Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women
Women's Deemed University in India
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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]
| Motto | Seek and you shall find |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1956 |
| Chancellor | Dr. T. S. K. Meenakshisundaram |
| Vice-Chancellor | V. Bharathi Harishankar |
| Location | , India 11°01â²11â³N 76°56â²58â³E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.avinuty.ac.in |
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History
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
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.
Rankings
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
- School of Allied Health Science