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INTRODUCTION
The Department of Chemistry aims to create a centre of
excellence through the formation of young people
empowered to create a bright future for themselves and
others, through dissemination of knowledge, skills and
noble values. The department enables the students with
deep knowledge and awareness of current developments in
the field of chemistry. The study of chemistry equips
the students with skills necessary to succeed at the
very highest level in the competitive world.
HISTORY
The Department of chemistry started functioning in the
year 1964 along with the establishment of Kuriakose
Elias College, Mannanam,as a junior College( with
pre-degree courses- 1st, 2nd and 3rd
groups) which was affiliated to the Kerala University.
Prof. Joseph J Murikallel M.S., a very dynamic and
brilliant personality having his post graduation in the
United States was the first Head of the department. Joy
Jose was appointed in 1969 as Lecturer. Prof.M.V.John,
retired Professor of Marthoma College, Thiruvalla has
joined the Department as a honorary Professor.
Next year (1968) two more junior lecturers – Prof. K.N.
Sundhakaran Nair and Prof. M.V. Chacko- joined the
faculty. Prof. K.P Thomas M.Sc was appointed in 1970.
One of our former bright students, Prof. K.T. Thomas of
1967-70 B.Sc batch joined the chemistry department in
1973 after securing M.Sc Degree.
From 1964 onwards the department of Chemistry had to
deal with pre-degree students of science batches (First
group and second group) until the de-linking of that
course in the late nineties.
From 1967 we had to manage two batches of subsidiary
courses- one batch of 32 students from botany stream and
another 32 students from physics main, over and above
the burden of 32 students of B.Sc chemistry main.
Postgraduate course in Analytical Chemistry was started
in 1998 with a sanctioned strength of 12 students.
FACULTY
At present the teaching faculty comprises of 8 permanent
faculty members-three of them have Ph.D. degrees and the
remaining are M.Phil. holders. All the faculty members
are having brilliant academic record. One faculty member
has submitted the PhD thesis and another one is doing
research on a part time basis.
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