Wednesday, April 22, 2020

History of the College


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.

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