The idea of starting a College at Kanchipuram, the birth-place of Pachaiyappa Mudaliar, suggested itself to the Trustees of Pachaiyappa’s Charities, Madras and the citizens of Kanchipuram when the centenary of Pachaiyappa’s High School at Kanchipuram was celebrated in the year 1946. Though there was a move in the very next year towards this end, it could not take any concrete shape, as sufficient funds and the necessary accommodation could not be made available immediately. But the need for a College in this district and in a central town like Kanchipuram, came to be felt more and more acutely as the year passed, and none felt it more poignantly than the late Thiru C. Kandaswami Mudaliar of Kanchipuram, a retired clerk of the Army Clothing Department, who realized the inconvenience of sending his son and daughter, who had completed the S.S.L.C. Course, for higher education outside Kanchipuram. An unkind cut of nature snapped their lives in their youth almost at the same time, and the old gentleman was suddenly left issueless. The shock of this bereavent opened the springs of philanthrophy in his heart, and he determined to Will away all his hard earned savings (which he had originally accumulated for his children) for the cause of higher education in his native town. He left a substantial portion of his property amounting in all to about Rs.60,000 for an Arts and Science College to be started at Kanchipuram, in the time-honoured name of Pachaiyappa Mudaliar and entreated the Pachaiyappa’s Trust Board to sponsor the scheme and shoulder the responsibility for running the College.
This gave the necessary inspiration and impetus to Pachaiyappa’s Trust Board and the citizens of Kanchipuram. The former readily came forward to sponsor the scheme once again and the latter constituted a Formation Committee under the Chairmanship of Thiru M. Vedachala Mudaliar of Chingleput to find the additional funds necessary for the immediate starting of the college.
The new College was opened with the name Pachaiyappa’s College, Kanchipuram” in June 1950, in a rented building in Tirukatchinambi Street, Little Kanchipuram, and the University of Madras granted it affiliation in Groups III A and B (Ancient and Modern Histories, Logic and Elements of Commerce and Accountancy) under Part III and Tamil and Hindi under Part II, of the Intermediate Course. The next year (1951) further affiliation was secured in Group I (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry). An Additional Building just opposite was rented in the same street for housing the laboratories. A strength of 60 in Group III and 80 in Group I in each of the two years of the Intermediate Course was then allotted to the College.

The increased accommodation available in the new building had secured for the College additional strength in the affiliated groups from the beginning of the academic year 1953-54, 144 in Group I and 96 in Group III in each of the two Intermediate Classes. The College also secured affiliation in Natural Science in July 1956 and a Natural Science Block was put up consisting of a Lecture Hall measuring 30’X30’ and a Laboratory-cum-Musuem Hall measuring 30’X50’. Under the University re-organisation programme, the Intermediate course was abolished and the Pre-University course with four batches was introduced in the year 1956-57. The College was upgraded as a First Grade College in July 1957 with Branches I (History, Economics and Politics) and IV (Economics, Statistics and Commerce) in the new Three-Year B.A. Degree course and with Branch I (Mathematics and Statistics or Physics) in the new Three-Year B.Sc., Degree course. In the year 1963-64, on account of unprecedented rush for admissions into the Pre-University class sanction was obtained from the University for running two additional batches of 80 students each. On account of poor response from the students for B.A. Degree course in Branch I (History Major), it has been discontinued from the academic year 1963-64.
In the year 1965-66 two more batches of 90 students each were sanctioned by the University, thus raising the number of batches to eight in the Pre-University Course. Affiliation in the Three-Year B.Sc., Degree Course in Physics Major was also obtained from the University with an allotted strength of 48. From 1966-67 Tamil has been introduced as the medium of instruction for Commerce and Psychology under Group III (b) of the Pre-University class. An additional block of buildings was constructed to accommodate the extra batches of the Pre-University class and the newly introduced B.Sc., Degree Course in Physics Major. The Foundation stone of the additional block was laid by Hon’ble Thiru M.Bhaktavatsalam, B.A., B.L., the then Chief Minister of Madras on the occasion of the Founder’s Day celebration on the 27th March 1964. It was declared open by Lt. Col. Sir A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, M.D., LL.D., D.se., D.C.L., D.Litt., F.R.C.O.G., F.A.C.S., M.L.C.

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3. Community Certificate

4. Conduct Certificate

5. Income Certificate

6. Certificate of Physical Fitness

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Placement Cell
Career Guidance and Placement Cell function with perseverance and responsibility to enable the students to choose their career in a right path. The cell regularly organizes skill development and personality development programmes. We conduct Campus Selection Drive every year and our students get placement in many companies. We guide students not only to get job in the industry but also to choose a right career for them. We also update students regarding higher studies and research opportunities available to them after completing graduation at our Campus.

Scholarships
Our college facilitates the students to get Government Scholarships awarded by Govt. of Tamil Nadu under various categories through welfare departments. We also provide various Endowments and Cash Prize Awards through our college to the needy, poor, and meritorious students every year.

Placement Cell
Career Guidance and Placement Cell function with perseverance and responsibility to enable the students to choose their career in a right path. The cell regularly organizes skill development and personality development programmes. We conduct Campus Selection Drive every year and our students get placement in many companies. We guide students not only to get job in the industry but also to choose a right career for them. We also update students regarding higher studies and research opportunities available to them after completing graduation at our Campus.

Scholarships
Our college facilitates the students to get Government Scholarships awarded by Govt. of Tamil Nadu under various categories through welfare departments. We also provide various Endowments and Cash Prize Awards through our college to the needy, poor, and meritorious students every year.

Labs
Our college promotes inquisitive learning among students with well-equipped lab facilities. We have state-of-art science Laboratories for each subjects; Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, and Botany. We also have a State-of-Art Computer Lab which enables the students to improve their computing skills.

Library
Our Library is enriched with Notable and Rare Collection of Books, Magazines, and Journal almost covering all domains. A dedicated Library Block enables the students to prepare for their academics and competitive exams in a peaceful and study environment.

Sports & Physical Education
At Pachaiyappa’s, we create more opportunities for our students to participate in Sports and Games. We have a fitness gym at our playground which helps our students to grow healthy in their teens. We bag championships in many sports activities and tournaments held at University of Madras Zone A Level and inter zone levels. and Tournaments organized by other institution. We also conduct Pachaiyappa’s Trophy, a Trophy named after our mentor Thiru. Vallal. Pachaiyappar to honor his benevolence and vision upon the lives of the poor and the needy in terms of Education. Our students represent various teams of University of Madras at National Level and prove their competency and bag many titles to the University.