Department of Microbiology
The department offers the self financing post-graduate course in Microbiology, the field of study of living organisms of microscopic size. The department of Microbiology was established in the year 2002. It gives the students knowledge about identification of bacteria, fungi, algae protozoa and virus. The students can gain information about various fields like medical microbiology, aquatic microbiology, agricultural, environmental and soil microbiology, immunology, food microbiology, industrial microbiology etc. The department in association with departments of Biotechnology and Biochemistry offers extensive research in various fields like agricultural microbiology, synthesis and characterisation of bioactive compounds from bacteria, fungus and plants; aquatic microbiology, environmental microbiology etc. The department has conducted UGC, DBT, RUSA and KSCSTE sponsored international and national seminars and workshops. We also provide HACCP training programme in association with CIFT, Cochin which help them to get jobs in food quality checking industries. We are also assisting M.Sc. and B.Sc. student projects. The department has always been committed to sustain excellence in its academic and co-curricular activities.
University Ranks
The students of the department have secured several university ranks in the past years. The department has bagged 15 ranks in the top three Ranks of M.G University.
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Batch |
Rank (I, II, III) / A |
Rank (IV-X) / B+ |
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2002-2004 |
II, III |
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2003-2005 |
II, III |
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2004-2006 |
III |
V |
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2005-2007 |
II |
IV, V, IX |
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2006-2008 |
I |
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2007-2009 |
II |
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2008-2010 |
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V, VI,VIII, X |
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2009-2011 |
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IV, VI, VII, VIII |
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2010-2012 |
I (Shared by 2 students) |
IV, VI, VIII, IX |
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2011-2013 |
I, II, III |
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2012-2014 |
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VI, VIII |
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2013-2015 |
II |
VII, VIII, IX |
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2014-2016 |
II |
VII, IX (Shared by 2 students) |
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2015-2017 |
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VIII, IX, X |
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2016-2018 |
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15 B+, 5 B |
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2017-2019 |
6 A |
12 B+, 1B |
ELIGIBILITY
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Graduates who have passed qualifying examination in CBCS (2017)/CBCSS (2013) pattern |
Graduates who have passed qualifying examination in CBCSS (2009) pattern |
Graduates who have passed qualifying examination in other patterns |
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Graduation in Biological Sciences viz. Zoology, Botany, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Biological Techniques & Specimen Preparation and Microbiology or Chemistry under Core Group (Core + Complementary + Open Courses) or Medical Microbiology /MLT with not less than CGPA/CCPA of 5.00 out of 10.0 |
Graduation in Biological Sciences viz. Zoology, Botany, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Biological Techniques & Specimen Preparation and Microbiology or Chemistry under Core Group (Core + Complementary + Open Courses) or Medical Microbiology/MLT with not less than CGPA of 2.00 out of 4. |
Graduation in Biological Sciences viz. Zoology, Botany, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Biological Techniques & Specimen Preparation and Microbiology or Chemistry under Part III (Main/Core + subsidiaries/Complementaries) or Medical Microbiology /MLT with not less than 50% marks. |
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Weightage of 10% of marks, scored by the candidate in Part III (Core/Main), shall be added to the total of Part III subjects, for those candidates who have studied B Sc. Microbiology (Core/Main), after standardizing the marks secured for the same to 600. |
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The total number of seats offered is 20.
Infrastructural facilities
Library
The department has a library consisting of 165 books in addition to 1,199 books at M. P. Varghese Library of Mar Athanasius College.
Internet facilities
Computing facilities include desktops, laptops, net books with broad band internet connection-Operating systems.
Laboratories
The department has inoculation room, bacteriology, enzymology, virology, molecular biology, plant tissue culture and biochemistry laboratories which are shared with Biotechnology and Biochemistry departments. The laboratories have the facilities like fume hoods, Centralised gas delivery system, electronic balances, pH meter, centrifuge, Autoclave, Microscopes, incubator, hot air oven, hot plate, micropipettes etc. The central instrumentation room of our college has various equipment’s like High Performance Liquid Chromatograph, UV-VIS spectrometer, GC, AAS.
Extension activities
· Project guidance to students from different departments within the college and from various colleges.
· Certificate course in Mushroom cultivation, Plant tissue culture.
· Consultancy in Water Analysis.
· Science exhibition in Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the college and Golden Jubilee celebration of the M.A. College of Engineering.
· Lab orientation classes under Manimala program
· Lab orientation workshop for high school students of MAIS
· Save Kuroorthodu program
