Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College

Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College (SRC) is an autonomous Arts and Science college, located in Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu, India. This women’s institution affiliated to Bharathidasan University., Tiruchirappalli was conferred the autonomy status in 1987. SRC is one among the first seven Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) of India, to be accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The college, spread around a campus of 24 acres, is a part of the Padmabhushan Sri N. Ramaswami Ayyar Educational Complex.

History
In 1951, N. Ramaswami Ayyar, the founding father of SRC, started the institution. He believed in the cause of promoting women’s empowerment through education, nurturing values and discipline in the background of Indian tradition and culture. The college had its beginning with 11 students.

The institution gives access to education to first generation women learners to pursue tertiary education and research, at an affordable cost. The Community college of the institution offers special entrepreneurial courses and vocational programmes to women students belonging to the socially and economically marginalized sections of the society.

Academics
The college offers 24 UG, 17 PG, 7 M.Phil., 8 Ph.D., 1 Community College programme and 3 B.Voc. programmes and more than 100 short term certificate courses. The curriculum is designed under OBE - CBCS framework.

The college was awarded DBT Star College status, recognizing the Life Sciences departments and the DST-FIST grant was awarded to the Postgraduate Physical Sciences departments.

Research
SRC encourages its stakeholder’s participation in core, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and collaborative research. There are 8 research departments. The college publishes a biannual in-house journal.

Extension activities
NCC unit at SRC was established in 1957 and the NCC cadets regularly participate in the Republic Day Parade at Red Fort, New Delhi. The institution is the first women’s college in Tamil Nadu to establish a separate Air Wing unit under NCC called D2 flight. The college is a participant in Unnat Bharat Abiyan scheme, the flagship programme of Human Resource Development. The institution participates in Swachh Bharat activities and has received the Swachhatha Hi Seva and Swachh Survekhsan awards.

Notable alumnae

 * Nirmala Sitharaman - Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India.