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WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. Prospectus 2020 Insider www.kclas.ac.in Founder Arutchelvar Dr. N.Mahalingam 04 The Vision, Mission, Values 05 At the Helm 05 Message from the President 06 KCLAS Facts 08 Learning Experience 09 KCLAS Vision 2025 09 Program Portfolio 10 Learning Compass 11 KCLAS Future Centre 14 The Campus 16 Life at KCLAS 22 Department of Human Excellence 30 Building Leadership 32 Pursuing Excellence 34 International Partnerships 36 Pathway to a Promising Future 38 School of Commerce 43 School of Management 53 School of Visual Communication 59 School of Psychology 65 School of Political Science 73 School of English 79 School of Mathematics 87 School of Social Work 93 School of Fine Art 99 School of Economics 103 Admission Process 109 Documents to be submitted for admission 110 Kumaraguru College of Technology 111 KCT Business School 112 Kumaraguru Institute of Agriculture 113 Forge 114 Sakthi Excellence Academy 116 Social Consciousness and Outreach 118 Namma Coimbatore 120 Kumaraguru Towards a Sustainable Ecosystem 122 Campus Map 123 3 04 05 05 06 08 09 09 10 11 14 16 22 30 32 34 36 38 43 53 Welcome to 59 65 73 KCLAS 79 KINDLE your dreams 87 CHOOSE what to learn 93 TEAM UP with clubs and forums 99 PERFORM in sports and arts EXPLORE global opportunities 103 EARN indelible memories 109 ENJOY cool and vibrant ambience 110 GAIN life experience 111 112 113 114 116 118 120 WHERE YOU WANT TO BE 122 Learn, Experience and Evolve. 123 4 Founder ARUTCHELVAR Dr.N.MAHALINGAM Arutchelvar Dr. N Mahalingam was the Founder Chairman of Sakthi Group, 6,000 crore industrial conglomerate operating in sugar, automobiles, finance, distilleries, power and logistics. Dr. N. Mahalingam was a philanthropist, educationalist and a politician. He established a number of educational institutions and is known for his support to various spiritual and cultural organisations. He was born on 21 March, 1923 in an agriculture family at Pollachi to P.Nachimuthu Gounder, who started the Sakthi Group in 1921 by diversifying his traditional business of hiring out bullock carts to starting passenger transport services. Nachimuthu Gounder’s only son Dr. N.Mahalingam joined the business in 1943 and helped grow the business to its He received the Padma Bhushan award current level. He was the founder of many from the Government of India in 2007 for educational institutions, from schools to his contributions to the nation in the field of colleges. Some of his educational institutions Trade and Industry. His other honors include are Kumaraguru College of Technology, Honorary Consul from the Government of Nachimuthu Polytechnic College, Mahalingam Mauritius during 1989 to 1992 and a number College of Engineering, NGM College, of other recognition and awards. Kumaraguru Institute of Agriculture and in his vision started Kumaraguru College of Liberal The enigmatic life merged into the light on Arts and Science in 2018. October 2, 2014, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Until the last moment, He held several important positions and Dr. NM was doing what he believed and played major roles fostering the development envisioned talking about Saint Vallalar’s of agricultural, industrial, human resource philosophy. Throughout his life Dr. NM carried and institutional development at the State the twin torches of Gandhian values and and National levels. He served as a Member Vallalar's way of life and his life is a pathway to of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from lead a life of consciousness. 1952 to 1967 and was on the Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission for two terms. His social Your vision. and humanitarian considerations took his journey beyond the boundaries of industries Our path. and scholarly tenets he nurtured. The Vision, Mission Values 5 Mission KCLAS is dedicated to offer noteworthy educational experience that expands intellectual horizons to build empowered and conscience students. Vision Become a progressive research focused institution that instills passion for life-long learning and mould young people to impact the world. Values Respect Sincerity Progressive Passionate Where you want to be At the Helm They are the stewards of Kumaraguru Institutions who with their strategic vision steer the college to new horizons. Dr. B. K. Krishnaraj Vanavarayar Dr. M. Manickam Chairman Vice Chairman Shri. M. Balasubramaniam Shri. M. Srinivaasan Correspondent Treasurer Shri. Shankar Vanavarayar Dr. Vijila Kennedy Joint Correspondent Principal 6 Education is a process of awakening into the world of knowledge, experience and transformation leading into a life of inspiration and impact. The Kumaraguru campus strives to be an epicenter and ecosystem that instigates and imbibes core academics with experiential opportunities to learn. It is a space where tradition and modernity blends and growing with extraordinary opportunities of multidisciplinary, extra curricular and creative experiences is the culture. Kumaraguru is a place where values are inculcated, character is key, environment is celebrated and people are respected. Societal concern is central to the purpose and Kumaraguru works to equip for a successful career ahead and also builds one for a holistic and happy progressive life ahead. We in Kumaraguru and its wonderful campus await daily in glee to learn, transform and impact one another and together! - Shankar Vanavarayar President, Kumaraguru Institutions 7 KCLAS Facts Established in 2018 5 Diploma Programs Affiliated to Bharathiar University 1 Certificate Program 26 faculty with an average 11.2 years of experience Multidisciplinary Learning 64% of faculty with PhD Cognitive, Social and Emotional Skill 9 Undergraduate Programs Values and Attitude Enrichment 1 Post Graduate Program Career Centre 1 Post Graduate Diploma Program Ease, the Counselling Centre 9 Unveiling a distinct 5 Diploma Programs liberal arts learning experience 1 Certificate Program Multidisciplinary Learning KCLAS has developed the academic programme based on building the 21st Century skills - Model of Cognitive, Social and Emotional Skill Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and World Economic Forum (WEF). To thrive in today’s innovation- driven economy, workers need a different mix of skills than in the past. In addition to foundational skills Values and Attitude Enrichment like literacy and numeracy, they need competencies like collaboration, creativity and problem-solving Career Centre and character qualities like persistence, curiosity and initiative. Changes in the labour market have Ease, the Counselling Centre heightened the need for all individuals, to have these skills. In countries around the world, economies run on creativity, innovation and collaboration. Skilled jobs are more and more centred on solving unstructured problems and effectively analysing information. KCLAS focuses its academics, co-curricular and extra-curricular initiatives to enhance the students’ skills. KCLAS Vision 2025 KCLAS is an agile, vision driven and outcome-based Institution, which combines velocity and adaptability with stability and efficiency. The vision 2025 encourages multidimensional approaches to achieving significant goals in six strategic priority areas. 1. Deep and Diverse Intellectual Pursuits: Offer diverse programs in the emerging areas of studies with deep disciplinary knowledge and a broad multidisciplinary approach. Every program offered at KCLAS will have high-quality enrichment courses and experiences with an interdisciplinary approach. Offer exposure and experiences to students to develop curiosity UG Programmes and critical thinking. overview I Year - Foundation 2. Research with Impact: Create a good interdisciplinary research culture Focuses on self- and intellectual community that promotes professional growth and benefits awareness, industry and society. Encourage originality, significance, and rigor in research critical thinking, with the highest standards and integrity. communication skills 3. Leadership and Faculty: Build a talent pool of outstanding teachers, and fundamental researchers, and artists in academic areas. Foster an exciting intellectual domain knowledge. environment through dialogue and engagement. II Year - Exploration 4. Transformative Student Experience: Provide a liberal arts experience, and Building leadership fully equip diverse students to be contributing members of the industry and skills and a broader society through enriching learning environment for holistic development. knowledge & 5. Local, National and Global Engagements: Advance meaningful and exposure in the major mutually beneficial relationships with business, government, the social area and beyond. sector, Academia, and the local community. We will be globally and nationally connected with academic institutions through sustained III Year - Integration engagements in teaching and research. Apply their knowledge and skills, working in 6. World Class Learning Resources: Develop sustainable and state of the art interdisciplinary ways facilities and learning resources to support the Vision of KCLAS to solve problems. 10 Program Portfolio of KCLAS Undergraduate Programs (3 Years) Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) B.Com Professional Accounting (B.Com PA) Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) B.Sc Mathematics B.Sc Psychology B.A English Literature B.Sc. Visual Communication B.A Political Science B.A Economics Postgraduate Program (2 Years) Master of Social Work (MSW) PG Diploma Program (1 Year) Visual Effects (VFX) Diploma Programs (6 Months) Diploma in Journalism Diploma in Design Thinking Diploma in Positive