Dr NGP Arts and Science College, Coimbatore

About Dr NGP Arts and Science College, Coimbatore

The Institution is located in Kalappati Road Near Coimbatore Civil Aerodrome about 2km from SITRA , falling at Dr.NGP Nagar. The extent of campus is 7.41 acres and the built up area is 18,078.78 sqmt. The College has a sprawling campus, spacious classrooms, well equipped and modern laboratories, UG and PG Seminar Halls, Central Library , Department libraries and Administrative centers. A vast playground with all outdoor games and facilities for indoor games are also made available.The College offers 16 Undergraduate courses, 11 Postgraduates courses, M.Phil programmes (PT /FT) in 09 disciplines, and Ph.D programmes (PT / FT) in 02 disciplines, 04 PG Diploma courses , 02 diploma courses and 02 certificate courses. To offer qualitative education which will be helpful for all the students to have the employable skills the syllabus, the duration of the programmes and evaluation methods for the diploma courses and certificates are framed by the faculty concerned.At present there are 2923 students in the college. There are 200 Faculty Members and 20 technical staff. As such there is no vacancy in any department . The gender ratio of men and women among the employees works out to be 1 : 2 and the teacher student ratio is 1 : 13.

A number of scholarships are available for students. The students of the Scheduled caste can apply for the award of scholarships. Most backward classes can apply for the award of scholarship, Harijan Welfare scholarship and scholarship to the physically handicapped students. Apart from these things the management offers many scholarships. Ex-Servicemen children are also awarded free scholarship.The Alumni Association is functioning very actively in this college. It has various activities which will eventually prove beneficial to the alumni. The Parents Teachers meetings are also conducted every year. This meet is very helpful to the Management to get a correct feedback from them on the issues like curricular aspects, teaching learning process and infrastructure facilities. They are also free to express and record their impressions on the teachers and the academic performance of their wards.

The students of Dr.N.G.P. Arts and Science College have not only excelled in the field of Sports and NSS, they have also done very well in the field of academics. Every semester, two internal examinations and one model examination are being conducted to prepare them to face the University Examination with full confidence. This is the main reason for the better Academic records with University ranks and awards every year. In the Bharathiar University examination the college is maintaining a good record of over 90% pass every semester. Totally so far 2741 Graduates and 965 Post graduates have gone out successfully and got appointed somewhere in industries, companies and offices or gone to higher education. The faculty also conduct remedial classes for academically weak students, and coach th em in the field of interactive session, group discussion, quiz programmes and preparation of articles for seminars. This helps the students attain improvement and progress in their academic performance. There are many full fledged faculty members who are highly qualified and potentially academic. There are 18 Ph.D and 107 M.Phil degree holders. 63 of them are currently pursuing their research degrees. They have attended on / off campus seminars, symposia and conferences. They also arrange for guest lectures in the college inviting good speakers from outside, Faculty development programmes for the members of staff and students development programmes for the students are being conducted regularly to enhance their standard of quality. The people from all walks of life are invited to deliver their address in such programmes. The men teaching staff also are given extra training to have their skills in office automation , filing and computer literacy.

The college is sufficiently equipped with 746 computers with adequate lab facilities . They are networked with high speed LAN, all original licensed software and broadband internal facility. Novell Netware Server, Windows 2003 server, Windows 2000 server, Windows NT, Linux server and Unix server are the backbone of our Computer Lab. The fully air conditioned labs are helpful to the students to work beyond their college working hours. Many LCD and OHP projectors are used in the classroom for effective teaching.There is one central library which consists of more than 16645 books , 450 online Journals ,159 Indian Journals and Magazines . The library is open from 8.00 AM to 8.00 PM to facilitate the students and members of staff to an optimum utility. Apart from them every department has a library of its own where only the faculty members alone can use them. Text books are purchased in multiple copies. There are CED / DVD facilities available in the library.The NSS units of this college are very dynamic. There are 3 units comprising of 300 students. The city of Coimbatore and nearby villages are greatly benefited by the tremendous service rendered by NSS units. Apart from taking part in various seminars the NSS volunteers have proved their best by involving themselves in activities like campus cleaning programme, blood donation, arranging vaccination on campus and tree planting. The units also organize a 10 days special camping programme every year in villages like Maruthamalai, Irulampatty and Navavoor.

The Placement Services of this college plays a vital role in conducting placement mela to facilitate the students to choose their jobs. The cell has organized many career development programmes, campus interviews and off campus interviews along with online placement interviews. The cell is venturing forth and works tirelessly to place all our students.In a nutshell Dr.N.G.P. Arts and Science College is a marvelous institution which caters to the growing demands of the rural students in this area.

Vision
The Vision of Dr.N.G.P. Arts and Science College is to engrave Character and Value Based Education in the minds of Students to manifest the perfection already in them. Empower excellence in providing Higher Education and Research by the standard of University.

Mission
The Objective of this College is to provide Quality Education, Training and Research facilities to the students of our Nation. To inculcate Ethical, Moral and Social Values in the minds of Educators and Students to motivate and Nurture Co-operation, Tolerance and Mutual Respect in our Nation of diversity.