Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College

Coordinates: 13°02′30″N 80°15′51″E / 13.041629°N 80.264252°E / 13.041629; 80.264252
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Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai
President
Swami Gautamananda
Vice-presidentNalli Kuppuswamy Chetti
RectorSwami Dhyanagamyananda
PrincipalDr. V. Chandrasekar
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India

13°02′30″N 80°15′51″E / 13.041629°N 80.264252°E / 13.041629; 80.264252
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Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, named after Swami Vivekananda, was formally inaugurated on 21 June 1946[1] by professor, philosopher, and politician, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. It is in Mylapore, the centre of Chennai, India, on 20 acres (81,000 m2). This college is part of various educational institutions owned by Ramakrishna Mission.

History

The college was founded with the help of a group of philanthropists and educationists,

Vidya Mandir in Mylapore and the Madras Institute of Technology in Chromepet. Vivekananda College began with 20 teachers and 339 students. The college then offered just four undergraduate courses. Vivekananda College was subsequently handed over to the sole control of Ramakrishna Mission
and renamed Vivekananda College, a unit of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Chennai. It offers instruction in English and admits only male students.

Affiliation and accreditation

The college has been re-accredited with "A+" grade[3] by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 2017. The college has been granted autonomous status by the University Grants Commission,[4] New Delhi in 2004–05 to all the courses up to M. Phil degree. It is affiliated to the University of Madras[5] and provides arts, science and commerce courses at the Bachelors, Master's and Doctoral levels.

Infrastructure

The college has a main block, a Math block, a Life Sciences block, a Sanskrit block, the Obul Reddy Auditorium block, an open-air theatre, a Library block with 87,000 books in the day college and 8,000 in the evening college, a sports complex and a prayer hall. The college has a turf cricket ground, tennis court and gymnasium. Computer labs have Internet facilities.[6]

Training to youth

The college authorities have introduced

Red Cross and Rotary
Wings for students. Youth are trained in conducting night schools, laying the roads, educating slum dwellers, service to the handicapped, tree plantation, and health programmes.

Academics

The college runs eleven graduate and seven postgraduate programmes in the day college and eight Undergraduate and two postgraduate programmes in the evening college. Undergraduate degrees include B.Com, B.A, B.Sc, B.B.A, and B.C.A degrees in the evening college. Postgraduate degrees award M.A. and M.SC., and in addition M.S.W. in the evening college. There are research degrees awarding M. Phil or PhD.

Scientific research

The departments of botany, chemistry, physics, mathematics, economics, philosophy and Sanskrit offer research programmes. The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith has two research institutes: Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology (VINSTROM) and Vivekananda Institute of Algal Technology (VIAT). They have originated from the department of botany.

Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology

Dr. T. S. Suryanarayanan
.

VINSTROM focuses its efforts on understanding the biodiversity and technological potential of microfungi in forests and other environments. Articles are published in international magazines.

Vivekananda Institute of Algal Technology

VIAT was inaugurated by Swami Satyapriyananda, secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, in April 2006.

Based on the success of this new technology, industries such as Wheels India are seeking solutions for effective effluent treatment through phycoremediation. Sivasubramanian has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chennai-based Indo-Japan joint venture company M/s Nichi-In Biosciences for a research project with emphasis on microbial biotechnology and environment safety to develop technology for

Yamanashi Medical University
and Mebiol Inc., whose Indian operation is headed by Dr. Samuel J. K. Abraham, a cardiac surgeon. Prof. Mori Yuichi of Waseda University, Japan, and Dr. Yoshioka Hiroshi of Mebiol Inc., are participating in this collaboration.

PG and Research Department of Mathematics

Areas of research in the department are number theory, applied statistics, representation theory, algebra, functional analysis, topology algebraic geometry and Fluid dynamics. The department conducts monthly seminars and colloquiums, and hosts a yearly international conference in a particular area of mathematics. It has funding and support from the

Govt. of India and Govt. of Tamil Nadu
. More than 60 international papers were published during 2017-2023 from the mathematics department of Vivekananda college.

Events

The college Silver Jubilee was celebrated in 1971, the Jubilee in 1996, and the Diamond Jubilee from January 2006 to January 2007. As a part of its Diamond Jubilee celebrations, the Vidyapith organized the two-day exhibition Enrich-2006 on 6 and 7 October. It highlighted the activities of the centres of Ramakrishna Sangha, the teachings of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and Swami Vivekananda, and the recent developments in science, commerce, and humanities. Nearly 1500 students from neighbouring schools visited the exhibition.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai
  2. ^ Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai
  3. ^ National Assessment and Accreditation Council
  4. ^ ::: Inside H E - University Grants Commission :::
  5. ^ University of Madras
  6. ^ Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, Chennai Archived 22 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine

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