About the Department
The Department of Microbiology was established in the year 2000 in S.V.Arts College, as B. Sc. (M.M.C) With Microbiology as special subject with the combination of Medical Lab Technology (M.L.T) and Chemistry named as B.Sc. (M.M.C ) in English Medium.
Sri. Dr.T.Hara Gopal (Rtd), Lecturer in Botany was the first Head of the department of Microbiology (i/c). The course was recognised by the S.V. University, Tirupati with a sanctioned strength of 30 students.
Due to non-recognition of MLT course by Health University, the combination of B.Sc.(M.M.C.) course has been been dropped as All India Medical Council denied permission to MLT Course in Conventional Colleges in 2005.
Hence new course was started as B.Sc. (M.D.C). i. e, Microbiology, Dairy Science and Chemistry was granted to meet the heavy demand for the Microbiology course in the academic year 2005–2006 with 30 students under S.V. University, Tirupati and it is running successfully till to date. At present the department is being headed by Sri Dr. P.V.Chalapathi, Lecturer in Chemistry, from 2019.
Vision
- Lead the world towards healthy practices
Mission
- Enhance the scope of the department in order to carer to the needs of the community and society by laying a major emphasis on praxis, utility and applicability of microbial system.
Results
Courses offered
| S. No | Course | Group | Group Subjects | Medium | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B.Sc. | MDC | Microbiology Dairy Science Chemistry | EM | 30 |
Opportunities for Higher Studies
| B.Sc. | Paramedical course in medical science institutions. |
| M.Sc. |
|
| M.Sc. |
|
Job Opportunities
| B.Sc. |
|
| M.Sc. | Besides the above opportunities the students with M.Sc. degree are having opportunities as JLs, Degree Lecturers in Teaching field and Research Assts. |
Faculty Info
Infrastructure
The Department is located in the first floor in SV Arts College Main Building. The Department has excellent infrastructure for teaching and research. There was one HOD chamber, one Staff room and two B.Sc. Laboratories named as Lab-1 and Lab-II. Lab – I is for maintaining and supply of Bacterial cultures and Lab-II for diagnostic Microbiology work.
Departmental Library
The department itself is maintaining own library apart from college library. Around 20 books with major authors are readily available for the students to upgrade the knowledge. In college library as many as 180 books of different authors and publications available from 1967.
| a) Departmental Library | No. of Books: 200 |
| b) Internet facility for staff and students | 10 Nodes |
| c) Class rooms with ICT facility | 02 Classrooms |
| d) Laboratories | 02 Laboratories |