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For Integrated PG Programmes
From the Vice-Chancellor’s Desk

It is a matter of immense pleasure for me has been placed between 301 and 350 in the
to be a part of the Pondicherry University QS Asia Rankings in the last four years and
(a Central University) family as its Vice between 211 and 220 positons among Brazil,
Chancellor. I take this opportunity of Russia, India, China and South Africa
welcoming students to the University for (BRICS) Universities.
the academic year 2022-23.
The University has highly qualified faculty
As a Vice-Chancellor of this prestigious in their respective fields of expertise. A
University, my focus will be on refining large number of National and International
our strategic direction and identifying Conferences, Seminars and Workshops
opportunities for growth. We are constantly are organized by the University. Such
responding to the challenges of the changing events provide a variety of experiences
academia by defining our strengths and to the students and inculcate skills such
building our distinctive character and as leadership and team spirit which are
identity. We are committed to recruiting helpful in their career. Our faculty members
staff who can assist us in transforming these have been able to publish good quality
challenges into opportunities, and who are research work in high impact factor journals
also willing to walk with us in the constant of repute. There is an active interaction
search for quality, efficiency and new between faculty and students in the campus.
opportunities which are indeed our highest The learning experiences in the campus pave
ideals. a strong path for enhancement of overall
development of the learners.
We keep our motto “vers la lumiere” (From
Darkness, towards the Light!) at the heart of Further, the campuses of the University are
everything we do. I can imagine that many ICT enabled and the colleges provide an
of you are feeling both excited and perhaps a e-learning and e-connect environment, along
little anxious about starting your journey as with class coordination system, document
a University student. Let me assure you that management system as well as virtual
you have chosen to study at a prestigious class rooms. The University is situated in
institution where "noble thoughts come a serene environment. The serenity along
from everywhere". The University takes with a complex structure of curricular, co-
great pride in having established strong, curricular and extra-curricular activities will
industry-focused teaching programmes and shape your physical, mental and intellectual
cutting-edge research. We offer our students growth.
a research-enriched education that is
complemented by work-integrated learning I, wish and assure you, on behalf of the
opportunity. University family, that we will help you
pursue your objectives of life under the
In terms of credentials, Pondicherry varied social, cultural and economic
University has been placed among the top environment and make the University
1000 in the QS World University Rankings family proud of your attainments.
(WUR), 2022. It is a proud moment for
the University as it appears in the top 20
among Indian institutions. It is a significant
achievement that Pondicherry University
Prof. GURMEET SINGH

Vice-Chancellor
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VISITOR Shri. RAM NATH KOVIND

His Excellency, the President of India
CHANCELLOR Shri. M. VENKAIAH NAIDU

Hon'ble Vice-President of India
CHIEF RECTOR Dr. TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN

Her Excellency, the Lt. Governor of Puducherry
VICE-CHANCELLOR Prof. GURMEET SINGH
Director (i/c) (Studies, Educational Innovation & Rural Reconstruction)

Prof. K. THARANIKKARASU
O.S.D. (Culture & Cultural Relations)

Prof. RAJEEV JAIN
Registrar (i/c)
Prof. AMARESH SAMANTARAYA
Finance Officer (i/c)

Prof. D. LAZAR
Controller of Examinations
Shri. SADANAND G. SWAMI
Librarian
Dr. M. VIJAYAKUMAR
DEANS OF SCHOOLS
Prof. G. CHANDHRIKA : Sri Subramania Bharathi School of Tamil Language & Literature (i/c)
Prof. K.CHANDRA SEKHARA RAO : School of Management
Prof. P. TIRUPATHI RAO : Ramanujan School of Mathematical Sciences
Prof. M.S. PANDIAN : School of Physical, Chemical & Applied Sciences
Prof. K.V. DEVIPRASAD : School of Life Sciences
Prof. CLEMENT SAGAYARADJA LOURDES : School of Humanities
Prof. B.B. MOHANTY : School of Social Sciences & International Studies
Prof. T. DURAIVEL : School of Engineering & Technology (i/c)
Prof. K. CHELLAMANI : School of Education
Prof. GOPAL KRUSHNA PAL : School of Medical Sciences (i/c)
Prof. P. SRIDHARAN : School of Performing Arts
Prof. A. CHELLA PERUMAL : School of Law (i/c)
Prof. C. K. RAMAIAH : School of Media & Communication
Prof. K. THARANIKKARASU : Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies
schools,, departments
schools departments // centres
centres &
& respective
respective heads heads // coordinators
coordinator
Sri SubramanIa Bharathi Escande Chair in Asian
School of Tamil Dr. G. Chandhrika Christian Studies Dr. N. Jonas
Language & Literature (Coordinator)
School of Management School of Social Sciences and International Studies
Department of Management Department of Anthropology Dr. Jesurathnam Devarapalli
Dr. B. Charumathi
Studies Department of Sociology Dr. C. Aruna
Department of Management Department of History Dr. N. Chandramouli
Dr. S.A. Senthil Kumar
(Karaikal Campus) Department of Social Work
Department of Commerce Dr. D. Lazar Dr. K. Anbu
(i/c)
Department of Commerce Department of Politics &
Dr. S. Amilan Dr. N.K. Kumaresan Raja
(Karaikal Campus) International Studies (i/c)
Department of Economics Dr. Prasant Kumar Panda Centre for European Studies Dr. G. Chandhrika
Department of Tourism UNESCO-Madanjeet
Dr. R. C. Anu Chandran
Studies
Singh Institute of South
Department of Banking Asia Regional Cooperation Dr. D. Purushothaman
Dr. V. Mariappan
Technology
(UMISARC) & Centre for
Department of International
Dr. M. Banumathi South Asian Studies
Business
UGC Centre for Maritime
Ramanujan School of Mathematical Sciences Dr. A. Subramanyam Raju
Studies (Coordinator)
Department of Mathematics Dr. Rajeswari Seshadri
UGC Centre for Southern
Department of Statistics Dr. Kiruthika Dr. N.K.Kumaresan Raja
Asia Studies (Centre Head)
School of Physical, Chemical and Applied Sciences Centre for Women’s Studies
Department of Physics Dr. R. Sivakumar Dr. C. Aruna
(Centre Head i/c)
Department of Chemistry Dr. Bala. Manimaran Centre for Study of Social
Department of Earth Sciences Dr. Rajneesh Bhutani Exclusion and Inclusive Dr. M. Thanuja
Department of Applied Policy( Centre Head i/c)
Dr. B.Rangaiah
Psychology School of Engineering & Technology
Department of Coastal Department of Computer
Dr. K. Dharanirajan Dr. S. Siva Sathya
Disaster Management (i/c) Science
School of Life Sciences Department of Computer
Department of Biochemistry Dr. S. Bhuvaneswari
Dr. R. Rukkumani Science (Karaikal Campus)
& Molecular Biology (i/c) Department of Electronics
Department of Biotechnology Dr. A.Hannah Rachel Vasanthi Dr. R. Nakkeeran
Engineering
Department of Microbiology Dr. Joseph Selvin Centre for Pollution
Department of Food Science Control and Environmental Dr. S. Gajalakshmi
Dr. S. Haripriya
and Technology Engineering
Department of Ecology & School of Education
Dr. D. Ramamoorthy
Environmental Sciences Centre for Adult &
Department of Ocean Studies Dr. K. Chellamani
Dr. R. Mohanraju Continuing Education
& Marine Biology School of Medical Sciences
Department of Bioinformatics Dr. P. T. V. Lakshmi School of Performing Arts
School of Humanities Department of Performing
Department of English Dr. T. Marx Dr. K.R. Rajaravivarma
Arts (i/c)
Department of French Dr. C. Thirumurugan School of Media & Communication
Department of Hindi (i/c) Dr. C. Jaya Sankar Babu Department of
Department of Sanskrit Dr. Chakradhar Behera Electronic Media & Mass Dr. M. Shuaib Mohamed Haneef
Communication (i/c)
Department of Philosophy Dr. B.R. Shantha Kumari Department of Library and
Dr. Rekha Rani Varghese
Information Science (i/c)
Department of Physical
Education and Sports
Dr. G. Vasanthi Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies
Department of Green Energy
Centre for Foreign Languages Dr. P. Elumalai
Dr. C. Thirumurugan Technology
(i/c) Centre for Nanoscience &
Dr. K. Suresh Babu
Technology (i/c)
School of Law Dr. A. Chella Perumal
Dean(i/c), College Development Council Dr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao

Dean, Students' Welfare Dr. A. Shahin Sultana
Dean, International Relations Dr. A. Subramanyam Raju
Dean, Research Dr. Basant Kumar Tiwary
Director, Directorate of Distance Education Dr. C.K. Ramaiah
Director, UGC - Human Resource Development Centre Dr. Rajneesh Bhutani
Principal(i/c) Community College, Puducherry Campus Dr. Lalitha Ramakrishnan
Community College, Mahe Centre Dr. M.P. Rajan
Central Instrumentation Facility (i/c) Dr. Bala Manimaran
Central Maintenance Workshop Dr. Bala Manimaran
Centre Head, Karaikal Campus Dr. S.A. Senthil Kumar
Coordinator, Study India Program Dr. A. Subramanyam Raju
Educational Multi-media Research Centre (Head i/c) Dr. Radhika Khanna
Puduvaivaani - Commuity Radio Station Dr. V. Santhi Siri
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
Vice-Chancellor’s Secretariat Assistant Registrar D. Venkataramanamur-
Deputy Registrar (IQAC) thy
M.P.T. Sagayaraja
(Vice-Chancellor's Secretariat) Deputy Registrar
Moti Chand Prasad
Assistant Registrar (Services & Hostel)
S. Raj Kumar
(Vice-Chancellor's Secretariat) Assistant Registrar
Pushkar Singh
(Services & Hostel)
Registrar's secretariat
Deputy Registrar (DDE) Lt. Cdr. Raj Kumar
Assistant Registrar
S. Murugaiyan Assistant Registrar (Purchase &
(Registrar's Secretariat) Peela Krishna Chaitanya
Stores Section)
Office of the Registrar
Affiliation Wing
Deputy Registrar (Administra-
M.P.T. Sagayaraja Deputy Registrar Manas Kumar Behera
tion- Teaching & Non-Teaching)
Assistant Registrar (Admn)-I N. Giridharan Assistant Registrar K. Murugan
Assistant Registrar (Admn)-II P. Mourougappane Office of the Controller of Examinations
Assistant Registrar (Teaching) - I K. Mahesh Deputy Registrar (Exams) A. Saravanan
Assistant Registrar (Teaching) - II D. Nandagopal
Assistant Registrar (Exams) K. Sivagurunathan
Deputy Registrar (i/c)
N. Giridharan Assistant Registrar (Exams) A. Saravanan
(Recruitment Cell)
Deputy Registrar (Legal Cell) P. Ajai Babu Assistant Registrar (Exams) D. Noble Raj
Assistant Registrar (Legal Cell) K. Murugan Assistant Registrar (Exams) V. Gomathi
Deputy Registrar Assistant Registrar (Exams) P. Rajasekaran
P. Ajai Babu
(Planning & Development)
Assistant Registrar
Assistant Registrar K. Rajalakshmi
Pushkar Singh (Exams-DDE / Exam-Research)
(Planning & Development)
Office of the Finance Officer
Deputy Registrar (Academic) Manas Kumar Behera
Deputy Registrar (F&A) R. Segar
Assistant Registrar (Academic) Birinder Singh
Deputy Registrar (F&A) Gautam Kumawat
Assistant Registrar
K. Mahesh Assistant Registrar (F&A) S. Uthradevi
(Public Relations)
Assistant Registrar D. Venkataramanamur- Assistant Registrar (F&A) R. Malarvizhi
(Transport) thy
Assistant Registrar (i/c) (F&A) K. Mayavan
Assistant Registrar (Project Cell) Dr. N. Ravi Systems Analyst R. Ramesh
Assistant Registrar (Special
Dr. N. Ravi
Reservation Cell) In f o r m at io n B r o ch u r e - 2 0 2 2
Engineering Wing Vigilance and Security Wing
Executive Engineer (on contract) N. Sankaramurthy Nallam Krishnaraya
Officer on Special Duty
Assistant Engineer (Civil) G. Raghupathi Babu
Assistant Engineer (Civil) S. Venkatesan PU Port Blair Campus
Assistant Engineer (Electrical) V. Mourougavelou Nodal Officer S. Raj Kumar
OTHER OFFICERS
Ananda Rangapillai Library Deputy Chief Warden - Ph.D.
Dr. C. Satheesh Kumar
Deputy Librarian Dr. U. Nagalingam Hostel (Boys)
Assistant Librarian Dr. M. Baskar Deputy Chief Warden - PG
Dr. K. Suresh Joseph
Assistant Librarian Dr. G. Sivasubramanian Hostels (Boys) - I Year
Assistant Librarian Dr. K.M. Shibu Deputy Chief Warden - PG

Dr. A. Ramesh Naidu
Hostels (Boys) - II year
Assistant Librarian Dr. P. Vijayakumar
Deputy Registrar Moti Chand Prasad
Systems Analyst K. Palanivel
Wardens: Boys' Hostels
Computer Centre
Bharathidasan Dr. Pramod Kumar
Systems Manager Marie Stanislas Ashok
Kabirdas Dr. A. Ramesh Naidu
Information Officer M. Sundara Mohan
Ilango Adigal Hostel & Mess Dr. P. Padmanaban
Programmer W. J. Kalesha
C. V. Raman Dr. C. Satheesh Kumar
Placement Cell
Subramania Bharathi Dr. Pramod Kumar
Placement Officer Dr. S.K.V. Jayakumar
Tagore Mr. Iftekhar Alam
Horticulture Kalidas Dr. Santhosh Mathew
Deputy Registrar Moti Chand Prasad
Kannadasan Dr. K.R. Rajaravivarma
Health Centre
Kamban Dr. Yugeswaran Subramaniam
Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sheela Das
Foreign Students Dr. C. Satheesh Kumar
Central Maintenance Workshop Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan Dr. A. Praveen
Head (i/c) Dr. Bala Manimaran
Moulana Abul Kalam Azad Dr. S.I. Humayun
Central Instrumentation Facility Sri Aurobindo Dr. C. P. Abdul Gafoor
Centre Head Dr. Bala Manimaran Amudham Mess Dr. A. Ramesh Naidu
Directorate of Physical Education & Sports New Mega Mess Dr. A. Joseph Kennedy
Director(i/c) Dr. G. Vasanthi Karaikal (Boys - I) Dr. G. Kumaravelan
Assistant Director Dr. G. Sivaraman Karaikal (Boys - II) Dr. V. Arulmurugan
Department of Bioinformatics Boys' Hostel, Port Blair Dr. P. M. Mohan
Computer/Information Wardens : Girls' Hostels
Z. Olirvel
Scientist (SS)
Madame Curie, Madame Curie
Pondicherry University Community College, Annexe & Mess
Dr. Sudesh Pundir
Puducherry Campus
Ganga Dr. Sibi P.S.
Joint Registrar Dr. B. Chithra
Yamuna Dr. Manisha Kumari
Nodal Officer Dr. M. Subbiah
Womens Studies Dr. Manisha Kumari
DDE - Spot Admission Centre, Mahe
Saraswathy Dr. S.N. Fathima
Assistant Registrar C.M. Srikala
Cauvery Dr. S. Lasitha
Hostels
Narmatha Dr. Regina Sharmila Dass
Chief Warden (Boys) Dr. Alok Sharan
Kalpana Chawla Dr. Archana Pan
Chief Warden (Girls) Dr. P.T.V. Lakshmi
Foreign Students Dr. Sudesh Pundir
Chief Warden (Karaikal) Dr. S. Bhuvaneswari
Mother Teresa Mess Dr. S.N. Fathima
Deputy Chief Warden - Ph.D.
Dr. Sudesh Pundir Valmiki Dr. E. Sreekala
Hostels (Girls)
Deputy Chief Warden - PG Dr. Manisha Kumari Karaikal (Girls) Dr. D.H. Malini
Hostels (Girls) Dr. S. Lasitha Girls' Hostel, Port Blair Dr. P. M. Mohan
Table of Contents
01. Puducherry 09
02. The University 10
03. Quality Living 11
04. Common Facilities 12
Library 12
Computer Centre 14
Central Instrumentation Facility 16
Central Manitenance Workshop 18
06. Financial Assistance 20
07. General condition of admission 21
08. PU-SAMS 21
09. Reservation 21
10. Admission Requirements 22
11. Fees 23
12. Hostels 25
13. Conduct and Discipline 26
14. Department of Physics 27
15. Department of Chemistry 29
16. Department of Earth Sciencess 32
17. Department of Mathematics 35
18. Department of Statistics 36
19. Department of Computer Science 38
20. Department of History 40
21. Department of Politics and International Studies 41
22. Department of Sociology 42
23. M.A. (SEAL) - 5 years Integrated Programme 43
21. Placement Cell 45
22. Students Welfare 45
PUDUCHERRY
Puducherry is situated on the Coromandal Coast, 160 kms. south of Chennai. It is now a growing city and the capital
of the Union Territory bearing the same name.
Puducherry, which attracted the French to settle here two centuries ago still carries several marks of French culture
and heritage. It is also the place where the national poet Shri Subramania Bharathiar wrote several of his masterpieces
that fanned the flames of freedom and also enriched modern Tamil literature. Bharathidasan, a staunch disciple of
Subramania Bharathiar, whose poems stressed upon social revolution and emancipation of women, was also an eminent
son of Puducherry.
Several intellectual activities are fostered in many institutions like the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and the French Institute
which caters to research needs in Science, Indology and Culture. The Romain Rolland Library which is more than
150 years old and preserves a rich collection of several rare French and Tamil manuscripts, is a veritable repository of
treasures.
The Puducherry Museum houses rare kinds of pottery from the Arikkamedu site which was a bustling port city in the
first century A.D. where Roman ships called in for trade and friendship.
Some of the other places worth seeing are Auroville, the different beaches and backwaters, lakes and gardens, temples,
churches and mosques and other heritage buildings and monuments. Puducherry Tourism provides more detailed
information in this regard.
THE UNIVERSITY
Pondicherry University is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament in October 1985. The University is
located at Kalapet, 10 kms from the town of Puducherry, in a serene and beautiful campus of 800 acres adjoining the
scenic Bay of Bengal. It is an affiliating University with a jurisdiction spread over the Union Territory of Puducherry,
Lakshwadeep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and has satellite campuses at Karaikal and Port Blair.
The University’s objectives are to disseminate and advance knowledge by offering teaching and research facilities, to
make provisions for studies in French and integrated courses in Humanities and the Sciences, and to promote inter-
disciplinary studies and research. The University’s motto is 'Vers la lumière’ meaning 'towards the light’.
Vision
* To serve as an enabler of societal transformation through state-of-the art higher education and research that match
global benchmarks by providing access, resources and opportunities.
* To become an institution of global eminence.
* To adapt to ever-changing needs of the society and industries.
Mission
To deploy globally competent resources in terms of people, infrastructure and partners through development of trained
human resources, who will serve as agents of value-based societal transformation in various spheres of life enriched
with technology-assisted education, research, training and cultural integration. The University has entered into MoUs
with a good number of reputed international institutions in India and abroad for collaboration and faculty development.
The salient features of the University include:
p Add-On Courses.
p Remedial coaching for weaker section students.
p Fee waiver for differently-abled students.
QUALITY
QUALITYLIVING
LIVING
Unique features of Pondicherry University
 100% Wi-Fi enabled campus
 100% power backup
 100% network of campus
 Library with remote access
 Sophisticated laboratories & instrumentation facilities
 Buildings with ramps & lifts
 Solar lights
 Free state-of-the-art Day Care Centre & Pre- Primary
School
 24 hours Health Centre & ambulance facility
 State-of-the-art sports facilities
 Free education and lodging to differently-abled
students
COMMON FACILITIES
ANANDA RANGAPILLAI LIBRARY
The Pondicherry University Central Library is named after Sri Ananda Rangapillai, who was the Dubash of Lord Dupleix, a Governor
of Pondicherry during the French rule. Established in 1986, it has transformed through the past two decades into a Knowledge
Resource Centre catering specially to the information needs of students, research scholars and faculty. The mission of the Library is
to enhance learning and facilitating research. In tune with its mission, it is in the process of a major expansion in its infrastructure
and information services.
Working Hours Information access facility made possible
The Central Library functions from 8.30 E-Books: EBSCO eBook Academic to the Visually Challenged was one of the
a.m. to 08.30 p.m. on week days and Collection, Credo Reference and World facets contributing to winning a National
9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. on weekends. The eBook Digital Library. Award by the University in 2011.
Library Annexe Reading Hall from 8.30 E-Shodhsindhu Consortium Service
a.m. – 12.00 midnight on week days and E-Databases: Academic Video Lonline, (ESS)
9.30 a.m. to 12.00 midnight on week-ends, Bloomberg, EBSCO Academic Search Pondicherry University Library is
vacations and holidays. Complete, EBSCO Food Science Source, a member of the E-ShodhSindhu
Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies, Consortium and has access to more than
Membership EPWRF India Time Series, Turnitin, 7090+ e-journals and four e-databases.
The Library has 7149 members comprising Grammarly Premium, IEEE Xplore Access being IP-based, e-resources are
of faculty, students, research scholars Digital Library, India Business Insight accessible in the University network.
and non-teaching staff. Besides these (IBI), Indiastat, ProQuest Dissertations & Pondicherry University Library is
members, the Library also attracts a lot of Theses Global, ProQuest One Literature identified as one of the 21 Document
scholars and visitors from other academic (Literature Online Premium), SCOPUS, Delivery University Libraries in India
institutions and research organizations in Web of Science, Institute for Studies under the E-ShodhSindhu Consortium to
pursuit of information and research tools. in Industrial Development (ISID), cater to the journal article requests of all
MathSciNet, South Asia Archive. the universities in the country.
Collection
The University Library collection is Services U.N. Depository
hybrid with its traditional information In addition to the traditional library The Dag Hammarskjold Library of the
resources being gradually supplemented services, the folowing facilities are also U.N. Secretariat in New York has arranged
by electronic resources. The size of provided: for the distribution of U.N. Documents
Total Library Collection is 5,82,399 of * OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) and publications to users and research
which 2,47,360 is Print and 3,35,039 is * Remote login facility for 24x7 access to scholars around the world through its
Electronic. all the e-resources depository libraries since 1946. There are
* Books Issue/ Return facility through about 405 Depository Libraries in 145
Details of Printed Resources RFID self-check in/out countries and 16 of them are in 13 cities
Books (Print) – 2,73,718, Theses – 779, * Webinars regularly conducted for the of India. Pondicherry University Library
Dissertations – 4,962, Journal back benefit of library users has the honour of being one of the 16 U.N.
volumes – 13,110, UN Documents – 2,858 * Wi-Fi Facility Depository libraries in India.
and Current Journals – 69. * Plagiarism check through Turnitin
Software Infrastructure
Details of E-resources * Providing Grammarly premium account An independent library building with a
E-Journals – 20,650, E-Databases – 19, to all library users beautiful inspiring ambience of greenery
ETheses – 1805, E-Books – 2,39,110, and * Institutional Repository (IR) around is focused on development
Academic Videos – 73,455. * Document Delivery Services with technology. The spaces have
Exclusive collection for Competitive * Inter-Library Loan Facilities been revamped and modernized with
Examinations is a popularly sought after * Dedicated E-Resource Zone modular furniture and a large number
one. * Discussion Rooms of computers to access e-resources with
* E-Alerts high speed bandwidth facility, comparable
Available E-Resources in the Central * Library Liaison Officers to any world class library. An additional
Library * Book Launching Ceremony new building with 50,000 sq. ft. namely
the Library Annexe offers 24 hour reading
E-Journals: Science Direct (10 Subject Facilities for Differently Abled facility, Scholars Hub, Competitive
Collections), Emerald, Institute of Persons Exam Book Section, a special laboratory
Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry * Computer Systems with Head Phone for the Visually Challenged (Louis
(RSC) Journals, SAGE Management and * Windows Talking Software Braille Center), multimedia lecture hall,
Organization Studies Subject Collection * Braille Refreshable Display auditorium, cafeteria, etc. Five School
Journals, SAGE Research Methods * Scanners and OCR Softwares Libraries as Reference Libraries manned
by qualified library professionals were established in 2011 to

cater to the immediate reference needs of the departments
of each respective school of different disciplines. Exclusive
campus libraries have been established at Karaikal and Port
Blair. Pondicherry University has the credit of being the third
university in the country which established the surveillance
system with Radio Frequency and Identification (RFID) and
Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) function in 2012.
Personnel
The Library has a team of highly qualified information
professionals with the potential and drive to facilitate the best
possible library services to information seekers.
University Librarian
Dr. M. Vijayakumar
Deputy Librarian
Dr. U. Nagalingam
Assistant Librarians
Dr. M. Baskar
Dr. G. Sivasubramanian
Dr. K.M. Shibu
Dr. P. Vijayakumar
System Analyst
Shri. K. Palanivel
COMPUTER CENTRE
The Computer Centre was established under a sanction by the UGC in the year 1992. A full-fledged and well-equipped Computer
Centre is available for the use of students, research scholars, faculty and non-teaching staff of the University. The Centre functions
between 9.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. on all working days. However, some of the services are rendered on 24x7 basis.
Academic iii. National Knowledge Network (NKN)
The Academic staff of the Computer Centre offer regular theory Pondicherry University is one among the few institutions in the
laboratory and project guidance courses to students of the country to be provided 1 Gbps connectivity to the National Knowledge
University for Network (NKN) which is an ambitious project of the Government
• M.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering) of India to connect all Universities and colleges in the country.
• M.Tech. (Network & Internet Engineering) Computer Centre is responsible for its operations and maintenance
• M.C.A. on the campus.
• M.Sc. (Computer Science) Access to online journals provided are available on this NKN
platform. Besides access to internet, NKN serves as a platform to share
A. INFRASTRUCTURE & SERVICES knowledge among the educational institutions across our country.
The Computer Centre plays a prominent role in planning, execution
and supporting/monitoring the establishment of various Information iv. Web Services
and Communication Technology (ICT) systems/projects/services/ The University web portal caters to the dissemination of information
infrastructure in the University main campus at Kalapet and its of the various programmes, functions and announcements (circulars,
off-campus Centres at Karaikal (160 Kms. from Puducherry), Port notices, etc.,) for its stakeholders. E-circulars, e-mail and other notices
Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands), Community College, Lawspet published on the web portal help the University to implement green
(Puducherry) and Community College, Mahe (Kerala). practices, enhance transparency, provide reachability and augment
efficiency in its functioning.
i. Campus Network A new secure and device responsive web portal was launched, in the
All the buildings on the main campus of the University are connected year 2020. This new portal was designed and developed, in house, by
to the campus network through Optic Fiber Cable (OFC) between the Centre for Bioinformatics.
buildings, UTP cable or wireless within buildings. All Class Rooms,
Laboratories, Faculty/Officers/Staff Rooms, Offices, Sections, Library, v. e-Mail Services
Hostels, Guest Houses, Staff Quarters (partly), etc, are connected to The Centre provides e-mail facility to all teachers, officers and research
the Campus Network. scholars of the University under the domain @pondiuni.edu.in .This
Services such as web, e-mail, internet, voice, wireless, biometric is being availed from the National Informatics Centre ( NIC) cloud.
attendance, electronic surveillance, online software applications, In the month of October 2021, the Centre has introduced another
access to educational software, e-resources of the Library, etc are email system under a new domain @pondiuni.ac.in to promote
offered on this platform. This network serves as the Digital Highway Online Teaching/Learning and email IDs to all students, scholars and
of the University. The network is well secured. employees of the University.
ii. Internet Leased Lines (ILLs) vi. VoIP Intercom

The 1 Gbps link from National Knowledge Network (NKN) under Intercom facility for the campus users of the University is provided
NMEICT scheme of MoE provides internet services on the main using Voice over IP (VoIP) technology on the campus network thereby
campus. saving establishment/maintenance of a parallel dedicated voice cable
The Centre, in particular, provides backbone IT services to the Central network. Avaya IP Office R630 server with 715 nos. of Avaya 1603 IP
Library, Bioinformatics Department, Electronic Media Centre and phones are provided to the users.
Examination Wing.
At Port Blair Campus, the Computer Centre facilitated establishment vii. Electronic Surveillance System
of 20 Mbps leased internet line (through submarine cable established Electronic Surveillance facility is provided on the campus at the Main
between Chennai & Port Blair)by M/s BSNL Gates Administrative Building. Hostels and Messes, etc, buildings
have their own Surveillance Systems.
The Computer Centre also facilitated to establish Controller of Examinations building and strengthen the existing
• 10 Mbps Internet Access through NMEICT scheme at Pondicherry Surveillance System inside the Administrative building.
University Community College, Lawspet campus
• 10 Mbps Internet Access through NMEICT scheme at Pondicherry viii. Biometric Attendance System
University Community College, Mahe campus. The Computer Centre facilitated installation and integration of
the Biometric Attendance System (BAS) on the Main campus Exams, Publication of Results, Online Counselling for Admissions
and Pondicherry University Community College at Lawspet, including Fee collections, etc.
Puducherry. At present attendance of all Contract Employees, Admissions to University Hostels were also carried out online
Outsourced Personnel and Security Personnel is handled through including Fee payment.
BAS.
In-house Training
ix. Online Teaching/Learning and Meeting In-house training on creating awareness and usage of various ICT
During the pandemic period the Centre established state-of- system and tools are regularly imparted to the employees, research
the art online teaching/learning facilities on the campus for the scholars and students.
conduct of teaching/learning programmes. Online Meeting
facilities have been established at three different locations in the Online Meeting facilities have been established at three different
Administrative buildings. locations in the Administrative building.
The Centre supports Live Webcast and Online Video Conferencing B. Best Practices
requirements of the University for the conduct of official i. Promotion of FOSS & licensed Software
Meetings, Annual Convocation, Workshops, Lectures, Seminars, The Computer Centre always promotes use of only licensed
Recruitment Tests/Interviews, etcusing PC-based Conferencing software wherever required and simultaneously encourages use of
System. Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in the University.
Microsoft Campus Agreement covers licensed use of Microsoft
New domain under the name pondiuni.ac.in was created and products such as Windows Operating System for desktops/
email (Gmail based) accounts were created for all students, laptops/servers and MS Office. Special educational software -
scholars, teachers and staff. Access to online learning platforms SPSS, SYSTAT, QUALCOM Simulator, etc. are recommended and
such as Google Suite, MS Teams and Cisco WebEx (for a short procured based on the requirements.
period) has been provided to enable online teaching/learning and Use of FOSS is vigorously promoted on the Campus both for
meeting. Operating System and Application needs. Several hundred PCs
run on Linux OS and the servers - Web, Mail, LDAP, etc., run on
All recruitment interviews/staff training are being handled online FOSS Operating Systems & Tools.
since February 2021. Work is in Progress to establish Smart Class
facilities in the Classroom of the University. ii. Use of Social Media
In line with the policy of the University to make the best use of
x. Software Development/Support Social Media for the development and benefit of University, the
The Computer Centre with its meagre available human resources Computer Centre opened and operates two Twitter Accounts
(constantly supports the University community in computerization
of various functions. PondicherryUniversityVC and GurmeetSinghVC. This has
Consciously the Centre uses only FOSS for design, development received good response and following. Use of Facebook and other
and implementation of all software applications thereby saving Social Media network is on the anvil.
significant capital cost and recurring upgradation and maintenance
costs. All the applications deployed are working satisfactorily and Details of Academic/ Technical/ ICT Staff
help to bring in transparency, efficiency, accuracy and ease of
governance. Marie Stanislas Ashok, M.E., Systems Manager & Head
M. Sundaramohan, M.S., Information Officer
End-to-end Online Admissions for PG/Research Programmes
W.J. Kalesha, M.Tech., Programmer
offered by the university has become a reality largely due to the E. Malanco, B.Tech., Senior Technical Assistant
pioneering efforts made by the Computer Centre. Employee S.Balan, B.Tech., Senior Technical Assistant
Management System (EMS), Leave Management System (LMS) A.Ganabathi, B.E., Technical Assistant
and Complaint Management System (CMS) are handled through B. Chithra, M.Sc., Lab Assistant
applications developed by the Centre.
xi. Online Application for Admissions

The Computer Centre Play a vital role in the entire Admissions
process – Selection of Service Provider assisting in design/
testing/launch of Online Applications for Admission, Online
Application Fee collection/settlement, Conduct of Entrance
CENTRAL INSTRUMENTATION FACILITY

Excellence in teaching and research of Science Schools need state-of-the-art sophisticated equipment, various workshops and support
facilities. These equipment and facilities help the faculty, research scholar and students to carry out globally competitive R&D in basic and
applied sciences. Since individual researchers may not be able to generate huge research funds for these research instruments, Pondicherry
University has established the Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) with a mission to enrich the resources on a shared basis for promoting
R & D with the following objectives.
• To strengthen technological infrastructure to carry out advanced research in various Science disciplines under one roof and make their
services available to academic Departments and Schools.
• To provide guidance in acquisition of data and to train personnel in operation and maintenance of Sophisticated Instruments.
• To organize short-term courses / workshops on the use and application of various spectroscopic and analytical techniques for students,
teachers and technical personnel from our University, affiliated Institutions, Universities in the region and industry.
It is governed by the Management Advisory Committee consisting of Vice-Chancellor as Chairman, Deans of Science Schools, Heads of
Science Departments, Outside Experts and Centre Head as Member Secretary. CIF is also supported by the Department of Science and
Technology (DST) under the PURSE - Promotion of University Research and Scientific Excellence - Project
CIF takes care of the operation and maintenance of the analytical instruments and caters to the analytical needs of all the science departments
and affiliated institutions of the University. Analysis of samples from other educational & research institutions in the region and from
industries is also carried out.
CIF also has a Mechanical section with facilities to fabricate mechanical components such as sample mounts / cells / adopters etc., required
for scientific research needs and also to repair and maintain accessories such as hydraulic press, compressors, pumps, cold water circulators
etc., of the analytical instruments.
Faculty :
Dr. Bala. Manimaran. Ph.D.
Professor & Head (i/c)
Specialisation: Organometallics, Nanoscale Materials and Supramolecular Chemistry
Technical officer:
Er. S. Ramasamy, M.Tech.
Technical officer (on contract)
Specialisation: Electronic Design & Technology, Analytical Instrumentation
Details of Major Research Equipment Available
Sl.No Name of the Instrument Make Model

I. Spectroscopy Systems
1. UV-VIS-NIR Spectrophotometer Shimadzu-Japan UV 3600 Plus
2. FT-IR Spectrometer Thermo-USA Nicolet-6700
3. Spectroflourimeter Horiba Jobin Yvon, USA Flurolog-F3-111
4. 400 MHz FT-NMR Bruker- Biospin Avance II
5. Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Burker-AXS, Germany S4 Pioneer
Fluorescence Spectrometer
6. Broad Band Dielectric Spectrometer Novo control-GmBh, Germany Concept 80
7. Circular Dichroism Spectrometer Jasco, Japan J815
8. Laser Confocal Raman Microscope Renishaw, UK Invia Raman
with spectrameter attachment
9. Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer Isoprime Ltd, UK Isoprime 100
10. X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometer Thermo Scientific K-Alpha-KAN9954133
(XPS)
Sl.No Name of the Instrument Make Model
II. Chromatography Systems

10. High Performance Liquid- Shimadzu, Japan LA20
Chromatography
11. High Performance Thin Layer CAMAG, USA Sampler-ARS4
Chromatography System Developer- ADC2
Scanner- TLC4 &
Visualizer-TLC2
12. Ion Chromatography System Thermo Scientific, USA ICS-1100
13. Fast Protein Liquid Chromatography GE Health Care Life Sciences, USA AKTA pure
III. Microscopy Systems

14. High Resolution Transmission FEI-USA Tecnai G2 F30 S-Twin
Electron Microscope.
15. Electron Probe Micro Analyzer CAMECA, France SX100
16. Scanning Electron Microscope with Hitachi, Japan S 3400N
EDX and Cathode-luminescence
detector
IV Physical Property Determination Systems

17. Thermal Analysis System Water-TA instruments, Austria TG-DTA-SDT600 and DSC- Q20
18. Vibrating Sample Magnetometer with Lakeshore, USA 7404

High & Low Temperature attachments
19. Particle Size Analyzer-Zeta sizer Malvern, UK Nano S
20. Surface Area Analyzer(BET System) Miromerities, USA Gemini VII 2390t
21. Physical Property Measurement Quantum Design,USA PPMS-II/ Evercool-II
System
V Others
22. Femto Second Laser System New Port Corporation/ Spectra Lab- Mai-Tai-HP 1050 as Main Laser
USA
23. Semi-Macro Elemental Analyser Elementar-UK Vario EL cube
(CHNS-O)
24. Fluoresence Assisted Cell Sorter BD-Bio Sciences-USA FACS Aria III
25. Planetary Micromill Fritsch,Germany Pulverisette-7
26. Gamma Ray Chamber BRIT, India GC 5000 (Co-60 source)
CENTRAL MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP

The Central Maintenance Workshop Welding Shop fixing of material in the engraved piece
is a core support facility to carry out The welding shop offers welding of made with very accurate dimensions.
all engineering works related to civil, metal items both small and large in size
electrical, mechanical and electronics and according to the user’s specifications. Carpentry Shop
to support the scientific research of the The Central Maintenance Workshop is The key function of the carpentry shop
departments and centres of the University. equipped with gas and arc welding facility is to repair and replace damaged wood
The minutiae about the service shops and recently augmented spot welding surfaces, repair desk and other classroom
which are currently offering service (heavy and portable) for making quick, furnishings, repair of windows, doors,
support to the academic community and strong spot welds in a wide range of broken window glasses and blinds. The
facilities being developed are as under. uncoated mild, galvanized ferrous sheet carpentry shop offers repair service for
metals. classrooms, offices, and also provides
Electronics Shop special service to classrooms during
The electronics shop offer the services Additional service shops under semester breaks.
of repairing, servicing and upkeep of development:
instruments, equipment and appliances The development of the following Painting Shop
available in the University. The electronics additional service shops is under progress The painting shop offers cleaning and
shop also offers design and fabrication for achieving goals & objectives of CMW painting of aged instruments and
of electronic modules required for the with the support of the University. equipment including full bodywork and
research works of the students and dent repairs.
faculty including fabrication of Printed Advanced Glass blowing and
Circuit Boards in accordance with the Glassware fabrication shop CAD Shop
requirement of Users from initial design The establishment of an advanced glass (Computer Aided Design Shop)
to final stage ensuring quality and blowing shop is in progress considering The CAD shop will be offering drafting
consistency. The transfer of electronics the expanding volume of works and of Electrical, Electronic and Mechanical
shop and acquisition of varieties of test in proportion to the creation of new engineering drawings to the users.
and measuring instruments and PCB science and engineering departments The CAD working stations, software
making facility is in progress. and increase in student strength. The and plotter are in the process of being
advanced glass blowing shop offers service acquired.
Mechanical Shop support to all the science and engineering
The mechanical shop offers service departments of the University in the Electrical Repair and Service Shop
support in the fabrication of mechanical repairing and fabrication of advanced The electrical shop offers service support
modules required for advanced scientific laboratory glasswares and fabrication of in the repair and recondition of motors ,
and engineering research.The mechanical special glassware of the highest quality pumps, panel boards , testing of electrical
shop also offers service support in the and purity for advanced scientific research equipment, etc. The acquisition of
reconditioning and upkeep of all kind of works. The advanced glass blowing shop facilities required for the repair and testing
instruments, equipment and appliances fabricates simple glassware to complex of electrical equipment’s and gadgets is in
available in the University. The mechanical quartz laboratory apparatus which progress.
shop is equipped with precision milling finds application in the semiconductor,
machine, high speed drilling machine and optical fibre, photovoltaic, chemical and Plastic Shop
portable welding machine. The progress applied sciences research with fabulous The plastic shop offers injection moulding
of strengthening the mechanical shop craftsmanship by utilizing state-of-the-art facility for the moulding and fabrication of
is underway by adding multifarious facilities and technology. plastic parts for user specific requirement
machineries like radial drilling machine, for conducting scientific research and
shaping machine, sheet folding machine, Fitting Shop experiments. The plastic shop also offers
hydraulic pipe bending machine and The acquisition of radial drilling machine, plastic welding facility for welding
varieties of portable machineries. The surface plates, and work benches with similar and dissimilar plastic parts. The
mechanical shop has recently acquired hi bench vices, precision digital measuring acquisition of various hand working tools,
speed precision mini metal working lathe instruments and cutting tools is in hand extruders, welding machines for
and mini milling machine. progress for carrying out advanced fitting injection welding, ultrasonic welding, hot
works with high accuracy and precision. gas welding and hot seal welding are being
The fitting and bench work facility offers acquired
Testing and Calibration Shop The central maintenance/engineering workshop is a place where a
The testing and calibration facility calibrates the measuring regular industry and academic working environment converges.
instruments and tests the power conditioning devices viz., UPS The workshop provides solution to all engineering and technical
& Inverters and a variety of batteries. It also certifies whether the problems and special fabrication works for research associated
products comply with the approved standards and specifications. with the academic community. It also offers service support to
The measuring equipment and testing tools required for testing the various sections and affiliated instituions of the University,
and calibration are being acquired. thus striving to ensure the best support facility for creating a
better teaching, learning, and research environment for the
Technical Staff of Central Maintenance Workshop: students.
R.Jeyanthi, DECE,
Technician Gr-II
Specialization: Electronics & Communication Engineering
P.Vikkaraman, M.A,
Technician Gr-II
Specialization: Engineering Fitting Works
HEALTH CENTRE
The Health Centre of Pondicherry University functions round
the clock in association with Pondicherry Institute of Medical
Sciences with basic facilities for the benefit of students and staff.
An ambulance is also available for emergency medical care.
BANK
Indian Bank operates a branch with all services in the University

campus. ATM facility is also available in the campus.
CANTEEN
Four canteens are available on the campus.
POST OFFICE
A post office functions on the campus where all postal services
including savings bank facilities are available.
SHOPPING COMPLEX
A Shopping Complex is also available on the campus to facilitate
essential services for students, faculty and staff of the University.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
fellowships/scholarships offered fellowships / scholarships / offered natives of Puducherry @ `3,000/- per
by university: by other agencies: month to ten students admitted to the
Ph.D. Non-Net Fellowship-UGC* Junior Research Fellowship M.Sc. Biotechnology programme in the
All full time scholars admitted to Ph.D. UGC / CSIR NET qualified JRFs are eligible Department of Biotechnology through
programmes in the Schools/Departments/ to receive fellowships. They are also eligible GAT-B score.
Centres of the University campus alone will for a contingent grant as per UGC rate. The
be eligible for a fellowship of ` 8000/- p.m. award of fellowship and contingency grants
and a contingency grant per year. are subject to approval by the UGC / CSIR. Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarship
Full scholarships are given to 16 students
Scholarship for PG courses (Two N.B.H.M. Scholarship per annum to pursue M.Tech (Green Energy
and 3 years programs only)/ M.Sc The National Board for Higher Mathematics, Technology) and 16 students per annum
and M.A Integrated courses: Mumbai (Department of Atomic Energy) to pursue M.A(South Asian Studies) from
provides scholarships for those students the member states of SAARC countries
Merit Scholarship* who clear the NBHM examination. covering living expenses (`12,500 p.m),
(i) The first three candidates who secure annual contingency of `10,000/- free hostel
the highest percentage of marks in P.G. Government of India SC/ST/OBC accomodation in campus and tuition fees.
admission entrance examination shall be Scholarship
eligible for the award of Merit Scholarship @ The governments of various states provide GATE Scholarship
`2,000, `1,500 & `1,000 p.m. respectively for Government of India Scholarship to The UGC provides scholarship for GATE
the first semester. Scholarship is sanctioned candidates belonging to the SC/ST/OBC qualified M.Tech students.
on the basis of entrance examination communities.
marks(#). DBT Fellowship
(ii) For the subsequent semesters the Merit Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship / Students admitted to the following
scholarship at the same rate of `2,000, Maulana Azad National Fellowship programmes through GAT-B score are
`1,500 & `1,000 p.m shall be awarded to the The UGC provides Rajiv Gandhi National eligible to get DBT Fellowship:
first three candidates who secure highest Fellowship for SC/ ST & OBC scholars M.Tech. Computational Biology - Rs.12,000/- PM
marks in the previous semester(SGPA). and Maulana Azad National fellowship M.Sc. BioTechnology - Rs. 5,000/- PM.
for minority scholars who pursue Ph.D.
Merit-cum-Means Scholarship(MCM)* programmes. Every year, the UGC notifies
20% of the students in each P.G. degree the eligibility and other conditions
programme are eligible for the award of for the award of the said fellowships.
MCM Scholarship of the University. The
scholarship is based both on the merit in Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single
each semester(SGPA) and the parental Girl Child
income of the student. The annual income The UGC provides Indira Gandhi
of the parents should not exceed `2,50,000/-
scholarship for Single Girl Child for eligible
(Rupees two lakh fifty thousand only). The
amount of scholarship is `750/- p.m. For the students pursuing PG programmes.
1st semester, scholarship is sanctioned on the
basis of entrance exam marks. PG Merit Scholarship for University
Besides, for the award of scholarship, the Rank Holders*
candidates should also fulfill the following The undergraduate level rank holders of
conditions: different universities are eligible for this
(i) secure at least 70% attendance every Scholarship to pursue their Master’s Degree.
month.
(ii) pass in all papers registered for each Government of Puducherry
semester.
Fellowship / Scholarship Merit and
(iii) the Head of the Department concerned
shall certify fulfillment of conditions Merit-cum-Means Scholarship
i and ii. The Government of Puducherry awards
Merit and Merit-cum-means scholarships
Scholarships for M.Sc. Marine for students belonging to the U.T. of
Biology & Disaster Management* Puducherry enrolled in various courses of
All selected candidates will be awarded a the University.
scholarship of ` 1000/- p.m. to study these The Government of Puducherry
courses at Port Blair, Andamans. provides ten fellowships to residents/
* An Undertaking should be given by the scholar/student saying that in case he/she leaves the Ph.D/PG programme in between before
submission of the thesis/before the course completion, he/she will reimburse the entire amount to the University.
# Conditions apply
Note:
i. The students are eligible for only one scholarship.
ii. The award/continuance of any scholarship is subject to satisfactory progress and performance, proper conduct, fulfillment of attendance
criteria, etc.
GENERAL CONDITIONS OF
ADMISSION RESERVATION
 Admission to the various courses of the University is open SC/ST Candidates
to all those who have the prescribed qualifications without any In accordance with the policy of the Government of India
discrimination of race, caste, creed, language or sex. and the guidelines of the University Grants Commission,
the University has reserved 15% of seats in each course for
 The minimum eligibility criteria for different courses are as candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes and 7.5% seats
prescribed in the appropriate sections. Candidates qualified for those belonging to the Scheduled Tribes with a provision
through other system of studies should obtain eligibility certificate for inter-changeability between these categories, wherever
from the University before admission. necessary. All SC/ST candidates who have passed the qualifying
examination are eligible to apply for PG admission irrespective
of the percentage of marks obtained in the qualifying
 The students will be required to take up a group health insurance examination except otherwise specified. Candidates should
(for hospitalization, etc.) through the University. submit a certificate about their caste from a Revenue Officer not
below the rank of the Tahsildar at the time of admission.
 Admitted students are required to carry the University Identity
Card at all times while they are inside the campus. OBC Candidates
27% reservation for OBC category (Non-Creamy Layer) is
 Students are instructed not to miss classes, since 70% of impletemented by the University as per Government of India
attendance is required to appear for the examination. Those instructions.
who need accommodation in the hostels must report to their
departments prior to registration and counselling. EWS Candidates
In accordance with the policy of the Government of India,
 The University reserves its right not to offer a course advertised, the University implements 10% reservation in admission
for any administrative or other reasons. for Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates in each
course. The candidates have to produce the necessary certificate
from the Revenue Department, in the format prescribed by
Government of India.
PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY -
STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACTIVITY Differently abled Candidates
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (PU-SAMS) 5% of seats in each course are reserved for differently abled
candidates. Each differently abled candidate shall be required
to submit a certificate from a government hospital indicating
Innovative methods of management of academic progression of
the extent of physical disability and also the extent to which the
students from the time of their admission to course completion in
disability hampers the candidate in pursuing his/her studies. The
institutions of higher learning is both a challenge and an opportunity.
candidates may have to undergo a fresh medical examination if
The challenge comes from managing a large number of students, fac-
required by the University before being admitted. All differently
ulty, departments, programs and courses in such a way that maximal
abled candidates who have passed the qualifying examination
knowledge transfer, optimal utilization infrastructure and best offer
are eligible to apply for PG admission irrespective of the
of services can be effected. The opportunity comes from the possibili-
percentage of marks obtained in the qualifying examination
ties of innovations in accountability, accreditation and enhancement
except otherwise specified.
of learning experience. Towards this end, Pondicherry University has
developed the Student Academic Activity Management System (PU-
SAMS).
The software PU-SAMS is an online-platform that is meant to man-

age the entire range of CBCS – from admission, online payment
of tuition fees, registration of courses, approval of registration by
the faculty, allocation of courses to the faculty, time-table, student
attendance, internal assessment, online payment of examina-
tion fee, end-semester assessment, conversion of marks to grades,
declaration of results, grade card generation and distribution. The
software works on the principle of differential access and need-to-
know basis.
PUSAMS is tuned to help all the stake holders that include students,
teachers, HoDs, Deans, Administrators and the Vice-Chancellor to
monitor academic activities across Pondicherry Unviersity on real
time basis.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
CUET-2022
Course Title of P.G. course and (UG)
Intake Eligibility criteria for admission
Code Subject Domain
subjects
 Five Year Integrated M.Sc. Programme for +2 Students in the
School of Physical, Chemical and Applied Sciences
Applied
3801 M.Sc. 39
Geology Physics,
Pass in +2 with 50% of marks and should have studied
3802 M.Sc. Chemistry 39 Chemistry &
Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
Mathematics
3803 M.Sc. Physics 39
 Five Year Integrated M.Sc. Programme for +2 Students in the

Ramanujan School of Mathematical Sciences
3841 M.Sc. Mathematics 25
Pass in +2 with a minimum of 50% of marks with Mathematics,
Computer Physics,
3842 M.Sc. 25 Physics and Chemistry as subjects of study
Science Chemistry &
(Candidates with other branches in +2 are not eligible for this
Mathematics
programme)
3843 M.Sc. Statistics 25
 Five Year Integrated M.A. Programme for +2 Students in the

School of Social Sciences and International Studies
3151 M.A. History 25
General
3152 M.A. Political Science 25 Pass in +2 with a minimum of 50% of marks
Test
3153 M.A. Sociology 25
 Five Year Integrated M.A.(SEAL) Programme for +2 Students in the

Social & Economic Administration and Law
Candidates seeking admission for the M.A (SEAL) (Five Year
Integrated Programme) Course are required to pass :
i) The Higher Secondary, Intermediate or Senior Secondary
School Certificate Exam, conducted by the Centre or State
Government Board
OR
Social & ii) The Pre- University or Pre-Degree Examination of a
Economic recognized university General
413 M.A. 20
Administration OR Test
and Law (SEAL) iii) The French Baccalaureate or any other qualification equiv-
alent to the above mentioned qualifications approved by the
Academic Council of the University.
iv) The candidate should have a minimum score of 50% in the

qualifying examination.
FEES
The following fees are applicable only to the students admitted to Pondicherry University Departments.
 Fee Table: - ALL FIVE YEAR INTEGRATED P.G Programmes (in `)

Sl.
Item Semester Account No.
No
II/ IV/ VI/ III/ V/ VII/ VII / IX VIII / X
I
VIII / X IX (#) (#)
Tuition Fee 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000
For Foreign Nationals/ SAARC /
1. US $ 350 US $ 350 US $ 350 US $ 350 US $ 350
Developing Countries 6659344508
Developed Countries & NRIs US $ 500 US $ 500 US $ 500 US $ 500 US $ 500
2. Registration Fee 300
3. Matriculation Fee 100
4. Recognition Fee 400
5. Sports Fund 500 500 500
6. Medical Examination / Facilities Fund 600 600 600
7. Library Fund 1500 1500 1500
8. Laboratory Fund/Computer Lab Fund/ 2000 2000 4000
9. Amenities Development Fund 6000 6000
10. Students’ Welfare Fund 400 400 400
11. Alumni Association Fund 200
Caution Deposit (Refundable) 6659345681
12. Science Courses 2000
Other Courses 1000 5000 (*)
Advanced Lab Facility Fund (only for
13. 1000 1000
Science Departments)
14. Placement Activity Fund 200 200 200 3000
15. Academic Activity Fund 1000 1000 4000
16. Digital Activity Fund 2000 2000 2000
17. Group Medical Insurance 301 845872540
18. University Development Fund 1200 6659355859
TOTAL (Sciences) 22701 12200 30000 3000
3200
TOTAL (Humanities) 20701 11200
(*) Industry Interface Fund

(#) Only for 5-year integrated M.Sc. Computer Science
Payment of Fees If a student owes any money to the University on account of any damage
he/she may have caused to the University property, it shall along with
Students shall pay all the fees to the University at the time of admission. For outstanding tuition fees and fines, if any, be deducted from the security
the subsequent semesters, the fees should be paid within ten days from the deposit due to him/her. These provisions shall not apply to students in the
beginning of each semester. Examination fees shall be payable on or before affiliated colleges.
the last date prescribed in this regard. If the above dates fall on Saturdays or
Sundays or any other holidays, the last date for payment of the above fees will Students shall not be issued hall tickets or allowed to appear for examination
be the preceding working day. unless they have cleared their dues, paid the prescribed examination fee and
produced a “No-dues” certificates.
Differently abled students are exempted from payment of all fees, including
examination fees. They should pay only the prescribed refundable caution
deposits and Group Medical Insurance premium. However if they avail any
scholarship from Government/ other agencies, they are not entitled from
exemption of fees
SC/ST students who are eligible for Post-matric scholarships/Top class

scholarships are permitted to pay the fees as soon as they receive the
scholarship amount by submission of an undertaking to this effect at the time
of admission. In any case, such SC/ST students should pay the fees within 90
days from the date of admission through the said scholarships failing which
they have to pay the fees on their own or otherwise their admission stands
cancelled.
The Account Number in which various kinds of fees/funds/deposits are to

be remitted in the Indian Bank branch at the University campus is indicated
against each. The facility of online payment is available. If a student does not
pay the fee on time, late payment fine, shall be levied as follows at the time
of payment:
(i) 5.00 rupees per day for the first 10 days

(ii) 10.00 rupees per day thereafter upto the last day of the month in which
the fees is due.
The Vice-Chancellor, or any other officer on his behalf, to whom this

power has been delegated, may relax any of the conditions for payment
of fees in special cases, on recommendation of the Academic Advisory
Committee. The names of defaulters shall be removed from the rolls
of the University with effect from the first day of the following month.
A student whose name has been struck off from the rolls of the University,
under the above clause, may be re-admitted on the recommendation
of the Dean/ HOD/ Coordinator of the Dept./Centre concerned and
on payment of arrears of fees in full and other dues, together with a
re-admission fee of `1000/- plus University Development Fund of
` 500/-.
Refund of fees, caution deposits, etc.

Caution deposit money is refundable, on an application from the student on
his/her leaving the University, after deducting all dues against him/her.
If any student does not claim the refund of any amount lying to his/her credit
within one calendar year of his/ her leaving the University, it shall be deemed to
have been donated by him/ her to the Students’ Aid Fund. The period of one
year shall be reckoned from the date of announcement of the result of the
examination taken by the student or the date from which his/her name is
struck off from the rolls of the University whichever is earlier.
If, after having paid the fees, a candidate desires to discontinue he/ she shall
be refunded all fees after deducting `1000/- provided he/she discontinues on
or before the date notified by the university.
HOSTELS
At present, Pondicherry University has twenty However, they have to pay all other fees like students. No permission will be granted for dining
one hostels in the campus, of which, thirteen are Application for admission, General Amenities outside the hostel mess under any circumstances.
for boys and eight for girls. Out of the thirteen Fund, Establishment charges, Caution Deposit. Subramania Bharathi Hostel and Bharathidasan
boys’ hostels, nine are for PG students and four for Hostel are managed by the research scholars and
research scholars. Out of the eight girls’ hostels, Duration of Stay the rest of the mess are outsourced. Five well-
seven are for PG students and one is for research PG – 2 years, Ph.D-4 years, Integrated - 5 years equipped mega mess (three for boys & two for
scholars. The Karaikal campus has three hostels from the date of admission to the hostel. girls) are available for dining by Hostel residents
two for boys and one for girls. One boys hostel the use of the University. The hostel mess are run
and one girls hostel is available at the Port Blair Note: Except research scholars, all students must by experienced and qualified caterers. The mess
campus also. vacate the hostel during summer and winter offer meals at reasonable rates.
vacation. Disciplinary action will be taken against
Foreign Students' Hostels those hostellers who do not pay their dues on Mess Fees
The University has air conditioned & non-air time. Students must obtain No Dues certificate for The mess fee is to be paid in two instalments at the
conditioned hostel rooms available for foreign Mess & Room Rent from the Hostel Office before beginning of each semester in a year i.e. June and
students. 40 rooms are available in C.V.Raman writing their semester exams, producing challans January. The mess fees
Hostel for boys and 49 rooms are available in for payment of Hostel fees and dues. Those who for Girls (per day per head)
Madame Curie hostel for girls. The fee structure avail bank loan must keep their original challans  PG Students : Rs. 65
for the foreign students is different from that of of caution deposit for claiming refund while  Ph.D. Scholars : Rs. 71
the general hostel students. vacating the hostel, and photo copies of other for Boys (Per day per head)
challans with bank seal.  PG Students : Rs. 65
Hostel Admission  Ph.D. Scholars : Rs. 76
Since limited hostel facility is available, hostel Discipline If Ph.D scholars fail to pay the hostel mess fee
accommodation will be given to one third of All hostel-related communications from the within the stipulated time, the fees may be
the students admitted in each course. Hostel hostel inmates to the University authorities shall recovered/deducted directly from the scholar’s
admission will be given on merit basis, based on be routed through the proper channel, i.e. through stipend / fellowship /JRF/SRF. They also will be
the recommendations of Head of the Department, the wardens of the respective hostels and Chief evicted from the University hostel,
subject approval of the Chief Warden and Warden. Any subversive activity, misdemeanor,
availability of rooms. Preference will be given to obnoxious behaviour, flouting of hostel rules & Ragging
students coming from distant places. regulation, misconduct, disobedience, ragging, Ragging or teasing in any form is strictly
failure to clear dues, etc. shall be severely prohibited in the University. Students are
Hostel fees punished, and even result in dismissal from the therefore, forbidden from indulging in such
Refundable: A caution deposit of Rs.3,000/- (for hostel as well as from the department by the activities within the hostel premises. Ragging will
Indian nationals) is to be paid while joining the University authority whose interpretation of the invite very severe punishment including expulsion
hostels. This will be refunded after the inmate rules shall be final. from the University. It is also punishable under
vacates the hostel by means of account transfer/ law. No introductory meeting of the students is to
account payee cheque, subject to surrender A set of rules and regulations applicable to the be held in the hostels by the senior students.
of the original challan after deducting dues, inmates of the hostels will be given to each student
if any. Open cheque will not be issued under at the time of admission into hostel. General facilities
any circumstances. Therefore, students must The University Health Centre offers medical
necessarily open their bank accounts in Indian Consumption of alcohol and narcotics is facilities round-the-clock to the students residing
Bank, Pondicherry University Branch. considered as a serious offence. Therefore, in the hostels. For the mobility of the students
intoxicating drugs or liquor should not be from hostels to departments, Library, Computer
Non - Refundable: The hostel fees is to be paid consumed in the campus. Smoking in the hostel Centre, etc., bus facility is provided within the
every year at the beginning of the academic year premises is prohibited. Fire-arms should not be campus. Wifi connectivity is also provided to all
in June/ July as follows(Subject to revision): brought to the hostel in any case. Such acts will the hostels to enable the students to have internet
 P.G students - ` 900/- p.a. mean immediate expulsion of the resident from access.
 Ph.D - ` 1800/- p.a. the hostel. Accommodating outsiders/passed
 General Amenities Fund - ` 700/- p.a. out students in the hostel leads to trespassing * Detailed Pondicherry University Hostel rules
 Establishment Charges - ` 300/- p.a. and such students will be handed over to the & regulations are available in the hostel office
 Application Fees (at the time of police for prosecution. Therefore inmates and in the University website.
admission only) – ` 75/- must be careful before entertaining outsiders.
No room rent is charged by Pondicherry
University for SC/ ST students (copy of As per the University hostel rules & regulations
community certificate duly attested by a under clause 10.24, damaging University /
Gazetted Officer is to be produced). Rent free public property is illegal. It will be considered
accommodation is provided to differently-abled as an act of indiscipline and misconduct,
students. Differently-abled Students have to and will be punished under Prevention
pay their Mess Fees and then claim for subsidy of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984
from the University hostels (copy of Disability
Certificate duly attested by a Gazetted Officer is Mess
to be produced to avail this facility). Dining in the hostel mess is compulsory for hostel
CONDUCT & DISCIPLINE
Pondicherry University has zero tolerance towards

to
(a) Ragging
(b) Sexual Harrasment
Students enrolled in Pondicherry Disciplinary Measures 2) Students’ Grievances Redressal Cell
University must abide by their duties and Disciplinary action may include: Students can report any grievances
responsibilities to the University, to faculty a) Reprimand or warning; directly to the Dean, Students’ Welfare for
and to other students. Failure to maintain b) fail mark for an assignment or course; redressal.
appropriate standards of conduct will c) suspension for a semester or more
attract disciplinary action. d) withholding of official transcripts; 3) Sexual Harassment Prevention
e) suspension of campus privileges Committee (SHPC)
Students should not bring mobile phones including hostel accommodation; The University has an SHPC and the list
to the Seminar Halls, Research Labs and f) suspension or expulsion from the of members with their contact phone
Examination Halls and should not use University; numbers is available on the University
mobile phones in the classroom. g) any other disciplinary action website. Any sexual harassment complaint
which the University authorities deem can be reported to the Chairperson or any
Misconduct appropriate in the circumstances. member of SHPC for redressal or can
Students’ misconduct includes but is not be recorded in the register kept for this
limited to the following: Prohibition of Ragging purpose in the Registrar's office
a) disruption of classroom activity or Ragging in any form is strictly prohibited.
hindering the learning of other students 4) Women’s Cell
anywhere in the University; Senior students are not permitted to Grievances relating to gender bias and
b) copying / cheating in examinations invite their juniors to their rooms for any discrimination affecting women in the
and assignments; introduction meetings. campus can be reported to the Head of
c) behaviour which interferes Women’s Cell and the list of members of
functioning of the University, disrupts In the past, six students (hostellers) who the cell with their contact phone numbers
education, endangers the health or safety were involved in ragging were expelled are available on the University website.
of staff or students, or damages any from the hostel for a period of one year.
property within the campus including 5) Legal Services Clinic
University property; Redressal Mechanisms ‘Legal services clinic’ is setup in
d) pasting posters or conducting students’ The Anti - Ragging committee of the Pondicherry University for the students
meetings / protests / processions within University consists of all Deans. The list of the institution and especially for the
the campus without prior permission of of members with their contact numbers is students hailing from North Eastern states
the University authorities; available on the University website
e) the possession or use of intoxicating
beverages inside the campus; 1) Anti-Ragging Committee
f) the possession or use of illicit drugs Students can report any incident of
inside the campus; ragging to the Registrar/Deans of
g) the falsification of documents or respective Schools/Dean of Students’
providing false information in order to Welfare/ Chief Wardens (Boys & Girls)
obtain admission to classes; directly for remedial action
h) the possession of weapons; and
i) the failure to return loaned materials
or settle dues to the University
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
The Department of Physics was established in June 1987. The Department offers integrated master's, traditional 2-year master's, and
doctoral programs in Physics. The Department has been recognized for special funding by DST under the Fund for Improvement
of Science and Technology Infrastructure (FIST-Level II) and UGC-SAP DRS-II Programmes. The faculty members have obtained
major research grants exceeding Rs 26 crores from different funding agencies such as DST, AICTE, UGC, IFCPAR, NBHM, DRDO,
DAE, INSA, CSIR, and NAB. The research activities have resulted in more than 800 research papers published in peer-reviewed
journals, including nine patents. The faculty members have received national and international awards and are fellows of the national
academies. In addition, they are members of the national and international scientific advisory committees and referees of national
and international journals. Our faculty members are involved in collaborative research projects with leading scientists in various
laboratories and industries in India and abroad. All faculty members are recognized supervisors for guiding PhD candidates. Please
refer to the website for more information. https://www.pondiuni.edu.in/department/department-of-physics/
 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY We follow the choice-based credit system (CBCS). The course
curriculum aligns with the national-level examinations such
1. MSc (Physics) - 2 years duration, with following as GATE and CSIR-NET. Hence, it is comfortable for students
spcializations: - to clear national-level tests and gain admission to doctoral
(a) Condensed matter physics programs. An extensive collection of textbooks and reference
(b) Electronics books in Physics is available in the central library. In addition,
(c) Laser Physics several research journals in Physics are available through the
(d) Astrophysics (in collaboration with Indian Institute of library's online access. Please visit the web pages for more
Astrophysics) details on CBCS rules, course curriculum (syllabus), and
Eligibility: BSc degree in Physics with Mathematics and library. https://www.pondiuni.edu.in/pu-syllabus/
Chemistry as ancillaries and a minimum of 55% of marks https://www.pondiuni.edu.in/regulations/,
is required. http://lib.pondiuni.edu.in/
2. Five-year Integrated MSc (Physics)
Eligibility: 10+2 school completion certificate from
any central/state board with mathematics, physics, and
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
Admission will be based on the Central Universities Entrance
chemistry as the main subjects with a minimum of 50% of
Test (CUET), 2022.
marks is required.
3. PhD (Physics) - Full-time
Eligibility: MSc degree in Physics / Materials Science &
Technology with a minimum of
55% marks is required.
RESEARCH AREAS
Experimental Physics Associate Professors
Materials for high energy density battery, Solid-state ionics A Ramesh Naidu, MPhil., PhD (University of
Glass-ceramics & Spectroscopy, Fuel cells, Nonlinear optical Hyderabad)
materials, Magnetism and magnetic materials, Nanomaterials, Specialization: Computational neuroscience,
Plasma physics and Nonlinear dynamics, Thin films and Theoretical and computational physics
Plasmonics, Spintronics, multiferroics & photovoltaics, Thermal S V M Satyanarayana, PhD (IGCAR Kalpakkam)
plasma materials processing, Plasma arc gasification Specialization: Computational biophysics, Statistical
mechanics, Nonlinear dynamics, Quantum information
Theoretical Physics science
Nonlinear optics, Laser dynamics, Computational fluid Alok Sharan, PhD (IIT Kanpur)
dynamics, Computational biophysics, Statistical mechanics, Specialization: Experimental Nonlinear Optics,
Quantum information science, Atomic physics, Ab-initio DFT Computational Electromagnetics
simulations of materials, Quantum mechanics and Field theory. Rabindra Nath Bhowmik, PhD (Jadavpur University /
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES Specialization: Magnetism and magneto-transport
phenomena
Powder XRD, Glancing incidence XRD, Atomic force microscope Suraj Kumar Sinha, PhD (Institute for Plasma Research,
/ STM, Differential scanning calorimeter, Vibrating sample Gandhinagar)
magnetometer, Susceptibility meter, FT-IR spectrophotometer, Specialization: Plasma Physics.
DC magnetron sputtering system, Impedance analyzer (40 D Bharathi Mohan, PhD (University of Hyderabad)
MHz), LCR meter with a cryostat (80 K), Particle size analyzer, Specialization: I-VII Semiconductors, Plasmonics and
Surface area analyzer, Glove box, Battery cycle tester, High- Solar cells
temperature furnaces, Spinner magnetometer, Multifrequency K V P Lata, PhD (Indian Institute of Astrophysics)
ultrasonic interferometer, Nd-YAG laser, Titanium Sapphire Specialization: Atomic Physics, Ab-initio electronic
laser, Computing cluster (4 nodes), Quantum ATK atomic- structure calculations, CP Violation beyond the
scale modeling software, VASP software for ab-initio DFT standard model, Theoretical simulations of dust around
calculations, MATLAB for numerical computations, MAPLE for active galactic nuclei, Theoretical study and simulations
analytical calculations. of 2D materials
Gangineni Ramesh Babu, PhD (Technical University /
In addition, advanced research facilities accessible to IFW Dresden, Germany)
the Department of Physics are available in the Central Specialization: Spintronics, Multiferroics
Instrumentation Facility. For more details, visit : https://www.
pondiuni.edu.in/department/central-instrumentation-facility/ Assistant Professors
B Muthukumar, PhD (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)
Specialization: Quantum mechanics, Field theory on
non-commutative spaces
FACULTY
UGC-Assistant Professor
Professor & Head Yugeswaran Subramaniam, PhD (Bharathiar
R Sivakumar, PhD (IIT Madras) University)
Specialization: Theoretical nonlinear optics, Specialization: Thermal plasma processing, Advanced
Computational fluid dynamics, Hydrogen storage and coatings, Waste treatment and Clean energy
Fuel cells
Professors
Ramaswamy Murugan, PhD., FASCh (Pondicherry
University) [on EOL]
Specialization: Materials for lithium batteries, Spintronic
and multiferroic materials
V V Ravi Kanth Kumar, PhD (S V University, Tirupati)
Specialization: Photonic crystal fibers, Glass / glass-
ceramics, Spectroscopy, Experimental condensed matter
physics
S Sivaprakasam, PhD (University of Hyderabad)
Specialization: Laser Dynamics
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
The Department of Chemistry at Pondicherry University is a leader of the molecular revolution, addressing the most challenging
and important questions in physical and life sciences of the 21st century. By leveraging its multi-disciplinary vision, its culture
of synergistic collaboration and translational science, and its excellence in the physical, biological and engineering sciences, the
Department with its distinguished faculty and alumni is opening new fields and frontiers and fundamentally new and innovative
ways to address the increasingly complex scientific, health, energy and environmental problems of our time.
Since its inception in 1989, the Department has been engaged in imparting the highest level and quality of academic education and has
focused upon addressing key scientific problems, which have gathered worldwide appreciation and recognition. The Department has
a 16-member faculty expertise in frontier levels of research and have had the exposure and scope to carry out research of preliminary
originality contributing genuinely towards the enhancement of academic and industrial interactions. We have contributed towards
the publication of over 300+ research papers and 5 patents. There are about 10 ongoing research projects sponsored by various
government organizations.
Vision and Mission
• Boldly explore and advance new chemical frontiers in life sciences, physical sciences, medicine, energy, materials, and
environmental sciences through visionary research, innovation, collaboration, and scholarship
• Discover, Create and Understand
• Design and model molecules that modulate biological processes
• Create materials for energy storage, reaction enhancements, and applied materials
• Understand the contribution of geometric and electronic structure to function
• Inspire and Educate
• Inspire a knowledge platform that supports an inventive culture
• Educate future leaders about how chemistry underlies living systems and physical processes
• Lead and Collaborate
• Lead in fostering solutions to problems of global significance by collaborating across many disciplines both within and
external to Pondicherry University
Research Activities:
The Department is engaged in a number of innovative areas of work. Our research crosses traditional boundaries and engages with
other disciplines, both within Pondicherry University and with external stakeholders across a range of sectors. The importance
of the Department’s research in the real world is exemplified by our many industrial collaborations and successful start-ups. This
collaborative network is reflected in our 8 main research themes.
Catalysis:
The research areas are diverse across the theme, encompassing: small molecule and novel–materials synthesis, the development of
routes to new pharmaceuticals and therapeutics, new energy vectors, new polymeric materials, efficient use of renewable resources,
novel heterogeneous systems for chemicals essential for modern society, electrocatalysis, innovative healthcare solutions, chemical
biology, theory and computation.
Synthesis:
Our major synthetic research are (a) developing new and efficient Admission to Programs:
catalyst, (b) preparing small drug and probe molecules (c)
preparing new functional materials (d) developing new, energy 5-years M.Sc. Integrated Chemistry is a ten-semester program,
efficient, and greener synthetic routes. enabling students to explore the links within the subject and
Chemical Biology: related sciences. The core material is taken by all students, with
Our collaborative research areas are (a) understanding biology at opportunities to specialize later in the program. The fifth year is
the molecular level; synthesis and modification of biomolecules; devoted exclusively to research. Minimum Qualification: 10+2
development of biomolecular machines; molecular basis of school completion certificate from any central/state board with
biological mechanism (b) mechanistic studies of metalloenzyme Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry as main papers.
redox catalysis; small molecule activation at metal centres in
enzymes; new energy storage and generation solutions (c) creation Admission procedure: Admission will be based on the Central
of hit-lead-probe-drug candidates; development of diagnostic Universities Entrance Test (CUET), 2022.
methods; molecular imaging of disease; novel methods for the
interrogation of diseased systems; molecular strategies in targeted 2-years M.Sc. Chemistry program offers the right proportion of
delivery; De Novo synthetic biology, novel therapeutic strategies. a combination of theory and laboratory-based courses. Theory
Dynamics and Mechanism: courses are offered at two levels spread over four semesters. Class
Precision gas-phase kinetics and reaction dynamics studies are room attendance, interaction with peers and faculty, problem-
undertaken through quantum theoretical and collaborative efforts solving approach and integration with online learning management
for experimental investigations to improve our understanding of system are features of the program. Minimum Qualification: B.Sc.
molecular collisions at the most fundamental level. Chemistry or equivalent from any UGC recognized university/
Functional materials and interfaces: college. Candidates who do not possess mathematics in their +2
Our expertise spans the discovery, understanding and examination must prove their competence by registering for a
development of theory for materials providing solutions in designated mathematics course through NPTEL/MOOC.
energy, healthcare, electronics, engineering and catalysis. Much
of the research is naturally interdisciplinary and collaborative. Admission procedure: Admission will be based on the Central
Computational Chemistry and modelling: Universities Entrance Test (CUET), 2022.
The Theoretical research group at Pondicherry amply reflects
PhD Chemistry offered by the Department of Chemistry full-time/
this breadth and diversity, yet maintains coherence in terms of
part-time modes introduces students to research skills and specialist
research themes and methodology. Core research activities range
knowledge. Students are integrated into the research culture of the
from fundamental studies of quantum theory in condensed
Department by joining a research group, supervised by one of
matter, chemical reaction dynamics, and electronic processes in
our academic staff, in one of the following areas of Chemistry:
macromolecular systems, to computational soft and biological
solid state chemistry and inorganic materials, coordination
matter, computer simulation of novel materials, and applied
chemistry, analytical chemistry, bio-inorganic chemistry, bio-
computational research in inorganic and organic chemistry.
organic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, synthetic organic
Programs of Study:
chemistry, carbohydrate chemistry, photochemistry, polymer
Chemistry at Pondicherry University offers teaching and research
science, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis, green
programs, namely, M.Sc. Integrated Chemistry a five year program,
chemistry, nano chemistry, quantum chemistry, computational
M.Sc. Chemistry a two year program and Ph.D. Chemistry (full-
chemistry, cheminformatics, reaction dynamics, molecular and
time / part-time) of These programs is:
magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Minimum Qualification: M.Sc.
aim:
Chemistry/Chemical Sciences or equivalent from any UGC
• To provide a strong foundation in fundamentals of Chemistry
recognized university/college. Candidates possessing other degrees
through various degree programs to develop human resources
like M.Sc. Materials Chemistry, M.Sc. Industrial Chemistry, M.Sc.
with high professional competence, work ethics and human value.
Biochemistry are also considered for admission but for specific
• To develop skills to carry out research in cutting edge areas, both
research groups. Admission procedure: Admission to this program
of basic and applied nature, on par with international standards
will be through a common entrance examination with thequestion
• To develop diversified, integrated, interdisciplinary knowledge
paper having 100 multiple choice questions distributed in all sub-
and skills as well as inculcation of the values needed to survive in
branches of chemistry at post graduate level. Shortlisted candidates
the highly competitive knowledge and skilled society.
from the entrance examination must appear for an interview
• Give students relevant experience at the master's level and the
to evaluate their research aptitude. The cumulative marks from
opportunity to carry out focussed research in the discipline under
entrance examination and interview will be taken for admission.
close supervision.
Prospective students having CSIR-UGC JRF, are exempted from
• Give students the opportunity to acquire or develop skills and
the entrance test and may appear for the interview directly.
expertise relevant to their research interests.
• Provide all students with relevant and useful researcher
development training opportunities to broaden their horizons
and properly equip them for the opportunity which they seek
following their PhD studies.
Research Funding and Facilities

Premier national funding agencies such as DST, CSIR, UGC and R. Venkatesan, Ph.D. (IIT-Bombay)
AICTE support the research work of the faculty members. Apart Specialization: Applied Material Chemistry, Photochemistry,
from individual major sponsored research projects by the faculty Electrochemistry, Computers in Chemical Education.
members, the Department is also supported by the Department C. Sivasankar, Ph.D. (IISc, Bangalore)
of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India through Specialization: Catalysis, Organometallics, Bioinorganic and
FIST (Level-I) program and by the University Grants Commission Computational Chemistry.
through UGC-SAP (DSA-I) program to aim for higher impact M. Bakthadoss, Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad)
research activities. Specialization: Stereo Selective Organic Synthesis, Heterocyclic Chemistry,
The Department houses selected instrumental facilities to support Green Chemistry, Asymmetric Synthesis.
day-to-day teaching and research activities. The major facilities G. Vasuki, Ph.D. (Madurai Kamaraj University)
are: HRMS, Single Crystal XRD, FT-IR, LC-MS, HPLC, C/H/ Specialization: Green chemistry, Stereo selective Synthesis and Chemistry
N/S analyzer, UV-Vis spectrometer, Fluorescence spectrometer Education (Constructivist Learning).
and electrochemical workstations. In addition to this, the N. Dastagiri Reddy, Ph.D. (IIT-Kanpur)
Central instrumentation Facility offers numerous advanced level Specialization: Main group organometallics, transition metal based
instrumentation and analysis support to the department activities. homogenous catalysis.
The Department has excellent computational facility and computer M. M. Balakrishnarajan, Ph.D. (Bharathidasan University)
networking for both intra and internet facilities. This computational Specialization: Chemical Information Sciences, Computational
centre provides the necessary infrastructure to theoretical and Chemistry
computational research activities. C. R. Ramanathan, Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) Specialization:
In addition to the above, individual research groups have laboratory Asymmetric synthesis, Drug design and discovery. Binoy Krishna Saha,
space, fume hoods, essential laboratory equipment, anaerobic Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) Specialization: Crystal Engineering,
facilities, specialized equipment and others. Host-guest Chemistry, Polymorphism, Solid-state.
PLACEMENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

The academic curriculum of the Department helps a good Associate Professors
number of students to qualify in national level competitive S. Sabiah, Ph.D. (IIT-Madras)
examinations including NET, GATE, and to find placement in Specialization: Bio-inorganic chemistry, Coordination Chemistry and
major pharmaceutical, chemical manufacturing, industries and Metal-carbene Chemistry.
as academic professionals in colleges and universities through Toka Swu, Ph.D. (Nagaland University)
campus recruitment and personal contacts. Research students have Specialization: Material Science, Coordination Chemistry.
opportunities for post-doctoral positions in various international R. Padmanaban, Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad) Specialization:
and national institutes through government agencies and personal Quantum Dynamics, Excitation energy transfer.
contacts. P. Thanasekaran, Ph.D. (Madurai Kamaraj University) Specialization:
Photochemistry, Materials chemistry and Chemical biology.
FACULTY (For more information visit https://chempu.ac.in)
Professor & Head

Bala. Manimaran, Ph.D. (IIT-Bombay)
Specialization: Organometallics, Nanoscale Materials and
Supramolecular Chemistry.
Professors
Bidhu Bhusan Das, Ph.D. (IIT-Kanpur)
Specialization: Synthesis and state-of-the-art structure-property
relations in Electronic and Magnetic Materials, Powder XRD,
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (EPR, NMR).
K. Anbalagan, Ph.D. (University of Madras)
Specialization: Nanomaterial Photocatalysis, Inorganic Photo-
Chemistry, Nanosized Ferromagnetic materials, Surface
Adsorption Dynamics.
K. Tharanikkarasu, Ph.D. (University of Madras)
Specialization: Controlled Radical Polymerization, Anionic
Polymerization, Fuel Cell Membranes, Nanocomposites, Anti-TB
and Anti-Malarial agents.
DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES

The Department of Earth Sciences at Pondicherry University was started in September 1994. The Department is being supported by
UGC- Special Assistance Programme at DRS level and by DST-FIST Programme. A national facility for geochronology and isotope
geosciences in housed in the Department. The Department strives to achieve academic excellence and to produce geoscientists with
world class training.
 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY Ph,D. Earth Sciences

(Full – time, part time (Internal &External))
M.Sc. Applied Geology (2 year) The research programme includes course designed to
Integrated M.Sc. Applied Geology (5 year) develop research orientation, and supervised research work
These M.Sc. courses are designed to develop basic in conventional , as well as, emerging areas of geosciences.
understanding of the earth and earth processes, as well as, State of the art research facilities, including XRD, ICP-
skills to apply this knowledge to solve problems of global AES, ICP-MS, TIMS, IRMS, optical microscopes and
and national importance. The curriculum includes theory heating –freezing stage are available in the Department.
courses offered by experienced faculty, practical courses Additionally, XRF, EPMA, confocal Laser Raman
with world class laboratory facilities, intensive field training Spectrometer and other sophisticated research equipment
at the best locations in the country, and a project work useful for geo scientific research are available in the Central
supported by sophisticated equipment. Instrumentation Facility
 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
Admission will be based on the Central Universities
Entrance Test (CUET), 2022.
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES Geophysics Laboratory: Digital refraction seismic timer with

The Department has well equipped laboratories with sophisticated geophone, Terrameter, Portable magnetometer and Resistivity
equipment to cater to the needs of the practical course-work of meters are available.
M.Sc. students as well as for research. Major facilities available in
the Department are listed below: Topographic maps and Geological maps: Large collection
of topographic maps in 1: 50000 scale covering southern
Mineralogy, Petrology & Paleontology Laboratories: states of India and geological maps of Indian states, districts
Student and Research model Polarizing Microscopes with and important mineral deposits in various scales have been
Photographic facility heating-freezing stage for fluid inclusion procured.
Analysis Stereoscopic zoom microscopes, Laser Particle Size
Analyser, X-ray Powder Diffractometer, Isodynamic Magnetic RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Separator are available in the Department. SEM, XRF and EPMA The research areas offered by the Department are Geochemistry,
are available in CIF to support paleontological / mineralogical / Isotope Geochronology, Ore Geology, Tectonics, Metamorphic
petrological studies. Petrology and Paleoclimate studies, Hydrogeology, Remote
Sensing and GIS. Interdisciplinary research with the
Museum: The Department has a Geology museum with a Departments of Chemistry and Physics are being actively
collection of about 800 rock forming minerals, ore minerals, pursued in the fields of EPR spectroscopy of minerals and
industrial minerals, various type of rocks and fossils. paleomagnetism. Inter-institutional collaborative research
involving IITs, and PRL are also in progress. Presently, 25 full-
Geochemical Laboratory: Advanced analytical facilities like ICP- time and 2 part-time scholars are working for Ph.D. All the
OES, ICP-MS are available. This laboratory also has other minor faculty have research projects funded by DST,CSIR, UGC, PRL,
equipment like Furnace, Electronic balance, Spectrophotometer, BRNS, PLANEX etc. Recognising the research capability of the
Flame photometer, Conductivity meter, pH meter, MilliQ Water Department, DST has provided funds under FIST programme
Purifier etc. (` 50 lakhs) for the Second Phase recently.
Isotope Geoscience Laboratory: Thermal ionization mass Geochronology and Radiogenic Isotope Research
spectrometer with ultra-clean laboratory to carry out Rb-Sr, Sm- A variety of studies, such as, Archean crust-mantle evolution,
Nd and U-Th-Pb geochronological and isotope studies is available. early oxygenation of the Earth, tectonic evolution of south
This laboratory is also used for cosmogenic isotope studies (10Be, Indian granulitic terranes, petrogenesis of carbonatites, origin
26Al) in collaboration with IUAC, New Delhi. of Proterozoic sedimentary basins and provenance of modern
and ancient fluvial, deltaic and beach sediments and water-rock
Computing and Remote sensing & GIS Facility: Adequate interaction studies are being carried out. Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd and Pb-
number of PCs with internet connectivity through University Pb isotope compositions on whole-rock and mineral separates
intranet and online access for large number of journals and other are being routinely analyzed using a clean isotope geochemistry
e-sources. ERDAS, ArcGIS, ENVI-IDL, Total Station Microsurvey lab and Thermal Ionization Mass Spectrometer (TIMS, Triton
CADD2010 softwares and digital satellite imageries for remote - model of Thermo-Finnigan) and LA-ICPMS. 10Be and 26Al
sensing and GIS applications are available. isotope studies are undertaken to estimate denudation and
sedimentation rates.
IRMS Laboratory: For measurement of stable isotope composition
of H, C, O, S, in a variety of sample (water carbonates, sulphides Ore Geology
Organic Metter etc) a lab is established There are active research programmes on the study of well known
as a central facility. ore deposits in India and Russia to understand the environment
and process of ore formation. These research programmes
Field Equipment: Global positioning system, Survey equipment, are supported by well equipped optical microscopy, fluid
SLR and Digital cameras are available to carryout geological field inclusion, XRD and LA-ICP MS labs in the Department and
studies. EPMA, WD-XRF and Laser Raman Microprobe in the Central
Instrumentation Facility.
Geoscience Workshop: Rock cutting machine, thin section Stable isotope (hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur)
preparing machine, Mounting machine for polished ore blocks analysis of carbonate, sulfide and sulfate ore minerals is also
are available for preparing thin sections and ore mounts. Ball carried out using IRMS for understanding processes of ore
mill and Planetary mill with agate grinding sets, Automatic sieve formation.
shaker are available for sample preparation.
Rock Weathering and Sediment Geochemistry ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS:

The research includes study of elemental, including REE, Several new faculty members are being recruited who are
redistribution during the surface earth processes and its use in expected to join the Department before the start of new
provenance and tectonic interpretations. The study of micro academic year. A new programme 2-year M.Sc. (Geophysics)
and macro-level geochemical and mineralogical changes will be started shortly.
in different rock types weathering under different climatic
regimes is also being carried out. The research is carried out FACULTY
in well equipped laboratories with facilities for chemical
digestion of geological samples and elemental analysis by ICP- Professor & Head
MS, ICP-AES and EPMA Rajneesh Bhutani, Ph.D.
(Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad)
Paleoclimatology and climate studies Specialization: Isotope Geology, Tectonics.
The research involves reconstruction of the past climate
employing chemical and isotopic studies of various proxies Professors
such as lacustrine and deltaic sediments and tree-rings. The M. S. Pandian, Ph.D. (Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad)
current projects deal with paleoclimate reconstruction of Specialization: Economic Geology, Mineral Exploration.
the Cauvery river basin and high resolution temperature D. Senthil Nathan, Ph.D. (IIT, Kharagpur)
reconstruction of western Himalaya. The Research also Specialization: Paleontology, Sedimentology.
includes isotopic characterization of modern precipitation Pramod Singh, Ph.D.
for understanding the evolution of isotopic composition of (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
rainfall during precipitation. Modeling studies for proxy Specialization: Geochemistry, Sedimentology.
characterization and response analysis is also being carried K. Srinivasamoorthy, Ph.D. (Annamalai University)
out. The research work is supported by IRMS, particle size Specialization: Hydrogeology, Remote Sensing and GIS.
analyzer, XRD etc.
Associate Professors
Remote Sensing and GIS Subhadip Bhadra, Ph.D. (IIT, Kharagpur)
The research activities involved are lithological discrimination Specialization: Structural Geology, Geochemistry.
and mineral targeting using hyperspectral remote sensing and Nurul Absar, Ph.D.
Planetary Geology. The lab is equipped with computational (Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)
facilities to do image processing and GIS related work. Software Specialization: Sedimentary Geochemistry, Precambrian
– ERDAS Imagine 10, ENVI4.7, ARCGIS are available.
Assistant Professors
Micropaleontology S. Lasitha, Ph.D. (Cochin University of Sci. & Tech.)
Research at post-graduate and PhD level is offered and the Specialization: Geophysics (Seismology & Gravity).
laboratory is equipped with Wet laboratory, Stereozoom Manisha Kumari, Ph.D.
Microscopes and SEM with all other essential facilities. (Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur)
Specialization: Palaeontology, Stratigraphy,
Geophysics Micropalaeontology.
With the help of Proton Precession Magnetometer and the Crustal Evolution, Sedimentology.
crustal modeling “Oasis Montaj” software ground magnetic K. N. Kusuma Ph.D.
studies are being carried out in the northeast part of Tamil (IIT Bombay)
Nadu. Specialization: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, GIS, Planetary
Geology, Geomorpology.
Geohydrology
Groundwater and surface water chemistry, geochemical and
geohydrological modeling, thermodynamics and speciation
modeling, remote sensing and GIS applications in groundwater
resource estimation and management is being done.
Equipment such as Flame photometer, Spectrophotometer,
Ion selective detectors and Resistivity equipments and
groundwater modeling software are available.
PLACEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
The academic curriculum of the Department helps a good
number of students to qualify in national level competitive
examinations including NET, GATE, and to find placement
in major geoscientific organizations like AMD, GSI, CGWB,
NHPC, ONGC, etc. Private companies also recruit students
through on and off campus placements.
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
The Department was established in 1986 and it aims to train people who are oriented towards research and teaching in advanced
areas of Mathematics. The Department was supported for the development of infrastructure by the Department of Science and
Technology (DST), Government of India under FIST programme during 2009-14 and University Grants Commissions (UGC) -
Special Assistance Programme (SAP) - DRS-I level during 2009-14. Presently, the Department is supported by the University Grants
Commission - Special Assistantce Programe (SAP) - DRS-II level for enriching Research Support for the period 2015-20. The
National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) gives support for the purchase of library books related to Mathematics. The faculty
members are involved in national and international projects.
 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY FACULTY

M.Sc. Mathematics
M.Sc. Mathematics (Five Year Integrated Course) Professor & Head
Ph.D. Mathematics (Full-time) Rajeswari Seshadri, Ph.D. (I.I.Sc., Bangalore)
Specialization: Differential Equations & their Numerical
Methods
Admission will be based on the Central Universities Professors
Entrance Test (CUET), 2022. M. Subbiah, Ph.D. (I.I.T., Kanpur)
Specialization: Hydrodynamic Stability
T. Duraivel, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University, Puducherry)
Specialization: Commutative Algebra
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
The Department has a separate building, a seminar hall and Associate Professor
a well-equipped computer laboratory. Various mathematical A. Joseph Kennedy, Ph.D. (University of Madras, Chennai)
softwares for course work and research are also available. Specialization: Combinatorial Representation Theory
The National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) gives
support for Library. . Assistant Professors
S. Francis Raj, Ph.D. (SASTRA University, Thanjavur)
Specialization: Graph Theory.
S. N. Fathima, Ph.D. (Mysore University, Mysore)
Specialization: Number Theory, Special Functions
I. Subramania Pillai, Ph.D.
(University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad)
Specialization: Topological Dynamics.
DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS
[DST-FIST & UGC-SAP(DRS-1) Department]
The Department of Statistics was established in 2006. Currently, the department offers M.Sc. Statistics, M.Sc. Five Year Integrated
(Statistics) and Ph.D. (Statistics) programmes. The department aims to train students in the development and applications of
Statistical techniques for analyzing data arising in the scientific investigation of problems in various disciplines. It also provides first
hand practical experience in handling modern statistical software in the analysis of such data. In the present scenario, it is rather
impossible, even to think of any field which does not employ modern statistical tools to arrive at rational conclusions from research
studies and a statistician is always an indispensable part of any research team carrying out any research investigation.
The Department is supported for development of infrastructure by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government
of India under FIST program and University Grants Commission (UGC) – Special Assistance Program (SAP) – DRS – I level. The
faculty members are actively engaged in research and published papers in National and International journals.
 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY PLACEMENTS AND BEST PRACTICES

M.Sc. Statistics The Placement activities of the Department are taken
M.Sc. Statistics (Five Year Integrated) care by a Placement Cell which comprises of a student
Ph.D. Statistics (Full-time and Part-time) member and a faculty advisor. The placement cell organizes
 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION campus recruitment programs every year and takes pride in
facilitating placement for eligible students in Multinational
Admission will be based on the Central Universities Entrance Companies and other companies in the private sector. Many
Test (CUET), 2022. MNC are conducting the campus placement/recruitments
in the department in the core areas of statistics and general
recruitments along with other departments. Our students are
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES excelling their careers on Five broad spectrum of TRACS
• Teaching & Learning

The Department of Statistics has separate premises with facilities • Research & Higher Education,
like Seminar Halls, Statistical Computing Laboratories. Classrooms • Administrative Placements & Self Employment
with LCD projectors and Wi-fi connectivity for conducting classes. • Consulting & Data Practicing
There are around 70 terminals in the computing laboratories with • Statistical Software Training & Skill Development
high end configuration that support standard statistical software like
IBM SPSS 19.0, MINITAB 17 and R language. Students will have Department is also providing co curriculum activities for
ample opportunities to use of these software’s that will help them overall development of students by undertaking the necessary
in placement after completion of the course. The course curriculum programs.
includes a blend of theoretical and applied papers. Preparing the
students for the needs of current job market trends is the main • Alumni activities for better liaison between the current and
objective of our course programs. past students;
• Student affairs for exploring interactions among university
Statistics books (both text book and reference book) worth more than and industry;
20 lakhs are available in the central library in addition to e –resources • Eminent invited lecture series;
and e – journals. The recent syllabus for M.Sc. course provides broad • Placements, Career Planning and Soft skills
choice of opportunities in selecting the elective subject according to developments;
their preferences. Since the updated syllabus includes UGC-CSIR
NET examination contents, the students will be benefitted in taking
NET examination and other competitive examination for the All
India Services
Statistics department is hosting regular academic activities in R. Vishnu Vardhan, Ph.D. (Sri Venkateswara University)
the form of Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, educational Specialization: Biostatistics, Multivariate Analysis,
tours, Placement Activities, Alumni Networking, Skill Computational Statistics
Development Programs, Statistical Software Training, etc. Sudesh Pundir, Ph.D. (Panjab University)
Specialization: Distribution Theory, Statistical Inference
Semester wise Academic planning, Special invited lecture series including
with eminent people, Campus recruitment, Career guidance, Bayesian, High Dimensional Data Analysis
Student coordinating activities for overall development, J. Prabhakara Naik, Ph.D. (Sri Venkateswara University)
Choice based credit system, Freedom for selecting either Specialization: Statistical Modelling and Inference
internal or external soft core papers and pursue the courses as
per the flexibility of students need are some other interesting
features of the courses.
The department is making the up gradation of academic

orientation and syllabus modification as per the current trends
and changing requirements of job market as well as emerging
changes in new knowledge inputs. There are periodical
meetings of Board of studies to take up the above mentioned
activities.
FACULTY
Professor and Head
Kiruthika, Ph.D. (University of Madras)
Specialization: Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Artificial
Neural Network
Professor
P. Tirupathi Rao, Ph.D. (Andhra University)
Specialization: Stochastic Modeling, Optimization Methods,
Statistical Computing and Biostatistics.
Navin Chandra, Ph.D. (Banaras Hindu University)
Specialization: Reliability Theory, Bayesian Inference,
Survival Analysis
V. S. Vaidyanathan, Ph.D. (University of Madras)
Specialization: Data Mining, Distribution Theory, Inference.
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

School of Engineering & Technology
The Department aims at imparting quality education in Computer Science & Engineering and Information Technology through
various post-graduate programmes. It also offers an atmosphere conducive for research scholars for pursuing research in various
advanced areas of Computer Science Engineering and Information Technology.
The faculty members are actively engaged in research and have a number of patents and research publications. The Department also
has an ongoing Research Project funded by SPARC (Scheme for the Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration), an initiative
by MHRD, DST-SERB facilitating academic and research collaborations between top ranked Indian Institutions and globally ranked
Foreign Institutions.
 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY STUDENTS ACTIVITIES

M.Sc. Computer Science (University Main Campus & The Computer Science students’ association, PIXEL, provides
Karaikal Campus) opportunities to sharpen the skills of students by organizing
M.C.A. (Two Years Programme)(University Main Campus lectures and students meet. The alumni of the Department
& Karaikal Campus) deliver lectures on latest topics periodically for updating the
M.Sc. Computer Science (Five Year Integrated) skill sets of the students.
M.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering #INCLUDE, the Students' programming club organises year
M.Tech. Network & Information Security long training programmes and programming events for the
Ph.D. Computer Science students of the University Departments.
(Full-time, Part-time (Internal & External))
Ph.D. Computer Science & Engineering PLACEMENT
(Full-time, Part-time (Internal & External)) The Placement activities of the Department are taken care by
a Placement Cell which comprises of student members and
 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION a Faculty Advisor. The Placement Cell organizes Campus
Admission will be based on the Central Universities recruitment programmes every year and takes pride in
facilitating placement for the eligible students in Multi-
Entrance Test (CUET), 2022.
National Companies and Banking Sector. The Department
organises programming and soft-skill training programmes to
prepare the students for placements.
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES
The Department has a separate building, 2 seminar halls and
ICT enabled classrooms. The Department is equipped with
state-of-the-art programming labs, research labs, funded
project labs and an IoT lab.
FACULTY
Professor & Head

S. Siva Sathya, Ph.D. (Pondichery University, Puducherry)
Specialization: Evolutionary Algorithms, Wireless Computing
& Spatial Data Mining.
Professors
R. Subramanian, Ph.D. (IIT Delhi)
Specialization: Evolutionary Algorithms & Cloud Computing.
T. Chithralekha, Ph.D.(Pondicherry University, Puducherry)

Specialization: Cyber Security & Data Science.
S.K.V. Jayakumar, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University,
Puducherry)
Specialization: Web Services Computing, Cloud Computing &
Data Science.
K. Suresh Joseph, Ph.D. (AnnaUniversity, Chennai)
Specialization: Operating Systems and Soft Computing.
S. Ravi, Ph.D. (M.S. University, Thirunelveli) Pondicherry)

Specialization: Image Processing, Algorithms, Bio-Metric Specialization: Human Computer Interaction & Accessibility
Systems, Operating System & Medical Imaging. Computing.
M.Nandhini, Ph.D. (Bharathiar University, Coimbatore) V. Uma, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University, Puducherry)
Specialization: Articial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Specialization: Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Machine
Evolutionary Algorithms & Combinatorial Optimization. Learning & Deep Learning.
P. Shanthi Bala, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University, Puducherry)
Assistant Professors Specialization: Distributed Computing Systems, Knowledge
R.P. Seenivasan, M.C.A., M.Phil. (Madras University, Engineering and Computer Networks.
Chennai) T. Vengattaraman, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University,
Specialization: Software Engineering and Database Puducherry)
Management Systems. Specialization: Distributed Computing & Nature Inspired
K.Vijayanand, Ph.D. Algorithms.
(Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh)
Specialization: Natural Language Processing
T. Sivakumar, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University, Puducherry)
Specialization: Database Management Systems & Computer
Networks.
R. Sunitha, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University, Puducherry)
Specialization: Theoretical Computer Science & Knowledge
Engineering.
Pothula Sujatha, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University,
Puducherry)
Specialization: Information Retrieval, Multilingual Systems &
Database Technologies.
M. Sathya, M.Tech. (Pondicherry University, Puducherry)
Specialization: Software Engineering
K.S. Kuppusamy, Ph.D. (Pondicherry University,
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
The Department of History was established in December 1987 with following main objectives:
 To provide facilities for study and research related to the social, economic and cultural history of India
 To highlight the intellectual tradition and cultural heritage of India
 To explore the history of countries other than India
 To undertake the study of historiography and the philosophy of history
 To provide knowledge of the theory and practice of historical writing
 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING:

The Department of History has entered into a Memorandum of
M.A. History Undertaking (MoU) with C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation,
M.A. History (5 Year Integrated) Chennai and Sharma Center for Heritage Education, Chennai
Ph.D. History to collaborate in teaching, training and research programmes
in tune with the New Education Policy 2020.
Test (CUET), 2022. FACULTY
Professor & Head
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES N. Chandramouli, Ph.D. (Telugu University, Hyderabad)
The Department is equipped with Smart Class Room facility for Specialization: Ancient Indian History, Field Archaeology,
ICT integrated teaching. It has sophisticated equipment such Archaeology of South India, Rock Art of India, Indian
as LCD projectors, public address systems, etc., for effective Numismatics and Indian Epigraphy.
teaching. Besides the chalk and talk method, the teaching is done
thorough Power Point presentations. Students are encouraged to Professors
develop their skills of communication through group discussions G. Chandhrika, Ph.D.
and individual seminars. State of the art survey and excavation (Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar)
equipment are used in archaeological, archival and historical data Specialization: Modern History, Intellectual History of
collection, analysis and report writing. The centralised facility Modern India, Historiography and Women’s History.
of a well equipped computer laboratory in the University is an
additional infrastructural facility available for the students of the K. Venugopal Reddy, Ph.D.
Department. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Specialization: Modern History, Economic History of India,
INVITED LECTURES AND FIELD TRIPS Nationalist Movement in India and Labour History.
The Department conducts national seminars and invites
distinguished scholars for giving lectures throughout the Assistant Professor
academic year with a view to disseminate advanced knowledge in Paokholal Haokip, Ph.D.
chosen fields of history. Field trips to nearby places of importance (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
are undertaken every year. The students of the Department Specialization: Modern History, Overseas Slave Trade,
are getting placements as teachers in the history departments Diaspora Studies, Colonial History of North East India and
in colleges and universities in different parts of India and as North West Burma and Genocide Studies.
technicians in governmental agencies like the Archaeological Ruman Banerjee, Ph.D. (University Bristol, United
Survey of India and the State Departments of Archaeology and Kingdom)
Museums. Specialization: Ancient Indian History & Archaeology,
Eurasian Prehistory, Field Archaeology, Remote Sensing and
GIS (RS-GIS) and Scientific Dating of Rock Art.
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICS AND

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
The salient features of the Department include:
 UGC Special Assistance Programme DRS-II Level.
 Exchange programmes with prestigious foreign and Indian universities.
 Interactions with distinguished Indian and foreign scholars through seminars, conferences, workshops and refresher
courses.
 Promoting teaching and research in the areas of international relations and area studies in general and South Asia in
particular
 Policy input to the makers of India’s foreign and security policies as well as the theoretical understanding of International
relations.
 Publication of the scholarly journals titled International Journal of South Asian Studies.
 Publication of scholarly books on thrust areas of teaching and research programmes in the Department.
 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY
Professor
M.A. Politics & International Relations (2 Years) P. Lazarus Samraj, Ph.D.
M.A. Political Science (2 Years) (Annamalai University)
M.A. Political Science (Five Year Integrated) Specialization: Indo-U.S. Relations, Terrorism, Indian
Ph.D. Politics & International Studies (Full-time & Part- Government & Politics
time (Internal & External)
 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION Associate Professors
Admission will be based on the Central Universities Nanda Kishor M S, Ph.D.
Entrance Test (CUET), 2022 . (University of Hyderabad)
Specialization: Geopolitics and International Relations
Sanjay Sharma, Ph.D.
(Jamia Hamdard University)
THE THRUST AREAS OF TEACHING AND Specialization: Public Policy & Political Ecology
RESEARCH
Specific focus on India’s Foreign and Security Policy, Indian Assistant Professors
political system, Political Theory, Political Economy of
Development, Public Administration, South Asian Regional G. Rose, M. Phil.
ooperation and Peace and Conflict Resolution. (Jawaharalal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Specialization: International Organisation, Theories of
International Relations.
INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES Pramod Kumar Ph. D.
The Department has good infra-structural facilities including (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
interactive class rooms, Smart class rooms and other teaching Specialization: Central Asian and Russian Studies, Energy Security
aids to assist teachers and students in their pursuit of and Sustainable Development.
academic excellence and relavance. Richa Tiwari, Ph.D.
(University of Rajasthan)
Specialization: Political Philosophy, Indian Political Theory
FACULTY
Professor & Head Harsh Meena, Ph.D.
N. K. Kumaresan Raja, Ph. D. (University of Delhi)
(University of Madras) Specialization: Federal Polity, Electoral Politics & Tribal Welfare
Specialization: Pubic Administration, Public Policy and Policy
Governance & Land Administration
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
The Department of Sociology was established in 1993. Students were admitted to the M.A and Ph.D programmes from 1993-94
academic year and the M.Phil programme was introduced from 1996-97. The Post-Graduate Diploma in Rural Development was
launched from 2009-10. In a span of over two and half decades, the Department has trained a fairly large number of talented post-
graduate students drawn from different parts of the country. From its inception, the Department has focused on understanding the
complexities of modern social life through the application of advanced sociological theories and methods within an interdisciplinary
framework building upon the traditions of the discipline. The students are encouraged to acquire critical reading, theoretical insights
and research skills through rigorous training. The research areas undertaken by students and faculty members cover a wide range of
issues of public concern like the effects of economic development on society and culture, problems of weaker sections, gender and
society, disaster management, environmental issues, social movements, minority studies, etc.
The Department equips students for a variety of careers including academics, civil services, activism and advocacy. The alumni are
employed in reputed governmental as well as corporate organizations in India and abroad.
 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY FACULTY

M.A. Sociology Professor & Head
M.A. Sociology (Five Year Integrated Course) B. B. Mohanty, Ph.D.
Ph.D. Sociology (Sambalpur University, Sambalpur)
 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION Specialization: Agrarian Change, Economic Sociology and
Sociology of Development.
Test (CUET), 2022. Professors
K. Gulam Dasthagir, Ph.D (University of Madras, Chennai)
Specialization: Sociology of Water, Rural Development
Sociology, Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Religious
FACILITIES Minorities.
 Computer Laboratory with internet facilities. Sudha Sitharaman, Ph.D. (ISEC, Bangalore)
 Rich collection of books, journals and reports in the Specialization: Sociology of Religion and Religious
Library. Communities; Sociology of Social Movements.
 Class room with modern instructional equipment. C. Aruna, Ph.D. (Bharathiar University, Coimbatore)
Specialization: Gender Studies, Social Network and Migration
Studies.
Pradeep Kumar Parida, Ph.D.
(Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar)
Specialization: Sociology of Development, Sociology of
Disaster and Sociology of Education.
Assistant Professors
Mansy. M, Ph.D. (University of Kerala,Thiruvananthapuram)
Specialization: Migration Studies, Public Health and
Development Sociology.
Imtirenla Longkumer, Ph.D.
(Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Specialization: Gender Studies, Sociology of Religion,
Cultural Studies, Sociology of Media.
M.A. (SEAL) (FIVE YEARS INTEGRATED PROGRAMME)

Masters of Arts in Social & Economic Administration and Law
PROGRAMME SUMMARY
M.A(SEAL) is a five-year integrated multi-disciplinary intensive programme on Social & Economic Administration and Law.
PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
* It is a Dual Degree Programme. And this tailor-madeDual Degree is to synergize Pondicherry University and Paris-1
Panthéon-Sorbonne in the fields of Social & Economic Management and Law, as per the M.O.U. signed on 1st April 2019.
* The Programme further intends to bring together the students of France and India while strengthening and encouraging
youth employment.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE
Admission will be based on the Central Universities Entrance Test (CUET), 2022.
PROGRAMME
The students from Pondicherry University who opt for this Programme will spend the first two years in Pondicherry University,
and the third year will be in Paris-1. The Paris-1 students will spend the first two years in Paris-1, and the third year in Pondi-
cherry University. This to-&-fro mobility of each candidate will also depend on the merit of each one's academic credentials
and selection interview performance, as well as the availability of the required sponsorship / scholarship / funding for the 3rd
year of study in France or India.
Each group will have to reach the B2 level in French / English.The Pondicherry University B.A. (SEAL) students will have the
exit option in case they do not wish to continue their Masters. If the Paris-1 students wish to continue their Masters, they will
join Pondicherry University for the M.A. (SEAL), as Paris-1 does not have an M.A. (SEAL). So, the M.A. Intg. (SEAL) will fol-
low this course:
Admission Requirements
Location
B.A. (SEAL)
PU Students Paris-1 Students
Year 1 Pondicherry University Paris-1
Year 2. Pondicherry University Paris-1
*Pre-departure 8-week Internship in an Indo- *Pre-departure 8-week Internship in an Indo-
French Corporate in India (June-July) French Corporate in France (June-July)
*From September to next year May, 3rd Year in *From August to next year May, 3rd Year in
Year 3 Paris-1 Pondicherry University
*Post-Course Work 8-week Internship in an Indo- *Post-Course Work 8-week Internship in an
French Corporate in France (June-July), if the Indo-French Corporate in India (June-July), if the
students wish students wish
DEGREE GIVEN A Dual Degree : "Licence Administration Économique et Sociale" from Paris-1, and "Bachelor of Arts in
AFTER EXIT OPTION Social, Economic Administration and Law" from Pondicherry University
Location
M.A. (SEAL)
PU Students Paris-1 Students
Year 4 Pondicherry University Pondicherry University
Year 5 Pondicherry University Pondicherry University
DEGREE GIVEN
AFTER 5 YEARS' A Dual Degree : "Licence Administration Économique et Sociale" from Paris-1, and "Master of Arts in
INTEGRATED Social, Economic Administration and Law" from Pondicherry University
PROGRAMME
PROGRAMME OUTCOME
This Programme offers a professional qualification curriculum and aims to further the bilateral and educational links between
India and France.The M.A. Intg. (SEAL) is an interdisciplinary blend of Social Sciences, Economics, Commerce, Management,
and Law, and it would give the perfect grounding to appear for the U.P.S.C. / I.A.S. / I.F.S.. It will also be an excellent opportunity
to work after the completion of this Degree in governmental institutions or corporates, specially in Indo-French companies ;
there is also the possibility of these graduates being absorbed by the very same companies where they would have done their
internships.
PEDAGOGICAL METHOD
Classroom lectures, tutorials, seminars, case studies, etc, shall form part of the teaching methods. Students are also encour-
aged to develop self-learning skills to carry out independent research. Project writing and presentation of the Project and Viva
Voce will also form part of the teaching methods.
EVALUATION CRITERIA
The evaluation of this Programme is as per the UGC guidelines of evaluation. Internal assessment is for 40% marks
and End Semester Exam is for 60% marks.
1.Internal Assessments consist of term tests, written assessment / seminar presentations. (40% of marks)
2.End Semester Exam consists of 3 hours written test (60% of marks).
INTERNSHIP
Between the second and third year, the students should undertake a mandatory internship, either in France or India, for at
least 8 weeks. They will have to present a written report on their Internship and face the relevant Viva.
PROJECT
During the fifth year, the students are required to choose any area of their interest in Social & Economic Administration and
Law in order to complete the Project. This Project submission is also followed by a Viva in the fifth year (X Semester).
COORDINATOR: Prof. Nalini J. Thampi (E-mail: [email protected])
PLACEMENT
PLACEMENT CELL
CELL
 One of the main responsibilities of the Placement Cell is to motivate, train and prepare the students of the University and its
affiliated colleges for campus interviews.
 It plays a very important and key role in counseling and guiding the students of the University and its affiliated colleges
for successful career placement which is a crucial interface for the students between the stages of completion of
academic programme of studies and entry into suitable employment.
Major activities of the Placement Cell: PLACEMENTS @ PU – (Since the Academic Year 2006-2007
till date):
 Organising On and Off Campus Interviews
 Organising training programmes like Personality Number of Interviews Organized : 543+
Development Programmes, Mock Aptitude Tests, Group Number of students placed : 5300+
Discussion training, Mock Interviews etc.,
 Enabling Industry Institute Interaction Companies recruited PU students:
 Co-ordinating industrial visits
 Co-ordinating project placement for the Students Reserve Bank of India, Cognizant, Accenture, HCL, Wipro, TCS,
Infosys, Azim Premji Foundation, SRF Limited, HP, GE Health
 Supporting technical seminars / conferences / Care, L&T Infotech, IDBI, HSBC, Standard Charted, Kotak
workshops organized by various departments Securities, Karur Vysya Bank, Datamark, Honeywell, Hindustan
 Organising Student workshops with major corporates Zinc, Reliance, ICICI Bank, LVB, HDFC Bank, Syscloud, Mind-
 Organising faculty development programmes fire Solutions, Syntel, Polaris, Cox & Kings, Hi Tours, Berger
collaborating with companies Paints, High Design, Royal Bank of Scotland, Bank of America
 Facilitating Industry Institute Interactions through and many more.
inviting experts for lectures, members of project
and laboratory evaluation panels, members of selection RECRUITERS CAN CONTACT:
committees etc.,.
 Inviting Industries for possible collaborations with Placement Co-ordinator
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Pondicherry University
Placement Cell / Student Services Centre
Pondicherry Central University
R.V. Nagar, Kalapet
Puducherry - 605014
STUDENTS WELFARE WING

The University has established an Office of students Welfare to cater to the welfare of the students of the University Department.
Dean Deputy Dean

Dr. A. Shahin Sultana Dr. S. Riasudeen
Professor Associate Professor
Department of Social Work Department of Management Studies
Pondicherry University Pondicherry University
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From the Vice-Chancellor’s Desk

Prof. GURMEET SINGH

VISITOR Shri. RAM NATH KOVIND

CHANCELLOR Shri. M. VENKAIAH NAIDU

CHIEF RECTOR Dr. TAMILISAI SOUNDARARAJAN

VICE-CHANCELLOR Prof. GURMEET SINGH

Director (i/c) (Studies, Educational Innovation & Rural Reconstruction)

O.S.D. (Culture & Cultural Relations)

Finance Officer (i/c)

Dean(i/c), College Development Council Dr. K. Chandrasekhara Rao

Assistant Librarian Dr. K.M. Shibu Deputy Chief Warden - PG

 100% Wi-Fi enabled campus

 100% power backup

 100% network of campus

 Library with remote access

 Sophisticated laboratories & instrumentation facilities

 Buildings with ramps & lifts

 Free state-of-the-art Day Care Centre & Pre- Primary

 24 hours Health Centre & ambulance facility

 State-of-the-art sports facilities

 Free education and lodging to differently-abled

by qualified library professionals were established in 2011 to

ii. Internet Leased Lines (ILLs) vi. VoIP Intercom

xi. Online Application for Admissions

CENTRAL INSTRUMENTATION FACILITY

Details of Major Research Equipment Available

Sl.No Name of the Instrument Make Model

Sl.No Name of the Instrument Make Model

II. Chromatography Systems

III. Microscopy Systems

IV Physical Property Determination Systems

18. Vibrating Sample Magnetometer with Lakeshore, USA 7404

CENTRAL MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP

Indian Bank operates a branch with all services in the University

The software PU-SAMS is an online-platform that is meant to man-

 Five Year Integrated M.Sc. Programme for +2 Students in the

 Five Year Integrated M.A. Programme for +2 Students in the

 Five Year Integrated M.A.(SEAL) Programme for +2 Students in the

iv) The candidate should have a minimum score of 50% in the

 Fee Table: - ALL FIVE YEAR INTEGRATED P.G Programmes (in `)

(*) Industry Interface Fund

SC/ST students who are eligible for Post-matric scholarships/Top class

The Account Number in which various kinds of fees/funds/deposits are to

(i) 5.00 rupees per day for the first 10 days

The Vice-Chancellor, or any other officer on his behalf, to whom this

Refund of fees, caution deposits, etc.

CONDUCT & DISCIPLINE

Pondicherry University has zero tolerance towards

Research Funding and Facilities

PLACEMENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS

FACULTY (For more information visit https://chempu.ac.in)

Professor & Head

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES

 PROGRAMMES OF STUDY Ph,D. Earth Sciences

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES Geophysics Laboratory: Digital refraction seismic timer with

Rock Weathering and Sediment Geochemistry ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS: