Department of Physics
Prof. M. Venkatachalam
M.Sc., M.Phil., PGDCA., (Associate Professor in Physics)
venkat_mena@yahoo.co.in
2001-06-20
Educational Background
Schooling
Thiagarajar Model Hr. Sec. School, Madurai - 625 009
Undergraduate
B.Sc., Physics - April1992 - Dept. of Physics, Thiagarajar College, Madurai - 625 009
Postgraduate
M.Sc., Physics - May 1995 - Dept. of Physics, Thiagarajar College, Madurai - 625 009
Research Scholar
M.Phil., Physics - Jan 1999 - Dept. of Physics, Alagappa University, Karaikudi - 630 001
Eligibility / Screening Test (SLET - Tamil Nadu)
SLET - 1999 - Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli - 620 024
Professional Experience
Teaching Assistant
2 years - 1999 - 2001 - Dept. of Physics, Thiagarajar College, Madurai - 625009
Assistant/ Associate Professor
2001 - Till date - Dept. of Physics, Thiagarajar College, Madurai - 625009
Awards & Recognitions
Mandatory Courses
- Orientation Course - UGC Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, 19-02-2003 TO 18-03-2003
- Refresher Course - UGC Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, 02-12-2005 TO 22-12-2005
- Refresher Course - UGC Academic Staff College, Pondicherry University, 15-02-2008 TO 06-03-2008
- Refresher Course - UGC Academic Staff College, Madurai Kamaraj University, 03-11-2009 TO 23-11-2009
Event Organized
- YOUNG STUDENT SCIENTISTS PROGRAMME on behalf of Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology- from 12-05-2013 to 31-05-2013 for the benefit of the school students form Madurai and Sivagangai district
- State level Inter-collegiate Seminar "Medical Physics" 2015 @ Thiagarajar College, Madurai. on 11-09-2015
State Level Inter-collegiate Seminar 2016 "Recent Trends in Physics" 2016 @ Thiagarajar College, Madurai.
Awards / Recognitions
- Certificate of Appreciation from Tamil nadu state aids control society and state blood transfusion council for conducting/ organizing blood donation camp (part of NSS activity - on THIAGARAJAR CHETTIAR MEMORIAL DAY & on emergency calls) and arranged high number of units of blood for the government hospitals in the year 2008, 2009, 2010,2011.
- Best Camp Organizer award-Certificate of Appreciation from Apollo Regional blood transfusion Centre for conducting/ organizing blood donation camp in the year 2009
Research Publications
- Workshop on "Bio Statistics and introduction to statistical computing ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu and Thiagarajar college under STAR College Scheme at Thiagarajar College, Madurai - 625009 from 13th to 14th of October-2010 Workshop on Research Philosophies and methods- Project under STAR College Scheme at Thiagarajar College, Madurai - 625009 on 12-Jan-2012
- International workshop on advanced energy materials, Alagappa University, Karaikudi - 630004, from 9th to 10th Feb- 2012
- Two days Training program (Workshop) on XRD & SEM (Analyzes and Report Making) organized by Department of Materials science and Engineering, CARE School of Engineering, Tiruchirappalli - 620 009, from 25 to 26 - sep - 2013
UGC XII Plan Short term course on State of the art Analytical Equipment - Organized by Crystal Growth Centre, Anna University, Chennai (UGC National Facility) from 09 to 10 - Jan - 2017
- MgIn2O4 Transparent conudction oxide films by vacuum evaporation technique CECRI Golden jubilee year Seminar on Materials and charaterization, CECRI, Karaikudi - 630006, July-13-1998
- Structural Features in 1-methyl-4-(2-methylphenyl)pyrrolo-(spiro[2.3″]oxindole)-spiro[3.3′]-1′-methyl-5′-(2-methylphenylmethylidene)piperidin-4′-one at National Conference on Nano materials for energy conservation & conversion at Bishop Heber College. Trichy on March 26th 2009.
- Intermolecular interaction versus molecular conformation : Crystal and molecular structure of 3,9-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)-12-cyano-10-phenyl-14-[(E)-phenylmethylidene]-1,4,7-trioxa-2,8,12-triazadispiro[4.0.4.4]tetradeca-2,8-diene at the International Conference on Recent Trends In Materials held at 2014, Devanga Arts College, Aruppukottai, Dec. 22-23 2014.
- Crystal and molecular structure of indole and cyclohexanone derivatives at International conference on advanced materials science and technology (ICAMST -2017) held at Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam - 638 401, Aug,17 -19, 2017
Hydrogen bonding and molecular aggregation in 2-[(4-methoxyphenyl) (2-phenyl-1H-indol-3-yl)methyl]cyclohexan-1-one at International conference on functional materials (ICFM),held at Thiagarajar College (Autonomous), Madurai - 625 009, Sep, 07 -08, 2017
- 2-[(4-Chlorophenyl)(2-phenyl-1H-indol-3-yl) methyl] cyclohexan-1-one [2016] IUCrData 1(4) x160644.