Sri Sarada College For Women - SSCW Salem - SSCW

Sri Sarada College for Women, Salem was started in the year 1961 as an affiliated college of the University of Madras by Mrs. Seethalakshmi Ramaswamy under the benign grace and presidentship of Srimath Swami Chidbhavananda of Sri Ramakrishna Tapovanam, Tirupparaithurai. Since 1-1-1998, Sri Sarada College is affiliated to the Periyar University, Salem, Tamilnadu, India. It is a Government aided college and recognized for receiving grants from University Grants Commission (U.G.C.) under sections 2f / 12 B. It receives not only annual grants for the functioning of autonomy but also special plan grants. The progressive voice of the college trains the mind and abilities of the students along with accumulating knowledge that enhances life. By catering to the students' myriad-channeled interest, this educational institution warps out women of strong determination steeped in national culture and spirituality. All activities have been moulded into one groove to produce positive virtues and energies directed towards socially beneficial purposes. College vision is to empower women through quality education based on the ideals of our national heritage and culture. College mission is to promote skills, values and knowledge in the learning community through integral education of Hand, Heart and Head, to offer career-oriented education merging established and emerging technologies, to achieve the capacities for enquiry, creativity, technology, entrepreneurial and moral leadership in the process of higher education, to motivate the faculty and the learners to take quality initiatives in academic, research and extension activities and help them serve as desirable human resource in the development of the nation and to respond to the global demands for new kinds of programmes providing creative and innovative educational experiences.