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The school functioned in a rented building till 1863, then it moved to its own building, constructed in collaboration with public subscription and Government grant. In 1864 the school sent its first batch of students to the Matriculation Examination conducted by the University of Madras.[3]Affiliate College (1879-85)[edit]In March 1879, the school was upgraded to a second grade college affiliated to the University of Madras.[4] Seven students from the college attended First Arts Examination held in 1880-81.Salem Municipal College (1885-1960)[edit]In October 1885, the college was undertaken by Salem Municipal Council and was named as Salem Municipal College.In 1928, the college was shifted to the present location after purchasing 11 acres of land near Maravaneri.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4On 29 June 1931, P. T. Rajan, then minister in the B. Munuswamy Naidu ministry of the erstwhile Madras Presidency, laid the foundation stone for the clock tower block (near the north end of the campus). The block was built at the cost of \u20b9.1,50,000, and was opened on 24 November 1932 by Radhabai Subbarayan, the Zamindarini of Kumaramangalam.In 1944, the college was upgraded to a first grade college.During his tenure as Salem Municipal Chairman (1941\u201347), P. Rathinaswami Pillai constructed a second building in the campus with subscriptions and donations received from the public and other institutions.. Consequently, the student strength increased from 408 to 1008.Students of the 1950-51 batch established a bust in memory of A.Ramasamy, the sixth principal of the college (during 1923-50). It was unveiled on 16 September 1951 by S.G. Manavala Ramanujam, then Vice Chancellor of Annamalai University.Government Arts College (1960-present)[edit]The Government of Madras (now Tamil Nadu) took over the college from 1 April 1960 onwards.In 1976, a two-storey building was built in the campus at the cost of \u20b9.9,11,000 for the departments of Geography Physics and Zoology.From 1983, non-semester system was followed.From 1998-99, the college became a co-educational institution.The present semester pattern was introduced from 1999-2000.In 2000, the college received a three-star rating from the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).In 2006, the NAAC re-evaluated the college and rated it ‘B ++’.The college gained autonomous status in 2007. Since then, the old method of examination was replaced by an alternative system with internal marks in semester system.In accordance with the order of the State government, shift system was introduced in the year 2007-08 and the second shift classes started functioning in departments like Maths, Computer Science, Tamil, English, Commerce, History and Co-Operation.In 2018, the NAAC re-accredited the college with ‘B’ status.In 2019, the University Grants Commission (UGC) extended the college’s autonomous status till 2023-24.List of Principals[edit]Key[edit]No.Name[1]Term of office[1]FromTo1BoertUnknown19042Spencer190419143Seshathiri191419184S.K. Yagna Narayanan191819225S.K. Narayanan192219276A. Ramasamy192719 August 1950[d][5]7?20 August 195019558V.Achuthan Nair195519649K.S. Venkateswaran1964196510Mir Saheer Hussain1966196711Ramanan Unni1967196912K. Meenakshi Sundaram1969197113V. Kannaiyah1972197314P.T. Muniappa1973197715M.K. Thangavelu1977197816R. Ayyasamy197816 July 197917K. Perumal16 July 197931 May 198018R. Narasingam31 May 198012 October 198119A. Nagarajan12 October 198128 January 198220?28 January 19825 November 198221N. Kailasam5 November 198230 April 198422?30 April 198431 May 198423M.S. Srinivasan1 June 198416 June 198424?16 June 19849  July 198425S.M. Kamal Basha9 July 198431 May 198726?1 June 198710 June 198727G.S. Narasiman11 June 19878 June 198828?8 June 198813 June 198829K. Jayaraman14 June 198820 June 198930M. Ganapathy21 June 198910 November 199231?11 November 199215 December 199232T.C. Shanmugasundaram16 December 19925 July 199333?6 July 199315 July 199334Thanga Rayer16 July 199330 November 199435?1 December 199430 December 199436V. Santhanam31 December 19942 August 199537A. Kumararaj3 August 199531 May 199638?1 June 19964 July 199639S. Natarajan5 July 199631 May 199740N.M. Viswanathan31 May 199731 May 199841?1 June 19987 June 199842P. Thangavel8 June 19988 July 199943P. Thanigasalam9 July 199931 August 200044P. Thiyagarajan1 September 20003 February 200145P. Syamalabai4 February 200120 June 200146M. Balakrishnan21 June 200126 January 200347?27 January 20031 May 200348D. Pathmini2 May 20033 May 200349?4 May 200327 July 200350L. Lakshmanan28 July 20033 September 200451?4 September 200414 December 200452A. Jayalakshmi15 December 20045 July 200553C. Murugesan6 July 200531 May 200654?1 June 200613 June 200655M.N. Chandrasekaran14 June 200631 May 200756?1 June 10076 June 200i757R. Periyasamy7 June 200731 May 200858?1 June 200812 June 200859K. Mohammed Rashak13 June 200831 May 200960?1 June 200914 June 200961S. Seetharaman15 June 200931 May 201162P. Thirumoorthy1 June 20113 June 201163?4 June 20116 June 201164P. Ganesan7 June 201117 June 201165?18 June 201122 June 201166S.V. Govindaraju23 June 201125 July 201167R. Rangarajan26 July 20111 August 2011(66)S.V. Govindaraju2 August 201123 December 201168?24 December 201125 December 2011(67)R. Rangarajan26 December 201130 December 201169?30 December 201131 December 2011(66)S.V. Govindaraju1 January 201217 February 201270?18 February 201219 February 201271K.R. Ravindran20 February 201229 February 201272?1 March 201222 August 201273A.R. Rasamani23 August 201231 May 201474S.C. Suriyanarayanan1 June 20141 July 201475R. Dhanalakshmi2 July 201431 May 201676K. Murugeswari1 June 201612 October 201677T. Subramani13 October 201627 October 201678P. Esther Joice28 October 20161 August 201779G. Venkatesan2 August 201728 August 201780M. Sakunthala28 August 201730 June 201881?1 July 20183 July 201882S. Kalaichelvan4 July 2018IncumbentAcademic programmes[edit]The college offers undergraduates and postgraduate programmes in arts and science streams. It has been accredited by NAAC and operates autonomously under the Periyar University.[6]Departments[edit]Notable faculty[edit]Notable alumni[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki40\/government-arts-college-salem-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Government Arts College, Salem – Wikipedia"}}]}]