M O P Vaishnav College of Women

M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women is committed to the goals of attracting and supporting top caliber women students in the areas of higher education. Dewan Bahadur M.O.Parthasarthy Aiyengar, a leading barrister, visionary, philanthropist of yesteryears was an advocate of women’s education. The M.O.P. Charities instituted by him, donated the prime land worth Rs. 25 crores in the heart of Chennai to the college. Sri Vallabhacharya Vidya Sabha, the prominent managing body of D.G. Vaishnav College, in its silver jubilee year, collaborated with Dewan Bahadur M.O. Parthasarthy Aiyengar Charities for the establishment of this women’s college in 1992, a dream-realization and the result of the determination and sustained efforts of the two trusts.

Affiliated to the University of Madras, it offers selective career oriented under-graduate and post-graduate courses with premier faculty in a scholarly and research environment. The college also has the distinction of being the youngest college in the country to have been granted Autonomy by University Grants Commission and University of Madras.