About Us

Iswar Chandra Vidhya Sagar

Education, Empowerment, Enhancement is the motto of our college Empowerment and Enhancement is given to rural and poor women through Education. Our College is started in the name of Vidhyasagar, Pandit Iswarchand (1820-1891) who was a Sanskrit pandit, educator, reformer, writer, and philanthropist. He was considered to be one of the greatest intellectuals and activists of the nineteenth century. His parents, though poor, managed to send him to Calcutta for studies after he finished his early education at the village pathshala. Iswar studied at Sanskrit College, Calcutta from 1829 to 1841. He bagged all the prizes and scholarships for best performance. Evaluating his performance in various courses – poetics, rhetoric, Vedanta, Smrti, astrology and logic. The College Committee endowed Iswarchand with the honorific title of Vidhyasagar (sea of knowledge) in 1839. He received a certificate of Honour at the Imperial Assemblage in January 1877. He also received honours and felicitations from many social, cultural and scientific organisations.

History of the College

Excellence Uncompromised

Vidhya Sagar Women’s College of Education is named after Sri Iswar Chandra VidhyaSagar, the great scholar, reformer who is ever cherished and remembered by people of our nation. Ours is the first women’s college incepted in the year 2005 in Chengalpet, Our College paves a way for our students to face the challenges in the present educational scenario. Education, Empowerment, and Enhancement is the motto of our college. Empowerment and Enhancement is given to rural and poor women through Education. The college has got sprawling scenic campus of around 20 acres, one to one computer facility, library to cater the needs of all the departments, convenient transport facilities, excellent

Vision & Mission

To educate women students, empower them with wholesome development of their innate potential and enhance their contribution towards being socially responsible citizens.

To develop as a premier institution for learning by providing holistic education and skill based learning through value added courses.
To promote a sense of economic and social independence through comprehensive education especially to students from rural background and first generation learners.
To provide a learner- centric approach through state of art academic framework.
To create a sense of social awareness through regularized and monitored practical learning.

Management

MANAGING COMMITTEE

VIDHYA SAGAR CHARITABLE TRUST NAME OF THE TRUSTEE

1 VIDHYA SAGAR WOMEN’S COLLEGE ADVISORY BOARD LIST

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Sri. N.Sugal Chand Jain, Philanthropist, Chairman , Cancer Institute

Chairman

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Prof. V.K. Murti (Prof. S.P. Jain Institute Of Management & Research, Mumbai

Member

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Sri. S. R. Damani, Former Secretary, D.G. Vaishnav College, Chennai

Member

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Sri. Vishal HastiSurana,,m (HVS Group)

Member

6

Dr.S. Narasimhan, Former Principal, D.G.Vaishnav College, Chennai

Member

7

Mr. M.B. Venkataperumal, CPT-Senior Advocate

Member

8

Dr. A.R. Charkravarthy Dean, Karpaga Vinayaga Institute of Medical Science

Member

9

Sri.A.Mohan Businessman, Former Chairman, VSEI

Member

10

Dr. Karu Nagarajan

Member

11

Sri. Mohammed Sulaiman

Member

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Sri. M G Bohra

Member

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Sri. Chakravarthy, Vivekananda Educational Society

Member

1 VIDHYA SAGAR WOMEN’S COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE & GOVERNING COUNCIL

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Shri. Vikas Surana Correspondent – Vidhya Sagar Educational Institutions

Correspondent

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Dr. R. Arunadevi, Principal, VSWC

Member

4

Shri. Suresh Kankariyam  Treasurer – Vidhya Sagar Educational Institutions

Member

5

Sri. Vishal HastiSurana,,m (HVS Group)

Member

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Shri.S.Aadesh Kumar Jain Financial Controller, Vidhya Sagar Educational Institutions

Member

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Dr.S. Narasimhan, Former Principal, D.G.Vaishnav College, Chennai

Advisor

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Dr.Rajshri RamaKrishna Associate Professor and Head i/c Department of Indian Music University of Madras Chepauk, Chennai-600 005.

Member

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