Sri Meenakshi GovtCollege, Madurai

About Sri Meenakshi GovtCollege, Madurai

Sri Meenakshi Government College for Women came into existence in the year 1965 in the city of Madurai. The college is situated on the north bank of the river Vaigai. Being situated right in the middle of the city, the approach is easy. Thus it caters to the needs of the women students in the city.

The college was started by the government of TamilNadu with the exclusive aim of the upliftment of the women of Madurai. In 1965 the college had only pre-university courses with 320 students. There were 13 teaching and 13 non-teaching staff.In the very next academic year, that is, 1966-67 undergraduate course in Tamil literature, Economics and Mathematics were started.

In 1968, Undergraduate courses in Chemistry and Geography were started. In 1969 Undergraduate courses in English literature and History were introduced. The year 1970 saw the introduction of B.Sc Physics course.

The year 1971 was marked by the introduction of the first post Graduate course in the college namely M.A, geography. In the same year B.A. (Special economics) and B.Sc (Special Zoology) courses were also introduced.

In 1972 the certificate courses in Gandhi an thought was introduced . in 1973 , M.A. (History) in 1975 , M.A. (Economics) in 1979 ,B.Sc (Home Science) and in 1980 M.Sc (Mathematics) courses were introduced. In 1986 B.com, M.A. (English literature) in 1990 , B.Sc. (Computer Science) in 1992 and in 1993 B.Sc (Environment Science) and in 1998 MCA were introduced.

Thus, the college has grown in stature day by day.Now it is a premier institution with 7 post graduate courses and 13 undergraduate courses catering to the academic needs of around 2894 women students every year.

The college has a Library with 44450 books and 75 journals. There are adequate Laboratory facilities for practical work in Physics, Chemistry, Environment science, Zoology, Geography, Home science and Computer Science. The college also has adequate class-room facilities and other infra-structure.

In 1971, the college co-operative store was started under the 20-point plan. There is a hostel which can house around 500 students. The college has 5 NSS units, doing wonderful service to the community.

The NCC , adult education, WUS & CSS Programmes are successfully run in the college. At present the college has 117 members-strong teaching faculty and 36 non-teaching officials.

We expect the college to grow bigger in size and fame by serving more and more women students in the city, in the years to come.

Promote higher learning among the weaker sections
Offer education up to research level
Provide liberal and value based education
Offer a level playing ground for all
Formulate need based programmes (certificate / Diploma / Degree)
Introduce societal need - based components in syllabi
Implement a transparent, Credible and Objective evaluation system
Help the learners to get on-the-job-training
Mould students into leaders, entrepreneurs and nation-builders
Guide even the Alumni to get placements
Update teaching methodology
Nourish research Culture
Promote professional managerial skills
Provide adequate infrastructure / support services
Equip the labs with the state-of-the-art instruments
Become a role model institution
Seize every opportunity provided by UGC and Research Organs
Be adept in adopting and adapting new systems
Make every entrant (learner ) a citizen of the world
Draw the best out of each (teacher, student and others)
Turn the world into a non-visa-requiring global villages