Ethiraj College for Women

Ethiraj College for Women

Motto	To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield
Type	Autonomous
Established	1948;77 years ago (1948)
Founder	V. L. Ethiraj
Chairman	V. M. Muralidharan
Principal	S. Uma Gowrie
Location	Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of Madras
Website	www.ethirajcollege.edu.in

Ethiraj College for Women is an arts and science college for women in Chennai, India, managed by the Ethiraj College Trust. It was founded in 1948 by the barrister V. L. Ethiraj of Vellore.

History

Chairmen

Source: ^[1]

• V. L. Ethiraj (1948–60)
• V. T. Rangaswami (1960–72)
• N. Mahalingam (1972–80)
• Justice S. Natarajan (1980–98)
• Justice S. Jagadeesan (1998–2008)
• A. M. Swaminathan, IAS (Retd.) (2008–13)
• V. M. Muralidharan (2013–19)
• Chandra Devi Thanikachalam (2019–22)
• V. M. Muralidharan (2022–present)

Principals

Source: ^[2]

• Subur Parthasarathy (1948–49, 1950–52)
• Mona Hensman (1953–60)
• Evangeline Matthew (1960–76)
• K. Vasanthi Devi (1976–84)
• N. A. Qadir (1984–85)
• Keser Chander (1985–88)
• Yasodha Shanmugasundaram (1988–94)
• Indhrani Sridharan (1994–2005)
• M. Thavamani (2005–11)
• Jothi Kumaravel (2011–14)
• A. Nirmala (2014–18)
• S. Kothai (2019–22)
• S. Uma Gowrie (2023–present)

Ranking

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2022) [3]	65

The college is ranked 79th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024. ^[4]

Notable alumni

• Trisha Krishnan, actress
• Aishwarya Rajesh, actress
• Sreethu Krishnan, actress
• Chandini Tamilarasan, actress
• Dhivyadharshini, TV host
• Dhivya Suryadevara, economist, former CFO of both the General Motors, and Stripe.
• Dipika Pallikal, Indian squash player
• Jayanthi Natarajan, former Union Cabinet Minister
• Joshna Chinappa, Indian squash player
• Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, politician and Thoothukudi Constituency Member of Parliament (LS)
• Latha Rajinikanth, film producer and singer
• Leesha Eclairs, TV actress
• Raveena Ravi, Dubbing artist and Actress
• Madhumila, TV actress
• Meenakshi Chitharanjan, Indian classical dancer and choreographer
• Molly Easo Smith, Indian-American professor
• Padma Subrahmanyam, Indian classical dancer and musician
• Preetha Krishna, businesswoman
• Sudha Ragunathan, singer
• Sudha Shah, former Indian cricketer and national coach
• Sujata Sridhar, former Indian cricketer
• Sriya Reddy, actress
• Shvetha Jaishankar, model, entrepreneur, author, beauty pageant title holder
• Tamilisai Soundararajan, doctor, politician, and the Governor of Telangana
• Thamizhachi Thangapandian, South Chennai Constituency Member of Parliament (LS)
• J. Vijaya, India's first woman herpetologist
• Srinisha Jayaseelan, singer
• Priyanka Deshpande, television anchor and actress
• Devaki Vijayaraman, television cook and the winner of MasterChef India – Tamil (season 1)
• Roshini Haripriyan, television actress
• Aparna Gopinath, Indian film actress

References

1. "Former Chairmen". Ethiraj College for Women.
2. "Former Principals". Ethiraj College for Women.
3. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework . Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.
4. "2024 NIRF Ranking" (PDF).

External links

• Official website