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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.

Stay in Touch with us:

The Head Department of Chemistry

SCSVMV University Enathur, Kanchipuram – 631 561.

Tamilnadu, INDIA. Email: hodchem@kanchiuniv.ac.in