RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA COLLEGE

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda College, named after Swami Vivekananda, was formally inaugurated on 21 June 1946 by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Located in Mylapore, Chennai, on 11.4 acres, it is part of the Ramakrishna Mission's educational institutions. It was founded with help from philanthropists and educationists, with M. Subbaraya Aiyar as the founding secretary from 1947 to 1960. It began with 20 teachers and 339 students offering four undergraduate courses, later being handed over fully to Ramakrishna Mission and renamed as a unit of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyapith, Chennai. Instruction is in English, and only male students are admitted. The college is affiliated with the University of Madras and was granted autonomous status by the UGC in 2004–05. It was re-accredited with an 'A+' grade by NAAC in 2017. Infrastructure includes multiple academic blocks, a library, sports complex, and prayer hall. The college runs numerous undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, along with PhD research departments in subjects like botany, chemistry, physics, mathematics, economics, philosophy and Sanskrit. It also houses research institutes such as the Vivekananda Institute of Tropical Mycology (VINSTROM) and the now-discontinued Vivekananda Institute of Algal Technology (VIAT).