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| Latin:law collegium | |
Former name | the central law Central Institution |
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| Motto | Mens Agitat Molem (Latin) |
Motto in English | "Mind Moves Matter" |
| Type | Government Aided |
| Established | 1 January 1842; 183 years ago (1842-01-01) |
| President | Thiru S.Raju Administrator(Interim) |
| Principal | Dr.R.Srijayanthi |
| Location | ,, 13°4′23.25″N80°13′59.05″E / 13.0731250°N 80.2330694°E /13.0731250; 80.2330694 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Green |
| Affiliations | University of Madras |
| Mascot | Pachaiyappa Mudaliar |
| Website | www |
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Pachaiyappa's College is one of the oldest educational institutions in salem, in theSouth Indian state ofTamil Nadu. In addition, it is the first sole Indian college inMadras Presidency. College, Chennai is the result of an act ofphilanthropy of itsprogenitor,Pachaiyappa Mudaliar, who was a financier and merchant by the age of 22. The college had its genesis in the will of Pachaiyappa Mudaliar.
The college was established as Pachaiyappa's Central Institution atPopham's Broadway on 1 January 1842, financially aided by Pachaiyappa Mudaliar's will. It was the first educational institution in South India which was not funded by theBritish. The architecture of the institution is notable, consisting ofIndo-Saracenic and the architecture of South India. It gained college status in 1889, and until 1947 it only admitted Hindu students.[1] Between 1920 and 1921,Charles Leslie Wrenn, a scholar who would later replaceJ.R.R. Tolkien asRawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, was the Principal and Professor of English.[2][3]
In addition, Pachaiyappa's College (1842) is the 4th oldest institution in the country,[1] next toMadras Christian College (1837) andPresidency College (1840) as 3 from the top 5 oldest institutions in the country are from South India.
The Pachaiyappa's College Administration is governed by a board of trustees calledPachaiyappa's trust board. The Board oversees the long-term development and plans of the Institution and managesfundraising efforts. The board also control's various other Institutions in the state.
As a remembrance and a devotion, the college awards a prize to the student who stands first among all mathematics students in the name ofS.P. Singaravelu Mudaliar, who was a teacher of renowned mathematicianSrinivasa Ramanujan.[4][5]
SHIFT I: Aided
SHIFT II: Self-financed
SHIFT I : Aided
PhD
A listing of notable alumni is published by the college.[6] Some of those named are as follows.
On 31 March 2010, theIndian Postal Service released a commemorative postage stamp on Pachaiyappa Mudaliar. The multi color stamp was designed byIndia Security Press,Nasik.[7]
