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1. Name of the College: St.Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Palayamkottai-
627002, Tamil Nadu.
2. Name of Departments supported: Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics , Physics, and Zoology
3. Number of regular faculty with Ph.D. in Mathematics department.
There are 11 regular faculties with Ph.D. in the Mathematics department.
4. List of courses (B.Sc./M.Sc./PG Diploma, Certificate etc.) run by Mathematics department .
The Mathematics department offers B.Sc., M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.,(Full Time and Part Time) courses in Mathematics and Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses in Actuarial
Science.
5. Cut off percentage for admission in different courses in participating departments, position in university, percentage of result in 2009-2010 academic session . As per Govt. norms.
6. List of projects undertaken by students, industrial visits by students, summer training in last year :
Guest Lecture:
1. I B.Sc. Mathematics students attended a guest lecture on” Why Nano Bio Technology” on
12 th
December, 2014.
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Students attended and benefitted out of the lecture given by Dr. Badal Kumar Mandal,
Professor, Enviromental and Analytical Chemistry Devision, School of Advanced Sciences,
VIT University, Vellore.
2. B.Sc. Mathematics First year students attended a guest lecture on” Nano and Bio Nano
Techniques” on 22 nd January, 2015 conducted by Physics Department.
Training:
(i). We conducted two half-day Workshop on “SPSS Packages” on 9 th and 10 th
March, 2015 for II B.Sc. Mathematics students and I B.Sc. Zoology students.
(Annexure 1: Report on Workshops on “SPSS Packages”)
(ii). A Workshop on R Packages was conducted on July 23 rd
and 24th, 2015 for II B.Sc
Mathematics students by the Department of Mathematics, St. Xavier’s College,
Palayamkottai, in the College premises.
Dr. P. Ramesh, Department of Mathematics, Central University of Tamil Nadu,
Tiruvarur, was the Resource person.
(Annexure 2: Report on Workshops on “R Packages”)
(iii). Industrial visits:
B.Sc. Mathematics First year students undertook a field visit on 21 st
March 25, 2015 to the following centers:
Organic Farm, Puliyangudi, Tirunelveli (Dist)
Ecopark, Courtallam, Tirunelveli (Dist)
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(Annexure 3: Report on field visits . Organic Farm, Puliyangudi, and Ecopark,
Courtallam, Tirunelveli)
(iv).
B.Sc. Mathematics First year students visited the Organic farm at Chinnamalai
Kundru in Kovilpatti on 20 th
September 2015. (Annexure 4: Report on field visit to
Organic farm at Chinnamalai Kundru )
(v).Mathematics students attended a training on “Nanotechnology” conducted by Physics
Department on 22 nd January 2015.
(vi). A few students from Mathematics attended a workshop on SDS-PAGE conducted by
Department of Zoology on 24 th
February 2015.
Projects undertaken by students:
During Summer(May 2015) students were given group projects on various topics on Biotechnology. They submitted their reports when they came back after summer vocation. It was a good experience for students to learn different aspects on Bio-technology.
Summer training attended by students:
Our students attended the summer training programme conducted by the College under STAR
College Programme from 1 st
June 2015 to 5 th
June 2015.
7. Training received by faculty from participating departments:
Mathematics Faculty received one day training on “Hands on Experimentation using UV-
Visible Spectrophotometer/Potentiometer” on 13 th
December, 2014 conducted by Zoology
Department.
Workshop on UV-visible spectrophotometer and Potentiometer for all five departments by Dr Badal
Kumar Mandal, Professor, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Division, School of
Advanced Sciences, VIT University, Vellore 632014 (13/12/2014)
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A one day workshop was organized for the members of the staff of Botany, Chemistry,
Maths, Physics, and Zoology on 13 th
December, 2014. Totally 43 staff members were participated.
Initially, Dr. A. Lourdusamy ,
Coordinator, Department of Mathematics proposed Welcome address and introduced the chief guest Dr Badal Kumar Mandal .
Rev. Dr. V. Gilburt Camillus ,
S.J., Principal and chairperson of the programme insisted the faculties to utilize the facility to upgrade and update their teaching
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and research skills.
Then the resource person Dr Badal Kumar Mandal, Professor,
Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Division, School of Advanced Sciences, VIT
University, Vellore motivated the faculty and asked them to go for interdisciplinary research.
He also nicely introduced the need of the workshop.
Mr. M. S. Selvakumar, Member of the programme proposed vote of thanks.
DDr. Badal Kumar Mandal briefly explained about the experiments one by one. Then divided the members of the staff in to five groups and each group will carry out the experiment and asked them to interchange the experiment. The experiments are: determination of iron content in the commercial vitamin tables, determine the dissociation constant of methyl red indicator, acid and base interaction, biogenesis of nonmaterial using plant extracts and preliminary characterization of biogenic nonmaterials . Dr.
G. Sahaya Antony Xavier, Dr. P. Johnson
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and Dr. P. Selvaraj demonstrated and assisted other faculty members in the operation of UV-visible spectrophotometer . Mr. M. S. Selvakumar explained the working principle and operational procedure of the Potentiometer to the other faculties .
All experiments were performed by the faculty interestingly.
8. List of exhibition / seminars / training courses conducted by the Department :
Training conducted
(i). We conducted half- day workshop on “Basics of DNA and RNA” on 18 th
March 2014 for
Mathematics Faculty.
(Annexure 5: Report on workshop on “Basics of DNA and RNA”)
(ii). We conducted half- day workshop on “Analysis of DNA, RNA and Protein sequences using Mathematics” on 19 th
March 2014 for the faculty of participating departments.
Dr.S. Beschi Antony Rayan, Associate Professor, Department of Botany, St.Xavier’s College was the Resource Person.
(Annexure 6: Report on workshop on “Analysis of DNA, RNA and Protein sequences using
Mathematics”)
(iii). The College arranged a 5-day summer training programme for selected students of the five participating departments. On the third day the Mathematics Department conducted the programme. The theme was “Mathematics for Biology”.The first Lecture “Mathematical
Modeling of epileptic EEG signals using Fractal Analysis” was delivered by
Dr. R. Uthayakimar, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Gandhigram Rural Institute-
Deemed University, Gandhigram. He said that the proposed Mathematical technology plays an essential role in the social welfare in order to save our people from the fatal Brain diseases, especially from the Epilepsy. The second Lecture on“A survey on essential Mathematical
Biology” was held by Prof. B. Barani Balan, Assistant Professor, School of Mathematics and
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Computer Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur. He explained the basics of
Mathematical Biology and he also explained the limitations of Matematical Models.
(iv). A Workshop on R Packages was conducted on July 25th, 2015 for the Staff members of the participating departments of the STAR College Programme.by the Department of
Mathematics, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, in the College premises.
Dr. P. Ramesh,
Department of Mathematics, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, was the Resource person.
(Annexure 7: Report on Workshops on “R Packages” for Staff of participating departments)
(v). One day field visit was undertaken by the Staff members of the Department of
Mathematics to Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Pacha
Palode,Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala 695 562, India, on 27 th September 2015.
(Annexure 8: Report on Field Visit by the staff members of Department of
Mathematics)
(VI) The Staff members of the department of Mathematics visited School of
Biological Sciences, in Madurai Kamaraj University and attended lectures on Basics of Biotechnology for Mathematicians and demonstration given by the Staff of School of Biological
Sciences on 3 rd
October 2015.
9. Name, designation, host institution of guest faculty invited :
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Name of the guest faculty
Dr. A. Loganathan
Designation
Professor and
Head
Dr. Senthamaraikannan Associate
Professor
Dr. S. Beschi Antony
Rayan
Dr. Sudhakar
Mr. A. Jabarali
Institution
Dept. of Statistics, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
Dept. of Statistics, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
Associate
Professor
Head
Dept. of Botany, St. Xavier’s College,
Palayamkottai
Dept. of Bio-Tech, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
Research Scholar Dept. of Statistics, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
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Mr. K. Manoj
Ms. S. Bangusha Devi
Mr. S. Stephen Raj
Mr. M. Gunasekaran
10 Mr. B. Manikandan
11 Dr. R. Udaya Kumar
B. Barani Balan
Dr. V. P. Ramesh
Research Scholar Dept. of Statistics, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
Research Scholar Dept. of Statistics, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
Research Scholar Dept. of Statistics, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
Research Scholar Dept. of Statistics, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
Research Scholar Dept. of Statistics, M.S. University, Tirunelveli
Professor
Assistant
Professor
Assistant
Professor
Dept. of Mathematics, Gandhigram Rual
University, Dindigul
School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences,
Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur
School of Mathematics and Computer Sciences,
Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur
10. Date of Advisory committee meeting : 28 th
March, 2015 :
11. Qualitative improvements due to DBT support (please highlight 5 salient lines):
1. Students developed skills in using SPSS and R packages.
2. Our students got awareness in Organic Farming, and Ecopark.
3. Our students got some practical tips to protect our environment.
4. Our staff learned the basics of DNA, RNA, and Protein Structures.
5. Staff of participating Departments got an idea of using mathematics in analysis of DNA,
RNA, and Protein sequences.
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Annexure 1: Report on Workshops on “SPSS Packages”
The Department of Mathematics, St.Xavier’s College(Autonomous), Palayamkottai organized two day training programme on SPSS packages on 9 th
and 10 th
march, 2015 under DBT sponsored Star College Programme supported by Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of
Science and Technology, Government of India for the benefit of undergraduate students in mathematics and zoology. During this programme the following experts are invited for delivering lectures in SPSS:
Dr. A. Loganathan , Professor and Head, Research Scholars, Department of Statistics,
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.
Dr. K. Senthamarai Kannan , Professor, Research Scholars, Department of Statistics,
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.
A. Jabarali, K. Manoj, S. Bangusha Devi, S. Stephen Raj, M. Gunasekaran,
B. Manikandan , Research Scholars, Department of Statistics, Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli.
In the first day of workshop (9 th
march, 2015), Dr. A. Loganathan delivered the following:
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Some introductory talk on usage of Statistical softwares especially SPSS package
 Significance of SPSS packages in scientific problems
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Role of SPSS in Statistical Problems
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Quantitative and Qualitative Data
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Different types of Scale Measures
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Introduction about some basic concepts on Statistics like Measures of Central Tendency,
Measures of Dispersion, Skewness, Kurtosis and correlation along with numerical illustrations.
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Dr. A. Lourdusamy, mathematics Dept.coordinator of star programme, introduced the resource person and welcomed the gathering.
Dr. Sahayaraj, Over all coordinater of star programme, shared his ideas with the students.
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Dr. A. Loganathan , Professor and Head Department of Statistics, Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli gave theoretical inputs about SPSS packages.
Dr. A. Loganathan initiated the working of SPSS packages.
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In the second day of workshop (10 th
march, 2015),, Dr. K. Senthamarai Kannan delivered
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Importance of SPSS Packages in Statistics
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Source of SPSS Packages
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Some statistical tools such as Descriptive statistics, Coloration, Regression, t-test, F-test,
Chi-Square test and their practical applications.
The hands on training session was handled by Six research scholars. They explained the following aspects:
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SPSS windows like input and output windows
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Menu and tool bars in SPSS Window
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Possible analysis in SPSS
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Data creation and extraction
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Data formation and frameworks
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File import and export
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Data presentation in SPSS
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Graphical representation in SPSS
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Frequency analysis of Data
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Step by step procedures for Descriptive statistics, Correlation, Regression, t-test, F-test,
Chi-Square test
 Analysis are carried for medical data
Students listened to the demonstration in SPSS packages.
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Annexure 2: Report on Workshops on “R Packages”for II B.Sc Mathematics students
A Workshop on R Packages was conducted on July 23 rd
and 24th, 2015 for II B.Sc
Mathematics students by the Department of Mathematics, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, in the College premises.
Dr. P. Ramesh, Department of Mathematics, Central University of
Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, was the Resource person.
Rev. Dr. V. Gilburt Camillus, Principal, explained the importance of the programme.
Data files- creation, edit, transform, import and export data files, Presentation of Data- frequency distribution and their graphs, creating sequences and plotting continuous functions were discussed on the first day.
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On the second day , the following topics were explained by the Resource Person :
Descriptive Measures- Measures of Central Tendency like mean,median,mode, Measures of
Dispersion like standard deviation then skewness and correlation were discussed. them.
Students during the feedback session shared that this workshop was very much useful for
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Annexure 3: Report on field visits . Organic Farm, Puliyangudi, and Ecopark, Courtallam,
Tirunelveli)
The students of I B.Sc mathematics along with 3-staff members visited an organic farm in puliangudi and ecopark in courtalam on 21/03/2015.
Mr. P. Gomathinayagam, a retired teacher, explained the students about the importance of organic farming, and the inventions of the Organic Farm. .
The following were explained to the students:
1) They have successfully created a hybrid variety of lemon, by fusing the tissues of high yielding lemon plant with highly resistive plant taken from forest. For this they got award from the former President. A.P.J Abdul Kalam.
2) They explained the method of getting high yields from sugarcane without using any chemical fertilizers. They aim at high quantum of yield with less amount of investment.
3) They demonstrated the procedure to prepare vellam.
He also shared some rare information such as
1) The number of varieties of paddy before independence is 4lakh.
2) Plants do not require water, instead some humidity in land is enough for cultivating any plant
including paddy.
Mr. P. Gomathinayagam of Organic Farm, Puliyangudi explaining the method of getting high yields from sugarcane without using chemical fertilizers.
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Mr. P. Gomathinayagam explaining the method of preparing vellam.
Out come of visiting Eco park :
1) Various rare varieties of plant species have been shown to students.
2) various ecological factors were explained to students.
Students are at the top of Eco park, courtallam which is situated above 1850 feet from sea level.
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Annexure 4: Report on field visit to Organic farm at Chinnamalai Kundru
The journey started from St. Xavier’s, College, Palayamkottai at 8.00 p.m. on 24/9/15.
Forty four students from I. B.Sc. (Mathematics) (Shift I) participated in this visit. We reached the organic farm, situated at Chinnamalai Kundru, near Kovilpatti, around 10.00 a.m. The Head of the farm Mr. Chenakesava Perumal welcomed us.Mr. Chenakesava Perumal and other members of the farm provided Natural medicinal water and snacks to all the students and staff members.
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Mr. Perumal explained how organic agriculture is being carried out and also explained the importance of water savings, unpolluted air and also about some medicinal plants. He also narrated how he earned a good amount of money in organic agricultural and other related works.
He clearly explained how to make the sand highly cultivatable and also how to reduce the usage of water for agriculture.
He explained to the students about the various new technologies used to make the organic farming a profitable business . Students understood how some of the new methods are followed by Mr. Chennakesava Perumal and his team, by seeing the activities directly. The students enjoyed the method of explanation given by Mr. Perumal together with some of the tips for keeping our health good. The organic farm member also felt very happy as they gave some awareness about the methods of organic farming to the young minds.
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After visiting the farm, a meeting was organized. Various experts in the field of organic farm from different areas of Tamil Nadu attended. Each one of them shared their experience with our students and it was really helpful to all of us. After the meeting, some of our students shared their experience and what they learned
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Around 2 p.m., the organic farm members provided a good lunch exclusively made up of traditional organic spice. During the lunch the organic farm members explained the medicinal effects of the food.
The return journey from chinnamalai Kondru started around 4.30. p.m. and reached our college around 6.30. p.m. All the students were sent out to their home safely. This camp was really helpful to the student to learn some new aspects of Bio-technology.
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Annexure 5: Report on workshop on “Basics of DNA and RNA”
Basics of DNA and RNA was explained to Mathematics faculty by Dr. S. Beschi Antony
Rayan, Associate professor, Dept. of Botany, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai.
Dr. S. Beschi Antony Rayan explained the
“Basics of DNA and RNA”.
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Annexure 6: Report on workshop on “Analysis of DNA, RNA and Protein sequences using Mathematics”
Dr. S. Sudhakar, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Bio-technology,
Manaonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli explained “Analysis of DNA, RNA and
Protein sequences using Mathematics” for faculty of participating departments.
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Annexure 7: Report on Workshops on “R Packages” for Staff of participating departments
A Workshop on R Packages was conducted on July 25th, 2015 for the Staff members of the participating departments of the STAR College Programme.by the Department of
Mathematics, St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, in the College premises.
Dr. P. Ramesh,
Department of Mathematics, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur, was the Resource person.
The following topics were explained by the Resource Person: Data files, creation, edit, transform, import and export data files, Presentation of Data- frequency distribution and their graphs, creating sequences and plotting continuous functions- Analyzing given data (their research data), using statistical tools - the relation between pressure and volume using R package.
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Annexure8 Report of Field Visit by Staff of the Department of Mathematics-27 09 2015
The Staff of Department of Mathematics went for Field Visit on 27 09 2015 to
Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute [previously known as Tropical
Botanic Garden and Research Institute (TBGRI)] which is conserving largest number of live germ plasm collection of tropical plants among the Botanic gardens in Asia.
It is located in Pacha Palode, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695 562, India. The Staff came to know about various s pecial Collections: Trees and woody Lianas (800 species), Medicinal
Aromatic and Spice Plants (1000 species), Orchids (600 species and 150 hybrids), Bamboos (60 species), Rare and Threatened plants ( 400 species); Ferns and fern allies (150 allies); Palms (110 species); Cycads (35 species); Zingibers ( 50 species); Bougainvillea, Plumeria ( 50 varieties each), wild ornamental plants (200 species); Wild fruit plants (50 species; Jasmines (over 50 species/varieties); Insectivorous plants (10 species) and many varieties of ornamentals.
There is a National Gene Bank for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants including a Meristem Bank,
Seed Bank, Cryo Bank and Field Gene Bank under the financial support of Department of
Biotechnology, Government of India. Some of the photographs are given here which illustrates the eagerness of our Staff to know about various aspects of Bio-technology. Also the environment consciousness is enhanced through this visit.
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Fossils are the tangible evidence of former life, which form the materials for the study of geological past. Rapid burials such as volcanic eruption, prevention of normal decomposition and infiltration of mineral substances are the factors involved in fossil technologies like Carbon-
14 dating.
The specimen here displayed is the petrified form of an Angiosperm tree, excavated from the
South Arcot district of Tamil Nadu, calculated to be about 20 to 22 million years old, of the
Miocene epoch in Tertiary period of Cenozoic era.
(The fossil forest of the South Arcot District is preserved now as a national heritage park named the Thiruvakkural Fossil Forest.
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