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| Motto | Seek and you shall find |
|---|---|
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1988 |
| Chancellor | Dr. T. S. K. Meenakshisundaram |
| Vice-Chancellor | V. Bharathi Harishankar |
| Location | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, India 11°01′11″N 76°56′58″E / 11.019837°N 76.9494119°E / 11.019837; 76.9494119 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.avinuty.ac.in |
Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women 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.
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.
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
The NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranked it 98th among universities in India in 2024.
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
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. 20 April 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- "Avinashilingam University installs solar power grid". The Hindu. 5 April 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- Adarsh Jain (11 October 2014). "Avinashilingam University celebrates Kalai Vizha". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- "Avinashilingam University". 4icu.org. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- "Disabled get tech help at Avinashilingam". The Times of India. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- "Indian conference scheduled for July". Nonwovens Industry. 1 May 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- Ameeta Gupta; Ashish Kumar (2006). Handbook of Universities. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. p. 64. ISBN 978-81-269-0607-9.
- "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).
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