Madras Christian College (Chennai)

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The Madras Christian College was founded by Scottish missionaries in the year 1837. It was originally started in Georgetown, in heart of Chennai, as a Church of Scotland school by Rev. John Anderson. The college grew from a small school to a 375 acre wooded campus through the guidance of William Miller. A qualified surgeon from London, Miller sold his properties in London to build the present campus in Tambaram. The college has 29 departments including day and evening stream and has four resident hostels called Halls — St.Thomas Hall, Selaiyur Hall, Bishop Heber Hall and Martin Hall — each with their own cultures and activities.

Prominent amongst the British to lead the college was the Rev. Dr. A.J. Boyd who led the college for 16 years, continuing after India's independence in 1948. It is said that Dr. Boyd knew each of his students personally, as illustrated from General Sundarji's autobiography where he writes that when he wanted to join the army and wanted to discontinue his studies, Dr. Boyd told him not to as he thought that he will end up as a good doctor than a good soldier.

After Dr. Boyd, Mr. McPhail became the principal, and was succeeded by the first Indian principal, Dr. Chandran Devanesan who was the principal for a decade affectionately called "The Devanesan Decade". The current principal of the college is Dr. V.J.Philip.

The college was granted autonomy in 1978 and the first batch of Autonomous graduates passed out in 1981. 2006 marks the Silver Jubilee of Autonomy for Madras Christian College.
It has produced many remarkable icons such as Dr.Radhakrishnan (ex-President of India), Walter Devaram, Muthukarupan, VijayaKumar (ex-Police Officer, Special Task Force), former election commissioner T.N.Seshan, Gemini Ganesan, Nasser (noted cinema artist of Tamil Nadu), the Chairman of MRF, the current finance minister of India P. Chidambaram, tennis star Leander Paes, Music director A. R. Rahman, Chess Grand master Viswanathan Anand and the former mayor of Chennai and current Home Minister of TamilNadu M.K. Stalin,... The list goes on and on.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Christian_College
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Coordinates:   12°55'5"N   80°7'16"E

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  • whoa... this is so exciting!!!!!!!!! i can even see the deers roamin outside heber hall. amazin... i am so lucky to be an alumnus of this wunderful institution
  • mcc rocks...........hall life rock & roll......proud 2 be an mcc'n
  • madras christian college is my favourite.
  • I'm so proud to see the comments about my college
  • I did my M.Sc Botany in 1967-69 batch and my classmates were Mr. Balasubramaiam, P.Deenadyalan, Cross Bell, S.Madhavan, Hariharan, HanumanthaRao, Sukumaran, Jayashree, Santhakumari, Kamala, Kasturi Bai Albert and Kasturi Bai.Eversince I left MCC I lost contact with them. I need them to contact me.
  • Though my tenure in the college was just a little above year, way back in 1965-66; the impression that i still carry in my mind are valuable. The college has given me a lot. One should consider fortunate to be an ex-student of this reputed institution.
  • Am doing my bsc physics.....Am so proud of MCC beause of its study and the rocking deepwoods.........!!!!!!am an MCCian...
  • really im so lucky to study in dis college.....i wont forget those days.
  • It is all gods great mercy to study in mcc. Above all we were gifted to have a dynamic Principal Like Dr.Alexander Mantramurthi the principal who spoke less but action were great and superb. really i learnt a lot from him especially to handle crisis management. He was the trouble shooter.hats off sir.
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  • though the infrastructure is very good in this college with broad entrance. the second best university in anna university chennai.
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