Vivekanandha Educational Institutions · Tiruchengode
1.5 lakh women have studied here since 1992
Twenty-seven colleges at Tiruchengode and Sankagiri. A free bus from eight districts. Help with the fees if you need it.
1992
First college
63 students, at Elayampalayam
27
Institutions
Under three trusts
27,000
Students
Across the two campuses
1.5 lakh
Women taught
In thirty-four years
1992 to 2021
One college became twenty-seven
It started with one pharmacy college and sixty-three students. Each step in the line is the year another college opened.
1992
First college
2007
Dental college
2017
Seven in one year
2021
Medical college
Courses
What you can study
Pick a subject to see the colleges that teach it.
Under three trusts
15
Angammal
Tiruchengode · since 1987
7
Rabindranath Tagore
Sankagiri · since 2002
5
Krishna
Tiruchengode · since 2006
Getting to college
The bus comes to your village
212 buses, eight districts, up to a hundred kilometres away. Students pay nothing to travel.
212
buses
8
districts
182.9
acres
3,000
staff
The second campus
Sankagiri
A second campus at Sankagiri, eighty kilometres away. Seven colleges, six thousand students, on eighty-four acres.
- acres
- 84.10acres
- institutions
- 7institutions
- students
- 6,000students
The hospitals
From an eye camp to a hospital
The trust also runs the hospitals. About 56,000 people a year are treated there for free.
2003
Eye department
50,000 patients a year, free
Outpatient
2011
Multispecialty
Cath lab, open heart surgery
300 beds
2021
Medical college
Teaching hospital
1,000 beds
The founder
Prof. Dr. M. Karunanithi
B.Pharm., M.S., Ph.D., D.Litt. · “Vidhya Rathna” · Chairman & Secretary
Growing up in a village, he saw how little schooling the women around him were given, and how much of what happened to them followed from that. He decided the answer was to educate them. Raising the money took years. He started a cattle feed manufacturing unit in his hamlet and made it work, and that paid for the first college.
Recognition
Fourteen awards, over eighteen years
Six of the fourteen, photographed at the ceremony.
International2007
Vidhya Rathna
World Friendship Council, United Arab Emirates
International2008
Hind Rattan International Award
NRI Welfare Society of India, London
International2008
Doctor of Letters
International Tamil University, USA
National
Rashtriya Ratan
Presented by three former State Governors
State2015
Bharath Excellence Award
Bharath Social & Cultural Academy
State
Achiever in Women Education
The Vice-Chancellors of Madras, Anna and Dr. M.G.R. Medical Universities
If money is the problem
What the trust pays
₹17 crore
spent so far supporting students who did well academically but could not meet the fee.
₹2 crore
a year in scholarships and financial assistance, on average.
50,000
patients a year treated free in the eye department, cataract surgery included.
6,000
patients a year treated free at the hospital, at a cost of about ₹75 lakh.
80%
of the women come from rural areas.
60%
are the first in their family to graduate.
100 km
is the radius the buses cover, so that distance is not the reason a girl stays home.
Results
What the students do
80+
Patents filed
1,000+
Scopus-indexed papers
100+
Book chapters
₹5+ cr
Government research funding
Students here have won the Smart India Hackathon twice, in 2023 and 2025, and taken the overall championship at the national sports meet in Delhi. More on the record.
NAAC A++ and A+
NBA accredited
UGC 2(f) and 12(B)
NABH hospitals
ISTE
IEI
Admissions 2026–27
Come and see the place
Tell us what she wants to study. If money is the problem, say so first. That is what the scholarships are for.
Call the office
+91 4288 234 670Write to us
info@vivekanandha.ac.inCome to the campus
Elayampalayam, Tiruchengode