Pachaiyappa's College

Pachaiyappa's College

Motto	Mens Agitat Molem
Motto in English	"Mind Moves Matter"
Established	1842
Principal	Dr.P.Gajivaradhan, M.Sc.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Coordinates: 13°4′23.25″N 80°13′59.05″E / 13.0731250°N 80.2330694°E / 13.0731250; 80.2330694
Campus	Urban
Website	www.pachaiyappaschennai.net

Pachaiyappa's College is one of the oldest educational institutions in Chennai, in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The college was established as Pachaiyappa's Central Institution at Popham's Broadway on 1 January 1842, from money given in Pachaiyappa Mudaliar's will. It was the first Hindu educational institution in South India, which was not funded by the British. It gained college status in 1889, and until 1947 only admitted Hindu students.

Awards

This college awards prize to the student who stands first among all mathematics students in the name of "Singaravelu Mudaliar" who was teacher to mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.LLL^[1]^[2]

Notable alumni

A listing of notable alumni is published by the college.^[3] Some of those named are as follows.

Politics

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, 1964–71
Murasoli Maran, politician
Prof. K. Anbazhagan, politician
Navalar Nedunchezhiyan, politician, Interim Chief minister, Minister for 25 years.
E. V. K. Sampath, politician and one of the founders of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
C. Vijayaraghavachariar, former President of the Indian National Congress
K. C. Reddy, first Chief Minister of old state of Mysore
Boddepalli Rajagopala Rao, parliamentarian
C.N.Annadurai, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, 1967–68

IPS officers

C.K. Gandhirajan,IPS Officer

Literary figures

Paravastu Chinnayasuri, Telugu Poet and Professor of Telugu Language
Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar, Tamil playwright
Aru. Ramanathan, Tamil playwright
Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya, history writer
Vairamuthu, poet
K. D. Thirunavukkarasu, Tamil scholar and Sahitya Akademi Award winner
Tapi Dharma Rao, Telugu journalist and Sahitya Akademi Award winner

Filmmakers

R. S. Manohar, drama and Tamil cinema actor
A. M. Rajah, yesteryears singer and Music Director
D. Imman, Music Director

Cricket players

Robin Singh, former Indian cricketer
Bharath Reddy, former Indian cricketer
C. R. Rangachari, former player, Indian cricket team

Mathematicians

Srinivasa Ramanujan, mathematician

References

↑ http://kesstudent.com/details.php?id=666
↑ http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Ramanujan.html,http://reachsampaul.blogspot.in/2011_10_01_archive.html
↑ "Pachaiyappa's College Alumni". Pachaiyappa's College. Retrieved 2012-03-20.

Education in Tamil Nadu

List of educational institutions by districts	Chennai Coimbatore Cuddalore Dharmapuri Erode Kanyakumari Krishnagiri Madurai Namakkal Nilgiris Perambalur Pudukkottai Salem Sivagangai Thanjavur Thoothukudi Tiruchirapalli Tirunelveli Tiruvarur Vellore Viluppuram Virudhunagar

List of public universities	Alagappa University Anna University Annamalai University Bharathiar University Bharathidasan University IIT Madras Madurai Kamaraj University Manonmaniam Sundaranar University Mother Teresa Women's University Periyar University Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Tamil Nadu Open University Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University Tamil University Thiruvalluvar University University of Madras

List of deemed universities	AMET University Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Avinashilingam University Bharath University B. S. Abdur Rahman University Chennai Mathematical Institute Chettinad Academy of Research & Education Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute Gandhigram Rural Institute Kalasalingam University Karpagam University Karunya University Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education and Research Noorul Islam University Periyar Maniammai University Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda University - Coimbatore Campus Sathyabama University Saveetha University Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute SRM University Vels University Vinayaka Missions University VIT University

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