About Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Arts and Science College

Vinayaka Mission's Kirupananda Variyar Arts and Science College (VMKVASC), a Constituent College of Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation Deemed to be University, Salem, serves the rural society by offering top quality education and inculcating the research and development attitude among student community. VMKVASC was started in 1995. The Institution offers 12 Under Graduate Courses, 5 Post Graduate Courses and Ph.D. Programme. The Institution is ISO 21001:2018 Certified Institution and recognized as top performing nodal centre for Virtual lab. Department of Chemistry is well established with four Assistant Professors and a Research Associate. It has undertaken Research Projects from leading funding agencies such as DST, UGC, etc. Central government has approved projects for 30 lakhs and the faculties has successfully completed 2 SEED money projects and currently running 3 Projects. The Department is furnished with Instruments like Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography (UPLC), Gas Chromatography (GC), DC power supply, etc sponsored by Pfizer worth 1 Crore under the Centre for Research and Development (CRD-Lab). With rich experience of teaching and research, the Department focuses on enhancing Chemistry Education with Global Perspective. It has the privilege of having many publications in Scopus indexed journals with high impact factor of 9.6. In addition to the research, VMKVASC conducts several workshops, conferences at the national, and international levels, as well as training and awareness programmes on the latest developments.