A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College also known as Sri A.Veeriya Vandayar Memorial Sri Pushpam College was established by Sri A. Veeriya Vandayar and Sri A.Krishnaswamy Vandayar in the year 1956 in Tanjavur district, Tamil Nadu. The college was affiliated with the University of Madras from 1956 to 1981 and Bharathidasan University since 1982. The college was started with 11 students and 3 duty-bound teachers but now, it has become one of the notable colleges in the city. The college is maintaining a consistent track record by gaining a four-star status from NAAC in 1999 and was reaccredited again with A grade status in 2007 and then again reaccredited by NAAC with \’A\’ Grade status with a CGPA of 3.38 points out of a 4-point scale on January 2014.
The A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College provides the students with 21 Undergraduate, 18 Postgraduate, 12 M.Phil and 14 Ph.D. programs. The college also provides Undergraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma, 14 Certificate Courses, 6 UGC Sponsored Career Oriented Courses and 3 SPIVET sponsored programs. Admission to all the courses is purely based on merit.
The Undergraduate Courses include:
- B.A History: Eligible for candidates having a minimum Pass in Class 12.
- B.A Economics: Eligible for candidates having a minimum Pass in Class 12.
- B.A Tamil: Eligible for candidates having a minimum Pass in Class 12.
- B.A English: Eligible for candidates having a minimum Pass in Class 12.
- B.A Indian Culture: Eligible for candidates having a minimum Pass in Class 12.
- B.Com Commerce: Eligible for candidates with pass in class 12 with 48% aggregate marks in Commerce stream.
- B.Com Commerce with Tax Procedure & Practice: Eligible for candidates with pass in class 12 with 48% aggregate marks in Commerce stream.
- B.B.A Business Administration: Eligible for candidates with pass in class 12 with aggregate 50% and must have studied English subject.
- B.Lit Tamil: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks and must have studied Tamil.
- BCA Computer Application: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Statistics: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Geography: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Mathematics: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Physics: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Chemistry: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Botany: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Zoology: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Computer Science: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
- B.Sc Physical Education: Eligible for candidates with pass in Class 12 with 50% aggregate marks in the relevant stream and must have studied English.
The Postgraduate courses include:
- M.A History: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.A Economics: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.A Tamil: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.A English: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- MCA Computer Applications: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Mathematics: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Physics: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Industrial Chemistry: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Botany: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Microbiology: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Zoology: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Computer Science: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Information Technology: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Sc Biotechnology: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject with 55% aggregate marks.
- M.Com Commerce: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree with 50% aggregate marks and applicants with BBS/ BBA/ BFIA/ BBE degree with a minimum of 60%.
- MBA Business Administration: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree with 50% aggregate marks.
- MLIS Library and Information Science: Eligible for candidates with Bachelor’s degree with 50% aggregate marks.
The M.Phil courses include:
- Economics
- English
- History
- Mathematics
- Tamil
- Microbiology
- Commerce
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Computer Science
- Physics
- Zoology
Eligible for candidates having master’s degree of relevant stream.
The Ph.D courses include:
- History
- Library & Information Science
- Physical Education
- Tamil
- Commerce
- Botany
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- Microbiology
- Physics
- Zoology
- Computational Sciences
Eligible for candidates having master’s degree of relevant stream.
The Undergraduate Diploma courses include:
- Chemical Engineering
- Modern Office Management / Secretarial Practice
- Statistical Process Control & Operations Research
The selection will be on the basis of qualifying exam merit and the minimum eligibility is to graduate in the relevant discipline.
The Postgraduate Diploma courses include:
- Aquaculture
- Biofertilizers
- Textile Processing
- Micro Processor and Computer Hardware
- Computer Applications
The selection will be on the basis of qualifying exam merit and the minimum eligibility is to graduate in the relevant discipline.
The Certificate courses include:
- Site Personnel Management
- Library And Information Science
- Food Science & Quality Control
- Fresh Water Ornamental Fish Culture
- Tourism
- Personality Development
- Computational Accounting
- Mathematical Techniques
- Tax Practice And Procedure
- Accounting Software
- Health And Fitness
- Communicative Hindi
- Mechanical Engineering
The selection will be on the basis of qualifying exam merit and the minimum eligibility is to pass HSC or equivalent from a recognized board.
College Facilities :
The A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College provides various facilities for the students such as Library, canteen, consumer stores with stationery items, cosmetics and consumer products, branch of Indian Overseas Bank with ATM and BNA facilities, Indian Bank ATM and BNA facilities, Post Office, Telephone Booth, Photostat centre, Siddha, Allopathy Health Centres in the campus with a doctor and a health supervisor and a serene Dhyana Mandapam for meditation by the students and the staff members.
The A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College also provides various government and management scholarships like Rao Bahadur A. Veeriya Vandayar Educational Trust Scholarship, Srimathi V. Sethukkannammal Trust Scholarship, District Backward Class Scholarship, District Harijan Welfare Scholarship, National Loan Scholarship, National Scholarship Scheme (Merit), etc. The college also comprises different cells for OBC, Minority and SC/ST’s.
Some extracurricular activities such as NCC, NSS, Entrepreneurship Development Cell, Youth Red Cross, Eco Club and associations like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Literary and Debating are the additional facilities for students provided by A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College.
The Takeaway :
The A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College has an excellent record of placement every year. The Placement and Training Cell of the college makes arrangements for both campus and off-campus interviews by various reputed companies like Sanmark group, Eureka Frobes, Thyrocare, Aspire, etc., recruits students every year. The college also allot separate faculty for each department to train the students in the area of placement.