Welcome to NDF Community College
NDF Community College is an alternative system of education aimed at the empowerment of the disadvantaged, underprivileged, and school and college dropouts. We focus on appropriate skills development leading to gainful employment in collaboration with the local industry and service sector. Our mission is to achieve skills for employment and self-employment for these sections of society. Although the concept of community colleges has its roots on American soil, it was Indianized by Dr. Rev. Fr. Xavier Alphonse S.J., the former Principal of Loyola College, Chennai. The motto of the community college concept is to “Include the excluded people to pursue the livelihood skills of their interest and capacity in order to lead a decent and dignified life.”
Teaching Life Skills is a unique feature in the community college educational system, which makes the students FIT FOR LIFE AND FIT FOR A JOB. We, the staff at NDF COMMUNITY COLLEGE, have immense experience in teaching life skills along with vocational skills of paramedical nursing courses offered by Tamil Nadu Open University effectively, with 100% JOB PLACEMENT.
Our Motto
Creating opportunities and changing lives by empowering women through an alternative system of education that meets the needs of underprivileged school dropout women, with job-oriented, work-related, skill-based, and life-coping education leading to gainful employment in collaboration with local health care industries.
Vision & Mission
- Giving the best to the least
- Bringing the women dropouts into the mainstream by making them fit for life and fit for a job
- To empower the disadvantaged women and make their dreams a reality
- To match education with employment
- To provide holistic education and eligibility for employment
- To promote a strong health care industry lineage and ties
- To bring a visible enhancement in their self-esteem
- To facilitate developing an appropriate skill set, mindset, and to build resilience for emotional stability
Our Curriculum
- Vocational Skills
- Life Skills
- Internship
- Preparation for Employment
- Entrepreneurship Development
Life Skills is a unique feature of the curriculum in the Community College education system, which deals with coping skills, developing a positive attitude, self-esteem, stress & time management, problem solving, decision making, anger management, effective communication, and developing one’s fullest potential.
Salient Features of The Programme
- 100% Job Placement in Multispecialty Hospitals
- No age limit applies. Candidates with relevant work experience but without formal qualifications can receive an authenticated certificate after a comprehensive assessment of their professional skills and competencies
- Activity-Based Learning for better practical understanding
- Special focus on spoken English fluency and accurate writing skills
- Modern classrooms with smart board facilities
- Personality Development & Soft Skills Training
- Eco-friendly, lush green campus for a peaceful learning environment
- Training in basic computer skills for digital literacy
- Opportunity to pursue a degree in Medical Sociology from reputed Universities in India through distance mode, thus making the student eligible for an HR Manager/Public Relations Officer in Multispecialty Hospitals
- Hands-on training in a fully equipped Nursing Lab
- Real-time clinical training and hospital exposure
- Guidance from experienced faculty and healthcare professionals
- Regular workshops, seminars, and guest lectures
- Internship opportunities in reputed healthcare institutions
- Focus on patient care ethics and professionalism
- Supportive and inclusive learning environment for all students
- Opportunities for community service and outreach programs
- Career Guidance and Job Interview Preparation Sessions
About Our Tutor:
Mrs. S. Ana Margaret Regini, R.N, R.M, M.Sc.(Psy), M.Phil.
Mrs. S. Ana Margaret Regini was a tutor for Nursing and a Soft skill trainer for an NGO’s educational project for more than 23 years. After retiring from that institution, she wanted to train exclusively women living in the periphery of life who have no access to transform their aspirations to become competent and proficient health care providers. Besides, there is a huge demand for students who have completed a Vocational Diploma in Paramedical Nursing in and around Tambaram. Her husband, who is the Founder and Managing Trustee of The New Dawn Foundation—promoting yoga for human excellence among older people—has facilitated her burning desire into a concrete action by establishing a community college under the Registered Trust – The New Dawn Foundation, called NDF Community College.
She has edited a textbook, “Health is Wealth” in two volumes, which serves as resource material for Health Assistant Programs in Community Colleges in India and overseas—Sri Lanka, South Africa, Papua New Guinea, etc.
She is also a Psychologist. Her deep understanding of adolescent behavior and showering unconditional love and affection upon them has made her very close to everyone’s heart. That is why the students of the institution where she served last would call her “Mom,” not “Ma’am.” She strongly believes that “Everyone is unique and they have the right to be different.” This slogan has created a great impact on the thought process of the students trained by her to perceive and accept everyone without any bias or prejudice. Her approach in dealing with desperate students has helped them manifest their latent potentials to their fullest capacity and experience a new dawn in their lives. They look cheerful and enthusiastic and have become role models to others.
As her husband was a defense person, she had to move wherever he was posted, and hence she had the pleasure and privilege of serving either as a teacher in Air Force schools or as a staff nurse in Air Force Hospitals. She is also a Pranic Healer & Yoga Trainer who heals the ailing students of NDF Community College. She is an enthusiastic person who is involved in her profession and with her students. Her commitment is remarkable.
