Welcome to DDGD Vaishnav College

Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College, a linguistic minority institution established in the year 1964 by the Rajasthanis and Gujaratis settled in Chennai for the cause of higher education. The college with a sole purpose of imparting knowledge and value based education saw its grand day on 30th June 1964 with one course in B.Sc. Mathematics with Shri. Totadri Iyengar (teacher of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam) as its first Principal. Dwaraka Doss Goverdhan Doss Vaishnav College has been a haven for generations of enthusiastic learners through five decades and more. College was founded on the principles of Vaishnavism, with the sole purpose of imparting value based quality...

Secretary

Principal

Management Committee

Governing Body

Academic Council

Finance Committee

Shri. Ashok Kumar Mundhra, Secretary

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them”— Walt Disney Dreams may seem to be far removed from reality. They may seem impossible and improbable. But little do we realize that all of us have in us the strength, patience and the passion to fulfil our dreams. The vision and dreams of a few kind hearted philanthropists and educationists, led to the founding of this institution...

Dr. S. Santhosh Baboo, M.Sc. Ph.D., Principal

The meaning of education has transformed greatly in today’s technology driven and digitally connected world that we live in. An educator in the present times has to adopt a multi-dimensional approach having knowledge creation, confidence building and honing leadership skills at its core. While many of our students have been greatly contributing to various renowned and reputed organisations as exemplar leaders, the institution also focuses on developing entrepreneurship skills among students so that they would have the courage and conviction to establish an enterprise and create a legacy....

Shri. Ashok Kumar Mundhra

Secretary

Shri. Bipin Nanavati

Joint Secretary

Shri. Ashok Kedia

Member

Shri. Govind Das Purushotham Das

Member

Shri. P. Haridas

Member

Shri. S.R. Damani

Member

Shri. Manoj Kumar Sonthalia

Member

Shri. Gopal Agarwal

Member

Dr. S. Ramanathan (Principal, Asan Memorial College of Arts & Science, Chennai-600 100 Member-Syndicate,University of Madras)

University Nominee

Dr. S. Santhosh Baboo, M.Sc. Ph.D. – Principal

Ex – Officio

Shri.Gopalji Agarwal

Chairperson

Shri. Ashok Kumar Mundhra

Secretary

Shri. Ashok Kedia

Member

Shri. Manoj Kumar Sonthalia

Member

Shri.Govind Das Purushotham Das

Member

Dr. T. Santhanam

Member

Mr.S.Seshadrinathan

Member

Dr.Lalitha Balakrishnan

Educationist

Dr.Jayashree Menon Kurup

University Grants Commission (UGC) Nominee

Dr.R.Ravanan

Tamil Nadu State Government Nominee (RJD)

Dr.S.Ramanathan

University of Madras Nominee

Dr.S.Santhosh Baboo

Principal & Ex. Officio Member

Dr.G.Geetha

COE & Ex. Officio Member

The College has been conferred the status of “AUTONOMY” by the UGC and endorsed by the University of Madras from the academic year 2009 – 2010. The academic year 2015-16 witnessed the extension of autonomy being granted by the UGC for a period of 7 years from 2014-2021. The composition of the academic council is as below: