Sri GVG Visalakhi College for Women - Udumelpet

Overview

About six decades ago, 1952, Sri G.V.G Visalakshi College appeared on the academic map of Tamilnadu as the first Women’s College in Coimbatore District. Set in idyllic environs the stone edifice of the college stands as an eternal monument of the philanthropy and foresight of the founder Sri G.V.Govindaswamy Naidu, who envisioned a futurity of emancipated womanhood of the socially, economically and culturally backward rural society of udumalpet in his days. His posterity, the great granddaughter of the founder, Smt.Sumathi Krishnaprasad, our Managing Trustee and Secretary has fostered and nurtured the spirit of her sire. Enlarging the scope and variety of higher education offering a multiplicity of traditional and modern courses. The story of the growth of the college is one of gradual uphill ascent to the summit of excellence.