Sree Narayana College for Women

Sree Narayana College for Women, Kollam
Type Education and Research Institution
Established 1951
Principal Dr.Shirly. P. Anand
Undergraduates 16
Postgraduates 14
Location Kollam, Kerala, IndiaIndia
Acronym S.N College for Women, Kollam
Affiliations University of Kerala
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Sree Narayana College for Women is a postgraduate college affiliated[1] with the University of Kerala. The college is named after social reformer, philosopher and saint Sree Narayana Guru. The institution was established as a college for women in 1951. About 2500 students study in the college at present at degree and PG levels. It is an approved research center for eight subjects. It has now 14 teaching departments.Today the college offers 16 undergraduate and 14 postgraduate courses.[2]

History

In 1946 The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam resolved to establish a college at Kollam in the name of Sree Narayana Guru, to provide better higher educational facilities, mainly for the backward classes of Kerala. Accordingly, Sree Narayana College was opened in 1948 as a mixed college. To meet the increasing demand for seats, it was decided to start a separate college for women. The Sree Narayana College for Women began to function in the same building in September 1951 in affiliation with Kerala University.

Courses offered

The college offers under graduate courses in the following 14 subjects and post graduate courses in eight of them Commerce, English, Malayalam, Hindi, Sanskrit, Political Science, Economics, History, Philosophy, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany and Zoology

Management

The college is managed by Sree Narayana Trust established in the name of saint and social reformer Sree Narayana Guru. Sree Narayana Trust is situated at Kollam and its present general secretary is Vellapally Natesan

References

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