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Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) is recognised by the independent, government assessments as leading Research Universiti in Malaysia. It is located in Serdang, next to Malaysia's administrative capital city, Putrajaya. Founded in 1931 as the School of Agriculture, it was formerly known as Universiti Pertanian Malaysia or the Agricultural Universiti of Malaysia. Now, UPM offers a wide range of undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes in most fields such as science, engineering, medicine, veterinary medicine, business and social science. It was ranked 36th in the Best Asian Universities and the 2nd best Universiti in Malaysia. As a world-renowned centre of learning and research, UPM has attracted students and staff from all around the world making it a well-respected global entity. UPM offers 59 bachelor programmes, 7 diploma programmes, and 12 Masters and Doctoral programmes. There are 16 Faculties, 8 Centres, 9 Institutes, 2 Schools, a Universiti Park and a branch campus in Bintulu, Sarawak. The Doctor ofMedicine program provided by the Medical and Health Science division of the universiti was fully recognized by the Malaysia Medical Council on 5 June 2001. The Universiti today combines impressive modern facilities and a dynamic approach to teaching and research with its proud heritage of quality services and achievements. The Universiti's strong and valued relationships with the local and regional communities are the foundation upon which its global vision is based. UPM's community is a global one, as indicated by the breadth of its international links and the impact of its work internationally.

BODHI International Journal of Research in Humanities, Arts and Science is an Online, Peer-reviewed, Refereed, Quarterly Journal with Impact Factor. The Journal is committed to bring together academicians, research scholars and students from all over the world, who strive professionally to upgrade the status of academic career and the society by their innovative ideas. The journal also aims at promoting interdisciplinary studies in the fields of humanities, arts and sciences.

Nagaland University is established by an act of Parliament-35/1989 in the province of Nagaland. The University is spread over the province in three different campuses located at Lumami in Zunheboto district, Meriema in Kohima and Medziphema in Chumukedima district. The University has 43 departments and 6 centres in six different schools of Agricultural Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Humanities and Education, Sciences, Social Sciences, and Management Studies. There are more than 70 colleges affiliated to the university imparting education in different disciplines including medicine, teacher training, nursing, etc. The University in three different campuses started functioning w.e.f. 6th September 1994 though the University act and statutes were adopted in 1989.

The Department of English, Nagaland University, Kohima Campus, Meriema is a legacy of the erstwhile Department of English, North Eastern Hill University, Nagaland Campus, Kohima whic h was established on 8th September 1978, and inherited the belongings of NEHU on 6th September 1994 with the establishment of Nagaland University. The Department has Postgraduate Studies in English in four semesters as well as Ph.D. programme. The Department also has introduced Certificate and Diploma Courses in Spoken English and Writing Skills. The thrust areas of research being interdisciplinary studies with emphasis on English Literature, Commonwealth Literature, American Literature, Australian Literature, Comparative Literature, Indian Aesthetics, Contemporary Theory, Translation Studies, Media/ Communication Studies, Women's Writings, Linguistics and ELT, Semiotics, Regional Writings in English, Fourth World Literature, Tribal Literatures, Culture and Art, and other multidisciplinary studies, etc., the research programmes are conducted as per the latest UGC guidelines. The CBCS has also been implemented both in UG and PG programmes. The faculty members of the Department have so far completed 20 minor research projects and one major research project. The thrust areas of the completed research have been Northeast Indian literature and studies and ecological literature. The research conducted by the scholars under the supervision of the teachers of the Department have been diverse and it has been planned to diversify the thrust areas more and more to traverse into the important areas and issues of the Commonwealth literature and Regional Indian Writings in English and English translations from vernaculars, tribal and folk literatures and languages. So far 81 M. Phil. scholars and 92 Ph.D. scholars have been awarded degrees and 1330 students have completed M.A. under this Department of Nagaland University after 1994. Five International PhD scholars, have also been registered under this Department.

Karnataka State Akkamahadevi Women’s University (KSAWU, Vijayapura) also known as Karnataka State Women's University was established in August 2003 and is the first university exclusively for women in the state of Karnataka. It is in the city of Vijayapura (formerly known as Bijapur). It is recognized under 2(f) and 12(B) of the UGC Act. The university has been accredited B grade by NAAC. 157 women's colleges spread in several districts of Karnataka are affiliated to this university. It offers UG programmes leading to bachelor's degree in Arts, Business Administration, Computer Applications, Commerce, Education, Fashion Technology, Home Science, Physical Education, Science and Social Work. It also offers 32 PG courses, PG diploma and certificate courses in the Faculties of Arts, Commerce and Management, Social Sciences, Science and Technology and Education. A lot of facilities are offered on the campus. There is a library, bank on the University campus, there is an on-call Hostel Ambulance, a Health centre and an ICT cell. The university also offers an on campus hostel facility for students.

Vivekananda College, Agasteeswaram, Kanniyakumari came into existence in July 1965 and became a Co-Educational institution in June 1973. It was established by Vivekananda Educational Society, Agasteeswaram with the sole motive of imparting Quality Education to the aspiring young minds of the rural background. This noblest dream was fulfilled by the collective effort of Shri. S.D. Pandiya Nadar and G. A. Marthandam. It was constructed as a living memorial to Swami Vivekananda, the great sage of the East. The college is affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. The Prime objective of the college is to hold the students of different faiths together to grasp the significance of our indigenous culture and ancient heritage. The teaching of Swami Vivekananda acts as the driving force to promote the cause of national integration and peace in the universe. The college is reaccredited with B+ Grade by NAAC.

Nirmala College for Women, Red Fields, Coimbatore, is a Catholic Institution of Higher Education for Women, instituted in the year 1948. It is under the direction of the religious society of the Franciscan Sisters of the Presentation of Mary founded by Rev. Fr. Joseph Louis Ravel in the year 1853. The College gained Autonomous status in the year 2007 and has since emerged as a premier institution for women's education. It is affiliated to Bharathiar University. Nirmala College for Women was accredited with A + + Grade by NAAC in the 4th Cycle with CGPA 3.78. The college was conferred with Star Status by DBT, Government of India recognized by DST -FIST at level '0'. With its motto "Knowledge Purifies, Charity Enhances,” Nirmala College imparts value-based education that promotes national development by fostering global competencies and skills to meet the contemporary challenges.

The Department of English (Self Financing) was established in 2003 with the introduction of the MA English Language and Literature Program. In 2015, the Department expanded to include a BA English Literature Program under the leadership of Mrs. Anitha B. Currently headed by Dr. Manju Kumari K, the Department strives for academic excellence by inspiring a passion for Literature in the students. Offering both Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs, the Department of English SF continues to grow and nurture young minds in the field of English Literature and Language Studies. The Department of English SF (UG & PG), offers the certificate Course APTIS ESOL in collaboration with British Council to certify English Level according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). The Department of English SF (UG & PG) offers two consultancy Courses such as Content Writing and Creative Writing every year. The four clubs, Writers, Drama, Elocution and Readers, functioning under the Literary and Debating Association of the Department of English SF (UG & PG), enables the publication of the magazines Wings and Will Your Wit and the Public Show of the Drama Club every consecutive year.

St. Antony's College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Dindigul, is a minority, self-financing institution established in 2007 by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (C.I.C) with the blessings, guidance and moral support of the Most Rev. Dr. Antony Pappusamy, the Bishop of Dindigul.

This premier institution of higher education is located on 20-acre campus with beautiful gardens, well-furnished and aesthetically designed buildings, and sports grounds at Thamaraipadi, 10km North of Dindigul on Trichy-Dindigul Highways (Nh45), far from the deadening noises and disturbances of the town, a necessary condition to academic pursuits. The Congregation has a vast experience in the field of secondary, higher and teacher training education in addition to other types of social work. Its motto is Empowering women through higher education. The college now offers 12 UG and 8 PG courses. With the spirit of good will, it imparts quality higher education with creative, critical, and communication skills in addition to domain knowledge to women students, especially the poor, the needy and the underprivileged for their holistic development in response to the greatest commandment of love of our Lord Jesus Christ and for contribution to building a developed India. It provides opportunities for honing their employability skills through curricular and co-curricular training. It also motivates students to be responsible citizens and to be accountable for their time invested and competence acquired. In this context, it has signed functional MoUs with various universities, colleges and with other reputed industries/agencies.

Gandhigram Rural Institute (GRI), founded by two dedicated disciples and contemporaries of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr.G.Ramachandran and Dr.T.S.Soundaram Ramachandran, has as its foundation Mahatma Gandhi's revolutionary philosophy of Nai Talim, which effectively bridges the cognitive and practical dimensions, and focuses on the holistic development of learners, with an emphasis on skill development through value-based education, rooted in indigenous cultures and traditions. Since its establishment in 1956, GRI has been unstintingly contributing to higher education and has successfully pioneered rural higher education. Along with Gandhiji's Nai Talim, the ideals envisioned by Dr. Radhakrishnan Education Commission (1948-49), and in National Council for Rural Higher Education headed by Dr. K. Shrimali, the then Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education, and three other proven world models listed below contributed to the establishment of GRI in 1956, namely 1. Folks Hoschkole system of Denmark by N.F. S. Gruntvig (1844), 2. Land-grant University system of USA (1862); and 3. Sriniketan Experiment ofShantiniketan by Tagore (1922). The Institute which is administered by the Ministry of Education, Government of India and fully funded through UGC, New Delhi has developed academic programs in rural development, rural economics and extension education, rural oriented sciences, co-operation, development administration, rural sociology, English, Tamil and Indian languages. The institute runs B.Tech. in civil engineering with focus on habitat development and M.Tech. in renewable energy. The institute also offers B.Sc Agriculture program. Gandhigram Rural Institute is quite active on both campus and rural areas in the vicinity, benefitting and enriching one another. Besides, its contribution to teaching, from diploma, degree and all the way to post-doctorate levels, the Institute applies the learnings from both scientific and social research to solve contemporary rural problems. The curriculum is a combination of theoretical, practical and extension experiments. The Institute has become home to many pioneering models of rural development programmes. The students and scholars who emerge from its portals tend to meet the personnel needs of rural development programmes under various governmental and non-governmental organizations. The three dimensional approach of education namely teaching, research and extension has become a highly celebrated model, earning global and nationwide appreciation. Started in a small way the Institute has evolved into a reasonably large and expansive educational complex comprising of 8 schools, 12 departments and 16 Centres offering a whopping 129 academic programs, ranging from certificate courses, to Graduate programmes to Doctoral and post-Doctoral Programmes. At present the Institute has 3837 students, including Ph.D. Scholars, and 178 teaching and 243 non-teaching staff. The curricular model developed at GRI organically integrating teaching, research and extension has earned the Institute, the status of Deemed University in 1976 by UGC, the five-star status by NAAC in 2002, 'A' Grade during the re-accreditation in 2010 by NAAC and 'A' Grade in its third cycle of reaccreditation in the year 2016. Thus the Institute has been taking efforts to design its academic programs in tune with the demands of the society and industry by providing a learner-centric, transparent teaching and evaluation methods. Through the action-oriented research and scientific research, the Institute contributes substantially to the research domains and concentrates on solving the rural issues at micro levels. The participatory and decentralized governance ofGandhigram Rural Institute strives for achieving global standard of excellence in all the dimensions of education without compromising on its rural character and Gandhian values.