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THIAGARAJAR COLLEGE
Thiagarajar College is an autonomous government-aided college situated in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India, on Kamarajar Road, opposite the Mariamman Temple pond in Vandiyur. It is affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University and was ranked 15th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. The college was founded in 1949 by Kalaithanthai Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, a South Indian philanthropist, and was formally inaugurated on 12 October 1949 by Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji, Maharaja of Bhavnagar, then Governor of Madras. Its mission is to provide quality higher education to rural populations, in line with the vision of Mahatma Gandhi. Originally affiliated with Madras University for undergraduate arts and science degrees, the college later became affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University. In 1960, a land acquisition dispute for the college's expansion involved correspondence between Madras minister C. Subramaniam and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Today, the college offers 9 Ph.D., 11 M.Phil., 15 postgraduate, 24 undergraduate, 11 diploma, and 13 certificate programmes, and is managed by the Kalaithanthai Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar Memorial Trust.
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