ICT enabled Classrooms

ICT Classrooms (Information and Communication Technologies led Classrooms) with Wifi connectivity makes learning interesting and effective.

U.G Chemistry Laboratory

The Department has two Chemistry laboratories for Undergraduates with adequate space and equipment for students to do their practical sessions in time and with ease. The equipment is well maintained and promptly calibrated. Chemicals are replenished as and when required. The Postgraduate and Undergraduate laboratories have all the needed facilities like electronic balances (with accuracy 0.1 mg and 1 mg), fume hoods, digital potentiometer, digital conductometer, digital colorimeter, refractometer, polarimeter, pH meter, melting point apparatus, vacuum pump, centrifuge, air oven etc.

P.G Chemistry Laboratory

PG Department of Chemistry is well equipped with laboratories that include essential tools for conducting experiments based on the curriculum. The Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry laboratories have all the necessary equipment for the preparation of samples and standards for various analysis tests. It is ensured that good standard chemicals and apparatus are used for the practical sessions. Equipment is well maintained and calibrated. Precautions are adequately taken to ensure the safety of students and avoid any accidents during experiments. The lab uses all the traditional equipment, including glassware, analytical balance, ovens, etc., and more specialized instruments such as a refractometer, conductometer, viscometers, ice-making machines, etc.

Bridge Course 2022

Bridge Course conducted from 25th to 31st October 2022 for Core and Complementary courses

Virtual Lab

Practicing sessions on Virtual Lab was organized on 28 October 2022

Research Methodology

PG Department of Chemistry organized a seminar on ‘Fundamentals of Research Methodology’ on 26th October, 2022. The purpose of the seminar is to introduce students to the most important conceptual approaches of research as well as to explore and formulate the theoretical framework for the analysis of the topic 

Mole Day 2022

On 23rd  October International Mole Day was observed.

Onam 2022

We  celebrated Onam with a great  splendour. Intricately designed pookkalam and aromatic onasadya represents a remarkable display of culture.

Peer Learning

In order to gain new perspectives and improve the communication skills of slow learners, we conducted an active peer group session in the month of June. Students from each class equally benefited

Lecture Series 2022

Morning Star Lecture Series and Chemistry Association Inauguration

Future Entrepreneurs

'Nurturing Future Entrepreneurs' was held on 1 September 2022. 98 students participated.

State Level Seminar

State Level Seminar on Qualitative Research was held on 29 July 2022. 68 students participated.

Women's Day 2022

Department of Chemistry observed International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11th February 2022 based on the theme Equity, Diversity,and Inclusion: Water unites us. Sr. Dr. Ligimol Louis, Assistant Professor, St. Xaviers College Jaipur, Rajasthan gave a talk on the contribution of women scientists in recent years. She discussed opportunities for girls in science related area and the challenges faced by women during scientific work.

Community Lab

Department of Chemistry organized a Community lab programme on 30th December 2021 for Kudumbasree members and gave training for the preparation of soap and cleansing lotions.

Frontiers in Research

Dr. Vijesh A M, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Payyannoor College Kannur gave a lecture on Frontiers in Chemical Research on 23rd October 2021. He explained the latest developments, research and innovations in Chemical sciences. It was an interesting session for the students and the participants interacted well with the resource person.

Ozone Day 2021

As part of Ozone day 2021, Dr. Divya K R, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology,

GVG Visalakshi College For Women (Autonomous), Udumalpet.Tamil Nadu gave a lecture

on “Ozone Layer and Climate Change – Research Updates” on 16th September 2021. She

explained the studies related to ozone layer depletion and climate changes all over the world.

She emphasized on the measures that can be taken to preserve ozone layer.

Interactive Session

A Skill training session on Food Adulteration-Identification and Mitigation Measures was organized on 17th August 2021 and the resource person was Mr. SujithKumar M C, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, T M Jacob Memorial Govt. College, Manimalakkunnu. In the session, different food adulterants, their identification and mitigation measures were discussed in the session.

Career Guidance

Department of Chemistry organized a career guidance programme “Industry Career Prospectsfor Grooming Graduates” on 10th July 2021 for final year UG and PG Students. Mr.Aswin B, Research Associate, ITC Life Science Technology Centre Bengaluru delivered an orientation talk on various career opportunities in the Chemical industry for the final year students in the academic year 2021-2022. There were 87 students for the programme. The session covered almost all opportunities available in different fields of Chemistry.

Lab Safety Measures

A Skill training session on Chemical Laboratory Safety Measures was organized on 26th June 2021 and the resource person was Dr. Sindhu K S, HOD, Dept. of Chemistry, Morning Star College Angamaly. Hazard codes, chemical labels, and material safety data sheets which are the first sources of information that help the students prepare to work safely in the laboratory were discussed in the session.

Alumni Meet

Virtual Alumni Meet “CHARMS 2021” was organized by Department of Chemistry on 8th August 2021. Around 70 former students and retired teachers joined the meeting.

PTA Meeting

Chemistry department PTA meeting was held on 8th July 2021. Our Principal Rev. Dr. Rosily A V and PTA Staff Secretary Dr. Lizmitha Godwin felicitated the meeting. Parents of II BSc Chemistry and III BSc chemistry students actively participated in the discussion.

Career Prospects

Department of Chemistry organized a Career Guidance webinar on Industry Career Opportunities for Chemistry students on 10th July 2021 led by Mr. Aswin B, Research Associate, ITC Life Science and Technology Centre, Bengaluru. The resource person elaborated the career opportunities in Chemical industries and how to apply for these jobs.

Certificate course

Department of Chemistry conducted a certificate course on Water Quality Analysis from 17th May 2021 to 31st May 2021. The sessions were led by Sr. Jennees Mathew, Research Scholar, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies. Students of II BSc Zoology and II BSc FCS attended the sessions and actively involved in the course activities.

Sanitizer making

As the number of persons infected with COVID-19 (coronavirus) increases across the state during March 2020, the Kerala Government has stepped in with a campaign titled ‘Break the Chain’ to spread awareness among the public about the importance of public and personal hygiene. The campaign encourages hand sanitizing in order to prevent the further spread of coronavirus. As there was scarcity of hand sanitizers, the Dept. of chemistry participated in the campaign by preparing hand sanitizers in the lab using WHO recommended formula and the same was handed over to the Principal Dr. Sr. Rosily A.V. The same was distributed in the examination halls to both our regular and private students and also to the invigilators.

Polymer Science

Department of chemistry observed 100 years of polymer science on 28th December 2020. Dr. Navya Antony served as the resource person. A session on 'A glance to history and advancements of polymers' was delivered to UG students of Chemistry.

SRISHTI 2020

Department of Chemistry organized an intercollegiate competition for making handmade Christmas items using scrap materials – SRISHTI 2020 Trash to Treasure- in December 2020. Students of our college and from other colleges actively participated in it .Ms. Arya Raj T R, BSc FCS Morning Star College Angamaly , and Nidhi Anna Sunny, of Marthoma College For Women Perumbavoor won the first and second positions respectively. 

World Ozone Day

Department of Chemistry celebrated World Ozone Day 2020on 16th September 2020.  Dr. Jiji Abraham, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Vimala College (Autonomous) Thrissur gave a lecture on “Ozone For Life – 35 Years of Ozone Layer Protection”The talk was enlightening and well appreciated by the participants and faculty. Various competitions were conducted as part of World Ozone Day Celebration 2020.

Virtual Lab

Department of Chemistry organized webinar on Online practical sessions through virtual labs for UG students on the topic “ Expanding virtual classrooms to chemistry labs” on 1st August 2020. Dr. Sindhu K.S. and Dr. Navya Antony served as the resource persons.

Interactive Session

Online interactive session for students was conducted on the topic “ Mass Spectrometry Fundamentals and New approaches” on 25-07-2020.The Mentor of the programme was Dr. M George, Scientist, Washington University in St. Louis, USA. UG and PG students in Physics, Chemistry and Zoology from various colleges actively participated in the session and e-Certificate issued to the participants.Dr. Sindhu K.S. co-ordinated the programme.

International Webinar

During the lock down period Department of Chemistry with full zeal organized for the first time an International level webinar at Morning Star Home Science College on “Rethinking sustainability and development in times of COVID 19” in collaboration with Sustainable Futures Africa on 17th May, 2020. Dr. Mia Perry Co-Director of Sustainable Futures in Africa and Dr. Deepa Pullanikkatil Co-Director of Sustainable Future in Africa served as the resource persons.Mr Sanu Jos Chapter leader Scaling agile global served as the moderator for the programme. Dr. Navya Antony was the Co-ordinator of the programme. There was active participation of academicians, industrialists and students in the webinar from India and various part of the world.More than 700 participants attended the session and e-Certificate was also issued to all the participants.

National Webinar

Department of Chemistry proudly took initiative to organize a National level webinar for the first time at Morning Star Home Science College Angamaly on the topic “Effective ways for reaching Millennium learners” on 10th May,2020. Mr.Sanu Jos Chapter Leader ,India, Scaling  Agile Global served as the resource person.There was active participation of academicians,researchers,students from all over India.The programme was co-ordinated by Dr. Navya Antony.

Webinar Series

Department of Chemistry organized State Level webinar series on “Ecological Chemistry and Human Rights” on 15th and 16th October 2020. The resource person was Dr. Ajith James Jose, M G University senate member, Assistant Professor, S B College Changanassery. More than 500 participants attended the session and highly appreciated by the students.Dr Sindhu K.S and Dr. Navya Antony co-ordinated the programme.

International Mole Day

International Mole Day was observed on 25 October 2019. Ms. Aan Maria Joseph of I BSc Chemistry delivered a lecture on “Basic Concepts of Mole and Importance of Mole Day”.

SRISHTI 2019

An Exhibition cum Sale of ‘Star Bathing Soap’, ‘Star Fresh’ liquid hand wash, ‘Star Shine’ Toilet Cleaner, crafts and reusable items prepared by students from waste Materials was arranged by the Department in the science block on 11 October 2019. The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr. Sr. Rosily A. V. Staffs, Students and Parents visited the exhibition and purchased the above mentioned items. The money received from the programme was distributed to the respective students.

Periodic Table

The celebration of International Year of Periodic Table was inaugurated in our college by Dr. Roshit K R, Scientist, Polymer Division, VSSC Trivandrum on 8 August 2019. This was followed by first lecture of the lecture series SCIENTIA-2019 by the resource person.

Many Hands One Heart

With a view of inculcating social responsibility among students, the Department of Chemistry organized a charity programme-‘Many Hands One Heart’ in the week 24th -29th June 2019. Fifty different stationary items were collected by our students and handed over to poor and needy people.

Ozone Day

Department of Chemistry conducted Ozone day celebration on 28-09-2019 in front of Science block. The Department conducted a competition of craft and reusable items from waste materials. The winners are Craft item: Ms Dinshamol (Ist BSc Chemistry) Reusable item: Anupriya V Sagar (III rd BSc Chemistry) There was a presentation on the relevance of Ozone day by Ms P M Sreelakshmi of Ist BSc Chemistry. The students took an oath related to the responsibility of an individual on preservation of Ozone.

Soap Making

As a Part of Skill Training Programme, the Second year and Third Year students of BSc Chemistry were trained to make bathing soap, Hand Wash and Toilet Cleaner from 1st October 2019 to 3rd October 2019 which were named as 'Star Bathing Soap' 'Star Fresh' liquid hand wash and 'Star Shine' Toilet Cleaner respectively

IIT JAM

A Demo Class and briefing session of IIT JAM was conducted on by the 'IAIM' institute of Mathematics.

CTROC

A two day national seminar sponsored by KSCSTE on the 'Current trends in organic and computational chemistry CTROC 2019', was inaugurated by Dr. P. Anbarasan, Associate Professor, Dept of Chemistry, IIT Chennai

Power Quiz 2022

Ms.ANAKHA PM from II M.Sc. Chemistry secured second position(preliminary round) in Power Quiz organized by KSEB.

Rank Holders 2022

M.G. University Rank holders in 2022

Rank Holders 2021

M.G University Rank holders in 2021

Rank Holders 2020

M.G University Rank holders in 2020

Rank Holders 2019

MG University Rank holders in 2019

Rank Holders 2018

University Rank holders in 2018

Rank Holders 2017

MG University Rank Holders in 2017

Youth Festival 2022

Krishnapriya P M, Anagha K S and Arya Balakrishnan got A Grade for Malayalam Poetry Writing, Malayalam Kavithaparayanam and Malayalam Short story writing respectively in M G University Youth Festival 2022 held at Pathanamthitta from 1-5 April 2022.

Jr. Health Inspector

Debiya Davis of III BSc Chemistry got appointed as Junior Health Inspector from Kerala PSC List.

ZOOFIE Winner

Tincy Varghese, III BSc Chemistry won second Prize in ZOOFIE –World Animal Day Contest organized by Naipunnya Institute of Management and Information Technology Koratty, Thrissur

Maggie Contest

Merin Jose and Anila Johnson of III BSc Chemistry got consolation prizes for Maggie Contest.

Coursera Certificates

• Teresa Martin of II BSc Chemistry completed a course on “ A Life of Happiness and Fulfillment" from Indian School of Business through Coursera
• Anna Jose III BSc Chemistry completed a course on “Presentation Skills” from Tomskstate University through Coursera.

Top Scorer(Vocational)

• Prize instituted by Prof. Lisue Xavier, Department of Chemsitry, to the student in III year B.Sc who scores highest total for vocational subjects in the university examination.

Top Scorer in PG

• Prize instituted by Prof.Salomy Joseph, Department of Chemistry, to the student who passes out with highest marks in M.Sc Chemistry University examination.

Top Scorer in UG

• Prize instituted by Prof. Lalitha A.V., former Head of the Department of Chemsitry, to the student who passes out with the highest marks in B.Sc Chemsitry in the university examination.

Best Outgoing Student

• Award instituted by the department to the Best Outgoing Student. 

Top Scorer in Subsidiary Chemistry

• Sr. Lourdes and Sr. Layola Endowment Prize to be given to the II year student who scores the highest marks in the subsidiary Chemistry in the university examinations.

SRISHTI

Students are motivated to make Craft and Reusable Items from waste Materials. These items are also displayed in exhibitions and the amount obtained are distributed among the students.

'Star Bathing Soap' and 'Star Fresh' Liquid Hand Wash

As part of Skill Training Programme, the second year and third year students of BSc Chemistry are given training to make bathing soap and Hand Wash with the names ‘Star Bathing Soap’ and ‘Star Fresh’ liquid hand wash respectively. An Exhibition cum sale of the items prepared by students is usually arranged by the department and the same are used in the chemistry laboratory.

Many Hands One Heart

With a view at inculcating social responsibility among students, Department of Chemistry organizes a charity programme-‘Many Hands One Heart’ –every year. Daily usage items under fifty different categories are collected by our students for one week, usually at the beginning of the academic year and handed over to poor and needy people.