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         The Alagappa Campus in Karaikudi, today, a humming beehive of educational activity, was  prior to1947,  a scrub   jungle. A single individual – Dr. RM. Alagappa Chettiar of  revered   memory, accomplished the transformation  of  that  wilderness  into a  center  of learning.

         He started the first college in the district of Ramanathapuram (now Sivagangai District) in Tamil Nadu in the year 1947. In the short span of a decade he established ten institutions in Karaikudi in an almost annual succession.
 

Sl. No         Name of the Institution                    Year of Operation 1 Alagappa College of Arts & Science                                    1947 2 Dr. Alagappa Chettiar Training College                                1950 3 Dr. Alagappa Chettiar Training College Model High School  1951 4 Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering & Technology       1952 5 Alagappa Montessori School                                                1953 6 Alagappa Primary School                                                     1954 7 Alagappa Polytechnic                                                           1955 8 Alagappa Preparatory School                                               1955 9 Alagappa School of Music                                                    1956 10 Alagappa College of Physical Education                              1956

      His personal contribution to set up  these  educational    institutions exceeded well over ten million rupees.  In  1948  Dr. Alagappa  Chettiar was instrumental to persuade  the  Central  Government  to  locate  a  key national  laboratory  namely  the   Central   Electro  Chemical   Research Institute  in  the  center  of  the  campus.   He   offered  as   a   gift   to  the Government of India 300 acres of land and 1.5 million rupees.