Department of Criminology School of Social Sciences University of Madras

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1 1 Name of the Department Criminology 2 Year of establishment Is the Department part of a School/Faculty of the university? 4 Names of programmes offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Litt., etc.) 5 Interdisciplinary programmes and departments involved 6 Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions, etc. 7 Details of programmes discontinued, if any, with reasons 8 Examination System: Annual/ Semester/ Trimester/Choice Based Credit System 9 Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments Yes 1. Ph.D 2. M.A Criminology & Criminal Justice Administration 3. M.Sc. Cyber Forensics & Information Security Tamil Nadu Sate Forensic Sciences Department Nil PG Diploma in Criminology and Forensic Sciences & PG Diploma in Cyber crime & Information Security Reason- Lack of teaching and supportive staff to conduct the course Semester and Choice based credit system There is participation in the courses offered by other departments such as Anthropology, Political Science & Public Administration, Legal Studies, Hindi, French, Music, Journalism and Communications, Sociology, History, Economics etc. through electives and sharing of resource people and material. 1

2 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors/others) Sanctioned Filled Actual (including CAS & MPS) Professor Associate Professors Asst. Professors Others 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance Name Qualification Designation Specialization No of years experience Dr.R.Thilagaraj Ph.D Professor & Head Dr.M.Srinivasan Ph.D Associate Professor Juvenile Justice, Human Rights, Restorative Justice, Theoretical Criminology, Sociology of crime, Penology & Cyber Crimes Victimology and Economic Crime. No of Ph.D/ M.Phil students guided for the last 4 years Dr.M.Priyamvadha Ph.D Asst. Professor Dr.S.Ramdoss Ph.D Asst. Professor Juvenile Delinquency, Human Rights and Elder Abuse. Victimology, Correctional Administration and Crime Prevention

3 12. List of senior Visiting Fellows, Adjunct Faculty, Emeritus Professors S.No Name & Qualification Designation Major Area of specialization 1. Dr.A.Sivamurthy UGC Emeritus Professor Criminal Justice 2. Dr.Rama.K.Subramaniam Adjunct Professor Information Security, Information Forensics & Assurance Services 3. Dr.B.B.Pande Visiting Criminal Law Fellow 4. Dr. Jianhong Liu Visiting Fellow Restorative Justice 5. Dr. Marty Price Visiting Fellow Restorative Justice 6. Mr.Vivian B Lord Visiting Fellow Victimology 13. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty-programme-wise information M.A Criminology & Criminal Justice System- 20% M.Sc Cyber Forensics & Information Security- 95% 14. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio M.A 5:1 MSc 20:1 15. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned, filled and actual Sanctioned 3 Filled Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies a) Cyber Crime b) Digital Forensics c) Information Security d) Restorative Justice e) Money Laundering f) Economic crimes g) Juvenile Justice h) Victimology i) Elder Abuse j) Crime Prevention 3

4 S.No NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise. Name of the Principal / Co-Principal Investigator Title of the Project 1. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Terrorism & Internal Security Sponsored by Amount Sanctioned (Rs.) Month & Year of Commenc ement & Duration UGC 25,00, Status Ongoing 2. Dr.R.Thilagaraj National Survey on Victims of Cyber Crimes 3. Dr.M.Srinivasan Extent and Modus Operandi of Bank Frauds: Role of Police in Handling Bank Frauds in the State of Tamil Nadu 4. Dr.M.Srinivasan Perception of Women Victims of Crime Towards Police: A Measure to Evaluate Police Performance. 5. Dr.M.Priyamvadha Unheard voices: Detecting Elder Abuse & Devising Strategies of Crime Prevention. 6. Dr.M.Priyamvadha The withering trees,bearing no fruits: A study on Geronticide UGC 3,00,000 February 2012 BPR&D 4,69,000 June UGC 6,03,700 May ICSSR 4,90, UGC 4,94, Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing 18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received a. National collaboration - Major Projects funded by UNDP & BPRD b. International collaboration - Student exchange program with Illinois State University, U.S.A. 4

5 19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received. Programme UGC SAP (DRS-I) UGC Innovative Grants Duration received Rs 33 lakhs Rs 29.5 lakhs Research facility / centre with - State recognition - Centre for Cyber Forensics and Information Security national recognition - UGC SAP DRS-I for researches in cyber crimes and restorative justice, International recognition nil 21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies - One Cyber Forensic laboratory under UGC Innovative programme.the lab is well equipped with all the latest cyber forensics software, mobile forensics, and remote forensics and information security tools. 22. Publications: * Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) : 35 * Monographs : 08 * Chapters in Books : 16 * Edited Books : * Books with ISBN with details of publishers : * Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : * Citation Index range / average : * SNIP : * SJR : * Impact Factor range / average : * h-index : 5

6 23. Details of patents and income generated - Nil 24. Areas of consultancy and income generated - Nil 25. Faculty selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories / institutions / industries in India and abroad S.No. Name of the Country Visited Period of stay Purpose of visit Faculty & Designation 1. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Seoul, Korea 16 th 24 th Key Note Speaker in the 4 th 6 August 2012, 2. Dr.R.Thilagaraj India 10 th June Asian Criminology Conference held at Seoul, South Korea, International Center for Criminal Justice of Korean Institute of Criminology (KIC) during 16 th 24 th August Recording and Appreciation of Evidence Challenges in the Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy for the trainee judges 3. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Bangalore, India 4 th May 2012 Role of Academia in pursuit of excellence in indigenization of Cyber Security systems in the international summit on cyber security organized by the Department of 4. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Tirunelveli,India 8 th 10 th March Dr.R.Thilagaraj Taiwan 19 21, December Information Technology, Bio-Technology and S&T Drug Trafficking in the international conference on Exploring the Linkages Between Drug usage and Criminal Victimization organized by the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, GIS and Mapping of Property Offenders in the City of Chennai in the 3rd

7 6. Dr.R.Thilagaraj USA 8 th 29 th May Dr.M.Srinivasan Japan 6 th August 10 th August Dr. M. Srinivasan Germany 26 th March 9 th June Dr.M.Srinivasan Odisha, India 6 th January 8 th January, 2011 Asian Criminology Conference of the Asian Criminology Society organized by the National Taipei University Guest of honour as a part of US Visitor Leadership programme on Crime Prevention. 12 th Asian Postgraduate Course on Victimology and Victim Assistance, cohosted by the World Society of Victimology (WSV) and Tokiwa International Victimology Institute (TIVI), Tokiwa University, Mito, Japan. Awarded Max Planck Scholarship to do research on Combating Money Laundering: The Experience of European Countries at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany. Third International and Seventh Biennial Conference of the Indian Society of Victimology, jointly with KIIT Law School, KIIT University, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha. 10. Dr. M. Srinivasan University of Edinburgh, Scotland. 5 7 October, 2010 Victim Support Scotland Conference, 11. Dr.M.Priyamvadha Illinois State University, USA & other agencies May Academic Exchange Program, Presented a paper titled Elder Abuse in 7

8 26. Faculty serving in of Criminal Justice Administration of USA NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report Sl no Faculty Designation Committee/Board Dr.R.Thilagaraj Member Working Party on Restorative Justice, The Alliance of Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, United Nations Headquarters, New York, USA. 1. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Standing Group Member European Consortium For Political Research (ECPR) Group on Organized Crime. 2. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Member Presidium of the General Assembly of the Asian Criminological Society, Macau, China. 3. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Member Asia Pacific Forum of Restorative Justice (APFRJ), Australia for collaborative research. 4. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Vice President International Society of Criminological Psychology, Mexico 5. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Member Editorial Board, International Journal of Criminal Psychology, Ireland. 6. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Editor Indian Journal of Criminology 7. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Non-official member India Lok Adalat,State Legal Services Authority 8. Dr.R.Thilagaraj Visiting Faculty Department of Law, University of Kashmir 9. Dr.R. Thilagaraj Visiting Faculty Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University 8

9 27. Faculty recharging strategies (UGC, ASC, Refresher / orientation programs, workshops, training programs and similar programs). Faculty Dr.M.Priyamvadha Program Faculty and Student 2011 Summer Scholar Program for 21 days sponsored by The Department of Criminal Justice Sciences (CJS) College of Applied Science and Technology, Illinois State University, US Refresher Course in Research Methodology for Social Sciences & Humanities, Batch IV (Interdisciplinary subject) held from to by the Academic Staff College,, Chennai Dr.S.Ramdoss Refresher Course in Women Studies,batch-II for Social Sciences & Humanities, held from to by the Academic Staff College,, Chennai 28. Student projects Percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental projects M.A Programme- 90% M.Sc Programme- 10% Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with other universities / industry / institute M.A Programme- 10% M.Sc Programme- 90% 29. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by Faculty Dr. R. Thilagaraj 1. Academic Achievement Award -, ISC Kumarappa Reckless Award for outstanding research and teaching in the field of Criminology, 2011 Dr. M. Srinivasan 1. Awarded Max Planck Scholarship to do research on Combating Money Laundering: The Experience of European Countries at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany,

10 Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: 1. K.Sowmya- Gold Medal for Best Research Paper in 32 nd All India Criminology Conference held at University of Kashmir in Remya Mariam Raju- Gold Medal for Best Research Paper in 36 th All India Criminology Conference held at National Law University, Delhi in A.Michael Loordhu Valan- Silver Medal for Best Research Paper in 36 th All India Criminology Conference held at National Law University, Delhi in Students - Nil 30. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any. Details furnished in Appendix II 31. Code of ethics for research followed by the departments - UGC Regulation on minimum standards and procedure for the award of M.Phil/ Ph.D degree 2009 are followed. 32. Student profile programme-wise: Year Name of the Programme (refer to question no. 4) Applications received Selected Male Female Pass percentage Male Female M.A M.A M.A M.A M.A M.A M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc Ph. D Ph. D Ph. D Ph. D Ph. D Ph. D

11 33. Diversity of students: Name of the Programme (refer to Q.4) % of students from the Same university ( ) % of students from other universities within the state ( ) NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report % of students from universities outside the state ( ) % of students from other countries( ) M.A MSc How many students have cleared Civil Services and Defence Services examinations, NET, SET, GATE and other competitive examinations? Give details category-wise. S No Name of Examination Number of students Cleared 1. UGC-JRF UGC-NET 9 3. TNPSC Group II 2 4. Bank Exams 5 5. Civil Services (Various levels) Student progression Student progression UG to PG - PG to M.Phil. - PG to Ph.D. 10% Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral - Employed Campus selection Other than campus recruitment Entrepreneurs 2% Percentage against enrolled M.A-50%, MSc-90% M.A-30%.MSc- 8% 36. Diversity of staff Percentage of faculty who are graduates of the same university 100% from other universities within the State Nil from universities from other States Nil from universities outside the country Nil 37. Number of faculty who were awarded M.Phil., Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period Nil 11

12 38. Present details of departmental infrastructural facilities with regard to a) Library - yes b) Internet facilities for staff and students yes c) Total number of class rooms - 3 d) Class rooms with ICT facility - 2 e) Students laboratories -1 f) Research laboratories List of doctoral, post-doctoral students and Research Associates : a) from the host institution/university b) from other institutions/universities Sl No Name Designation University 1. Vijo Varghese Vincent 2. Sowmya.K 3. Deepak Raj Rao 4. Rajendran V 5. Mala.G 6. Sharon.P.Thomas 7. R.Stalin 8. Gayathri.R 9. Remya Mariam Raju 10. A Michael Loordhu Valan 11. Vaishnavi. V 12. Amrutha Karayil 13. S.A Deepak 14. Geni Philipose The Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University 15. Henry Jerome 16. Kannan.B 17. M.Chinthana 18. Mr.K.Manoharan Part time 19. Mr.Abishek Awadh Part time Guru Gobind Singh 20. Ms.Beulah Muthu Lakshmi Part time University, Delhi 12

13 21. Ms.C.Sushmita Part time 22. Mr.E.Mariappan Part time 23. Mr.D.Dhayanand Part time 24. Mr.A.Vijayakumar Part time 25. Mr.A.J.Vijayakumar Part time 26. Mr.Saravanan Part time 27. Mr.R.Arunachalam Part time NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report The Tamil Nadu Dr.Ambedkar Law University 28. Mr.M.Ebthihar Hussain Part time 40. Number of post graduate students getting financial assistance from the university. - 3 for each Post graduate programme 41. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new programme(s)? If so, highlight the methodology. Yes. A need development programme was experimented with the students who wished to undertake PG Diploma programme in Cyber Crimes and Information Security and stake holder industries and based on which the Master s degree programme on Cyber Forensics and Information Security programme is designed. Also based on the assessment with the interest of takers who work in the industry, a Master s degree programme in digital forensics is also introduced in the distance education mode. 42. Does the department obtain feedback from a) Faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes. The feedback is utilized to improve the presentation techniques and content development. b) Students on staff, curriculum and teaching-learning-evaluation and how does the department utilize the feedback? Students on staff every academic year feedback is obtained by the IQAC and the findings are communicated to the faculty individually every year. The feedback is taken into account for confirmation/ promotion. 13

14 c) Alumni and employers on the programmes offered and how does the department utilize the feedback? Yes. The Department utilizes the feedback to reframe the syllabi and to develop the scope of research and employment. 43. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) 1. Dr. GandhiRajan- Indian Police Service 2. Dr C.Sylendra Babu Indian Police Service 3. Dr K.Radhakrishnan Indian Police Service 4. Dr Annie Vijaya Indian Police Service 5. Mr. Mathivanan, Director, Ministry of Human Resources development, Government of India, Delhi. 6. Justice Dr P.Jyothimani-Former Judge, Madras High Court 7. Justice Mr M.Jeyachandran Judge, Madras High Court 8. Mr.N.Mathivanan-Indian Administrative Service 9. Mr.Hariharan- Indian Administrative Service 10. Mr.Tharpagaraj- Indian Administrative Service 44. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) involving external experts. S.No Name & Dates of the special lectures 1. Parthasarathy 10 Feb Krishna Iyer 18 Jan Krishna Iyer 17 March Parthasarathy 29 Feb Parthasarathy March 30,2011 Experts with Designation Mr.Sukumar Mukopadyaya Former Chairman, Central Board of Customs &Excise, Delhi Dr.Natti Ronel Professor, Bar-ilan University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dept. of Criminology, Israel Dr.Jianhong Liu, Professor of Criminology, University of Macau,Taipei. Mr.S.P.Talukdar, I.P.S, Former Special Director, Intelligence Bureau Dr.C.Ramakrishnan,I.P.S Former DGP Anti-Vigilance &Corruption 14 Topic Criminal Justice System- the laws &punishments relating to our taxation in India The Criminal Spin Restorative Justice & Chinese traditional Legal culture Current Security scenario in the country &emerging trends Probity in public life

15 6. Krishna Iyer Feb 1, Parthasarathy March 31, Krishna Iyer March 2, Parthasarathy March 26, Krishna Iyer 23 Feb 2009 Dr.Ronald.V.Clarke,Professor,Crimin ology&criminal Justice,Rutgers University,New York,USA Dr.Justice.A.R.Lakshmanan,Former Judge,Supreme Court&Former Chairman,Law Commission Dr.David.T.Johnson,Professor,Sociol ogy,university of Hawaii,USA Hon ble Justice Mr.T.S.Arunachalam,Former Judge,Madras High Court Dr.David.H.Bailey,Professor,School of Criminal Justice,University of New York,USA Introduction to situational Crime Prevention Criminal Justice- Delays-some perceptions Death Penalty in Asia Values in the Criminal Justice System Policing Terrorism 45. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes. Participative teaching Seminar Group Discussion ICT Methodology 46. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes are monitored? Through the constant monitoring by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the University and thereby improving the quality and standards of the Department. Feedback from students about the faculty and the Department Performance reports of the students submitted by the industries and criminal justice agencies. Periodical review of the syllabus and updating the curriculum 47. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities. Students constantly participate in many extension activities of the NSS, University of Madras. Also a student INFOSEC club is created in co-ordination with ISACA Chennai chapter and the club members create awareness among college students on cyber crimes and cyber crime prevention. Apart from that they have the following extension activities: 15

16 Practical Visits Central Forensic Sciences Department, Hyderabad C-DAC, Trivandrum Central prisons- Puzhal, Vellore, Bangalore etc Tamil Nadu State Forensic Science Department Chief Metropolitan Magistrates Court, Egmore Forensic Medicine Department- Government Hospital, Kilpauk Medical College Karunalaya Social Service Society State Human Rights Commission Internships Cyber Crime Cells CBCID Chennai Police stations Security Agencies Information Security Wings of corporate sectors and banks NGOs Security Agencies Integral Coach Factory (ICF) 48. Give details of beyond syllabus scholarly activities of the department. Faculty, Doctoral fellows and students publishing research articles in reputed National/International Journals Providing special lectures to the students by external experts periodically Participation in Regional/National/International Conferences/Workshops by faculty, Doctoral fellows and students. Excellent Department-Industry Interaction Participation in media programmes 49. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies? If yes, give details. Nil 50. Briefly highlight the contributions of the department in generating new knowledge, basic or applied. The department is focusing on new thrust areas such as Cyber Crime, Digital Forensics, Restorative Justice, Financial Crimes etc. 16

17 51. Detail five major Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department. Strengths Faculty Curriculum Laboratory Department-Industry Interaction Placement Opportunities Interaction with the Corporate Sector Outstanding foreign scholars as visiting fellows Faculty to represent and participate in National/International Conferences/workshops Utilization of resource materials from the Library Weaknesses Shortage of staff Less Infrastructure Lack of extracurricular activities Challenges Lack of employment in the Government Sector ( State/Centre) Gaining International knowledge on the changing trends Meeting the International Standards 52. Future plans of the department. a. To introduce M.A in Security &Vigilance Management b. To establish Information Security lab c. To collaborate with International forums on Restorative Justice and organize programmes d. To introduce more internship programmes in industries specialized in Information Security e. Continuous training programmes to Criminal Justice professionals on Digital Forensics, Information Security, Restorative Justice and Community policing. 17