Dr. P. Ramya is working as a Principal at Nandha Arts and Science College. She has started her teaching career from the year of 2002 and has a total of 17 years of teaching experience as a Head of the Department in various well reputed University affiliated colleges. She has published and presented n-number of articles in national and international conferences and seminars with the International Standard Book Number. She has been the Chairman and Syllabus board member in University affiliated colleges. 

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What is your leadership philosophy?

“I believe in teamwork and growth of everyone”

In my viewpoint, the leader should act in a fair manner. Leaders must acknowledge their plus and minus and should continually quest for knowledge to improve their leadership skills. They should pave the way for their subordinate’s independent growth both in curricula and other skills. Leaders should respect their team and the team's idea and must be optimistic to motivate their team without being biased.

What is the institute’s top priority over the next 10 years?

“To bring best business value for our college in terms of education and placements”

The main aim of our institution is to obtain an A+ in the future NAAC cycle, the top ten of NIRF and to Increase the number of research departments and quality scholars. Our academic excellence should be proved with a number of Gold medals and Ranks. We want to be the best in terms of placements, be it within the country or internationally.

How do you establish a healthy relationship with students in your institute?

“By enforcing an environment of open communication”

As a principal, I always try my best to maintain a system of Mentor and Mentee. To make a hale and healthy environment with students, I counsel them and try to resolve their issues then and there be it academic-wise or some personal issues. 

How does your college prepare students for placement?

“We do provide training and activities for the overall development of students”

We do our best in enriching their IQ, Verbal aptitude, Logical and creative thinking and reasoning. For this, we organize a lot of activities in our college such as Group Discussion, Written-test, presentation and finally mock interviews. We have a special department for placement with qualified soft skill trainers. NSEED (Nandha Skill Enhancement & Employability Development) an internal department assisting the Placement cells to provide specific training. 

What extracurricular activities are organized in college to enhance the skills of the students?

“We do offer a variety of academic and cultural activities”

We organize intra and inter-departmental functions to rejuvenate our student’s minds and skills. And for this, we have a Fine arts club, Opera drama club and Lingua club. We keep on Involving the students in the curriculum by offering Activity-based and creative learning through various tools such as Google Class Room, Kahoot, quiz, webinar, Blog. We enhance our students with a lot of programs like Extension activities, Anti Ragging, Trendy Fair, Hilario and Nalabagam. 

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How do colleges update faculties to deliver the best education?

“By encouraging them to enroll for various training and courses”

We do conduct a lot of Faculty Development Program, workshops, seminars, Webinars, NPTEL, online courses for faculties. We have tied up with many companies and we have also signed MOUs. We promote our staff for higher education, research programs, and UGC-funded activities. To enhance the intra and inter-personal skills of Faculty member’s ICT offers an FDP program for our faculty members. Our management supports the State and National level publications.

What is the college’s greatest strength and how can it be enhanced?

“Our teaching and non-teaching staff are our greatest strength”

We are relending our qualified faculty members who are working with a synergetic mood in performance and online classes are playing a vital role in the pandemic stage in order to enrich students’ knowledge. Our strength is our team of young, enthusiastic and hardworking faculty and staff which allows us to achieve our goals. 

What valuable advice would you like to give to students for a prosperous career?

“Make the best use of every opportunity that comes your way”

In my viewpoint students have to quickly adapt, reskill rather than upskill and face the challenges. Given the current trends, students must learn fast to adapt to the changes imposed on them by COVID, or any future shock events.

What challenges have you faced in uplifting the quality of education of your college?

“Accommodating students coming from different backgrounds to college environment”

We have students in our college from the rural area and they suffer while practicing their own dialects language [Tamil/Hindi] and it becomes very hard for them to learn English 100% efficiently. Adopting the University curriculum and its system is a great challenging task for them.

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What's the latest program offered by the institute to make students stand apart from the crowd?

“We are offering NSSED program in college”

We have an exclusive section, NSEED which helps students to empower themselves in problem-solving skills and communication skills. NSEED ENGLISH and MATHS focus on the education into the experience for our students.