Sri GVG Visalakshi College For Women, Udumalpet

About Sri GVG Visalakshi College For Women, Udumalpet

G.V.Govindaswamy, an agriculturist and an industrialist founded G.V.G in the year 1953 with a vision to educate the tribal, rural folks of the hilly region in an around Udumalpet. His mission has been successfully carried out by his family members, his daughter and his son-in-law, who have been serving the institution and have successfully realised the vision of the founder.Trustee (secretary) Dr.V.Genguswamy Naidu has been closely associated with the steady progress and administration of the College since 1965. There are nearly 50 schools functioning under his patronage in the rural and backward areas of the Tamil Nadu State.
In the Udumalpet Taluk, there is no school that could be left out which has not received his patronage in various forms like Construction of kitchen, playgrounds, classrooms, laboratory equipments, play things and pump sets and mid-day meals schemes and more.His periodic visits to the College campus and interaction with the Principal, faculty and particularly students have been a blessing for the College. He has been continuously enriching the comforts and conveniences in the College for the cause of education to the women.Smt.Rajalakshmi Genguswamy - the illustrious daughter of the founder of the College, Late Sri G.V.Govindaswamy is the correspondent of the college and has left no efforts behind to fulfill the vision of her father.

She has been selectively groomed by her father to undertake the onerous responsibility of managing the College. As an old student of Women Christian College, she has been closely associated with the onward and upward march of the College since 1953.She has been closely associated with the running of 50 schools in Tamil Nadu as a patron, founder, trustee and correspondent. The College is blessed to have this dedicated couple as the Managing Trustee and Correspondent. Under their enlightened guidance and unlimited philanthropy G.V.G would definitely scale new heights in the days to come.