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From the Desk of the Vice Chancellor

Greetings!

As the Vice Chancellor of this premier university, I am extremely pleased to share this space to converse with all of you. The University of Madras is a post- sesquicentennial institution which has forged a glorious path for itself and has been the site for significant scientific discoveries as well as the beacon for national and regional societal transformation. It has successfully managed to hold aloft its tradition even while keeping up with the emerging trends. One reason for this is the way in which the university has kept alive its interactions with all the stakeholders.

The COVID 19 pandemic has introduced a ‘new normal’ and its impact is felt in the workings of the university as well. The students have been attending the lectures online. While online learning has the advantage of being anytime and anywhere, it has taken away the peer group interaction and peer learning which are integral aspects of the university experience. We look forward to welcoming you to the campus very soon. Meanwhile, our faculty and administration will continue to bring the best to the virtual classrooms. As students, you need to view the restrictions posed by the pandemic as a temporary deterrent. Your focus should be to gain the competencies to conduct application oriented research in order to evolve as useful citizens of our society.

Our university boasts of faculty with a high degree of knowledge and commitment to offer the best in teaching and research. Given the context of the pandemic, we need to redefine our teaching-learning processes to offer the best pedagogic experience to our students. Similarly, the post-pandemic era demands that we hone the employment potential and entrepreneurial capacity of our learners. This necessitates that we focus on sponsored research in cutting edge areas.

Our administrative staff have been the backbone of the university. While we move towards a transparent and complete e-governance model, we need more support from you. When the teaching-learning process at our university – from admission to certification -- is moving into the digital era, your skills and competencies need to keep pace.

At our university, we are gearing up for the final round of NAAC re-accreditation. This has offered us an opportunity to assess our Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges. Further, it has made us more determined to reiterate our quality benchmarks in teaching, research and extension activities. We are aware of this responsibility and fully prepared for it because, our university has always encouraged individual thinking within the established frameworks. This is echoed in the words of Tim Burners Lee, who initiated the World Wide Web: “We are forming cells within a global brain and we are excited that we might start to think collectively. What becomes of us still hangs crucially on how we think individually.” Let us unite to make the educational experience at the University of Madras a synergy of the best minds and best thoughts.

Prof.Dr.S.Gowri

Vice-Chancellor
University of Madras

Dr.(Mrs).S.ChinnammaiM.A.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.,

Professor and Head
Dr. Ambedkar Centre for Economic Studies
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Awards

146

Publications

200

Seminars / Conference

1

Projects

8

Ph.D Awarded

8

Ph.D Present

Achievements
    Registrar In Charge

    Thiruvalluver University, Vellore,From Jan 2003 to Apri 2005

    Head In Charge

    1. Dr. Ambedkar Center for Economic Studies, University of Madras, Chepauk, Chennai, From Feb 2008 to April 2010

    2. Department of Economics, Thiruvalluvar University, Vellure. From Nov 2000 to Nov 2004

    Special Address

    1. Special Address given at the valedictory function of the National Seminar on “Industrial Development and Inclusive Growth During The Reform Era” Sri Venkateswara University Tirupathi, March 2012\

    2. Delivered special address as the resource person on  the National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Micro          Finance”  held in Annamalai University, May 2012

    3.  Delivered Inaugural Address at   Rani Meyyammai Girls’ Higher Secondary School, July 2012

    Special Lecture

    1. Special   Lecture on  “Economics and its Recent Issues in India” Presented during the valedictory function of Economic Association at the PG & the research Department of Economics, Queen Mary’s College , Feb 2010

    2. Special   Lecture on  “Macro Economics and Inflation” in the refresher course on  “Recent Advances in Macro and Financial Economics” for college teachers organized by the Department of Econometrics,  University of  Madras, Jan. 2011

    3. Special Lecture given at Session-I in the National Seminar on “Social Discrimination, Power Equations and Politics” organized by Department of Economics, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, March 2012.

    4. Delivered a lecture on “Development of Currency in India”  in the refresher Course on Batch – XIII  Organised by the Department of Economterics University of Madras, Sep 2012

    5. Delivered lecture in the ICSSR Sponsored  Research Methodology Course  conducted by Department of Education, Tamil University, Thanjavur on  April, 2015.

    Special Talks

    1. Talks on ‘Sudhanthira Indhiyaavil Babu Jagajeevan Ramin Pangu’, at All India Radio / Doordarshan, Chennai  ,  April, 2010

    2. Special Talk  Given on the  “Death Anniversary of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar”,  All India Radio/Doordarshan, Chennai ,  Nov 2010

    3. Special talk on “Ambedkarum Tamilnaadum – Urai in Tamil”, All India Radio/Doordarshan, Chennai ,Nov 2011 

    4.Talk on “Illatharasikalukku Eliya Porulatharam” All India Radio/Doordarshan, Chennai, 13/09/2012

    Resource Person

    1. Delivered Lecture on "Global Scenario of Currency", Academic staff College, University of Madras,September, 2013

    2.Delivered Lecture on, "Rural Economy and PURA", Academic Staff College, Madurai Kamaraj University, March, 2014

    Committee Member

    1.Member in the various Board of Examination in Regular, IDE in University of Madras and Other Affiliated College and some other Universities in Tamil Nadu.

    2. Convener in Various Inspection Committee formulated by Univeristy of Madras. 

    Chair Person

    1.International Conference on Economics, Business and Management, held in New Delhi, on Dec, 2012.

    2.National Symposium on "PURA-Challenges and Opportunities", held in Lyola College, Chennai, Dec,2012

    3.International Conference on Economics, Business and Management, held in New Delhi, on Sep, 2013.

    4. Rapporteur in Interdisciplinary National Seminar on Production and Consumption of Genetically Modified Food, Held at Annamalai University, during 18-19th,  Dec, 2013

    Invited Lecture

    1.International Conference on Economics, Business and Management, held at New Delhi, on Dec, 2012.

    2. Delivered lecture on “Thesis Writing” UGC XII Plan Scheme for Lifelong Learning and Extension- Research Methodology Course on 07/03/2013.University of Madras 

    3. Delivered lecture on “Problems and Perspective of Social Science Research” Research Methodology Training Course held in Department of Economics, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati on 01/02/2013.

    4.Delivered Lecture on International Conference of Economics, Business and Management organized by Serials Publications, New Delhi, India.

    Countries Visited for Academic Purpose
    1. Philadelphia and Pennsiylvania  in U.S. A . on March, 2010. 
    2. Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on May,2010.
    3. Singapore on May, 2010.
    4. Bahrain on June, 2012.
    5. Srilanka on August, 2012.
    6. Dubai on January, 2013.
    7. Melbourne and Sydney in Australia on January, 2014.
    Short-Term Courses Attended

    1. Participated Short- Term Course on " Teaching and Learning Techniques in Higher Education" conducted by UGC Human Resource Development Centre (HRDC) and Regional Centres for Capacity Building (RCCB), University of Madras, Chennai held from 27.07.2015 to 01.08.2015

    2. Participated Short-Term Course on "Preparation of Research Projects for Faculties", UGC Academic Staff College, University of Madras, Chennai held from 18.08.2014 to 23.08.2014

    Orientation Programme

    1. Participated Orientation Programme organised by Academic Staff College, University of Madras, Chennai (Sponsored by the University Grants Commission) held from 01.03.2001 to 28.03.2001.

    Refresher Course

    1.Participated in the UGC sponsored  Refresher Course in Economics , Batch-IX held in Madras School of Economics, Chennai held from 28.11.2007 to 18.12.2007.

    2.Participated in the UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Economics , Batch-VII held in Academic Staff College, University of Madras, Chennai  from 15.09.2005 to 05.10.2005 

    Workshop Attended

    1. Participated One Week National Level Workshop on "Basic Econometrics" organised by Department of Studies in Economics and Co-operation, Manasagangthri, Mysuru from 06.02.2015 to 12.02.2015

    2. Participated in Five Days National Workshop on "Research Writing and Publishing Articles in Social Science" organised by Economics Wing, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamilnadu from 23.03.2012 to 27.03.2012.

    3. Participated in Seven Days National Workshop on "Research Writing Review Articles and Publication in Social Sciences",  organised by Economics Wing, Directorate of Distance Education, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamilnadu from 14.03.2011 to 20.03.2011.

    4. Participated in Seven Days National Level workshop on " Tholkappiar Payilarangam" organised by Semmolith Thamilayvu Maththiya Niruvanam and Department of Tamil, Institute of Distance Education, University of Madras, Chennai held from 18.10.2010 to 24.10.2010.

    Ph.D. Viva Examiner

    Conducted Ph.D.Viva-voce Examination in various Universities and Institutions in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

    Interview Details

    1. Participated in an Interview Prog. On Controlling of Price rise at  All India Radio / Doordarshan, DDK, Chennai -05  Jan 2009

    2. Interview given on the topic "Organic Farming" in Venther TV on 9th September, 2014.

    3. Interview given on the topic "Shut down  of Public Sector Enterprises" in Sun Tv, 2014.

    4. Interview given on the topic "Monetary Loss of Public in MLM" in News7 Channel on 4th July, 2015.

    5. Interview given on the topic " Hello Ungaludan on Economics - Live " in Podhigai 29th december, 2021

    Reviewer

    1. Project Reviewer in UGC Major Research Project entitled, "Health Impact of Tamirabarani River Water Pollution-An Economic Valuation", in Manonmaniam Sunderanar University, Tirunelveli.

    2. Paper Reviewer in International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, ISSN 2010-0264 Vol.5, No.4, August, 2014. 

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