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Unveiling the plan: C.Thangaraj, Vice-Chancellor, addressing a press conference at Kalasalingam University, Krishnakoil, Virudhunagar District, on Friday. T.Kalasalingam, Chancellor, looks on. SRIVILLIPUTTUR: Kalasalingam University at Krishnankoil near here has planned to establish four centres of research, including an international centre for the hearing impaired. It was the first institution in the country to offer a B. Tech. course for the hearing impaired, Vice-Chancellor C. Thangaraj said on Friday. The centre would provide all necessary facilities to the disadvantaged lot among the student community. As part of the efforts, all the 45 classrooms in the institution would be converted into electronic classrooms with audio-visual facility. Better than sign languageAddressing a press conference, the Vice-Chancellor said, “The electronic classrooms were necessitated with the admission of students with hearing disability. We found that they were benefited more through lip movements and visual presentations in teaching than through sign language.” Stating that these students, now in second year of six-year integrated B. Tech programme, had to be integrated with normal students, he said that electronic classrooms had become inevitable for all students. The university had also planned to have an interdisciplinary research centre for material sciences with an initial investment of Rs. 10 crore. It had identified 20 projects in which research would be undertaken at a cost of Rs. 100 crore by 2015. Apart from the departments of chemistry and physics, departments of biotechnology, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering would be involved in carrying out research. These departments could use common equipment for research activities in bio-materials manufacturing and semi-conductors, among others, he added. Two more centresBesides, two more research centres had been planned by the university. A centre for energy resources and environment would study water bodies, depleting groundwater level and solutions such as rainwater harvesting system. The department of civil engineering would coordinate the programmes for people in and around Krishnankoil as a service to the neighbourhood society, he said. Another centre on women in industrial research and engineering would concentrate on challenges faced by women employees. “During our days, there were not many girl students in engineering courses. Now, 80 per cent of the students in electronics and communication engineering are girls,” Dr. Thangaraj said. The centre would focus on impact of women in innovation and their career problems owing to domestic compulsions. Chancellor T. Kalasalingam said that the university was offering education to the all rural people of Krishnankoil. “We have courses for students with varied qualifications, industrial training institute, polytechnic college, pharmacy college, science and arts courses and technical courses at the graduation level,” he said.
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