, George Town Conference Center, Washington 

DC, USA, 16 to 18 May 2011. 

• Charlet, R., Department of Commerce, “A study on the Customer Preference 

of Mobile Phone Network Services in Chennai”, International Conference 

organized by e-CASE & e-Tech, Tokyo, Japan, January 2011. 

• Rajeswari, “A study of role of entrepreneurship in economic development”, 

International Conference onÈntrepreneurship, youth and inclusive 

development for Brand India’, Loyola College, Chennai, February 2011. 

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• R. Belinda, Department of Social Work, (i) “Livelihood Issues Related to 

Migrant Women Construction Workers”, International Conference on `Human 

Right and Environment and Livelihood’, organized by the Department of 

Social Work (Day Stream), MCC, October 2010; (ii) “Human right Issues 

Related to Migrant Women Construction Workers”, International Conference 

conducted by Rajagiri School of Social Sciences, October 2010; (iii) “Impact 

of Life Skills Education on Children of Migrant Women Construction 

Workers”, International Conference on `Life skill education’, Rajiv Gandhi 

National Institute of Youth Development; (iv) “Induction Process” at the 

International Conference, at Patrician College, March 2011; and (v) “Reality 

Shock” at the International Conference, at Patrician College in March 2011. 

• Janice Shiji, (i) “Study on Life Skill Based Health Education in Higher 

Secondary Schools”, Chrompet, in an International Conference on “Life Skill 

Education”, organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth 

Development, Sriperambudur, 8 to 10 December 2010; (ii) Quality 

Enhancement of Professional Social work Education at the National 

Conference on Critical Reflection on Social Work, organised by the PG 

department of Social work at Don Bosco Arts and Science College 

Angadikadavu, Kerala, 7 & 8 October 2010. 

• Baily Vincent, (i) “Life Skill Based Health Education” and (ii) “Impact of 

Transit School on the Development of a Child using a Life Skill Approach”, 

International Conference at RGNIYD, Sriperumbudhur. 

• M. Thendral, “An opinion study on life skills approach among the secondary 

school teachers at Uthiremerur, Kanchipuram District”, 2 nd International 

Conference on Life Skills Education organized by Rajiv Gandhi National 

Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, December 2010. 

• Naomi, “Impact of Life Skills Education on Children of Migrant Women 

Construction Workers”, International Conference on `Life Skill Education’ 

organized by Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. 

• K. Ganesan, Department of Business Administration, “Global Management 

Strategies and Practices” in the International Conference organized by Nehru 

Institute of Management Studies. This paper won the Best Paper Award. 

• P. Persis Glory,Department of Computer Applications, along with Emerald 

Sheela and N.G. David Department of Mathematics (Day Stream), “Petri Net 

Models and Linear Genetic Diseases” at the IEEE Fifth International 

Conference, Liverpool Hope University, U.K., 08 to 10 September 2010. 

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• Jojan Job, Department of Journalism, “Globalisation and the Philosophical 

role of Journalism”, International Conference organized by the Department of 

Journalism, SRM University, February 2011. 

• P. Ravikumar, Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel 

Management, Post-War Economic Development throught Science, 

Technology and Management in the International Symposium at South 

Eastern University of Sri lanka, 19 to 21 April 2011. 

• P. Ravikumar & P. Subashini, presented a research paper in the International 

Seminar on “Climate Change and Sustainable Resource Management”, 

organized by the Department of Geography, Tholkappiar Campus, Chepauk, 

Chennai, February 2011. 

• N. Thirunavukkarasu,Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management, “Biodiversity and Conservation in the Pulicat”, UBCHEA: 

Coastal Resources Management Collaborative Research Project Symposium in 

India, Ideal Beach Resort, Chennai, organized by MCC, Tambaram, August 


• V. Deepak Samuel, “Physical parameters and macrobenthos diversity in 

Pulicat Lake”, UBCHEA: Coastal Resources Management Collaborative 

Research Project Symposium in India, Ideal Beach Resort, Chennai, organized 

by MCC, Tambaram, August 2010. 

• Lita Sundar, “Studies on the Nutrient and Heavy Metal Distribution Profile of 

Pulicat Lake”, ibid. 

• Sesh Serebiah, “Assessment of marine benthos”, ibid. 

• V. Jayalakshmi, Department of Languages – Hindi (SFS), (i) “Kaka 

Hathrasi Ke Kavya Mein Hasyatmak Vyangya” (Humour Satire in Kaka 

Hathrasi’s Poetry) organized by Shri. Shankarlal Sunderbai Shasun Jain 

College for Women, Chennai, 21 August 2010; (ii) “Media – Samaj Ka Ek 

Ayina Hai” – Rajneethik Paripreshya Mein” (Media – The Mirror of Society – 

from Political Prespective) organized by Anna Aadharsh College for Women, 

Anna Nagar, Chennai, 28 August 2010; and (iii) “Dinkar Ke Rashtriya Kavya 

Mein Bhasha”, University of Madras, 2 & 3 October 2010, organized by 

Tamil Nadu Hindi Academy (Report on the same was published in the Hindi 

News Paper “Rajasthani Pathrika”. Also a report on the same was published in 

the Quarterly Literary Magazine “Shodh Disha” (Bijnor, UP). 

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• D. Samuel, Department of Languages – Tamil (SFS) presented paper in the 

workshop on “Peace Education” organized by Institute of Advanced Christian 

Studies, 3 & 4 December 2010. 

• S. Sathasivam, Tamil Siru Kathaigalil Marksia Sinthanaigal, Kamban 

Mandram, Selaiyur Hall, Madras Christian College, February 2011. 

National Conferences/Seminars/ Workshops 

• N. Jeyaselvi, Department of English, (i) “The Poetry of Mamta Kalia: A 

Vibrant Symbolic Gesture”, National Seminar on `Marital Milieu in Indian 

Writing’, Shri Sakthi Kailash College for Women, Salem, September 2010; 

and 

(ii) “Confessionalism as Social Satire: A Study of Mamta Kalia’s Marriage 

Poems”, National Seminar on Voices from the New Millennium Writers, 

organized by the Department of English, Sarah Tucker College, Tirunelveli, 


• Samuel Rufus, (i) “A Thematic Study of Gay Culture, Gender Bias and the 

Concept of `the Other’ in Shyam Selvadurai’s Funny Boy”, National Seminar 

on Voices from the New Millennium Writers, conducted by Sarah Tucker 

College (Autonomous), Tirunelveli, September 2010; (ii) “A Thematic Study 

of Transculturation and Multi-Rootedness in Amitav Ghosh’s The Shadow 

Lines”, UGC sponsored one-day State level Seminar on Indian Immigrant 

Writers in America, The Madura College, Madurai, October 2010; and (iii) “A 

Postcolonial Critique of First World Feminism and Third World Women in 

Nirmala Deshpande’s `Mary Had a Little Lamb’”, National Seminar on 

‘Psychological Insights in Contemporary Literature’, organized by Nirmala 

College for Women, Coimbatore, January 2011. 

• David Abraham Albert, (i) “Jumpha Lahiri’s The NameSake: A Study of the 

Interstics between Land and Culture”, ibid; and (ii) “Shadow Lines: A 

Delusion of Consciousness”, National Seminar on `Psychological Insights in 

Contemporary Literature’, conducted by Nirmala College for Women, 

Coimbatore, January 2011. 

• Deepa Priyadarshini, “Real and Constructed Self in the Plays of Eugene 

O’Neill”, National Conference conducted by Indian Association of American 

Studies, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, December 2010. 

• Christina Dhanasekaran, (i) “The Texts, Contexts and Subtexts in Chitra 

Banerjee Divakaruni’s One Amazing Thing’, National Seminar on Gender 

and Literature: Women’s Writing Today in India, organized by the 

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Department of English, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Postgraduate Studies, 

Pondicherry, September 2010; and (ii) “Historiography in Badal Sircar’s 

Sukhapathya Bharater Ithihas – Deconstructing History”, National Workshop 

on Contemporary India Drana, organized by St Aloysis College, Mangalore, 


• B. Judy Bhaskaran, “The Complexities of the Past and the Revelations of the 

Present in Bharathi Mukherjee’s The Holder of the World”, National Seminar 

on Voices from the New Millennium Writers’ conducted by Sarah Tucker 

College, Tirunelveli, September 2010. 

• Chitra Devi, “Online Novels: A Cultural Critique”, National Seminar on 

‘Contextualisation of the Contemporary Culture’ organized by CPRACISIS, 


• Moses Michael Faraday, Department of Tamil, (i) “Four Great Reformation 

Movements of Tamil Nadu”, World Semmozhi Conference, Coimbatore, June 

2010; and (ii) “Thirukkural – Communication Aspects”, Seminar jointly 

organized by the Department of Tamil, Loyola College and the Central 

Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai, December 2010. 

• G. Rajedran, (i) “Tolkappiam – Seyyulial”, Seminar organized by 

Chemmozhi Institute and Govt Arts College, Kumbakonam, January 2011; 

and (ii) “The World ‘Zero’ and its concept are from Tamil” Silver Jubilee 

Seminar of the Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai, January 2011. 

• S. Balusami, (i) “The Influence on Sangam Literature on Kadal Mallai 

Sculptures”, Seminar organized by SRM University, Kattangolathur, 

December 2010; and (ii) “Krishna Mantapam – A Few New Findings”, 

Seminar organized jointly by St. Thomas College, Koyembedu and Central 

Institute of Classical Studies, Chennai, January 2011. 

• P. George, (i) “Buddhism and Sangam Literature”, in the World Tamil 

Semmozhi Conference, Coimbatore, June 2010; (ii) “Bharathi” in the 

Bharathiyar Special Seminar organized by the Department of Tamil Literature, 

University of Madras, February 2011. 

• D. Julius Rajendran, Department of History, presented a paper on 

“Methodist Mission and its Impact in North Tamil Nadu”, National 

Conference on Contemporary Issues in India and Abroad organized by the 

Department of History, MCC, March 2011. 

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• R. Venkataramanujam, presented a paper on “Human Rights in South Asia: 

Trends and Challenges”, National Conference on Contemporary Issues in 

India and Abroad organized by the Department of History, MCC, March 


• K. Ashok, “Caste – the casting element in Tamil Nadu politics”, National 

Conference on Contemporary Issues in India and Abroad, Department of 

History, MCC, March 2011. 

• V. Chitra, (i) “Women Empowerment and Self Help Groups”, Tamil Nadu 

History Congress, Pollachi, October 2010; (ii) “Self-Help Group in Tamil 

Nadu”, National Conference on Contemporary Issues in India and Abroad, 

Department of History, MCC, March 2011; (iii) “Changing Trends in 

Empowerment of Women in the ICHR”, National Seminar on Socio and 

Religious Movement in Tamil Nadu, Department of History, Manonmaniam 

Sundaranar Univesity, Tirunelveli, 29 March 2011. 

• R. Sheba, “Relevance of Missionary Education for the Upliftment of 

Downtrodden”, National Conference on Contemporary Issues in India and 

Abroad, Department of History, MCC, March 2011. 

• Christina Kokila, (i) “The Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King Jr. Can 

it Solve Political Crisis? – An Overview”, National Seminar organized by 

IAAS and Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, August 2010; (ii) 

“Empowerment of the Women Construction Workers in the City of Chennai” 

National Conference on Contemporary Issues in India and Abroad, conducted 

by the Department of History, MCC, March 2011. 

• Marilyn Gracey Augustine, (i) “Divided before God”, National Seminar on 

Religious Discrimination of Dalits in the 21 st Century Tamil Nadu organized 

by St. Joseph’s College, Cuddalore, February 2011; (ii) “The Forgotten” - 

Emigration of women to Malaya from Madras Presidency – 1840 to 1947”, 

National Conference on Contemporary Issues in India and Abroad, 

Department of History, MCC, 2011. 

• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, Department of Political Science, “India’s 

Nuclear Energy Debate: Issues and Challenges”, National Seminar on India’s 

Energy Security: Issues and Prospects, Centre for Nehru Studies, Department 

of Political Science, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, 13 &14 December 


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• V. Vijay Devanesen, Department of Public Administration, (i) Institutions 

for Natural Resources Management and Conservation in India”, National 

Seminar on ‘Environmental Governance: Problems and Prospects’, Anna 

Centre for Public Affairs, University of Madras, September 2010; (ii) “Citizen 

Grievance Redressal”, National Seminar on Transparency and Accountability 

in Public Admn, Tamil Nadu Open University, November 2010; (iii) “The 

Status of Refugees in Sri Lanka”, National Seminar on Human Rights and 

Refugees, organized by the Department of Political Science, Presidency 

College, Chennai, December 2010; and (iv) “Communalism” – A Political 

Strategy undermining Democracy”, UGC sponsored National Seminar on 

`Democracy and Discontent in India’, organized by the Department of 

Political Science & Public Admn, Annamalai University, February 2011; 

• Ansuman Rabonni, (i) “Law, Judiciary and Environmental Governance”, 

National Seminar on ‘Environmental Governance: Problems & Prospects’, 

organized by the Anna Centre for Public Affairs, University of Madras, 

September 2010; (ii) “Impact of Globalization in Public Administration”, 

National Seminar on ‘Transparency and Accountability in Public 

Administration’ organized by the School of Politics and Public Admn, Tamil 

Nadu Open University, November 2010; and (iii) “A Retrospect on Women 

and Child Refugees around the World”, National Seminar organized by the 

Department of Political Science, Presidency College, Chennai, December 


• P. Subathra, (i) “Management of Non-conventional Energy Resources in 

India”, National Seminar on Environmental Governance: Problems and 

Prospects”, organized by the Anna Centre for Public Affairs, University of 

Madras, September 2010; (ii) “Ethics and Accountability in Public 

Administration”, National Seminar on Transparency and Accountability in 

Public Administration, organized by the School of Politics and Public Admn, 

Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai, November 2010; (iii) “Impact of 

Globalization in Public Administration”, ibid; and (iv) “India’s stand on 

Human Rights Issue specifically towards Sri Lanka”, National Seminar on 

Human Rights and Refugees organize by the Department of Political Science, 

Presidency College, December 2010. 

• Duraisamy, Department of Economics, (i) “Economy, Education and the 

Workforce in India – A three Dimensional Link”, NAAC sponsored one-day 

National Seminar on Quality Enhancement in Higher Education and Research, 

Gobi Arts and Science College, Erode, August 2010; (ii) “Financial Inclusion 

Index – For Indian States”, National Conference on Trends and Progress in the 

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Financial Sector, Department of Commerce, MCC, Tambaram, September 

2010. This paper was selected for the Best Paper Award; “Determinants of 

Rural Health Care – A Factor Analysis Approach for Tamil Nadu”, ibid., (iii) 

“Economics of Health Care: Gender Perspective in Rural Tamilnadu”, UGC 

UPE National Seminar on Rural Development in India, School of Economics, 

Madurai, October 2010; and (iv) “Crop Insurance for Agriculture: An 

Empirical Study of the State of Tamil Nadu”, the Indian Econometrics 

Society, 47 th Annual Conference, School of Future Studies and Planning, Devi 

Ahilya University, Indore, January 2011. 

• Annadurai, (i) “Working Performance of NREGP in Cuddalore District in 

Tamil Nadu”, 93rd Conference of the Association of Economists of Tamil 

Nadu, organized by the Department of Economics, Aditanar College, 

Tiruchendur, January 2011; (ii) “FDI Trends in India: with special reference 

to Tamil Nadu”, Seminar on Issues FDI in India: Challenges and 

Opportunities, organized by the Department of Economics, Bharathidasan 

University, January 2011; and (iii) “Impact of Globalisation on Indian 

Agriculture”, Seminar on Impact of Globalisation on Indian Agriculture: 

Challenges and Opportunities, organized by the Department of Economics 

Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, February 2011. 

• V. Jacquline Raja Bai, “Food Processing: A Non-farm Activity for 

Transforming Rural Economy”, 93 rd Indian Economic Association 

Conference, organized by the Punjab University, Chandigarh, 27 to 29 


• Ruth Elizabeth Jacob & Arun Koshy, “FDI and its Determinants in Emerging 

Economics in Asia with Special Reference to India”, UGC sponsored National 

Seminar on ‘Issues of FDI in India’ held at Bharathidasan University, January 


• M. Gabriel, Department of Philosophy, (i) Religious Tolerance, the Need of 

the Hour – Gandhian Vision”, National Seminar on Religious and Social 

Transformation, Dravidian University, Kuppam, August 2010; (ii) “Current 

Trends in Education and Research”, National Seminar, ACTS Academy of 

Higher Education, Bangalore, September 2010; (iii) “Religious and 

Philosophical Dimensions of Peace”, National Workshop for Curriculum 

Development on Peace Education, Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, 

Madras Christian College and United Board for Christian Higher Education in 

Asia, December 2010; (iv) Kierkegaard on Religious Consciousness and the 

Existential Dilemma: A Critique”, National Seminar of Indian Council of 

Philosophical Research, December 2010; and (v) “Gandhi on Hindu-Christian 

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Dialogue for Communal Harmony – A Critique”, National Seminar on 

Gandhian Strategies for Promoting Sustainable Communal Harmony and Nonviolent 

Reconciliation, Gandhigram Deemed University, December 2010. 

• K. Joshua, (i) “Christian Witness in a Pluralist World: Five Models from the 

Madras Christian College”, National Conference on Missions organized by the 

Centre for Mission Studies at the Union Biblical Seminary, Pune, January 

2011; and (ii) “Samuel Huntington’s Who are we: America’s Great Debate: Its 

implications for Indian Identity”, UGC Seminar on Historiography, Culture, 

Civilization organized by the Department of Philosophy, University of 

Madras, March 2011. 

• James Kurien, “Sacred Groves of Tamilnadu” in the Training Workshop on 

`Moving Beyond Faith: An interfaith workshop on ecological justice’, 

organized by the Institute of Women’s Studies, St. Scholastica’s College, 

Manila, Philippines, 21 to 25 February 2011. 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, “Financial Innovations In 

India: Balancing The Goals Of Growth And Stability” at the National 

Symposium on Indian Industry: Fostering Economic Development, organized 

by the Department of Business Administration and Management Wing, DDE, 

Annamalai University, 24 & 25 March 2011. 

• S. John Gabriel, (i) “Consumer Preference towards Maruthi Suzuki cars under 

the Shadow of Financial Crisis – A Study” at National Conference organized 

by Madras Christian College, Tambaram, Chennai, 24 to 27September 2010; 

(ii) “Financial Inclusion - The role of India Post Network at National 

Conference organized by Women’s Christian College, Chennai, 7 & 8 October 

2010; (iii) “BPO Industry in India – towards a Brighter Future”, National 

Seminar organized by Patrician college of Arts & Science, Chennai, 5 March 

2011; and (iv) “Challenges of International Business before SAARC Nations: 

Some reflections” at the Third Annual Global Summit Conference organized 

by GSMI, Michigan, USA, Chennai, 24 to 26 March 2011. 

• T. Shirmila, (i) “Innovation in Customer Service and Sustainable Banking - 

Major Trends in the Banking Sector”, National Conference on Trends and 

Progress in the Financial Sector, MCC, 24 to 27 September 2010; and (ii) 

“Green Marketing – a Journey towards Sustainability”, National Conference 

organized by the Department of Business Admn, MCC, January 2011. 

• Tabitha Durai, (i) Special Economic Zones and Human Development at 

National Seminar on India 2020 in Womens Christian College, 17 & 18 

September 2010; (ii) “Role of Career Anchors in career Development” at 

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National Level Conference on Opportunities and Challenges in the Current 

Global Business Scenario, Rajalakshmi Engineering College, 22 March 2011; 

(iii) “Balancing Work Life” in the National Seminar on Emotional Intelligence 

and Organisational Development – an interdisciplinary approach at Periyar 

University, Salem, 28 March 2011; and creativity and change at Delhi 

Business School, Delhi, 27 May 2011. 

• Florence John, (i) “Financial Inclusion in India”, National Conference on 

Trends and Progress in the Financial Sector, organized by the Department of 

Commerce (SFS), MCC, September 2010; (ii) ) “ATM and its Impact on 

Productivity in Commercial Banks”, UGC sponsored National Seminar on 

Changing Facets of Human Resource Management in Public Sector Banks – 

An Inevitable Paradigm Shift, organized by Postgraduate & Research 

Department of Commerce, DG Vaishnav College, December 2010; (iii) “IFRS 

Convergence for Indian Banks”, State level Seminar on Recent 

Developments in Banking and Financial Sectors – Its impact on other sectors, 

organized by the Department of Accounting & Finance and Bank 

Management, R.M. Vivekananda College, January 2011; (iv) “A Analytical 

Study of Chennaites’ Preference towards Broadband Services”, National 

Conference on Global Management: Issues, Challenges & Opportunities, 

organized by the Department of Business Admn, MCC, January 2011; and (v) 

“A Study on the Employability Skills”, National Conference on Enhancing 

Managerial Skills”, Department of Commerce, Asan Memorial College of 

Arts & Science, February 2011; (vi) Participated and Presented a discussion 

paper entitled “How spiritual principles express as values in life” in the 

“Curriculum Development Workshop on Peace Education” organized by 

Institute for Advanced Christian Studies, Madras Christian College on 03 & 

04 December, 2010. 

• Anli Suresh, (i) “A Study on Promoting Financial Inclusion through the use of 

Innovative Technologies by the Banking Customers towards Inclusive 

Growth”, National Conference on Financial Inclusion organized by Great 

Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, August 2010; (ii) “Questionnaire 

Method of Data Collection in Academic Research – Issues, Challenges and 

Solutions”, National Conference on Issues of Excellence in Academic 

Research organized by Dr MGR Educational & Research Institute, Chennai, 

August 2010; (iii) “Financial Inclusion for Inclusive Growth in India: Taking 

Banking to the Unbanked”, National Conference on Inclusive Growth in India 

– an Emphasis on Financial and Social Inclusion organized by Women’s 

Christian College, Chennai, 7 & 8 October 2010; (iv) “An Empirical 

Perspective of Brand Extension in Marketing with Special Reference to Tata 

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Products”, AICTE sponsored National Conference on Digital Marketing 

organized by the Department of Management Studies, SRM Easwari 

Engineering College, Chennai, October 2010; (v) “An Overview of Investing 

In Human Capital In The Emerging Dimensions of Hr ” at the national 

Seminar on HR Innovation ’10 organized by Rai Business School, Chennai, 

13 November 2010; (vi) “Impact of Corporate Brand Extension of Godrej in 

the Emerging Dimensions in Marketing – An Empirical Evaluation”, National 

Conference on Emerging Dimensions in Marketing, organized by Saints 

Institute of Management, Kottayam, 19 & 20 November 2010; (vii) “An 

Insight into the Role of NGOs in Promoting Self-help groups towards 

Financial Inclusion in India”, National Conference on Inclusive Growth of 

India, School of Business Studies, Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts & Science 

for Women, Chennai, December 2010; (viii) “A Comparative Study on 

Consumer Behaviour and Branding in Telecom Services”, National 

Conference on Consumer Protection, Loyola College, Chennai, December 

2010; (ix) “An Assessment of Managing Risk and Capital requirements under 

Basel II Framework with special focus on Public Sector Banks”, National 

Conference on New Paradigm on Management organized by SA Engineering 

College, Chennai, February 2011; (x) “Financial Innovations Vis-A –Vis 

Banking Sector In India” at the National Seminar on Innovative Management 

Practices, organized by the Department of Business Administration, 

Annamalai University, 10 March 2011; (xi) “Financial Innovations - Impact 

on Mutual Funds In India” at the National Conference on Opportunities and 

challenges in the current Global Business Scenario, organized by the 

Department of Business Administration, Rajalakshmi College of Engineering, 

22 March 2011; (xii) “Demand Management and Financial Performance of 

Indian Economy in the Momentum of Global Recovery” at the National 

Conference on Opportunities and Challenges in the Current Global Business 

Scenario organized by the Department of Business Administration, 

Rajalakshmi College of Engineering, Chennai, 22 March 2011; (xiii) “An 

Empirical Study on Financial Inclusion With Reference to Coverage of 

Banking Services In India” at the National Symposium on Indian Industry: 

Fostering Economic Development, organized by the Department of Business 

Administration and Management Wing, DDE, Annamalai University, 24 & 25 

March 2011; and (xix)“A Study on the Social Participation of Self Help Group 

Towards Women Empowerment” at the National Seminar on Women 

Entrepreneurship, organized by Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts 

and Science, Chennai, 24 March 2011. 

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• D.Prince Annadurai, Department of Social Work, "Challenges and 

Leaderships of Community Workers in propagating rural health care: Indian 

perception" at the India-USA Global Business and Networking Strategy 

Conference 2010, Chennai, June 2010. 

• Prince Solomon, ‘Internationalization of Social Work Education in India’ in a 

Conference in Mangalore, 25 & 26 November 2010. 

• N.G. David, et al. Department of Mathematics, (i) “Split and Non-Split 

Dominator Colorings”, “Rewriting Graph P System”, at the National 

Conference on Recent Trends in Discrete Mathematics, Nazareth Margoschis 

College, Tirunelveli, 9 to 11 December, 2010; and (ii) “Split and Non-split 

Dominator Chromatic Numbers and Related Parameters”,“Shuffle Operations 

on Euler Graphs”, “Parallel Communicating String-Graph P System” at the ‘II 

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Fluid Mechanics and Graph 

Theory’ organized by the Department of Mathematics, Christ University, 

Bangalore, 11 & 12 February 2011. 

• T. Robinson et al. “Tile Pasting P System with Multiple-Edge Pasting”, 

Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL-2010), Indian Institute of 

Technology Kanpur 2010, 1 to 4 December 2010. 

• Adolf Stephen, et al. “Coefficient Bounds for Certain Subclasses of Analytic 

Functions”, one day National Conference on Recent Trends in Advanced 

Mathematics (NCRTAM-2010), Easwari Engineering College, Chennai. 

• R. Chandrasekhar, Department of Statistics, “A Study on Road Traffic and 

Accidents in Tambaram Suburban”, National Conference on Statistics and its 

Applications, Department of Statistics, Kerala University, Trivandram, Kerala, 

April 2011. 

• Caroline Michael, Department of Physics, pre “Water Contamination by e- 

waste”, National Seminar on Advances in Laser, Spectroscopy and Nano 

Materials, NSLSNM 2011, organized by Nehru Gram Bharati University, 

Allahabad. 

• R. Wilfred Sugumar & T. Jabapriya, Department of Chemistry, “Study on 

the Complexation of Macromolecule Cucuributril with Metal Ions and 

Acetamide”, National Conference on New Renaissance in Chemical Research, 

SRM University, 4 March 2011. 

• R. Joel Karunakaran, (i) ‘A Novel Synthesis of trimericindolyl dimethanes 

and its derivatives, in a UGC – XI plan – UGC – SAP – DRS II sponsored 

National Conference on Current Trends in Chemistry (NCCTC – 10) at School 

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of Chemical Sciences, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 2 & 

3 December 2010; and (ii) ‘A novel Synthesis of 2,3’-Bis(indolyl) Methanes’ 

in Chennai Chemistry Conference – 2011, a National Seminar on Recent 

Trends in Chemistry, jointly organized by Department of Chemistry, IIT – M, 

Chennai, Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, Anna University, 

Chennai and University of Madras, Chennai at Indian Institute of Technology 

– Madras, Chennai, 11 to 13 February 2011. 

• K. Mohandoss, ‘Adsorptive Studies of Zinc, Cadmium, Mercury Complezes 

of Hexa Decyltrithiocarbonate using Potentiometry, SEM and EDAX’ in 

second National conference on Recent Advances in Sciences and Humanities 

organized by Department of Science and Humanities, United Institute of 

Technology, Coimbatore, 18 & 19 March 2011. 

• P.S. Raghavan & A.S. Prince Edwin Das, ‘Catechol Formaldehyde Surface 

Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols’, National conference on Current Trends in 

Chemistry (NCCTC – 10) conducted by Department of Chemistry, Bharathiar 

University, Coimbatore, 2 & 3 December 2010. 

• P. Wilson & E. Iyyappan, “Synthesis and Characterization of Nano Scale 

Carbonated Hydroxyapatite Particles through Surfactant Assisted 

Hydrothermal Treatment”at 20th National Symposium on Catalysis for Energy 

Conversion and Conservation of Environment, Indian Institute of Technology, 

Madras, 19 to 22 December 2010. 

• A.S. Prince Edwin Das, C. Amirthavalli & T. Jabapriya, “Monitoring the 

Water quality and Water Management in MCC Campus” Voyage 2011, 

National Seminar on “Environmental Monitoring: Issues and Challenges”, 

organized by Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management, 

Madras Christian College, Chennai, 9 February 2011. 

• Shyamala Lionel, discussion paper in the workshop on ‘Curriculum 

Development on Peace Education’ conducted by MCC, 3 & 4 December 2010. 

• T. Jabapriya, “Water Contamination by e-waste” in a National Seminar on 

Advances in Laser Spectroscopy and Nanomaterials, organized by Department 

of Physics, Nehru Grahm Bharathi University, Allahabad, 5 to 7 March 2011. 

• T. Mary Vergheese, “Surface Water Quality Assessment of Thenneri”, 

Poosivakkam, Uthitamerur and Kolavai lakes in Kancheepuram district in 

Tamilnadu’ in Voyage 2011– a National Seminar on ‘Environmental 

Monitoring: Issues and Challenges’, organized by Department of Geography, 

Tourism and Travel Management, Madras Christian College, Chennai, 9 


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• Narasimhan, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology, “Role 

of Sacred Groves in Conserving Tropical Dry Evergreen Forests and as 

Functional Heritage Sites”, National Seminar on Conservation of Sacred 

groves to protect local biodiversity organized by the CPR Environmental 

Educational Centre, Chennai, 12 to 14 February 2011. 

• P. Selva Singh Richard, K. Sudha, Mercy Jemima and Sudaroli Sudha, “Pollen 

Analysis from Moss Cushions and Tree Hollow Samples for Tropical Dry 

Evergreen Forests of Madras Christian College Campus, Chennai”, 16 th 

National Conference on Aerobiology, AEROBIOLOGY 2010, jointly 

organized by the Indian Aerobiological Society, Kolkata, Department of 

Biotechnology & Environmental Study Centre of Bapuji Institute of 

Engineering & Technology, Davangere, S.S. Institute of Medical Sciences & 

Research Centre, Davangere and J.J.M. Medical College, Davangere, 19 to 21 


• Shalini. S, Ananthalakshmi. M, Nithaniyal Stalin. A, Sumanth M.V, 

Arisdason. W & D. Narasimhan, Conserving Biodiversity and Ecology: Role 

of Isolated Hillocks, XX Annual Conference of Indian Association for 

Angiosperm Taxonomy (IAAT) held at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, 

and published in the Souvenir and Abstracts 2010, p.192, 26 – 28 November, 


• R. Moses Inbaraj, et al, Department of Zoology, (i) “Threats to Marine 

Biodiversity in Pulicat Lake”, National Conference on Marine Biodiversity – 

Present Status and Prospects, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 16 September 

to 18 September 2010; and (ii) Distribution of Macro Faunal Diversity on 

avian foraging grounds in Southern Pulicat Lake, National Conference on 

Marine Biodiversity-Present Status and Prospects, Bharathidasan University, 

Tiruchirappalli, 16 to 18 September2010. 

• Mahesh Kumar K., Lita Sunder & Moses Inbaraj R., ‘Sea urchins –an 

unexploited fishery under threat’, National Conference on Marine 

Biodiversity-Present Status and Prospects, Bharathidasan University, 

Tiruchirappalli, 16 to 18 September 2010. 

• R Moses Inbaraj with Maheshkumar & Lita Sunder: (i) Distribution of Fishing 

Material by the NGOs in the Pulicat Region as Tsunami Relief Threaten the 

Biodiversity, National Conference, Marine Biodiversity-Present Status and 

Prospects, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 16 to 18 September 

2010; and (ii) The Eutrophic State of Pulicat Lagoon Ecosystem: an 

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analysis. In the National Conference, Marine Biodiversity-Present Status and 

Prospects, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 16 to18 September 2010. 

• R. Moses Inbaraj & Thirunavukkarasu N. “Alternative livelihoods for 

fishermen community and the role played by NGO’s in villages around the 

Pulicat Lake, In the National Conference on Marine Biodiversity-Present 

Status and Prospects, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 16 to 18 


• Sesh Serebiah J. & Moses Inbaraj R. “Climate Change: Changing Scenario of 

Resources and Geography Reference to Pulicat Lake Ecosystem”, in the 

National Conference on Marine Biodiversity-Present Status and Prospects, 

Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, 16 to 18 September 2010. 

• Joyce Priyakumari, et al, (i) Poster presentation on "Tertiary Structure 

Prediction of Fungal Enolase from Alternaria Alternata and Magnoportha 

Grisea” in the National Level Symposium on "Molecular Perspectives of 

Microbes in Health and Environment", organized by Department of 

Microbiology, Madras Christian College, Chennai, 16 February 2011; (ii) 

Molecular modeling and interaction study of Allicin with Bcl-2 protein 

inhibiting apoptopsis in Cancer therapy presented at the Annual Coordinator’s 

Meet of BTISnet at Pondicherry University, 2 to 4 February 2011; (iii) In 

silico analysis of molecular interaction of resveratrol with β-arrestin 1 and 2, 

the functional GPCR- activated regulator of oncoprotein Mdm2 at the Annual 

Coordinator’s Meet of BTISnet at Pondicherry University, 2 to 4 February 

2011; (iv) Differential gene expression analysis of rhematoid arthritis and its 

response to anti inflammatory drug infliximab at the Annual Coordinator’s 

Meet of BTISnet at Pondicherry University, 2 to 4 February 2011; (v) 

Database development for proteins of Metamorphosis in Homopterans at the 

Annual Coordinator’s Meet of BTISnet at Pondicherry University, 2 to 4 

February 2011; and (vi) Comparative analysis of NIF (Nitrogen Fixing) 

proteins of different Rhizobial bacteria using insilico methods at the Annual 

Coordinator’s Meet of BTISnet at Pondicherry University, 02 to 04 February 


• J. Logamanya Tilak, “Final Call for Restoration – Pulicat Lake”, a case study 

at the National Seminar on Environmental Monitoring, Department of 

Geography, MCC, Tambaram, 09 February 2011; and the paper was adjudged 

as The Best Paper of the seminar. 

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• Nirmala Mohan, Department of Commerce, (i) “ATM and its impact on 

productivity in commercial banks”, National Conference on `Changing Facets 

of HRM in Public sector banks – an inevitable paradigm shift’, DG Vaishnav 

College, December 2010; (ii) “IFRS Convergence for Indian Banks”, Seminar 

on Recent developments in banking and financial sectors its impact on other 

sectors, R.M. Vivekananda College (EC), January 2011; (iii) “A Study on 

employability skills expected by the industry in the Global Era”, National 

Conference on Ènhancing Skills’, Asan Memorial College of Arts and 

Science, February 2011; and (iv) “A study on money laundering in India – 

Issues and prevention”, Patrician College of Arts and Science, Chennai, March 


• Annet Pearl, (i) “Financial inclusion – The role of India Post Network”, 

National Conference conducted by the Department of Management Studies, 

Women’s Christian College, October 2010; and (ii) “BPO Industry in India – 

Towards a Brighter Future”, Patrician College of Arts and Science, Chennai, 


• Lakshmi Manean, (i) “An analysis of features contributing to satisfaction of 

consumer durable product – Refrigerator”, National Conference on 

‘Innovations and organization changes’, Velammal Engineering College, 

Chennai, July 2010; (ii) “An analysis of consumers perception for brand name 

with respect to consumer durable product – Washing machine and 

Refrigerator”, National Conference on `Branding the brand’, St. Peter’s 

University, Avadi, Chennai, October 2010; (iii) “Skills of a good leader as an 

effective manager – a scientific measurement”, National Conference on 

‘Enhancing Skills’, Asan Memorial College of Arts and Science, Chennai, 

February 2011; and (iv) “Impact of Strategic Alliance in the Era of 

Globalization”, Patrician College of Arts and Science, Chennai, March 2011. 

• Zeenath Zarina, (i) “Brand loyalty and Brand Management for Next 

Millennium”, National Conference on ` Branding the Brand’, St Peter’s 

University, October 2010; (ii) “Financial Inclusion”, National Conference on 

‘Inclusive growth in India’, Women’s Christian College, October 2010; (iii) 

“Mastering Inter-personal Communication Skill and Gaining Confidence”, 

National Conference on ‘Enhancing Sklls’, Asan Memorial Arts and Science 

College, February 2011; (iv) “Efficient Energy use for Sustainable 

Development”, National Conference on 

‘3E’s Energy, Economy and 

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Efficiency’, Queen Mary’s College, February 2011; and (v) “Sustainable 

Development – The need of the Hour”, National Seminar on ‘Environmental 

Monitoring: Issues and Challenges’, Madras Christian College, February 


• M. Menaka, (i) “HRM issues in Recruitment Process among PSB”, National 

Conference on ‘Changing Facets of HRM in Public Sector Banks – an 

inevitable paradigm shift’, D.G. Vaishnav College, December 2010; (ii) 

“Fundamental Measures Concerning Rational use of Energy”, National 

Conference on ‘3 Es’ – Energy, Economy and Efficiency’, Queen Mary’s 

College, February 2011; (iii) “Leadership Skills – A Vision”, National 


Science, February 2011; (iii) “Sustainable Development – Need of the Hour”, 

National Conference on Ènvironmental monitoring : Issues and challenges’, 

Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management, MCC, February 

2011; and (iv) “Bancassurance – Emerging concept in India”, State Level 

Seminar on `Recent developments in banking and financial sectors – its 

impact on other sectors’, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College (EC), 


• A.J. Anuradha, (i) “Challenges in Styles of Leadership in Public Sector 

Banks”, National Conference on ‘Changing Facets of HRM in Public Sector 

Banks – an Inevitable Paradigm Shift’, D.G. Vaishnav College, December 

2010; (ii) “Development of Leadership Qualities Among Youth”, National 


Science, February 2011; and (iii) “Sustainable Development – The need of the 

hour”, National Conference on Ènvironmental Monitoring: Issues and 

Challenges’, Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management, 

MCC, February 2011. 

• Johanna Jasmine, “Using Self Motivation to Fight Depression”, National 

Conference on Ènhancing Skills’, Asan Memorial College of Arts & Science, 


• Rajeswari, (i) “Financial Crisis and Role of Insurance Sector”, National 

Conference on `Trends and Progress in the Financial Sector’, Madras 

Christian College, September 2010; (ii) “Challenges of Human Resource 

Management in Public Sector Banks”, National Seminar on `Changing facets 

of human resource management in public sector banks – An inevitable 

paradigm shifts’, DG Vaishnav College, December 2010; (iii) “CRM – An 

Effective Tool in Insurance Sector”, State Level Seminar on ‘Recent 

Developments in Banking and Financial Sectors – its Impact on other Sectors’, 

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R.M. Vivekananda College, Chennai, January 2011; (iv) “Risk Management 

in Public Sector Banks”, National Conference on `Global Management Issues, 

Challenges and Opportunities’, Department of Business Administration, MCC, 

January 2011; and (v) “A study on Enhancement of Motivational Skills”, 

National Conference on ‘Enhancing managerial skills’, Asan Memorial 

College of Arts & Science, February 2011. 

• R. Belinda, Department of Social Work, (i) “Health Issues Related to the 

Children of Migrant Women Construction Workers”, National Conference by 

Bharathiar University; (ii) “Social Exclusion and Migrant Women 

Construction Workers”, National Conference organized by Bharathiar 

University, November 2010. (iii) “Problems of the Children of Migrant 

Women Construction Workers”, February 2011; (iv) “Children of Migrant 

Construction Workers and their Education”, National Conference, Bishop 

Heber Hall, February 2011; and (v) “Effectiveness of Life Skill Education of 

Adolescent Health Education among Corporation School Girls through 

Theatre Forms” at the Workshop on Research Methodology organized by the 

Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Sriperumbudur, 4 

May 2011. 

• Janice Shiji, (i) “Inner Peace”, National Workshop on Curriculum 

Development on Peace Education, IACS-MCC, December 2010; (ii) “Quality 

Enhancement of Professional Social Work Education”, National Conference; 

and (iii) “Life skill based health education”, National Conference,St. Don 

Bosco College, Angadikadavu, Kerala. 

• Baily Vincent, (i) “Quality enhancement of Professional Social Work 

Education” (ii) “Life skill based Health Education”, National Conference held 

at St. Don Bosco College, Angadikadavu, Kerala, October 2010; (iii) 

“Comprehensive sexuality education programme offered in Government 

Higher Secondary School”, National Conference organized by Bharathiyar 

University, Coimbatore, October 2010; and (iv) “Awareness on mental 

retardation among the Govt School Teachers”, National Conference organized 

by Bharathidasan University, Trichy. 

• G.F. Alban Nishanth Lalu, (i) “A study on the Work Life Balance Among 

Women Employees Working in Service Sector”; (ii) “A study on the Influence 

of Trade Unionism”, UGC sponsored National Conference at Inclusive 

Development at Bishop Heber College, Trichy, December 2010; (iii) “A 

study on health condition and mental health status of street children”, National 

Conference on ‘Health and Social Work Practice: New Frontiers and 

Challenges’, organized by the Department of Social Work, Periyar University, 

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Thanjavur, August 2010; (iv) “Quality education depends on quality teachers”, 

National Conference on ‘Professional Social Work in India – Rhetoric and 

reality’, organized by the Department of Social Work, Bharathiar University, 

Coimbatore, October 2010; and (v) “A study on attitude of slum children 

towards education”, National Conference on ‘Social Development in India : 

New Vistas and Challenges’, Department of Social Work, Bharathidasan 

University Trichy, January 2011. 

• Jegan Isaac, “A study on attitude of slum children towards education”, 

National Conference on ‘Social Development in India: New Vistas and 

Challenges’, Department of Social Work, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 


• D. Armstrong Doss & Tony Thomas, Department of Business 

Administration, “Innovative practices in recruitment and selection”, in the 

National Conference on Age of Innovation, organized by Jamal Institute of 

Management, 25 January 2011. 

• K. Ganesen, (i) “Rural Health Management” in the National Conference 

organized by School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University; and (ii) 

“Retail Management” in the National Conference organized by the School of 

Econometrics Society, Indore. 

• K.Ganesan, (i) National Conference on “Rural Health Management” organized 

by School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University; and (ii) National 

Conference on “Retail Management” organized by School of Econometrics 

Society, Indoor. 

• Tony Thomas & Karthick, presented apaper in the Voyage 2011 National 

Seminar on Environmental monitoring: Issues and challenges conducted by 

Department of Geography, Travel and Tourism Management, MCC, 

9February 2011. 

• V. Mahalakshmi, Department of Microbiology, “Assessment of Plastic 

Degradation by Fungal isolates”, National Seminar on ‘Environmental 

Monitoring – Issues and Challenges’, organized by the Department of 

Geography, Tourism and Travel Management, MCC, 09 February 2011. 

• S. Niren Andrew, “Isolation and Characterisation of Listeria monocytogenes 

from various food samples”, 8 th Indian Association for Applied 

Microbiologists held in Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 24 & 25 October 


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• V. Vedha, “A study on immune modulation and anti HBV properties of 

Cantharanthus roseus, Quercus infectoria and Andrographis paniculata plant 

extracts”, 8th Annual Conference of Indian Association of Applied 

Microbiologists, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 24 & 25 October 2010. 

• V. Sudha, Department of Chemistry, “Control of Pollution by 

Manufacturing Ecofriendly Paper”, National Seminar on Ènvironmental 

Monitoring: Issues and Challenges’, 2010. 

• M. Rebecca Sofiya, “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’ MCC, 2010. 

• Jojan Job, Department of Journalism, (i) “Philosophical and Ethical 

Dimension of Journalism”, National Conference on ‘Ethical Issues and Indian 

Media’, organized by Periyar University, November 2010; (ii) “Philosophical 

contribution of Buddhism to the Development Communication – A Historical 

Perspective”, National Conference on ‘Education, Media and Development’, 

organized by the Department of Communication, Manonmaniam Sundaranar 

University, Tirunelveli, February 2011. 

• Rachel Jacob, (i) “The Big Picture – A Content Analysis on Violation of 

Media Ethics on Mumbai Train Blast 2006”, National Conference on ‘Ethical 

Issues and Indian Media’ organized by Periyar University, November 2010; 

and (ii) “A Study on the Effectiveness of Community Radio for empowerment 

with special reference to Sangham Community Radio, Pastapur, Andhra 

Pradesh”, National Conference on ‘Education, Media and Development’, 

organized the Department of Communication, Manonmaniam Sundaranar 

University, Tirunelveli, February 2011. 

• A.K. Abinesh, “A Comparative on value based usage of Internet among rural 

and urban locality”, National Conference on ‘Education, Media and 

Development’ organized by Department of Communication, Manonmaniam 

Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, February 2011. 

• N. Thirunavukkarasu, Department of Marine Studies and Costal Resource 

Management, (i) “Alternative livelihoods for fishermen community and the 

role played by NGOs in villages around the Pulicat Lake”, National 

Conference on ‘Marine Biodiversity – Present Status and Prospects’ 

(MABPSAP – 2010), Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan 

University, Trichy, September 2010; and (ii) “Screening and isolation of chitin 

from marine stomatopods (Crustace)”, Indian Science Congress, SRM 

University, Katankulathur, January 2011. 

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• Lita Sundar, (i) “Distribution of fishing material by the NGOs in the Pulicat 

region as tsunami relief threatens the biodiversity”, ibid.; and (ii) “Studies on 

heavy metal pollution in the Tamil Nadu region of Pulicat lake”, National 

Seminar on ‘Biodiversity conservation and management of aquatic resources’ 

organized by the Directorate of Research and Extension, Tamil Nadu 

Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Fisheries College & Research 

Institute Campus, Thoothukudi, December 2010. 

• J. Sesh Serebiah, (i) “Climate change: Changing scenario of resources and 

geography reference to Pulicat lake ecosystem”, ibid; (ii) “Adaption and 

threats of environmental change: insights from Pulicat Lagoon”, National 

Seminar on ‘Environmental Monitoring: Issues and Challenges’, organized by 

the Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management, MCC, 

February 2011; and (iii) “Photoluminescence detection of Biomolecules by 

Nanostructured Marine Diatoms”, National Conference on ‘Application of 

Nanotechnology in Current Agriculture Practices’, Dr. Zakir Husain College, 

Ilayangudi, February 2011. 

• K. Maheshkumar, “Sea urchins – an unexploited fishery under threat”, 

National Conference on ‘Marine Biodiversity – Present Status and Prospects’, 

the Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, 


• Jayanti Rajendran, Department of English, (i) “Peace Education”, National 

Seminar conducted by IACS, MCC, September 2010; (ii) “The Role of 

Mother Tongue in the Class room”, National Seminar organized by Jain 

Vishva Bharathi University, Ladnun, Rajasthan, March 2011; (iii) 

“Technology and Language Teaching”, UGC sponsored National Conference 

conducted by the University of Madras, March 2011; (iv) “Challenges of an 

Indian Learner of English”, National Seminar conducted by Patrician College 

of Arts and Science, Chennai, March 2011; and (v) “Technology Integration”, 

National Conference conducted by the SRM University, Chennai, March 


• Ruchika Kathuria, “Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss: An Amalgam of 

Commitment and Aestheticism”, UGC sponsored National Seminar held at 

Dyal Singh College, Karnal, Haryana, February 2011. 

• Monsingh Daniel, (i) “The Fragility of Commitment in Chinua Achebe’s 

Marriage is a Private Affair”, UGC sponsored National Seminar, Dyal Singh 

College, Karnal, Haryana, February 2011; and (ii) “Slumdog Millionaire – A 

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British Retelling of an Indian Story”, UGC sponsored National Seminar, N.S. 

Patel College of Arts & Science, Anand, Gujarat, March 2011. 

• Samuel Moses, “Mutualism in Rudy Wiebe’s A Discovery of Strangers”, 

National Conference on ‘Name and Nature of Ecocriticism’, Central 

University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, December 2010. 

• Athma Dharshana, “An Eco-Critical Reading of Chaucer’s Reverdie Passage 

from Canterbury Tales”, ibid. 

• Siffo Kumeds, “Transition of the Kani Tribe from that of the British Writer”, 

N.S. Patel College of Arts and Science, Anand, Gujarat, in a UGC sponsored 

National Seminar, March 2011. 

• Sudar Vizhi, Department of Tamil, (i) “Environmental problems and the 

solutions”, 

National Seminar on ‘Environmental Monitoring: Issues and 

Challenges’, Department of Geography, Tourism and Travel Management, 

MCC, February 2011; (ii) “Pudhu kavidhaigalil padaippu uththigal” National 

Seminar on ‘Tamizhial – 2011’, PGP College of Arts & Science, March 2010; 

and (iii) “Mu. Arunachalam Paarvaiyil U.Ve.Sa”, National Seminar conducted 

by Annamalai University, March 2011. 

• Samuel, presented a paper on “Peace Education”, at the National Workshop 

for ‘Curriculum Development on Peace Education’, organized by IACS, 

MCC, December 2010. 

• V. Jayalakshmi, Department of Hindi, “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam”, 

organized by India Inter-Continental Cultural Association, Chandigarh and 

Tamil Nadu Hindi Sahithya Academy, Stella Maris College, Chennai, 04 & 05 


Lectures/Resource Persons 

Aided Stream 

• K. Ganesh, Department of English, (i) was a resource person for the 

Refresher Course held for the College Teachers at the University of Madras on 

‘Metadrama’, July 2010; and (ii) delivered a talk on ‘Postcolonial 

Implications in Indian Writing in English’, UGC sponsored guest lecture 

organized by the Department of English, S.D.N.B. Vaishnav College for 

Women, Chromepet, February 2011. 

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• Ann Thomas, delivered keynote addresses on (i) ‘Transformational Visionary 

Leadership’, National Orientation for Gender Leaders, held at Visakhapatnam, 

October 2010; and (ii) ‘Creating a Safe World for Women’ at Tenali, A.P., 

March 2011; and was a resource person for the UGC Refresher Course in 

Women’s Studies organized by the University of Madras, February 2011. 

• Moses Michael Faraday, Department of Tamil, (i) gave a special lecture on 

‘Mother’s Day Celebration’, in SS Memorial School, Chrompet, Chennai, July 

2010; (ii) delivered the inaugural address in the Training Workshop for 

College Teachers on Testing and Evaluation conducted jointly by National 

Testing Service, India, and Theivani Ammal College for Women, Villupuram, 

December 2010; (iii) chaired a session and gave introductory speech in the 

National Workshop on Peace Education organized by IACS, MCC, December 

2010; (iv) delivered the valedictory address in a special seminar organized by 

St. Thomas College, Chennai and Central Institute of Classical Tamil, 

Chennai, January 2011; (v) gave a special lecture on ‘Tamil Literature and 

Indian Democrasy” in the Iniya Tamil Peravai of Loyola College, Chennai, 

January 2011; (vi) delivered the valedictory address in a special seminar 

organized by the Kamban Mandram of Selaiyur hall, Madras Christian 

College, February 2011; (vii) delivered the keynote address in the special 

National Seminar on ‘Tamil Christian Literature’, organized by St. Joseph’s 

College, Trichy, March 2011; and (viii) served as a resource person for the 

Refresher Course conducted for Tamil Lecturers by the UGC Academic Staff 

College, Pondicherry Central University, March 2011. 

• P. David Prabhakar, delivered lectures on (i) ‘Humanism in Tamil Literature’, 

Seminar on Mother Theresa Centenary Celebrations, Loyola College, 

Chennai, September 2010; (ii) ‘Tholkappiyam: Discourse approach’ as 

resource person in the UGC Refresher Course, Bharathiyar University, 

Coimbatore, October 2010; (iii) ‘Language Computing in India’, College of 

Computer Science, De La Salle University, Manila, February 2011; (iv) 

‘Indian Literature – with special focus on little known literary traditions of 

India’, Department of English and Comparative Literature, University of 

Philippines, Manila, March 2011; and (v) ‘Classical Tamil Literature’, 

Department of Filippino, Atheno de Manila University, Manila, March 2011. 

• C. Joseph Barnabas, Department of History, was the resource person at the 

UGC sponsored Refresher Course on Women’s Studies conducted by the 

University of Madras, February 2011. 

• Vas anthi Vijayakumar, was a resource person for Refresher Course on 

Gender, organized by JBAS College for Women, Chennai, February 2011. 

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• W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar, Department of Political Science, has been a (i) 

Visiting Professor, International Relations, Department of Humanities and 

Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai (2010- 

2011); and (ii) Member, International Editorial Board, Journal of the Indian 

Ocean Region (International Refereed Journal) (London: UK, Routledge, 

Taylor and Francis) 2010 onwards. 

• N.M. Hariharan, Resource person for Masters in Public Health Lectures, 

ICMR Chennai, November 2010; (ii) External Examiner ICSE Board 

Examination, Good Earth School, Chennai, February 2011; (iii) Resource 

Person for Seminar on “Contemporary History : Issues”, organized by D.G. 

Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai, March 2011. 

• Duraisamy, Department of Economics, served as Chairperson for the Session 

‘Ancient Tamil – Economic Relationship’ at the International Seminar on ‘The 

Contributions of the Tamils to the composite culture of Asia’, January 2011. 

• Selvaraj, delivered a lecture on ‘Field Study in Research’, Academic Staff 

College, University of Madras, December 2010. 

• M. Gabriel, Department of Philosophy, delivered lectures on (i) “The 

Concept of Religion and the Life World in Dr. S. Radhakrishnan”, Teachers’ 

Day Celebration, Department of Philosophy, University of Madras, September 

2010; (ii) “Life, Teaching and Ministry of Jesus, Passion, Death and 

Resurrection of Jesus and 1938 Tambaram Conference”, Institute for 

Advanced Christian Studies, MCC, August 2010; (iii) “Philosophy, the 

Challenges of Life”, International Philosophy Day, Department of Philosophy, 

Sri Venkateswara University, August 2010; (iv) “The Philosophy of Man and 

Environment”, World Philosophy Day Celebration, Department of Philosophy, 

Annamalai University, December 2010; (v) ‘Ecumenism in India – MCC 

Contribution’, Liverpool Hope University Travel Team, UK, January 2011; 

(vi) “Women and Religion”, Teachers’ Refresher Course, SIET College, 

Chennai, February 2011; and (vii) Series of lectures to Bethel Theological 

College students of Danishpet on theme ‘Current Trends in Rationalism, 

Empiricism and Existentialism’, March 2011. 

• P. Joseph Sathiaraj, conducted International Study Programme to the students 

of Davidson College, North Carolina, USA, August to November 2010 and 

Elmhurst College Term in India Program in January 2011. He also delivered, 

as a resource person, two lectures on (i) “Religions in India” to Davidson 

College students at MCC, September 2010; and (ii) “Parsism” to Elmhurst 

College students at MCC, January 2011. 

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• K. Joshua, (i) delivered two lectures on “Christian Apologetics” at the South 

Asia Institute of Christian Studies, Bangalore, July 2010; and(ii) gave a talk 

on the History of Madras Christian College to the students of Elmhurst 

College, Chicago, December 2010. 

• Charles Suresh David, Department of Commerce, delivered lectures on 

(i) “Aftermath of Recession – the Road to Recovery”, at the UGC sponsored 

National Seminar on ‘Global Financial Crisis and its impact on Indian 

Economy’, Holy Cross College, Nagercoil, January 2011; and (ii) 

‘Entrepreneurship, Youth and Inclusive Management – for Brand India’, 

International Conference, Loyola College, Chennai, February 2011. 

• T. Shirmila, (i) delivered a lecture on “Accountancy Concepts and 

Conventions”, St. John’s International Residential School, Chennai, 

November 2010; and (ii) was a resource person in Workshop/Camp organized 

by the NSS unit of MCC at FLI, Mappedu, and delivered lecture on 

‘Sustainable Community Development’, December 2010. 

• Anli Suresh, (i) chaired a technical session in the Second Annual Global 

Business Summit Conference organized by Global Strategic Management Inc, 

Michigan, USA, Karunya University, Chennai Campus, June 2010; (ii) 

organised The Third International Annual Global Business Summit 

Conference (GBSC2011) on ‘Global Best Practices’at Comfort Inn Marina 

Towers, Chennai, 24 to 26 March 2011; and (iii) key note speaker &chaired a 

technical sessionin the Third International Annual Global Business Summit 

Conference (GBSC2011), Comfort Inn Marina Towers, Chennai, 24 to 26 


• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, (i) chief guest, Annual 

Proficiency and Award giving function, Peniel Matriculation Higher 

Secondary School, Chennai, 3July 2010; (ii) resource person, Orientation 

programme for Fresher’s of Heber Hall, MCC, 10 July 2010; (iii) inaugural 

address, Inauguration of Social Work Department, Hindustan College of Arts 

& Science, Padur, 13 August 2010; (iv) resource person, seminar of Girl Child 

Campaign, organized by the Diaconal Ministry, CSI Synod, Chennai, 27 

August 2010; (v) lecture on ‘Gender Issues in Development’, students of 

Davidson College, USA, Semester In India Programme at MCC, 13 

September 2010; (vi) chief guest, 8 th Belt Ceremony and Demonstration of 

Skills, CSI Ewarts Women’s Christian College, Melrosapuram, 

Kancheepuram Dt., 7 October 2010; (vii) speaker on the topic ‘The Interactive 

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Role of Educators and Parents in Building Communal Harmony and National 

Integration’, seminar on ‘The Role of the Family in Building Communal 

Harmony and National Integration’ organized by Service and Research 

Institute on Family and Children (SERFAC), with the National Foundation for 

Communal Harmony and National Integration, Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI, 

2 October 2010; (viii) lecture on ‘Gender, Family and Social Issues in India’, 

for students of Elmhurst College, USA, January Term in India in MCC, 13 

January 2011; and (ix) Chief Guest to deliver the inaugural address on 

Christian Leadership in Literacy for the inaugural function of the 38 th All 

India Adult Literacy Project Officer’s Orientation Seminar, at LIT Bhavan, # 

67, Beracah Road, Kilpauk, Chennai, 3 February 2011. 

• Prince Annadurai, (i) Delivered a lecture on ‘Social Work Research 

Techniques’ to the Social Work students of St. Joseph College, Kovur, 

Chennai, 17 august 2010; (ii) Took classes on the “Socio Cultural Aspects of 

Public Health” for the medical students in the master of Public Health course 

conducted by the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research), at the Institute 

of Epidemiology, Ayapakkam, Chennai, 15 & 22 November 2010; (iii) 

Chaired a session on “Intervention in Child related issues” in the UGC 

sponsored National Conference on Inclusive Development – A Social Science 

Perspective, conducted by the Department of Social Work, Bishop Heber 

College, Trichy, 10 & 11 December 2010; (iv) conducted a workshop for the 

Compassion Child Development Workers on ‘working with Children’ and 

‘PRA techniques’ at CReNEio, Chennai, 21 & 22 January 2011. 

• Prince Solomon, conducted workshops on the topic (i) “Communication” for 

the staff of International Justice Mission, Chennai, 23 September 2010; (ii) 

‘Team Building’ for the Programme Managers of Compasskion International 

Project staff, 16 November & 14 December 2010; (iii) conducted sessions on 

‘Domestic Violence’ in the Freedom Training programme for the Released 

Bonded Laborers of International Justice Mission, 23 & 30 November 2010; 

(iv) ‘Sex Education’ for the adolescent children in Compassion Project, 

Tambaram, 30 November 2010; (v) conducted a workshop on the topic 

“Celebrating Life in MCC”, for all the I B.Com students of SFS, MCC on 01, 

08 & 10 February 2011; and (vi) special Lecture on ‘Social Relationships’ for 

the Psychology students of Dr. MGR Janaki College for Women, 14 

September 2010 

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• Priscilla Samuel conducted (i) A workshop on Self, Time Management, 

Facing challenges in life for the 10 th and 12 th std students of Peniel School at 

Palikaranai on 17 & 24 August 2010; (ii) A session on “How to face Public 

exam?” in penile school on August 18 th 2010; and (iii) A workshop on 

“Celebrating life in MCC” for all the I year B.Com students for SFS, MCC, on 

1 & 10 February 2011. 

• V. Rajkumar Dare, Department of Mathematics, (i) “Application of 

Mathematics in Language Theory” in a seminar at Thiruthangal Nadar 

College, Royapuram, (ii) “Bio –Inspired Computing” at Alpha College of Arts 

and Science; (iii)“Recent Developments in Language theory” at Annai 

Velankani College of Arts and science; (iv) “Automata Theory” UGC 

Refresher Course for College teachers at Kannur University.” (v) Language 

Theory” one day workshop on Formal Languages and Cryptography at JBAS 

College; (vi) Bio-inspired Language theory” at Seminar on Recent 

advancements in Mathematics at Tamil Nadu Open University, Chennai; (vii) 

“Application of Mathematics in Computer Science “ at a National Seminar on 

Mathematics- a tool for effective science at M.G.R. Janaki College of Arts and 

Science, Chennai; (viii) “Recent Developments in Language Theory” at 

Mathematics – Scheme of Diverse dimensions in M.O.P. Vaishnav College, 

Chennai. (ix) “Formal Languages” Advancements of Mathematics and its 

application 2010, Vickram College of Engineering, Madurai; (x) “L-Systems 

and DNA- Computing” at Women’s Christian College, Chennai; and (xi) “A 

Study on Language Theory“ AICTE Workshop for Engineering College 

teacher, Thiagaraja Engineering College, Madurai. 

• Gnanaraj Thomas, (i) Tree Automata and Tree Languages, Workshop on 

Recent Research Trends, in Mathematics 2010, SSN College of Engineering, 

Chennai, 6 & 7, January 2010; (ii) Grammatical Inference in Bio-Inspired 

Computing, (Key-Note Address), Fifth IEEE International Conference on Bio- 

Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2010), Liverpool 

Hope University, UK, 8 to 10 September 2010; (iii)“Application of Formal 

Language in Bio-Informatics”, in the UGC sponsored National Conference on 

Recent Trends in Discrete Mathematics, “Nazareth Margoschis College “at 

Nazareth, 09 to 11 December 2010; (iv) “Tree codes and Applications” in the 

National Conference on Recent Trends in Graph Theory and Applications, 

held at St.Xavier’s college, Palayamkottai, 24 & 25 February 2011; (v) 

“Learning of Context-free languages”, An invited talk given at National 

Centre for Advanced Research in Discrete Mathematics (n-CARDMATH), 

Kalasalingam University, 26 February 2011. 

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• P.Abisha Jeyanthi, “Cryptography” one day workshop on Formal Languages 

and Cryptography at JBAS College. 

• T. Robinson, (i) Mathematics is fun, - An invited speech given at Mathematics 

Association, Vidyasage College for Women, Chingelpet, 18 December 2010; 

(ii) An Experiential Journey Called Mathematics, – A lecture series given at 

the programme “Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research” 

(INSPIRE) administered by Department of Science & Technology (DST), 

Ministry of Science & Technology, at VelTech University, 29 December 

2010; (iii) Inclusive Education in India – Policies and Practices, – An invited 

talk given at Institute of Disability Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 8 

to 15 January 2011; (iv) Paradigm Shift in Computing, – An invited speech 

given at Mathematics Association, Pope's College, Sawyerpuram, 24 February 

2011; and (v) Introduction to Membrane Computing, – An invited talk given 

at National Centre for Advanced Research in Discrete Mathematics (n- 

CARDMATH), Kalasalingam University, 26 February 2011. 

• R. Chandrasekaran, Department of Statistics, was a resource person for (i) 

Training Program on Analysis of Data using Statistical Package, St 

Christopher’s College of Education, 05 to 10 August 2010; (ii) the National 

Interaction Programme for Research Scholars in the Third National Workshop 

on Research Methods and Technique, Academic Staff College, Pondicherry 

University, Pondicherry, 01 October 2010 (iii) The National Workshop on 

Research Methodology for Teacher Scholars in the Third National Workshop 

on Research Methods and Techniques, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 

29 October 2010; (iv) Refresher Course in Business Studies, Pondicherry 

University, Pondicherry,13 November 2010; (v) Orientation Course for 

College Teachers, ASC, Pondicherry University, 11 December 2010; (vi) 

National Workshop on Computational Methodologies in Statistics, 

Department of Statistics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 19 to 21 

January 2011; (vii) National Workshop on Biostatistics : Theory and Practice, 

Department of Statistics, SV University, Tirupati, AP, 17 to 19 February 2011; 

and (viii) the Special Training Programme on Analysis of Data Using 

Statistical Package for the Faculty and M.Ed. students, St. Christopher’s 

College of Education, Vepery, Chennai, 26 February 2011. 

• R. Chandrasekaran, delivered Invited Talks on (i) Applications of Artificial 

Neural Networks, Department of Statistics, Pondicherry University, 

Pondicherry, October 2010; (ii) Statistical Signal Processing, Faculty 

Development Programme on Bio-signal processing conducted by the 

Department of Biomedical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, 

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Kalavakkam, December 2010; (iii) Application of Neural Network in 

Surveilance Data Analysis, National Institute of Epidemiology, ICMR, 

Chennai, December 2010; (iv) Basics of Statistical Data Analysis, National 

Workshop on Biostatistics-Theory and Practice, Department of Statistics, Sri 

Venkateswara University, Tirupathi, February, 17-19, 2011. 

• Bala Srinivasan, was a resource person for the FDP on Statistical Quality 

Control for Management Teachers at Veltech University, Avadi, 13 June 


• Miriam Kalpana Simon and G. Manivannan, was a resource person for the 

Training Programme on Analysis of Data using Statistical Package, held at St 

Christopher’s College of Education, 05 to 07 August 2010; and for another 

similar training held on 25 & 26 February 2011. 

• Joanna Kezia, was a resource person for the Ph.D Programme in International 

development in conjunction with William Carey International University, 

Pasadena, USA, conducted at IGSM, Tiruvallur, Chennai, 15 February 2011. 

• G. Manimannan, (i) Resource person for the Training programme on 

“Analysis of data using Statistical Package” held at St. Christopher’s College 

of Education, 05 to 07 August 2010; (ii) Resource person for the Special 

Training Programme on “Analysis of data using Statistical Package” for the 

faculty and M.Ed. students, St. Christopher’s College of Education 

(Autonomous), Vepery, Chennai, 26 February 2011. 

• N. Lakshminarayan, Department of Physics, was (i) a resource person for the 

Research Colloquium at the Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women, 

Coimbatore, 22 & 23 December 2010; (ii) a Knowledge Expert at the two-day 

Conference on E – for Energy 2010, St John’s International Residential 

School, Palanjur; (iii) ‘Research Methodology’ course conducted for college 

teachers at Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore, 22 & 

23 Dec 2010.; and (iv) Special Guest of Honor, Key note speaker and Judge at 

“e for energy” – a National Conference at St. John’s International Residential 

School, Chennai, 03 & 04 January 2011. 

• P. Subhashini, as a resource person, delivered a lecture “Green House Effect” 

to B.Ed. and M.Ed. students at Indhira College of Education, Pandur, 

Thiruvallur District, 01 February 2011. 

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• R. Wilfred Sugumar Department of Chemistry, (i) has delivered a lecture on 

“Language of Nature” in JBAS college during Chemfest - Sigma, 21 July 2010; (ii) 

delivered a keynote address in the Forum for Service Learning through Global 

Partnership organized by Department of Social Work (Regular), MCC and 

Appalachian State University, USA, 28 & 29 January 2011. 

• P. Wilson delivered a lecture on ‘The genesis of charismatic spirituality in 

India in Staff Study Circle, Madras Christian College, Chennai, 7 October 


• T. Jaba Priya, delivered an Invited Lecture on ‘Case study presentation of SL 

models – MCC : Service Learning Models in Department of Chemistry’ in the 

Forum for Service Learning through Global Partnership organized by 

Department of Social Work (Regular), MCC and Appalachian State 

University, USA, 28 & 29 January 2011. 

• M. Baluswami, Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology 

participated as (i) a resource person in a workshop on “Freshwater Algae- 

Collection, Culture and Cultivation organized by Krishnamurthy Institute of 

Algology, Chennai at RKM Vivekananda College, Chennai, 10 to 15 May 

2010; (ii) was the Organizing Committee Member and resource person in a 

workshop on “Taxonomy of Marine Algae”, Organized by Krishnamurthy 

Institute of Algology, Chennai at CSMCRI Marine Algal Research Station, 

Mandapam Camp from 17 November 2010. 

• D. Narasimhan delivered (i) lectures on “How do we understand 

Biodiversity?” in the inaugural address of the Zoology Association ZOION 

2010, Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Teynampet, 

Chennai, 29 July 2010. (ii) key note address on “Community Knowledge and 

Intellectual Property Rights” in a workshop on Traditional Healers of Tamil 

Nadu – Health Practices and Ethno Botanical Collection, organized by Centre 

for Traditional Medicine and Research at Coimbatore, 31 July 2010; (iii) A 

lecture on “Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights” in a refresher 

course for college teachers, organized by Bharathidasan University, 

Tiruchirappali, 25 August 2010; (iv) a lead lecture on “Tropical Dry 

Evergreen Forests: Structure and Function” in the National Seminar on 

Tropical Ecosystem, Structure and Function conducted by the Institute of 

Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore, 28 December 2010; (v) A 

lead lecture on “Campus Flora Audit” in an Orientation Programme on 

Campus Environmental Audit Conducted by United Board, Heber Partnership 

for Environmental Action held at Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli, 29 

October 2010; (vi) a special lecture on “Biodiversity” in Department of 

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Botany, New College, Chennai, 7 January 2011; (vii) a special lecture on 

“Biodiversity and Environment” in Department of Botany in Justice Basheer 

Ahmed Women’s college, Chennai, 11 January 2011; (viii) a special lecture 

on “Indigenous Systems of medicine” in a National Seminar organized by 

Arignar Anna Government Arts College, Villupuram, 27 January 2011; (ix) a 

talk on “Biodiversity” for Non Governmental Organizations of Tamil Nadu 

organized by CPR Environmental Educational Centre, Chennai, 8 February 

2011; (x) a lecture as a resource person on “Cladistics” in the National Level 

Training Workshop on “ Recent Trends in Animal Taxonomy and 

Systematics” organized by the Department of Zoology, Loyola College, 

Chennai, 23 February 2011; and (xi) a lecture in a UGC sponsored two day 

National Seminar on “ElNino- its impact over Climate change and loss of 

Biodiversity’ organized by the Botany Department, Arignar Anna Government 

Arts College, Villupuram, 4 March 2011. 

• P. Selva Singh Richard, delivered a lecture on ‘Techniques of Seed 

Germination’ and involved in seed collection of rare tree species of Kalakad 

Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tirunelveli” to the Forest Department Staff of 

KMTR, Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu, 18 to 20 October 2010. 

• W. Arisdason delivered a lecture on “Diversity and Status of Angiosperm in 

Tamil Nadu” in a One-day Seminar on Nature and Biodiversity, conducted by 

the Department of Plant Biology & Plant Biotechnology, S.D.N.B. Vaishnav 

College for Women, Chennai, 08 September 2010. 

• Arul Samaj, Department of Zoology, (i) Attended the Expert Committee to 

review the ongoing Star College Programme at New Delhi on 14 July 2010; 

(ii) Organized an interactive meeting under Star College Programme for 

Botany, Chemistry, Physics and Zoology departments, 30 June 2010. 

• Samuel Sukumar, , delivered lectures (i) Organising committee member for 

Peace & Peace Building Workshop on Peac Education sponsored by 

UBCHEA, organized by MCC Tambaram, 3 & 4 December 2010; (ii) to St 

Olaf and Davidson College students; (iii) on ‘As exposition on Pulicat’ for 

Brethren College Abroad, 7 February 2011; (iv) on ‘Effect of Industrial 

Development on Kattupalli Island’, for Brethren College Abroad, 17 February 

2011; (v) `Development of Curriculum for Peace Education’, at Lady Doak 

College, Madurai, February 2011; (vi) was a resource person in the UGC 

sponsored Refresher Course on Women in the era of Biotechnology, held at 

JBAS College for Women; and (vii) in the Women’s Day celebration, on the 

title Role of Women in the Field of Biotechnology, organized by the Center 

for Gender Studies, Stella Maris College, 8 March 2011. 

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• Moses Inbaraj, invited to present proposal in the National Panel Meeting in 

New Delhi with Prof. Andrew Briggs, Oxford University to formulate a theme 

on life science research under Templeton World Charity Foundation Fund, 21 


• C. Joyce Priyakumari, delivered lecture on `Fascinating utility of Computer 

and Information Technology in Life Sciences’, National Science Day, 

celebrated with the theme of `Chemistry in Life’ for poster presentations by 

the school students of 9 th and 10 th Standard, organized by the Bioinformatics 

Centre of BTISnet, MCC, 28 February 2011. 

• Logamanya Tilak, (i) Resource person for Brethren Christian Abroad at 

Pulicat Lake on Coastal lagoons and threats, February 2011; (ii) organizing 

Secretary of the Workshop on Wetland Ecology and Restoration held at the 

Department of Zoology and Estuarine Biological Laboratory, Pulicat, Madras 

Christian College, 01 to 05 September, 2010; (iii) Invited talk on “Importance 

of Wetlands and Threats to Wetland Ecology” in the Consultation Programme 

on Influence of Climate Change on Ecology, INECC-SCINDEA, Chennai, 04 

September 2010; (iv) Invited Lecture on “Restoration Ecology of Pulicat 

Lake” as part of the Wildlife Week Celebration, British Council, Madras 

Naturalist Society and WWF, British Council Library, Chennai, 04 October 



• D. Minnie, Department of Computer Science (MCA), delivered lectures on 

(i) ‘Object Oriented Programming and C++” at SDNB Vaishnav College, 

Chrompet, Chennai, 2010; and (ii) Àssociation Rule Mining’, National 

Workshop on Research Trends and Tools in Data Mining and Warehousing 

at B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, August 2010. 

• R. Belinda, Department of Social Work, was a resource person for (i) 

Residential training programme for the youth girls on self-development and 

social awareness, organized by TNSCB and Arunodaya, March 2010; (ii) 

Social work educators forum, held at Loyola College, on the topic `Frequency 

of forum meeting’; (iii) `Mid Term Appraisal’, XI Five year plan organized 

by Wada Na Thoda and TN Forces, Chennai, March 2010; and (iv) ‘An 

overview of issue in Contemporary India’, Semester in India Programme, 

Davidson College, USA, at MCC; (iv) 

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• Janice Shiji, was a (i) resource person for the programme on Àn overview of 

issue in contemporary India’ in the Semester in India Programme of Davidson 

College, USA, at MCC; (ii) moderator for the Panel Discussion on Human 

Right in India, ibid, 3 November 2010; (iii) guest Lecturer at Holy Family 

Convent School, Keelkattalai, to a group of adolescent girls on the topic 

`Pathway to Maturity’, September 2010; (iv) delivered a talk as the Resource 

person on “NGO’s and Social development” to the under graduate students of 

Elmhurst students who had come to MCC, 15 January 2011 and also 

accompanied them for an exposure to an NGO -Good Life Centre , 

Tambaram; (v) gave a lecture as the Resource person to all the SHG members 

of an INGO called Angelo Foundation on “Healthy Parenting” on 05 March 

2011 as part of womens day celebration; (vi) co-ordinator for the Semester 

exchange programme Fall 2010 for the Davidson college students, August to 

November 2010 during which time had organized 15 lectures on various 

topics related to Issues in Contemporary India. 

• Baily Vincent, organized training and development programmes on (i) 

‘Marital Preparation’ for teenage girls at the Indian Red cross Society, 

Egmore, Chennai; (ii) `Sex Education’, for school students at a Govt Higher 

Secondary School, Greams Road, Chennai; (iii) `Youth Development and 

Personality’ for the youths of Rotary Nagar Slum, Light House Station 

Kuppam, Chennai; and (iv) `Career Development’ for children of the Alpha to 

Omega Learning Disability Centre, Karumathur. 

• D. Armstrong Doss, Department of Business Administration, gave a lecture 

on `Recent trends in consumer behaviour’, at ICFAI National College, 

Chennai. 

• V. Sudha, Department of Chemistry, participated in the Panel Discussion on 

‘Chemistry Education – Perspectives and Future’ organized by the Department 

of Chemistry, Stella Maris College, Chenna, February 2011. 

• N. Thirunavukkarasu, Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management, delivered a lecture on “Pulicat Lake – Biodiversity and 

Conservation”, 5-day Workshop on `Wetland ecology and restoration’, 

organized by Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology, Chennai, 


• Lita Sundar, delivered lectures on (i) “Marshlands”, ibid., and (ii) “Wetland 

Pollution”, ibid. 

• J. Sesh Serebiah, delivered a lecture on “Mangrove ecology and restoration”, 

ibid. 

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• K. Mahesh Kumar, delivered lectures on (i) “Wetland ecosystem 

management”, ibid.; and (ii) “Wastewater Treatment”, Department of 

Biotechnology, Vel Sri Ranga Sanku College, Avadi, Chennai, March 2011. 

• Daniel David, Department of English, served as a resource person at the 

Refresher Course conducted by the Department of English, University of 

Madras and delivered lectures on `Structuralism – Theory and Practice’ and 

`Culture Studies and Cinema’, July 2010. 

• V. Jayalakshmi, Department of Hindi (Language SFS), (i) Judge for the 

event “Hindi Debate” and “Hindi Skit”, an Inter School Competition 

organized by Kendriya Vidyalaya - No.2, AFS, Tambaram, 07 September 

2010; and (ii) Conduct an Inter-collegiate “Hindi Quiz Competition” and also 

to be the Judge for the same, organized by SDNB Vaishnav College for 

Women, Chrompet, Chennai, 02 September 2010. 

Foreign Visits 

• Dr R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, on an invitation, visited Davidson 

College, North Carolina, USA, for a meeting with key officers of that College 

and studied the various structural operations in that institution. He also visited 

and interacted with important officers in the Appalachian State University, 

Furman University, South Carolina, Elmhurst College, Chicago and 

Concordia College, New York. The Principal also had interaction on areas of 

mutual interest with the Canterbury Christ Church University and the 

Liverpool Hope University in the U.K., May 2010. 

• A team of Professors comprising of Dr Crosby Vijayakumar, Dr D. Arul 

Samraj, Mrs Miriam Samuel, Dr Surendran Purushotham, Mr Armstrong 

Doss, Mrs M. Blessy, led by our Principal Dr R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, 

visited the Liverpool Hope University, UK, to explore: collaborative research, 

faculty and student exchange programme, PG dual degree programme, 

curriculum for offering M.A. degree in Museum Studies & Archaeology, 

establishing School of Music, Popular Culture and Performing Arts, 

introducing M.A. in International Social Work, conducting short-term courses 

in Bioinformatics and enhancing the Biotechnology facility available in MCC, 


• R.W. Alexander Jesudasan, Principal, attended the AULP Programme and was 

a panellist on `Dealing with Problems and Prospects of liberal Arts in Higher 

Education in the 21 st Century” organized by the United Board for Christian 

Higher Education in Asia at Hong Kong, January 2011. 

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• Ann Thomas, Department of English, (i) World Council of YMCA, Hong 

Kong, 19 to 24 July 2010; and (ii) represented India at the Executive 

Committee meeting of the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs, Hong Kong, 

8 to 12 March 2011. 

• G. Rajendran, Department of Tamil, visited Singapore SIM University and 

taught Tamil Grammar to B.A. Tamil Students of the University, July 2010. 

He also visited Malaysia and gave literary talks in schools and other literary 

organisations for 10 days continuously. 

• K. Joshua, Department of Philosophy, attended the Edinburgh 1910 

Centenary Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland,and presented a paper titled, 

Mission Spirituality in Indian Context: Some challenges, opportunities and 

strategies, June 2010. 

• Miriam Samuel, Department of Social Work, visited (i) Hong Kong to copresent 

and participate in the 2010 Joint World Conference on Social Work & 

Social Development: The Agenda and Post-Tsunami International Health 

Meeting, Planning and Dissemination Activity held in Hong Kong, China, 10 

to 14 June 2010; (ii) Thompson Rivers University, Canda as co-investigator 

for research project, 22 to 24 October 2010; (iii) Liverpool Hope University, 

UK, to visit the university to strengthen international partnership, November 

2010; and (iv) Thompson Rivers University, Canada, as co-investigator for 

research project, May 2011. 

• Prince Solomon visited Hong Kong to participate in the 2010 Joint World 

Conference on Social Work & Social Development: The Agenda, held in 

Hong Kong, China, 10 to 14 June 2010. 

• T. Robinson,Department of Mathematics, the recipient of The Leverhulme 

Trust Research Fellowship visited the Department of Computer Science, 

Liverpool Hope University, for his post-doctoral research titled ‘Algorithmic 

Generation of Images’, October 2009 to October 2010. 

• D.G. Thomas presented papers at The Fifth IEEE International Conference on 

Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2010), 

Liverpool Hope University, UK, 8 to 10 September 2010. 

• D.G. Thomas presented papers at the International Colloquium on 

Grammatical Inference (ICGI 2010), Valencia, Spain, 13 to 16 September 


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• J.D. Emerald presented papers at The Fifth IEEE International Conference on 

Bio-Inspired Computing: Theories and Applications (BIC-TA 2010), 

Liverpool Hope University, UK, 8 to 10 September2010. 

• T. Robinson gave a series of invited lectures on ‘Inclusive Education in India’ 

at the Institute of Disability Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, 8 to 15 


• G.A.I. Ebenezer Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology 

visited Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois, U. S. A. in MCC-Elmhurst 

College Partnership Programme as Visiting Professor to teach and participate 

in varied activities and programs of Elmhurst College in the Fall Semester. 

Gave lectures to Biology Students on Plant Growth and Development. 

Introduced hands on training on Plant Tissue Culture with their own 

preparations. Other topics include a talk on Effect of Globalisation 

(MacDonalisation) on India (Chennai) to Business Administration 

Department; Indian Culture to Religion Department and History and Culture 

Tamil Nadu and MCC to a Forum of Students who had Foreign study. During 

this visit, G.A.I. Ebenezer had a chance to visit University of Wisconsin, 

Madison; Valparaiso University, Indiana; Duke University and Davidson 

College, North Carolina; Kent State University, Ohio. 

• Moses Inbaraj, Department of Zoology, visited Hong Kong to attend Coastal 

Resource management Planning meeting for the UBCHEA collaborative 

research project. 

• Lita Sundar, Department of Marine Studies and Coastal Resource 

Management, visited the Institute of Environmental Sciences, Silliman 

University, Dumaguete City, Phlippines, January 2011. 

• G. Johanna Johnsi Rani, Department of Computer Science, participated in 

the UBCHEA sponsored Seminar in Duta Wacana Christian University, 

Indonesia, 26 July to 01 August 2010. 

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL / REGIONAL 

CONFERENCES / SEMINARS 

• T. Shirmila, Department of Commerce, Participated in the Southern Zone 

Conference on “Empowerment of Minority Girls through Education” 

organized by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, 

Govt. of India, at JBAS College for Women, February 2011. 

• N. Josiah Solomon, attended a National workshop on “Computational 

Methodologies in Statistics, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 19 to 21 


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• V. Sudha, Department of Chemistry had participated in the Panel discussion 

on “Chemistry Education-Perspectives and Future” organized by the 

Department of Chemistry, Stella Maris College (Autonomous), Chennai, 22 


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

participated in the National Seminar on”The status of Education on Vocational 

Training in India” at Ecumenical Centre, Bengaluru, 06 to 08 December 2010. 

• G.A.I. Ebenezer participated in the ‘XXII Annual Bioinformatics 

Coordinators’ Meeting held at the Centre for Bioinformatics, Pondicherry 

University, Pondicherry, 02 to 04 February 2011. 

• J. Sudarvizhi, Department of Tamil (SFS), participated in 

(i) Environmental problems and the solutions ‘Environmental Monitoring: 

Issuesand Challenges’, Department of Geography Tourism and Travel 

Management, MadrasChristian College, 09 February 2011; (ii) 

Mu.Arunachalam Paarvaiyil U.Ve. Sa, Annamalai University, 11 & 12 March 

2011; (iii) Pudhu kavidhaigalil padaippu uththigal, Tamizhial -2011, PGP Arts 

and Science College, 28 March 2011. 

• S. Sathasivam, participated in the Forum for Service Learning through Global 

Partnerships organised by Centre for International Social Work and 

Appalachian State University, USA, 28 & 29 January 2011. 

• R. Belinda & Janice Shiji, Department of Social Work (SFS) (i) attended a 

National workshop on Curriculum Development on Peace Education and 

presented a discussion paper on the theme organized by IACS and UBCHEA, 

03 & 04 December 2010; (ii) partcipated in the 81 st UGC-Sponsored 

Orientation Course, organised by Academic Staff College , Bharathiar 

University, Coimbatore, 07 May 2010 to 03 June 2010; (iii) attended a 

workshop on Coaching,19 & 20 January 2011 organised by TRANSFER 

Adivies-coaching- Training,Netherlands and Centre for International Social 

work, MCC; and (iv) partcipated in the Faculty Development programme on 

Qualitative Research organized by the Department of Social Work in 

collaboration, 9 March 2011. 

• P. Ravikumar, Department of Geography Tourism and Travel 

Management, participated in the International Workshop on ‘Geo-Spatial 

Technology for natural Resources and Environmental Management’ at 

Department of Geography, University of Madras, 13 & 14 September 2010. 

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Part C 

Submitting the NAAC report 

The primary responsibility of IQAC would be completing and submitting the RAR to 

NAAC for reaccreditation. 

Short Term Plans 

Plans are envisaged for the 175 year celebrations, during the calendar year 2012, 

which not only would include worship and nostalgic memorabilia but also would aim 

at wholistic development on campus, for which substantial efforts would be made by 

all concerned. 

Social Impact 

• The college management is exploring the possibility of a community college to 

cater to the needs of economically and educationally disadvantaged students. 

• A detailed database of both Governmental and Non-Governmental scholarships is 

to be maintained and students channelized to take full advantage of the funding at 

their disposal. 

• Review the activities of the extension activities in Pammal, FLI, and Oxfam 

school and streamline the services extended to today’s needs. 

• Completion of construction of new building of RSL School. 

• Upgradation and modernization of Campus School. 

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Health Services: 

• To conduct health camps in association with corporate hospitals for students and 

staff. 

• To conduct awareness camps on general nutrition and preventive health for the 

students in MCC and FLI community. 

• To conduct awareness camps on non-communicable diseases like Diabetes and 

cancers for teaching and nonteaching staff of MCC. 

Others 

• A platform to share the knowledge and experience the members of the faculty 

gained abroad with the rest of the college community. The forum will discuss the 

experiences the staff gained through their overseas trip both in processing, 

administration, cultural and academic levels. This would enable the assessment of 

the existing conditions in MCC and make progressive changes as and when 

required. 

• A monthly newsletter is to be published highlighting the major activities in the 

college. 

• The alumni chapters across the globe are to be strengthened and their involvement 

with the present activities mooted. 

• Reinstating the importance of sports and games in competitive terms on campus 

by recruiting a full time Sports Director 

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• Establishement of Coaching centre for Civil Service Examination & UGC NET 

Examination. 

• Establishment of Centre for Peace Studies. 

• Renovation and physical infrasturutre for the office of the Deans and the Bursar 

office 

• Plans to make admissions online 

• To start M.Phil programme in Social Work and Commerce in the Self-Financed 

Stream 

• To start a Community College to cater to the needs of the youth in and around 

Tambaram. 

• Apply to UGC for colleges with Potential for Excellence. 

• To comply with university/UGC requiremts to make changes in the marksheet (8 

security requirements) 

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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 

Department of Social Work 

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 12 

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 2010-11) by Gender: 

Gender – Wise Student Strength (2010 – 2011) 

Course Men Women Total 

AIDED 

Under Graduate 

B.A. 557 409 966 

B.Sc. 336 517 853 

B.Com. 169 130 299 

Post Graduate 

MA (Including M.S.W) 222 159 381 

M.Sc. 84 223 307 

M.Com. 27 53 80 

M.Phil. 29 51 80 

Total 1424 1542 2966 

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SELF - FINANCED 

Under Graduate 

BA & B.B.A 474 211 685 

B.Sc. 687 323 1010 

B. Com 329 135 464 

Post Graduate 

MA (Including M.S.W) 86 70 156 

M.Sc. 68 68 136 

M.Com. 42 44 86 

M.C.A. 44 34 78 

Total 1730 885 2615 

Demand for UG Courses for the Academic year 2010 – 11 

Demand of Under Graduate Course (2010 – 2011) 

Name of the Course/ Programme 

Candidates 

Applied 

Sanctioned 

Strength 

Candidates 

Admitted 

AIDED 

History (Regular) 155 45 44 

History (Vocational) 71 30 29 

Political Science 234 70 69 

Economics 395 70 68 

Philosophy 82 35 35 

Tamil Literature 128 70 42 

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English Literature 497 70 70 

Commerce (Regular) 1642 70 70 

Commerce (Vocational) 740 30 30 

Mathematics 442 70 69 

Statistics 120 50 37 

Physics 467 50 49 

Chemistry 279 50 49 

Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology 186 50 50 

Zoology (Regular) 102 50 48 

Zoology (Vocational) 59 30 24 


Business Administration (Sec –I & II) 507 125 124 

Commerce (Sec –I & II) 976 180 180 

Computer Application 876 100 100 

Microbiology 108 50 36 

Visual Communication 347 50 50 


Physics 136 50 41 

Physical Education 79 50 48 

Journalism 172 70 67 

Social Work 155 70 70 

Geography, Tourism &Travel Management 148 50 49 

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Demand for PG Courses for the Academic year 2010 - 11 

Demand of Post Graduate Course (2010 – 2011) 


AIDED 

Candidates 

Applied 

Sanctioned 

Strength 

Candidates 

Admitted 

History 54 40 27 


Public Administration 87 40 36 





Commerce 181 40 40 




Physics 134 26 26 


Plant Biology &Plant Biotechnology 122 26 26 

Zoology 70 26 25 



Communication 76 40 40 



Applied Microbiology 68 26 26 

Commerce (COBA) 98 40 40 

Marine Studies & Coastal Resource Management 63 26 25 

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MCC School of Continuing Education 

MCC School of Continuing Education (2010 – 2011) 

S. No Name of the Course/ Programme Men Women Total 

1 P.G. Diploma in Human Resource Management 

2 P.G. Diploma in Computer Application 

3 P.G. Diploma in Medical Lab Technology 

4 P.G. Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication 

5 Diploma in Medical Lab Technology 

6 Diploma in Printing Technology-I Year 

7 Diploma in Printing Technology– II Year 

8 Diploma in Computer Application (Morning) 

9 Diploma in Computer Application (Evening) 

10 Diploma in Human Resource Management (Morning) 

11 Diploma in Human Resource Management (Evening) 

12 Diploma in Montessori Primary School Teaching Technology (6 

Months) 

13 Certificate Course in Financial Accounting and Tally (4 Months) 

14 Diploma in English Language and Communication Skills (Evening) 

28 10 38 

7 3 10 

2 5 7 

5 3 8 

3 9 12 

5 - 5 

17 - 17 

7 6 13 

22 18 40 

36 14 50 

30 28 58 

- 9 9 

- 8 8 

4 1 5 

TOTAL 292 

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Students’ Performance in the Examinations in the UG Courses (Final year 

students Appeared in April/May 2011 Only) 

Performance in Under Graduate Final Year Students 


AIDED 

Students 

Appeared 

Students 

passed 

Pass 

Percentage 

History (Regular) 29 16 55 

History (Vocational) 12 8 67 






Commerce (Regular) 66 35 53 

Commerce (Vocational) 29 18 62 



Physics 37 24 65 



Zoology (Regular) 30 19 63 

Zoology (Vocational) 7 4 57 


Journalism 42 30 71 

Business Administration 63 56 89 



Computer Science 42 36 86 

Geography 40 35 88 


Microbiology 36 31 86 

Physical Education 24 11 46 


Visual Communication 41 25 61 

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Students’ Performance in the Examinations in the PG Courses (Final year 

students appeared in April/May 2011 Only) 

Performance in Post Graduate Final Year Students 


Students 

Appeared 

Students 

passed 

Pass 

Percentage 

AIDED 

History 26 22 85 


Public Administration 36 34 94 












Zoology 23 18 78 



Communication 34 32 94 

Commerce (COBA) 38 35 92 


Applied Microbiology 23 23 100 


Marine Studies & Coastal Resource Management 17 15 88 

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AQAR 2010-2011 - Madras Christian College

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