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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 Microbiology

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About the Department

Objective

The Department of Microbiology was established on November 1st, 1976. In 1978, Dr. S. Subramanian was appointed as the Professor and Head of the Department . He initiated various research programs in the areas of diarrhoeal diseases, microbial toxins, and viral infections, particularly Hepatitis B virus. He also initiated international research collaborations with Universities and institutes in the United Kingdom. Later the department was headed by Dr.S.P. Thyagarajan (Former Vice-chancellor of University of Madras). During his tenure the department had grown tremendously and the department's research activities received National recognition and the department was recognized as ICMR-Regional Referral Center for Hepatitis B virus. In the year 1981, a Master's Degree program (M. Sc. Microbiology) was initiated, which is a 3 year Degree course under the Faculty of Medicine. A Doctor of Medicine (MD) Degree course was also started in the same year. Many research projects have been completed since then and research collaborations with eminent scientists such as Dr. Blumberg, (a Nobel Laureate), Dr. Eric Walker, and other well known international scientists were established.

 Dr Elanchezhiyan Manickan is presently the Head of the Department. The Dept has research funding from several national agencies such as ICMR, UGC, DBT. Ministry of Earth Sciences. 

Mission

  • To train students in the field of Microbiology, provide value based education, with commitment to academic excellence and innovative research.
  • To undertake research activities relevant to present day needs, in areas such as emerging infections, opportunistic infections, and drug development.
  • To establish a good diagnostic Microbiology department which can function as a referral centre for city hospitals for some specified diagnostic tests.

Our Faculties

Assistant Professor and Head i/c

Dr. D. Prabu

M.Sc, Ph.D.

  dprabu@unom.ac.in    04424547101

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Professor

Dr. Elanchezhiyan Manickan

M.Sc.,Ph.D.,M.D.,M.B.A.

  emanickan@unom.ac.in    044-24547101

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Assistant Professor

Dr. B. Rayvathy

M.B.B.S., M.D., (Microbiology)

  rayvathy@unom.ac.in    

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Assistant Professor

Dr. P. Suganthi

Msc., Mphil., PhD

  suganthi@unom.ac.in    044-2454-7114

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Course Offered

Post Graduate

M.Sc.Microbiology (Faculty of Medicine) - Three year course

Eligibility

Bachelor’s Degree in Science in Microbiology, Biology, Zoology, Biotechnology and Medical Laboratory Technology.

Fee Structure

M.D.Microbiology - Three year course

Eligibility

Bachelor’s Degree in Science in Microbiology, Biology, Zoology, Biotechnology and Medical Laboratory Technology.

Fee Structure

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Microbiology

Eligibility

Bachelor’s Degree in Science in Microbiology, Biology, Zoology, Biotechnology and Medical Laboratory Technology.

Fee Structure

Syllabus

Syllabus will be available soon

Fees Structure

Fee Structure will be available soon

Timetable

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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
Nil
Aneesha.S Dr.P.Suganthi Molecular Characterization of Uropathogenic E.coli 2018 Ongoing aneeshashyju2011@gmail.com
Anandhi.M Dr.P.Suganthi Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Multi-drug resistant Enterobacteriaceae 2018 Ongoing anandhi87.murugan@gmail.com
M. Swathi Dr.P.Suganthi Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Bacterial Isolates in Reproductive tract of Pregnant Women 2018 Ongoing swathi101994@gmail.com
V. Latha Dr.P.Suganthi Statistical survey of microbial isolates from Pus samples isolated from different areas in chennai and their significance 2018 Ongoing Lathaganesh.micro@gmail.com

Awarded Scholars

Ph.D 4
M.Phil Nil

Present Scholars

Ph.D Nil
M.Phil Nil
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