The UGC-Academic Staff College was established in the year 1987 with 100 percent financial assistance from the University Grants Commission. The UGC has renamed the Academic Staff College as Human Resource Development Centre from the year 2015. The UGC-Human Resource Development Centre has again renamed as Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre from 05.09.2023 onwards.
The UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre had conducted 126 Orientation programmes and 11 Faculty Induction Programmes for the benefit of nearly 4,875 Higher Education faculties since 1987. And 12,100 teachers were benefited for attending 378 Refresher Courses in various disciplines such as Arts, Science, Humanities, Social Sciences, Commerce, Languages, etc., More than One Hundred Special Programmes and Workshops were conducted. More than 18,500 Teachers of College and University were trained.
The UGC- Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, Bharathiar University is maintaining the top most status at the National level, not only in terms of number of programmes organized, but also in terms of quality and effective satisfaction of the participants. To accomplish this task, training in Inflibnet-Infonet, EDUSAT exposure, e-learning and e-content development are also provided.
The NAAC has rated the UGC - Human Resource Development Centre, Bharathiar University in the 12th place at National level among 66 HRDCs and as 1st among the four HRDCs functioning in Tamil Nadu State.