Dr. G.R. Damodaran College of Science

Dr. G.R. Damodaran College of Science is a private, self-financing autonomous college on Avinashi Road, Civil Aerodrome Post, Coimbatore, started in 1988 by the GRD Trust as a memorial to the educationist Prof. G.R. Damodaran (1914-1986). It is affiliated to Bharathiar University, recognised by the UGC under Sections 2(f) and 12(B), and approved by AICTE for its MBA and MCA programmes. In its third NAAC cycle, after a peer-team visit on 29 and 30 November 2024, it received grade A+ with a CGPA of 3.47 on a four-point scale, and it is in the 201-300 band of the NIRF 2025 College ranking. The NAAC peer-team report records 32 programmes and 4,151 students.

The college teaches through the School of Commerce and International Business and departments including Management, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Visual and Mass Communication, Psychology, English, Tamil, Hindi, French and Malayalam. Its programme page lists 19 three-year undergraduate programmes: BBA (with a Retail Management variant), BCA, B.Com. in ten forms from General to Capital Markets and Actuarial Management, and B.Sc. in Computer Science, Computer Technology, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Psychology and Visual Communication. Two-year postgraduate programmes are the MBA, MCA, M.I.B., M.J.M.C., M.Sc. (Information Technology), M.Sc. (Biotechnology) and M.A. English Literature, with two part-time PG diplomas and Ph.D. programmes in six subjects. Undergraduate admission follows the Tamil Nadu Plus Two results; MBA and MCA admissions use entrance tests followed by group discussion or interview, with MAT scores considered for the MBA.