Thiruvalluvar Government Arts College, Rasipuram, situated in a sprawling campus of 40.05 acres of land has been providing quality education since 11th July 1968. The college was started with five pre-university courses. Within a year it was upgraded with degree classes in order to provide education to the students of the nearby villages who were economically backward. Though the college is located in a rural area it caters to the needs of the students who belong to the lower strata of the society. Local philanthropists were generous enough to donate liberally to the establishment of the college.
The college is functioning in an excellent manner, paving way to the introduction of many new courses. It is trying its level best to introduce the latest courses to the benefit of the students. The college is looking for ways and means to develop further in all possible dimensions. The enhancement of quality is consistently attained by providing better facilities to the student community, introducing new avenues and programmes for their better growth.
To empower the rural youth with an elevated spirit of competence to face the challenges of life.
To bring out their innate flair for interpersonal skills and fine-tune them as masters of multi-tasking.
To craft them to be trend-setters with social responsibility, safeguarding cultural heritage.
To train them as entrepreneurs of high order.
To provide a calm and unruffled milieu to instigate research thirst.
To safeguard the basic rights of education to the underprivileged sections of the society.
To make every rural student a degree holder and achieve academic excellence.
To propagate universal brotherhood and eco-consciousness.
To create an awareness about career opportunities abroad.
To inculcate excellence to bring out the hidden potential.
To engender new-fangled ideas to eradicate inertness in research .
| Date/Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| 11/07/1968 | The college was started with five pre - university courses. |
| 1969 | The college was upgraded with degree classes |
| 1971 | The new premises was constructed |
| 1985 - 1986 | Evening college was started with the following course
1. B.A., History |
| 1999 - 2000 | A separate building was constructed in order to accommodate the increasing demand for the Computer Science course |
| 2004 | The following courses were started in self financing wing
1. B.A., Tamil Literature 2. B.Com. 3. M.Sc., Chemistry |
| 2005 - 2006 | The following courses were started in self financing wing
1. M.Sc., Mathematics 2. M.A., Public Administration |
| 2009 - 2010 | All the self financing wing courses were upgraded as aided courses |
| 2011 - 2012 | The following courses were introduced.
1. M.A Tamil 2. M.Com |
| 2012 - 2013 | The following courses were introduced.
UG course 1. B.Sc., Nutrition and Dietetics PG courses 1. M.A. English 2. M.A. History 3. M.A. Political Science 4. M.Sc. Physics 5. M.Sc. Computer Science M.Phil Programmes 1. M.Phil. Tamil (Part Time / Full Time) 2. M.Phil. Commerce (Part Time / Full Time) 3. M.Phil. Mathematics (Part Time / Full Time) 4. M.Phil. Physics (Part Time / Full Time) 5. M.Phil. Chemistry (Part Time / Full Time) Doctoral Research Programmes 1. Ph.D Tamil (Part Time / Full Time) 2. Ph.D. Mathematics(Part Time / Full Time) 3. Ph.D. Chemistry (Part Time / Full Time) |
| 2013 - 2014 | The following courses were introduced.
M.Phil Programmes 1. M.Phil. Political Science (Part Time / Full Time) 2. M.Phil. Public Administration (Part Time / Full Time) Doctoral Research Programmes 1. Ph.D Commerce (Part Time / Full Time) |
| 2015 - 2016 | The following courses were introduced.
UG course 1. B.A., Economics M.Phil Programmes 1. M.Phil. English (Part Time / Full Time) 2. M.Phil. History (Part Time / Full Time) Doctoral Research Programmes 1. Ph.D. English (Part Time / Full Time) 2. Ph.D. Physics (Part Time / Full Time) |
| 2017-2018 | The following course was introduced. 1. M.Phil., Computer Science (Part Time /Full time) |
| 2018-2019 | The following courses were introduced. 1. Ph.D. Computer Science (Part Time/Full Time) 2. Ph.D. Political Science (Part Time/Full Time) |
| 2019-2020 | The following courses were introduced
B.Sc., Botany B.Sc., Zoology |
