Consultancy Division
The objective is to make available the research facilities of the institution for innovative and decisive studies. The consultancy division under the Internal Quality Assurance Cell acts as a facilitator between the institution, industry and the larger research and academic community.In keeping with its trajectory of growth, it is only natural that the college aspires to scale heights in research. Department of Chemistry was elevated as Research Centre by University of Calicut and befitting to it the college has now addressed with its full-fledged Research Block that is one of a kind in the state. The research block was actualized by the prudent utilization of financial assistances received from central and state government supported at every juncture by the management. The management committee joined hands with the college planning board and the internal quality assurance cell in its plan, execution and installation. The building for the research complex was constructed using the financial support of Rs. 30 lakhs from the UGC General Development Assistance. The research and laboratory equipments were procured and installed under the FIST (Fund for Improvement of Infrastructure in Science and Technology Departments) scheme of Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India) that sanctioned Rs.80 lakhs for the same; along with funding from KSCSTE (Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment) which sanctioned a major research project to Department of Chemistry with Dr. C Rajesh as Principal Investigator. The research complex comprises of Instrumentation hall, Research Laboratory, Polymer Processing Lab and E-Learning Centre.
The Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the college has suggested the formation of a consultancy division to make available the advanced research and laboratory instruments of the complex to the people who really look for it. The research scholars of many of the colleges are facing the problems of lack of sophisticated instruments like UTM, FTIR, UV Spectrophotometer in their respective colleges. They have to pay huge amount for these in various testing centres. The M Sc students of many colleges are facing similar problems during the dissertation project work.
The Practice
Research scholars, Post Graduate students doing their projects and people from industry can access the facilities of the research complex on payment of a modest fee. The fee is used for the maintenance of the facilities. The following are the facilities available for the scholars and industry.The research scholars and M Sc students from various colleges are regularly using the facilities of the research complex through consultancy division. They can get it accessed at a modest fees compared to other testing centres. For the last two years we have generated income of over Rs. 60000 through testing charges. We have conducted a workshop on instrumental methods of chemical analysis which was attended by around 100 participants from various colleges.
Consultancy Instruments
Sl No |
Name of Instrument |
1 |
Universal Testing Machine (UTM) |
2 |
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) |
3 |
UV-Visible Spectrophotometer |
4 |
Two roll mixing mill |
5 |
Hydraulic Press |
6 |
Rotavapour |
7 |
Vacuum Oven |
8 |
Aging Oven |
9 |
Electronic Densimeter |
10 |
Hardness tester |
11 |
Sonicator |
12 |
Spin Coater |
13 |
DIN Abrader |
Consultancy Tariff
Sl No |
Name of Instrument |
Tariff |
1 |
Universal Testing Machine (UTM) |
₹300 per sample |
2 |
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer (FTIR) |
₹300 per sample |
3 |
UV-Visible Spectrophotometer |
₹300 per sample |
4 |
Two roll mixing mill |
₹50 per hour (Maximum ₹300 per day) |
5 |
Hydraulic Press |
₹50 per hour (Maximum ₹300 per day) |
6 |
Rotavapour |
₹75 per hour (Maximum ₹350 per day) |
7 |
Vacuum Oven |
₹50 per hour (Maximum ₹300 per day) |
8 |
Aging Oven |
₹50 per hour (Maximum ₹300 per day) |
9 |
Electronic Densimeter |
₹100 per sample |
10 |
Hardness tester |
₹50 per sample |
11 |
Sonicator |
₹50 per hour (Maximum ₹300 per day) |
12 |
Spin Coater |
₹50 per hour (Maximum ₹300 per day) |
13 |
DIN Abrader |
₹100 per sample |
- Discount @ 20% can be availed to Research Scholars