Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Coimbatore

The centre was started in 1930 and made a branch of the Mission in 1934. It is a comprehensive educational institution, spread over an extensive 280-acre campus on the Coimbatore-Ootacamund Road, 19 km from the city.

Activities:

1. A senior basic school (class 1 to 8) including differently abled children.
2. A residential secondary school (class 6 to 10).0
3. A higher secondary school (LKG to class 12).
4. Institute of Agricultural and Rural Development offers a two-year diploma course. Training is imparted in horticulture, nursery, gardening, composting, animal husbandry, dairy, farm maintenance and rural development activities.
5. An autonomous polytechnic college offers diploma courses in civil engineering and mechanical engineering, electrical and electronics engineering and information technology.
6. Industrial Training Institute offering two-year NCVT-approved courses in fitter, turner, draughtsman (mechanical), draughtsman (civil), mechanic (motor vehicle), wireman, machinist, electrician, electronics mechanic, motor driving and a one-year course on welding.
7. A residential autonomous teachers’ training college offering BEd, MEd, MPhil, and PhD courses. The attached research department conducts educational research and publishes a quarterly journal. It also has a study centre run by IGNOU for distance education courses.
8. An autonomous College of Arts and Science which conducts graduate, postgraduate, MPhil and PhD programmes. The college has government-aided and self-financing sections with a total roll. It also offers bachelor’s degrees in vocational education through its DDU Kaushal centre.
9. The autonomous Maruthi College of Physical Education offers BPES, BPEd, MPEd, and PhD programmes and is well equipped with sports sciences laboratories.
10. Four faculties under RKMVERI (deemed university):
    • Faculty of Disability Management and Special Education (FDMSE) offers a two-year diploma in Special Education in visual impairment, hearing impairment, intellectual disability and Indian sign language interpretation. It also offers two-year BEd and MEd programmes in all three disability areas besides a three-year Integrated BEd-MEd (intellectual disability) and PhD research programmes in Special Education. Additionally, (i) the therapy unit catered to disabled persons on average per month, (ii) the Braille production unit printed 2622 braille books during the year, and (iii) publication of the online bi-annual  Journal of Disability Management and Special Education (JODYS).
    • Faculty of General and Adapted Physical Education and Yoga (GAPEY) offers courses in physical education like BSc PHS, BPEd, MPEd, and PhD. It also offers unique add-on programmes  in special olympics, adapted physical education, yoga, aerobics, fitness, kalari, and tennis. The faculty of GAPEY publishes the monthly journal International Journal of Adapted Physical Education & Yoga (IJAPEY).
    • Faculty of Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development (FARTD), formerly known as Faculty Centre for Agricultural Education and Research, offers four-year BSc (Hons) in  agriculture, in addition to BSc and MSc in Integrated Rural and Tribal Development, and MA and MSc in Rural Development and Management.
    • Faculty of Computer Science Applications and Research (FCSAR) offers a five-year integrated MSc course.
11. Eight Student hostels.
12. Swami Vivekananda Cultural and Heritage Centre organized yoga classes, Bharatanatyam classes, a certificate course in Cultural Heritage of India, and an online quiz programme. An exhibition on Indian Cultural Heritage.
13. A dispensary. Medical camps include orthopaedic, cancer, gynaecology, eye check-ups, cardiology, general and dental.
14. Ramayana Park which provides enlightening entertainment to children.
15. Vidyalaya Integrated Rural Development Scheme: Under this scheme, weekly medical camps, cultural programmes, vocational training in tailoring, and tuitions.
16. Welfare work: Providing scholarships, stipends and medical aid. Free noon meals. In the adopted village Sri Bharathi Nagar, people were provided with ration kits, nutritious food and health drinks.
17. Religious activities: Daily worship and vesper service, Ramnam Sankirtan on Ekadashi days, spiritual retreats, religious lectures, and celebration of the birth anniversaries of the Holy Trio and disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.