Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women

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Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women
MottoSeek and you shall find
TypePublic
Established1988
ChancellorP. R. Krishna Kumar
Vice-ChancellorPremavathi Vijayan
Location
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
,
India

11°01′11″N 76°56′58″E / 11.019837°N 76.9494119°E / 11.019837; 76.9494119Coordinates: 11°01′11″N 76°56′58″E / 11.019837°N 76.9494119°E / 11.019837; 76.9494119
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUGC
Websitewww.avinuty.ac.in

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[edit]

Avinashilingam University was a part of University of Madras until it was separated in June 1987.[citation needed] It is now the largest institution in the country for imparting home science education.[8]

Academics[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ↑ "Deemed University Tamil Nadu". University Grants Commission (India). Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Tender Notice: Avinashilingam University for Women Seeks Powder X-Ray Fiffractometer (India)". US Fed News Service, Including US State News  – via HighBeam (subscription required). 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Avinashilingam University installs solar power grid". The Hindu. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  4. ↑ Adarsh Jain (11 October 2014). "Avinashilingam University celebrates Kalai Vizha". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Avinashilingam University". 4icu.org. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Disabled get tech help at Avinashilingam". The Times of India. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Indian conference scheduled for July". Nonwovens Industry  – via HighBeam (subscription required). 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Ameeta Gupta; Ashish Kumar (2006). Handbook of Universities. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 64. ISBN 978-81-269-0607-9.

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