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Celebrating a Century of Excellence: Loyola College & Loyola Alumni Association “Loyola Centenary Conclave”
Loyola Alumni Association (LAA) & Loyola College organise “Loyola Centenary Conclave” on the 28th February 2025 (Friday) to celebrate a century of academic excellence and set the tone for the next hundred years.
Loyola College, Chennai – 600 034 commemorates the 100th year of its education ministry.
Founded in 1925 by Rev. Fr. Bertram SJ, Loyola College has emerged as a beacon of academic excellence in India. Ever since its inception, it has imparted quality education, offered civic and political leadership formation, focused on education for those at the margins, maintained economic and environmental justice, and fostered secularism and peace. Recognized as a “College of Excellence” by the Government of India, this autonomous institution boasts a rich history of nurturing exceptional talent across diverse fields.
Over the past century, Loyola has produced a remarkable lineage of alumni who have excelled in science, research, academia, business, sports, and many other domains. Loyola Alumni Association (LAA), with over 60,000 members, stands as a testament to this enduring legacy. Loyola has nurtured several alumni to imbibe the core values of Jesuit education and enabled them to translate those values into concrete actions. Justice K. Chandru, Actor Suriya, Dr. G.Viswanathan, Chancellor, VIT, Mr. Malcolm Adiseshiah, an Indian development economist
and educator, Mr. R.Venkataraman, the eighth President of the Indian Republic, Dr. C.Rangarajan, a distinguished economist and former governor of Reserve Bank of India, Mr. P.Chidambaram, former Minister, Padmabushan Dr. S.S. Badrinath, Chairman of Sankara
Nethralaya, Padma Vibushan Dr. Pratha C Reddy, Founder of Apollo Group Hospitals, Justice
Jasti Chelameswar, former High Court Justice, Justice M.M. Sundresh, Mr. M.O.H. Farook, an able administrator, Mr. N. Vittal, IAS, Mr. AK Viswanathan, IPS, Dr. N. Mahalingam, Chairman of Sakthi group of companies, Mr. N.Ram, the Managing Director of the Hindu, Mr. P. Sainath, a renowned journalist, Mr. Vijay Amritraj, Mr. Anand Amritraj, International Tennis players, Mr. Vishwanathan Anand, International Chess player, Mr. Sharat Kamal, Indian Table Tennis player, Maran Brothers, Mr. Vetrimaran, National award winning film director, Actor Arvind Swamy, Actor Vickram and the list is endless. They have substantially impacted the public sphere.
During the centenary year, Loyola has planned a number of programmes to enhance the
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