The College started functioning in the year 1968 -69. It is named after the great Saint THIRUVALLUVAR. It is very close to the temple dedicated to ‘Lord Siva' at Papanasam (Tirunelveli District) on the banks of river Thamiraparani in sylvan surroundings of Pothigai (Southern tip of Western Ghats), supposed to be the seat of St.Agasthiar, who nurtured the Tamil Language in all its varied excellence, thousands ofyears ago. The College is under the benign management of Kundrakkudi Thiruvannamalai Adheenam Trust headed by His Holiness Srimath Ponnambala Adigalar. Ours is an Institution affiliated to the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, located at Vickramasingapuram, a rural backward area in Tirunelveli District, Tamilnadu. Thiruvalluvar College believes in thinking in terms of a system, a structure, and a philosophy. Its basic potential is its vision, the vision of service to the society around, especially the service to the underprivileged. It is a selfless College which wants to train and prepare its ever-flowing student community for a future, which requires the development to a full-fledged personality. The College has the right atmosphere, the required infrastructural facilities, a dynamic staff who are willing to adopt the latest, the most-scientific and result-yielding appropriate methods and a Management which is democratic, enlightened and spiritual-minded. The College wants its students not to be mere salary earning automatons, but thinking beings, sensitive to the needs of the society around and
at large.
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