The New College, Chennai
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| The New College புதுக்கல்லூரி |
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| Motto: | O Lord! Increase my knowledge |
| Established: | 1951 |
| Type: | Private |
| Location: | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | www.thenewcollege.org |
The New College (Tamil: புதுக்கல்லூரி) is an institute of higher education in Chennai, South India. Established in 1951, the institution is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Madras enjoying an autonomous status. The college was established by MEASI (Muslim Educational Association of Southern India) to meet the educational requirements of the Muslim students in South India.
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[edit] Location
The college is located in the center of Chennai on a 15 acre campus. It is one of the few colleges in Chennai located within the city hub. The older buildings are notable for their Indo-Saracenic architecture which stand in contrast to the new educational blocks. The older buildings are now being renovated. The same campus also houses New College Institute of Management, MEASI Academy of Architecture and Institute of Research in Soil Biology & Bio-Technology.
[edit] Courses
The New College has progressively developed into one of the leading institutions of higher education offering instruction in 23 courses in Humanities, Sciences and Commerce at the Under graduate level and 10 courses at the Postgraduate level[1]. The institution is noteworthy for its research in soil biotechnology. Further it offers Visual Communication course.It is also one of the few institutions in Chennai offering Arabic language studies up to the Masters level. The college has kept pace with changes and has recently introduced several courses in technology and management.
[edit] Extra curriculum
The college boasts its representation in university sport teams through decades and a few making it to the national team too. Apart from sports the college also features members of various student volunteer organisation including NCC, NSS, YRC and Rotaract club of New college[2]]]].
[edit] Campus culture
The culture within the campus of this college is of much controversy than most other colleges in Chennai. Ragging had been cause of disturbance for decades and curbing of which has not been much possible by the administration mainly because the location of the campus aids as a selective advantage for such anti-social activities.
However ragging has now been put under control with strict disciplinary activities.
Nevertheless, in spite of the college being run by a Muslim management and an overwhelming Muslim majority within both staff and students, no complaints of religious intolerance or racism has ever been reported. The campus is quite cosmopolitan with students from all over India and abroad, especially from Islamic nations such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, Sudan, SriLanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Andaman and Bangladesh.
The college conducts elections to select Students Chairman & General Secretary shows its democratic nature and it is a notable event where all the students are free to elect their representatives. Critics claim that the students who win here are backed by the local political parties and often use violence or threats of it to garner votes or discourage opposition.
[edit] Staff of high laurel
Dr. Sultan Ahmed Ismail (Soil biologist and ecologist)
Makkal Pavalar Inkulab (notable orator and revolutionary Tamil writer)
[edit] Notable Alumni
Alumni list includes some of the top celebrities in India, to name a few:
Basheer Ahmed (Entrepreneur and Chairman of TAFI)
Woorkeri Raman (W.V. Raman) (Cricketer)
K.R. Periakaruppan (Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments, Tamil Nadu)
G. K. Vasan (Indian politician)
Radha Ravi (A well-known supportive actor of Tamil cinema & also Politician)
Sarath Kumar (A well-known actor of Tamil cinema & also politician)
Karthik (A well-known actor of Tamil cinema)
Vineeth (A well-known actor of Tamil & Malayalam cinema)
Nagendra Prasad (Film Actor and Brother of Prabhu Deva (Dancer/Actor/Director)
Thamu (Film actor -Tamil & also mimicry artist)
Thyagu (film actor -Tamil)
Bharat (film actor - Tamil)
Chinni Jayanth (A well-known comedian of Tamil cinema & also mimicry artist)
M. S. Guhan (Film Producer, son of noted film producer M. Saravanan, who owns the AVM Studios in Chennai)
