Newnham College, Cambridge passionately that equality could only be expressed by women doing the same courses as the men, on the same time-table. This meant that Girton attracted a much smaller population in its early years. But the Newnham Council held its ground, reinforced by the commitment of many of its members to educational reform generally and a wish to change some of the courses Cambridge was offering to its men. In 1948 Newnham, like Girton, attained the full status of a college of the university. The university as an institution at first took no notice of these women and arrangements to sit
Sree Narayana College for Women Sree Narayana College for Women Sree Narayana College for Women is a postgraduate college affiliated with the University of Kerala. The college is named after social reformer, philosopher and saint Sree Narayana Guru. The institution was established as a college for women in 1951. About 2500 students study in the college at present at degree and PG levels. It is an approved research center for eight subjects. It has now 14 teaching departments.Today the college offers 16 undergraduate and 14 postgraduate courses. In 1946 the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam resolved to establish a college at Kollam in the name