Loyola College

Loyola College is a Jesuit college in Chennai, India. It is among the elite colleges in india.Presently ranked No:1 in Arts and Science and No:3in Commerce. The College offers courses in the arts, social sciences, natural sciences, and commerce. It is autonomous, but affiliated to the University of Madras, which grants the degrees.
It was founded in 1925 by a French Jesuit, Father Francis Bertram, with the support of a group of Jesuit priests who had had their grounding at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and the London School of Economics.
The College offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and was ranked the number-one college or institution for Science programmes in India by India Today in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2007 it achieved the unique distinction of being ranked first in both science as well as arts. The Arts stream includes subjects such as Economics, History, English, and Sociology. The College has also been placed in the top ten institutions in India for arts, sciences, and commerce.
The college follows a credit-based trimester pattern, unlike most Madras University-affiliated colleges. Undergraduate students have to pass all examinations and obtain at least 90 credits in three years to be eligible for a degree. For non-academic credits, students can enroll in associations such as Rotaract and AICUF.
The college is located on an 88-acre sprawling campus in the heart of the city of Chennai in Nungambakkam. Its tree-lined pathways, steepled chapel, and sprawling grounds are a landmark in the southern metropolis. Its alumni also include a former President of India, the current Finance Minister of India, the current Information Technology Minister of India, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, several distinguished foreign and civil service servants as well.
The college has been conferred the "College with Potential For Excellence" by the University Grants Commission. It was also given a Rs.10 Million grant (1 Crore) in 2006 by the UGC for the continual improvement of the college.

Notable alumni
Albert Muthumalai, current principal of Loyola College.
Ramaswamy Venkataraman, former President of India
Dr Rangaswamy Srinivasan, inventor of LASIK laser surgery, IBM Research Labs, USA
Dr S Rajappa, Former Deputy Director, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
C. Rangarajan, former Governor, Reserve Bank of India
Dayanidhi Maran, Member of Parliament, Former Minister for communication and Information Technology, Government of India
D. Simon Lourdusamy, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic church
Vishwanathan Anand, World Chess Champion
C. K. Prahalad, management writer
Ramanathan Krishnan Tennis Player
Ramesh Krishnan Tennis Player
Vijay & Anand Amritraj, tennis players
Leander Paes, Indian tennis player
Verghese Kurien, architect of India's dairy development program Operation Flood.
Arjun Appadurai, founder of the School of International Relations, Delhi, which is now part of Jawaharlal Nehru University
Sultan M. Shah, Indian hockey team (1973–74)
Felix raja .S.p.,Present student future alumni

Theatre and cinema
Surya, leading Kollywood actor.
Vijay, leading Kollywood actor.
Vikram, leading Kollywood actor.
Yuvan Shankar Raja, South Indian music director
K. V. Anand, Kollywood Cinematographer
Karthik Raja, South Indian music director
S.J. Suryah, leading Kollywood director.
Mahesh Babu, leading Tollywood actor
Jayam Ravi, Kollywood actor.
Vishal Reddy, Kollywood actor.
Karthik Sivakumar, young Kollywood actor
Arun Vijay Kumar, Kollywood actor.
T.r.Silambarasan, Kollywood young actor/director
Vishnuvardhan, Kollywood director.