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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 Genetics

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About the Department

Objective

Department of genetics was established in 1969 and has been pursuing basic and applied research in frontier areas of Genetics that has direct/indirect bearing on human health. The research areas include clinical cytogenetics, molecular genetics and biology of communication and cardiovascular disorders, infertility, mental retardation and cancer, pharmacogenomics, microbial genetics and evaluation of genotoxicity. The department offers consultancy services on molecular diagnostics, clinical cytogenetics, genetic counseling and genotoxicity

Department was recognized and supported with the following research grants and fellowships from National funding schemes such as

  • UGC SAP - DRS phase I
  • DST FIST - Phase I
  • UGC infrastructure grants
  • UGC Basic Science Research fellowships.

Research projects were funded by various national funding agencies like DST, DBT, CSIR, UGC, DRDO-LSRB, DAE and ICMR.

Mission

Our mission is to achieve excellence in biomedical genetics - teaching, research, and patient care by

  • Creating an ideal environment for excellence in teaching and research
  • Recruiting and training students to achieve excellence in genetics
  • Interacting with medical colleges and hospitals for collaborative research
  • Serving as a bridge between basic science and clinical departments of Medical colleges and Hospitals
  • Facilitating and encouraging national and international collaborative research initiatives

Vision

  • To establish Centre for Excellence in Human Genetics and Genomics
  • To offer personalized treatment based on the advances in genetics and genomics
  • To serve as referral genetic service facility

International research colloborations

Helmholtz Zentrum , Neuherberg, Germany

University of Naples, Italy  - Students exchange program

National research colloborations

 

Our Faculties

Professor and Head

A. K. Munirajan

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

  akmunirajan@unom.ac.in    +91-44-24547064

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Assistant professor

Dr. B. Anandan

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

  banandan@unom.ac.in    +91-044-24547180

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Assistant professor

Dr.V.Aravindhan

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

  cvaravindan@unom.ac.in    044-24547060

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Assistant professor

Dr.B.Usharani

M. Sc, Ph.D

  usharani@unom.ac.in    044-24547063

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Course Offered

Post Graduate

M.Sc.Biomedical Genetics

Eligibility

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

Fee Structure

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Ph.D.in Genetics

Eligibility

A Master Science Degree in Zoology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Applied Microbiology, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology & Industrial Microbiology of this University or an examination of other Universities recognized as equivalent there to or MBBS

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
Sibi Joy Manohar V Aravindhan 2017
Amulya Vijay Dr. B. Anandan Neurogenetic study of Parkinson's Disease using cell lines and zebrafish as model. 2020 amulyav16@gmail.com
Vinu R Dr. B. Anandan Role of microRNAs in Congenital Heart Disease 2016 vinutwin@gmail.com
Sambhavi B Dr. B. Anandan Evaluation of Antiangiogenic potential of Bioactive compounds in HUVEC cell lines and Zebrafish animal model 2016 sambhavi.sam@gmail.com
Charles S Dr. B. Anandan miRNA expression in type-2 diabetes with Diabetic Nephropathy 2019 andrewchales@gmail.com
Mary Angelin Dr. A K Munirajan Epigenetics in Psychotic disorders 2021 maryangelin.2295@gmail.com
Vijayalakshmi J Dr.B.Usharani Prevalence and genetic polymorphism of bedaquiline resistance among the Pre-XDR and XDR TB suspects 2019 vege2409@gmail.com
Maria Jose V Dr.B.Usharani Molecular epidemiology and typing of Multidrug Resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis 2019 mj68826@gmail.com
S. Yuvaraj Dr.V.Aravindhan DM-LTB 2021 yuvarajsrinivasan005@gmail.com
V.Srilakshmi Dr.V.Aravindhan DM-PCOS 2022 srilakshmiventhan@gmail.com
Dr. A.K. Deva Magendhra Rao, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan A study on alternative mechanisms of p53 inactivation in tobacco chewing associated oral cancer 2007 2014 devamagendrarao@gmail.com
Dr. D. Vishnu Prabhu, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan Genetic and pharmacogenomic analysis of South Indian Coronary artery disease patients 2007 2014 itzmevishnu@gmail.com
Dr. M. Manikandan, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan Role of micro RNAs in primary tumors of oral squamous cell carcinoma: A molecular genetics approach 2008 2015 mayamanikandan@gmail.com
Dr. V. Vinoth Kumar, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan Molecular genetics of cervical cancer. Role of Telomorase Reverse Transcriptase (TERT) and Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) in cervical carcinogenesis 2008 2016 vinoth.k8@gmail.com
Dr. K. Arun, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan Expression profiling of competing endogenous RNAs in gastric cancer 2008 2016 arunvedharaj@gmail.com
Dr. G. Arun Kumar, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan Expression profiling of selected Non-coding RNAs in oral squamous cell carcinoma 2011 2016 drarunkumarganesan@gmail.com
Dr. R. Sudesh, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan Evaluation of Genome wide association studies identified SNPs and CNVs for risk association with Schizophrenia in South Indian population 2011 2017 sudesh.genetics@gmail.com
Dr. S. Revathi Devi, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan Analysis of APOBEC3A/3B deletion polymorphism and its oncogenic potential in cervical squamous cell carcinoma 2012 2017 revathidevi.sundar@gmail.com
Dr. V. Vaishnavi, Ph.D Dr. A.K. Munirajan Study on the impact of microRNAs present in the autism associated copy number variations 2013 2019 vvaishnavi88@gmail.com
S. Shruthi V Aravindhan CLINCAL STUDY ON INFLAMMATORY MARKERS, ZNT8 AUTOANTIBODIES AND TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR SIGNALLING UNDER CONDITIONS OF INSULIN DEFICIENCY AND RESISTANCE 2015 2022 shruthi.sugumar920@gmail.com

Awarded Scholars

Ph.D 10
M.Phil Nil

Present Scholars

Ph.D 15
M.Phil Nil

Former Academicians

Name of the Academics Designation
S.T. Santhiya Professor and Head
G.Jayaraman Professor
R. Malathi Professor and Head
Dr. Chandra R. Samuel Associate Professor
Prof.C.R. Srikumari Srisailapathy UGC - Research Scientist C
A. Ramesh Professor
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