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The members of faculty endeavor to enhance the academic as well as i n d u s t r i a l i n te r a c t i o n s v i a innovative research contributions including the international publications of over eighty research papers, six books and two patents. Three members of faculty are rewarded the Young Scientist Award from the Tamilnadu State Council of Science and Technology (TNSCST). In addition to this, the Department acts as a platform for providing higher education through Ph.D programmes The Department is equipped with modernized instruments such as UV – Visible spectrometer Flame photometer BOD incubator Hot air oven Fluorescent spectrophotometer DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS M athematics is the gate and key of Science. It has played a very important role in building up modern civilization by perfecting all science. The Department offers Engineering Mathematics to undergraduate and postgraduate students in all disciplines. The Department has a vibrant team of highly qualified, dedicated and motivated faculty with the aim to provide strong fundamentals and application oriented teaching and intends to develop mathematical aspects of scientific computing in all its manifestations. The Department also provides students with opportunities for learning various mathematical software like MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple, etc., and a wide range of extra-curricular activities through Mathematics Club where numbers count!