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SRI G.V.G VISALAKSHI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (AUTONOMOUS)

Udumalpet

62nd COLLEGE DAY REPORT 2013-14

Ladies and Gentleman,

The year 2013-2014 marks a historic landmark for the institution as GVG is

crowned with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC with a highest score of CGPA of 3.53 in the 4 point

Scale.

Sri G.V.G. Visalakshi College stands as an exemplary educational edifice providing

quality education to thousands of women students; mostly from socially disadvantaged

groups for 62 years. It is the philanthropy of our founder Thiru.G.Govindasamy Naidu

and his dedicated descendents, the intellectual genius of Principals and teachers that

has made the G.V.G college - a seat of social reforms, cultural renaissance, intellectual

awakening for the young women of myriad generations in this part of the country.

The academic year 2013-2014 has brought many accomplishments and also

made us see the gaps in some areas where there is a definite scope for improvement.

Against this background let me present the 62nd college day report.

ADMISSIONS

The College reopened on 20th June 2013. With the introduction of PG course in

Physics, the number of courses has risen to 18 UG courses and 7 PG courses. The

student strength as on date is 2635 with 632 students residing in the hostel. 881

students have received scholarship to the tune of Rs.28, 21,679/-. The college received

Rs.19, 60,000/- as grant from UGC. 13 new teaching staff are appointed in the aided

stream.

The College Union and its affiliated clubs had its formal inauguration by

Dr.M.Padmanaban, Course Director, Anna IAS Coaching Academy, Bharathiar University,

Coimbatore, on 16th July 2013.

Distinguished Persons were invited from all walks of life to deliver lectures,

motivational talks and inspiring speeches. This is done to infuse in the students a sense

of leadership and social commitment and elevate themselves to empowered individuals.

Thangam Rangaswamy : President, Rangaswamy, Yost & Associates, Inc., Kentucky, USA.

Mr.Shankar Subramaniam : Program Chair, Business Program,Higher College of Technology, Dubai. Solvendar Sugi. Sivam

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Mr.N.K.Kumar,IES : Chief General Manager(PF), Chennai Metro Rail Ltd, Chennai.

Dr.G.Gunasekaran : President, Association of Economists of Tamilnadu, St.Joseph College, Trichy. Dr.Kathiravan : Head i/c, Department of Psychology,

Periyar University.

His Holiness Mahamaharishi : Universal Peace Foundation Param Jothiar Thirumoorthy Hills.

Mr.R.Sriram : Assistant General Manager, NABARD

Mr.M. P.Sasidharan : Chief General Manager, KG Hospital & Post Graduate Medical Institute, Coimbatore

Dr.K.A.Narayanan Kutty : Adjunct Professor of E.C.E, Amirtha School of Engineering ,Coimbatore.

Dr.M.G.Sethuraman : Director of IQAC and Head, Department of Chemistry, Gandhigram Rural University. Thiru.Madukkur Ramalingam : Public speaker & Journalist

Mr.Manoj kumar Nithyanantham : Deputy Manager –Learning & Development Elgi Ultra Industries Ltd,Coimbatore.

Mr.R.Vasudevan : “Career growth Academy”, Chennai.

Mr.V.V.K.Subburaj : Director, Sura College of Competition, Chennai

Dr.M.Ramesh : Associate Prof. Unit of Toxicology, Bharathiar University, CBE. Ms. Sujatha : Assistant Professor, PSGIM, Coimbatore.

Mr.P.Govindarajan : DIG of Prisons – Coimbatore.

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RESULTS FOR THE YEAR 2012-2013

The results of both UG & PG reflect the voluminous effort of the faculty and

students.

Under Graduate Post Graduate

Department %

Economics 100

History 100

English Literature 100

Mathematics 100

Physics 97

Chemistry 97

Zoology 100

Commerce 97

Comp.Sci 100

IT 100

Maths (CA) 100

B.C.A 97

B.B.M(CA) 100

B.Com(CA) 100

B.Com(e-com) 100

Department %

M.A. Economics 100

M.A. History 100

M.A. English Language

& Literature

100

M.Sc. Mathematics 91

M.Com 80

M.Sc. Comp. Science 100

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RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & COLLABORATION

Research Development & Collaboration Centre is setup on January 07, 2014 with Dr.J.Manjula, our former Principal as Director. The Centre has entered into International Letter of Understanding with University of Louisville, Kentucky.

The Centre coaches students for TOFEL & GRE.

Steps are being taken to enter into collaboration with Maitreyi - The Vedic Village to offer Study India Aid Programme to the International Scholars, especially staff and students of University of Louisville, Stevenson College, Baltimore.

TIE-UPS AND MoU’s

To develop the Entrepreneurial Skill, the Department of History has a tie up with Travel Management Institute, Coimbatore and offered a Certificate Course in “International Airlines, Travel & Tourism” for the final year students of History, Economics and Literature.

An MoU was signed between our college and Sri Paranjothi Institute of

Naturopathy and Yogic Sciences, Thirumoorthy hills, to promote the employable

skills of the students in the “Retail Trade” certified by National Skill

Development Corporation. 1000 students benefited out of the programme.

ENHANCEMENT OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

As an important step in the direction of Quality enhancement the Learning management

System software “MOODLE” was installed.

An orientation on “Moodle”, was given to the staff members and students by

Ms. Sujatha, Assistant Professor,PSGIM ,Coimbatore and her team of staff.

ESTABLISHMENT OF ED CELL

An amount of Rs 1 lakh was sanctioned by Entrepreneurship Development

Institute(Department of MSME, Government of Tamilnadu),Chennai for setting up of

Entrepreneurship Development Cell in our college. This was initiated in the month of

November. Dr.Mallika Baskar & Ms.Sangeetha Priya attended Entrepreneurial

development programme at P.S.G.R. Krishnammal College Coimbatore during

11.11.2013 to 23.11.2013.

THE ICT ACADEMY

The ICT Academy conducted “Cloud Infrastructure and Services” course in

collaboration with ICT academy of Tamilnadu and EMC2 ,Bengaluru, for the

Ist year Post Graduate students of Mathematics, Commerce and Computer

Science in our campus.

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Mrs.M.Malini & Mrs.L.Shankara Maheswari of Dept. of Computer Science

attended the faculty training program “Cloud Computing” organized by ICTACT

at Chennai.

IBM CAREER EDUCATION : Through IBM following Courses are made available

Name of the Course No. of Students

Software Foundation - 931

Cloud Computing – Advanced - 475

Rational Testing – Fundamentals - 183

IBM Information Management - 65 Basics with DB2

Fundamental Course in predictive - 130 analytics using IBM SPSS

Object Oriented Programming using JAVA - 93

Fundamentals of Embedded Software - 142 Development using IBM Rational Rhapsody(C++)

Total 2019

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS ORGANISED

The Research Cell of the college organized on June 3, 2013, a UGC Sponsored

Workshop on Mechanics of Writing a Research Article. The Second Volume of

Research Journal MINDSCAPE has been brought out.

Department of BBM(CA), B.Com(CA) and E-Commerce jointly organized a

workshop on “Entrepreneurial Challenges and Opportunities” on 04.09.2013 .

Department of Computer Applications organized a one day workshop on

“Operating System Installation with Trouble Shooting” on 14-09-2013.

The Department of English (SF) organized a literary exhibition Magic Lantern on

Aug 16th 2013.

The Department of Tamil conducted a workshop on ‘Vasipukalai’.

The Department of Physics conducted an Inter-Collegiate Physics fest – “PRISM

2014” on 29.01.2014.

One day workshop was conducted on “Cloud computing technologies” by ICT

Academy of Tamilnadu on 30th September' 2013.

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Our college facilitated the conduct of a Robotics Workshop on “iSENSOBOTZ on

Arduino” in association with HELIOS-IIT, Bombay and ARK Technosolutions on

23rd & 24th Janauary 2014.

Department of Chemistry organized a one day national workshop on “Recent

Advancements in chemical synthesis” on 28.01.2014.

Department of History organized a national level workshop on ‘India- The Haven

for Medical Tourism’ on 03.02.2014.

Department of Economics and Department of Economics with Logistics and

freight management jointly organized a workshop “Indian Economy –Issues

and New Directions” on 7.2.2014.

Research Department of English (Aided) organized a workshop on Regionalism

and Modernism in Indian Literature on 19.02.2014.

Department of Botany and Zoology organized a national workshop on

Antioxidants and Human Health on 4.3.2014.

The Departments of Mathematics, IT, B.Com(CA), Computer Science and

Maths(CA) conducted intradepartmental competitions.

U.G.C.FUNDED MAJOR AND MINOR RESEARCH PROJECTS

Ongoing Projects: Economics - 3; Commerce - 4, Chemistry -1, Tamil-2.

VISITS ABROAD

Dr.Tamizpavai, Associate Professor of Tamil presented a research article on

“Bharathiyum Penmaiyum” on 17.10.2013 at Thailand, Bangkok, in a programe

organized by Bharathiyar Sangam, Chennai.

DOCTORATES OF THE YEAR:

Mrs. P. Geetha Department of Economics

Mrs. Sripriya Department of Economics

Mrs.C.Pushpalatha Department of Commerce

Mrs.J.Vijayalakshmi Department of English (Self Financing)

Mrs.M.Gangadevi Department of English (Self Financing)

Mrs. V.Pankajam Department of Mathematics

Besides Research scholar G.Rajarajeswari Department of Economics is also conferred with Doctorate.

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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES OF THE FACULTY & STUDENTS

38 papers were presented by faculty in various State, National and International Conferences & Seminars.

32 papers were published by staff in various National & International publications

21 papers were presented and published by faculty in various National and International Conferences.

22 of our students have presented papers in State level and National level seminars, symposium and conferences.

Faculty as Resource Persons

Dr.(Mrs) K.Punithavalli, Head of the Department of the Commerce delivered

inaugural address on Ecopreneurship in the seminar on Ecopreneurship at

Vidyasagar College, Udumalept on26.2.2014.

Dr.R.Meera & Mrs.V.K.Saraswathi acted as Chairpersons in the National

Seminar on ‘The Charismatic past of Ancient Kongu with Special reference to

Tamil Classical period (Upto 6th Century A.D) sponsored by Central Institute of

Classical Tamil ( CICT) and Ministry of Human Resource Development Govt. of

India, at N.G.M. College Pollachi on 29.08.2013.

Dr.D.Anusya Associate Professor, Dept of English chaired the Valedictory

Session- for the seminar on Eco- Criticism & Eco -Feminism at Arulmigu Palani

Andavar College, Palani on 07.02.2014. She was a Resource Person – for the

Personality Development programme at STC College on 05.03.2014.

Dr.P.Renuga Associate Professor of English gave a guest lecture on “Effective

Guidelines for Research”-at S.T.C College, Pollachi on 28.11.2013 and a lecture on

“Communicate to Conquer” at NGM College, Pollachi on 28.01.2014.

Dr.(Mrs) N.Lakshmi Associate Professor of Commerce was the Chief Guest for

COGNITION 13 organised by Department of Commerce(CA), Vidyasagar College

of Arts and Science, Udumalpet on 06.08.2013. she also addressed on Wealth

Management in the Inaugural Function of India Nivesh Securities Pvt. Ltd on

21st July, 2012.

Mrs.P.Karpagavalli chaired a session in the International Seminar on

“Nonviolence and Peace Education” organized by Shridhar University, Pilani,

Rajasthan.

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Members of faculty also act as inter departmental resource persons within the

college.

Faculty also has been updating themselves by attending refresher and

orientation course, for career advancement.

Faculty of the college has also been actively involving as members of Inspection

Commissions and Board of Studies of University and other autonomous colleges.

OUR STUDENTS EXCEL:

Arivumathi of II M.A Economics bagged the first prize of Rs.1,500 worth of books

in the essay writing competition conducted by P.S.G College of Arts and Science,

Coimbatore in collaboration with Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust, Chennai

P.M.Anitha of II M.A Economics attended the one week National Integration

Camp organized by Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi & NYP at Andaman &

Nicobar Islands.

M. Pradeepa of I B.A Economics with Logistics and Freight Management got first

prize in the Elocution Competition conducted by P.S.G Arts & Science College,

Coimbatore in collaboration with Malcolm & Elizabeth Adiseshiah Trust,

Chennai.

M. Pradeepa and M. Indhirani of I B.A. Economics with Logistics & Freight

Managemnt participated in the Vision Tamil Nadu 2023 Oratorical Competition

organized by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 16.02.2014 and were awarded

the best orator certificate.

A.Kalaiarasi & A.Pairoja, PG Students of Department of History participated in

the CICT sponsored National Seminar on ‘The Charismatic Past of Ancient Kongu

with Special Reference to the Tamil Classical Period held at NGM College Pollachi

from 29 to 31 Aug 2013.and won the BEST REPORT Award.

R.Mahalakshmi of I M.A.History got I Prize in Drawing Competition in the World

Tourism day organized by APA college of Arts and culture – Palani on 27.9.13

and A.Pairoja of II M.A.History got I Prize in Essay competition.

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D.Johncyselvapriya, V.Manjuladevi, D.Kiruthika, M.Sathyapriya III B.Sc.

Mathematics won the first prize in Paper presentation, Math Sketching, Poster

presentation, Drawing, Eloqution competitions conducted by P.K.R Arts college

for Women(SIGMA).

S.Deivanayaki,J.P.Thempaavai and M.Carmel of I M.Sc &III B.Sc Mathematics

Mathematics won the second prize in quiz competition conducted by PSGR

Krishnammal College for Women.

R.Lavanya and D.Kiruthika of III B.sc Mathematics won the first prize in Paper

presentation, Math Sketching, Poster presentation, conducted by Gandhigram

Rural Institute in Integration 2014.

A Zonal Level Robotics Workshop on “iSENSOBOTZ on Arduino” in association

with HELIOS-IIT, Bombay, ARK Technosolutions was organized on 23rd & 24th

January 2014 in our college and three top teams were selected for the final

championship to be held at IIT, Bombay in the month of March. One of the teams

came up to semi final out of 325 colleges from all over India.

Students of Commerce won 1st place in Adzap and 2nd place in Mock Parliament

in the competitions conducted in Saraswathi Thiagaraja College, Pollachi.

C N.Kalaiarasi , M.Phil scholar in commerce bagged the eighth position in the

elocution competition on Tamilnadu Vision- 2023 out of 420 students and

awarded Rs.6666 cash prize conducted by Tamilnadu Government at Krishna

College, Coimbatore.

S. Brindha Bharathi of I B.A Economics has secured second prize in oratorical

competition conducted by Wild Life Week Celebrations on October 20, 2013.

Our students participated in the Inter- collegiate competitions arranged by the

Forest Department on 17.10.2013 and bagged all the three prizes in the

Oratorical, Essay and Drawing competitions.

A group of 22 students from Department of English participated in the ‘Inter

Collegiate competitions held at PKR Arts College for Women, Gobichettipalayam

on 07.08.2013. The students won I, II & III Prizes in Painting, Poem Writing, Add

Zap, Music, Enactment and Freeze Zone.

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Students of Department of English participated in the inter-collegiate

competitions ‘Pegasus’ organised by the Kongu Arts College Erode on 27.09.2013

and bagged the I, II & III prizes in the Debate, Poster Presentation, Translation,

Mime and Quiz, competitions. 12 of our III B.A Literature students participated in

the inter-collegiate student seminar held at APA College, Palani on 27.09.2013

and presented papers on Diasporic writings and received over all shield for the

highest presentation.

A group of 18 students participated in the inter-collegiate competitions held at

PSG College of Arts and Science College, Coimbatore on 03.10.2013. I Literature

students T.Shiny Karunya andG.Subhashini won the Second Prize in Debate.

54 students attended- Android Application Development at Amritha Vishwa

Vidya Peetham on 08.03.2014.

Students of B.Com (CA) and B.Com participated in the Intercollegiate

competitions conducted at SNR college, Coimbatore and won the runners trophy

for the best performance.

On 18th January R.M.Janani III B.A. English Literature participated in Thiyagaraja

Mahotsavam at Thiruvayyaru. She was given 10 minutes to perform.

CULTURAL AND VALUE ORIENTED ACTIVITIES

For the first time in the annals of G.V.G the festival of Tamilians “PONGAL” was

celebrated and rejoiced by the students and faculty on 17th January, 2014.

In commemoration of the 150th Birth year of Swami Vivekanandar the college

conducted oratorical competition, group discussion, role play on delivery of

speeches by people associated with Vivekananda Kendralaya on 24th June 2013,

30th Dec..2013 & 20th Jan,2014. 55 students of our college from various

departments attended a four day “Youth Camp” conducted by Vivekananda

Kendra, Kanyakumari at Kathir Engineering College, Nelampur, Coimbatore

between Aug 8th and 11th 2013. Another 24 students and two faculty members

attended the camp at Kanniyakumari for four days from 27/02/2014 to

02/03/2014.

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Special programmes on Human Value Development were conducted on 6.7.2013,

14.12.2013 and on 11.1.2014 by the Sathya Sai organizations, under value

Education. Nearly 800 students received ‘deeksha’ from Mahraishi Param

Jothiar of Universal Peace Foundation and they were initiated to the first level of

Meditation.

CULTURAL EXCELLENCE

An intercollegiate cultural competition “BHARATHI KALAI VIZHA” was organized

at Bharathiar University from 11/12/2013 to 13/12/2013.More than 50 colleges

participated. Our students participated in all competitions, won number of prizes

and bagged the overall shield.

Malabar gold and diamonds and people-5 Ads and events management jointly

oraganised a programme “Pengal Thiruvizha” at pollachi on 18-8-2013.

Our student participated in various competitions and won several prizes.

ACHIEVEMENT IN SPORTS & N.C.C.

S. Kavinilavu of I BCA was selected to represent Indian team to participate in

Indo-Srilanka Throwball Championship held at Bangalore from 7th Oct – 10th

October, 2013 and bagged the first position at International level.

J. Archana of III B. Com, R. Yogapriya of I B. Com & S. Kavinilavu of I BCA were

selected to represent Tamilnadu state to participate in National level Throw ball

Championship held at Dhanbad, Jharkhand state from 4th Nov – 11th Nov, 2013

and bagged III position at national level.

Our college throwball team participated in National level Inter collegiate

throwball tournament organized by MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai

and secured winner’s trophy.

J. Archana of III B.Com, R. Yogapriya of I B.Com and B. Lavanya of I B.Sc

Computer Science were selected to represent Tamilnadu state to participate in

National level Throwball Championship held at Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.

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R. Lavanya of III B.Sc Maths, S. M. Indhuja of I B. A. Literature and S. Nandhini of

II B.A. Literature participated in Chief Minister’s Trophy in Shuttle Badminton

Singles held at Tirupur on 20th Oct, 2013 and secured I, II & III position with the

cash award of Rs.1000/-, Rs.750/- & Rs. 500/- respectively.

K. Kaleeswari of I B.Sc Computer Science, M. Punitha of I.B.Sc Physics &

R. Thenmozhi of II B.Sc IT participated in Chief Minister’s District level Table

Tennis Tournament held at Tirupur on 20th Oct, 2013 and bagged I, II & III

position with the cash award of Rs.1000/-, Rs.750/- & Rs. 500/- respectively.

K. Kaleeswari of I B.Sc Computer Science, M. Punitha of I.B.Sc Physics

participated in District level Table tennis open tournament for both singles and

doubles held at Tirupur on 8th November, 2013 and secured first position in both

the competitions.

Our college Badminton team participated in District level shuttle badminton

tournament for women for both Singles and Doubles held at Tirupur and R.

Lavanya of III B.Sc Maths secured I position in Singles with cash award of

Rs.1000/- & R. Lavanya & S. M. Indhuja of I B. A. Literature bagged I position in

Doubles with the cash award of Rs.500/- each.

V. Kalaivani and D. Suganya of II B.Sc Zoology participated in District level

silabam Championship held at Tirupur on 30th November, 2013 and secured I &

II position respectively.

NCC

Our cadet S. Sri Gayathri of II B.Sc (IT) attended the adventure course at

Nehru Institute of Mountaineering at Uttarkashi from 01.06.2013 to

15.06.2013 and she was awarded “A” grade.

Two of our cadets S. Gokulanayagam II B.B.M (C.A), V. Priya II- B.Sc (CS),

attended the THAL SAINIK CAMP held at New Delhi from 27.09.2013 to

08.10.2013.

cadet D. Santhi of II B.B.M(C.A) attended the NCC National level Kabaddi

tournament held at New Delhi from 12.10.2013 to 30.10.2013

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cadet P. Shiny II. B.A Literature attended RDC - Launch camp at Yadava

College, Madurai from 4.11.2013 to 13.11.2013.

cadet V. Karthika of II B.B.M. (CA) attended Inter Group Competition Camp

held at Yadava College, Madurai from 28.09.2013 to 07.10.2013 and secured

second position.

BOOK FAIR

Library Committee arranged for a Book Fair from 18.12.13 to 22.12.13. More than 3000

titles on Tamil, English, Science, Spiritual, Health, Cookery, Astrology and Children’s

classics were exhibited. There was an amazing and over whelming response from

students and members of the public.

CAREER GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING CELL

The College guidance and counseling cell helps to identify and develop the

interests and aptitude of students by arranging personality development

progammes, classes in communicative skills, soft skills by eminent trainers and

faculty within the college.

This current academic year the cell has achieved a remarkable target of placing

516 students in various companies like TCS,CTS, Canara bank, Hero industrial,

NIFTEA, Wipro, AEE-BEE, Dicom, Abile Technology, Opensource Academy, VS

tools, I-Tech Software solutions and Techs pine solutions.

The collectorate of Tirupur conducted a Job fair in our campus on January 4,

2014 for candidates who completed +2. Nearly 30 companies’ participated and

600 candidates were placed in and around Tirupur District.

WOMEN STUDIES CENTRE

Women’s studies centre organized an awareness programme on “The

importance of Millets” on 26.09.2013, Where in

Special speech on the importance of Millets was addressed by Mrs.E.Anandhi,

Adhi surya foods, Pollachi. Our students participated in various competitions

like pencil sketching, Kavithai, Instant cooking, Drawing and were awarded

with prizes.

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Women’s Studies centre and Road Safety Department jointly organized a meeting

on Road Safety measures on 31.01.2014.Various Competitions like Skit, Mime

Show, & Oratorical Competitions was conducted to create awareness. More than

seven Colleges participated. Our students won the Overall Shield.

National Voter’s Day Celebrations was organized on 10.02.2014 and Voter’s day

Pledge was administered to make the students realize the importance of casting

vote. Oratorical competition, Kavithai and Essay Competitions were conducted in

this context.

Women’s Studies Centre and Puthagalayam of Udumalpet jointly arranged a

special Seminar on the topic “ Vasippai Nesippom “ on 18.02.2014 with the

reputed public speaker & Jounalist Thiru.Madukkur Ramalingam, as the guest

speaker.

Tailoring, Music and Hindi class are offered as Regular Programme by the centre.

A Beauty parlour has been set up in our college campus for the benefit of our students.

Awareness Programme on “Innovating for Girls Education” was organized on

28.10.2013. Competitions like Poster Presentation and Pencil Sketch were

conducted and Prizes distributed to the participants.

International Women’s Day was celebrated with a special lecture on Women

leadership by Rani Gunasekaran, Zonal officer, Dept. of Income Tax, Coimbatore.

It was followed by cultural activities on the theme of women empowerment.

SOCIETAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND PARTICIPATION:

GVG sent aid for Flood Victims. Students of G.V.G helped the Uttarkand victims by

raising a sum of Rs.31,500/- through P.G.Orientation Club on 06.08.2013

K. Anitha of II M.A Economics has got Indira Gandhi Scholarship for single girl child from UGC and she voluntarily accepted to pay the semester fees for one student of Economics.

S. Kalaivani of I M.A Economics and R. Nivetha of II B.A Economics are selected

and recognized as campus Ambassadors of our college, by the Collectorate of

Tirupur District for Election 2014.

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Dr. S. Sundari Bai and Dr.P.Geetha have been adjudged as Best Coordinators by

the Udumalpet Traffic Police, during 25th Road Safety Awareness Week

Celebrations 2014.

As a recognition of the activities of Consumer Awareness Club a cash award of Rs.2500 was given by Tiruppur collectorate in relation to consumer’s day celebrations.

NSS

Our College NSS has got 6 units consisting of 614 students, 6 Programme officers and 6

co-opted members. Anti Tobacco Programme is an ongoing activity of our College NSS

units which is carried out in Ganapathipalayam Village. Medical camp to identify

smokers and for General Health Check up, Eye Camp ,Anti Tobacco Rally, National

voters awareness rally , serving as volunteers in road safety Rally organized by RTO

were the various significant activities of the year. The NSS special camp was organised

at Ganapathipalayam with 200 students from 11th August , 2013 to 17th August , 2013.

RRC

236 volunteers are enrolled in RRC. They actively participated in AIDS awareness

programme, Blood donation awareness programme and Road safety awareness

programmes.

YRC

220 students have enrolled in YRC. Several meetings were organized to enlighten the

history and importance of YRC in the world wide and India.

The volunteers conducted a programme by themselves on

Cancer awareness

Yoga and Meditation

And Organ donation

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Extension Activities

Various awareness programmes on Food habits, health and hygiene, Sanitation,

Environmental Pollution, Moral values, General Awareness, Self Discipline, Child

labour, Cleanliness,Tree Plantation, Smoking and its effects were conducted in

the adopted village.

The school children in the adopted village were taught basic mathematics,

grammar, basic science, self discipline, computer basics, functioning of our

organs, Yoga, use of internet, importance of postal service, Sudoku solving, Basic

abbreviations, General Knowledge, Riddles and use of Medicinal Plants . Science

day was celebrated by all the Science departments by preparing models and

exhibiting them to the school children . Above 350 School Children with their

staff members visited the exhibition

Our Management

It is the greatest blessings of the founder and the destiny of the institution that

the college is under the able captainship of young, energetic, innovative and far sighted

lady, the female heir our founder; who works with poise and passion to fulfill the vision

of her great grandfather. We place on record our gratitude and loyalty to the

magnanimous management for all their support.

Our future contains a number of challenges. If G.V.G College is to further its mission

as a caring, learning community committed to excellence in education, we have to take

immediate steps.

Articulate a vision for our preferred future and implement a plan to achieve it.

Focus our academic programme to be as market smart as it is mission centered.

Demonstrate the superiority of our graduate and post graduated programme

over the profit competition.

Advance cutting edge delivery methods and pedagogies.

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Provide a dynamic campus environment replete with engaging programs and

contemporary facilities.

I am sure that these and more would be definitely be achieved with the co-ordinated

efforts of faculty both teaching and non-teaching. My appreciation to them.

Our students are always cheerfully remembered with pride in our hearts for they

are the gems who have with their brilliance dazzled our lives both within and without.

My hearty wishes to them too.

My special thanks to all the parents of our students who have toed their lines along with

us in all our welfare measure. My thanks to them.

My thanks to the reporters of Hindu, Indian Express, Dinamalar, Dinamani, Dinakaran

and Dinathandhi for consistently supporting us, in letting the readers know of all our

activities. My hearty thanks to them.

Above all, the mighty presence of god and the showers of his blessings has been

felt in each and every step of our endeavours. Our pranams to God Almighty.