Guru Shree Shantivijai jain College For Women, Chennai

About Guru Shree Shantivijai jain College For Women, Chennai

GURU SHREE SHANTIVIJAI JAIN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN is founded by Shree Mahaveer Jain Kalyan Sangh(Established in 1967), a Voluntary Charitable Jain Assocaiation, dedicated to the cause of education and social upliftment. The College is named after the great Jain Saint Yogiraj Guru Shree Shanti Vijaiji Maharaj of Mount Abu (India) to mark the memory of his birth centenary celebration. We embarked on a mission with a goal of imparting qualitative education to young women, inculcating moral values and instilling confidence in them. Regular Day College was started in the academic year 1995-96. This is a Self Financing College approved by the State Government & Affiliated to the University of Madras. It is also established and administered as Religious and Linguistic Minority Institution.

During the year 1999-2000, the Master of Computer Applications(M.C.A) course was started in the college after getting permission from the Govt. of Tamil Nadu, approval from the All India Council of Technical Education(AICTE), New Delhi, and the affiliation from the University of Madras with full intake strength of 30 students. The approval was extended to the maximum intake of 60 students, in the year 2002-2003 and thereafter.

During the year 2001-2002, the Master of Science course in Information Technology was started in the college after getting the affiliation from the University of Madras with full intake strength of 20students. The approval was extended thereafter.

The college aims to provide and excellent academic environment to augment and accelerate learning in students and reveal their inner talents & potentials. An unique learning experience through which the students acquire the sterling qualities of leadership, courage and truthfulness and become the torch bearers with a noble mission in life.

We have evolved the distinct methodology of teaching to achieve this objective. We maintain high standards of excellence in the academic sphere by providing facilities of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities.

The college aims to provide a high standard of University education to Women candidates, in order to make them responsible and useful citizens of the society and thus significantly contribute in the development of our Nation.

Mission

To sensitize our young women to their rights and place in society and through them strengthen the nation to help usher in an egalitarian society. The mission of the college is to empower young women to face the challenges of life with courage and commitment, to be builders of a humane and just society, and to promote a learning community in which all, especially those from less privileged backgrounds, feel part of the collaborative high quality educational process which is value based and leads to holistic growth.

In pursuance of this mission, the college has set the following objectives:

To form women of character, with sound moral principles and integrated personalities.
To provide technical skills and knowledge and to meet the challenges and competencies among students.
To sensitize students to critique current socio-economic, political and cultural issues and to denounce all forms of oppression relating to class, caste and gender.
To sensitize students to environmental issues, thus motivating them to promote ecological justice and sustainable development.
To establish a link between the institution and policy makers through collaborative research leading to social development.
To identify the potentialities and encourage active and quality research useful for the development of the society and the nation.

Vision

To empower the young minds imparting best education blended with moral values viz., Humility (Vinaya), Character (Vivek), Love (Prem) and Compassion (Daya) and also to provide relief for needy irrespective of Caste, Creed or Religion.