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ABOUT THE COLLEGE

The American College is a higher educational Institution known for its focus on academic excellence and social relevance. It’s pioneering role in the development of college autonomy in India in 1978, its successful early implementation of Choice Based Credit System under autonomy and its completion of 143 years of service bear testimony to the position that the college currently enjoys. It is originally founded by missionaries in 1841, The American College grew into a collegiate department in 1881 at Pasumalai by the initiatives taken by Rev.G.T.Washburn, the Founder-Principal of the college. In the year 1906, the college was shifted to the present campus during the time of the second Principal Rev.W.M.Zumbro. Earlier, it was affiliated to the University of Madras and later, it came under the jurisdiction of Madurai Kamaraj University in 1965. It was one of the first set of seven colleges to be made autonomous by the UGC in 1977-1978. The college offers thirty two undergraduate and twenty postgraduate programmes and nine M.Phil programmes. There are nine research centres offering Ph.D programmes in various disciplines.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Department of Zoology was functioning as a collegiate department since the inception of The American College as a second grade college in 1881. Zoology was offered as a Part II subject to B.A degree Group II in 1913. Postgraduate department of Zoology was added under Madras University in July 1959. B.Sc. special Zoology was offered from 1969 under Madurai Kamaraj University. M.Phil program was started in July 1987. UGC recognized Zoology specialization in Biotechnology with financial assistance was initiated in the year 1996. It is a DBT-FIST & DBT-STAR College sponsored department.

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE

This Conference is a premier international forum bringing together researchers, academicians, industry experts, and policymakers to present and discuss innovations, trends, and challenges in the life science. The conference will feature keynote speeches, technical sessions, panel discussions, and networking opportunities.

THRUST AREAS

• Aquaculture
• Biotechnology
• Bioinformatics
• Environmental Science
• Genomics
• Health Science
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Nanotechnology