COIMBATORE: Nearly 100 colleges from various parts of the city and outside showcased their courses at the education and career fair that began here on Wednesday. Students scoured the stalls, leafing through pamphlets and discussing the options available at various colleges and abroad.
Organised by Dinamalar in association with Air Tel, the three-day fair also had speeches by the Vice-Chancellor of Bharathiar University, S. Sivasubramaniam, and the Vice-Chancellor of Madras University, S.P Thiagarajan.
More than run of the mill courses such as engineering and management studies, most of the colleges aimed at enlightening students about the unconventional yet rewarding options such as costume and fashion designing. Students who had completed Plus Two and those who completed their graduation had plenty of options to choose from.
The stall put up by Sri Krishna Arts and Science College displayed a few costumes designed by the students.
The college, which offers a B.Sc in costume and fashion designing, gives a hands-on training in the entire process that starts from the conversion of fibre to fabric, says U.Ratna, Head of the Department of Costume Design and Fashion.
Attractive fee concessions and the facility of paying the fees in instalments are some of the other attractions of the fair. VLB Janakiammal College of Arts and Science announced that it would give concessions to students who have secured more than 80 per cent marks in the qualifying examination.
Hindusthan Educational Institutions also offers scholarships for meritorious students. Pearls Institute of Fashion and Garmenting offers a three-month part-time course in garment merchandising and one-year full-time post-graduate diploma courses in visual merchandising and garment merchandising.
The course also offers placement opportunities to students.
"The growth in the garment industry in Coimbatore has been on a steady rise but, it is not met with enough manpower," said V.Sekhar, CEO of Pearl Group. They also plan to set up an institution at Annur for the benefit of rural students.
Angappa College of Arts and Science offered scholarships and free bus for the first 200 students who sought admission to the college. Sri Jayendra Saraswathy Maha Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Dr. N.G.P Arts and Science College, Avinashilingam University, PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Karpagam Educational Institutions, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science and SNMV College of Arts and Science were a few of the college from Coimbatore that put up stalls at the fair.
A few colleges from Erode, Namakkal, Madurai and Pollachi also participated.
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Coimbatore...History
Coimbatore history , dates back to the Sangam age. It is found that in early days the area was inhabited by tribes, the most predominant among them being the Kosars who are reported to have had their headquarters at Kosampathur which probably later became the present Coimbatore.
During the period of Muthu Veerappa Nayak and later during the period of Tirumal Nayak internal strife and intermittent wars ruined the kingdom. As a consequence during the period of Tirumal Nayak, the Kongu region fell into the hands of the Mysore rulers from whom Hyder Ali took over the area. However, consequent on the fall of Tippu Sultan of Mysore in 1799, the Kongu region came to be ceded to the East India Company by the Maharaja of Mysore who was restored to power by the East India Company after defeating Tippu Sultan. From then till 1947 when India attained Independence, the region remained under British control who initiated systematic revenue administration in the area.
To begin with, Coimbatore was in two parts for purposes of revenue administration. In 1804, the areas were merged into one and brought under one District Collector. At the opening of the present century there were ten taluks in the district viz., Bhavani, Coimbatore, Dharapuram Erode, karur, Kollegal, Palladam, Pollachi, Satyamangalam and Udumalaipettai. The name of Satyamangalam taluk was subsequently changed as Gopichettipalaiyam. Avinashi taluk was formed in the year Karur taluk happened to be transferred to Tiruchirappalli district. In 1927, some villages of Bhavani taluk together with a few villages from Salem district were constituted into Mettur Area but very soon i.e. in 1929, this area was transferred to Salem district. Again in the year 1956 considerable area of the district, viz., the whole of Kollegal taluk was transferred to Mysore State as part of the States Re-organisation Scheme. In 1975, Satyamangalam sub-taluk was upgraded as a full fledged taluk. Again in 1979, Perundurai sub-taluk of Erode and Mettuppalaiyam sub-taluk of Avanashi were also upgraded into independent taluks. Thus the total number of taluks in the district came to twelve. This, however, did not last long. In the same year (1979) six taluks were bifurcated from the district to constitute a new district viz., Erode. Under G.O. Ms. No. 1917 Revenue dt. 31-8-79, the following six taluks were bifurcated from the then Coimbatore district to form Erodedistrict. Bhavani, Gopichettipalaiyam, Satyamangalam, Erode, Perundurai and Dharapuram. This bifurcation considerably reduced the size of the district. It has only nine taluks now, viz. Pollachi, Coimbatore(North), Avanashi, Palladam, Udumalpettai, Tirupur, Valparai, Coimbatore (South) and Mettuppalayam.made in coimbatore
During the period of Muthu Veerappa Nayak and later during the period of Tirumal Nayak internal strife and intermittent wars ruined the kingdom. As a consequence during the period of Tirumal Nayak, the Kongu region fell into the hands of the Mysore rulers from whom Hyder Ali took over the area. However, consequent on the fall of Tippu Sultan of Mysore in 1799, the Kongu region came to be ceded to the East India Company by the Maharaja of Mysore who was restored to power by the East India Company after defeating Tippu Sultan. From then till 1947 when India attained Independence, the region remained under British control who initiated systematic revenue administration in the area.
To begin with, Coimbatore was in two parts for purposes of revenue administration. In 1804, the areas were merged into one and brought under one District Collector. At the opening of the present century there were ten taluks in the district viz., Bhavani, Coimbatore, Dharapuram Erode, karur, Kollegal, Palladam, Pollachi, Satyamangalam and Udumalaipettai. The name of Satyamangalam taluk was subsequently changed as Gopichettipalaiyam. Avinashi taluk was formed in the year Karur taluk happened to be transferred to Tiruchirappalli district. In 1927, some villages of Bhavani taluk together with a few villages from Salem district were constituted into Mettur Area but very soon i.e. in 1929, this area was transferred to Salem district. Again in the year 1956 considerable area of the district, viz., the whole of Kollegal taluk was transferred to Mysore State as part of the States Re-organisation Scheme. In 1975, Satyamangalam sub-taluk was upgraded as a full fledged taluk. Again in 1979, Perundurai sub-taluk of Erode and Mettuppalaiyam sub-taluk of Avanashi were also upgraded into independent taluks. Thus the total number of taluks in the district came to twelve. This, however, did not last long. In the same year (1979) six taluks were bifurcated from the district to constitute a new district viz., Erode. Under G.O. Ms. No. 1917 Revenue dt. 31-8-79, the following six taluks were bifurcated from the then Coimbatore district to form Erodedistrict. Bhavani, Gopichettipalaiyam, Satyamangalam, Erode, Perundurai and Dharapuram. This bifurcation considerably reduced the size of the district. It has only nine taluks now, viz. Pollachi, Coimbatore(North), Avanashi, Palladam, Udumalpettai, Tirupur, Valparai, Coimbatore (South) and Mettuppalayam.made in coimbatore
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