The Saga of Mathematical Culture in St. Mary’s College, Thrissur

Reg.No: 1445301                                                                                           

Introduction

Knowledge is processed into its content and form largely through educational institutions. The dissemination of the accumulated knowledge is carried out through eminent personalities of the universities, especially concerned with the mathematical discipline. St. Mary's College, Thrissur is a well reputed college in Kerala, under the affiliation of University of Calicut, Kozhikode. This narration aims to unveil the process of development of the department of Mathematics as a branch of knowledge within the institutional framework of St. Mary's College.

History of Mathematics Education

The legacy of Mathematical education in St. Mary's College goes to a period before independence. The Alma mater and with it, the department of Mathematics, opened its doors in 1946 with under graduate and pre -university courses. The first chair of the department was Sr. Chrisantha CMC, who had been an associate professor in Calicut University. With a motto so high to unravel the unexplored, the faculty geared the development of the department to its heights.

After 20 years due to the bifurcation of the college in 1967, the under graduate courses were shifted to Vimala College, Cheroor, which was under the same management. Although left out only with pre -university courses, the department was famous all through the state and as a result, students from all over Kerala, found it a matter of prestige to enroll in this institution, especially for Science streams. Those days were blessed with showers of ranks from Calicut University and entrance examination for medical and engineering programmes.

Again in 1980 under graduate courses were re-established under the headship of Smt. A. O. Celine. Even in those olden days the department gained reputation as one of the best department under the affiliation to Calicut University. Giving impetus towards excellence the post graduate programme was started in 1995, and the department becomes pioneer to post graduate in St. Mary's College. Faculty progression and curriculum transitions paved way to victorious achievements in university results and student placement campaigns. The process of gradual intellectual growth was continued by a vibrant progress of intellectual engagement.

Landmarks in this process of growth include the emergence of a research culture and as a result, establishment of a well equipped Marian Research Center for Mathematics in 2011, with two guides from the department. The start of the doctoral programme is generally recognized as the first step that a department takes towards academic respectability. At present the areas of Graph Theory, Functional Analysis, Fuzzy Set Theory and Convexity Theory are opened for intensive research. Around 10 zealous research scholars are enrolled for the PhD programme from all over Kerala.

 

Curriculum and Pedagogy

As the institution is an affiliated college, the content of Mathematics is prescribed by Calicut University and innovative approach was possible only by means of creative pedagogy. Rather than brooding over the helplessness in modification of curriculum, the faculty focused upon novel methods of effective communication of Mathematical content. It includes the methods of seminars, assignments, peer teaching and remedial classes in the atmosphere of smart classrooms and departmental library. Also students were encouraged to ask relevant mathematical questions and doubts. Tutorials, counseling sessions and departmental activities promoted all rounded integration of staff and students. Deserved students were always aided with academic scholarships. National Seminars and inter-collegiate competitions added pace to the intellectual development and research orientation. A good collection of Mathematical content is being made available through books and research journals by the librarian.

Outlook to the Future

Looking forward to develop the alma mater into a nationally recognized centre of excellence in education training and research, the present head of the department, Dr. Magie Jose, shared her plans for the future mission. The mission is to build up and improve student's logical skills as well as subject content nurturing a research culture. The main strategies included the realization of departmental renovation, equipment efficiency, undertaking of major and minor projects and the publishing of research journals.

Over the last 70 years the department has grown slowly but steadily and has become more and more research oriented in its staff and students. We hope and expect that these trends will continue…

(Note:These essay is prepared by Smitha Rose C. G. [Research Scholar, Christ University, Bangalore] a former student of St. Mary's College, Thrissur. For more details please visit the website: http://www.stmaryscollegethrissur.edu.in/department.php?department=13)

 

History of Higher Education in Prestigious Madras law college

 

Informal Law Classes were the first phase of Legal Education in Tamil Nadu. The Governor Pottinger, made a direction to expand the High schools to Presidency College. In 1852 High Schools were expanded into the Presidency College where Mr Bruce Norton was the first appointed Law Professor. There was just one Legal Professor of Law. There was no one to assistant.  Mr.H.B. Grigg, the Director of Public Instruction evinced keen interest in improving the status of the legal education. He sent a proposal to the Government for setting up a Central Law College in Madras. The Government concurred with the conclusion of the Director of Public Instruction that changes were necessary in the arrangements for Law Instruction and that an independent institution should be established. In 1885 Mr. Justice Muthusamy Ayyar gave his warm support to the proposal.

 

The establishment of the Law College as an independent institution under the control of the Director of Public instruction was sanctioned by the Secretary of State, on the advice of the Council of Legal Studies (Education) in London. Mr. Reginald, A. Nelson, the first Principal, entered upon his duties on 2nd May 1891. Thus the Law College came into existence. For seven and a half years after birth it had no habitation of its own and the College was housed at the Senate House of the University of Madras.  A project to place the new institution as near the High Court as possible led to the selection of a site for erecting a structure to the west of the High Court building. The present building of the Law College was designed by Mr. Henry Irwing, the Government Architect. The Law College moved into this building on 9th January, 1899. As a natural consequence of gaining a building of its own, the Law College was converted into a whole time institution. The year 1953 witnessed a vital change in the set up of legal education in the state. A separate department of Legal Studies was created and Director of Legal Studies was appointed for the first time.  The law college acquired a hostel of its own in 1959. The college celebrated its Platinum Jubilee in 1968. In 1991 the college completed 100 years. In 1999 the Building Centenary was celebrated. In the early seventies, the Law College was upgraded as a Post Graduate Institution with the introduction of M.L. Courses. From 1973-74 the Tamil Language has also been made as a medium of instruction in Law as part of a Government Policy to introduce Tamil as Official Language at all levels in the State.  A new two storeyed block was constructed in 1976 and an auditorium in 1978 – A hostel for the law college women students was started in 1977-1978. Further a new two storeyed block has been constructed for the library in the law college campus in 2007. The ever increasing demand for Legal Education led to the proliferation of law colleges in our state and in a short period, law colleges were started at Madurai. (1974-1975), Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli (1978-80) Tirunelveli (1996-97), Chengalpattu 2006-2007 and Vellore (2008-09). The separation of the Directorate of Legal Studies from the Madras Law college in November 1981 was an important step taken by the government to improve the Department of legal Studies. Presently it is housed in our own building at Purasawalkam High Road, Kilpauk, Chennai – 600 010. In order to encourage scholarship and research in law the Department has been publishing a Year Book of Legal Studies since 1955.The Government of Tamil Nadu has renamed the Madras law College as Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College in commemoration of the birth centenary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in 1990. The Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai is affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University, Chennai from the academic year 1997-98.With a view to upgrading the standards of legal education, B.A.B.L., (Hons) course was introduced in the college from the academic year 2002-2003 and the same has been shifted to the T.N. Dr. Ambedkar Law University with effect from the academic year 2006-2007.

 

ANAND LAWRENCE                                                                                                                                                                                                                           1446001

History of Higher Education in India

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Fr.Binoy Paul CMI

Research Scholar 

Christ University

Bangalore-29

Karnataka

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Social work History

Social work has developed through centuries like any other discipline. This discipline attained a professional status very recently. It was developed through the practice of charity, social service, welfare measures, etc. Here we can go through the evolution of social work in the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA) and in India. The history of Professional social work can be chronologically divided in to five periods.

 

1.      A.D 1200 to 1500

2.      A.D 1501 to 1600

3.      A.D 1600 to 1800

4.      A.D.1800 to 1900

5.      A.D 1900 onwards

 

UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

The Elizabethan period the needy people –charity works are called 'relief of the paupers'.

-The Victorian reformers who were distressed by poverty, child neglect and other social ills

The history of social work in the UK had gone through various phases.

The origin of social work is found in the English Poor Laws that was passed in 1601. The draft of the same was made in 1536.

1.      The establishment of the parish as the administrative unit responsible for poor relief, with churchwardens or parish overseers collecting poor-rates and allocating relief. The provision of materials such as flax, hemp, and wool to provide work for the able-bodied poor. The setting to work and apprenticeship of children.

2.      The relief of the "impotent" poor—the old, the blind, the lame, and so on. This could include the provision of "houses of dwelling"—almshouses or poorhouses rather than workhouses.

3.      Any able-bodied pauper who refused to work was liable to be placed in a "House of Correction" or prison.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

Even before the American Revolution, services to the poor, to children, and to the mentally ill had been established in North America

Ø  In March 1841, Dorothea Dix entered the East Cambridge, Massachusetts, jail, where she wit­nessed such horrible images

Ø  "scientific charity"

o   -the American Charity Organization organized in Buffalo, New York, in 1877,

o   In 1886 with the Neighborhood Guild in New York City, and the settlement houses Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr's much-admired Hull House in Chicago -"conducted research, helped develop the juvenile court system, created widow's pension pro­grams, promoted legislation prohibiting child labor, and introduced public health reforms and the concept of social insurance". We would now call the approaches used by the settlement movement "group work" and "community organization."

 

o   The Charity Organization Society (COS) and case work- focus on individual work, or what became known in the profession as casework with individuals, families, and groups

 

Ø  After the Civil War, economic depressions, racism, and drastic increases in immigration from southern

Ø  By 1919, there were 17 schools of social work identi­fying themselves collectively as the Association of Training Schools of Professional Social Work, the precursor of today's Council on Social Work Education (CSWE).

Ø  After World War I, the American Red Cross and the U.S. Army gave social workers - posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

 

World War II and the Rise of Social Work Education:-

 

As social work began to become a profession with a coherent and logical set of professional practices and objectives, there was a movement to standardize agency practices and create core MSW curricula. -This movement to improve stan­dards and increase the educational component of social work practice led to the formation of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) in 1952 and the establishment of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) in 1955.

 -development of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) in 1953 and a shift from programs for the poor to programs serving middle-income White workers in the 1950s

 

1960s, Americans rediscovered poverty as a social problem-"unconditional war on poverty" in January 1964. The War on Poverty used the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA), The War on Poverty used the Economic Opportunity Act (EOA), which included the Job Corps, Upward Bound, the Neighborhood Youth Corps, Community Action, Head Start, Legal Services, Foster Grandparents, and the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO). In 1965, the health programs Medicare and Medicaid were passed by Congress, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was created, numerous services for the aged through the Older American Act were enacted. - the Peace Corps and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)

 

 

Ø  In 1972 and 1973, Congress passed the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)

 

Ø  the Social Security Act in January 1975 reinforced the idea of federal "revenue sharing"

 

IN INDIA

 

The systematic development of social work in India may be grouped into different periods.

Social Reforms in Ancient Period (2500 BC-AD 1200)

In ancient India, the nature of social service was that of charity. The earliest reference to charity is to be found in the Rig Veda (Chap1 XIII, 2) which encourages charity by saying ''May the one who gives, shine the most". Upanishad prescribed that every house holder must practise charity. In ancient India social welfare activities were performed byYagnas. Each one contributed his bit towards the Yagnas. The intention was the welfare of all.

Yagnashalas were classrooms where men and women were taught the spirit of working together. Bhagavat Gita insists that the privileged class has a moral duty to serve the poor. Such persons who served the society with all their ability were free from all sins. But those who cooked for themselves or produced for their own gain were eating sin (Gita chap-3-13) According to Manu it was his duty to feed his guests first, then his servant, he and his wife might eat last of all. Charity or dana became the instrument of virtue of the privileged sections and it was to be dispensed voluntarily. Later in the Vedic period dana became institutionalized and came to be associated with religious ideology. Dana was given to acquire punya (merit). Kaudilya highlights the duties of the king towards the welfare and happiness of his subjects, ''In the happiness of the subjects lies theking's happiness.''

 

The evolution of Buddhism influenced the character of the Indian society- from the tribal agricultural settlement to a class based agrarian economy. Buddhism laid great emphasis on punya and dana (charity). Guilds were important corporate organizations which performed a variety of economic and welfare functions during Buddhist period. Guilds provided social security to the oppressed class of the society. Bimbisara paid special attention to the development of roads and agriculture.

 

Modern Social Work

Modern social work was introduced in India by Christian Missionaries in the beginning of the 19 century. When they started making houses for orphans and destitute, Indian social reformers like Sasipada Banerjee, Phule and Karve too started homes for the widows. Some social and religious associations like Arya Samaj, Prarthana Samaj and Ramakrishna Mission played significant roles in providing institutional welfare service in India.

 

The formal training in social work was started in India in 1936 at Dhorabji Tata School of Social Work at Mumbai. Now it is a deemed university named Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

In Kerala

In Kerala, the first school of social work training was started in 1954 at Sacred Heart College, Thevara, which later shifted to Rajagiri College of Social Science, Kalamassery and secondly, Loyola School of Social Sciences, Sreekariyam, Thiruvananthapuram was started in 1963. At present a number of universities and institutions are offering graduate, post graduate, M. Phil and Ph. D level training in social work. The introduction of social work at higher secondary level resulted in many changes in the field of social work training and practice in Kerala. In a developing country like India, social workers have a major role in the socio-economic, cultural, health and related areas.

Though St.Joseph's College, Devagiri, Kozhikode had started on 1963 the department of Social Work began only in 2003 with three major specializations namely; community Development, Medical and Psychiatric Social Work and Family and child Development.

 

The major associations of social work are NAPSWI (National Association of Professional Social Workers in India), ASSK (Association of Schools of Social Work in Kerala), and KAPS (Kerala Association of Professional Social Work). 

Fr.Binoy Paul CMI

Research Scholar 

Christ University

Bangalore-29

Karnataka

History of higher education in India

In this writing, I am describing about history of the institution Sree Narayana Mangalam Institute of Management & Technology and considerable transitions occurred in my department, Electronics and Communication Engineering.

The institution is a self financing engineering college situated in Ernakulam district in the state of Kerala. It is run by HMDP Sabha, approved by AICTE and affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala.  The college established in the year 2001 and offers engineering disciplines of several specialization. Electronics and Communication Engineering department constitutes of 13 faculty members, well qualified and equipped with current trends in the applications of engineering. The department has 60 students of intake capacity.

There is a transition in the curriculum of M G University; the university revised the curriculum in the year 2010. Specialized domain theory and practical courses are included as part of the new curriculum.

The department of Electronics and Communication Engineering focused more on academic training of subjects, laboratory works and additional help for students in their learning process. Motivation talks, invited lecture, training programs on specialized tools and technologies are arranged for students by external experts. Faculty is responsible to do their part by delivering basic fundamental classes on MATLAB, MPLAB to the students during vacations. These add on training programs will meet the industry outlook for the students.

Considerable research works, project works are initiated in the incubation center 'SPARK' is established in the year 2014. More focus yet to be done in this section. Teaching and academic delivery is at the top and fairly good pass percentage in the university and students secured 3^rd and 4^th ranks in the year 2011 and 2012. There has been a considerable transition from the faculty side from academics and teaching to the research works and paper presentations. Publications are increasing when took last few years.

Students are very active in the department activities and students forum. Professional bodies like IEEE, ISTE are active in this institution. Students played a vital role in these activities. They are active in social services like community helping in the nearby localities.

Department e-magazine 'e-hive' released every academic year with the coordination of students and faculty members. Project exhibitions are conducted every year for students from schools and colleges.

The department faculty is now active in the research work of their area of expertise. This shift is expected in the coming years.

Submitted by,

Reg No: 1447201

History of higher education in India

The history of the institution where I am working and the paradigm shift in my Electronics and Communication department is depicted in this writing. Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology is situated in Kochi, Kerala district in India. This institution is affiliated to Mahatma Gandhi University of the state and approved by All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi. The institution runs by Sacred Heart Province of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI). The department is established in the year 2001.

Talking about my department, Electronics and Communication Engineering discipline established the year college established. It includes 60 intakes of students capacity and later upgraded to 120 students. Qualified faculty from India and abroad are part of this department. The department in most of the academic years stands top in the results of the university. The department believes a shift in the year 2009 with the thought of add on courses conducted during semester breaks. The students are equipped with free training of MATLAB, PIC microcontroller courses. Later, by 2011, the department started thinking in the direction of NBA certification standards. This NBA accreditation believes not just the infrastructure and facilities provided by the management, it questions how the department is carrying out the teaching learning process, effective assessments, quality study materials, plans to fill the gap between the industry and academics and overall development, involvement of students in professional bodies like IEEE, ISTE etc, staff and student coordination in various clubs, activities, and many others. Now, the department made a great transition from not just satisfying university prescribed syllabus and examinations. More add on programs on specialized software, training sessions and workshops, conferences focused for faculty. Research publications of the faculty members grew by 2014. Even, faculty started interacting with outside world, collaboration with industries such as Nest, research publications along with faculty members from different academic and industry members and involvement in professional bodies.

There is a considerable shift in the curriculum; the university revised the curriculum in the year 2010. This includes new subjects in the discipline and new labs.

 

The change reflects in students attitude and their involvement in various clubs like Entrepreneurship clubs, NSS camps and also coordinated along with department faculty for publishing 'Electranauts' magazine which includes the activities, conferences, students project works in the academic year. 

A considerable positive change happened during the last few years. But, still faculty members are now focused on to develop their research skills apart from the academic duties. This change won't be a drastic, as research is an ongoing process and the evaluation is not done at this point.

Submitted by,

Reg No: 1447202

History of the Department of Commerce-Christ University

The Department of commerce was established in the year 1969 and is one of the oldest department. It began as Christ college and now it has attained deemed university status. In 2006 Christ University received autonomous status. Originally Christ college had only one section and later with the demand in the programme the department had four regular sections and now the department has grown in terms of programmes offered like, Bcom Hons,Mcom and MPhil .As we have increase in terms of number of students we have also diversified into variety of students coming from different countries. In the beginning the department had very less enrolment ratio of students and some of the students belonged to foreign countries mainly from Afghanistan.

Coming to the structure of the department we had only Hod and coordinators now we have associate dean and Hod and coordinators for Bcom Regular and Bcom Hons.Even the pattern of assessment of students has changed drastically. Earlier it was annual exam system and now there are continuous internal assessment patterns and semester system. There are add -on courses which are mandatory certificate courses to be undertaken by first and second year students.

By

 Mary Rani Thomas

1440101

A brief overview of the history of the Mathematics department at Bangalore University.

The Department of Mathematics at the Central College Campus of Bangalore University has a history of over 120 years. The current chairman is Prof. Pradeep Siddeshwar, an active researcher in Fluid Mechanics.

  The department has also been afforded other lumiaries like C.N.S. Iyengar who has contributed extensively to the field of Differential and Riemannian Geometry, while at Bangalore University. Iyengar received a D.Sc. (c.c) from Calcutta University, Calcutta.Iyengar wrote a book The History of Ancient Indian Mathematics (1967 - World Press)
Presently. Prof H.G.Nagaraja and the recently retired Prof Y.B.Maralabavi are also working in Differential Geometry. It is to be noted that Prof C S Aravinda, now at TIFR-CAM, Bangalore is also an alumni of this Department and actively engaged in research in Riemannian Geometry. Prof.K.Harinath was another great name in the field of Abstract Algebra and a former chairman of the Department.

  The Department also has an offshoot centre for research in Fluid Mechanics which was started by Prof.Rudraiah, an eminent researcher and formerly the Vice-Chancellor of Bangalore University and also Gulbarga University. Other names include Prof.M.Venkatachala.

Vishesh Bhat,

Christ University.

History of Physics in Mysore University.

History of Physics department, Mysore University

The University of Mysore (Manasagangothri) is a public state university located in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university became the first outside of the Britain administration in India, the sixth in India as a whole, and the first in Karnataka. It is a state university of the affiliating type, and became autonomous on March 3, 1956, when it gained recognition from the University Grants Commission. In addition, the university has 37 postgraduate departments, eight specialized research and training centers, and two postgraduate centers that together offer a total of about 55 regular academic programs to 3,500 students.

As of July 2013, the University of Mysore was accredited "Grade A" by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), while its academic staff was ranked amongst the top 5 across India.

The Department of Physics was established in the campus of the University of Mysore. The beginning as a small department offering only an M.Sc. course in one special subject, Spectroscopy, today it is offering both Master's and Doctoral programs covering one or more aspects of Physics. The Department has been identified as a Department of Advanced Studies by the Government of Karnataka. The performance of the Department under the DST funded FIST program has been rated Good.

It was one of the first few university departments in the country selected under the University Leadership Project of the UGC to take up the College Science Improvement Program (COSIP) in Physics. This program stretched over a period of ten years during which the undergraduate physics curricula and teaching were modernised. In 1995, the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, set up a National Single Crystal Diffractometer Facility to cater to the XRD data needs of crystal structure related researchers in this department and other universities/Institutes/Laboratories/Industries. The department is also funded under SAP. As per the Web of Science, USA, University of Mysore ranks sixth in the country based on the number of publications in peer reviewed journals. The major contribution for this is from Physics.

The faculty have about 918 research publications in refereed journals. It has more than 250 research reports presented in various National/International Conferences/Symposia/Seminars. So far more than 120 Ph.D. candidates have been successfully guided by the faculty of this department.

It has build a number of groups such as: Atmospheric Physics that focuses on Aerosol Climatology and MWR Studies, Atmospheric Electrical Conductivity. Condensed Matter Physics dealing with X-ray crystallography of medicinally important class of compounds, Liquid Crystals,WAXS, SAXS on silk fibres, Environmental Radiation doing Radon / Thoron Studies. Nuclear Physics that explores X-ray and gamma ray interactions with matter, Positron Annihilation Studies in Polymers. Also, the Theoretical Physics that deals with General Relativity, Lorentz Group. It conducts several tutorials, seminars, student projects and lectures by experts from other institutes and universities.

Faculty of physics department are honored and awarded in their fields of interest.

Prof. C. Ranganathaiah has been a Post Doctoral Fellow at Australia, NASA fellow, USA and visited France as a visiting scientist. Prof. R. Somashekar has won a Young Scientist Award for the year 1986, has enjoyed the position of Research Associate, UMIST-Manchester, U K and visited JSPS- Japan as a visiting professor. Prof. M.A. Sridhar is awarded Sir C.V. Raman Award.

As per the Web of Science, USA, University of Mysore ranks sixth in the country based on the number of publications in peer reviewed journals. The major contribution for this is from Physics Department.

Physics Department has been chosen to be the nodal centre for the India based Neutrino Observatory (INO) Project. ISRO has sanctioned Rs.25 lakhs to offer Atmospheric Physics as an elective subject to their M.Sc students. Department has also received Infrastructure grants of Rs 20 lakhs as an SAP funded department from UGC. Recently, the department is introducing courses in emerging fields like astrophysics. In this regard, department has installed an optical telescope and is conducting public sky watches during special occasions like lunar eclipse, occultations and transits. Towards the development several workshops and national and state level seminars will be conducted every semester.

Eminent Scientist and Faculty of the department.

Shivaramakrishnan Pancharatnam (1934–1969) was an Indian physicist, noted for his discovery of a type of geometric phase sometimes known as Pancharatnam phase for polarized beams passing through crystals.

Sivaramakrishna Chandrasekhar (1961–1971) was an Indian physicist who won the Royal Medal in 1994. He served as the first Head of the Department of Physics, which had just been started in the University of Mysore at Mysore.

Dr. Arakali Venu Gopala Rao (1968–2007). His field of interest is in General Relativity, Groups and Polarisation Optics.

Dr. Dharmaraja Krishnamurti (1961–1989), Dr. Mysore Srinivasamurthy Madhava (1969–2001), Dr. Bidare Narasimhamurthy (1970–2000), Dr. Panditputtaiah Venkataramaiah (1972-1997)

Allumni of the department.

Poornachandra tejaswi, an eminent literateur is an allumni of the department.

Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy CBE commonly referred to as Narayana Murthy, is an Indian IT industrialist and the co-founder of Infosys, a multinational corporation providing business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services. Murthy studied electrical engineering at the National Institute of Engineering, University of Mysore, and M. Tech at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, FRS, also known as C.N.R. Rao, is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry. DSc from Mysore University in 1961.

Recent Activities:

Presently, the department is organizing sky watches every month on the weekends to impart interest among students in astrophysics. Also, they conduct state and national level seminars and workshops in astrophysics to encourage cutting edge research. The current specializations offered in M.Sc. are Nuclear Physics, Theoretical physics and Condensed matter physics.

-Ayesha Anjum [1445203]

History of the Department of Physics, Christ Univerity

Anu .N. Mohan

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Department of Physics in Christ University was first established in 1969 with an undergraduate program and a vision to provide formal and rigorous training for students to inculcate in depth knowledge of the subject.

During the early days, the department was affiliated to Bangalore University. In 1997, autonomous status was awarded and the semester system was followed in the academics. In 2009, the department came under the umbrella of Christ University. In the beginning years, faculty of the Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses was bifurcated and in 2009, both the UG and PG departments were joined.

In 1993, the department was upgraded with the addition of a post graduate course. The specialization offered in the post graduate course was Molecular and Crystal Physics and in 2002 several modifications was made to the specialization and was re-framed as Crystal Physics. In 2006, the department started offering Electronics also as a specialization subject apart from the already existing Crystal Physics. In 2014, Astrophysics was also added to the specialization categories offered by the Department.

Apart from these courses, the department also offers certificate courses for the interested students in "Astronomy and Astrophysics" and in "Renewable energy". In order to provide in depth knowledge of the subject, regular class room teaching is supplemented with tutorials, brain storming ideas and problem solving efforts, pertaining to each theory and practical course. The Department hosts a science fest "Eureka" every year for the UG and PG science students of various colleges across the city.

Department of Physics is one of the unique departments of Christ University which has got a strong research platform. The department offers two research degrees in the field of Physics- Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy. The M.Phil program was started in 2008 and the Ph.D program was started in 2009 with five specializations namely- Crystal Physics, Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Physics and Superconductivity.  In fulfilling the degree requirements, a student has to undertake course work, attend and present seminars, and conduct thesis research. Over the years, Department has developed a well equipped research laboratory with Thin film units, High temperature furnaces, Filtering units etc.

 

History of the Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore, India.

History of the Department of Physics, Christ University, Bangalore, India.

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The Department of Physics in Christ University was started in the year 1969, offering Undergraduate courses. The goal was to equip the students to become effective teachers and researchers in Physics, to contribute to the needs of the society, by providing an environment of learning and knowledge creation through academic rigor and innovation. By 1993, the Postgraduate programme was established, offering M.Sc. in Molecular and Crystal Physics specializations. It was the final, formal and rigorous training for students, to provide an in-depth knowledge of the subject. The regular class room teaching was supplemented with tutorials, brain storming ideas and problem solving efforts, pertaining to each theory and practical course. It was in 2002, the specialization was made Crystal Physics, while in 2005, one more specialization, Electronics, was introduced. In 2014, Astro Physics was also added as another specialization.

 

M.Phil Programme was started in 2008 with five specializations namely Crystal Physics, Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Physics and Superconductivity. The course was designed to prepare the students for teaching, for further higher studies or advanced work in industries. In fulfilling of the degree requirements, every student was expected to undertake course work, attend and present seminars and conduct thesis research.

 

Ph.D. programme in Physics was introduced in the year 2009 with specializations in Crystal Physics, Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Nuclear Physics and Superconductivity. Certificate courses were also offered by the department to enrich the students' scientific knowledge. Most of the faculty members of the department published their research work in various national and international conferences and journals and had UGC and DST sponsored major and minor research projects.

 

History of Computer science department at Christ university

Department of Computer Science started in Christ University in 1989 with bachelor's degree in computer science.MCA started in Christ College by 1994. Later BCA and Mphil computer science were also introduced. Now the Computer Science department has MCA,BCA, BSC , Mphil and MSc in computer application courses. Department has nearly 30 faculties and nearly 1000students.

Assignment on history of our department

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Suman G. R.,

Department of Physics,
Research Scholar,

Christ University,

Bangalore-29.

History of Psychology at Andaman College (ANCOL), Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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History of Psychology at Andaman College (ANCOL), Andaman and Nicobar Islands

 

Introduction:  

Set away from the Indian mainland and located on the Bay of Bengal, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are best known for their peaceful climate. The place have limited scope for higher education. Andaman College came up in the year 2014 as the third degree college of the islands and is affiliated to Pondicherry University.

BSc in Psychology is one of the subjects offered at the undergraduate level at Andaman College, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. It is a three year full time course aimed at introducing students to the fundamental processes underlying human behaviour. Psychology as a subject is being started in a degree course for the first time in any college in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

 

History:

The subject "Psychology" was introduced in the year 2014 at my college and the college is affiliated to Pondicherry University. The initial intake of the capacity for the subject is 30 students per year. The college follows a honours degree pattern. The students have to study only Psychology related subjects as their mains and allied apart from the foundation courses. The foundation courses are English and one language (Hindi/Bengali/Tamil/Telugu). Since the subject was newly introduced, students were facing difficulties in getting books and other reference materials. After three months only the library included some 100 to 150 books in the Psychology section to be referred by the undergraduate students. A small psychology Lab with minimum facilities also got functioning after six months. Since the subject is in its formation years, yet equipped students of the first batch to write their 1^st semester examination in the month of December 2014.Despite lack of facilities 90% of the students cleared their first semester. With the completion of one year, the existing students will be facing their second semester examination; the subject will accommodate 30 more in the next academic year ie 2015-16. The number of books will go up to 500-700, with some more facilities. The Lab is also expected to be more equipped compared to the previous academic session.

In future ie within a couple of years the college is planning to increase the intake capacity from 30 to 60 depending upon the approval by the University and the local administration. The college is also planning to introduce under graduate courses by linking Psychology with other subjects.

 

History of Media studies department

History of Media studies department at Christ University

The department of Journalism started in 1991 with the initiation of Fr. Jose P, returning from university of Illinois after his higher studies in the discipline. Journalism was introduced along with other two disciplines in a triple main bachelor program format, as Christ was an affiliated institution to Bangalore University.

With the college becoming an autonomous institution in 2004, some new courses were introduced in the discipline in line with masters and bachelor programs. Starting 2004 a master level program titled MS in Journalism was introduced.

When Christ College took the big leap of becoming a Deemed to be University on July 22, 2008, the department of Journalism underwent a challenging step towards diversification under a new name called Media studies department. With the responsibility of building up a new curriculum and defining the future course of action, the department of Journalism underwent a transformation to include other streams of media studies.

Major shifts in pedagogy were undertaken in recent years with the incorporation of hands on experience by the department. Upgrading the Media lab was undertaken in 2009. Green view studio, a state of the art media facility with recording centre, video and audio editing facilities, University broadcasting centre and so on was established in 2009.  With the experts from the field as guest faculty and with opportunity for hands on experience on curriculum, the learning approach has shifted to equipping the students to skill building in all related fields.

The master level program was retitled to MA Journalism in 2014. The shifts in curriculum and diversification of growth are evident in the number of courses offered today at the University. Currently the department is offering many programs starting with PhD and M Phil in Media studies, MA in media and communication studies, Bachelors in Journalism along with other streams and disciplines under triple main program, Honours in journalism; Bachelors in Media studies; Bachelors in Media and communication along with other disciplines. Apart from these, the department is offering certificate courses in Semiotics, Cultural Studies, Visual Culture, Phonetics and Public Speaking.

Mr.Naresh Rao, one of the first staff to join when journalism started at the institution is the current head of the department. 

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Prepared by Paul T Louis, a research scholar in the department of Media studies