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Pachaiyappa's College

Coordinates: 13°4′23.25″N 80°13′59.05″E / 13.0731250°N 80.2330694°E / 13.0731250; 80.2330694
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Pachaiyappa's College
MottoMens Agitat Molem
Motto in English
"Mind Moves Matter"
Established1842
PrincipalDr.S.Kaliraj, M.com.,M.Phil.,Ph.D.
Location
Chennai
,
Tamil Nadu
,
India

13°4′23.25″N 80°13′59.05″E / 13.0731250°N 80.2330694°E / 13.0731250; 80.2330694
CampusUrban
Websitewww.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

IPS officers

Literary figures

Filmmakers

Other

Mathematicians

References

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