Avinashilingam University

Avinashilingam University is a women's Deemed University in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Avinashilingam University
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
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUGC
Websitewww.avinuty.ac.in

History

Avinashilingam University was a part of University of Madras until it was separated in June 1987. It is now the largest institution in the country for imparting home science education.[7]

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
  1. "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.
  2. "Avinashilingam University installs solar power grid". The Hindu. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  3. Adarsh Jain (11 October 2014). "Avinashilingam University celebrates Kalai Vizha". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  4. "Avinashilingam University". 4icu.org. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  5. "Disabled get tech help at Avinashilingam". The Times of India. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  6. "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.
  7. Ameeta Gupta; Ashish Kumar (2006). Handbook of Universities. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 64. ISBN 978-81-269-0607-9.
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