Government Arts College for Women, Dindigul

Government Arts College for Women, Nilakottai was started in 1998 and is affiliated to the Mother Teresa Women’s University in Potdukaiyer. Affiliated to the Madurai kamaraj university this self financiers college is situated in nilakottai, Dindigul district with the state Government providing educational facilities for a number of under graduate and post graduate courses in the stream of arts, science and commerce.

Located in a 11-acre campus, GACWN has blossomed as a centre of academic excellence in the last two decades. The said college has a total number of students of 2363 and 32 teaching personnel as its faculty members. GACWN teaches 33 courses in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies, implemented in 9 degree programmes.

This institution is proud to be affiliated under the NAAC accreditation that guarantees the education institution’s delivery of high standard education. Government Arts College for Women has modern amenities for its students with a view of improving on the experience of students. The college library which is well stocked with general knowledge books and competitive exam books has over 238 books.

It also contains a large reading area and acquires a vast number of journals and magazines of worldwide esteem. At the college level, the library is set to be enhanced with sophisticated facilities and modern tools such as an audio-visual capacity, and aiming at becoming an e-library. Such amenities are provided to facilitate development of the students in all the relevant sector is available in the institution.

These are modern well-equipped laboratory for practical learning, adequate modern information technology and Wi-Fi internet connection throughout the college campus. Boys engaging in extracurricular activities use facilities such as the sports pitch and a gymnasium from GACWN. The college auditorium is the venue for different events and seminars to take place hence promoting campus life.

The academic programmes available at GACWN range of diversified areas in order to meet the different goals of students. The college offers twenty undergraduate programmes, which are B. Com, BBA , B. Sc specialisation in Computer Science , Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and B. A in Tamil English and Economics.

At the postgraduate level, GACWN provides thirteen programmes in which are science, computer science, physics, chemistry master in Tamil, English, economics, and M. Com. This college also encourages the research activities through M. Phil and Ph. D. programme in some specific fields. Admission at GACWN is extremely structured as the institution follows all the protocols set by the Tamil Nadu government.

The college has an open admission policy; it caters for students from all the states in the country. Being as a government institution the major aim of GACWN is to provide quality education to all. Despite lack of information on the concerned scholarship, most Government colleges in Tamil Nadu offer several types of scholarships to the deserving student or as a matter of policy specially to the needy students.