S.No
|
YEAR
|
IMPORTANT EVENTS OF THE COLLEGE
|
1. |
1857 |
Sir. Alexander Arbuthnot inaugurated an English medium school |
2 |
1879 |
University of Madras affiliated the institution as Second Grade College. |
3 |
1928 |
The College premises was shifted to present location after purchasing 11 acres near Maravenari. |
4 |
1932 |
Smt. Radhabai Subbaroyan unveiled new building at the cost of One and half Lakh Rupees. |
5 |
1944 |
Upgraded to First grade college |
6 |
1944 |
Student strength increased from 408 to 1008 |
7 |
1-4-1960 |
Under the Governance of Tamil Nadu State Government |
8 |
1976 |
Two storey building was built at the cost of Rs 9,11,000/for Physics, Zoology, Geography departments. |
9 |
1969 |
M.Sc Mathematics was started |
10 |
1973 |
M.A. History was started |
11 |
1974 |
M.A. English was started |
12 |
1978 |
M.Sc., Geology course was started on growing demands. |
13 |
1988 |
M.Sc., Chemistry was started. |
14 |
1979 |
B.A. Co- Operation course transferred from Women’s Govt. Arts college, Salem-8 |
15 |
1980 |
B.Com. course was started |
16 |
1983 |
Non-semester pattern was introduced |
17 |
1993 |
B.Sc Computer Science was started. |
18 |
1994 |
M.Phil and Ph.D Research programs were initiated in Chemistry |
19 |
1998 |
M.A. Tamil and M.A. Economics were inaugurated. |
20 |
1998-99 |
Become a Co-Educational institution. |
21 |
1999-2000 |
Semester pattern introduced |
22 |
19-11-98 |
Foundation stone was laid for centenary celebration building by Honorable Education Minister Prof. K.Anbalagan and Honorable Agricultural Minister Veerapondi S. Arumugam. |
23 |
2000 |
NAAC accredited three star status |
24 |
4-11-2000 |
Honorable Agricultural Minister Veerapondi S. Arumugam had laid foundation for Second storey of centenary building. |
25 |
4-11-2001 |
Honorable Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Dr. M .Karunanidhi inaugurated Second storey of centenary building. |
26 |
2001-02 |
M.Phil., Ph.D courses were started in Tamil department. |
27 |
2002-03 |
Vocational Biotechnology course was started in Botany department |
28 |
2003-04 |
BBA, M.Com., M.A Co-operation courses were started |
29 |
2004-05 |
B.A Co-operation Tamil medium, M.Sc Statistics,M.Sc Computer Science, M.C.A., M.Sc., Botany self-financing courses were started. |
30 |
22-09-2005 |
M.Phil, Ph.D courses were started in Geology |
31 |
2006-07 |
The entire self –financing courses were converted to regular courses. |
32 |
2006 |
NAAC Re- Accredited with B++ status |
33 |
2007-08 |
Conferred with Autonomy Status |
34 |
2008 |
Shift system was introduced |
35 |
2011-12 |
M.Phil, Ph.D courses were started in Computer science, Commerce and Mathematics |
36 |
2012-13 |
M.A. Human Rights , M.Sc. Physics, M.Sc., Zoology were started |
37 |
2015-16 |
B.A.(Pol.Sc.), B.A.(Pub.Adm.),M.Sc. Geography were introduced |
38 |
2017-18 |
M.A.(Pol.Sc.),M.Phil(Pol.Sc.),M.Phil(Zoology), Ph.D(Physics), Ph.D(Zoology) were introduced. Computerised TC issue introduced. |
39 |
2018 |
NAAC Reaccredited with ‘B’ Status |
40 |
5-8-2019 |
Extension of Autonomous status by UGC (2019-2020 to 2023-2024) |