Noorul Islam College of Arts & Science, Kumaracoil


Noorul Islam College of Arts & Science is an offspring of Noorul Islam Trust. The Noorul Islam Trust is reputed for its commitment to the cause of higher education. Janab. Dr. A. P. Majeed Khan, the well known philanthropist is the founder chairman of the trust. The trust has to its credit a few popular technical and educational institutions, namely, the well-known. The Noorul Islam College of Engineering (NICE) at Kumaracoil, the Noorul Islam Polytechnic College (NIPC) at Punkarai, the Noorul Islam Community College (NICC)  at Kumaracoil, the Noorul Islam Multispeciality Hospital (NIMS) at Neyyatrinkara, the Noorul Islam Dental College (NIDC) at Neyyatrinkara, and the Noorul Islam University (NIU) at Kumaracoil.

The college is situated in the serene picturesque slope of the Velimalai hills in the western ghat near the historically reputed and once the capital of Travancore kingdom, Padmanabhapuram palace. It is about 55 kms away from Thiruvananthapuram and 14 kms from Nagercoil. The college campus is spread over an area of more than 15 acres of greenery.

Noorul Islam College of Arts & Science (NICAS) was started in 2001 by the Noorul Islam Educational Trust, being affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University. With a meagre strength of just 75 students offering three courses, Computer Science, Information Technology, and Computer Applications, the college progressed leaps and bounds by adding new courses and infra-facilities. Currently the college has effective student strength of about 1,100 and offers 13 U.G. courses, 9 P.G. courses and 4 M.Phil. courses.

UG Courses PG Courses
B.Sc. Bioinformatics M.Sc. Bioinformatics
B.Sc. Biotechnology M.Sc. Biotechnology
B.Sc. Microbiology M.Sc. Computer Science
B.Sc. Biochemistry M.Sc. Applied Microbiology
B.Sc. Computer Science M.Sc. Microbiology
B.Sc. Information Technology M.Sc. Biochemistry
B.C.A. (Computer Applications) M.A. English
B.Sc. Visual Communication M.A. Tamil
B.B.A (Business Administration) M.Com. (Commerce)
B.Com. with Computer Application
B.Com. (Commerce) M.Phil. Courses
B.A. English with Computer Applications M.Phil. Bioinformatics
B.A. English M.Phil. Biotechnology
M.Phil. Microbiology
M.Phil. Computer Science

Apart from regular courses, the college also offers certificate courses and diploma courses for regular students in various disciplines

About Bioinformatics Department

The department of Bioinformatics was established in the year 2003, with the aim of imparting quality education in the field of Bioinformatics and train students in advancing research areas of biological and medical research including genomics, proteomics, computational biology, bioprogramming, molecular modeling and drug designing.

The B.Sc. Bioinformatics course is the first of its kind in this region. Later M.Sc. Bioinformatics course was started in the year 2007, M.Phil. Bioinformatics in the year 2009 and Diploma in Bioinformatics in the year 2010.

In the Bioinformatics department, there are 8 teaching faculties listed below.

  1. Mr. T. Ashok Kumar, M.Sc., M.Phil.,
    HOD of Bioinformatics
  2. Ms. A. Vimala, M.Sc., M.Phil.,
    Lecturer in Bioinformatics
  3. Mr. B. Robert Bruce, M.Sc., M.Phil.,
    Lecturer in Bioinformatics
  4. Mrs. C. Suji, B.Pharm., M.Tech.,
    Lecturer in Bioinformatics
  5. Ms. K. R. Suriya, M.Sc.,
    Lecturer in Bioinformatics
  6. Ms. Anu P. Chandran, M.Sc.,
    Lecturer in Bioinformatics
  7. Ms. M. Jasmin, M.Sc.,
    Lecturer in Bioinformatics
  8. Ms. S. Ananthi, M.Sc., M.Phil.,
    Lecturer in Bioinformatics

Our department students of both UG and PG has bagged university rank and gold medal in major and other disciplinary subjects in each year.

Our lab consists of equipped wet-lab and dry-lab facilities (academic and commercial softwares) with high speed broadband internet connectivity.


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