User:Ramesh Ramaiah/Sir Theagaraya College

Sir Theagaraya College is located in Old Washermenpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The college is affiliated to University of madras, Arts and Science courses offered include B.Sc (Bachelor of Science), B.C.A (Bachelor of Computer Application), M.Sc (Master of Science), also offers arts courses such as B.Com and B.A. etc.

History
Sir Theagaraya College is one of the foremost colleges in Chennai (formerly called Madras) which are affiliated to the renowned University of Madras. With more than five decades of serving the cause of education in Madras, Sir Theagaraya College has a host of undergraduate and postgraduate courses on offer. Sir Theagaraya College has positively contributed to the social cause of working for the education of the lower stratum of society.

Pitty Theagaraya Chetty Senior and Sir Pitty Theagaraya Chetty Junior founded the North Madras Hindu Secondary School in 1897 to cater to the educational needs of the local population. For nearly 25 years, the school was nurtured under the munificence of the acclaimed philanthropists the Pitty Brothers.

After the demise of the Pitty brothers, the School was renamed as Theagaraya Chetty Hindu Secondary School.

In 1931, the Pitty Family, with the approval of High Court of Madras, rightly vested the management of the school into the broader hands of a Committee constituted for the purpose. The first Correspondent of the school was the coveted personality DEWAN BAHADUR PT. KUMARASWAMI CHETTY. Subsequently he was succeeded by his brother PT. CHENGALVARAYA CHETTY in 1942. The school flourished well and soared to greater heights in the web of education and by June 1947 the students strength fittingly rose to laudable figures of 1600 a no mean achievement in an environment otherwise engulfed with traders and artisans

Fittingly the Management realized the need to raise the School into a College to provide higher education to the residents of North Madras.

Courses Offered
Under Graduate
 * B.A. Economics
 * B.A. History
 * B.Sc. Botany
 * B.Sc. Chemistry
 * B.Sc. Computer Science
 * B.Sc. Mathematics
 * B.Sc. Physics
 * B.Sc. Zoology
 * B.C.A. Computer Application
 * B.Com. (Regular)

Post Graduate


 * M.A. Economics
 * M.A. History
 * M.Sc. Applied Microbiology
 * M.Sc. Zoology

Research

 * Ph.D. Economics
 * Ph.D. History
 * Ph.D. Zoology

Facilities

 * Hostel
 * Laboratory
 * Library and Internet
 * Extra-Curricular Activities
 * Sports
 * Transport