ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT:

GOALS:-

To promote Nature Education for the upliftment of the locality of the college and the country as a whole
To offer education for rural youth including women which will cater to the needs of the area
To offer courses to promote the employment opportunity of the students
To offer courses in biological sciences to support sustainable agriculture development

For Details Please Contact

Dr. R. Nagarajan, M.Sc.(Zoo), M.Sc.(Appl. Psy), M.Phil., B.Ed., Ph.D.(BARD), Ph.D.(UK)

Head Department of Zoology & Wildlife Biology

Cell: 9487112627

email id: avczoowildlife@gmail.com

VISION:-

To be a Centre of Advanced Research and Quality Education in Biological Sciences, especially for Rural Youth

MISSION:-

Offering Quality Education to nurture Potential Graduates and Research Scholars in Biological Sciences for Nation development and to create awareness on Environment and Sustainable development

Objectives

To inculcate knowledge on conservation of nature and other biological resources for the survival of man
To empower students with skills of learning and applying of biological techniques
To make the students acquire competitive skills to self sustain

COURSES OFFERED

B.Sc., Zoology :-(Day College)

Eligibility: A pass in +2 with Zoology, Chemistry, Botany or Biology, Chemistry and Vocational Students are also Eligible.

M.Sc., Zoology:-(Evening Section)

Eligibility:

A Graduation in Zoology/Wildlife Biology

M.Sc., Wildlife Biology (Day College)

Eligibility: A Graduation in Zoology/Wildlife Biology

M.Phil., Zoology:-

Eligibility: A Post Graduation in Zoology/Wildlife Biology

Ph.D., Zoology (Part-time and Full time)

Eligibility: A Post Graduation in Zoology with not less than 55% of marks

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Forest Service
Research faculties
Project Fellow
Junior Research Fellow
Senior Research Fellow
Research Associate
Research Assistant
Scientist

A Few Alumni

Dr. S. Muralidharan, Principal Scientist, SACON
Dr. S. Balasubramanian, Principal Scientist, SACON
Dr. Gopinath Maheswarn, Scientist, ZSI
Prof. G. Agoramoorthy, Professor, Tajen University.
Dr. U. Sridharan, Director, MoEF.
Dr. K. Ramesh, Scientist, WII.
Dr. A. Manimozhi, Biologist, AAZP.
Dr. K. Sankar, Scientist, WII.
Dr. G. Kamaraj, Biologist, Snake park

MILE STONE

1958: PUC and B.Sc., Allied Zoology

1966:- B.Sc., Zoology

1980:- M.Sc., Wildlife Biology

1982:- M.Phil., Zoology /Wildlife Biology

1983: Ph.D.., Zoology/Wildlife Biology

1994:- M.Sc., Zoology

2003:- B.Sc., Biotechnology and M.Sc.,Bioinformatics

So far in the Department

400 M.Phil., awarded
55 PhDs awarded
Rupees 1.5 Crore worth of major project undertaken