Vivekananda College
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Ramakrisna Mission Vivekananda College, named after Swami Vivekananda
, was inaugurated on 21 June 1946 by professor, philosopher, and politician, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
. It is in Mylapore
, the centre of Chennai
, India
on 20 acres (81,000 m²). The principal of is Dr. S. Swaminathan.
and the founding secretary from 1947 to 1960. Aiyar also co-founded two other educational institutions: Vidya Mandir
in Mylapore and the Madras Institute of Technology
in Chromepet. 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.
(NAAC) in 2003. The college has been granted autonomous status by the University Grants Commission
, New Delhi
in 2004-05 to all the courses up to M.Phil degree. It is affiliated to the University of Madras
and provides arts, science and commerce courses at the Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral levels.
, National Service Scheme
, Youth 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.
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 environment-friendly plastic materials, to find ways to safely dispose the plastic materials using microbes and develop and validate polymers useful for water conservation in agriculture and horticulture. This project is supported by Japanese institutes like Waseda University
, 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 to develop polymers for water conservation and microbial degradable plastic materials.
, National Board for Higher Mathematics
, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India and Govt. of Tamil Nadu
. About 30 international papers are submitted from the mathematics department of Vivekananda college.
Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda , born Narendranath Dutta , was the chief disciple of the 19th century mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the founder of the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission...
, was inaugurated on 21 June 1946 by professor, philosopher, and politician, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan , OM, FBA was an Indian philosopher and statesman. He was the first Vice President of India and subsequently the second President of India ....
. It is in Mylapore
Mylapore
Mylapore is a cultural hub and neighborhood in the southern part of the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. Earlier, Mylapore used to be called Vedapuri....
, the centre of Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
on 20 acres (81,000 m²). The principal of is Dr. S. Swaminathan.
Founding of the college
The college was founded with the help of a group of philanthropists and educationists, the prime mover being M. Subbaraya Aiyar, then a prominent income tax lawyer of MadrasChennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
and the founding secretary from 1947 to 1960. Aiyar also co-founded two other educational institutions: Vidya Mandir
Vidya mandir
Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School is a school in India, situated in the southern city of Chennai. Founded in 1956 by M. Subbaraya Aiyar, Smt. Subbalakshmi Ammal and Mrs. Padmini Chari, the school recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. It follows the Central Board of Secondary Education...
in Mylapore and the Madras Institute of Technology
Madras Institute of Technology
The Madras Institute of Technology is an engineering institute located in Chromepet, Chennai , India. It is one of the four autonomous constituent colleges of Anna University. It was started in 1949 by Mr. C. Rajam as the first self-financing engineering institute in the country, and later it...
in Chromepet. Vivekananda College was subsequently handed over to the sole control of Ramakrishna Mission
Ramakrishna Mission
Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission are twin organizations which form the core of a worldwide spiritual movement known as Ramakrishna Movement or Vedanta Movement. The Ramakrishna Mission is a philanthropic, volunteer organization founded by Ramakrishna's chief disciple Swami Vivekananda on...
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 accredited with B++ grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation CouncilNational Assessment and Accreditation Council
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.-History:NAAC was established in 1994 in...
(NAAC) in 2003. The college has been granted autonomous status by the University Grants Commission
University Grants Commission (India)
The University Grants Commission of India is a statutory organisation set up by Union government in 1956, for the coordination, determination and maintenance of standards of university education. It provides recognition for universities in India, and provides funds for government-recognised...
, New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
in 2004-05 to all the courses up to M.Phil degree. It is affiliated to the University of Madras
University of Madras
The University of Madras is a public research university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the three oldest universities in India...
and provides arts, science and commerce courses at the Bachelors, Masters 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 theater, 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 also has a turf cricket ground, tennis court and gymnasium. Computer labs have Internet facilities. An evening college was opened in 1974.Training to youth
The college authorities have introduced National Cadet CorpsNational Cadet Corps (India)
The National Cadet Corps is the Indian military cadet corps with its Headquarters at New Delhi. It is open to school and college students on voluntary basis....
, National Service Scheme
National Service Scheme
National Service Scheme ' is an Indian government-sponsored program under the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India. It was started in 1969.-History:...
, Youth Red Cross and Rotary
Rotary International
Rotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
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.
Scientific research
The Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith has two research institutes: Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology (VINSTROM) and Vivekananda Institute of Algal Technology (VIAT).Vivekananda Institute of Algal Technology (VIAT)
VIAT was inaugurated by Swami Satyapriyananda, secretary of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, in April 2006. Dr. V. Sivasubramanian of the Department of Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology is the director of the institute. Sivasubramanian has been involved in algal research in the college from 1988. He has produced three Ph.D. and 15 M.Phil scholars. At present he is guiding six Ph.D. candidates and two M.Phil students. He has published 24 research articles in scientific journals and organized symposia and workshops in the field of algology. He is the founder secretary of the Limnological Society of India. He has researched treating the effluents from industries including Orchid Pharmaceuticals, Chennai, SNAP Natural and Alginate Products, Ranipet, Ultramarine Pigments, Ranipet, STAHL India, and Ranipet, using phycoremediation.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 environment-friendly plastic materials, to find ways to safely dispose the plastic materials using microbes and develop and validate polymers useful for water conservation in agriculture and horticulture. This project is supported by Japanese institutes like Waseda University
Waseda University
, abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate...
, 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 to develop polymers for water conservation and microbial degradable plastic materials.
Mathematics
The department was nurtured in its infancy by Prof. Raghava Sastry, P.R. Vittal and many such great mathematicians hail from this college. Vittal who was a Vivekananda student later became a lecturer in the mathematics department, then head of the mathematics department, and then principal of the college. Areas of research in the department are Number Theory, Applied Statistics, Representation Theory, Algebra, Functional Analysis, Topology and Algebraic Geometry. 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 UGCUGC
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, National Board for Higher Mathematics
National Board for Higher Mathematics
The National Board for Higher Mathematics , founded in 1983 by the Indian Government, is a board in India intended to foster the development of higher mathematics, help in the establishment and development of mathematics centres, and give financial assistance to research projects and to doctoral...
, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India and Govt. of Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
. About 30 international papers are submitted from the mathematics department of Vivekananda college.
Events
- The college Silver Jubilee was celebrated in 1971, the Golden 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.
Courses
The college runs eleven graduate and seven postgraduate programmes in the day college and eight graduate and two postgraduate programmes in the evening college.Undergraduate
- B.Com
- General
- Corporate Secretaryship (Evening college only)
- Accounting & Finance (Evening college only)
- Bank Management (Evening college only)
- B.A.
- Economics
- Historical studies
- Philosophy
- English
- Sanskrit
- B.Sc.
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology
- Advanced Zoology and Bio Technology
- Computer Science (Evening college only)
- Bio Chemistry (Evening college only)
- B.B.A (Evening College only)
- B.C.A (Evening college only)
Postgraduate
- M.A.
- Economics
- Philosophy
- Sanskrit
- M.Sc.
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Plant Biology and Plant Biotechnology
- Information Technology (Evening college only)
- M.Com (Evening college only)
Notable alumni
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- P Ragunathan, senior vice-president, IndusInd Bank, Chennai
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