Ethiraj College for Women
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Ethiraj College for Women is a degree-granting college for women in Chennai
, India
. It was founded in 1948 by V. L. Ethiraj
.
. A barrister, he took his legal degree from University of Dublin
and, on his return to India, joined The Madras Bar. Within a short period he built up a lucrative practice and was the first Indian to be appointed as Crown Prosecutor by the British Government.
He believed in the dictum that educating a man is educating an individual, educating a woman is educating the entire family. True to his belief he donated his life’s earnings — a mammoth sum of Rs.10 lakhs, for providing education for women.
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. It was founded in 1948 by V. L. Ethiraj
V. L. Ethiraj
V. L. Ethiraj was an Indian lawyer and philanthropist who founded Ethiraj College for Women, a college in Chennai, India.His father was Thiru. Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar from Thottapalayam village in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India.V. L...
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Founder
In 1948 the philanthropy of a single individual, Thiru. V. L. Ethiraj, financed the college. Ethiraj graduated from Presidency College, ChennaiPresidency College, Chennai
Presidency College is an arts, law and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. Established as the Madras Preparatory School on October 15, 1840 and later, upgraded to a high school and then, graduate college, the Presidency College is one of the oldest government arts colleges...
. A barrister, he took his legal degree from University of Dublin
University of Dublin
The University of Dublin , corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin , located in Dublin, Ireland, was effectively founded when in 1592 Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter for Trinity College, Dublin, as "the mother of a university" – this date making it...
and, on his return to India, joined The Madras Bar. Within a short period he built up a lucrative practice and was the first Indian to be appointed as Crown Prosecutor by the British Government.
He believed in the dictum that educating a man is educating an individual, educating a woman is educating the entire family. True to his belief he donated his life’s earnings — a mammoth sum of Rs.10 lakhs, for providing education for women.
Campus and faculty
Situated in the heart of the city of Chennai in 9 acres (36,421.7 m²) of campus area, the college stands self-contained with structures measuring 348751 sq ft (32,400 m²). The college has 291 faculty members. The college has more than 6000 students in regular and self-funded streams.Courses
MBA and MCA courses are offered under the self-funded stream. At the research level, the institution offers M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in eight departments. The departments offer value-added ICT-enabled certificate programmes after the class hours for final year students.Notable Alumini
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