Research activities at Sadakathullah Appa College contribute to the fields of Arts, Sciences and Commerce and address socially relevant issues. In order to strengthen and enhance

the research activities at the Institution,Research Promotion Committee (RPC) was established and has been functioning for to promote genuine researchers. Teachers in the Departments of Tamil, English, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, History, Mathematics, Microbiology, Library and Information Science, Physics and Zoology have guided research scholars leading to the award of Ph.D. degrees.

At present, 139 scholars are working under 51 Research Supervisors in different disciplines. Our faculty members have received funds to do Major and Minor research projects from various funding agencies.

The faculty members have published research articles in journals of repute nationally and internationally.

The faculty members have also presented research papers at various National and International Conferences. A total 113 research papers have been published in Scopus/WOS,UGC-CARE Indexed Journals with impact factors ranging from 0.5 to 9.0 and 196 research articles have been presented in Conferences/Workshops/Seminars during the academic year 2019 to 2020. Research in the college is facilitated by infrastructural and administrative support from the college management. Laboratories, computer and Internet facilities and a well-equipped library offer high quality research infrastructure for advanced