The department of Chemistry, since 1952, the year of its starting, has shown 54 Degree and 42 Post Graduate batches the way to victory. The students from the Department have so far won 9 University Ranks for B.Sc. and 27 for M.Sc., apart from 52 selections in CSIR-UGC JRF(NET) Exam. This department had great dignitaries like Professors P.K. Mani, A.M. Mathew, K.J. Scaria, K.I Mathai, and A.V. Antony. This department is known through its alumni like Dr. K.L.Sebastian, Scientist, IISc; Joseph Thomas IPS, James Kurian IFS, Antony George, NTPC Kayamkulam, Capt. George Mathew GMR Group, Rajendran A.G.Scientist ISRO, Dr. Benny K.George, VSSC, Dr. K. Sreekumar, CUSAT and Dr. K. Pius, M.G. University. It has 2 major and 4 minor DST & UGC Projects amounting to Rs. 20,62,000 to its credit. It became a research department in 1986 and has 6 research guides and has produced so far 5 Ph.Ds and over 50 research publications in international and national journals. It is selected for DST-FIST support worth Rs. 40.5 lakhs.