Jayaraj Annapackiam College for Women  (Autonomous) (JAC), Periyakulam was established in 1971.

The college was affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University till October 2002 and since then has been affiliated to Mother Teresa Women’s University. 

Vision and Mission:

Liberation of women, with special reference to the poor, the marginalized and the destitute, from all forms of shackles of life through quality and value based education for empowering them to create a holistic society based on values and justice.

The mission of the college is Holistic formation of students by developing intellectual, emotional, physical, social, cultural and spiritual dimensions of their personalities, to make them competent, self reliant, employable and service-oriented with love and faith and with the futuristic perspective of social transformation, ecological, national and global consciousness.