Cheran College of Nursing is a premier nursing institution situated in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, affiliated to The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai, approved by the Indian Nursing Council (INC), New Delhi, and recognized by the Tamil Nadu Nurses and Midwives Council (TNNMC). We offer recognized nursing qualifications including B.Sc. Nursing, M.Sc. Medical Surgical Nursing, M.Sc. Child Health Nursing, M.Sc. Community Health Nursing, M.Sc. Mental Health Nursing, and doctoral research programs.

Our web operations serve to provide official academic information, clinical training disclosures, admissions counselling, career notifications, and institutional communications for aspiring nursing professionals.

We collect information to facilitate transparent communication, assist student admissions, evaluate candidate eligibility for healthcare courses, and enhance your digital experience across our website. We collect both personal and non-personal data depending on how you interact with our web forms and pages.

Personal information is captured when you voluntarily submit queries, initiate application requests, or communicate with our administrative offices. This may include:

• Identity Data: Full name, date of birth, gender, and photograph (when submitting applications).
• Contact Data: Email address, mobile telephone number, postal address, district, state, and pincode.
• Academic Details: Prior qualifying school or college credentials, marks/grades, examination board, and desired nursing course level (UG, PG, or Research).
• Enquiry Details: Specific questions regarding hostel facilities, clinical affiliations, fee structures, or scholarships.

When you navigate through cherannursing.ac.in, our servers and analytics systems automatically record non-identifiable technical data, including:

• Internet Protocol (IP) address and approximate geographical locality.
• Browser type, browser version, and device operating system.
• Referring URL, timestamp of visit, pages viewed, time spent per page, and navigation paths.

The information collected is used strictly for legitimate educational, academic, and administrative purposes, including:

• Processing admission enquiries and counselling prospective nursing candidates.
• Verifying eligibility for nursing programs in accordance with Indian Nursing Council and university criteria.
• Communicating key dates, fee structures, orientation schedules, and counselling sessions.
• Optimizing website functionality, server performance, and user responsiveness.
• Complying with statutory, medical university, and governmental audit mandates.

Our website uses standard browser cookies and Google Tag Manager (GTM-P3TRNZMH) to understand visitor traffic patterns and maintain basic session continuity.

Cookies are small text files placed on your browsing device that remember your language preferences and browsing selections. You have complete control to accept, reject, or delete cookies via your browser settings; however, disabling all cookies may limit certain interactive functionalities on our portal.

Data may only be shared under the following structured situations:

• Internal Academic Units: With authorized admission counselors and academic department coordinators across the Cheran Group of Institutions for cross-disciplinary counselling relevant to healthcare streams.
• Accredited Service Providers: Trusted technological partners who operate our student management systems, admission chatbots (NoPaperForms), SMS gateways, and secure web hosting under strict non-disclosure obligations.
• Statutory Authorities: Where legally mandated by statutory councils, university authorities, or regulatory bodies in connection with formal admission registration.

Our website interfaces with verified third-party tools to facilitate communication and analytics, including:

• NoPaperForms Admissions Bot: Used to provide interactive admissions support and capture enquiry details.
• WhatsApp Business Channel: Facilitating immediate informational responses via the official Cheran communication desk.
• Google Maps & Analytics: Providing campus location navigation and aggregate analytical reports.

By submitting your mobile number, email, or WhatsApp details through any contact or enquiry form on cherannursing.ac.in, you consent to receive institutional communication from Cheran College of Nursing regarding:

• Nursing course admission schedules, entrance guidance, and counseling sessions.
• Verification of credentials, documents, and seat allocations.
• Official college newsletters, seminar announcements, and educational event updates.

You may request discontinuation of promotional communications at any point by emailing cheran.nursing@cherancolleges.org.

We employ appropriate industry-standard technical and organizational security measures, including HTTPS encryption, restricted database access, and firewalls to protect against unauthorized data manipulation, disclosure, or destruction.

While we take every reasonable precaution to secure personal records, transmission across public internet networks carries inherent risks, and absolute digital security cannot be guaranteed.

Prospective applicant data is retained for the duration of the admission cycle and as required for academic records, audits, or legal mandates. If an applicant registers as a student, records are retained in compliance with university archival policies. Non-personal web server logs are refreshed periodically.

In respect of your personal information held with us, you are entitled to:

• Request access to the personal data we hold about you.
• Request prompt correction or updating of inaccurate or outdated details.
• Request deletion of your enquiry data when no active admission process is underway.
• Revoke consent for future informational phone calls, emails, or SMS alerts.

Our nursing programs are targeted at candidates seeking higher education who have completed higher secondary schooling (typically 17 years and above). We do not knowingly collect personal information from individuals below the age of 16 without parental or guardian consent. Parents or guardians may contact us to review or request deletion of data submitted by minors.

Our website may display hyperlinks to external third-party websites, including affiliated medical university portals, professional council websites, regulatory platforms, and social media networks. Cheran College of Nursing does not control and is not liable for the privacy frameworks or content of these external domains.

We reserve the right to revise or update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect technological adjustments, institutional policies, or legal modifications. The latest revision date will always be highlighted at the top of this document. Continued usage of our website following any update signifies your acceptance of the revised terms.

For inquiries, data correction requests, or questions relating to this Privacy Policy, please reach out to our institutional administrative office: