Chikkaiah Naicker College

About Chikkaiah Naicker College

According to Wikipedia, Chikkaiah Naicker College is a general degree college in Erode, Tamil Nadu. The college is affiliated with Bharathiar University. This college offers different courses in arts, commerce and science. History Chikkaiah Naicker College was founded by Thiru.M.Chikkaiah Naicker, on 12 July 1954 under the able guidance of social reformer and philanthropist Thiru.E.V.Ramasamy alias "Periyar" along with many other philanthropists who generously donated, and appropriately named initially as "Mahajana College" affiliated to the University of Madras. Though the institution is a Government-aided one, it has been directly administered by the Government of Tamil Nadu for the past 17 years through the Regional Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Coimbatore Region and later by appointing him/her as the "Caretaker" for the past 13 years, as per the sec 30 of Tamil Nadu Private Colleges Regulation Act, 1976.