PSG Group

PSG and Sons is a conglomerate involved in education, healthcare and community service in Coimbatore, India.^[3]

PSG and Sons

Founded	1926^[1]
Founder	P.S. Govindasamy Naidu (1856 – 1918)
Focus	"Let there be charity so that other people may share my family's prosperity"^[2]
Location	Coimbatore, India
Origins	Coimbatore, India
Area served	India
Method	education, healthcare and service
Key people	L. Gopalakrishnan, Managing trustee
Website	psgsonscharities.org

History

The group was established as PSG & Sons’ charities in 1926 by the four sons of P.S. Govindasamy Naidu namely Venkataswamy Naidu, Rangaswamy Naidu, Ganga Naidu and Narayanaswamy Naidu.^[4][5] The trust was established with the purpose of starting a sarvajana school when a family member was denied admission to existing schools run by British.^[6] The four brothers voluntarily divided their ancestral properties into five parts, reserving the one fifth amounting to ₹ 2.01 lakhs to create a charity trust.^[7] The trust later established various educational institutions, health facilities and industrial institutes.^[8][9]

Institutions

The institutions run by the charity include:^{[10][11][12][13]}

• PSG Sarvajana Higher Secondary school (1924)
• PSG Industrial Institute (1926)
• PSG Polytechnic College (1939)
• PSG Primary School, Vedapatti (1941)
• PSG Primary School, Peelamedu (1943)
• PSG College of Arts and Science (1947)
• PSG College of Technology (1951)
• PSG & Sons’ Charities Metallurgy and Foundry division (1974)
• PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (1985)
• PSG Industrial Training Centre (1986)
• PSG Hospitals (1989)
• PSG Centre for Sponsored Research and Consultancy (1989)
• PSG Centre for Non-formal and Continuing Education (1989)
• PSG College of Nursing (1994)
• PSG Institute of Management (1994)
• PSG College of Physiotherapy (1999)
• PSG College of Pharmacy (2001)
• PSG Public Schools (2002)
• PSG High School, Vedapatti (2005)
• PSG Institute of Advanced Studies (2006)
• PSG Children's school (2009)
• PSG Vishnugranthi (2013)
• PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research (2014)
• PSG Centre for Academic Research and Excellence (2015)
• PSG Software Technologies (2017)
• PSG Institute of Architecture and Planning (2021)

References

1. "PSG Trust enters platinum jubilee year". Times of India. 21 July 2001. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
2. "About PSG Charity". PSG. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
3. "To help them lead a special life". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
4. "Founders of PSG". PSG Group. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
5. Leadbeater, Simon Robert Brough (1992). The Politics of Textiles, The Indian Cotton-mill Industry and the Legacy of Swadeshi, 1900-1985. Sage publications. p. 143. ISBN 978-8170-3-6296-8.
6. "Four PSG Institutions feature in the NIRF Ranking". Simplicity. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
7. "Industrial unit lifts PSG". Mint. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
8. "Celebrating 60 years of top-notch engineering education". The Hindu. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
9. "Pinnacle of Excellence". Times of India. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
10. "PSG Institutions". PSG IMSR. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
11. "PSG launches new institution in Coimbatore". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
12. "Celebrating 60 years of top-notch engineering education". The Hindu. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
13. "Navy, PSGCT ink MoU". Indian Express. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2023.