Pioneer Kumaraswamy college, affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, is a state-aided college of arts and science. The college is co-educational, offering UG and PG academic programmes in aided and self-financed modes. The college was started by Pioneer Kumaraswamy Educational Agency, Nagercoil to offer higher education to the marginalized and the under privileged sections of society in and around that region and has been functioning since 1967. The founders of the college Dr. K. Padmanabhan and his beloved wife Smt. N. Bhagavathy Ammal named the institution after the latter’s illustrious father Thiru. Pioneer S. Kumaraswamy, who hailed from a humble beginning but turned out to be a successful entrepreneur in the region. The commitment to serve the poor and the deprived has sustained the endeavours of Dr. K. Padmanabhan’s family and till today
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