Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Polytechnic College
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Other name | SRKV PTC |
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| Motto | "To provide a character building and man-making education is to produce enlightened citizens of our country. "[citation needed] |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1956 |
| Location | , India 11°08′40″N 76°56′32″E / 11.144345°N 76.942329°E |
| Website | srkv.org |
Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Coimbatore, is an educational centre of Ramakrishna Mission. It is 19 km from Coimbatore City on the highway to Ootacamund, and is situated in an environment spread over about 300 acres. The Institution was founded by Sri T.S. Avinashilingam in 1930 with an investment of just Rs. 5.75 and with one harijan boy on its roll.[citation needed] Mahatma Gandhi laid the foundation stone of the Vidyalaya in 1934.[citation needed] The Vidyalaya was affiliated to Ramakrishna Mission in the same year.
The public celebration of the birthday of Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna, popularly known as Guru Puja, is the most important annual cultural activity of the Vidyalaya. The day-long celebration, observed on the first Sunday of every year, includes bhajans, talks by eminent personalities, drama, educational exhibition, music and cultural programmes. The highlight of the function is the Maheswara Puja, i.e. feeding of about 10,000 people at noon.
The Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Polytechnic College was founded in 1956 as a wing of the Rural Institute, called the School of Engineering, under the National Council for Rural Higher Education. It is an institution of the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya In 1974, the Institute was affiliated to the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Government of Tamil Nadu. In 2010 the Polytechnic was certified as an ISO 9001 2000 institute.
Courses
[edit]- Diploma In Information Technology
- Diploma In Civil Engineering
- Diploma In Mechanical Engineering
- Diploma In Electrical and Electronics Engineering