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Women's Deemed University in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Motto | Seek and you shall find |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1988 |
Chancellor | Dr. T. S. K. Meenakshisundaram |
Vice-Chancellor | V. Bharathi Harishankar |
Location | , India 11°01′11″N 76°56′58″E |
Campus | Urban |
Affiliations | UGC |
Website | www.avinuty.ac.in |
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]
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.
The NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranked it 98th among universities in India in 2024.[9]
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:
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