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Sourashtra College is a private, Linguistic Minority Aided Co-educational Autonomous Institution, managed by the Sourashtra College Council, Madurai. The College is affiliated to the Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. The College was established in the year 1967 with donations from Philanthropists of Sourashtra Community for providing higher education to the socially and economically backward Sourashtra Community youth. The College started functioning on June 22, 1967 with Pre-University Courses (P.U.C.). Most of the Philanthropists of Sourashtra Community people are instrumental for starting this College. The great industrialist and doyen of Textile Industry, Shri C.S. Ramachary was instrumental in establishing the College. He has laid the Foundation Stone on September 2, 1971 at the Foothill of Pasumalai Hill, Vilachery Main Road, Pasumalai Post, Madurai and functioning from July 1972 onwards with the three Under Graduate Programmes such as B.A. English, B.B.A., and B.Com. During 1981, the first PG programme M.Com was introduced.
The College has crossed several milestones since its inception with three Under-Graduate programmes to the present stature with 20 Under-Graduate Programmes (8 programmes in aided and 12 programmes in self finance), 5 Post-Graduate Programmes (3 in aided and 2 in self finance), and 2 Professional Degree programmes viz. M.B.A. and M.C.A. in self finance. Further, for Research activities 4 M.Phil. programmes in Commerce, English, Management, and Physics, and 3 Ph.D. Programmes in Commerce, Business Administration and English are offered. In addition, the College offers 60 Value Added Courses. At present, there are 115 Teaching Staff and 51 Non-Teaching Staff on roll. A total number of 1868 students, consisting of 1354 boys and 514 girls, are studying in this College. The College has introduced the Choice Based Credit System (CBCS) in 2008 and implemented the Outcome Based Education (OBE) with effect from 2021-22 with a view to provide more exposure in Programme Outcomes (POs), Programme Specific Outcomes (PSOs), and Course Outcomes (COs). Through Fitness Centre with Science Backups, sports facilities like Gym, Yoga, Basket Ball, Foot Ball, Hockey, Cricket, etc. are offered to the students.
Vision
We envisage the steady progress of the grass roots of the society in general, and the upliftment of the economically, socially and educationally backward Sourashtra Youth in particular, by providing a conducive environment to prepare for their successful take-off in their careers and also in real life as responsible citizens of India.
Mission
Our objective is to work as an ensemble with a commitment to inspire our students to acquire physical strength, intellectual curiosity and moral integrity. Most importantly we strive to inculcate an aptitude for service to build a mutually supportive, communally co-operative and religiously tolerant society.
Additional Information:
From the beginning, it was a men’s college and in order to bring about gender equity and women empowerment in the district, the College converted into a Co-education College from the academic year 1984-85 and made commitment to provide education to girls. In order to meet the growing demands from the community towards higher education, it started Self-Finance programmes from 2003-04 onwards. The College was conferred Autonomous Status by the UGC during the year 2011-12. The College was reaccredited with B+ Grade by NAAC with a CGPA of 2.74 in the Third Cycle during the year 2019.