Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women

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Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science & Higher Education for Women
MottoSeek and you shall find
Type Public
Established1988
Chancellor Dr. T. S. K. Meenakshisundaram
Vice-Chancellor V. Bharathi Harishankar
Location,
India

11°01′11″N76°56′58″E / 11.019837°N 76.9494119°E / 11.019837; 76.9494119
Campus Urban
Affiliations UGC
Website www.avinuty.ac.in

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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History

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]

Academics

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.

Rankings

The NIRF (National Institutional Ranking Framework) ranked it 98th among universities in India and 151-200 overall in 2024. [9] [10]

University rankings
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2024) [11] 151-200
NIRF (Universities) (2024) [12] 98

Faculties

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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