DBT SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS | PSGR Krishnammal College for Women

Significant Achievements

Improvement of curriculum with emphasis on practical training to students by providing access
to specialised infrastructure and consumables. SOPs, e-Contents prepared under DBT Star
College Scheme
Summer internships at reputed state & central institutions and industries – Mahatma Gandhi
University, Radio astronomy centre, Manipal Institute of Technology, SACON, Nila sea foods,
NBNP, AMI Bioscience stem cell lab, Centre for DNA finger printing and diagnostics
Scaling up of the skills of teachers by organising FDP’s, received extra mural projects
Opportunities to learn from stalwarts and visits to nearby institutes and universities
Lays emphasis on inter-departmental and inter-disciplinary interactions
Higher enrolment in UG science courses, increase in cut off % at time of admission, decline in
dropout rates, better pass % and higher enrollment in PG courses in science disciplines
Students pursuing their Ph.D. program at ARCI Chennai, IIT , BITS – PILANI, Taiwan University,
North Carolina University
PG programme at Anna University, NIT Trichy, BITS PILANI, IIT, IISc, Amirta. Student cleared NET,
CSIR NET, SET Examinations
Group projects – Patent, Publication and Extended to funded projects
Cluster formation of Star Colleges – sharing of knowledge – lectures, seminars, workshops
Motivating colleges to apply for DBT STAR college scheme support and guidance provided to
colleges recognised by DBT STAR in effective implementation of various activities.
Popularising science through lectures, community programme, hands on experience to students
of schools and colleges, general public and audience
DBT funded-Foldscope project facilitated collaboration with the institutions in North-East region
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (Two Projects: Fish fertilizer, Lake restoration) enabled us to work with
the people of rural India by providing knowledge and practices that have acquired through
academic excellence in the field of science, and technology to upgrade the capabilities of rural
people.
Technology transfer to the community through Rural Women Technology Park (RWTP)