Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College, Coimbatore

With a view to providing education to all, Dr. N.G.P. Arts and Science College was established by the Kovai Medical Center Research and Educational Trust, Coimbatore in 1997. The founder and Chairman Dr.Nalla G. Palaniswami, and Secretary Dr.Thavamani D. Palaniswami are the driving force of the institution. The College began its educational journey with 4 Under Graduate programmes, now it is emerging as the one of the top self-financing colleges in Tamil Nadu.

It is a co-educational autonomous college, affiliated to the Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Also, it is recognized under 2(f) and 12(B) of UGC act 1956 by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. The college was accredited by the NAAC with “A” Grade with the CPGA of 3.17 in the second cycle, March 17, 2016. Our college is consecutively ranked at the national level within 100 ranks by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) and ARIIA-2019 by MHRD. The College is also granted the DST-FIST and DBT Star scheme for promotion of research. In the Institution, MHRD’s Institution Innovation Council (IIC) was established to cater for the innovation and undergraduate research among students. The college, at present offers 29 UG, 16 PG and 25 Research (M.Phil. & Ph.D.) Programmes, 04 PG Diploma, 21 Diploma and 61 Certificate Programmes under 32 well established departments through six variant faculties. Our college has an intellectual capital of more than 300+ academically well experienced teaching fraternity amongst 130 faculty members are doctorates and they cater to the needs of 7500 students on roll.

The Institution has been granted funds to undertake major and minor research projects, and conduct seminars, conferences and workshops by various funding agencies like UGC, DRDO, ICMR, ICSSR, CSIR, DST, DBT and TNSCST. The College exercises 43 Best Practices to aggrandize the holistic development of the students. Through these practices students have been given space for enhancing employability skills, research culture, and entrepreneurship attitude.