DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY
Year of Establishment – 1956
| S. No. | Programmes Offered | Year of Introduction |
| 1 | PUC | 1956 |
| 2 | B.Sc. | 1983 |
| 3 | M.Sc. | 2017 |
Vision & Mission
Vision
We aim to attain excellence through high-quality education and research pertaining to local, regional and national requirements, and through collaboration with various researchers and educators across Tamil Nadu and India We look forward to indoctrinate the highest morals of life, respect for Mother Nature and concern for ethical values among students for establishing the sustainable environment.
Mission
- To instigate an awareness of the need to explore, identify and conserve biodiversity. To create an attractive and enthusiastic department where students want to come and study.
- To train students in zoological sciences and to equip them to apply themselves in activities requiring zoological expertise (Certificate course). Ultimately, our mission is tomake our students self-employable.
- Our Undergraduate level training aims to provide a clear understanding of the wholeanimal Kingdom, its systematics, development, physiology, evolution and conservation. At undergraduate level, we strive to maintain a high level of scientific excellence in achieving hands on experience on various techniques.
- To involve the department in community-based and outreach activities, whenever and wherever possible affordable quality education to weaker part of the society and
- To elevate the post graduate department of Zoology as the class academic and researchcentre of Madurai Kamaraj University.
Faculty
Aided
| S.No. | Name of the Faculty | Staff Code | Designation | Profile |
| 1 | Dr. K. ARIFA BANU M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., | TNMK021T72 | Assistant Professor & Head In-Charge |  |
| 2 | Dr. M. MOHIDEEN BATCHA M.Sc., Ph.D., B.Ed., | TNMK021T90 | Assistant Professor | |
| 3 | Dr. M. MOHAMED MEERAN M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D., | TNMK021T51 | Assistant Professor | |
| 4 | Dr. M. ASHIQ UR RAHMAN M.Sc., Ph.D., | TNMK021T83 | Assistant Professor | |
Unaided
| S.No. | Name of the Faculty | Staff Code | Designation | Profile |
| 1 | Dr. P. RAJA M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D., | TNMK021SFT176 | Assistant Professor | |
| 2 | Ms. R. SELVAKANI M.Sc., M.Phil., | TNMK021SFT187 | Assistant Professor | |
| 3 | Ms. P. VINNOLI M.Sc., B.Ed., M.Phil., | TNMK021SFT195 | Assistant Professor | |
| 4 | Ms. R. PRIYA M.Sc., M.Phil., B.Ed., | TNMK021SFT208 | Assistant Professor | |
Retired Faculty
- Prof. K. KONDAL RAJ
- Dr. K. NATHAR
- Prof. G. MOHAMED GHOUSE
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