Loyola College, Chennai

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Loyola College
Coat of Arms
Motto	Luceat Lux Vestra
Motto in English	Let your Light Shine
Established	1925
Type	Autonomous
Location	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Website	loyolacollege.edu

Main building

Loyola College is a autonomous Jesuit institution of academic excellence under the historic University of Madras located in the city of Chennai, India. The institution is ranked as one of India's most prestigious institution for degree programmes in Commerce, Arts, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and has been consistently ranked amongst the top five institutions in India for all of the said streams. The college admits undergraduates and post-graduates and offers degrees in the liberal arts, sciences and commerce.

History

Loyola Church

Loyola College was founded in 1925 by a French Salesian, Rev. Fr. Antony Raj, with the support of a group of Jesuits who had had their grounding at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the London School of Economics.

Academics

The college offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Arts/Humanities stream includes English, Economics, History, Tamil and Sociology. Science courses include Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Computer Science. Commerce is also a stream at Loyola. The college was ranked the number one college or institution for science degrees in India by India Today magazine in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. In 2007 it achieved was ranked first in both Science and Humanities.^{[citation needed]}

The college follows a credit-based semester pattern. Undergraduate students have to pass all examinations and obtain at least 90 credits in three years to be eligible for award of a degree. Non-academic credits are also required of all students, and extra-curricular and social service options offer them that choice.

The college is located on a 96-acre (390,000 m²) campus in the heart of the Chennai, in Nungambakkam. Its tree-lined pathways, academic buildings, steepled Gothic chapel and playgrounds make for a landmark in the southern metropolis. Its alumni include a former President of India, several statesmen and Union ministers, politicians, diplomats and civil servants, entertainers, writers and journalists.

The college has been conferred a "College with Potential For Excellence" status by the University Grants Commission. It was also given a 10 million grant (1 Crore) in 2006 by the UGC for continual improvement of facilities.

Institute for Excellence

• Entomology Research Institute
• IDCR
• LIFE
• LIVE
• Loyola ICAM College of Engineering and Tecnology (LICET)
• Ignatian Institute for Career Development
• Loyola Institute for Industrial and Social Science Research
• Loyola Institute of People Studies

Culturals

Loyola College has a rich Cultural history, "Ovation's" which is its intra-collegiate annual cultural event is held at a whooping expense and organised by Loyola Students Union ! Apart from that "Ignite" a inter-college competition is also held every year. Loyola college is known for its Ace dance teams like "Loyola Dream Team" and "Loyola Zero-Gravity" which are city's best dance teams. Academics, Culturals and Co-curricular events are given equal importance in Loyola. Which is the reason Loyola remains city's best and the most preferred college and always ranked high by experts. Every student is proud to be a part of this college and calls himself/herself "A proud Loyolite"

Notable alumni

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Alumni are referred to as Loyolites

Politics

• Ramaswamy Venkataraman, former President of India
• C. Rangarajan, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India
• P. Chidambaram, Member of Parliament, Home minister, Government of India
• V. Vaithilingam, former Chief minister of Pondicherry
• Dayanidhi Maran, Member of Parliament, Minister, Government of India
• P.J. Joseph, Member of Legislative Assembly, Kerala

Business

• C. K. Prahalad, pioneering management guru and writer, famed for 'Bottom of the Pyramid'
• N. Mahalingam, Chairman and largest shareholder of a multi-billion dollar industrial conglomerate Sakthi Group of Companies (USD $1.2 billion), noted philanthropist and educationalist
• Kalanithi Maran, Multi-billionaire Chairman, Sun Television Networks, Forbes Billionaire
• N. Srinivasan, Owner and Chairman, India Cements and of Chennai Super Kings (multi-billion diversified group)
• Narayanan Vaghul, Chairman, ICICI Bank, India's largest private sector bank
• Ram Shriram, Board Member of Google, Forbes Billionaire
• Sashi Kumar, Founder and promoter of Asianet, leading southern regional Television Channel
• Verghese Kurien, founder of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), an apex cooperative organization that manages the Amul food brand. He is recognised as the man behind the success of the Amul brand. Also, architect of India's Dairy development program Operation Flood
• Narasimhan Ram Managing-Director of The Hindu Group, one of India's leading publication group

Sports

• Vishwanathan Anand, Grand Master and chess champion
• Vijay Amritraj, tennis star
• Ramanathan Krishnan, tennis player
• Ramesh Krishnan, tennis player
• Sharath Kamal, Indian table tennis player
• A. G. Kripal Singh, First class cricketer for Tamil Nadu
• A.G. Milkha Singh, Indian cricketer
• V. Bhaskaran, Indian hockey player and coach
• Ashok Kumar,Chess Player and captain 2007-10
• Tinu Yohanan,Indian Cricketer

Religion

• Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church

Journalism

• Narasimhan Ram, journalist, Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu
• P. Sainath, Rural Affairs Editor of The Hindu and Magsaysay awardee.

Theatre and cinema

• Mani Ratnam, director
• Arvind Swamy, actor
• Joseph Vijay, actor
• Surya Sivakumar, actor
• Vikram, actor
• Yuvan Shankar Raja, music composer
• K. V. Anand, cinematographer and director
• Arvind Krishna, cinematographer
• Karthik Raja, music composer
• S. J. Suryah, film director and actor
• Mahesh Babu, actor
• Jayam Ravi, actor
• Vishal Krishna, actor
• Vishnuvardhan, director
• Paloma Rao, VJ and actress
• Vijay Vasanth, actor
• Sibiraj, actor
• Sundeep Kishan, actor
• D.Imman, composer
• Prabhu Ganesan, actor
• Vijay Antony, music Director
• Anand Babu, actor
• Dharani, director
• Vetrimaran, director
• Shakthi, actor
• Daggubati Venkatesh, a Telugu actor
• Vignesh, actor
• Prashanth, actor
• Anirudh Ravichander, Music Director/ Composer ('Kolaveri' Fame)
• Thiagarajan Kumararaja, Director
• Pushkar-Gayathri, Director duo
• John Vijay, actor
• Andrew Vasanth Louis, Director

Gallery

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  Rear side of Main Building

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  Lawrence Sundaram Auditorium

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  Entrance gate

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  Name board at the entrance in tamil

References

External links

• Official website

Coordinates: 13°03′43″N 80°14′02″E / 13.062°N 80.234°E / 13.062; 80.234

See also

• Loyola-ICAM College of Engineering and Technology (LICET)