Achievements made by Dr.T.Chinnaraj Joseph

Dr.T.Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar (Retd.Principal and Secretary) of The American College is charged of becoming the Principal and Secretary without any eligibility.We admit it, but the achievement he made,proved him to be an able administrator.

The Achievements made by Dr.T.Chinnaraj after he took control as Principal and Secretary.

a) Major examination reforms that have been due since 1978 have been implemented;the office of the controller of Examinations has been created with a Deputy controller of Examinations;

b) Principal and Secretary Dr.T.Chinnaraj Joseph Jaikumar has been appointed as a member of the Governing Council of the NAAC,and a member of a High Power committee of the Central Government on the creation of Centrally-sponsored Colleges through out the country;

c) Religious life and liturgical service on the campus for the benefit of the students,the faculty and the non-teaching staff members was given special emphasis;two international church music programmes were organized;

d) The social fabric of the faculty that had been suffering from mutual mistrust and misunderstanding has been strengthened by way ob bringing in a lot of cohesiveness;

e) The administration has been completely decentralized with the creation of four Deans and four Additional Deans;

f) Campus Information System at the cost of thirty lacs has been created;

g) Alumni Cell was rejuvenated at the district level;

h) Nearly one crore has been spent on the upkeep of the college campus since it had needed attention for a very long time.

i) The buildings of the additional campus were completed and a formal inaugural function was held with his Excellency American Consul General for South India;the University’s permission for shifting three departments was obtained;

j) Many MOUs were signed with overseas universities like the Appalachian in the US and the University of Canterbury in the UK;

k) Student’s union election were conducted after several decades in order to ensure the democratic participation of students in education in the college.

l) Inter-collegiate and intra-college cultural functions were introduced;

m) Students Feedback System was strengthened;

n) As an effort on self-reliance,two Women’s club sponsored music programmes were successfully organized to raise funds for the’Lunch Assistance Programme’ for the Economically Backward students;

o) Many national-level and international seminars were hosted;

p) Many national-level seminars,major and minor projects,and career oriented courses have been sanctioned by the UGC for the first time in the History of the college;

q) Four need-based courses such as Visual Communications,Commerce with computer Applications,M.Phil in Chemistry and BBA have been introduced;

r) The college has been selected as the Study Centre for Tamil Nadu Open University;

s) Many welfare measures in the interest of the faculty and the non-teaching staff members were initiated;