About Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore was established as an aided college by the great patriot and educationist Padma Bhushan Dr. T.S.Avinashilingam under the auspices of the Avinashilingam Education Trust in1957 with 45 women students. Dr. Rajammal P. Devadas, doyen of Home Science nurtured the institution of what it is today.The saga of excellence and legacy created by the visionaries have been carefully nurtured and carried forward by a team of devoted functionaries. Presently, Dr. T.S.K.Meenakshisundaram, Managing Trustee, Sri Avinashilingam Education Trust, Dr. Premavathy Vijayan, Vice Chancellor and Dr. S.Kowsalya, Registrar are carrying forward the transformative vision to place the institution as its zenith. It is now one of the largest institutions in the country to impart quality education for women at all levels.The institute follows the educational ideals of Sri Ramakrishna, Holy mother Sri Saradamani Devi, Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi and upholds a life of purity, discipline and service. From time immemorial, the institutional activities have been focusing on providing education with

• Academic Excellence
• Vitality of Culture and Values
• Social Relevance

The Institute's educational process is to produce respectful, peaceful, honest and responsible citizens, through an ethos, a culture, an environment within the institute, in which the aforementioned values are the hallmark of how the Institute organizes itself into.

About Department of Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science, established in the year 1988, is known for its active research, academics and development. The Department has qualified and dynamic faculty members specialized in different domains of Computer Science, committed to academic excellence. The Department to its credit has several projects funded by organizations like UGC, AICTE, DRDO and DST worth nearly Rs. 3 Crores. Students are placed in reputed companies like TCS, CTS, WIPRO, CAPGEMINI and INFOSYS. It has been the constant endeavor of the department to closely link academia and industry by interactions through seminars, workshops internships and projects. Apart from academics and research, the department leads mainly in rendering service through community outreach programmes.