Polytechnic Colleges

The Managing Trustee and Trustees of AMM Foundation are leading industrialists of Murugappa Group of Companies. The Trust was created by the illustrious sons of the Late Dewan Bahadur AM Murugappa Chettiar. The Governing Council constituted as per the AICTE and Directorate of Technical Education guidelines, is the Supreme Administrative authority of the institution, the Chairman of the Council being the Managing Trustee of AMM Foundation. The Correspondent appointed by the Council transacts the day-to-day activities of the institution.

The Government decided to start a Women's Polytechnic in the Madras City during 1962-63 in the public sector. This was an important event in the history of technical education as it opened up for Women new vistas which had hitherto been the domain of men. The first Women's Polytechnic was started in Chennai