DEPARTMENT OF ADVANCED ZOOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

The Department of Zoology enters the new academic year 2006-2007 after celebrating the Silver Jubilee this year. It gets into a new form by changing its name to Department of Advanced Zoology & Biotechnology and offers the undergraduate programme.

FACULTY

Dr. S. Swaminathan participated in the sixth annual discussion meeting on “Emerging Technologies and Resistance Dynamics in Insects and Crop Plants” on 2^nd December 2005 at COSTED Auditorium, CLRI, Chennai. He also served as Resource Person in the UGC Refresher Course for College Teachers at Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai on 16^th February 2006.

Dr. D. Mony, Reader in Zoology, served as reviewer for the plus two Zoology and Biology (English & Tamil) books published by The Tamilnadu Text Book Society. He also authored books on ‘Explore Zoology’ for the Matriculation students from Std VI to IX, published by Oxford Publishing Company.

Dr. K. Kannan, Reader in Zoology, participated in Seminars conducted by ICARE, India, LIFE, Loyola College, Department of Zoology of Meenakshi College for Women, Quaide-Milath College for women and Stella Mari’s College for Women.

Dr. A. Bojarajan, Reader in Zoology, presented a paper in the National Conference on “Safe Environment for the Future Generation” at Auxilium College, Vellore, on 1^st & 2^nd September, 2005.

FIELD TRIPS AND LABORATORY VISITS

Field Study and Educational Tours were organized at Tamil Nadu Fisheries Corporation Intensive Carp Spawning Centre Station at Sathanoor Dam, for the benefit of II & III year students of Zoology. They were also taken on a lab visit to Sri Ramachandra Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai. In addition, they were exposed to the various techniques in Karyotyping, Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology. The I year students were taken on a field trip to Rameshwaram Island for on the spot study of live animals.

ZOOLOGY ASSOCIATION

The Zoology Association was inaugurated by Dr. P. Venkatesan, Asst. Vice Principal, SS courses, Loyola College, Chennai. He motivated the students to catch up with the recent trends in Biological Sciences.

Dr. A. Karunanandan, Former Head of the Dept. of Historical Studies, delivered a lecture on ‘Cultural Evolution of Man’.

Mrs. Mangalam, President, Pammal Exnora Women’s Club delivered a lecture on ‘Vermicomposting’.

Dr. M. H. Subhashini, Principal, Valliammal College for Women Chennai-40, delivered the Valedictory Address and distributed the prizes to the winners in various intra departmental competitions held in Feb, 2006. She also gave a lecture on ‘Neo Darwinism’.

Inter-class Competitions in Spotter Identification, Debate and Sketching were also held to encourage the students.

The Association Activities also included Wildlife Census taking at Guindy National Park and Vedanthangal Bird sanctuary.

Prize list of the Intra Department competitions

Spotter Identification

I Prize - Karthik Ganesh

II Prize - Karthik Ganesh

III Prize - Karthik Ganesh

Oratorical

I Prize - R. Suresh, B.Sc., I Year

II Prize - G. Senthilkumar

III Prize - Swatikumar Nair

Drawing

I Prize - S. Gokulnath

II Prize - Karthik Ganesh

III Prize - Karthik Ganesh

The list of achievements by the department students at various competitions held in and around the City.

Debate, Chennai District Level, Tamil Nadu Forest Department

II Prize - K. Swati Kumar Nair

Tamil Debate, Stella Maris College

I Prize - P. Dinesh, I Year

I Prize - S. Srinivasan, I Year

Myriad, Stella Maris College

III Prize - R. Ramesh, I Year

The students selected in the campus recruitment are K. Swati Kumar Nair as trainee technical support engineer in Hewlett Packard and Naresh Kumar in Reliance Infocomm.