HISTORY OF THE COLLEGE

Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women, affiliated to Alagappa University, Karaikudi, is situated in the most educationally and industrially backward town of Kilakarai, Ramanathapuram District.  The college was founded in 1988 by Alhaj Dr B S Abdur Rahman Sahib sponsored by the Seethakathi Trust, Chennai which has established various educational institutions par excellence.

The Trust has been named after one of the greatest selfless benefactors of mankind, Seethakathi who lived in the 17^th Century.  He was a Merchant Prince and a great philanthropist born in Kilakarai. This college has been named after our founder’s sister Mrs. Thassim Beevi and her husband Janab Abdul Kader. She and her husband died in an accident on 24^th January 1977 while returning after attending the school day function at the Crescent Residential School, Chennai. Mrs. Thassim Beevi was a very enthusiastic lady who was interested in the higher education for women.  

The college was started with a sole aim of imparting higher education to all women of this locale, especially to the women of the minority community whose pitiable educational condition provoked our Founder.  It has been a boon to women, especially to Muslim community, for whom higher education was unreachable. Now that the college has completed its 23 years of dedicated educational service, many women have now passed through the portals of this institution with flying colours.

The College has been fulfilling the norms and guidelines of the University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), the State Government of Tamil Nadu and affiliated to Alagappa University, Karaikudi.  The college has been recognized by UGC under 2f and 12(B) Act of 1956 to receive financial assistance from UGC and from other Central Resources.

The College has received the Best College Award from the Department of Youth Welfare Fora, Madurai  Kamaraj University for student services for  three academic years (2000-2001, 2001 – 2002 and 2002-2003). The college was upgraded with the status of autonomy Since 2005-06. The College has added yet another feather to its cap by being Nationally re-accredited with B Grade during 2009-2010(2.82/4 point scale)

The college which was started with the strength of just 65 students and a total of 11 staff members has grown steadily and at present it has 1778 students enrolled in various disciplines of Arts and Sciences, both at the under-graduate and post-graduate levels, with 125 members of faculty along with 45 members of non-teaching staff and with 5 technical staff. 

Realizing the growth of science and technology in modern times and need of Computers in our day-today life, the college offers both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Arts, Humanities and Sciences to meet out the challenging demands of the placement sector.  The college is extending its services to downtrodden community through “Centre for Community Development, Women studies and Social Action” through the  Seethakathi NGO.

THE PROPOSED FIVE YEAR PERSPECTIVE PLAN (2009-2014)

Ø  Mission of Plan: To concentrate on EQW(Educational Quality Work) that seeks to develop the live-centre of an educational institution, viz, curriculum and teaching learning, with which the teaching community are primarily involved, in  order to match standards of some of the best institutions of higher learning adopting the best practices of curriculum development, teaching and learning.

Ø  Phases of Plan: The plan will be in three parts to be realized in three phases

v  Phase I : Teacher Development : (2009-2011) The drive towards intensification of efforts to improve research qualification and publications in refereed journals by almost all teachers will be the top most priority during this phase. Interim targets of at least one annual publication of the highest quality in an overseas journal per teacher will be set. At the end of this phase at least 70% of faculty will have obtained their PhDs.

v  Phase II (2012-2013) Student Centred Self – Learning will be optimized using both conventional and modern best practices. Innovative self – learning activities will be devised. Student abilities to make oral presentations, to conduct and participate in, group work (following modern management team skills) and to write, present and publish well documented papers will be developed to the highest possible degree. The communication laboratory work to enhance spoken English and writing skills, will be optimized.

v  Phase III (2014) The work done during the first two phases will be reinforced and consolidated using professional methods of measurement of outcomes and benchmarking.

The three phases are not chronologically truncated but will be managed together simultaneously with only the emphases differing as stated above.

Ø  Method and Model: By far the best method developing curriculum, teaching learning is Academic Audit in current practice in the US, UK, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. This is just another name for EQW(Education Quality Work). The model that most suits Indian colleges and universities is that which is followed jointly by the US and Hong Kong institutions, namely, CMM (The Capability Maturity Model) Which envisages phased development from ‘zero’ level to level ‘4’ and it is more or less compatible with the mission of IQAC. This plan is in its initial stages of discussion. This will be finalized after a few workshops and consultations which will be organized with the help of eminent academics, and professional and educational planners.

Ø  Process: The plan will be mostly made internally and every member of the different faculty and some senior students with academic merit will be involved at all stages.

VISION AND MISSION

a) VISION Statement

The college is committed to provide leaders with high quality education; to produce professionally highly skilled graduates; to empower  the muslim community to improve their quality of  life and to create graduates  with a distinctively TBAKC identity to serve humanity.

(b) MISSION Statement

The mission will be achieved through a rigorous academic programme marked by high standard of  individual  attainment through self-effort; professional training through intensive internship challenges; real life exposure to the prevalent social constraints of poor women in the society around the college; and active research culture both among learners and teachers.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE COLLEGE EMBLEM

The emblem of the college consists of a shield with three symbols in the center. The Crescent and the Star on the top left represents the Divine grace. On the right, there is an open book depicting the Holy Quran to guide us on the right path. At the bottom, there is a balance representing the Divine Justice. Underneath the shield is a verse from the Holy Quran in English Our Lord bestow on us mercy from thyself. The figures in the shield are placed with blue and green background - the colours signifying prosperity and spirituality. Thus, the emblem of Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women stands for Grace, Knowledge and Justice of the Almighty with which the whole universe is governed.                         

FOUNDER’S MESSAGE

        The purpose of education is to make a person wholesome and to lead a life of fidelity and usefulness to one’s own self and to those who are with and around the person.  By providing enough knowledge in the rudiments of all fields of humanities, sciences and technology, it makes a person civilized and self-determined.  Such education train the youth to face the challenges in a diversified society ultimately seeking unified strength.  It focuses on national, regional, international, philosophical and cultural concepts to emerge a dignified individual.  I am sure, the institution is taking students towards the achievement of that excellence and helps them to bloom as bright flowers.  Always my prayers and best wishes are for the betterment of students,faculty and institution.  I believe that Allah will grant this prayer.

                     

TBAKCW MAIN BUILDING