Educating women in rural Tamil Nadu since 1992
Twenty-seven institutions at Tiruchengode, Sankagiri and Morepalayam, from a matriculation school to a thousand-bed medical college.
1992
First college
63 students, at Elayampalayam
27
Institutions
Under three trusts
27,000
Students
At Tiruchengode and Sankagiri
1.5 lakh
Women taught
In thirty-four years
NAAC A++ and A+
NBA accredited
UGC 2(f) and 12(B)
NABH hospitals
ISTE
Institution of Engineers (India): IEI
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Your questions, answered
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- What can I study after Class 12?Medicine, dental, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, engineering, arts and science, management and education: thirteen fields across 27 institutions.Find a course
- Will I get a job?1,821 job offers from more than 105 companies, the highest at ₹10 lakh a year. Placement training starts in the first year.Placements
- How do I apply?Fill in the enquiry, or call the admissions office with the course you want and your marks. They will tell you straight away if you are eligible.Send an enquiry
- Is there a bus from my town?212 free college buses run from eight districts, from as far as a hundred kilometres away.See the bus routes
- Can I get a scholarship?Vivekanandha gives about ₹2 crore a year in scholarships, and Tamil Nadu government schemes can pay part of the fee too.Help with the fee
- What is college life like?Festivals, sports, clubs, conferences and the hostels, in hundreds of photographs and nineteen short films.Photos and films
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Courses
What you can study
Pick a subject to see every course in it, and the college that teaches each one.
After the degree
1,821 job offers, from more than 105 companies
Placement training starts in the first year. Here is what three of this year’s recruiters pay.
Nokia
₹10 lakh a year
Voltas
₹6.5 lakh a year
PwC
₹6 lakh a year
Getting to college
The bus comes to your village
A free ride from as far as a hundred kilometres out, so the nearest college is never the only choice.
212
buses on the road
Students are picked up close to home, so distance is never the reason a girl stays home.
- 8districts covered
- 100 kmfarthest pick-up
- Freeno fare to pay
Rings every 25 km. Town distances are straight-line from Tiruchengode.
The founder
Prof. Dr. M. Karunanithi
B.Pharm., M.S., Ph.D., D.Litt. · “Vidhya Rathna” · Chairman & Secretary
Growing up in a village, he saw how little schooling the women around him were given, and how much of what happened to them followed from that. He decided the answer was to educate them. Raising the money took years. He started a cattle feed manufacturing unit in his hamlet and made it work, and that paid for the first college.
Life on campus
Looked after, every day
See it for yourself
All 19 filmsWhat’s on
All eventsIf money is the problem
Help with the fee
Say so when you apply. Scholarships and government schemes can pay part of the fee.
More about Vivekanandha
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Admissions 2026–27
Come and see the place
Tell us what she wants to study. If money is the problem, say so first. That is what the scholarships are for.