Dr G R Damodaran College of Science

Dr G R Damodaran College of Science
Motto In Quest of Knowledge
Type Autonomous
Established 1988
Principal Dr. T. Santha
Location Civil Aerodrome Post, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
11°2′3″N 77°1′47″E / 11.03417°N 77.02972°E / 11.03417; 77.02972Coordinates: 11°2′3″N 77°1′47″E / 11.03417°N 77.02972°E / 11.03417; 77.02972
Nickname GRDCS
Affiliations Bharathiar University, Coimbatore
Website www.grd.org/grdcs

Dr G R Damodaran College of Science (GRD College) is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institution in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded in 1988 by the GRD Trust.

History

The college was started in 1988 by the GRD Trust, established in the name of Dr. G R Damodaran, founder director of the PSG institutions. It was granted autonomy by the UGC in 2004. It was re-accredited by NAAC with A Grade in 2009.

Courses

The college offers 15 undergraduate courses including arts and science courses, and 16 postgraduate courses.

GRD School of Commerce and International Business (GRDSCIB)

The school offers a two-year MIB programme. The department also offers an advanced one-year PG diploma program in Project Management/Program and Portfolio Management,[1] Human Resource Management,[2][3] Enterprise Resource Planning,[4] and International Business.[5]

MIB students can procure one of these PG diploma programmes during their Masters program for advanced standing.

Activities

Activities include student-directed personality development programs, panel discussions, webinars, industrial visits, outstation seminars, boot camps, seminars, workshops, paper presentations, guest lectures, organizing annual function day, short-term ICT courses, and other relevant certificate programs.

GRD Institute of Management (GRDIM)

GRDIM commenced in 1992. The institution offers MBA (full- and part-time), M.Phil (full- and part-time) and Ph.D. (full- and part-time). The institute offers advanced one-year PG diploma programmes in Finance,[6] Business Analytics,[7] and IT Management.[8]

The institution is AICTE approved and graded ‘A’ by CRISIL at National Level. GRDIM was awarded with ‘B-School Leadership Award’ for Best Management Institute in India, by World Education Congress in the ‘Global Awards’ 2012. The course is designed with the objective to mould the students to future managers and entrepreneurs who understands corporate attitudes, challenges and cross-cultural conduct.

The management library has a collection of 30,000 books and subscribes to 60 journals. It has EBSCO online, J-gate and journal facility providing customized access to information.

Activities

GRDIM provides management development programmes like qualitative and quantitative research, short-term courses, ICT courses, language lab, face-to-face with CEOs, guest lectures by renowned professors of foreign universities, webinars, personal branding workshops, industrial visits, outstation seminars, boot camps, national level seminars and workshops, paper presentations, industry exposure, OJT, consultancy projects, etc.

GRD School of Social Work (GRDSSW)

The school started in 1989 from G R Damodaran's second part of the vision "Education as the better means for securing the nation's economic future and social well-being" and since then offers two-year MSW[9] programmes in Medical and Psychiatry,[10][11][12] Human Resource Management,[13][14] and Community Development;[15] M.Phil and Ph.D.[16] programmes with field work components and professional exposures.

The school offers advanced one-year PG diploma programmes in Professional Skills in Clinical and Counselling Psychology,[17][18]/Health Services Management;[19][20][21] Human Resource Development,[22][23] and Emergency Management.[24] Students can choose one of these PG diploma program during the two-year PG programme — this is inclusive in the programme structure.

The program and courses aims to groom students to enable them to work effectively in social, economic and political scenarios as well as prepare them to keep pace with the changing face of Social Work and to the requirements of the growing societal needs. The course curriculum has been designed keeping in view the emerging trends as well as contemporary and futuristic human resource requirements.

Activities

Capacity building programmes such as Qualitative and Quantitative Research with Computational statistics, Workshops, Seminars, Outreach Programmes, Guest lectures (e.g., Human Factors), Case Studies with Role Play (OSCE), Colloquiums, Positive psychology, Leadership and Life Skills training through Boot camps, Certificate structured programmes of evidence based therapies like DBT, CBT - CAT and Integrative psychotherapy with psychodynamic and systemic principles from NIMHANS and other organisations, Association monthly meetings with minutes, Rural Camp, Fieldwork Reviews, Moot Sessions - Social Policy Analysis and HRM Issues, Language Lab for Academic writing (APA & MLA styles) and Professional development (IELTS & TOFEL format) are an integrated part of the curricular and extracurricular activities. Sensitization and promotion of Social Policy, Social Responsibility and Living Healthy is a part of the social work,[25] campus decorum.

Campus life

Associations include National Service Scheme (NSS), Youth Red Cross, Geo-Computing Club, Placement Cell. The college has sporting activities, with facilities and trainers for basketball, badminton, table tennis and volleyball. An IGNOU Study Centre is also present.

Alumni

Alumni associations are spread across the Americas, Europe, Australia and the Middle East.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ryerson University: The Chang School: Courses and Programs". ryerson.ca.
  2. ↑ http://www.b-u.ac.in/syl_college/pgd_an54c.pdf
  3. ↑ "Master of Business Administration with a Concentration in Human Resource Management - University of Phoenix". phoenix.edu.
  4. ↑ "Graduate Certificate, Enterprise Resource Planning". uah.edu.
  5. ↑ "Logistics and Supply Chain Management with Shipping and Port Operations MSc". hw.ac.uk.
  6. ↑ "PG Diploma in Finance (PGDF) - Course Structure". scmhrd.edu. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015.
  7. ↑ "PG Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) - Course Structure". scmhrd.edu. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015.
  8. ↑ "PG Diploma in IT Management (PGDITM) - Course Structure". scmhrd.edu. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015.
  9. ↑ "GRD MSW Syllabus - textsave". txs.io.
  10. ↑ "Social Work Programs and Courses". utoronto.ca.
  11. ↑ "MSW Course Syllabi". cehd.umn.edu.
  12. ↑ "Course list for the Master of Social Work Studies - Courses and Programs". uq.edu.au.
  13. ↑ http://www.commercedu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/M.H.R.O.D-Syllabus.pdf
  14. ↑ "M.A. in Human Resource Management & Labour Relations". tiss.edu.
  15. ↑ http://www.gvtindia.org/templates/theme1/upload_files/1400745725PGDRMsyllabus.pdf
  16. ↑ http://www.b-u.ac.in/colleges/affiliatedcolleges.asp?cCode=982
  17. ↑ http://www.unipune.ac.in/Syllabi_PDF/revised_2013/mms/Counseling_Psychology_9-7-13.pdf
  18. ↑ http://www.b-u.ac.in/sde_syllabus/pgd_an53c.pdf
  19. ↑ http://www.unipune.ac.in/Syllabi_PDF/revised_2012/mang/PGDHM_Syllabus_21-8-12.pdf
  20. ↑ http://www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/hsm/current/programs.html
  21. ↑ http://www.telfer.uottawa.ca/mha/assets/documents/program-structure-mha-2015-2016.pdf
  22. ↑ http://www.b-u.ac.in/sde_syllabus/pgd_an53f.pdf
  23. ↑ http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/PG-Syllabus/01102014_MBA%28HRD%29.pdf
  24. ↑ Massey University, New Zealand. "Graduate Diploma in Emergency Management (GradDipEmergMgt)". massey.ac.nz.
  25. ↑ "Social Work Oath of Affirmation". Columbia University School of Social Work.

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