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SRI CHANDRASEKHARENDRA SARASWATHI VISWAMAHAVIDYALAYA (SCSVMV UNIVERSITY)
Accredited with ‘B’ by NAAC
Enathur, Kanchipuram - 631 561. Tamilnadu. ChemNews
www.kanchiuniv.ac.in Annual Newsletter of Department of Chemistry July 2016
Patrons Their Holiness Sri Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal & Their Holiness Sri Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal
Chairman Prof.Dr.S. Jayarama Reddy, Chancellor, SCSVMV
President Prof.Dr.V.S.Vishnu Potty, Vice-Chancellor, SCSVMV
Advisory Board Prof.Dr.G. Srinivasu, Registrar, SCSVMV
Prof.Dr. S.Balaji, Dean, Faculty of Science,
Editorial Board Prof. Dr. K. Sivakumar, Asso. Professor & HOD - Chemistry
Prof. V. Santhanam, Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Prof. B. Muthukumaran, Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Prof. C. Jeyalakshmi, Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Prof. M. Parameswari, Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Prof. V. Vaidehi, Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Issue Editor Prof. Usharani, Assistant Professor in Chemistry
“On Titan the molecules that have been raining down like manna
from heaven for the last 4 billion years might still be there largely
unaltered deep-frozen awaiting the chemists from Earth”
― Carl Sagan
About the Department of Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry, SCSVMV University offers B.Sc., M.Sc.,
M.Phil. and Ph.D programs in Chemistry. To present and promote
science and spirituality in a balanced manner so as to ignite and steer the
young minds in the pathway of science and technology. The department
has highly qualified, motivated and research oriented faculty members.
The department has a research project Funded by UGC-DAE-CSR,
Kalpakkam. The department has sophisticated instruments facility such
as cyclic voltammetry, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy,
UV/visible spectroscopy, spectrofluorometer, flame photometry, infra red
CO2 analyzer, COD reactor, water quality analyzer, ultrasonic
interferometer. The department organizes various seminars and
workshops funded by different funding agencies.
Sri. Dr. K. Sivakumar, Associate Professor in Chemistry
Department Activities
Workshop on Analytical Techniques: The department of chemistry has organized a “Workshop on
Analytical techniques on 25/2/2015, 26/02/2015 &
05/03/2015 for around 150 UG & PG students of
Pachaiyappa’s college for women and men & Kanchi Sri
Krishna College for Arts &Science to familiarize the
instrumentation techniques.
National Science Day 2015
The Department has organized a National Science Day Celebration on 27-02-15, Dr.T.K Sundara Murthy, Mission Director,ISRO
delivered the science day lecture. First year B.Sc Chemistry Students participated and won prizes in various competitions organized in
connection with national science day celebration. J.Padmapriya won the first Place in power point presentation, J.Shabana (First
Place), J.Padmapriya (Second Place) and S.Kalaivani (Third Place) Essay writing competition.
National Workshop on Analytical Techniques for Characterization (ATCC - 2015)
The Department of Chemistry, SCSVMV University organised a National
workshop on Analytical techniques for chemical characterization
(NWATCC2015) on 13/03/2015. A total of 105 participants from various
colleges/Universities in and around Kanchipuam were benefited from the
workshop. A plenary lecture was given by the Chief Guest Prof. Dr. Ashok
Kumar Mishra on the topic “Applications of fluorescence spectroscopy” and the
second lecture was delivered by Prof. Dr. E. Manikandan, Senior Scientist,
SBMCH, Bharath University, Chennai on the topic “Over view of analytical
techniques for material characterization”. Various instrumentation techniques were demonstrated to the participants at Physics &
Chemistry laboratory in the afternoon session by splitting the participants into different groups.
Highlights of the Department
Offers UG, PG and Research degrees
Qualified and Research Oriented Faculty
Well stacked departmental library
Fundings from Government of India
Well Equipped Laboratory
Advanced Instrumentation facilities
Faculty Engaged in Emerging Research Areas
Publications in High Impact Journals
Research Consultancy Services
Seminar and Workshops by Experts
Courses Offered
B. Sc. (Chemistry)
M. Sc. (Chemistry)
M. Phil. (Chemistry – Full Time & Part Time
Ph. D (Chemistry – Full Time & Part Time
Areas of Research
Electrochemistry
Supramolecular Chemistry
Crystal Growth
Environmental Chemistry
Computational Chemistry
Electrocatalysis
Chemical study of herbs
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Ozone day In connection with an “International Day for the Preservation
of the Ozone Layer” on 16/09/15,The Department organized a
one day Lecture to create awareness to the students on
15/09/15. Mr G..Mohan Doss, Deputy Agriculture Officer
(Retd.) was the resource person, Dr.K.Sivakumar Head, Dept.of
Chemistry gave the welcome address, C.Jeyalakshmi, Asst.Prof.
Dept.of Chemistry proposed the vote of thanks. Faculty members
from Chemistry Department and Students from Physics and
Chemistry department participated.
Special Lecture
The department organized a special lectures on Environmental awareness for the Ist year B.Sc. students on 21, 23, 24, 28, 29 &
30/09/2015 by Mr G..Mohan Doss, Deputy Agriculture Officer (Retd.).
Research Colloquium
Dr. K. Sivakumar, Associate Professor & Head; Delivered a lecture on “Necessity of Reproducibility in Scientific Research” in
the Research colloquium in the Department of Chemistry on 18-09-2015.
Mr.V. Santhanam, Assistant Professor; Delivered a lecture on “Synthesis of nanometal oxide structure in non aqueous media”
in the Research colloquium in the Department of Chemistry on 17-07-15.
Ph.D awardees-2015
Mr.S.Raghunad Acharyulu
Mr.P.Ravishankar
Recent Research Publications
Total No. of papers published: 20 B. Narayanamoorthy, S. Balaji, Physicochemical characterization of amino functionalized synthetic clay/Nafion nanocomposite film with
embedded platinum nanoparticles for PEM fuel cells, Applied Clay Science104(2015)66-73.I.F(2.4)
S. Balaji, K. Kannan and I. S. Moon, The electrochemical oxidation of toluene catalysed by Co(II) in N-butyl-N-methylpyrrolidinium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2015, 17, 30983—30987.I.F(4.4).
Samikannu Prabu, K. Sivakumar, Meenakshisundaram Swaminathan,Rajaram Rajamohan,Preparation and characterization of host–guest system between inosine and β-cyclodextrin through inclusion mode, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy,147(2015),151-157.I.F(2.1).
D. Prema, K. Sivakumar, Inclusion Complexation of Acetanilide into the β-Cyclodextrin Nanocavity: A Computational Approach, Procedia Materials Science, 10 ( 2015 ) 467 – 475.
Narasimha S. lakka, Sapthagiri Y. Reddamoni , Vure prasad , K. Sivakumar, “ Cleaning validation method for residual estimation of AMC and Rutin on surface of pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment with swab sampling technique by using HPLC UV method”, International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 6 (2014) 409-414.
R.Raja, S.Seshadri, V.Santhanam, T. Gnanasambandan, Characterization of an NLOcrystal – diphenylamine, Indian Journal of Science, 14(43), (2015),119-134.
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Professor in Chemistry
Workshop / Conferences / other activities…… Dr. K. Sivakumar, Associate Professor & Head
Best teacher award-2015,SCSVMV University on 05/09/2015.
Chairman for National Workshop on Analytical Techniques for Chemical Characterization”(ATCC-2015) on 13/03/2015. Mr.V. Santhanam, Assistant Professor
Organizing commitee member for National Workshop on Analytical Techniques for Chemical Characterization”(ATCC-2015) on 13/03/2015.
Acted as a Resource person for “Analytical Techniques Demonstration” on 25/02/2015, 26/02/2015 &05/03/2015 conducted by the Dept. of Chemistry, SCSVMV University
Mrs. Usharani pisipaty
Organizing commitee member for National Workshop on Analytical Techniques for Chemical Characterization”(ATCC-2015) on 13/03/2015.
Acted as a Resource person for “Analytical Techniques Demonstration” on 25/02/2015, 26/02/2015 &05/03/2015 conducted by the Dept. of Chemistry, SCSVMV University
Mr. B. Muthukumaran, Assistant Professor
Acted as a Resource person for “Analytical Techniques Demonstration” on 25/02/2015, 26/02/2015 &05/03/2015 conducted by the Dept. of Chemistry, SCSVMV University
Organizing Secretary for National Workshop on Analytical Techniques for Chemical Characterization”(ATCC-2015) on 13/03/2015. Mrs. C. Jeyalakshmi, Assistant Professor
Editorial Board member for Vision of Science-2015.
Presented a paper titled “Human Ecological Studies in a semi-arid village ecosystem” in an International conference on arts, education & contemporary studies – 2014 (ICAECS 2014) during 14-15th November 2014.
Mrs. M. Parameswari, Assistant Professor
Member of BOS – Physics and Chemistry
Acted as a Resource person for “Analytical Techniques Demonstration” on 25/02/2015, 26/02/2015 & 05/03/2015 conducted by the Dept. of Chemistry, SCSVMV University
Students activities Our department NSS students participated in a public marathon named “Road safety awareness walkathon” jointly with IMA,
Kanchipuram District on 05/07/2015.
B.Sc., II nd year students M.Tamilselvi and J.Sowmiya has participated in English essay competition in connection with Sanskrit day celebration (Sanskritosava) conducted on 28/09/2015 by department of Sanskrit &Indian culture ,SCSVMV University.
B.Sc., II nd year student B.Madhanraj kumar got Ist prize in photography event in Aavishkar National level symposium held on 24/09/2015 organised by department of Electronics &Instrumentation Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering.
M. Phil.,student Sridhar Edara participated in 2nd National Conference on Materials for Modern World (NCMMW-2015) on 28 & 29 organised by Eswari Engineering college.
Chemistry puns Q: What is "HIJKLMNO"?
A: H2O
Q: What is the chemical formula for diarrhea?
A: (CO(NH2)2)2
Chemistry jokes
Don't trust atoms, they make up everything.
What was Avogadro's favorite sport? Golf - because he always got a mole-in-one.
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The Head Department of Chemistry
SCSVMV University Enathur, Kanchipuram – 631 561.
Tamilnadu, INDIA. Email: [email protected]