Guru Nanak College, Chennai

Guru Nanak College is an autonomous institution affiliated to University of Madras located in Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

History
Guru Nanak college was established in 1971 by Lt. Col. G.S. Gill as a part of the Guru Nanak Educational Society to commemorate the 500th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism. It is affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai. It is a co-educational grant-in-aid institution managed by the Guru Nanak Educational Society.

Campus
The college is situated on a 25-acre campus located between Raj Bhavan and IIT-Madras, facing Guru Nanak Salai. The campus includes several academic blocks with classrooms, lecture halls, a library, laboratories, and faculty offices.

The college has an auditorium with audio-visual facilities to host seminars, conferences, cultural events, and other functions. It also has a cafeteria for students and staff.

The college has implemented eco-friendly initiatives, such as rainwater harvesting, solar power installations, and maintaining green cover with landscaped gardens and tree plantations.

Hostel
Guru Nanak College provides hostel facilities for both boys and girls, with wi-fi, study rooms and mess facilities.

Langar Kitchen
Guru Nanak College houses a Gurdwara (worship place for Sikhs) with an attached Langar kitchen, constructed by the General Secretary and Correspondent, Mr. Manjit Singh Nayar. Since 2014, the Langar kitchen has been serving free meals to the college community. The Langar kitchen operates every working day of the college, providing around 700 meals daily to students and staff.

Courses
The college offer 32 under graduate programmes, 10 post graduate programmes and doctoral programme. The college was ranked 62nd in science category and 94th in arts by India Today in 2023.

Ranking
Guru Nanak college was ranked 82nd overall in the NIRF rankings published by Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2023.

Sports Facilities
The college has sports facilities, including a playground for outdoor sports such as cricket, football, and athletics. There are also courts for basketball, volleyball, and tennis. Indoor sports facilities include a gymnasium and spaces for table tennis and other indoor games.

Cricket ground
The college is home to Guru Nanak College Ground. The cricket ground has hosted domestic matches for Board of Control for Cricket in India since 1978. It has hosted Ranji Trophy matches since 1996 for Tamil Nadu, a Women's One Day International in 2002 and warm-up matches for the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20.

Notable alumni
Notable alumni include Indian international cricketers Sadagoppan Ramesh, Subramaniam Badrinath, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, domestic cricketers Baba Indrajith, Ragupathy Silambarasan, Baba Aparajith and athlete Abhay Singh.