Dr. Zakir Hussain College, established in 1970, is a general degree college located in Ilayangudi town of Sivagangai District. The college is affiliated with Alagappa University. This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science.

“To emerge a world class academia in dynamic equilibrium with its social, ecological and economic environment, striving continuously for excellence in educational service to all sections of the society including minorities and the under privileged section.”
“The motto of the college is a verse of the Holy Quran revealed to Prophet Mohamed (Peace be on him) “READ IN THE NAME OF THY LORD”. With this aim, the college aims at providing higher education to the rural people in and around Ilayangudi, especially the marginalized people of this locality.”

Candidates with at least fifty percent marks either in the Bachelor’s degree and/or in the Master’s degree in sciences/social sciences/humanity, Bachelors in Engineering or Technology with specialization in science and mathematics with 55% marks or any other qualification equivalent thereto, are eligible for admission to the program.

Admission shall be on merit basis of marks obtained in the qualifying examination and or in the entrance examination or any other selection process as per the State Government/UT administration policy and the University.

The Guidance and counseling centre has been a place of selection and training of candidates for the posts of Accountants, Clerks, Personnel Managers recruited by ET-ASCON, Dubai.
The candidates have been selected it and outside the college, and trained for more than 6 months in the college. The performance of the trainees in checked, evaluated and measures are taken to improve their performance. After training, they were absorbed by the sponsoring agencies.
The candidates have been selected it and outside the college, and trained for more than 6 months in the college. The performance of the trainees in checked, evaluated and measures are taken to improve their performance. After training, they were absorbed by the sponsoring agencies.

Three scholarships of the value of Rs. 1400 each are awarded annually to the undergraduates who secure the highest percentage of marks in the college at the final year University examination in

Laboratory
All the science courses are provided with separate laboratory facility. Lab fees is collected from the students along with the tuition fees. This amount is utilized for paying electricity bill of the college and for purchasing new lab equipment. In addition to that the department of English has a " Language Lab" to train the students in spoken English. Computers in computer labs are equipped with updated software and internet facility. Commerce department has a separate computer lab for teaching Tally for their students.

Sports
One of the important aspect of the students is fitness. In order to develop their physical fitness the College facilitates the following sports for the students. Considering the large number of girl student inputs two more women physical instructors and one male instructor were appointed by the college in addition to one physical director. The college is provided with 7 track 400 m lane for sports activities which is unique in this area. In addition to that the college has Basket ball Court, Ball badminton court, Table tennis court, volley ball court separately for boys and girls. A Gym is maintained for improving the physical fitness of the students. The college has a best Hall ball team and many students are selected as University players.

Library
Automation was done in the college library. The students and staff identify cards are issued with bar code facility for easy accession in the library. A vast area is available in the library as reading room. Girl students are provided with a separate session in the reading room. Huge number of books, e-books, journals, magazines and daily newspapers are available to enhance the knowledge of the stake holders. In Library separate section is available with nearly 30 computers with internet facility and INFLEBNET facility for e-accession.

Computers
Three separate computer labs are available in the college for teaching computer related courses. All the labs are equipped with intemet connection facilities. Almost all department have computers with internet and Wi-Fi facility. One computer lab is maintained by the department of commerce to teach Tally for their students. In the college office, all work such as issuing conduct and transfer certificates and maintaining attendance are done through automation. Biometeric attendance is implemented for staff and students. CCTV cameras are fixed in the campus to monitor the movement of the students.

Class rooms
The college has enough infrastructure. Nearly 55 well spaced ventilated class rooms are available with basic infra to cater the needs of the students. More than 20 class rooms are equipped with LCD facility. A smart class room is available for conducting students seminars. A big open auditorium with a capacity of 2000 students is available for conducting college functions. All the building equipped with ramp facility for physically challenged students. A big generator is available to avoid the interruption of class room teaching during power failure. Separate rooms are available for teaching Tailoring class for the female students. The classrooms and the laboratories are maintained by crew with a Supervisor. In addition to that the College has appointed electricians, plumbers, laboratory assistants, gardeners, sweepers and scavengers for maintain the infrastructure facilities.

Canteen
Separate canteen facility is available for boys and girls. A committee is formulated to monitor the food and hygiene of the canteen.