Department Profile

Department Profile

The department of chemistry was started in the year 1964 with the undergraduate course having affiliation to Madras University and was elevated to a postgraduate department in 1979. The department got recognition for offering M.Phil. programme of Bharathiar University in 1987. The department became a full pledged research centre after we got approval for offering Ph.D. programme from 1999.

The autonomous status was conferred to UG and PG programmes in the years 1981 and 1986 respectively. The sanctioned strength of the UG programme is 40 and that of the PG programme is 20. The current sanctioned strength of students for M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes is 26 each.