Infrastructure

Classrooms

Modern, well furnished and airy classroom with latest teaching aids.

College Office

The well-furnished college office is provided with separate booths for workers, each with PC and printer facility. The office is partially automated and has internet and Wi-Fi Facility.

Kasturba Gandhi Auditorium

Built to macro standards, the stately and imposing indoor auditorium reflects the commitment to provide students with best of facilities. The acoustically treated auditorium has a seating capacity of 2000 audience. It has an immense pride of having hosted several National/ International level Symposia and Conferences, Intercollegiate Meets, Cultural, Cyber Expos, Corporate Malls, Exhibitions etc.., and extends platform to market the products generated by SHG women, farmers of the local, weavers etc., It is also a happening place in the city as it serves as the venue for landmark events hosted by off the campus organizations during the holidays there by generating a fair revenue.

Conference, Mini Conference and Seminar, SCS, NRI Halls

The college has a spacious, air-conditioned and well equipped conference Hall with a seating capacity of 280. It is furnished with necessary audio visual aids such as LCD projectors, Overhead Projectors, Digital white boards, etc. enabling multimedia presentations. Guest lectures, workshops, project presentations, Ph.D. Viva-Voce examinations, paper presentations competitions etc. are held in the conference hall. The campus also houses a mini-conference hall with a seating capacity of 80, SCS Hall with 300 seats and NRH with 400 persons as the holding capacity. The Seminar, SCS and NRI Halls are utilized for the conduct of Viva-Voce Exams, Doctoral Committee Meetings, Workshops, Seminars etc.,

Transport

Transport Incharge

Mr. Shanmugasundaram – 9942677339
Mr. Eswaran – 8973393969

Details of Bus Route

Hostel

The hostel provides a feeling of Home –Away- From Home to the students. It provides a secure, comfortable and healthy environment for all the inmates. The hostel accommodations comprises of rooms which are well furnished, hygienic and have ultra modern amenities. The rooms are furnishes with cots, shelves, reading table and chairs. The hostel premise have a common reading room, TV rooms and is Wi-Fi enabled. A modern central kitchen operates in the campus. Pure vegetarian food prepared under hygienic conditions is served in the student dining halls. Laundry services, uninterrupted power supply, 24×7 medical care, RO plants, hot water supply, telephone facility, indoor games- all these vouch for the healthy and comfy stay of the inmates. Security and surveillance are ensures by CCTV cameras and round the clock securities.

Sports Area

The sports and athletic arena comprises of well-maintained track and field facility with basketball and volleyball grounds which serves as a vibrant place for intramural and intercollegiate athletic events and tournaments. For fitness seekers, the campus houses a Health centre with advanced gadgets.

Parking Area

The campus houses 3 vehicle parking areas with 2776 sq.ft. of measurement.

CCTV Surveillance

The college campus features blocs of buildings, each with their own security needs. The campus security cameras help to secure these facilities, ever vigilant upon suspicious behavior and unauthorized access. A video surveillance system operating with IP network technology enables video streams to be sent over the internet for remote monitoring. Footage from cameras throughout the campus can be monitored.

WI-FI Enabled Campus

The entire campus is Wi-Fi activated with high speed internet connection and all the websites browsed by the students are regularly monitored.

PG & Research Department of English

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND CAREER LAB

As an innovative process, PG & Research Department of English has launched the Language and Career Lab in 2006 with 30 desktops along with a main server for the benefit of the students of various departments of our college. Lab sessions have been taken up by the students individually, under the supervision of the faculty with the help of Language software specially designed to impart LSRW skills. Since 2006, the lab was functioning under Globerana, who offered specialised software for learning language through various modules with exercises in phonemes, grammar, reading and pronunciation. In 2011, lab was further extended with 30 more high-end computers. Later, the software- English lab and Skillmate, were installed with few advanced features to enhance the communicative skills of the students. As a recent undertaking, an award winning software, English Mastery, is provided by ESL Software Department, American Language Academy. The various module offered by this software are word lab, Audio lab, Text lab, Test lab, Sound sort, Audio write, Crossword and Grammar instructions. The lab holds inbuilt projectors for lecture sessions and screening visual texts. Thus, catering to the needs of the students from rural background, the lab aid them to fulfil their technical thirst and impart the job requirements in the career trajectory.

Department of History

Museum

The Post Graduate & Research Department of History has set up a History Museum on 28 th January 2004. The museum is ideated to preserve and present the invaluable antiques, relics, bas reliefs, coins etc., collected and excavated from the Kongu region. The main purpose of this museum is to collect and preserve the artefacts, which reflect the heritage of Kongu region. The museum comes under the category of local history.

Vision

To make the History Museum a treasure house of collectibles of antiques bridging and harnessing the cultures of Kongu region.

Mission

Collection of artefacts from various sources, create infrastructural facilities to preserve, conserve and restore the artefacts
To impart visual knowledge to the students and public about the cultural heritage of the region.
To make use of experts in the field of anthropology, epigraphy, numismatics, literature and archaeology
To use all strategies to modernise and develop the history museum
To establish the History Museum as a full-fledged source of information on regional culture and heritage.

The museum gallery has extensive collections of rare artefacts such as burial urns, exhumed bones, potsherds with graffiti marks, stone crusher, fragments of cornelian bangles, copper plate document, sculptures, palmleaf manuscripts, coins, beads, Hero stones and sculptures, which are collected from various archaeological sites of Kongu region.

To brace up the museum further, the department received 4.60 lakhs from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, New Delhi. The museum is opened for the students, research scholars and the public to engender and disseminate in and among them the cultural richness of their home land.

Photo Gallery

Department of Mathematics

Ramanujan Mathlab and Research Centre

Mathematics Laboratory is a place where students can learn and explore mathematical concepts and verify mathematical facts and theorems through a variety of activities using different materials. These activities may be carried out by the teacher or the student to explore, to learn, to stimulate interest and develop favourable attitude towards mathematics. The models are so designed to cater to the needs of all disciplines of students and learners in verifying formulae, results and applications.

Our Honourable Former Prime Minister, Dr. Man Mohan Singh announced the year 2012 as National Mathematics Year to recognize the contributions of Srinivasa Ramanujan in connection with his 125th Birth Anniversary. In association with this, the Department of Mathematics of Vellalar College for Women has set up a Mathematics Laboratory and Research Centre in the name of “Ramanujan”. To be first of its kind among Arts and Science Colleges in Erode District, Ramanujan Mathlab and Research Centre has been established in Vellalar College for Women, Erode under XI Plan UGC – CPE (College with Potential for Excellence), DST-FIST and DBT STAR College Schemes. In addition, College Management is also supporting partial financial assistance and maintenance of the Laboratory.

Facilities

Department of Physics

Physics Laboratory

Science laboratories are for imparting practical knowledge and hands on training in handling various science equipments. The Physics laboratory is a well equipped one and have all the necessary facilities to perform General Physics, Electronics, Digital Electronics and Microprocessor experiments. With the available facilities each and every student can do practicals individually and gain knowledge and understand the basic concepts of Physics. The major instruments available in the laboratory are spectrometer, ultrasonic interferometer, cathode ray oscilloscope, audio frequency oscillator, travelling microscope, microprocessor and electronic gadgets etc. The standby arrangement is in place in case of power interruptions.

Computational Physics Laboratory

Computational Physics laboratory is intended to impart the programming skills for students through number of computational and simulation programs including C, C++, MATLAB and SCILAB. The lab is provided for sufficient number of computers and other gadgets. The students can learn and develop the core competency in computational field.

M.Phil Research Laboratory

To promote research interest among the students, the research lab was established in the year 2009. M.Phil scholars access the available research equipments like computerized dip coating unit, spin coating unit, spray pyrolysis coating unit, constant temperature bath, digital balance, hot air oven, pelletizer, four probe apparatus, muffle furnace and magnetic stirrer etc. In addition M.Phil scholars do have access to central research laboratory which have more sophisticated instruments.

Department of Chemistry

Chemistry Lab

The Department of Chemistry has two major laboratories – one for the Major stream and another for Allied Chemistry and a Research Laboratory with a total built up area of about 5300 square meters with state-of-art facilities.

The Major and Allied Laboratories are well furnished attuning to the curricular needs. The well ventilated Laboratories are equipped with quality and innovative brand Chemicals, Glass wares and Instruments, procured from Autonomous grants and other sponsored programmes like DST-FIST, DBT-STAR College Schemes. Periodically, technically updated instruments like Electronic balances, Digital Conductometers, Potentiometers and Electric bunsen are acquired to upgrade the skills of UG chemistry students.

The well designed Research lab is equipped with sophisticated instruments like UV- Visible spectrometer, Rotary vacuum evaporator, Electrochemical workstation etc. Through the funded research projects carried out by the faculty, the lab has been further advanced with COD apparatus, Digital Water and Soil Analysis Kit, Ball Mill, Pathological Microscope, Digital Ultrasonic Cleaner and Photoreactor Assembly which serve as gateway to research pursuits and upgradation of analytical skills of the stakeholders and to promote an innovative and creative research ecosystem in the department.

Department of Botany

The department has excellent infrastructure to run UG, PG, M.Phil and Ph.D. courses. To cater the academic need and to groom the interest of students in science, there are well-equipped laboratories stocked with top-quality equipments and instruments for conducting practical classes. The Laboratories have been upgraded and equipped with LCD projectors to make learning more interesting and congenial with new advancements. The Department has MoU’s with AWECARE Analytical Laboratory, Erode and Department of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Aizwal for academic and research activities.

Infrastructure

Class rooms

There are 3 class rooms for UG courses and two class rooms cum laboratories for PG courses.

Technology enabled learning spaces

Three classrooms are equipped with LCD projectors. Electronic interactive boards are also available. There are free Wi-Fi zones within the campus especially for the students, and each faculty rooms are Wi-Fi enabled.

The following laboratories provide hands on experience to students, laboratories are

B.Sc. Practical Laboratory
M.Sc. Practical Laboratory
Research Laboratory
Tissue Culture Laboratory
Botany museum
Medicinal garden
Departmental library
Mushroom cultivation unit

The Department has well equipped laboratories to conduct experiments in Biochemistry, Plant Tissue Culture, Ecology Microbiology, Plant Physiology and other related fields of biology.

Laboratory

The Department has well equipped laboratories with modern equipments. Various scientific equipments and tools available for carrying practical classes include:

Simple and Compound Microscopes
Refrigerators for material preservation
Trinacular Microscope
Hot air oven,
Temperature controlled orbital shaker.
Laminar air flow chambers
Distillation unit
Autoclave
Digital pH-meter
Digital weighing balance
Electrophoresis
Colorimeter

Centrifuge
High speed refrigerated centrifuge
Table Top Centrifuge
Magnetic stirrer
Water bath
Incubator
Spectrophotometers
Binocular microscopes
Fluorescence microscope
Micropipettes
PCR Unit

Botany Museum

We have museum, which has an outstanding collection of diverse plant specimens, charts and models. It has a collection of all major groups of plants (bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms and angiosperms) as well as algae (marine algae) fungi and lichens. We also have a good collection of wood specimens and photographs of rare plants and orchids.

Herbarium

The College’s herbarium at the department of Botany has a wide collection of plantspecimens.

Medicinal Garden

Medicinal plants have a great role in human life as they address its health and culinary needs. In the college premises, the department has established a medicinal garden in an area 2500 sq. ft. The objective of raising the medicinal garden is to maintain a conservatory of not only the most common and important species of medicinal and aromatic plants which are being used in day-to-day primary health care. All the plant species are authentically identified and labeled. The garden holds a verdure coverage of herbs, shrubs, climbers and undershrubs which serves to egg on the campus community to be conscious of the inevitable bondage between nature and human well being.

Departmental Library

The Department has a well stacked library to cater to the need of students of botany. The departmental library has a rich collection of 6010 books and is available to the students throughout the year. The referral library in the department helps the students to locate their reference materials.

Apart from this, several field/industrial trips are arranged to expose the students to the nature and also to the industrial environs.

Department of Zoology

Museum

Zoological Collection at the Department of Zoology provides a unique insight on the entire animal kingdom. Collection consists of 245 specimens. Among them 132 comes under Invertebrate and 84 exhibits the Phylum Chordates. Besides the preserved specimens, the collection contains items showing human skeletons, skull of vertebrates, plastomounts and life cycles of some species. Stuffed specimens like Loris, Pangolin, Crow, Parrot, Kingfisher, Tailor bird, Weaver bird and fossils are exhibited for taxonomical, practical and research purposes. About 265 slides and 175 bio visual charts are also stored in the museum.

Highlights of the Museum

Collecting animal specimens is essential for scientific studies and biodiversity conservation. During Educational tours, to Mangrove forests, Biosphere Reserves our students and staff members collected Coral reefs which have been described as the marine equivalents of rain forests with reference to richness in biodiversity.

Value

The Collection is of great educational importance because many of the species are now rare and endangered. The Museum is used intensively by the major as well as allied students.

Main Laboratory

The Department has a spacious main laboratory which can accommodate more than 50 students at a time. The laboratory is used by the students for core, elective, allied and add-on practicals.

Research Laboratory

The Department has a well equipped research instruments like Binocular microscopes, Advanced centrifuge, Spectrophotometer, Digital balance, Incubator, Laminar air flow chamber, Deionizer, D.O analyzer, Turbidity meter, Digital conductivity meter, Advanced digital photomicrography. Facilities are available to do research on the biological and biochemical aspects of animals.

Digital Laboratory

The physiology laboratory has been modified into a digital laboratory and furnished with 22 computers installed with virtual dissection software, 1laptop, 2 LCD and 3 printers with scanner. To replace the wet lab procedure virtual dissections are carried out in the digital laboratory. This is incredibly useful for students who are in absence on the day of practical or for the students who need extra practice.

Department of Nutrition And Dietitics

Foods Lab

The lab is designed to assist the learner to acquire wide range of knowledge on Food Science, Food Preservation, Family Meal Management and Dietetics and to understand the concepts of “Nutrition, Health and Disease” while planning the diet according to the age group and disease conditions.

Cold storage room
Homogenizer
Electronic weighing balance
Penetrometer
Butrorefractometer
Blancher
Sterilizing equipment
Food Processor
Microwave oven

Nutrition Lab

The lab is equipped with the apparatus and instruments for accurate analysis of the Nutrient content in food products and determining the food adulterants for ensuring food safety and quality.

Autoclave
Muffle furnace
Digital centrifuge
Kjeldhal apparatus
Bomb calorimeter
Hot air oven
Butyrometer
Autoanalyzer

Food Processing Centre

The laboratory consists of modern equipments including different types of analyzers, milling machines, packaging equipments and all accessories necessary for food product development. The lab is highly utilized for curriculum projects.

Hot air oven
Cutting disc
Rice pounder
Convection oven
Planetary mixer
Lassi maker
Wooden chekku
Food processor
Cooling tank

Trainers Training Centre

The centre contributes towards the improved methods and designs on food processing skill and imparts training to entrepreneurs, Self-Help Groups, farmers, students and public on improved shelf life and low cost seasonal foods.

Fruit pulper
Hand operated sealer
Dhall mill
Bread slicer
Uruli roaster
Pulveriser
Hand filling machine
Spices grinder

Department of Computer Science

Department of Computer Science – Laboratory Infrastructure

The Department of Computer Science was established in the year 1987 and is now recognized as one of the leading departments with infrastructure and facilities to match the very best in the college. The department remains committed towards its mission to provide students with the fundamental knowledge and problem solving skills in Computer Science required for a fulfilling career.

State-of-the-art laboratories, containing the computers with latest configuration networked together to ensure that the students get complete facilities to understand and explore the concepts of computer science as learnt in the class-room. The department focuses on preparing globally competitive professionals who are at ease with both hardware and software aspects of the computer. There are 12 technologically advanced computer laboratories across the campus which has been designed to help students impart basic concepts and skills of Computer Science and their applications in diverse areas of software development, hardware technology and networking.

The Department maintains a wide variety of up to date computing facilities for research and instructional use and also coordinates the acquisition, maintenance, and operation of the computing equipment and network services.

General-purpose computing is provided by over 538 Windows and Linux-based workstations and servers, located in various laboratories.
Students have the facility to use individual computers and access internet (bandwidth : 80MBPS) and other applications. The students can access internet in their leisure time to explore and learn more about their curriculum or anything that is informative.
Campus Wide Internet Facility including Hostel
- Internet speed – 80 Mbps leased line (WireLine Solutions)
- Internet Connection thru NKN – 20 Connections (2 MBPS each)
- Wi-Fi facility
Server Room
- Cloud Control Router-1009-8G-1S-1S+ 8Port
- Cisco Management Switch SG300 24 port
- 10/100 media connector Single connector
- LIU 24 Port
Camera
- Dahua video recorder – 2 Nos.
- Dahua ip Camera 4Mp – 85 Nos.

S. No.	Equipments/Items Description	Number
1	Dedicated Computing Centers with UPS	12
2	Servers	10
3	Number of Desktop PCS	528
4	Wi-Fi Devices	15
5	*Proprietary Software*
	Matlab	5 user
	Matlab – Image Processing tool box	5 user
	Optimization tool box	3 user
	Global Optimization tool box	3 user
	Neural Logic tool box	2 user
	Fuzzy tool box	3 user
	Signal Processing tool box	2 user
	Statistical toolbox	1 user
	Visual Studio
	Tally
	Adobe suite
	MS Office
	Oracle Database Standard Edition 2	15 user
6	Computers	528
7	Internet Connection through National Knowledge Network	20 connections with 2 MBPS each
8	K7 Antivirus	130 users
9	Internet Facility	80 MBPS
10	Number of Nodes with Internet Facility	180
11	UPS Facility (5/6/10/20 KVA)	23
12	Air- Conditioner (1.5/2 ton)	36
13	Dot Matrix 24 Pin Printers	40
14	Laser Printer	5
15	LCD Projectors	15
16	Interactive Board	1
17	White Board with Stand	12
18	Web Camera with Microphone	5

The Department of Computer Science currently has following laboratories:

Programming Labs

Department has dedicated Nine programming labs which is used to inculcate programming skills among the students. Among Nine Programming labs Lab I and Babbage Computing Centre (Lab IX) are installed with Linux OS and others (Lab II – Lab VIII) with Windows. Programming labs are equipped with high end system providing backup in case of power failure. These labs are meant to develop applications utilizing programming languages like VB.Net, SQL Server Enterprise, Java, Perl, C++, Android Programming, MS Office and C & Mini projects. The students gain experience in Red Hat Linux and various other open source softwares like PHP with MySQL, Perl, Python, Libre office etc.

These labs are also extensively used by the students for exploring each and every aspect of Database Management System (DBMS) using Oracle Database Standard Edition 2. It is also used as a teaching lab for the department’s add-on courses namely Multimedia, Tally, Web Designing, Mobile Application development, Animation, and so on.

Research Lab

Research lab helps Ph.D. and M.Phil. scholars to do Research Projects that involve computationally intensive machine learning algorithms in the areas of image processing, Pattern recognition, Data Mining, Cloud Computing and so on.

Internet Lab

This lab is established for the purpose of providing the internet surfing facility for the students, it is open 24×7. The students also have been provided the Wi-Fi facility. The Lab consists of 40 terminals connected with the internet bandwidth of 80 Mbps.

Image Processing Lab

In order to explore and design challenging applications in the area of image processing such as object-based video compression, image watermarking, remote sensing, medical image processing, content-based image retrieval, image segmentation, face recognition and pattern recognition, a dedicated image processing lab is under construction funded by UGC-CPE Scheme. While the emphasis is on applied research, the focus of this lab is to study a number of issues of theoretical importance.

Laboratory Equipments

Laboratory Equipments

Class Rooms and Department

S. No.	Equipments	Configuration	Company Name	Quantity
1	Computers	1 GB DDR-II. 80GB/160 GB HDD Processor core 2 Duo 2.53GHz	HCL	2
		Core i3 /4 GB DDR RAM/500 GB HDD/Monitor	DELL	1
		6^th Gen Core i3 / 4GB DDR4 / 500GB HDD / 19.5” LED TFT Monitor.	LENOVO	4
		160GB HDD 4GB DDRII Core 2Duo Processor 2.93GHz Monitor	HCL	1
		APPLE IMAC 20” / 2.4 MB 323 ZP/A, INTEL CORE 2 Duo @ 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM / 250 GB HDD, Apple Keyboard & Mouse,	IMAC	1
2	LCD Projector	Logic 6×8 VGA Cable	EPSON/ SHARP/BENQ	4
3	Printer	Laser P1007 / M1005 MFP	HP	4
4	UPS	Online 20 KVA UPS 100 Ah BATTERIES	NUMERIC	1
5	Air-Conditioner	1.5 Ton Windows Type with 4 KVA Stabilizer	O-General	3
6	White Board	P3 Ceramic White (Magnetic)Multipurpose Writing Board with stand	Blue Brothers	1
7	LAPTOP	Intel Core 2 Duo 1.83 GHz, 2 GB DDR 2 RAM, 160 GB HDD, DVD Writter,	TOSHIBA	1
8	CANON Digital Camera	CANON Digital Camera, Model : 5100, 12 Mega Pixel	CANON	1

Hostel Lab

S. No.	Equipments	Configuration	Company Name	Quantity
1	Computers	Processor Core 2 Duo 2.93GHz , 4GB DDRII 160GB HDD LCD Monitor	HCL	13
2	UPS	Online 5 KVA UPS with 120V Battery	SAKTHI	1
3	FAN			2

Department of Physical Education

Facilities

Sports and Games being an integral part of Vellalar Educational Programme, the following facilities are developed and maintained over the years:

Outdoor Sports Facility

S.No.	Facilities(Major games)	Number
1	Multipurpose Hockey field (including for Athletics with 200Mts Track of 6 lanes).	1
2	Kabaddi court	2
3	Ball Badminton court	1
4	Basket Ball Concrete court	1
5	Volleyball court	2
6	Kho-Kho court	1
7	Badminton court	2
8	Parallel bar	1
9	Horizontal bar	1

Indoor Sports Facility

S.No.	Facilities(Major games)	Number
1	Chess	20
2	Carrom	8
3	Table Tennis Table(One with Robo Propelling Machine)	3