Institutional Distinctiveness
Empowering the rural and underprivileged students Community through broad based education Nehru memorial College is located in a rural area and the students population mainly hails from the socially disadvantaged and economically weaker sections of the society, who can get entitled to dignified survival only through higher education and employment. Hence, it has become essential to nurture and sharpen the talents of every student and to offer them a broad-based education with deep knowledge in the chosen discipline and broad general education in other areas. Our is a one stop destination for all the educational needs, career options and life solutions of the students. It is a life changing destination for students. Our college is a trend setter and game changer of higher education in this region. For instance we have started offering B.Sc. computer science in the year 1983, M. Sc., Applied Physics 1983, UGC Innovative programme – M. Sc., Embedded systems in 2013 and M.Sc., Data science in 2018. Education is redefined in the college, based on current global trends in tertiary education. The college uplifts the student community by offering a global, holistic, broad-based education, which include Integrated Learner- Centric interdisciplinary education through Knowledge Empowerment and Integrated Skill Development Programmes. The knowledge empowerment in broad-based education involves blending the curriculum into a whole learning experience, by integrating with Education of deep knowledge in the discipline of study and broad knowledge in general education. The teachers sharpen the mathematical intelligence and linguistic fluency of each student. The teachers identify the uniqueness of each student and help them to excel in that domain.
Utilizing the academic freedom of Autonomy, the College develops curricula to suit the needs of the students with relevance to local/regional National/Global requirements. Taking students beyond academics, it involves them in various interactive skill-development strategies to develop their higher order
Since the majority of the rural students are first generation learners, lack of competence in communication skills in English is their major challenge. Nehru Memorial College makes efforts to develop their communication skills in English.
The Institution maintains a well-equipped, updated, State-of-the-art infrastructure with the following facilities
To equip and motivate students for starting new enterprises and undertake entrepreneurship, many Industry-related courses are introduced in the curriculum itself. Beyond academics, our department of commerce departments organizes seminars on Entrepreneurship and through interaction with successful entrepreneurs students learn nuances of entrepreneurship. Our departments have offered students practical training programmes in, Soap Oil, Washing Powder & Phenol Vermicompost preparation and Organic Farming, Bee Keeping, Culturing techniques for Mushrooms, Chocolate Making, Fast Food preparation Manufacturing Cottage products Short-term Entrepreneurship programmes on Costume Designing, Paper Quilling, Aari Work, Basket Making, Stitching Purses and Handbags are offered to girl students.
Placement Cell invites experts from the concerned fields and conducts pre-placement training programmes to prepare the outgoing students to gain prosperous placements. The major areas of output in the training programmes include general knowledge, current affairs, communication skill, soft skills, Resume preparation, participation in group discussion and interview skills. The cell arranges Interface Programmes with prominent Alumni to familiarize the students with the Industrial demands Library keeps ‘Career Corner’ that stocks volumes of competitive exams preparation books and magazines for Students’ use and displays on the ‘Career Notice Board’ career related news about upcoming competitive examinations with dates. Effectively trained, in this alone the students of Nehru Memorial College have secured an excellent record of 1361 placement orders in Educational, Industrial and Banking sectors. Thus, various Skill Development strategies transform Rural Students Community of our College from mere degree holders into a competent, skilled responsible citizen of this nation.