Department of Microbiology

The department of Microbiology was established in the year 2003 with the postgraduate programme and in 2004 with the undergraduate course. The research programme comprises M.Phil and Ph.D which was started in the year 2005 and 2007 respectively. The department has a strong link with the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital and other institutions of the trust where there are a number of ongoing research projects. The department is armed with well qualified, dedicated and experienced faculty members. The department is committed towards the healthy academic (curriculum and co-curriculum) growth of the students as well as fostering the teaching and research activities of the faculty. The Department engages in various Projects supported by DBT, ICMR, UGC, DST, DRDO, CSIR, and TNSCST.

Vision

• To emerge as a centre of higher learning excellence in microbiology.
• To escalate the research activities by involving faculty and students
• To encourage the extension services by involving students and faculty.

Mission

• To accomplish a process to advance knowledge in a rigorous academic and research environment.
• To attract and build people in an inspiring environment by fostering freedom, empowerment, creativity and innovation.

Department Activities

The Department has framed an Association named "Louis Pasteur Memorial Club", with an objective to focus on student's development on other activities other than the academics. The association from the date of incorporation has organizes various programmes like International, National Symposiums every year, Seminars by eminent personalities, Inter and Intradepartmental Competitions, Workshops, Exhibitions, Extension activities and the club motivates the students to participate in various technical and cultural events.

S.No	Date	Event/Program	Topic	Resource person
Academic Year 2017-2018
01.	07.07.2017	Invited Lecture	Variants to Regression	Dr. S Sundaramoorthy, JNVYAS University, Jodhpur, Rajesthan.
02.	07.07.2017	Invited Lecture	Experience of Summer Fellowship in Allagappa University	Dr. J. Renga Ramanujam
03.	14.07.2017	Invited Lecture	Fascinating world of Microbes	Dr. Dr. Ezhili N. Dept. of Zoology PSGR Krishnammal College Coimbatore
04.	21.07.2017	Invited Lecture - Alumni	Alumni Interaction	Mrs. Reshma Ravindran, Research Associate, University of Pune.
05.	22.07.2017	Invited Lecture - Alumni	Alumni Interaction	Ms. Pratheppa, I M. Sc., Medical Microbiology, University of Madras.
06.	22.07.2017	Invited Lecture - Alumni	Alumni Interaction	Ms. Bowya, I M. Sc., Medical Microbiology, University of Madras.
07.	28.07.2017	Invited Lecture	Phytochemicals as molecular therapeutics	Dr. Vijaya prabha, KMCH, Coimbatore.
08.	22.08.2017	Invited Lecture	Career opportunities in biosciences	Dr. R. Rajendran, Associate Professor, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.
09.	15.09.2017	X Louis Pasteur Memorial Symposium	Targeted Delivery and real time imaging using Zebra fish as model system	Dr. R. Rajesh Kannan Scientist D, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Sathyabama University, Chennai.
10.	15.09.2017	X Louis Pasteur Memorial Symposium	Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery- A tool for biology and medicine	Dr. R. Rajendran, Associate Professor, PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore.
11.	03.01.2018	Invited Lecture	Tuberculosis – preventive measures	Mr.P.Varatharaj Govt. upgraded primary health centre, S.S.Kulam, Coimbatore.
12.	03.01.2018	Invited Lecture	Tuberculosis – preventive measures	Mr.B.Anguchamy Govt. Hospital, Valparai.
S.No	Date	Event/Program	Topic	Resource person
Academic Year 2015-2016
01.	22.06.2015	Guest Lecture	HIV and its vaccine-an enigma	Dr. P. Rajendran, Professor, Madha Medical College, President IAAM
02.	10.07.2015	Guest Lecture	“HACCP-Management System for food safety	Dr. P. Sumathy, URS, Dubai.
03.	19.08.2015	VIII Louis Pasteur National Symposium on Causatives and Curatives of Infectious Diseases  (CCID - 2015)	Better Life Without Medicine	Dr.B.T.Chidanandamurthy, Former Director, Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy, NEW DELHI.
			Molecular diagnosis	Dr. Madhivanan Jothi, Bharahtiyar university.
04.	25.08.2015	Guest Lecture	Career prospects in Life Sciences	Dr. T. J. Pandian, Indian National Science Academy (INSA).
05.	08.09.2015	Guest Lecture	Molecular Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases  – PCR based approach	Dr.S.R.Prabhakaran, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University
06.	10.09.2015	Guest Lecture	Infectious Diseases and Indian Scientists & Career Opportunities	Dr. N. Kannan, Dean Academic Affairs, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College
07.	14.09. 2015	Guest Lecture	Construction of Phylogenetic tree	Mr.Cibichakravarthy Balasubramanian, Department of Biotechnology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
08.	18.09.2015	Guest Lecture	Yin and Yang of Immune systems	Dr.M.Jayalakshmi, Assistant Professor Dept of Immunology Center for Excellence in Genomic Sciences School of Biological Sciences Madurai Kamaraj University
09.	15.12.2015	Guest Lecture	Community microbial consortia of yet – un-cultural bacteria	Dr.Aruni Wilson, Associate Research Professor, Division of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University
10.	15.12.2015	Guest Lecture	Diagnostic dilemmas of M tuberculosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis	Dr. Asha Venkatesh, Director, VG Hospitals and Medical centre, Coimbatore.
11.	08.01.2016	Inter departmental competitions	-	-
12.	19.01.2016	Guest Lecture	Emerging and reemerging viral infections	Dr.Joseph Daniel, St Joseph College, Cuddalore
Academic Year 2014-2015
01.	18.07.2014	Guest Lecture	Medical coding and transcription	Mr.Syed, Head,Operations, Professional Infotech, Coimbatore
02.	01.08.2014	Guest Lecture	Significance of Immuno diagnostics for  Snake bite	N.S.Manoj, Research Specialist, TCR Multispeciality Hospital & Snake bite Research centre, Krishnagiri
03.	20.08.2014	VII Louis Pasteur Memorial National Symposium on Momentous microbes from Menace to Marvel (PSMM-2014)	Ecological hygiene	Dr. Lucas Dengel, German Physician
			Molecular Diagnosis	Dr. Sujatha Bhaskaran, Molecular Biologist, Molecular Diagnostic laboratory, KMCH, Coimbatore
04.	11.12.2014	Guest Lecture	Extremophilic Streptomyces and its Application	Dr.C.Muthukumar, King Saudi University  Saudi Arabia
05.	13.01.2015	Guest Lecture	Extracellular Polymeric Substances: Gatekeeper of Microbial Biofilms	Dr.S.Murugan AP, Biotechnology  Karunya University
06.	09.02.2015	Guest Lecture	Current trends in molecular Biology & Drug discovery research	Mr. Vivek Murali, Founder Chief Operating and Scientific Officer, Remura Biologicals
07.	02.03.2015	Endowment Guest Lecture	Recent Advances in Molecular Diagnosis	DR.B.Appalaraju Professor, Head, PSG IMSR, Coimbatore
Academic Year 2013-2014
01.	12.07.2013	Guest Lecture	Urinary Tract Infection	Mr. D. Gandhiraj, Chief Microbiologist
02.	25.07.2013	Guest Lecture	Molecular Diagnosis of genetic diseases and infectious pathogens	Dr. Sujatha Baskaran Molecular Biologist, KMCH, Coimbatore
03.	22.08.13	VI Louis Pasteur Memorial National Symposium	Antimicrobials from plants with special reference to their multidrug pump inhibitory actions	Dr. Lakshmisubramanium, Group leader, Dalmia Centre for research and Development
			Pho/ q Gene therapy for typhoid	Dr. B. Gnagathraprabhu, Kodai Darwin Research Centre, Kodaikannal
04.	12.08 .2013	Guest Lecture	Biodiversity  of Muthupet Mangroves	Dr. A. Paneer Selvam, Head Department of Microbiology,  Shri A.V.V.M. Pushpam College,  Poondi
05.	04.01.2014	Guest Lecture	Microbiology in Ayurveda	Dr. N. K. Parthiban, Ayurveda Consultant,  T.Stanes & co, Coimbatore
06.	08.01.2014	Guest Lecture	Effective Microorganism in Hygiene and Sanitation	Dr. P. Sumathy, Lead Auditor, URS, Dubai
07.	08.01.2014	Guest Lecture	Menstrual Hygiene Management	Dr.P.Sumathy, Lead Auditor, URS, Dubai
08.	05.02.2014	II Endowment Guest Lecture	Role of Microorganisms in Gelatin Manufacturing	Dr. C. Manokaran, GM,Sterling Biotech, Sandyanalla, Ooty
Academic Year 2012-2013
01.	06.07.12	Guest Lecture	PCR based diagnosis and career guidance in life sciences	Mr. S. Sreehari, IIT, Hyderabad
02.	07.08.2012 & 08.08.2012	International Symposium (Sponsored by ICMR, DBT & KMCH)	Microbial-Powered Composting	Dr. Lee Chew Tin, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia
			Nanodiagnostics and vaccines	Dr. G.Dhinakar raj, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
			A role of microbiologist in hospital infection control program	D.Gandhiraj, Microbiology, KMCH
			Genomic tell-tales:Ancestry and Public Health	Dr. Eaaswarhkanth Muthukrishnan, Spain
			Bioethanol production through microbial fermentation	Dr.R.Rajendran, Principal, PSG CAS
			Minimum achievable reporting time in microbiology	Dr.Seemanthi Desai, Bangalore
03.	03.09.2012	Guest Lecture	25 Tips for  Healthy life	Dr. P.R. Muthusamy, Principal, Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore – 48
04.	10.09.2012	Guest Lecture	Recent Trends in the Laboratory Diagnosis of Viral Infections	Dr. Bramadhathan, Director of Research, Micro Lab, Coimbatore
05.	19.10.2012	Guest Lecture	Microalgal Biotechnology	Dr. N. Thajuddin, Professor in Microbiology, Bharathidasan University, Trichy
06.	15.12.2012	Guest Lecture	Stem cells and it's applications	Dr. T. Rajasekar, KMCH, Coimbatore
07.	07.01.2013	I Endowment Guest Lecture	Algal Biofuels	G.Subramanian, Research advisor, Mahatma Gandhi Medical college and Research Institute, Pondicherry
08.	28.02.2013	Guest Lecture	Every human being is a Scientist	Dr. V. Ramakrishnan, Principal, Dr.NGP college of Education, Cbe
Academic Year 2011-2012
01.	04.08.2011 & 05.08.2011	National Symposium IV (Sponsored by ICMR,CSIR,DRDO & KMCH)	Transgenic animals for the production of biopharmaceuticals	Dr.ArunkumarRawat, Director, Dept.Biotechnology, Ministry of science and Technology, New Delhi
			Probiotics in human Health	Dr.D.Ramesh, CEO, Salem Microbes Pvt Ltd
			Analyzing Plants with Anticancer Potential	Dr.P.R.Padma, Prof in Dept.of Bioinformatics, AvinasilingamDeemde University
			Biomaterials in Nano pharmaceuticals	Dr.R.Rajendran, Associate Professor in Microbiology, PSG CAS, Coimbatore
			Herbs in the Enhancement of memory-The Reality	Dr.M.Ramanathan, Principal, PSG College of Pharmacy, Cbe
			Microbial Products in Health Promotion	Dr. N. Kannan, Principal, KSR College of Arts and science, Tiruchengodu
02.	16.08.2011	Guest Lecture	Zoonotic Disease and its Rapid Diagnosis	Dr. R. Prabha, General Physician, Tiruppur.
03.	23.09.2011	Observation of Antony van Leeuwenhoek's Birthday(Inter Departmental competition)	-	Dr. K. Kathirvel, Scientist, DRDO – BU, Bharathiar University.
04.	27.09.2011 to 29.09.2011	Observation of Antony van Leeuwenhoek's  Birthday(Exhibition)	-	Dr. K. Kathirvel, Scientist, DRDO – BU, Bharathiar University
05.	08.10.2011	Observation of Antony van Leeuwenhoek's Birthday(competition for school students)	-	Dr. K. Kathirvel, Scientist, DRDO – BU, Bharathiar University

Extension Activity

S.No	Date	Event	Venue
Academic Year 2016 – 2017
01.	29.12.2016	Awareness program	Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College
02.	09.01.2017	Awareness program	Ambedkar Nagar
S.No	Date	Event	Venue
Academic Year 2015-2016
01.	03.09.2015	Hygienic practices	The NGP School
02.	29.10.2015	“Training on Basic Microbiological Techniques” for School teachers of Coimbatore district  given by Dr. S. S. Sudha	PG Laboratory, Department of Microbiology
Academic Year 2014-2015
01.	19.06.2014 to 10.07.2014	TNSCST sponsored Cervical Cancer awareness programme among the mill workers in and around Coimbatore, Conducted Street Play and awareness campaign.	Mills in and around Coimbatore
02.	19.06.2014	TNSCST sponsored Cervical Cancer Awareness Programme by Prof. V.Ramaswami, SG Scientist, TNSCST, Chennai & Dr.K.Murugalakshmi, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, CMCH,Coimbatore	College Premises
03.	15.07.2014	Cervical Cancer Awareness Rally inaugurated by Mrs.A.Malarvizhi, SI B4 police station.	Race course, Coimbatore
Academic Year 2013-2014
01.	06.07.2013	Awareness Rally on Dengue fever	Race Course, Coimbatore
02.	06.07.2013	Door to door awareness campaign on Dengue fever	Veeriyam palayam village
Academic Year 2012-2013
01.	30.08.2012	Awareness on cervical cancer among college students	Dr NGP ASC
02.	11.03.2013	Awareness on Anti Microbial drug resistance	Dr NGP ASC
Academic Year 2011-2012
01.	08.07.2011	Career opportunities in life sciences	A.B.C Matriculation Higher Secondary school
02.	20.07.2011	Career opportunities in life sciences	Geethanjalee Matriculation Higher Secondary School
03.	27.07.2011	Career opportunities in life sciences	GRG Matriculation Higher Secondary school
04.	27.09.2011 to 29.09.2011	Exhibition on “Exploring Microbial World”	Dr NGP ASC
05.	September 2011	Interdepartmental Competitions	Dr NGP ASC
06.	08.10.2011	Competitions for school students	Dr NGP ASC

Institute/ Industries Visited by Students

S.No	Date	Industry/Institute	Duration	No. of Students
Academic Year 2016-2017
01.	25.11.2017	Sericulture research institute, Mysore.	One day	45
02.	04.02.2017	Sterling Biotech, Ooty.	One day	50
03.	07.06.2016	KMCH Laboratory and Sewage Treatment Plant	One day	46
04.	07.01.2016	Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. National Centre for Biological Science, Bangalore.	One day	40
S.No	Date	Industry/Institute	Duration	No. of Students
Academic Year 2015-2016
01.	22.01.2016	IISc, Bangalore.	One day	50
Academic Year 2012-2013
01.	14.12.2012	TNAU, Coimbatore	One day	25
02.	15.12.2012	Organic Certification and Seed certification. 142A/1424. Thadagam Salai. G.C.T.Post. Coimbatore: 641013	One day	25
Academic Year 2011-2012
01.	16.09.2011	Aavin, Ooty	One day	38
02.	16.09.2011	Pasteur Institute, Ooty	One Day	38
03.	17.09.2011	Sterling Biotech Ltd, Post Sandyanalla Ooty, Nilgris.	One Day	38
Academic Year 2010-2011
01.	26.09.2010	CCMB, Hyderabad	One day	25
02.	27.09.2010	Moksha Food Industries, Coimbatore	One day	25

Value Added Courses

S.No	Batch	Semester	Course	No. of Students
Academic Year 2015-2016
01.	2014 - 2017	III	Clinical Training	48
02.	2013 - 2016	V	Food Safety and Management Systems	47
03.	2015 - 2017	I	Food Safety and Management Systems	15
Academic Year 2014-2015
01.	2013-2016	III	Clinical Training	47
02.	2012 - 2015	V	Immunology and Molecular Techniques	15
03.	2013 - 2015	III	Immunology and Molecular Techniques	7
Academic Year 2013-2014
01.	2012 - 2015	III	Food Safety Management System	15
02.	2011 - 2014	V	Medical Coding	28
03.	2013 - 2015	I	Food Safety Management System	7
04.	2012 - 2014	III	Hands on Training  in Clinical Lab	15
Academic Year 2012-2013
01.	2011 - 2014	III	Food Safety Management System	28
02.	2010 - 2013	V	Food Safety Management System Molecular and Immunological Technique	12
03.	2012 - 2014	I	Food Safety Management System	15
04.	2011 - 2013	III	Molecular and Immunological Technique Hands on Training in Clinical Lab	24

Highlights and Achievements

Funds Received: Student's project

S.No	Co-Ordinator/Investigator	Project Title	Funding Agency	Amount
01.	Dr.S.S.Sudha	Leptospirosis management and rapid diagnosis	Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology	Rs.6,000/-
02.	Dr.J.Renga Ramanujam	Hazardous  Parthenium  weed compost and Pseudomonas fluorescence a potential growth enhancer and immune stimulant for crops	UGC Minor Research Project	Rs.1,15,000/-
03.	Dr.S.S.Sudha	Awareness of Zika viral infection among rural people in and around Coimbatore	TNSCST- Student Project	RS.10,000/-
04.	Dr.J.Rengaramanujam	A study on efficacy of coir pith medium for mass cultivation of white (wood) rot fungi and mass production of ligninolytic enzymes – an environmental remedy on industrial value	TNSCST- Student Project	RS.10,000/-
05.	Mr.S Senthil Prabhu	Silver nanoparticles/Zeolite impregnated paper coir pith and coir fiber filters for Point of use water purification and their antibacterial activity	TNSCST- Student Project	RS.10,000/-
06.	Mrs.C Sasikala	Screening for antimicrobials of swaweeds from coastal area of south India against plant pathogens	TNSCST- Student Project	RS.10,000/-
07.	Dr.N.Vijayarani	Anticancer effect of L-arginine deiminase from fungus in mitigating arginine in Hela cancer cell line	TNSCST- Student Project	RS.10,000/-

Funded conferences

S.No	Event	Sponsors	Amount
01.	Pasteur symposium  NSID-2008	ICMR	Rs. 25,000/-
02.	Pasteur symposium  NSARDD-2009	ICMR,CSIR	Rs.25,000/-, 50,000/-
03.	Pasteur symposium  CDCM 2010	ICMR,CSIR, DRDO	Rs.25,000/-, 35,000/- 30,000/-
04.	Pasteur symposium  PSBP-2011	ICMR,CSIR, DRDO & DST	Rs. 25,000/-, 35,000/- 25,000/, 30,000/-
05.	Pasteur symposium  ISHM- 2012	ICMR,DBT	Rs.25,000/-, 30,000/- 1,00,000/-
06.	Pasteur symposium  PSPM -2013	KMCH	Rs.75,000/-
07.	Pasteur symposium  PSMM-2014	DBT	Rs.25,000/-

Major and Minor Projects

S.No	Department	Funding Agency	Project Title	Amount	Duration	Status
01.	Dr.S.S.Sudha Dr. S. Murugan	National Environmental Awareness Project	Ministry of Environmental and Forest (PEACE Trust)	Rs.8,000/-	2008, 3 months	Completed
02.	Dr.S.S.Sudha	Investigation on crude and bioactive compounds form marine microalgae for preventing coronary heart disease	UGC	Rs.10,23,700/-	Feb, 2010- Jan 2013, 3 years	Completed
03.	Dr.D.Geetha ramani	Utilization of microalgae from Noyyal river basin,         Coimbatore for CO2 sequestration, hydrocarbon production, effluent treatment and for the production of        commercially important products	DST	Rs 32,95,102/-	Aug 2012- Aug 2015 (3Years)	Completed
04.	Mr. S. Senthil Prabhu	Screening of Biologically active secondary metabolites producing Lichens from Selected parts of western Ghats	UGC - Minor Research Project	Rs. 90,000/-	2013 - 2015	On going
05.	Mrs.C.Sasikala	Screening of Antimicrobial activity of Seaweeds collected from South Indian Coast	UGC - Minor Project	Rs.2, 80, 000/-	2014 - 2016	Ongoing

MoU Signed

• KMCH
• Medox Biotech
• Abbes Biotech Ltd
• Bioline Laboratories, Coimbatore

Notable Persons Visited

• Dr.ArunkumarRawat, Director, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of science and Technology, New Delhi
• Col.Dr.Rajiv Mohan Gupta, ICMR, New Delhi
• Dr.Kulbhushan Sharma, WHO Advisor, New Delhi
• Dr.Lee Chew Tin, UniversitiTeknologi, Malaysia (UTM)
• Dr. Eswarakhanth Muthukrishanan, Spain
• Dr. P. Sumathy, Food Safety Lead auditor,URS, Dubai
• Dr.C.Muthukumar King Saudi University,Saudi Arabia
• Prof.Dr.Shamim Ahmad, Institute of Opthamology,Aligarh Muslim University, UP
• S.Jayasomu, Scientist & Associate editor, CSIR, New Delhi
• Dr.AshokRattan,Advisor, Escorts Hospitals, New Delhi
• Jyotsna.P.Thakare, National Institue of Virology Pune
• Dr.Varsha Gupta,M.D. Microbiologist, Chandigarh
• Dr.Geetha Mehta, Lady Medi college, New Delhi
• Dr. Leelavathy, Head, Department of skin and STD, Bowring and Lady Curzon Hospitals, Bangalore
• Dr. B C Pillai, Dean Research of Karunya University
• Prof. Dr.K.K. Krishnamoorthy, R.S.Puram, Cbe
• Dr.G.Jayalakshmi, Professor & Head, Dept. of Microbiology,Madras Medical College, Chennai
• Dr.K.Gopinathan, Bharath Biotech, Hyderabad
• Dr. G.Dhinakar raj, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai
• Dr. G.Subramanian,Research adviser, Mahatma Gandhi medical college, Pondicherry
• Dr. P. Rajendran, Professor, Madha Medical College, President IAAM
• Dr. T. J. Pandian, Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
• Dr. Dhilip Mathai, CMC Hospital, Vellore
• Dr.SeemanthiniDesai,Consultant in Microbiology, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore
• Prof. V.Ramaswami,SG Scientist,TNSCST,Chennai
• Dr.N.Thajuddin, Associate Professor & Head Department of Microbiology Bharathidasan university Tiruchirapalli
• Dr.Subhash Chandra Parija, Director, Jipmer, Pondicherry
• DR.R.Rajendran , Principal PSG CAS Coimbatore
• Dr.K.Kadirvelu, Joint Director, (DRDO), Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

Best Practices

• Conducting common seminar to enhance presentation and communication skills
• Motivating the PG students to do their research project as a funded one by applying to granting bodies like TNSCST
• Students Internship training had been made mandatory to organizations like KMCH which have advanced laboratory procedures
• Interested students are entertained to do part time research even at UG level
• Research aptitude and its role in development of the nation is reiterated through discussions on research articles
• Value addition to their core by conducting special lectures and laboratory workshops
• Frequent feed backs are collected by the tutors and head to concentrate on areas to be improved
• Conduct various extension activities to imbibe social responsibilities by reaching the public and their issues
• Our students are given opportunity to host interdepartmental competitions to inculcate managerial excellence
• Periodic counseling is given to students who are under stress due to various intrinsic and extrinsic factors
• Cognitive skills and comprehensive thinking is cultivated by designing programmes like quiz, just a minute, debate and group discussions
• Students are motivated to take part in various competitions for developing right spirit and attitude

Students Achievements

Prizes Won in Paper Presentation/ Project Contest/ Best Paper Award/ Symposiums/ Workshop

S.No	Date	Student Name	Event/Programme	Organizer/Venue	Prize
Academic Year 2017-2018
01.	22.09.2017 & 23.09.2017	Krishna Kumar B	Poster Presentation 15th IAAM National level conference	Department of Microbiology, Vivekananda College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Tiruchengode	I
02.		Sowmia B Swetha		Department of Microbiology, Vivekananda College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Tiruchengode	II
03.	25.07.2017	Ms. Mynumathi	Speech Competition	Covai Book Festival 2017 Coimbatore	I
04.	14.07.2017	N. S. Adarsh Karthik K. Praveen	Spell Tech TechBeat 2017	Department of Computer Technology, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	I
05.	25.02.2017	R Raaththika	Skit	Manavar Mandram, CASCALL 2K17 PSG College of Arts and Science	II
06.	12.01.2017	S. Nandhini	Tamil Oratorical Inter Departmental Competitions	Department of International Business, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	II
07.	26.12.2016 to 04.01.2017	S Latha S Raathika	Certificate programme on “Advanced Food Science Technology”	Kavin Bioresearch	Certified
08.	23.12.2016	Nivetha.R Jenifer Mercy	Paper Art	NGP FEST	II
09.	21.09.2016	Samrat Ashok Avinash kmuar Ragupathy Gowtham R Gowtham S	ICONSOFT – 2K16	Department of Computer Science, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	II ( Brand Race )
10	23.08.2017	R. Pushpavalli	Glass Painting	Department of Biochemistry, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	III
11		S Nandhini	Tamil Oratorical in the inter departmental competition		I
12.	17.08.2016	J Nivetha	Patriotic Minds (Quiz) in the inter departmental competition “Brave Bharat 2016”	Department of International Business, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	III
13.	17.08.2016	K Abinaya	Poster Presentation in One day national conference on Food Processing and Technology (Igniting India) – Towards Entrepreneurship	Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and EDC cell, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	I
14.		N. Nilanivetha			II
15.	15.08.2016	R. Pushpavalli	State Level Painting Competition	Kavi Arasar Kalaithamil Sangam	Ooviya Olisudar Viruthu
16.	10.08.2016	Saranya Sri.P	Book review in “COMMERCIAL BLAST”	Department of Commerce, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	II
17.	10.08.2016	Reshmika.S Srivarshini.M.S Archana.S Nair	Photo Collage in “COMMERCIAL BLAST”	Department of Commerce Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	I
18.	10.08.2016	Nivedha.J Pavithra.S	Quiz competition in “COMMERCIAL BLAST”		I
19.	19.07.2016	M. S. Sri Varshini S. Reshmika	Poster Presentation in International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking	Department of Hospital Administration, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	III
20.	21.07.2016	S. Nandhini	Tamil Oratorical in International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking	Department of Hospital Administration, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	I
21.	20.07.2016	S. Nandhini	Tamil Essay writing in International Day against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking		I
22.	14.07.2016	P.Puvanesan and Saranya Sri.P	Poster Presentation	Department of Computer Technology, Dr.N.G.P. Arts and science college.	I
23.		Renuka Navaneethan and S.Pavithra	Connection		I
24.	17.06.2016 to 24.06.2016	P. Saranya sri	International Youth Exchange Programme 2016	Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Govt. of India and Republic of China	Representative of India
25.	14.02.2016	S. Nandhini	HiLARICUS – South Indian Level Inter Collegiate Cultural	Hindusthan College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore	III
26.	10.02.2016	S. Pavithra	National Conference on Bioresolution – A promising strategy	Department of Bioscience, Sri Krishna Arts and Science College.	III
S.No	Date	Student Name	Event/Programme	Organizer/Venue	Prize
Academic Year 2015-2016
01.	06.10.2015	Sharmila A & Selva kumar R  UG Final Year	Inter Departmental Competition  - Paper PRESENTATION	Dept of Biochemistry, Dr. N. G. P Arts and Science College	II
02.	08.10.2015	Sharmila .A UG Final Year	Inter Departmental Competition  - Mind Brave	Dept of CLT, Dr. N. G. P Arts and Science College	I
03.	08.10.2015	Sharmila A Pavithra Nayaki K UG Final Year	Inter Departmental Competition  - DEBT	Dept of CLT, Dr. N. G. P Arts and Science College	II
04.	October 2015	Ms. Nandhini	Tamil Oratorical Competition	Nirmala College for Women	II
05.	18.12.2015 to 19.12.2015	V. Pradeepa	Poster Presentation	Department of Biological Sciences, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science	III
06.	18.12.2015 to 19.12.2015	V. Keerthana	Oral Presentation	Department of Biological Sciences, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science	II
07.	18.12.2015 to 19.12.2015	P. Amudha	Oral Presentation	Department of Biological Sciences, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science	I
08.	28.12.2015 to 29.12.2015	R.Piruthika	MARINA'15 8th  National  Conference - Paper Presentation	Department of Biotechnology, Dr.N.G.P. Arts and Science College.	Paper Presented
09.	28.12.2015 to 29.12.2015	A.S.Shanmuga priya	Paper Presentation	MARINA'15 8th  National  Conference Department of Biotechnology, Dr.N.G.P. Arts and Science college	Paper Presented
10.	28.12.2015 to 29.12.2015	Pavithra gayathri.K	Paper Presentation	MARINA'15 8th  National  Conference Department of Biotechnology, Dr.N.G.P. Arts and Science College	Paper Presented
11.	28.12.2015 to 29.12.2015	J.Devakumar	MARINA'15 8th  National  Conference - Paper Presentation	Department of Biotechnology, Dr.N.G.P. Arts and Science College	Paper Presented
12.	29.09.2015	Sharmila Selvakumar	Powerpoint Presentation	Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	I
14.	29.09.2015	Agsal Angeline	Poster Presentation	Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College	III
15.	18.12.2015 to 19.12.2015	V. Pradeepa	Poster Presentation	Department of Biological Sciences, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science	III
16.	18.12.2015 to 19.12.2015	V Keerthana	Oral Presentation	Department of Biological Sciences, Muthayammal College of Arts and Science	II
Academic Year 2014-2015
01.	19.07.2014 & 20.07.2014	Anitha S	NABS National Seminar on Biodiversity Conservation – Status, Future and Way forward	Department of Biotechnology, K. S. Rengasamy College of Technology	-
02.	12.09.2014 to 13.09.2014	Selvi Sofia J, Loganagi J, Shanmuga Priya A S, Nivetha S, Divya Bharathi B, Lavanya P, Reshma R, Shahana Priya S, Srimathi S	National Conference on Advances in Science and Technology	PSG College of Arts and Science	Oral, Poster and Science Quiz
03.		Ms. Nandhini	“Tamil pesuu Tamilai Pesuu” Pothigai TV	Dr. N. G. P. Arts and Science College	II
04.	07.02.2015 to 09.02.2015	S Anitha Devakumar J	National workshop on Advanced Microbial Diagnostic Methods	Department of Microbiology, Selvamm Arts and Science college	-
05.	23.02.2015 to 24.02.2015	Mangaiyarkarasi A, S Anitha K R Mohanapriya	National Level Certificate Programme on Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Biosciences	PG and Research Department of Zoology, Holy cross College, Trichy.	-
06.	24.03.2015 to 25.03.2015	Mangaiyarkarasi A K R Mohanapriya	Carbon Sequestration Seminar 2015	C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.	-
Academic Year 2013-2014
01.	07.02.2014	Sahan Nadesan P	College Day	Dr NGP Arts and Science College	Proficiency
02.	22.02.2014	Sehan Nadesan P	National  Science Day - Turn Coat Tamil	Dr NGP Arts and Science College	I
03.	07.02.2015 to 09.02.2015	S Anitha Devakumar J	National workshop on Advanced Microbial Diagnostic Methods	Department of Microbiology, Selvamm Arts and Science College	-
04.	23.02.2015 to 24.02.2015	Mangaiyarkarasi A, S Anitha K R Mohanapriya	National Level Certificate Programme on Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Biosciences	PG and Research Department of Zoology, Holy Cross College, Trichy.	-
05.	24.03.2015 to 25.03.2015	Mangaiyarkarasi A K R Mohanapriya	Carbon Sequestration Seminar 2015	C. V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.	-
Academic Year 2012-2013
01.	11.08.2012	Binitha Bahuleyan Mitila Debbarma, Ciny Mary John K V Anila	Leptospirosis Infection Management and its Rapid Diagnosis	Tamilnadu State Council for Science and Technology	Submitted TNSCST Student Project Report
02.	13.08.2012 to 17.08.2012	Sehan Nadesan P	ACCREGATE 2012	Dr NGP Educational Institutions	-
03.	11.09.2012	Ms.Priya Devi. K of II B.Sc	Bharathi Vizhaa - Tamil Poetry	Karpagam University, Coimbatore.	II
04.	01.10.2012	Nalan K	Tamil Ilakiya Mandram Essay Competition	Kongunadu Arts and Science College	II
05.	17.12.2012 & 18.12.2012	Anitha S	IAAM National Conference on Exploring the Potentials of Microbes for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Medicine	Centre for Environmental Nuclear Research, SRM University	-
		R Karthick			Paper Presentation
06.	14.03.2013	Sahan Nadesan P	College Day	Dr NGP Arts and Science College	Proficiency
Academic Year 2011-2012
01.	22.01.2010	Ms. Geethu	National seminar on Recent Perspectives in Nanotechnology - Paper Presentation	Hindustan Arts & Science College, Coimbatore.	I
02.	09.08.2011	Sehan Nadesan P	Independence Day Celebration - English Oratorical	Dr NGP Arts and science College	II
03.	12.09.2011 to 23.09.2011	R Karthic C.Bala kumar	National Level Workshop on Hands on Training in Molecular Biological Techniques - Paper presentation	Microbial Biotechnology laboratory, Department of Marine Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University.	I
04.	01.10.2011	Sehan Nadesan	Tamil Debate	Nirmala College for Women	I
05.	14.10.2011	R Karthic	-	-	Life Member in Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists
06.	12.12.2011	Sehan Nadesan Pushparaj	NGP Fest 2011	Dr NGP Arts and Science College	III
07.	10.01.2012	Sehan Nadesan Pushparaj	Ponhal Vilazh - Speech Competition	Dr NGP Arts and Science College	II

Under-Graduate Programme

B.Sc. Microbiology

Duration	Commencement	Intake
3 Years	July	60

Entry Requirements

• HSC with Biology/Botany/Zoology as one of the subjects

Post-Graduate Programme

M.Sc. Microbiology

Duration	Commencement	Intake
2 Years	July	50

Entry Requirements

• B.Sc Microbiology / Industrial Microbiology / Medical Microbiology / Botany / Zoology / Biology / Biochemisty / Biotechnology / CLT

Research Programme

M.Phil. Microbiology (Full/Part Time)

Duration	Commencement
1 year(FT) / 2 years(PT)	November

Entry Requirements

• M.Sc. Microbiology with 55% or above.

Research Programme

Ph.D. Microbiology (Full/Part Time)

Duration	Commencement
2 years for M.Phil / 3 years for M.Sc Microbiology Graduates	June & November

Entry Requirements

• M.Sc. / M.Phil Microbiology with 55% or above

Faculty Profile

01. Head/Professor Name: Dr.S.S.Sudha Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D., PGDBI., MBA Experience: Teaching: 19 years Industry: Nil Specialization: Environmental Biotechnology & Medical Microbiology Email: drsudha@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

06. Professor & Dean Name: Dr.D.Geetha Ramani Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., SET. Experience: Teaching: 24 years Industry: Nil Specialization: Drug Discovery, Diagnostic Microbiology Email: drgeetharamani@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

02. Associate Professor Name: Dr.N.Vidhya Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil., SLET., Ph.D. Experience: Teaching: 19 years Industry: Nil Specialization: Medical Microbiology and Immunology Email: vidhya@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

03. Assistant Professor Name: Mr.E. Kumaran Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil., (Ph.D.), PGDBI Experience: Teaching: 14 years Industry: 9 years Specialization: R-DNA technology, Microbial Physiology Email: kumaran@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

04. Associate Professor Name: Dr.J. Renga Ramanujam Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil., PGDBI., Ph.D., SET Experience: Teaching: 14 years Industry: Nil Specialization: Immunology and Genetics Email: drrengaramanujam@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

05. Assistant Professor Name: Mr.S.Senthil Prabhu Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil., PGDCRDM., (Ph.D.), SET Experience: Teaching: 12.5 years Industry: Nil Specialization: Environmental and Applied Microbiology Email: senthilprabhu@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

07. Assistant Professor Name: Mrs.C.Sasikala Qualification: M.Sc., M.Phil. Experience: Teaching: 5 years Industry: 2 years Specialization: Environmental Microbiology Email: sasikalac@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

08. Assistant Professor Name: Dr. A.M. Ramachandran Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D. Experience: Teaching: 11 years Industry: 5.9 years Specialization: Agricultural Microbiology Email: ramachandran@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

09. Assistant Professor Name: Dr.J.Devakumar Qualification: M.Sc., PGDBI., M.Phil., Ph.D. Experience: Teaching: 2 years Research: 6 years Specialization: Medical Microbiology Email: devakumar@drngpasc.ac.in Know more

10. Assistant Professor Name: Ms.Patricia Romila A Qualification: M.A., M.Phil., SET., (Ph.D.) Experience: Teaching: 9.1 years Industry: Nil Specialization: Indian Writing in English (Fiction) Email: patriciaromila@drngpasc.ac.in Know more