Education is crucial for raising a region's literacy rate, upgrading an individual's standard of life, and contributing to society's overall growth. An effective way to create economic stability, prosperity, and cultural growth is possible through a well-funded educational institution. One such institution is the G.T.N. Arts College, located in Dindigul to provide quality higher education to the first-generation graduates. It is well-known for its own unique culture and legacy towards the betterment of the socially, economically underprivileged groups from the rural areas. To uphold the same, it is functioning with the main principle to empower the rural youths and makes education an easily accessible one. It has been a pioneer in a variety of fields including academics, co-curricular and extra- curricular pursuits.
To create wings for the dreams of rural students, the college offers unique courses such as Forensic Science, Hotel Management and Catering Science, Social Work, Professional Accounting, and Physical Education with an affordable fee structure. The campus incorporates an attractive alluring restaurant as a practice center for Hotel Management students. To ensure that students flourish in extra-curricular activities, the college provides courses like Corporate English, Stress Management, Personality Development, Clinical Laboratory, Mathematics for Competitive Examinations, Entrepreneurship Empowerment, Hotel and Travel Management and Body Language Skills apart from regular courses at free of cost. Each student will choose their unique course based on their interests.
It is undeniable that the college made significant strides towards empowering the rural women by opening higher education, where most of the girl students are first-generation learners coming from rural backgrounds. Women are encouraged to seek higher education via the management scholarship programme and government scholarships too. An exclusive girl's hostel makes it possible for girl students from remote rural locations to pursue their education. Counselling and mentoring assist students in overcoming obstacles and staying enthused.
The college places a strong emphasis on developing students into responsible citizens and future leaders. Students will be allowed to develop their leadership, organizational, and communication skills by serving as representatives, department association office bearers and event organisers for all the activities that take place on the campus.
Every year the college NSS students actively participate in many social service activities such as plantation of trees, blood donation, and awareness programs in rural areas and as an extension activity, the institution adopts a plethora of villages to reform in all possible ways. Our students will ensure continuity of work, sustained action and evaluation. These activities will help to remain us in constant contact with the community as a part of community engagement programmes as initiated by the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
The Institution Innovation Council (IIC) and ED Cell ensure to instil a sense of enthusiasm in the young minds, which is necessary to produce innovative ideas thus laying the fundamental stones for entrepreneurship. Aspiring entrepreneurs are motivated for startup which allows them to either invest in their education or support their families.
Our management is magnanimous in providing seed money for projects, patents and any activities based on research and also it offers financial assistance for undergoing SWAYAM, NPTEL and MOOC courses.
The college skillfully trains the students to achieve their goals in sports and games.
Moreover, the Department of Physical Education teaches natural competitiveness and helps
the students to enjoy and learn sports peacefully and gain confidence. Many awareness
programmes held in the campus to play sports as an integral part of their life. The college is
much glad to offer a completely free education for sports students with zero cost
accommodation, food, and sports equipment.
The college has a distinctive appeal because of its dedication to establishing a Center
of Excellence for Learning and its ambition to offer the best education possible to the rural
population at an affordable cost. Wherever they go, the young minds of the college leave
their unique imprints because they work tirelessly while embracing their responsibilities and
are seen to be academically capable, ethically honest, spiritually inspired, and socially
devoted.