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Introduction


The Department of Mathematics has registered a steady growth right from its inception in 1946. The UG programme was commenced during this year and PG programme was started in 1969. M.Phil. and Ph.D. programme were began during 1986. At present there are 18 staff members of whom 15 are Ph.D. holders and 2 are pursuing Ph.D. The sanctioned strength for UG is 324, PG is 72, M.Phil is 40 and for Ph.D is also 40 (Part Time 30, Full Time 10).

There are two shifts where in the morning shift both English and Tamil medium UG classes are run, and in the evening shift only English medium UG classes exist. The faculty is actively engaged in research in diverse fields such as Operator Theory, Topology, Graph Theory, Fluid Dynamics, Solid Mechanics, Optimization Techniques, Fuzzy Theory, Dynamical systems and Differential Equations. So far 30 candidates have been awarded Ph.D. degree and more than 100 have been awarded M.Phil. degree. Nearly 150 research papers are published in the nationaland international journals. The Department has two libraries one is exclusively for UG students contains 3558 books and another for PG students with 3,727 books. Staff and students make use of the library effectively.

Two faculty members have successfully completed major research projects worth Rs.35 lakhs and two faculty members have completed UGC minor research projects. The Department has conducted National Conferences on different titles thrice. The faculty members have attended the orientation/refresher courses conducted by academic staff colleges and are acting as resource persons, chairpersons for various seminars and conferences and members of board of studies of several Universities and Colleges.

The Department conducts special classes for NET/SET. Also, the Department conducts correspondence classes for B.Sc. Mathematics through Distance Education program offered by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Many of our passedout students are well placed. Our students are very disciplined and behave well. They actively participate in many competitions in and outside college and won prizes. Some of our students have attended the Republic Day parade too. The Department is happy that the alumni of our department perform well in their chosen fields.