The
department was established as degree
department in 1979 with Dr. P.K.Saraswathy
Amma as the H.O.D. Subsequently it
was upgraded as a Post Graduate department
in 1999 with Prof. Hariharan Pillai
as H.O.D. with an intake of 12 students
per batch at M.Sc. level. The department
received the post graduate assistance
from UGC and has
been maintaining a very good library
with about 2000 volumes of books covering
frontier areas in the discipline.
We have well equipped laboratories
for physical, inorganic and
organic
branches. The department has been maintaining
a consistently good record in giving instructions
at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Faculty
members, in addition to their regular work are
actively engaged in various extension activities
conducted by the institution. Some of the faculty
members are actively engaged in research activities
evidenced by their publications in National and
International journals of repute apart from authorship
in International and American Patents.
Some of the faculty members are resource persons
for advanced topics and extension activities.
Courses
offered
B.Sc. Chemistry ( 3 year degree course) with Physics and mathematics
as subsidiary subjects.
M..Sc. Chemistry - 4 semesters
Nature
of selection
Merit and reservation as per
University/ Government of Kerala rules.
Number
of intake
B.Sc. 32
M. Sc. 12
Facilities
available
Well
equipped laboratories for each branch.Well
equipped library with more than 2000 Volumes
of books and journals and Computer lab with
24 h internet facility.
Sophisticated
instruments available to students
Electronic
balance for Weighing, Spectrophotometers,
Computer lab with 24h internet facility.
Number
of books in the department libraray
2000 including
journals.
Facilities
that can be offered to public
Library, laboratory and computer
facilities in addition to technical expertise
by faculty members.
Results
Consistent
academic performance. M. Sc. 2002-04 56
% pass all first class 2003-05 50 % pass
all first class
B. Sc. 2002-05 64% pass 2003
-06 74% pass
Extension
activities
Soil
testing and recommendation of fertilizer
application in collaboration with Soil Testing
Laboratory and Regional Agricultural
Research Station ( K A U).
Flourish the concept of Green Chemistry
atom synthesis, solvent free reactions and
super fluid extraction concepts to colleges
and +2 schools by organizing seminars and
work shops.
Alumni
Association
Alumni association is functioning
with
President - H.O. D.
Vice President - K. G. Jimon
Secretary - Lata G. Nair
Joint secretary -Ajit James Jose.
Research
Areas and Publications of the faculty members
Dr.
S.SivaKumar
H.K. Fun, S. Chantrapromma, S. Sivakumar,
V. Suni, A. Sreekanth and M. R. P. Kurup, 4-morpholinyl{2-[1-(2-pyridinyl)ethylidene]diazan-2-iumylidene}methanethiolate,
Acta Cryst. E61 (2005) o1337-1339.
S. Sivakumar, M. R. Prathapachandra
Kurup, A. Sreekanth Structural studies of six
and four co-ordinate zinc(II), nickel(II) and
dioxovanadium(V) complexes with thiosemicarbazones,
J. Mol. Struc., 655 (2003) 47-58.
A. Usman, I. A. Razak, S. Chantrapromma,
H. K. Fun, A. Sreekanth, S. Sivakumar,
M. R. P. Kurup, Bis (1-pyridin-2-ylethanone-
? N4-phenylthiosemicarbazonato-?N4, S)manganese(II),
Acta Cryst. C Cryst. Struc. Commun., C58 (2002)
m461-m463.
Synthesis, Magnetic and Spectral Studies of
Cu(II) Chelates with a Substituted 2-acetylpyridine
thiosemicarbazone, Singapore International Chemical
Conference-2 on Frontiers in Chemical Design
and Synthesis, December 19-20, 2001, Department
of Chemistry, National University of
Singapore
A text book on Symmetry in Chemistry,
communicated to Kalyani publications
Dr.P.K
Raveendran Nair
U. S. Patents
Materials and Methods of Immune System
Stimulation.
P. K. Raveendran Nair, Steven J. Melnick and
Cheppail Ramachandran
(US-2006- 0009501 published on Jan 1, 2006)
Compositions and uses of Amooranin
compounds.
Cheppail Ramachandran, P. K. Raveendran Nair
and Steven J Melnick
(US-2006-0167097 published on July 27,2006).
International Patents
Materials and Methods of Immune System
Stimulation
P. K. Raveendran Nair, Steven J. Melnick and
Cheppail Ramachandran
(International application No. PCT/US2005/024410;
filed July 11,2005
Publication number WO 2006/010069)
Compositions and Uses of Amooranin
Compounds.
Cheppail Ramachandran, P. K. Raveendran Nair
and Steven J Melnick
(International Application number PCT/US 2006/13902
filed April 14, 2006).
Publications
Isolation and Characterization
of an Anticancer compound from Semicarpus
anacardium. P.K. Raveendran Nair, Steven
J Melnick, Stanislaw F Wnuck and Cheppail
Ramachandran.
International J Cancer Research (in press,
2007)
Investigation of Cytokine
expression in human leukocyte cultures with
two immune-modulatory homeopathic preparations.
Cheppail Ramachandran, P K Raveendran
Nair, Richard T clement and Steven
J Melnick.
J. Altern. Complement Med. 13 (4) 403-408
(2007).>
Mechanism of macrophage
activation by (1,4) ?-D-Glucan isolated from
Tinospora cordifolia. P.K. Raveendran Nair, Steven
J Melnick, Reshma Ramachandran, Enrique Escalon
and Cheppail Ramachandran.
International Immunopharmacolgy, 6 1815-1824
(2006).
Anticancer effects of amooranin
in human colon carcinoma cell lines invitro
and in nude mice xenografts.
Cheppail Ramachandran, P. K. Raveendrn
Nair, Arturo Alamo, Curtius Bruce
Cochrane and Steven J Melnick.
International Journal of Cancer Research,
119 (10) 2443-2454 (2006).
Immune stimulating properties
of a novel polysaccharide from the medicinal
plant Tinospora cordifolia. P. K.Raveendran Nair, Sonia
Rodriguez, Reshma Ramachandran, Arturo Alamo,
Steven J Melnick,
Stanislaw F Wnuck, Cheppail Ramachandran.
International Immunopharmacology, 4 1645-1659
(2004).
Novel drug amooranin induces
apoptosis through caspase activity in human
breast carcinoma cell lines.
Thangayan Rabi, Cheppail Ramachandran, Hugo
B.Fonesca, Raveendran P K Nair,
Steven J Melnick and Cheppail Ramachandran.
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 80 321-330
(2003).
Dr.P.Vijayalakshmi
Specification of color
changes of complexometric indicators in the
Tritration of Zirconium with Ethylene diamine
tetra acetic acid- A analyst December 1994,
Vol. 119, 2817-2821.
Basic aspects and applications
of tristimulus colorimetry, talenta 43(1996)
1187-1206
Evaluation of color changes
of Oxazine Dyes As Acid-Base indicators.
13th Annual Conference Indian Council of Chemistry
Jammu-1995
M.N
Radhakrishnan Nair
Area of research:
Area
of research: Polymer blends, PVC modification,
Polyurethanes, PU block copolymers, Chemical modification
of Natural rubber.
Publications
Compatibility Studies
and Characterisation of a PVC/NR Blend Using
NR/PU Block Copolymer
M.N Radhakrishnan Nair and MR Gopinathan Nair,
Polymer Bulletin, Vol.56, 2006 (pp.619-631).
Thermogravimetric
analysis of PVC/ELNR Blends
M.N Radhakrishnan Nair, George V.Thomas and
M.R Gopinathan Nair, Polymer Degradation
and Stability, Vol.92, 2007 (pp.189-196)
Miscibility Studies
of PVC/ELNR Blends
M.N Radhakrishnan Nair, George V.Thomas and
M.R Gopinathan Nair, Polymer
Bulletin DOI 10.1007/s00289-007-0778-5
May 16, 2007
Plasticizing effect
of epoxidized natural rubber on PVC/ELNR blends
prepared by solution blending
P.K Biju, M.N Radhakrishnan Nair, George V
Thomas, MR Gopinathan Nair, Materials
Science-Poland, May 12,2207
