Founder
In 1948 the philanthropy of a single individual, Thiru. V. L. Ethiraj, financed the college. Ethiraj graduated from Presidency College, Chennai. 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.
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