Prof Dhanapalan College for Women, Chennai

Prof. Dhanapalan College for Women, Chennai, established in 1991, is one of the leading women’s colleges providing quality education for women and aiming at their upliftment. Established on Old Mahabalipuram Road at Kelambakkam, this affiliated college for arts, science and management is offering various courses and programmes.

The total number of students admitted and enrolled is 1,631 the college has 46 faculty currently; all its students are female, and the college ensures that it offers the best student-friendly environment for all their students. Prof. Dhanapalan College for Women is affiliated with Madras University . Prof.

Dhanapalan College for Women has a valuable inventory of appliances geared to the provisory and personal development of learners. Central library includes over one lakh volumes of books, five thousand reference books, and national/international journals. Sophisticated laboratory facilities are available for various disciplines such as Biotechnology, Microbiology, Food Science, Visual Communication and so on.

Where appropriate, the students get practical experiences. Extracurricular activity facilities are a large hall with a 500 seater, a spacious sports ground for indoor and outdoor games and a well-furnished cafeteria to accommodate 500 students. Prof. Dhanapalan College for Women provides 18 courses in the present, having both undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

The undergraduate courses include the areas of business administration, commerce, English, computers, visual communication, biochemistry, biotechnology, microbial sciences, nutrition and dietetics, mathematics, and Criminology. Further for postgraduate degrees the college offers M. Com , M. Sc in Biochemistry, Food Service Management and Dietetics , Microbiology, Life Science, etc.

All programmes are full-time, regular courses that focus on developing professional depth in respective fields. It is important to note that the admission process of Prof. Dhanapalan College for Women favours all students regardless of the poverty levels, provided they have qualified for a particular course.