School of Philosophy and Religions Thought University of Madras 1 Name of the Department 2 Year of establishment 3 Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? 4 Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc.., D.Litt., etc.) 5 Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved 6 Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. 7 Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons 8 Examination System: Annual/ Semester/ Trimester/Choice Based Credit System 9 Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments Philosophy 1927 Part of School of Philosophy and Religious Thought P.G., M.Phil., Ph.D Choice Based credit system Six Electives are offered by the department 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors/others) Professor Associate Professors Asst. Professors Sanctioned Filled Actual (including CAS & MPS) 2 2 2 4 3 2 1 823
11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of Years of Experience No. of Ph.D./ M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years S.Panneerselvam M.A., M.Phil Ph.D Professor & Head Western Indian Logic 30 5 G. Mishra M.A M.Phil. Ph.D Professor Indian Aesthetics, Gandhian Philosophy 25 3 M. Venkatachalapathy M.A. M.Phil. Ph.D Assistant Professor Indian Social Philosophy of the Tamils 12 3 12 List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, emeritus professors 13 Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty programme-wise information M.A. 100 % M.Phil. 50% 14 Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio M.A. 12: 3 M.Phil. 84: 3 Ph.D. 26: 3 15 Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: Sanctioned Filled Actual 2 2 824
16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies South Indian Philosophy in general and Advaita in particular and also Tamil Philosophy 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise. Prof. G. Mishra UGC Major Research project Dr. M. Venkatachalapathy - UGC Post Doctoral Research Award 18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received a) National collaboration - b) International collaboration 19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received. 20. Research facility / centre with Yes State recognition - Yes National recognition - Yes International recognition - Yes 21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies 825
22. Publications: NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report * Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) : 10 * Monographs : 09 * Chapters in Books : 12 * Edited Books : 02 * Books with ISBN with details of publishers : 02 * Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : * Citation Index range / average : * SNIP : * SJR : * Impact Factor range / average : * h-index : * others : 23. Details of patents and income generated - 24. Areas of consultancy and income generated - 25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories / institutions / industries in India and abroad 26. Faculty serving in a) National committees b) International committees c) Editorial Boards d) any other (please specify) Prof. S. Panneerselvam Prof. G. Mishra 27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs, workshops, training programs and similar programs). 826
28. Student projects percentage of students who have done in-house projects including interdepartmental projects 75% percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities / industry / institute 50% 29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by Faculty : Dr. S.Panneerselvam 1. Regional Co-ordinator, Council in Research Values and The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 2. General Secretary, International Congress of Social Philosophy (ICSP) 3. Joint-Secretary, Indian Philosophical Congress, New Delhi. (IPC) 4. Associate Editor, Suvidya Journal of Philosophy and Religion. 5. Member of Board of Director of the Asian Network for Comparatives Studies on Mind, Chung-Ang University, South Korea. 6. Member, Editorial Board of the International Journal, Bio-cosmology-Neo- Aristotelism, Novgorod State University, Russia. Doctoral / post doctoral fellows - Students - 30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any. Details furnished in Appendix II 31. Code of ethics for research followed UGC Regulation on minimum standards and procedure for the award of M.Phil/ Ph.D degree 2009 are followed. 827
32. Student profile programme-wise: Name of the Programme (refer to question no. 4) NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report Applications received Selected Male Female Pass percentage Male Female 2007-08 M.A. 9 4 5 100 2008-09 M.A. 7 4 3 100 2009-10 M.A. 6 4 2 100 2010-11 M.A. 6 3 2 100 2011-12 M.A. 5 3 2 100 2012-13 M.A. 6 4 2 100 2007-08 M.Phil 4 2 1 100 2008-09 M.Phil 5 3 2 100 2009-10 M.Phil 4 2 1 100 2010-11 M.Phil 6 4 2 100 2011-12 M.Phil 4 3 1 100 2012-13 M.Phil 4 1 3 2007-08 Ph.D. 2 1 1 2008-09 Ph.D. 2 1 1 2009-10 Ph.D. 3 2 1 2010-11 Ph.D. 3 3-2011-12 Ph.D. 3 2 1 2012-13 Ph.D. 3 1 2 33. Diversity of students Name of the Programme (refer to question no. 4) % of students from the same university % of students from other universities within the State % of students from universities outside the State % of students from other countries M.A. 70 20 10 M.Phil 70 10 10 10 Ph.D. 50 20 10 20 34. How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defence Services examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details category-wise. UGC NET : 4 828
35. Student progression NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report Student progression Percentage against enrolled UG to PG PG to M.Phil. 80 PG to Ph.D. 60 Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral 10 Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment 20 Entrepreneurs 36. Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same university 100 from other universities within the State from universities from other States from universities outside the country 37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period 38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to a) Library We have a departmental library containing 17,000 books and 5 journals b) Internet facilities for staff and students - Available both for staff and students c) Total number of class rooms - ONE d) Class rooms with ICT facility - NIL e) Students laboratories - f) Research laboratories - 39. List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates : a) from the host institution/university -18 b) from other institutions/universities -7 40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the university. - Two 829
41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology. Our M.A. programme and electives offered by the Department attracts lot of students from other departments 42. Does the department obtain feedback from a. Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes. Feedback received from the faculties is placed before the Departmental Committee to revise the curriculum. b. Students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the department utilize the feedback? Students on staff every academic year feedback is obtained by the IQAC and the findings are communicated to the faculty individually every year. The feedback is taken into account for confirmation/ promotion. c. Alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department utilize the feedback? YES Representation from Industries are members of the Board of Studies. 43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) ---- 44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) involving external experts. The department arranges special programmes like special lectures, workshops and National and International seminars 45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. The teaching methods include lectures, group discussions, ICT, seminars and tutorials. 46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored? By periodical sessional tests, assignments, quiz, tutorials and counselling. 830
47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. Students and faculties participate in the extension programme every year wherein there is involvement with the local community and society 48. Give details of beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department. Our PG students are participating in organizing the conferences as volunteers in various committees Our PG students are participating in Poster and Oral presentations during seminars and conferences. Our Research Scholars, Tutors undergo hands on training sessions outside Tamilnadu. (Manipal, North Eastern States) 49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies? If yes, give details. ---- 50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge, basic or applied. The courses offered in the department are unique. Our MA course is the only course available in the country and we are able to attract lot of foreign students. We teach some special subjects like Ethics, Yoga and Tamil Philosophy so that the values are inculcated among the students 51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strength: Competency of the faculty and introduction of innovative courses Weakness: Shortage of staff Opportunities: Attracts international scholars to study Indian Philosophy. Challenges: To attract students for philosophy course. 52. Future plans of the department. The Department is planning to introduce a course in Yoga and Personality Development. The department has sufficient resource and this course will bring lot of job opportunities for students. 831