PSG College of Arts and Science

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PSG College of Arts and Science


Motto	ARivu, Anbu, pani - Knowledge, Love and Work
Established	1947
Type	Private - Govt Aided
Principal	Dr.Sheela Ramachandran city=Coimbatore
Location	{{{city}}}, Tamilnadu, India
Campus	City, 12 acres
Website	http://www.psgcas.ac.in

PSG College of Arts and Science, affectionately called PSG CAS, is an ISO 9001:2000 certified institute located in Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu, India). It was founded in 1947 by the Managing Trustee Sri G.R. Govindarajulu and the founder Principal Dr. G.R. Damodaran. Under the leadership of Dr. G.R. Damodaran, the college nurtured the early entrepreneurs that ushered in the industrial revolution in Coimbatore.

1 History
2 Time line
3 Courses offered
4 Campus life
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

Let there be charity so that other people may share my family's prosperity

said Sri. P.S.Govindasamy Naidu, and it remains as the motto of the college so far. He believed firmly that Charity begins at home.

Thus was born PSG College of Arts and Science in the year 1947 to the PSG & Sons Charities Trust which was founded in the year 1926 by the four praise-worthy sons of P.S. Govindasamy Naidu, the four brothers of the PSG family, Thiru PSG Venkataswamy Naidu, Thiru PSG Rangaswamy Naidu, Thiru PSG Ganga Naidu and Thiru PSG Narayanaswamy Naidu who took "Charity through Education" with great missionary zeal.

Up to 1978, the college was affiliated to Madras University. Now the college is affiliated to Bharathiar University.

[edit] Time line

1947 - College established.
1978 - Got Autonomous status confirmed.
2003 - Became ISO 9001: 2000 certified institution.
2004 - Identified as a College with Potential for Excellence by University Grants Commission (India)

[edit] Courses offered

Twenty two Undergraduate including various arts and science courses, like BA Economics, Sociology, English and Tamil and BSc courses like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Computer Science are offererd.

Twenty one Postgraduate programmes are offered. M.Phil and Ph.D programmes are offered in Seventeen faculties.

[edit] Campus life

Association activity: Mathemagic 2001 organised by Mathematics association has activities for two days

PSG College of Arts and Science has always been a busy with activity all year round, opening up opportunities for students to showcase their cultural prowess. CAS Call & Euphoria are the annual college cultural competition. Students all over from Tamil nadu participate in them as they have high prizes.

Associations like Mathematics association, Physics association and Chemistry association organise subject related functions to encourge students from campus and out of campus to enrich their knowledge.