The developing economies like India are now empowering women for financial and social enhancement through employment opportunities. Working women or student irrespective of staying in nuclear or joint families require a safe and educative growing environment for their children. Mother Care centre at Madurai Kamaraj University is an exclusive initiative ensuring a home away from home for the children of the MKU faculties.

The Centre is the vision of who strongly believes that the key for effective contribution in the work environment is the requirement of undisturbed routine and peace in the day to day activities. Children, being the priority of concern to the parents, are highly influential in their professional advancement, a survey had been conducted and every detail of requirement by the parents and the children has been enumerated. The Mother Care centre is thus an organized facility in which the essentials for child care are carefully incorporated in a novel and attractive manner.

The Mother Care Centre is considered a boon by the Distance Education students and faculties of Madurai Kamaraj University and this measure to enable independent and stress free work environment is lauded as the best initiative of women empowerment.