Sri Sarada Niketan College of Science for Women

About Institution

Sri Sarada Niketan College of Science for Women, Karur is a self-financing college affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. This college was established in 1987 and got UGC recognition under sections 2(f) and 12B in July 1995. The college is located in a rural area called Saradapuri which is away from Karur. The main purpose of establishing this college was to provide higher education facilities to women of this region, which was not available till then. This being the only womens institution in this region the founders thought of offering mostly job-oriented courses.The college is located in the campus of the Ramakrishna Ashram with 273 acres of land. This campus of the college has 4 blocks. There is a Hostel attached with 30 rooms to cater to 351 students. Besides, there are staff quarters for some teaching and a few non-teaching staff. The greenary on this campus provides the right kind of ambience for pursuing academic activities. The campus is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, thus enables a quite life.

The institution offers multiple courses both in U.G and P.G as well as certain limited number of Diploma and certificate courses. There are 12 departments, eight departments in Science, one dept of Commerce, two departments of Arts and one supporting department of physical education. There are 61 faculty members including the principal, out of whom 2 are Ph.D degree holders, 32 M.Phils and 27 P.G. Degree holders. The supporting staff are 36 in number out of whom 27 are administrative and nine are technical staff.

Vision

The mission of Sri Sarada Niketan College of Science for Women , Karur is to mold young girls into perfect women with purity of heart and strength of mind.

Mission

To encourage the students for excellence in higher education and research.
To instill love for the mother land and eager intent to invigorate her through active services.