Guru Nanak College, Chennai

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Guru Nanak College
MottoPro Bono Publico
Motto in English
Benefit of All
TypeAutonomous (Government aided)
Established1971
FounderLt. Col. G.S. Gill
Parent institution
Guru Nanak Educational Society
Chairman Sardar Manjit Singh Nayar
Principal Dr. M.G. Ragunathan
Location, ,
Campus25 acres
Affiliations University of Madras
Website https://gurunanakcollege.edu.in/

Guru Nanak College is an autonomous institution affiliated to Madras University located in Velachery, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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History

Guru Nanak college was established in 1971 by Lt. Col. G.S. Gill as a part of the Guru Nanak Educational Society to commemorate the 500th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, founder of Sikhism. [1] [2] It is affiliated to University of Madras, Chennai. [3] It is a co-educational grant-in-aid institution managed by the Guru Nanak Educational Society. [4]

Courses

The college offer 32 under graduate programmes, 10 post graduate programmes and doctoral programme. [5] The college was ranked 62nd in science category and 94th in arts by India Today in 2023. [6] [7]

Ranking

Guru Nanak college was ranked 82nd overall in the NIRF rankings published by Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2023. [8]

Cricket ground

The college is home to Guru Nanak College Ground. [9] The cricket ground has hosted domestic matches for Board of Control for Cricket in India since 1978. [10] It has hosted Ranji Trophy matches since 1996 for Tamil Nadu, a Women's One Day International in 2002 and warm-up matches for the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20. [11] [12] [13]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include Indian international cricketers Sadagoppan Ramesh, Subramaniam Badrinath, Vidyut Sivaramakrishnan, domestic cricketers Baba Indrajith, Ragupathy Silambarasan, Baba Aparajith and athlete Abhay Singh. [4] [14]

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