Presidency College, Chennai (Madras)
Presidency College - Chennai , one of the premier institutions of educational excellence in the country, was founded in 1840 by Thiru. Eyre Burton Powell. College was granted autonomy in 1987.
Notable Alumni:
Dr. Subramanian Chandrashekhar - The Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983
Sir Chandrashekhar Venkataraman - India's first Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930
...C. Rajagopalachari, Chief Minister of Madras
V. K. Krishna Menon, Defence Minister of India (1957–1962)
K. V. K. Sundaram, Chief Election Commissioner of India (1958–1967)
Sir Benegal Rama Rau, Governor, Reserve Bank of India
N. Ram, Managing Director, The Hindu
Srinivasa Varadhan, Abel Prize laureate in Mathematics
