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About the Department

  • The Department of Chemistry was established in the year 1996. It has a team of well-qualified faculty members with M.Phil and Ph.D degrees. The Department of Chemistry strives to move ahead with the study and practice of the emerging dynamic needs. The Department foster creative expression and critical thinking of students, and integrate scholastic excellence in learning with discipline.
  • In addition to disciplinary instruction and practice, it offers pedagogically meaningful curricular and co-curricular inputs which kindle the passion of learning in the minds of budding engineers and to make them innovative and creative to face the competitive world. The department has well equipped laboratory with all modern instruments. It provides individual attention for character-building, personality development along with educational and research excellence.

Programmes offered

Vision & Mission

Vision

  • To be a prominent centre in offering courses in chemistry to meet the needs of engineering.

Mission

  • To enable students learn basic chemical principles and reactions involved in engineering systems.
  • To address rural needs through research and eco-friendly solutions.

PEO, PO and PSO

Advisory Committee

Board of Studies

Members of the Board of Studies

ACADEMIC YEAR Department BOS Nominee Industry Expert Date of BOS
2013 Chemistry Dr.N.Rajendran,
Professor,Anna University, Chennai		 Dr. P. Jayaseelan,Junior Chemist,Chemical Division, Mettur Thermal plant 31.08.2013
2015 Chemistry Dr.K.Shanthi,
Professor,Anna University, Chennai		 Nil 21.12.2015
2017 Chemistry Dr.K.Shanthi,
Professor,Anna University, Chennai		 Nil 16.02.2017
2018 Chemistry Prof.R.Karpoora sundaram, Associate Professor, IRTT, Erode Nil 23.02.2018
2019 Chemistry Prof.R.Karpoora sundaram, Associate Professor, IRTT, Erode Nil 27.02.2019
2021 Chemistry Prof.R.Karpoora sundaram, Associate Professor, IRTT, Erode Nil 18.03.2021
2022 Chemistry Dr.K.Rajendra Kumar, Associate Professor, VIT, Chennai Nil 12.04.2022

PARTICIPATION & RECOGNITION

  • Dr .V. Dharmalingam, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Mahendra Engineering College (Autonomous),  act as a Oral presentation Judge in State level students inter college gate meet -2018 during 19.01.2018 at Ananda College, Devakottai.
  • Dr. N. Zulfareen, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Mahendra Engineering College (Autonomous), attended Online Webinar as a Resource Person on “Environmental Pollution” at Er. Perumal Manimekali College of Engineering, Hosur held on 19.06.2021.
  • Dr. N. Zulfareen, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Mahendra Engineering College (Autonomous), attended Online Webinar as a Key note Speaker on “World Ozone Day” at Tagore University, Bhopal held on 16.09.2021.

Laboratory

   The Chemistry laboratory is well equipped to cater the needs of students. It is equipped with modern digital equipments pertaining to the curriculum and syllabi of our college. Special attention is given to individual students by providing the required numbers of apparatus to learn the chemistry with excellence. Important equipments available in the chemistry laboratory are:

  • Digital Conductivity meter
  • Digital Potentiometer
  • Digital Spectrophotometer
  • Digital pH meter
  • Flame photometer
  • Hot air Oven

Library:

   The Chemistry department has its own exclusive library. A total of 300 books are available in the Chemistry Library under the following major topics of Chemistry, which facilitate the students to know more about the application of Chemistry in Engineering field.

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Spectroscopy
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Engineering Chemistry
  • National and International Journal publications.

Testing Activities

In our department testing and analysis of water is carried out for the following parameters:

  • Hardness
  • Chloride
  • Dissolved Oxygen
  • Alkalinity
  • PH

Faculty & Staff

S.No. Name of the Faculty Member Qualification Position
1 Dr. P. Dhanakodi Associate Professor & Head MSc., MPhil.,Ph.D
2 Mr. M. Gunasekaran Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,
3 Mr. P. Sathishkumar Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,
4 Dr. N. Zulfareen Associate Professor MSc., MPhil.,Ph.D
5 Dr. R. Ganapathi Sundaram Associate Professor MSc., MPhil.,Ph.D
6 Mr. A. S. Karthik Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,
7 Mrs. I. Sajitha Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,
8 Dr. V. Dharmalingam Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,Ph.D
9 Dr. V. Manivanan Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,Ph.D
10 Mr. T. Gunasekaran Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,
11 Mr. K. Alaguvel Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,
12 Mr. N. Ayyapan Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,
13 Dr. R. Ranganathan Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,Ph.D
14 Dr. S. Brillians Revin Assistant Professor MSc., Ph.D
15 Dr. S. Veeramanikandan Assistant Professor MSc., Ph.D
16 Dr. S. Chitra Assistant Professor MSc., MPhil.,Ph.D
FACULTY MEMBERS – PURSUING Ph.D
S. No.

 Name of the Faculty Member

 Qualification

 Position
1.

 Mr. M. GUNASEKARAN

 MSc.,MPhil.,(Ph.D)

 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
2.

 Mr. A. S. KARTHIK

 MSc.,MPhil.,(Ph.D)

 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
3.

 Mrs. I. SAJITHA

 MSc.,MPhil.,(Ph.D)

 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
4.

 Mr. T. GUNASEKARAN

 MSc.,MPhil.,(Ph.D)

 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
5.

 Mr. K. ALAGUVEL

 MSc.,MPhil.,(Ph.D)

 ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Faculty research publication
Sl. No Name of the faculty No. of research publication
1 Mr.P.Dhanakodi 4
2 Mr. M. Gunasekaran 0
3 Mr.P.Sathishkumar 0
4 Dr.N.Zulfareen 12
5 Dr.R.Ganapathi Sundaram 13
6 Mr.A.S.Karthik 0
7 Mrs.I.Sajitha 0
8 Dr.V.Dharmalingam 27
9 Dr.C.Kamal 18
S.No Name of the Supporting Staff Qualification
1 Mr.P.Vasudevan MSc Lab Technician

Credentials

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

Short-Term Courses

Events

Every year February 28th conduct Symposium on National Science Day Celebration for all first year students

2021-2022:
  • One day Webinar on “National Pollution Control Day” was organized by the Department of Chemistry on 02nd December 2021. The special lecture was delivered by Dr. Vihangraj V. Kulkarni, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam-788010.
2020-2021:
  • Dr. V. Dharmalingam, and Dr. N. Zulfareen, Organized a Three days online E-Quiz entitle on “FUNADMENTAL OF CHEMISTRY” in the Department of Chemistry, Mahendra Engineering College (Autonomous), Mallasamudram, Namakkal Dt. on 07.07.2020 to 09.07.2020.
  • Dr. V. Dharmalingam, and Mr. M. Gunasekaran, Organized a Three days National Level Online Quiz entitle on “ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY” in the Department of Chemistry, Mahendra Engineering College (Autonomous), Mallasamudram, Namakkal Dt. on 13.07.2020 to 15.07.2020.
2019-2020:
  • One day National Science Day on “SCIENCE FIESTA - 2020” was organized by the Department of Science and Humanities on 06th March 2020. The special lecture was delivered by Dr. M. Syed Ali Padusha, Professor of Chemistry, Jamal Mohamed College, Trichy.
2018-2019:
  • Resource Person : Mr.V.Sundararajan, Director, Gas Turbine Research Establishment (Rtd), Ministry of Defence.
2017-2018:
  • Resource Person: Mr.P.Sahasranamam, State general council member, Tamilnadu Science forum.
    Dr.A.Manimekalai, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dean Faculty of science (Red.) Annamalai University.
2015-2016:
  • Resource Person: Dr.K.P.Elango, Professor, Department of Chemistry, Gandhi Gram Rural Institute-Deemed University - Gandhigram, Dindigul

RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY WORK

FACULTY CONTRIBUTION IN JOURNAL PUBLICATION

2021-2022
  • R. Ganapathi Sundaram, G. Vengatesh, M. Thamaraiselvi, R. Prabakaran, V. Thailan, I. Muthuvel & S. Niraimathi, Experimental and computational approach of an expired antibiotic drug Kynurenic acid as an efficient corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in HNO3 medium, Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society, 19, 2311–2329, Nov 2021.
  • P. Singaravelu, N. Badhusha, V. Dharmalingam, Inhibitive Effective if organic inhibitors on the corrosion of mild steel in acidic medium, International Journal of Life Science and Pharma Research, Vol 12, No.3, pp.40-50, May 2022.
  • N. Punitha, R. Ganapathi Sundaram, K. Vijayalakshmi, R. Rengasamy, J. Elangovan, Interactions and corrosion mitigation prospective of pyrazole derivative on mild steel in HCl environment, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, 9, (99), Sep 2022.
2019-2020
  • J. R. Vinod Kumar, R. Thanigaivelan and V. Dharmalingam, Study on the Effect of Oxalic Acid Electrolyte on Stainless Steel (316L) Through Electrochemical Micro-machining, Advances in Micro and Nano Manufacturing and Surface Engineering, 93-103, Dec 2019.
2018-2019
  • P.Dhanakodi, Piperazine - Cu (II) Macrocyclic Schiff base Complex: Synthesis, Spectral studies and Biological Activity, Maxene Journal of Chemical Science, 2, 1-6, 2019.
  • C.Kamal, A complete computational and spectroscopic study of 2-bromo-1, 4-dichlorobenzene–A frequently used benzene derivative, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 1151, 245-255, 2018.
  • R. Ganapathi Sundaram, M. Thamaraiselvi, G. Vengatesh & M. Sundaravadivelu,  Surface Protection and Morphological Study of Copper by Green Corrosion Inhibitor: 8QSC in HNO3 Medium,Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention, 18, 1168–1180, June 2018.
  • N. Zulfareen, K. Kannan, T. Venugopal, Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Corrosion Inhibition of Brass in Hydrochloric Acid by N-(4-((4-BenzhydrylPiperazin-1-yl) Methyl Carbamoyl) Phenyl) Furan-2-Carboxamide. International journal of corrosion, 11, 1-18, 28, july 2018.
  • P.Dhanakodi, M. Jayandran, Piperazine - Cu (II) Macrocyclic Schiff base Complex: Synthesis, Spectral studies and Biological Activity, Maxene Journal of Chemical Science, 2(1), 1-6, Dec 2018.
  • Auxilia Christy, Albin Aloysius, Rajajeyaganthan Ramanathan , Noreen Anthony, R.Ganapathi Sundaram, Anticorrosion Activity of Pheniramine Maleate on Mild Steel in Hydrochloric acid, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research,  5, (12), 432-438, Dec 2018.
  • Auxilia Christy, Albin Aloysius, Rajajeyaganthan Ramanathan , Noreen Anthony, R.Ganapathi Sundaram,  Anti-corrosion and Adsorption behavior of Brompheniramine Maleate on Mild Steel in Hydrochloric acid, Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research,  ,5, (12),221-227,Dec 2018.
  • P.Dhanakodi, M. Jayandran, Study on inorganic Schiff base complex using Thermal analysis and biological activity, Maxene Journal of Chemical Science, 2(1), 1-4, Apr 2019.
  •  N.Zulfareen, K. Kannan, T. Venugopal Synthesis and biological evaluation of sulphonamide     based 1,3,4-oxadiazole derivatives, Bulletin of Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 33 (2), 307-319, May 2019.
2017-2018
  • R. Ganapathi Sundaram, Adsorption Behavior and Anticorrosion Capability of Antibiotic Drug Nitroxoline on Copper in Nitric Acid Medium, J Bio Tribo Corrosion   (Springer), 3, 1-13, 2017.
  • S.Kavitha, K. Kannan N. Zulfareen, S.Gnanavel. In silico design, synthesis, DFT and Antimicrobial evaluation of some 2,5 substituted 1,3,4,Oxadiazole derivatives – Moroccan Journal of chemistry, Vol. 5 No. 4, 600-609, 2017.
  • N. Zulfareen, K. Kannan, T.Venugopal. Removal of Crystal Violet from Waste Water by Activated Carbon from Seeds of Prosopis Juliflora. Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Vol.3, No.3, 398-403, 2017.
  • R. Ganapathi Sundaram, Surface protection of mild steel in acidic chloride solution by 5-Nitro-8-Hydroxy Quinoline, Egpt J Petrol (Elsevier), 27, 95-103, 2018.
  • R. Ganapathi Sundaram, Surface Protection and Morphological Study of Copper by Green Corrosion Inhibitor: 8QSC in HNO3 Medium, J Fail Anal Preven (Springer), 18, 1168-1180, 2018.
  • R. Ganapathi Sundaram, Anti-corrosion and Adsorption behavior of Brompheniramine Maleate on Mild Steel in Hydrochloric acid, J Emer Tech Inno Res, 5, 221-227, 2018
  • R. Ganapathi Sundaram, Anticorrosion Activity of Pheniramine Maleate on Mild Steel in Hydrochloric Acid, J Emer Tech Inno Res,5, 432-438, 2018.
  • N. Zulfareen, T. Venugopal, K. Kannan. Experimental and Theoretical Studies on the Corrosion Inhibition of Brass in Hydrochloric Acid by N-(4-((4- Benzhydryl Piperazin-1-yl) Methyl Carbamoyl) Phenyl) Furan-2-Carboxamide – International Journal of Corrosion, 1-18, 2018.
  • N. Zulfareen, T.Venugopal, I.Sajitha, Removal of Zinc from Synthetic Waste Water by Activated Carbon Prosopis Juliflora.  Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng, Vol.4 No.4, 746-749, 2018.
  • Dr.V.Dharmalingam, A Study on the Effect of Oxalic acid Electrolyte on Stainless Steel (316L) through Electro Chemical Micro-Machining, AIMTDR 2018 Conference, 16.10.2018.
  • P. Dhanakodi, M. Jayandran, V. Balasubramanian, Syntheses and characterization of complexes of copper (II) with Schiff base ligands derived from 2,6-diacetylpyridine:spectroscopic, thermal behavior, maganetic moment and photoluminescent studies, Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 29 (9), 7526-7530, 2018.
  • P. Dhanakodi, M. Jayandran, V. Balasubramanian, Synthesize, Structural, Magnetic And Thermal Studies Of Tridentate Schiff Bases And Their Co (Ii) Complexes, International Journal of Current Advanced Research,7,(5), 12772-12775, 2018.
2016-2017
  • Dr.N.Zulfareen, Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, published a Paper on Prosopis Juliflora as an Effective Inhibitor on the Corrosion of Mild Steel – published in  Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng. Vol.3,No.2, Page no- 319-324, 2016.
  • Dr.N.Zulfareen, Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, published a Paper on Antimicrobial activity and DFT studies of synthesized 3-5-cyclohexyl 1,3,4-oxodiazol-2-yl N substituted derivatives – International research journal of pharmacy, 2016(7),11
  • Dr.N.Zulfareen, Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, published a Paper on Removal of Crystal Violet from Waste Water by Activated Carbon from Seeds of Prosopis Juliflora– Int. J. Adv. Sci. Eng, Vol.3,No.3, Page no- 398-403, 2017.
  • Dr.R.Ganapathi Sundaram, Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Published Article “Surface protection of mild steel in acidic chloride solution by 5-Nitro-8-Hydroxy Quinoline” in the Egyptian Journal of Petroleum February 2017, Elsevier Publication DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpe.2017.01.008.
      • Dr.R.Ganapathi Sundaram, Assistant professor, Department of Chemistry, Published Article "Adsorption Behavior and Anti-corrosion Capability of Antibiotic Drug Nitroxoline on Copper in Nitric Acid Medium" in Springer Publication in the Journal of Bio- and Tribo-Corrosion.
2015-2016
  • ? Jayandran.M, Muhamed haneefa.M, Balasubramanian.V Green synthesis and characterization of Manganese nanoparticles using natural plant extracts and its evaluation of antimicrobial activity Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science Vol. 5 (12), pp. 105-110, December, 2015
2014-2015
  • S.Chitra, B.Anand, R.Vadiyanathan and V. Balasubramanian, A Review on Microbial Mediated Corrosion on Mild Steel by Inactivating the Extracellular Polysaccharide Secreted by Aerobic/Anaerobic Microorganism, Che Sci Rev Lett 2014, 2(6), 423-429
  • Muhamed haneefa.M, Jayandran.M, Anand.B, Balasubramanian.V, Muthu mariappan.S Synthesis and characterization of bioactive Curcumin derived from selected turmeric plants in India  International Journal of Natural Products Research- Accepted 08 August 2014
  • Jayandran.M, Muhamed haneefa.M and Balasubramanian. V Synthesis, characterization and biological activities of turmeric curcumin schiff base complex International Journal of Chemical and Natural Sciences- Vol. 2, No. 5, pp.157-163,(2014)
  • K. M. Govindaraju , A.S. Singha , R.K. Jarial ,    Electrochemical and surface investigation of poly ((N-methacryloyloxymethyl) benzotriazole-co-phenoxyethyl methacrylate) coatings International journal of advanced science and engineering vol. 1 No. 1 (2014)
  • Jayandran.M, Muhamed haneefa.M, Balasubramanian.V Facile green synthesis of iron nanoparticles using natural reducer and stabilizer and an evaluation of antimicrobial activity International journal of advanced scientific and technical research, Issue 5 volume 1, January-February 2015
  • M. Jayandran, M. Muhamed Haneefa and V. Balasubramanian Green synthesis of copper nanoparticles using natural reducer and stabilizer and an evaluation of antimicrobial activity Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research, vol.7, No.2, pp.251-259, (2015)

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Mahendra Engineering College (Autonomous),

Salem- Thiruchengode Highway, Mahendhirapuri,

Mallasamudram,

Namakkal-637503,

Others

2021-2022
  • Sequential change in one pot three component protocol – A stepping stone in heterocyclic synthesis. R. Ranganathan, P. Dhanakodi, M. Gunasekaran, N. Zulfareen, R. Umapathi, Application No.202241053359 A, The Patent Office Journal No. 39/2022 Dated 30/09/2022.
  • An Eco-friendly Synthesis of Novel 1, 2,3-Triazolyl Pyrazoline and Indazolyl-Carbothioamide Hybrids via one-pot grinding protocol. Raja Ranganathan, Sangaraiah Nagarajan, George Jaabil, S. Murugavel, K. Saranya, Sivasubramanian Archana, Murugan Dinesh, A. Ponnuswamy, Application No.202241059027 A, The Patent Office Journal No. 42/2022 Dated 21/10/2022.