MOP Vaishnav College for Women, Chennai

Campus Location: Chennai

Located in M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women is committed to the goals of attracting and supporting top caliber women students in the areas of higher education. Dewan Bahadur M.O.Parthasarthy Aiyengar, a leading barrister, visionary, philanthropist of yesteryears was an advocate of women's education. The M.O.P. Charities instituted by him, donated the prime land worth Rs. 100 crores in the heart of Chennai to the college. Sri Vallabhacharya Vidya Sabha, the prominent managing body of D.G. Vaishnav College , in its silver jubilee year, collaborated with Dewan Bahadur M.O. Parthasarthy Aiyengar Charities for the establishment of this women's college in 1992, a dream-realization and the result of the determination and sustained efforts of the two trusts. Both these organizations have eminent industrialists, administrators and people committed to the cause of women's education. The infrastructure and administrative expertise is being provided by Sri Vallabhacharya Vidya Sabha. Since its inception the college has recorded a phenomenal continual growth., Affiliated to the University of Madras , it offers selective career - oriented under-graduate and post-graduate courses with premier faculty in a scholarly and research environment. Starting in 1992 with just three courses - B.Com., B.B.A., B.Sc. (Maths.), the College offers today 13 U.G. , 6 PG. and one research programme and has a strength of 3030 students approximately, thus recording a qualitative and quantitative growth as well. The college offered itself for accreditation in its decennial year and became the first self-financing college to be accredited in the University area. The college has been accredited at four star level by NAAC., The college also has the distinction of being the youngest college in the country to have been granted Autonomy by the University Grants Commission and the University of Madras ., The year 2005 saw the college launching up a COMMUNITY RADIO (with a frequency of 107.8 MHz), thus creating a history of being the first college in the country to have been granted License by the Government of India. Since 2005, the college also publishes a Newspaper called The MOP Yuvashakthi to empower the youth of Chennai. The college set up a Campus Television station in 2007 through which educational and informative programmes are relayed., COLLEGE CREST, Enshrined within a lotus in full bloom, the College Crest represents the Cult of Devotion preached by Mahaprabhu Shri Vallabhacharya. The sacrificial fire at the centre of the Crest symbolises the Lord Himself (" Yagno Vai Vishnuh "). The three steps of the altar signifying Kshara, Akshara and Poorna Purushottama lead one to the Lord. At the foot of the altar is the Book of Divine Knowledge; the three flowers on it represent the factors conducive to the acquisition and propagation of Knowledge - Intelligence, Action and Material Resource. The College Motto " SATYAM PARAM DHEEMAHI " (May we meditate on the Supreme Truth), taken from Shrimad Bhagavatam embodies the aim of all knowledge which is the realization of Supreme Truth. The College colours are Flaming Red and Sky Blue., MISSION, To provide a unique learning experience which will enable the students to realize their potential and mould their overall personality.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.