| Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Chemistry Department ready for celebrations
MADURAI: A two-day national symposium on ‘Frontier areas
in chemistry’ is being organised by the American
College here on January 10 and 11 as part of the golden
jubilee celebrations of its postgraduate Chemistry Department.
The college has also arranged an alumni meeting of postgraduate
chemistry students on January 12. Talking to reporters here
on Tuesday, T. Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar, Principal, said that
the department, functioning since 1957, was a ‘jewel in
the crown’ of the college.
Stating that there was a large set of distinguished alumni,
Dr. Jaikumar said that they included former Vice-Chancellors,
civil servants, police officials and research scientists.
P. Maruthamuthu, Vice-Chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University,
will inaugurate the symposium.
Mathew John, Head, PG and Research Department of Chemistry,
said that the symposium would focus on green chemistry, nanotechnology,
photochemistry and polymer technology.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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