Bharathi Women's College, is a women's general degree college located at Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 1964. The college is affiliated with the University of Madras. This college offers courses in arts, commerce and science.
History
During the centenary celebration of Tamil poet Subramania Bharathi in 1981 and 1982 this college was renamed Bharathi Women's College. Today the college has more than 4000 students and over 180 faculty members serving in 13 departments. The college is located in the fairly large eight-acre campus, nested in the crowded George Town, Chennai. This institution caters to the needs of economically and socially weaker sections of the society, especially the first generation of women learners providing curricula as well as sports and other activities.
The college was conferred with autonomy in 1998 and was accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 1999 with four-star status and subsequently it applied for re-accreditation in October 2004. A peer team constituted by NAAC visited the college and re-accredited the institution with B grade. The autonomy status was extended for the next five years for this college for the 13 undergraduate and 13 postgraduate courses by the University Grants Commission (UGC) team which visited the college in 2012. Third cycle of assessment by NAAC was done in 2015 and re-accredited with A status.
Courses
Undergraduate courses
Science
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
Computer science
Biochemistry
Geography
Botany
Zoology
Arts
Tamil
Telugu
Hindi
English
History
Economics
Commerce
Postgraduate courses
Science
Mathematics
Chemistry
Zoology
Applied geography
Biochemistry
Botany
Computer science
Physics
Arts
Historical studies
Economics
English
Tamil
Commerce
Commerce (general)
M.Phil courses
English
Biochemistry
History
Geography
Zoology
Ph.D. research courses
English
Biochemistry
Geography
Tamil
Botany
Historical studies
Student welfare
National Service Scheme (NSS) The NSS of Bharathi Women's College has five units, comprising five programme officers and 500 volunteers. Inspired by the motto "Not me but you", the NSS units actively organize and participate in regular community outreach activities like awareness programmes, rallies, blood donation camps, medical camps, cleaning drives (on and off campus), wall painting, pond cleaning, collection of relief materials during time of natural disasters, observing and celebrating significant dates throughout the year in association with NSS University of Madras, Stanley Medical College, Sankara Nethralaya, Vasan Eye Care, the Election Commission, Greater Chennai Corporation, RPF, Environmentalist Foundation of India, etc. National Cadet Corps (NCC) The NCC is a youth development movement which provides exposure to cadets in a wide range of activities. It emphasises social services, discipline and adventure training. The NCC is open to all regular students of the college on a voluntary basis. The motto of NCC is "Unity and discipline". The main objective of NCC training in Bharathi Women's College is to give the student an opportunity to experience the military life, discipline, basic arms training, team ethics, following orders, various kinds of physical activities, sports, tours to remote areas, etc. Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) RUSA is a centrally sponsored scheme launched in 2013, which revolutionized higher education in India. It aims to provide strategic funding to eligible state higher educational institutions. Bharathi Women's College (Autonomous) Chennai – 600 108 accredited Grade 'A' by NAAC in April 2015 had further been empowered by funds sponsored by RUSA. In order to enhance skill development a separate component to synergise vocational education has been included to RUSA.