Ethiraj College for Women

Educational institution in India

Ethiraj College for Women
Motto	To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield
Type	Autonomous
Established	1948
Founder	V. L. Ethiraj
Chairman	V. M. Muralidharan
Principal	S. Uma Gowrie
Location	Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	University of Madras
Website	www.ethirajcollege.edu.in

Ethiraj College for Women is an arts and science college for women in Chennai, India, managed by the Ethiraj College Trust. It was founded in 1948 by the barrister V. L. Ethiraj of Vellore.

History

Chairmen

Source:^[1]

V. L. Ethiraj (1948–60)
V. T. Rangaswami (1960–72)
N. Mahalingam (1972–80)
Justice S. Natarajan (1980–98)
Justice S. Jagadeesan (1998-2008)
A. M. Swaminathan, IAS (Retd.) (2008–13)
V. M. Muralidharan (2013–19)
Chandra Devi Thanikachalam (2019–22)
V. M. Muralidharan (2022–present)

Principals

Source:^[2]

Subur Parthasarathy (1948–49, 1950–52)
Mona Hensman (1953–60)
Evangeline Matthew (1960–76)
K. Vasanthi Devi (1976–84)
N. A. Qadir (1984–85)
Keser Chander (1985–88)
Yasodha Shanmugasundaram (1988–94)
Indhrani Sridharan (1994-2005)
M. Thavamani (2005–11)
Jothi Kumaravel (2011–14)
A. Nirmala (2014–18)
S. Kothai (2019–22)
S. Uma Gowrie (2023-present)

Ranking

College rankings
General – India
NIRF (Colleges) (2022)^[3]	65

Ethiraj College for Women was ranked 65 amongst colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022.^[3]

Notable alumni

Trisha Krishnan, actress
Aishwarya Rajesh, actress
Chandini Tamilarasan, actress
Sreethu Nair, Actress
Dhivyadharshini, TV host
Dhivya Suryadevara, economist, former CFO of both the General Motors, and Stripe.
Dipika Pallikal, Indian squash player
Jayanthi Natarajan, politician
Joshna Chinappa, Indian squash player
Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, politician and Thoothukudi Constituency Member of Parliament (LS)
Latha Rajinikanth, film producer and singer
Leesha Eclairs, TV actress
Madhumila, TV actress
Meenakshi Chitharanjan, Indian classical dancer and choreographer
Molly Easo Smith, Indian-American professor
Padma Subrahmanyam, Indian classical dancer and musician
Preetha Krishna, businesswoman
Sudha Ragunathan, singer
Sudha Shah, former Indian cricketer and national coach
Sujata Sridhar, former Indian cricketer
Sriya Reddy, actress
Shvetha Jaishankar, model, entrepreneur, author, beauty pageant title holder
Tamilisai Soundararajan, doctor, politician, and the Governor of Telangana
Thamizhachi Thangapandian, South Chennai Constituency Member of Parliament (LS)
J. Vijaya, India's first woman herpetologist
Srinisha Jayaseelan, singer
Priyanka Deshpande, television anchor and actress
Devaki Vijayaraman, television cook and the winner of MasterChef India – Tamil (season 1)
Roshini Haripriyan, television actress
Vibha Batra, author, poet, adperson

References

^ "Former Chairmen". Ethiraj College for Women.
^ "Former Principals". Ethiraj College for Women.
^ ^a ^b "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2022 (Colleges)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 15 July 2022.