The Department of Cooperation is one of the pioneering Departments of the College and also in the Tamil Nadu State. It has the distinction of inheriting the legacy of the college of Rural Higher Education (Ministry of Education, Govt. of India) which had existed before Arts and Science College, teaching cooperation as a major subject since early 1960’s. The B.A. Cooperation in the year 1973-74, M.A. Cooperation in the year 1977-78 and M.Phil & Ph.D. Programmes were started in the year 1983-84 respectively. Further, B.A. Cooperation and M.A. Cooperation have been renamed as B.Com. (Cooperation) and M.Com.(Cooperative Management) affiliated by Bharathiar University Coimbatore since 2005-06 onwards. The Department has unique features of creating a transformative cooperative educational experience and enhancing constructive abilties among the youth through appropriate strategies, develop qualities such as self-confidence, enable the youth employable through effective skill acquisition, promote a positive attitude and impart moral and social values through character-building so as to build-up their holistic personality development. The Department has ten Faculty Members, they are highly experienced and specialised in various fields like, Cooperation, Banking, Accountting, Marketing, Finance, Human Resource Management, and other related cooperative areas. The curriculum of the programme has been designed based on the needs and requirements of Local, Regional, National and International needs as well as to fulfil the employable, entrepreneurs and skill development for the students.

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