The New College, Chennai
| புதுக்கல்லூரி | |
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| Motto | O Lord! Increase my knowledge |
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| Established | 1951 |
| Affiliation | University of Madras |
| Chairman | Janab. Alhaj U. Mohamed Khalilullah Sahib, B.Com., FCA |
| Principal | Dr. Major Zahid Husain, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., |
| Location |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 13°03′14″N 80°15′35″E / 13.053889°N 80.259622°ECoordinates: 13°03′14″N 80°15′35″E / 13.053889°N 80.259622°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.thenewcollege.in |
The New College (Tamil: புதுக்கல்லூரி) is an institution of higher education in Chennai, South India. Established in 1951, the institution is one of the affiliated colleges of the University of Madras, with autonomous status. The college was established by the Muslim Educational Association of Southern India (MEASI) to meet the educational requirements of the Muslim students in South India.
The college is located in the center of Chennai on a 15-acre (61,000 m2) campus. It is one of the few colleges in Chennai located within the city hub. The older buildings are notable for their Indo-Saracenic architecture which stand in contrast to the new educational blocks. The older buildings are being renovated. The same campus also houses New College Institute of Management, MEASI Academy of Architecture and Institute of Research in Soil Biology and Bio-Technology.
Founded in 1951 by the Muslim Educational Association of Southern India (MEASI), the college is an institution of higher education offering instruction in more than twenty courses in humanities, science and commerce at undergraduate level and more than twelve courses at postgraduate level. Though primarily established for providing higher education to Muslim students, its doors are open to students from all communities. Deeniyath classes for Muslim students, and moral instruction classes for others, are conducted during working hours. Working hours are 9am to 6pm.
The college offers instruction in 23 courses in Humanities, Sciences and Commerce at the undergraduate level and 10 courses at the postgraduate level. It is one of the few institutions in Chennai offering Arabic language studies up to the Doctor of Philosophy(P.hd).
Student volunteer organisations include NCC, NSS, YRC and a Rotaract club.
The NCC has two divisions in the college - the Armoured Squadron and the Battalion.
Armoured In "1 TN ARMD SQN NCC" students see and drive armoured tanks, and learn about rifles. The NCC Armoured Squadron is led by Captain.M.Anees Ahmed, a senior professor in the Department of Physics.
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