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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

Department of Endocrinology

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About the Department

Department at a Glance

The Department of Endocrinology is one of the two departments of the Dr. ALM Post Graduate Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, established on 2nd January 1969 with the leadership of Prof. P. Govindarajulu, the founder of the department. Initially, the department was located in the Chepauk campus of the University of Madras and moved to the Taramani campus during 1976.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly identified the Department as ICMR-Regional Centre for Clinical Research in Human Reproduction in 1978. The WHO recognized this department as one of the International Laboratories for quality control for Radioimmunoassay of hormones.

 Based on research achievements, the UGC began supporting the department under its Special Assistance Program (UGC-SAP) in 1999, and the second phase of five years has begun in April 2004. In 2005, the department was awarded ASIST program (Assistance for Science & Technology) by UGC with the financial tune of Rs.60 Lakhs to develop infrastructure and PG programs. Under the ASIST program, the department began to offer M.Sc. (Biomedical Sciences) as an inter-departmental program, involving all departments in the School of Basic Medical Sciences. During 2015, the department was selected for UGC-SAP-DSA-I with the financial support of Rs.1.45 Crores. The department scored 97% in the IQAC assessment and it stands second among 67 departments of the University.

 This Department is the headquarters for the Society for Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology (SRBCE). Visit www.srbce.org for more information. 

 

Objective

  • To offer inter-disciplinary M.Sc degree programme in Biomedical Sciences and M.Phil and Ph.D degree courses in Endocrinology.
  • To inculcate research attitude among students in the area of Biomedical Sciences useful for the welfare of the society.
  • To encourage collaborative research programme for a better understanding of the cause and consequences of environmental endocrine disruptors.

Mission

  • Internationally recognized Research Centre with an ambient environment inspiring and empowering young researchers to undertake socially relevant research of far excellence.
  • To promote learning and research in Endocrinology.
  • To offer a career-oriented post-graduate programme with a primary focus to provide trained man power for the Bio Medical industries.
  • To augment inter-institutional and industrial collaborative research programmes.
  • To establish a Centre for Advanced Studies in Endocrinology.
  • To promote need-based and application oriented research for the development of novel herbal products or biomolecules to alleviate biomarkers and to diagnose endocrine and metabolic disorders.

Vision

The department will be an internationally recognized Research Centre with an ambient environment inspiring and empowering young researchers to undertake socially relevant research of far excellence. 

 

Infrastucture

  • Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory
  • Histopathology Laboratory
  • Cell culture Laboratory
  • Library

Instruments Available in the Department

Molecular  Endocrinology Laboratory

  • Real-Time PCR- BioRad
  • Chemi Doc system- BioRad
  • MultiPlex-BioRad
  • CytoFlex (Flow cytometry)- Beckman Coulter
  • Gel Doc System-BioRad
  • ELISA Plate reader-BioTek
  • Bio Spectro Photometer- Eppendorf
  • Biofuge- Heraeus
  • Ultracentrifuge- Hitachi

Cell culture Laboratory

  • CO2 incubator (4 Nos)-Thermo
  • Bio safety cabinet (2 Nos)-Mark
  • Inverted Microscope-Nikon
  • Cell counter-BioRad

 

HISTOPATHoLOGY LABORATORY

  •  Microtome-Leica
  • Microscope-Leica
  • Fluorescence Microscope-Nikon
  • Flurescent Microscope (Evos Floid)-Thermo

Our Faculties

Associate Professor and Head i/c

Dr.B. Ravisankar

M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

  bravishankar@unom.ac.in    044-24547044

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Assistant professor

Dr.R.Ilangovan

M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D.

  ilangovan@unom.ac.in    +91-44-24547041

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Course Offered

Post Graduate

M.Sc.(Biomedical Sciences is offered in collaboration with all departments in the School of Basic Medical Sciences in Taramani campus)

Eligibility

1) In an field of Life Sciences 2) In Medicines/Dental Veterinary and agriculture

Fee Structure

Master of Philosophy(M.Phil)

M.Phil(Biomedical Sciences) and M.Phil. (Endocrinology) programmes are offered under choice based credit system (CBCS

Eligibility

1) In an field of Life Sciences 2) In Medicines/Dental Veterinary and agriculture

Fee Structure

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Ph.D(Endocrinology)

Eligibility

1) In an field of Life Sciences 2) In Medicines/Dental Veterinary and agriculture

Fee Structure

Syllabus

Syllabus will be available soon

Fees Structure

Fee Structure will be available soon

Timetable

Timetable for All Courses View/Download
Timetable for All Courses View/Download

M.Phil Scholars

Name Guide Topic Year Joined Year Completed Email Id
No M.Phil Scholars

Ph.D Scholars

Name Guide Topic Year Joined Year Completed Email Id
M. Agalya Dr. R. Ilangovan Impact of polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) on bone 2021 agalya.saras05@gmail.com
Shabana Thabassum M.R. Dr. R. Ilangovan Role of histone methyltransferase in metastatic cervical cancer 2019 shathab810@gmail.com
Manju Mohan Dr. R. Ilangovan Effects of Bisphenol A on osteoblasts 2017 manjumohan1492@gmail.com
Mr. C. Gautham Dr. R. Ilangovan Targeting the Wnt/beta-catenin signalling pathway in metastatic cervical cancer 2017 gauthamc@outlook.com
Dr. Sugnathi M. Dr. B. Ravi Sankar A study on the role and regulation of GSK-3? on the survival of hormone dependent breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) 2008 2013
Dr. Benson C.S. Dr. B. Ravi Sankar Analysis of the expression pattern of Matrix Metalloproteinases and intracellular signalling molecules in breast cancer 2008 2014
Dr. Dinesh Babu S. Dr. Ravi Sankar B. Effects of gestational exposure to Di(2-ethylhexyL) phthalate (DEHP) on the structure and function of the ovary and uterus of offspring rats 2009 2015
Dr. Gokula Priya R. Dr. Ravi Sankar B. Exposure to di-(ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) on insulin signal transduction and glucoregulatory events in liver of F1 adult male rat 2014 2019
Dr. Sangeetha G. Dr. Ravi Sankar B. Role of estrogen receptor subtype specific agonist/antagonist on ER? dominant breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) 2011 2019
Dr. Saranya K. Dr. Ravi Sankar B. Effect of cafeteria diet-induced obesity on ovarian structure and function in adult rat 2014 2019

Awarded Scholars

Ph.D 6
M.Phil Nil

Present Scholars

Ph.D 4
M.Phil Nil
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