T.K.M. Centenary Public School

Thangal Kunju Musaliar Centenary Public School
TKMCPS
Location
Kollam
India
Coordinates 8°54′49″N 76°38′06″E / 8.91361°N 76.63500°E / 8.91361; 76.63500Coordinates: 8°54′49″N 76°38′06″E / 8.91361°N 76.63500°E / 8.91361; 76.63500
Information
Type Private
Motto Seek knowledge from Cradle to Heaven
Established 1997
Principal Mrs. Latha Alexander
Faculty 200
Affiliation Central Board of Secondary Education
Website

Thangal Kunju Musaliar Centenary Public School (TKMCPS) was started by Thangal Kunju Musaliar College Trust in the academic year 1997–8 in commemoration of the birth centenary of its founder, late Jb. A Thangal Kunju Musaliar-the renowned educationalist, industrialist and philanthropist. The formal inauguration of this supreme venture was on 12 June 1997 by Jb. Shahal Hassan Musaliar, the President of TKM College Trust.

Vision & Mission

The vision of T.K.M Centenary Public School is to attain the pinnacles of curricular and co-curricular excellence, inculcate values and ideals and uphold social and ecological responsibilities. The school shall relentlessly strive to become the best possible context for realizing its vision by generating an environment of quality, discipline, unity, equality and joy appropriate for producing fine citizens of India and the world.

Founder

Thangal Kunju Musaliar was born into a middle-class family at Kollam on 12 January 1897. In his days, Kerala dominated the cashew export trade and by 1940, he was one of the world's largest employers with over 100,000 people on his payroll. In 1956 Musaliar formed the TKM Educational Trust in Kerala. The Trust established institutions such as TKM Institute of Technology, TKM College of Engineering, TKM College of Arts and Science and TKM Institute of Management.

Musaliar is the author of Man and the World, Practical Philosophy and Law of Nature (1949). India's government honoured him with a postage stamp bearing his portrait. The design of this college was inspired by the Mysore Palace, Karnataka.

Location

The school located in the TKM College campus beside the TKM College of Arts & Science at Karicode, a suburb of the historical coastal city of Kollam, is just six kilometers away from the heart of the city, on the Kollam – Thirumangalay (NH 208). A good network of road & rail makes the city easily accessible. The Thiruvananthapuram International Air Port is just 70 km away. The serenity of being close to the city, yet being away from its confines, makes the school an ideal temple of learning.

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