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Presidency College, Chennai

February 08, 2023

Presidency College is an art, commerce, and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. On 16 October 1840, this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a graduate college. The Presidency College is one of the oldest government arts colleges in India. It is one of two Presidency Colleges established by the British in India, the other being the Presidency College, Kolkata.[1]

Presidency College
Coat of Arms
Latin: Praesidentia Universitatis, Chennai
Former name
Madras Preparatory School, Madras High School
MottoUnde Orta Recurrit (Latin)
Motto in English
This inspired returns
TypeGovernment College
Established1840; 183 years ago (1840)
PrincipalDr. R. Raman
Academic staff
249
Students4099
Undergraduates3280
Postgraduates819
Location
Wallajah Road, Chepauk, Chennai, India
CampusUrban
NicknamePresidencians
AffiliationsUniversity of Madras
Websitepresidencycollegechennai.ac.in
Main building of Presidency College, Chennai.

History

 
Historical photograph of the college (from the Illustrated London News, 1870)

Sir Thomas Munro asked for a Committee of Public Instruction to form in 1826. In 1836, the committee's duties changed to the "Committee of Native Education". The plans drawn up by the committee did not commend themselves to the Governor of Madras, Lord Elphinstone, who proposed nineteen resolutions that passed unanimously.[2]

Elphinstone chose E. B. Powell, a University of Cambridge Wrangler in mathematics, to be the first principal, and Powell accepted the post. He arrived in Mumbai (Bombay) on September 20, 1840, but did not reach Chennai (Madras) until 24 November. Meanwhile, the committee had invited Cooper from Hoogly College, Kolkata, to temporarily carry out the principal duties at a salary of Rs 400 per month. Cooper accepted the invitation and came to Chennai (Madras). He and his staff opened Presidency School, a preparatory school, in a rented building in Egmore known as Edinburgh Home, on 16 October 1840. Cooper remained in the primary school for only a few months. Soon after Powell's arrival, and before the high school department opened on 12 April 1841, he returned to Kolkata. The preparatory school shifted to Popham's Broadway in 1841.[2]

The schools grew into Presidency College. When the University of Madras was founded in 1857, Presidency College became affiliated with it.[2]

In 1870, the college moved to its present location in Kamaraj Salai, opposite Marina Beach.[3]

 
Close up view of the main entrance to the Presidency College
 
The clock tower atop the building
 
Senior Mathematics Intermediate Group, Break-up social, 3 March 1941

Ranking

Presidency College is ranked AIR 7th by NIRF 2021 for college ranking. The 2022 NIRF ranking of the college is 3rd in the college category.[4]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

 
Victoria hostel

In popular culture

Presidency College (mainly its campus) was the place where many films were shot, including:[19]

References

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  2. ^ a b c . archives.chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ . www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 7 March 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  4. ^ "MoE, National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF)".
  5. ^ Martin, Douglas (November 2014). "Alagappa Alagappan, 88, Dies; Founded Hindu Temples Across U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  6. ^ "Diwan K Seshadri Iyer". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1983". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  8. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1930". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Chakravarti Rajagopalachari – The Last and the Only Indian to Become Governor General of India | BeAnInspirer". Be An Inspirer. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Contact Us - IndiaInfoline". www.indiainfoline.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  11. ^ Praveen, S. r. (28 February 2016). "Setting an old record straight". The Hindu. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  12. ^ Thadathil, George (2002). (PDF). Divyadaan. 13 (2): 159–190. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 March 2014.
  13. ^ "IFSA mourns Rukmini". Deccan Herald. 31 December 2009. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  14. ^ Subramanian, Archana (2 September 2017). "On Teachers' Day, remembering an educator". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  15. ^ "presidency". www.presidencycollege.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  16. ^ ലേഖകന്‍, സ്വന്തം. "ആറ്റിക്കുറുക്കിയ കവിതകളുടെ ആറ്റൂര്‍". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  17. ^ Kolappan, B. (18 February 2015). "Perumal Murugan joins duty at Presidency College". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  18. ^ Subramanian, T. S. (4 July 2013). "Abode of legacy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  19. ^ "Reel Life Locations In Chennai Where Some Of The Best Films Were Made | LBB". LBB, Chennai. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  20. ^ "From Vikram Vedha To Vijay's Theri: Seven Places You Need To Make A 'Madras Film'". Film Companion. 17 March 2020. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  21. ^ "▓▒╚• Nanban •╝▒▓ Glorious 100 days....Great century of our 'Mass'claster! - Page 80". www.forumkeralam.in. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  22. ^ Chhabra, Aseem. "'It took a decade to make The Man Who Knew Infinity'". Rediff. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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Presidency College is an art commerce and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu India On 16 October 1840 this school was established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school and then a graduate college The Presidency College is one of the oldest government arts colleges in India It is one of two Presidency Colleges established by the British in India the other being the Presidency College Kolkata 1 Presidency CollegeCoat of ArmsLatin Praesidentia Universitatis ChennaiFormer nameMadras Preparatory School Madras High SchoolMottoUnde Orta Recurrit Latin Motto in EnglishThis inspired returnsTypeGovernment CollegeEstablished1840 183 years ago 1840 PrincipalDr R RamanAcademic staff249Students4099Undergraduates3280Postgraduates819LocationWallajah Road Chepauk Chennai IndiaCampusUrbanNicknamePresidenciansAffiliationsUniversity of MadrasWebsitepresidencycollegechennai wbr ac wbr inMain building of Presidency College Chennai Contents 1 History 2 Ranking 3 Notable alumni 4 Notable faculty 5 In popular culture 6 References 7 External linksHistory Edit Historical photograph of the college from the Illustrated London News 1870 Sir Thomas Munro asked for a Committee of Public Instruction to form in 1826 In 1836 the committee s duties changed to the Committee of Native Education The plans drawn up by the committee did not commend themselves to the Governor of Madras Lord Elphinstone who proposed nineteen resolutions that passed unanimously 2 Elphinstone chose E B Powell a University of Cambridge Wrangler in mathematics to be the first principal and Powell accepted the post He arrived in Mumbai Bombay on September 20 1840 but did not reach Chennai Madras until 24 November Meanwhile the committee had invited Cooper from Hoogly College Kolkata to temporarily carry out the principal duties at a salary of Rs 400 per month Cooper accepted the invitation and came to Chennai Madras He and his staff opened Presidency School a preparatory school in a rented building in Egmore known as Edinburgh Home on 16 October 1840 Cooper remained in the primary school for only a few months Soon after Powell s arrival and before the high school department opened on 12 April 1841 he returned to Kolkata The preparatory school shifted to Popham s Broadway in 1841 2 The schools grew into Presidency College When the University of Madras was founded in 1857 Presidency College became affiliated with it 2 In 1870 the college moved to its present location in Kamaraj Salai opposite Marina Beach 3 Close up view of the main entrance to the Presidency College The clock tower atop the building Senior Mathematics Intermediate Group Break up social 3 March 1941Ranking EditPresidency College is ranked AIR 7th by NIRF 2021 for college ranking The 2022 NIRF ranking of the college is 3rd in the college category 4 Notable alumni EditAlagappa Alagappan 1925 2014 Indian born American founder of the Hindu Temple Society of North America 5 Alladi Ramakrishnan Founder of Institute of Mathematical Sciences Vallal Dr RM Alagappa Chettiar 1909 1957 Industrialist and Philanthropist E S Appasamy 1878 1963 educator social worker in Chennai K Seshadri Iyer Dewan of Mysore 6 Diwan Bahadur Siram Venkataramadas Nayudu Diwan of Pudukkottai and Former Chief secretary and Magistrate of Madras Presidency T R A Thumboo Chetty First Indian Chief Judge of the Chief Court of Mysore Offg Dewan of Mysore Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar Nobel laureate in Physics 7 Bharat Ratna C V Raman Nobel laureate in Physics 8 Bharat Ratna C Rajagopalachari the last Governor General of India 9 Bharat Ratna C Subramaniam 10 Minister Finance Government of India G P Pillai 11 freedom fighter close aide to Gandhiji during South African Indian issue Singaravelar Veteran Communist leader T M Nair one of the founders of Justice Party K M Cariappa first Commander in Chief of Defence Forces of independent India Benegal Rama Rau Governor Reserve Bank of India S Jagannathan Governor Reserve Bank of India K V K Sundaram Chief Election Commissioner of India 1958 1967 P Chidambaram Former Finance Minister of India M P Periasamy Thooran P Rajagopalachari Dewan of Cochi state and Travancore V Gopalsamy Vaiko Former MP Founder of MDMK N Ram managing director and Editor in Chief The Hindu G N Balasubramaniam Carnatic vocalist V S Chandralekha politician and former IAS officer Paravastu Chinnayya Soori Telugu scholar Sarvepalli Gopal chairman National Book Trust and historian Nataraja Guru 12 C P Ramaswamy Iyer Dewan of Travancore P S Sivaswami Iyer Law Member of the Viceroy s Executive Council V K Krishna Menon 1896 1974 Defence Minister of India 1957 1962 C R Pattabhiraman Minister Law and Company Affairs GOI Palani G Periyasamy businessman Ganapathi Thanikaimoni Palynologist Fyson Prize recipient Uma Sambanthan social activist K K Srinivasan founder of a pre school for hearing impaired children R S Subbalakshmi educator and social reformer P Subbarayan Chief Minister of Madras K Subrahmanyam Secretary Defence Production Government of India Srinivasa Varadhan Abel Prize laureate in Mathematics R K Krishna Kumar Former director of Tata Sons and Padma Shri awardee T R Seshadari Chemist and Padma Bhushan award O V Vijayan author and cartoonist Toppur Seethapathy Sadasivan Plant pathologist and Padma Bhushan awardee C V Subramanian Mycologist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient Pothan Joseph Journalist Janaki Ammal Botanist and Padma Shri awardee Thavamani Jegajothivel Pandian Geneticist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize recipient T R Govindachari Natural product chemist Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate K S Hegde Supreme court Judge and Speaker of the Lok Sabha M K Stalin Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M M Ismail Former chief justice madras high court K R Ramanathan physicist and meteorologist Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid Justice of the Supreme Court of India M B Sreenivasan Music director Edatata Narayanan journalist and freedom fighter K G Subramanyan artist He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan Psycho Muhammad psychologist Govindarajan Padmanaban biochemist and biotechnologist Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Former Chief minister Andhra Pradesh P V Rajamannar Chief Justice Madras High Court A L Abdul Majeed Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament Nilakanta Mahadeva Ayyar member of the erstwhile Indian Civil Service C V Runganada Sastri interpreter civil servant and polyglot Sarah Chakko first woman to be elected to the presidency of the World Council of Churches M K Chandrashekaran zoologist founder of Indian chronobiology P Coomaraswamy member of the Legislative Council of Ceylon V L Ethiraj philanthropist Salim Ghouse actor T R Govindachari chemist S Srinivasa Iyengar freedom fighter L V Ramaswami Iyer Indian linguist K Rajah Iyer Advocate General of Madras Presidency Sarukkai Jagannathan tenth Governor of the Reserve Bank of India Kadambur R Janarthanan Union minister of India K S Venkataramani lawyer and an acclaimed writer in English V Kanakasabhai lawyer and historian Sonti Kamesam timber engineer and scientist Kanmani film director Pattathuvila Karunakaran film producer and short story writer Gopalan Kasturi Editor of The Hindu M O P Iyengar prominent Indian botanist and phycologist Dr V Shanta oncologist Gana Bala Playback Singer Pushpavanam Kuppusamy Folk Singer Thol Thirumavalavan Indian politician Moosa Raza Dr A K Viswanathan IPS T Ananda P S Sivaswami Iyer Vice chancellor Madras University S Subramania Iyer Vice chancellor Madras University Palapatti Sadaya Goundar Kailasam Chief Justice of Madras High Court B Jagannadha Das Judge of the Supreme Court of India D Ramanaidu Dadasaheb Phalke award recipient and Former MP Mithavaadi Krishnan Social reformer Moorkoth Ramunny First Malayalee pilot in the Royal Indian Air Force Kezhekapt Rukmini Menon Second woman to be a career diplomat in India 13 O V Alagesan Freedom fighter and Minister of States K Kunjunniraja Writer and Scholar Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit Vice Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University T J Gnanavel Film DirectorNotable faculty EditE B Powell Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 14 John Mathai 15 Alfred Gibbs Mourne Philip Furley Fyson Mark Hunter Civil Servant E W Middlemast Gustav Solomon Oppert Harold Papworth Peter Percival A Chakravarthi Paravastu Chinnayasuri T R Govindachari P C Kokila citation needed T P Meenakshisundaram Muhammed Metha Chirayinkeezhu Ramakrishnan Nair M Nannan Samuel Satthianadhan B G L Swami Atoor Ravi Varma 16 Perumal Murugan 17 M O P Iyengar U V Swaminatha Iyer Tamil scholar 18 Victoria hostelIn popular culture EditPresidency College mainly its campus was the place where many films were shot including 19 Mouna Ragam 1986 Nayakan 1987 court scenes Iyer the Great 1990 Idhayam 1991 Thiruda Thiruda 1993 government office scenes Maanbumigu Manavan 1996 Kadhal Desam 1996 20 Sipayi 1996 Aaytha Ezhuthu 2004 Nanban 2012 hostel scenes 21 The Man Who Knew Infinity 2015 22 References Edit Home 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