Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women is a women's Deemed University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It was started in 1957 by the Avinashilingam Education Trust founded by T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar as Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women which later grow into a university.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
History
Avinashilingam University was a part of University of Madras until it was separated in June 1987.Template:Citation needed It is now the largest institution in the country for imparting home science education.[8]
Academics
Since 1989 the university has offered two majors and two ancillaries for the undergraduate degree courses. The academic year is divided into two semesters, each semester having a minimum of 100 working days.
Faculties
The institute has seven schools which comprise the respective domain departments. Each School is functioning under a Dean who is a senior professor. The various schools are:
- School of Physical Sciences and Computational Sciences
- School of Biosciences
- School of Arts and Social Sciences
- School of Home Sciences
- School of Education
- School of Management Studies
- School of Engineering
References
- ↑ Deemed University Tamil Nadu. University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ↑ Tender Notice: Avinashilingam University for Women Seeks Powder X-Ray Fiffractometer (India). US Fed News Service, Including US State News Template:Subscription required(20 April 2010). Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ↑ Avinashilingam University installs solar power grid(5 April 2015). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ Avinashilingam University celebrates Kalai Vizha(11 October 2014). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ Avinashilingam University. 4icu.org. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ Disabled get tech help at Avinashilingam(19 December 2014). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ Indian conference scheduled for July.. Nonwovens Industry Template:Subscription required(1 May 2008). Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ↑ Handbook of Universities{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Atlantic Publishers & Dist(2006). ISBN 978-81-269-0607-9
External links
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