"Education is simply the soul of a society, as it passes from one generation to another." - G.K.Chesterton.

History is not merely a record of events and happenings of the past in a chronological sequence, but it also aims at providing valuable information for prosperity to know, to recollect and to cherish. Hence an attempt has been made to give a brief history of the growth and development of this Institution. This attempt would not only help in making a self-analysis, but also help in looking back into the path already traversed and in making constructive plans for the future.

The history of Chettinad reveals that this small backward area of Tamil Nadu fosters several philanthropists who voluntarily contribute and pour their wealth for the service to Humanity, especially in the fields of Education and fine arts. One such eminent philanthropist of Chettinad is our founder O.A.PR.M.Arunachalam Chettiar. His association and close friendship for several decades with Dr.A.L.Mudaliar, the great educationist and the Vice Chancellor of Madras University sowed the seeds for the establishment of this institution which was started with the sole aim of educating rural women students and empowering them.

Even a recent Research Survey on the contribution of Chettiars to education confirms the fact that our college is the only institution dedicated to the upliftment of women even during the days when education for young girls was unheard and unthought-of in a male dominated social set up. Though there are several other institutions run by Chettiars for both men and women, the township of Pallathur is still proud of the foreseer O.A.PR.M.Arunachalam Chettiar for having promoted women’s education even in the 1960s.

Thiru K.Kamaraj, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, while touring Chettinad area addressed a large public gathering at Pallathur in 1960-61. In this gathering our founder made a public declaration about his intention to start an institution exclusively for women, based on the suggestions given by Dr.A.L.Mudaliar. It was the intense perseverance of our founder which made him establish a family trust in 1962 and through this trust Seethalakshmi Achi College for Women was founded with the great motto, Knowledge is God. Our founder was magnanimous enough to constitute the Family Trust in the name of his wife Seethalakshmi Achi. Both the husband and wife generously donated the entire wealth of the family towards the noble cause of education.

Mrs.Renganayaki Ammal assumed charge as the first Principal of the college after her retirement from service in Queen Mary’s College, Chennai. To begin with, the college was started with the strength of Five girl students. Before permanent buildings were constructed, the college functioned regularly in the premises of Arunachalam Chettiar High School, Pallathur, established by the founder in 1919 as the only high school in East Ramnad.

The seed that our founder sowed gradually sprouted into a healthy sapling. Now it has grown into an illuminating and fruitful Tree of knowledge with innumerable branches. Having established itself for over a period of 50 years and more, with many laurels to its credit, this Tree of knowledge gives shelter and offers sweet fruits to savour to all those who seek her. To accommodate women students who come from distant places and to ensure their safety, our founder started a hostel also inside the college campus, which now proves to be a home away from home to its inmates.

The Emblem

The aims and aspirations of our founder O.A.PR.M.Arunachalam Chettiar have given shape to the Emblem of the college.

The insignia thus bears the symbols, signifying its essence Knowledge is God.
TBeing in constant touch with the learned Guru, the student/her intellect is made to bloom like the petals of the Lotus touched by the rays of the sun.
TVeena which is found in the hands of Saraswathi, Goddess of knowledge, conveys that the seeker must tune her mind and intellect in order to live in perfect harmony with the world.
TAs the Lamp (Kuthuvilaku) when lit, dispels the darkness, so do the learned teachers dispel the darkness of ignorance of the students kindling the light of knowledge in them

Vision

To empower the economically challenged rural women students, to become sterling citizens and contribute their mite to National Development.

Mission

To mould the economically challenged students in all spheres, both academically and otherwise, by providing them quality and value education through curricular, co curricular and service oriented programmes, thus enabling them to stand on their own feet.

The students are given admission based on their merit in the previous qualifying examination, ie., at the Higher Secondary level.
Application forms are sold to the applicants along with the college prospectus, which has all the
details of the college
admission process
fee structure
The Rank lists are prepared based on the computed marks secured in part III / part II
Interview cards are sent to the students who have been provisionally selected as per the guidelines of the Tamil Nadu State Higher Education Department
The admissions are made purely on the basis of merit, subject to the reservation quotas in force in the state at that time.
All admissions are provisional and are subject to the approval of Alagappa University

The career Guidance and Placement cell has been set up in the college for the benefit of the students. Primary objective of the cell is to provide the much needed life skills to students and help them to find job placements. The Cell’s activities are initiated by the teaching faculty of different departments. To keep pace with the present stiff competition, the placement cell has undertaken several measures like organizing seminars, mock interviews, soft skills, communicative skills, personality development, and corporate culture and leadership skills to the students. Our college attracts some of the best names in the industry who know the quality of human resource that we create. The college has integrated the Career Guidance with the Placement cell. The Cell offers guidance to students regarding different path ways in higher education and other career opportunities apart from placement support. Following are regular features of the Cell:

Knowledge building sessions.
Training in basic communication skills.
Guidance for competitive exams.
Training programmes.
Seminar on career awareness.
Motivational lectures.
Motivation for self employment.
Information about emerging career opportunities.
Special career opportunities for poor students.
Job fair.

ABOUT LIBRARY

Our library, the Treasure House of Knowledge, was started in the year 1962 in a building attached with Arunachalam Chettiar High School, Pallathur with nearly 1500 books. Later on, the library was shifted to our College Campus. A separate building for library was opened up in the year 1973.the largest block on the ground floor is very spacious and measures 4434sq. Ms. Sampath gowri has the pride of being the first Librarian in the year 1962. Ms S. Shyamala, Mrs.P. Usha Devi, Santhanam, Ms. C. Savithri has served for the benefits of students by enriching the learning resources motivated and helped in updating their Knowledge. With adequate reading facilities for 100 users at a time. It has a comprehensive collection of books and periodicals, rather the library as program of services processes a mission of supporting learning by providing Information services to meet the needs of students and facility. The SAC Library is fully automated. The SAC library has always been proud of its special collection.

The Library has purchased 18968 Books to the Collection and also subscribed 38 Printed Journals and Magazines for Periodical Section. We are a Permanent Member. Institution N-List Program. “ N-List” – National Library and Information Services for Scholarly Content” Being Jointly executed by the UGC- INFONET- 2.0 Digital Library consortium. It provides the widest range of Online Resources with free of Cost.

We can read and use an unlimited free download from N- list Package. We have added the free open Access journals and E- Books. Shodhganga - ETD-2, 00,000/- theses and dissertations. DOAJ- Directory of Open Access Journals, NDL- National Digital Library-consists as 1 million E- Books this package is covered with all subjects. We have adequate resources in our Library for our research scholars. It is very useful for research scholars.

VISION

Suppression of illiteracy
Suppression of poverty and unemployment’s through educational attainments.
Education to all irrespective of caste and religion.
At least one graduates in every home.
To provide good infrastructure facilities in libraries.
To provide quality reading materials viz.books and periodicals in the libraries.
To install modern techniques in libraries to enhance services.

MISSION

Our mission is to produce disciplined, skilled, within society committed and honorably upright intellectuals through high quality education and study.
Promoting awareness of cultural heritage, appreciation of arts, scientific achievements and innovations.

LABORATORIES
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HOSTEL
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COURTS & GROUNDS
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SPORTS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Sports includes all forms of competitive physical activity among the students and develops their team spirit improving both physical and mental strength.

Our college Physical Education Department is facilitated with:
Badminton court
Volley Ball court
Kabbadi court
Table Tennis
Chess
Carroms

The permanent office bearers of the Physical Education Association are the:

President
Principal, Dr.S.Ramuthai and the Vice-President
Physical Education Directress, Dr.S.Padmadevi

The annually elected office bearers of Physical Education Regulatory Board are:

one III year student is elected as Secretary
one II year student as Joint-Secretary
two I year students are elected as Committee members

The students are each grouped into one of four houses, viz., Blue, Green, Red and Yellow to compete in different forms of exercise, sports and games.

Tough competition amongst students of various houses exist. They compete in intramural tournaments such as:

Volley Ball
Ball Badminton
Throw Ball
Kabbadi
Kho-Kho
Chess
Carroms

They also compete in sports events such as:

100mts dash
200mts dash
400mts dash
4x100mts relay
Long Jump
High Jump
Short-put
Discus and Javelin throw