GTN Arts College, Dindigul

Campus Location: Dindigul

Located in G.T.N. Arts College is a Government Aided and Self Supporting Institution founded in 1964 in Dindigul and is affiliated with Madurai Kamaraj University., Famous in legend and history, Dindigul is an important town in Tamilnadu. Its climate is salubrious and a protected water supply adds a new dimension to this natural advantage. It is a first grade municipal town with a total population of more than two Lakhs. It is an important educational centre. There are many Higher Secondary Schools for boys and for girls in the town and other Higher Secondary Schools produce more than 2000 students eligible for admission to college course., The objects of the Trust are, inter alia, to construct and maintain Schools, Colleges and other educational institutions to impart education in Arts, Science, Vocational and Technical Subjects, to construct, establish and maintain one or more polytechnic institutes for training young men in technical, scientific and other pursuits, to establish and maintain boarding houses and hostels for students studying in schools, colleges and other educational institutions without any motive of profit; to establish and maintain libraries and other reading rooms for the benefit of the public at large and to give grant-in­ aid to schools, colleges and other educational institutions which are deserving and in urgent need of financial help., G.T.N. Arts college is the first creation of the Trust. The foundation stone of the College was laid on 20th January 1964 by the veteran statesman and ardent educationist, the Honorable Sri.M.Bakthavatsalam, the then Chief Minister of Government of Madras., The college was formally inaugurated on 2nd July 1964.In the first year of inception, the college was affiliated to the University of Madras offering instruction in Pre-University only., Our Vision, To provide an academically ambient environment for individuals to develop and blossom as educationally superior,socially,conscious and nationally responsible citizens to provide quality education to the rural youth at an affordable cost and to create scholars,administrators,industrialists and statesmen., Our Mission, To promote the college into an educational institution of execellence that strives towards the growth of integrated personality of the student with special attention to their intellectual,innovative,moral and cultural development.To inculcate the sense of discipline with commitment to sports,games,culture and value of life.. Use Google Maps for turn-by-turn driving directions to the campus.