Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College, Tiruchirappalli was established in 1951. The college is an autonomous college affiliated to Bharathidasan University is a renowned women's institution in Tiruchirappalli.

The history of the institution is marked with several events like  upgradations and innovations in the  academic field , visits of eminent personalities, constructions of the temples, prayer hall and memorial hall etc apart from the basic infrastructure, hours of glory when the people of the institution were honoured with prestigious awards, set backs due to natural calamities and so on.

Today with a remarkable educational history of more than half a century, the college caters to the needs and requirements of nearly 4000 girl students studying in various Arts, Science & Commerce Courses 22 at UG level and 17 at PG level, besides two post graduate diploma courses.

The Founder of Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College Padmabhushan Shri. N. Ramaswami Ayyar started Savithri Vidyasala Hindu Girls' Higher Secondary School in the year 1938, with a noble purpose of providing education to girls in the background of Indian tradition and culture. In the year 1951, he decided to set up a women’s institution for higher studies with a view to preserve the environment he created in the high school. Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College came into being with a strength of 11 girls and grew into a full-fledged college in 1956. The Founder’s dream of women empowerment came true in an emphatic fashion recently when Smt.Nirmala Sitharaman, an Economics alumna of the college became the Defence Minister of India in September 2017.

The college which had a humble beginning in 1951 now offers 24 Undergraduate programmes, 15 Postgraduate programmes, 7 M.Phil. programmes, 8 Ph.D. programmes, 1 Community College course (Sericulture), and 5 B.Voc. programmes. The college has been awarded research funds from DBT under Star College Scheme to the tune of 18 lakhs, to strengthen the Undergraduate Life Science programmes (Botany and Zoology) and      1 crore DST-FIST college level category I, comprising all Science departments. The department of Mathematics received 28 lakhs, department of Physics received 38 lakhs and department of Chemistry received 32 lakhs at department level DST-FIST fund.

Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College was one of the first colleges in Tiruchirappalli to opt for autonomous status in the year 1987. This has allowed us to experiment and innovate in curricular aspects. Another first to its credit is that Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College happened to be one of the first 7 colleges in the country to be accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 1999. In the most recent assessment by NAAC, the college has been re-accredited with an “A+” grade (4^th Cycle) in recognition of its all round academic excellence, research programmes and social outreach activities.

VISION

To empower women through quality education on the strong foundation of ethical, moral and cultural values

MISSION

Imparting quality education and integrating skill development
Making earnest efforts to promote innovations and quality research
Creating genuine concern for society and environment that culminates in purposeful extension and outreach activities
Strengthening the commitment to ethical and moral values of all its stakeholders
Developing an understanding and appreciation of Indian tradition and culture
Contributing to national development through women empowerment

CORE VALUES

To make quality education affordable to all
To ensure equity and accessibility in education
To support and encourage transfer of knowledge, scholarship and research in the background of academic freedom and shared governance
To stress intellectual honesty and integrity
To maintain excellence by constant review of policies
To remain sensitive to institutional social responsibilities
To strengthen/ enhance the individual  student’s  value system  and  value scale in  keeping  the  cultural  richness  and diversities  of our social context
To integrate mutual respect, team work and welfare of individuals and the institution in all its activities