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There were only Govt. and Govt. aided colleges in the districts of Salem and Dharmapuri and there was not even one co-educational self-financing college. It was thought that it would be good, if a self-financing co-educational college was started in Salem. With this noble thought in mind, Vysya College was started; new courses were formulated to serve the cause of education in tune with the changing times. |
To begin, I along with the other six Founder Trustees of Vasavi Vidya Trust, with the motive to give equal representation to all Vysyas in the other parts of Tamil Nadu, enrolled 205 life members in addition to the 16 existing life members. Then a 10 acre land was purchased on the Salem-Chennai National Highway, which is 7 kms from Salem. Then due permission was obtained from Tamil Nadu Govt. to start ‘Vysya College’ at that site. On 29.07.1990, in the presence of the Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture Thiru. Veerapandi S. Arumugam and under the Chairmanship of the central Minister for Industries Hon’ble Thiru. S. Murasoli Maran, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Thiru M.Karunanidhi unveiled this college.
With the purpose of running the college in an efficient and exemplary manner, a general body meeting of the Vasavi Vidya Trust was convened and 35 members were elected as Management Committee- Thiru G.Manikkam Chettiar as Chairman, Thiru J.Rajendra Prasad as Correspondent cum Secretary and Thiru S.C. Natarajan as Treasurer. Also Thiru S.N. Ramakrishnan, Thiru V.K.Muniappa Chettiar, Thiru S.A.V.R. Krishnan, Thiru R.Nirmal Prakash and Thiru G.Prabakaran were elected as Vice-chairman and Thiru V.N. Geetha Krishnan as Joint Secretary. Thus Vysya College has been functioning successfully for 17 years under this efficient executive committee. |
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