Education
In 1947, Alagappar Chettiar founded today's Alagappa University.
Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology (ACCET), and Alagappa Polytechnic are located in Karaikudi.
Chettiar also established Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI) is one of the forty national laboratories under the aegis of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research(CSIR) New DelhiCECRI provides research and teaching in collaboration with Alagappa University.
CECRI was started at Karaikudi at the behest of Vallal Dr. Alagappar who generously donated INR 1.5Million and 300acres of land to the Government of India in 1948.
Hindu Madha Abhimana Sangam, which is functioning for about 100 years and is focussed on maintaining a library of religious books, organises lectures by renowned persons and cultural events to propagate the glory of the religion among the youngsters.
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