Lady Doak College

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Type Autonomous Phone 0452 253 0527 Founded 1948		Established 1948 Motto Semper, Pro, Veritate
Affiliation Madurai Kamaraj University President Dr. A. Mercy Pushpalatha Principal Dr. Mrs. A. Mercy Pushpalatha Location Tallakulam, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India Address HAK Road, Tallakulam, Madurai, Tamil Nadu 625002 Similar Madurai Kamaraj University, American College - Madurai, EMG Yadava Women's, Yadava College, Madura College

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Lady Doak College (LDC) is the first women's college in Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 1948 by Katie Wilcox, an American missionary near Tallakulam in Madurai. Today there are around 3200 students. This number was only 86 at formation.

It is named after Helen Doak, the associate founder.

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Academics

LDC offers courses in the following areas:

Aided courses

Bachelor of Arts (B.A): History specialization in Tourism, Psychology and Sociology, Economics (specialization in Corporate Economics)(English & Tamil medium), English Literature and Tamil Literature

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.(specialization)): Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry with Cheminformatics, Botany (specialization in Industrial Microbiology) and Zoology (specialization in Biotechnology)

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)

Master of Arts (M.A.): English Literature, Tamil Literature, History and Economics with Computer Application

Master of Science (M.Sc): Mathematics and Zoology (specialization in Biotechnology)

Doctoral research in Zoology, Economics, Physics, Tamil, Botany & Microbiology

Self-financed courses

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc): Computer Application, Information Technology & Management (ITM), Mathematics with Computer Application, Physics with Computer Application, Biotechnology and Physical Education & Sports Science

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com): Commerce with Computer Application, Corporate Secretaryship, Banking & Insurance,Professional Accounting

Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

Master of Science (M.Sc): Microbiology, Chemistry, Physics, Biotechnology, Information Technology, Computer Science

Master of Commerce (M.Com. with Computer Application)

Masters in Social Work (MSW) in Social Work

Postgraduate diploma (one year)

Postgraduate diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS

Human Resource Development (PGRS&GIS)

Bioinformatics

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil): Tamil, Commerce, Economics, Microbiology, English, Chemistry, History, Physics, Biotechnology

References

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