Curriculum Integrated with The Cross-Cutting Issues

In a bid to vitalize the art of learning, the institution integrates cross-cutting issues relevant to Professional Ethics, Gender, Human-Values, Environment, and Sustainability, into the curriculum.

GENDER SENSITIZATION:

• Gender-Equity related courses are included in the curriculum.
• The Women Cell attends to all needs of girl students, thus reducing gender disparities (if any) and ensuring the privileges of girl students.
• Admission-Policy of the college is gender-neutral.
• A happy and safe environment is ensured especially for girls to empower and mould them for the betterment of themselves and society.
• The institution celebrates important days related to women and their achievements.
• In order to empower women, the ‘SHE-DRIVE’ initiative launched in campus helps women students and staff to learn to drive (two-wheeler and four-wheeler).
• The Women-Cell and Psychology department conducts seminars, workshops, counselling sessions, and expert sessions on women's issues.
• Special arrangements are in place for girls in the fitness centre, cycle club, and canteen.
• 24/7 attention of health nurses has been ensured at the girls’ hostel.
• Orientation sessions for boys on gender-equity.

HUMAN VALUES

• 10 Courses on Moral Values are included in the curriculum.
• Activities such as cleaning drive in line with Swatch Bharath, blood-donation, computer-literacy, and organic farming are carried out through Nature-Club, NSS, and YRC, etc.
• Incorporation of Acclaimed Tamil-Classic ‘THIRUKKURAL’ that upholds the core human values.
• “Snehaswaram” (Voices of Love), a key initiative of the ‘Happiness Centre’ brings in inmates of old age homes from Nilgiri and Wayanad Districts to spend a day in the campus with students and staff.
• Awareness campaigns related to ethics, social awareness, and drug abuse, within and outside the campus.
• NSS volunteers engage in palliative-care and cleaning drives in the nearby government schools.
• YRC provides medical and financial support to the needy and also initiates fundraising.
• ‘Happiness Lunch’, a project to ensure food for the needy has been launched to ensure food to the deserving in the neighbourhood and also in the tribal villages, especially during the pandemic.
• Students serve as volunteers during the pandemic and natural calamities.

PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

• 15 Modules on Professional Ethics are included in the curriculum
• Introduced an online certificate course on Personal-Relationship-Professional Mentoring
• (PRP), in which hundreds of youngsters from India and abroad joined (Completed 6 Batches).
• The Innovation Cell and Research and Development Cell conduct sessions on IPR and research ethics.
• Certificate course on Data Privacy and Cyber Security
• Conducted sessions on Income Tax & GST filing and ‘Teaching Ethics’.

ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

• 5 Courses related to ‘Environmental Studies’ are included in the curriculum.
• The ‘Nature Club’ conducts seminars, workshops, and awareness activities such as ‘World
• Environment Day’ observations to spread awareness.
• Nature Club conducts ‘Organic Farming’ initiatives and also introduced a Certificate Course on
• 'Paddy Cultivation' for preserving the endangered rice varieties.
• The NSS and ‘Nature Club’ ensure ‘green campus’ maintenance under #Clean India 2.0.
• No to Plastic: Plastic is strictly prohibited in campus.
• Green and Energy Audit is conducted on a regular basis.