Contributions

Prof.K.M.Karunakaran(KMK) Endowment Fund

KMK

Prof.K.M.Karunakaran(1929-99),Former Head - Physics,MCC

Our alumni, all of them, who came back to the department for the nostalgia, evinced a keen interest to do something for the department from which they had evolved. One of the main objectives of the Physics Alumni Meet (PAM 2010), was to establish a structured connect with the department, a platform. This would enable the interaction with the department and help the alumni to contribute towards its value addition, in whatever way they could. At the inaugural PAM meet on December,18, 2010, the then constituted panel formulated the forming of the Physics Alumni Society (PAS). At the subsequent early meetings of the executive committee, it was realized that many alumni expressed great interest and enthusiasm to establish an annual endowment lecture. This event would be a great value addition to the department’s academic status. The students of MCC and other city colleges would be benefitted by the exposure to current topics, explained by experts in the respective fields.

	Donor	Batch
1.	Prof. P.M. Mathews	1947-52
2.	Prof. M. Lakshmanan	1963-66
3.	Dr. S. Ravichandran
4.	Prof. N. Gautham	1971-75
5.	Dr. Aruna Dhathathreyan	1975-77
6.	Dr. Peter Jayapandian	1962-64
7.	Dr. Amrutha & team	1986-91
8.	Dr. N. Manju
9.	Dr. M.M. Govind	1976-81
10.	Ms. Mary Agnes Joseph	1978-80
11.	Dr. R. Balakrishnan	1959-65
12.	Dr. N. Lakshminarayan	1975-77
13.	Dr. R. Manickkavachagam
14.	Dr. P. Samuel Asirvatham	1982-87
15.	Mr. Vijay Kumar Reddy	1975-80
16.	Mr. A.P. Parthiban	1975-80
17.	Mr. T.S. Krishnaswamy	1975-77
18.	Dr. Vaidehi Ganesan	1975-77
19.	Mr. Saravanan Kannan	1990-95
20.	Mr. V. Badrinarayanan	1992-95
21.	Mr. Mukundan Chakrapani	1992-95
22.	Mr. Moses Mathuram	1989-92
23.	Mr. C.N. Purushothaman	1975-80
24.	Mr. R.G. Subramaniyan	1956-59
25.	Mr. Kumar S. Rajeev	1989-92
26.	Mr. Raguvir Gurumurthy	1981-84
27.	Mr. G. Hariharan	1990-92
28.	Mr. Satish Tavag	1972-77
29.	Brig. V.A. Subramanyam	1956-59
30.	Capt. Anand Jayaraman	1987-90
31.	Mr. Cherian Thompson	1974-77
32.	Mr. P. Sankara Narayanan	1978-81
33.	Capt. E. Daniel	1989-92
34.	Ms. Evanjilina Selvanathan	1982-84
35.	Ms. Hepzi Sekar	1999-02
36.	Prof. K.S. Venkatasubban
37.	Mr. Sam Muthiah Franklin	1988-91
38.	Mr. Joseph George	1988-91

State of funds of the KMK Endowment over the years

Year	Closing Balance(INR)
2011-12	1,47,378.00
2012-13	2,99,171.00
2013-14	3,08,990.00
2014-15	3,78,535.00
2015-16	3,87,071.00
2016-17	3,91,404.00
2017-18	4,07,252.00
2018-19	4,14,752.00

PAS Scholarship

Donor	Batch
Mr.Vijay Reddy	1975-80
Mr.A.P.Parthiban	1975-80
Capt.E.Daniel	1989-92
Capt.Anand Jayaraman	1987-90
Mr.Anand Walser	1988-91
Mr.Bhaskar	2001-04
Ms.Mhona Russel	2001-04
Mr.Raguvir Gurumurthy	1981-84
Dr.Vigneswara Ilavarasan	1992-95
Batch 1992-95
Mr.Arul Chittaranjan Durairaj	1981-84
Mr.Cherian Thompson	1974-77
Mr.Dhanasekharan	1982-85
Dr.G.Kumar Sathian	1965-70
Dr.S.Narayan (IAS Retd.)	1958-63
Dr.N.Gautham	1971-74
Mr.Samuel Jayakaran	1987-90
Dr.N.Lakshminarayan	1975-77
Dr.R.Manickkavachagam
Dr.Harish Srinivasan	2009-12
Ms.Sujatha	1989-91

Year	B.Sc. Students	M.Sc. Students	Total Amount (₹)
2017-18	6	1	35,000.00
2018-19	9	5	1,46,622.00
2019-20	7	3	1,36,671.00
2020-21	8	5	1,08,758.00
2021-22	6	6	1,48,401.00
2022-23	6	3	1,07,782.00
2023-24	9	2	1,46,060.00
2024-25	14	2	2,10,053.00
2025-26	13	6	3,74,377.00

Scholarship for Girl students by 1992-95 batch

Students of B.Sc. batch 1992-95, coordinated by Dr.Vigneswara Ilavarasan (Professor,IIT-D), came forward with an initiative to provide financial assistance towards the education of girl students in the Physics Department. This scholarship is provided every year since 2018.

Prof.K.M.Karunkaran Prize for Quantum Mechanics

The students of the 1981-84 batch, B.Sc. (Physics) instituted the Prof. K.M. Karunakaran Prize for Quantum Mechanics. This prize is awarded to the 3rd B.Sc. student who has excelled in Quantum Mechanics. This prize is being awarded every year from 2010. The efforts for instituting this prize had been taken by Dr.S.I.A. Philomin raj, very much before the emergence of the PAM or PAS.

Prof.P.M.Mathews Prize for Quantum Mechanics

The prize is awarded to the 2nd M.Sc. student who has excelled in Quantum Mechanics. This prize has been instituted, in 2019, solely by a lumpsum contribution of INR 1.00 Lakh from our Alumnus Prof.P.M.Mathews(1947-52),Senior Professor and Head(Retd.)-Department of Theoretical Physics,University of Madras. This prize will be awarded from academic year 2019-2020 onwards.

GPU-enabled Workstation

Overwhelming and spontaneous contributions of many Alumni enabled the procurement of a GPU-enabled Workstation (~ INR 2.09 Lakh) optimized to suit the requirements of the department.

Donor	Batch
Student of batch 1995	1992-95
Mr.Raguvir Gurumurthy	1981-84
Ms.Sujatha	1989-91
Dr.P.Samuel Asirvatham	1982-87
Dr.Deepak Samuel	1996-02
Mr.Moses Mathuram	1989-92
Dr.R.Balakrishnan	1959-65
Dr.Narasinga Rao	1956-69
Dr.L.Sriram Kumar	1987-90
Mr.Arun Achamkulamgara	1983-88
Dr.P.M.Mathews	1947-52
Mr.Anand Walser	1988-91

Air Conditioner for Students’ Computer Lab

Students of B.Sc. batch 1990-1993 (Coordinator: Mr. Saravanan Kannan) provided a 1.5 ton split air conditioner (~INR 60k) for the students’ computer lab in the Physics Department.

Donor	Batch
Mr.Abraham Kirubakaran	1990-93
Mr.Unnikrishnan Ravindranath	1990-93
Mr.Jayaram Menon	1990-93
Mr.Yesrab Ali	1990-93
Mr.Saravanan Kannan	1990-93
Mr.Sam Rajakumar	1990-93
Mr.V.S.Rajaraman	1990-93

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