Gobi Arts and Science College
{{Short description|Post graduate research institute in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Gobi Arts and Science College
| native_name = Gobi Arts
| image_name = Gobi Arts.jpg
| image_size = 125px
| image_alt =
| caption = Official Seal
| latin_name =
| motto = Arivu, Olukkam, Uyarvu
| motto_lang = Ta
| mottoeng = Knowledge, Righteousness and Growth
| established = 1968
| type = Autonomous - Government-aided
| president = Thiru.J.Balamurugan
| principal = Dr.P Narendran
| city = Gobichettipalayam
| state = Tamil Nadu
| country = India
| campus = 45 acres
| affiliations = Bharathiar University
| website = http://www.gascgobi.ac.in/
| logo = Gobi Arts.jpg
}}
Gobi Arts and Science College (Gobi Arts College) is an autonomous institution affiliated to Bharathiar University located in Gobichettipalayam, Tamil Nadu, India.{{Cite web|url=http://kalvimalar.dinamalar.com/ViewProfile.asp?id=622|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604114818/http://kalvimalar.dinamalar.com/ViewProfile.asp?id=622|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2016|title=Gobi Arts and Science College Profile|work=Dinamalar|access-date=15 May 2016}} It was founded in 1968 by K. M. Ramaswamy Gounder.
History
The college was established in 1968 affiliated to Madras University, Chennai. Later, the college became affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. It is a co-educational grant-in-aid institution managed by the Gobi Arts College Council, registered on 25.8.1967 under the Societies Registration Act, XXI of 1860. The college was started with the noble objective of opening the doors of higher education to the poor and meritorious students who are mostly first generation students coming from agricultural families.{{Cite web |url=http://gobiartscollege.org/origin.asp |title=Gobi Arts and Science College |work=Gobi Arts |access-date=15 May 2016 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309205034/http://www.gobiartscollege.org/origin.asp |archivedate=9 March 2012 |df= }}
Courses
- Twenty undergraduate courses
- Sixteen postgraduate programmes
- M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes
Vision
Social and Economic upliftment of the people of this area through value based quality education. Committed to serve the society with humility and trust, devoid of exploitation; to impart value based higher education, particularly to the socially and economically deprived sections of this area; to make the students of this institution worthy citizens of our glorious motherland.{{Cite web |url=http://gobiartscollege.org/mission.asp |title=Mission of Gobi Arts and Science College |work=Gobi Arts |access-date=15 May 2016 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813171523/http://www.gobiartscollege.org/mission.asp |archivedate=13 August 2013 |df= }}