Project name

Chief Investigators

Total grant (in Rs)

Funding Agency

Duration

Gandhian  Values and Today's Youth in Higher Education

Dr. Chitra prakash

Dr. Premla Priyadharsini

10,000

Gandhian Studies Center, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore.

3 months  

January - march 2008

Capacity Building for Women Elected

Representatives of Local Administration in  Rural Areas

Dr. Gnanasakthi Jagadeesan and

Dr. Chitra Prakash

1,00,000

Center for Women Studies, Avinashilingam University,

Coimbatore.

1 year

July 2006 - Aug.2007

Enhancing Sanitation through Vermi -composting in Rural Community

Dr.Chitra Prakash

30,000

Center for Women Studies, Avinashilingam University ,

Coimbatore.

3 months  

Oct - Dec.2006

Training of farm women on safe and simple storage practices of food grains

Dr. K.Manimozhi

4,35,600

UGC

3 years July 2007 - June 2010

Installation of Concentrated Paraboloid Solar Steam Cooking System at Avinashilingam University for women, Coimbatore (Engineering Campus)

Dr.Sathyavathi Muthu

26 lakhs

Subsidy given

 Rs 13 lakhs by MNRE , New Delhi

3 years  

2007 -2010

Firming up Science and Technology in Mid day Meal Programme through Introduction of Solar Cooking

Dr.Vijayalakshmi Purushothaman and Dr.Gnanasakthi Jagadeesan

4,68,000

DST

9 months