Achievements of the department during 2014-15

Achievements of the students
	Mahesh.R won I prize in drawing for manuscript magazine conducted by the NSS unit of the college. He also won II prize in pencil drawing at the Arts festival conducted by the college union. Aswin B Suresh won I prize in group song and Nadanpattu at the Arts festival conducted by the college union. Department of geology bagged the overall championship in Onam fest “Ponkathir” and were the            first runner-up of Arts fest-2015. Aswanth .M, IV semester secured second prize in spot photography contest in the University Youth festival held at Kollam.
Study Tour
	A study tour was organised for the VI semester students as part of the curriculum. The tour party comprising 27 students (13 girls & 14 boys) were accompanied by Smt. Sreelatha.R.K. and Smt.L. Neena. They visited geologically important places in Thirunelveli,Trichy,Salem and Palakkad and collected fossils, minerals and rocks. The field trip lasted for a period of six days from 5-1-2015 to 10-1-2015.

Achievements of the department during 2013-14

Achievements of the Students
	Students of Geology bagged the First Prize for Sports.
	Varun and Jishnudas of 2nd BSc secured Second Place at the College Level Quiz.
	Our students also were the Overall Winners getting Second Prize under the banner VIBGYOR.
	Final BSc students attended a Workshop on ' Field Techniques in Geological Mapping " on 11 February 2014 and made a Field Visit to different quarries and rock exposures in and around trivandrum , on 12 February 2014.
	Quiz Competition called GEOQUIZ conducted for Geology and Geography Students within the State of Kerala by the Department of Geology, University of Kerala. Varun of 2nd BSc and Adarsh of 3rd BSc attended the quiz programme. The team won the best performers award at the audience round.

Achievements of the Teaching Staff
Sri. M.D. Ratheesh Kumar Papers Published
	Co-authored a paper entitled ‘Water Quality and Ecological Aspects of Fresh Water Ponds from a Critically Exploited Region of South Kerala’ in the Proceedings of the International Symposium on Integrated Water Resources Management at the CWRDM, Calicut from 19 to 21 February 2014.
Participation in Seminars/Workshops
	Attended a Lecture on ‘Earth Science Studies in the Polar Regions--Indian Initiatives’ at the Department of Geology , Kariavattom on 28 January 2014.
	Attended a Lecture Series as part of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations, of the Department of Geology, Kariavattom – Prof. Ernst Hegner, Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich, Germany was the speaker and the topic was ‘Applications of Isotopic Data in Petrology’.
	Attended the Seminar-‘Mineralia’ - Seminar on The Mineral Resources of Kerala in the Department of Geology, Kariavattom from 6 to 8 March 2014.

Dr. K.L.Vivekanandan Positions held
	Member, Kerala University Syndicate
Participation in Seminars/Workshops
	Attended Two Day Workshop on ‘Field Techniques in Geology’, conducted by the Department of Geology, Kariavattom on 11 and 12 February, 2014.
	Attended the Seminar-‘Mineralia’ - Seminar on The Mineral Resources of Kerala in the Department of Geology, Kariavattom from 6 to 8 March 2014.