The College was established during the academic year 1968-1969 with the name Arignar Anna, the Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The dream of College in Namakkal turn out to be real with the continuous efforts of Pavalar P. Muthusamy, B.A.,B.T. (Former MLA of Namakkal constituency and Former Home Minister of Tamil Nadu), Mr. V. Chockalingam (Former Namakkal Revenue Divisional Officer) and a group of illustrious men from all walks of life.
At the beginning, the College was affiliated to
the University of Madras with four courses, PUC, B.Sc. Mathematics, B.Sc. Geography
and B.A. English and temporarily accommodated in the Government High School
(South), Namakkal. Later, the College was shifted to its permanent building
situated on the Namakkal – Mohanur Road, five kilometres away from Namakkal
during 1970-1971. Now, the College offers 14 UG programmes, 11 PG programmes, 8
M.Phil. programmes and 8 Ph.D. programmes under various
departments.
