Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya was founded by ‘Ayya’ Sri. T. S. Avinashilingam in the year 1930, to implement great education ideals placed before the country by Sri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and Mahatma Gandhi. It cherishes a life of purity, discipline, simplicity and inculcates the ideals of devotion to duty and sincerity in service. Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, a constituent institution of Ramakrishna Vidyalaya was started in the year 1964 with Pre-University course. The Degree Programmes were started in the year 1966 and Post Graduate Programmes in the year 1971. The M.Phil. Programmes were started in the year 1978 and affiliation for Ph.D. Programmes was granted in the year 1979. The college has completed 57 years of noble service in the field of higher education.

          The college has undergone the NAAC Re-Accreditation (3rd cycle) with the vision:

“Imparting moral ethical and socially

relevant holistic education to develop

multidimensional personality of every

youth to be an asset of our nation”

and is awarded ‘A’ grade with CGPA 3.25.

          The Department of Physics was established in 1964 with a view to indoctrinate the scientific thoughts among the students. In addition to UG and PG Programmes, active M.Phil. and Ph.D. research in the fields of Solar Energy, Thin Film Technology, Crystal Growth, Non-Linear Optics, Conducting Polymers, Nano Technology, Solar Cells, Molecular Quantum Mechanics and Ultrasonics are being carried out. So far, more than 300 M.Phil. and 67 Ph.D. degrees were awarded. The Department has published more than 525 research articles in SCI indexed international journals. The Department has carried out five Major and four Minor research projects to the tune of 1.2 crores funded by UGC, DST and DRDO. It is a FIST sponsored department having advanced research instrumentation facilities.