About TSM

Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) was started in the year 1962 by the great philanthropist and industrialist, Shri. Karumuthu Thiagaraja Chettiar. He started the institution with the aim to impart professional education to upcoming managers and the business community in South India. The focus of the initial Executive Development Programme (EDP) was to enhance the skills of the practicing managers and entrepreneurs in and around Madurai. The success of EDP and the accolades received from the industry were instrumental in the introduction of the Master of Business Administration as a part time programme in 1972. A full time MBA course was started later in 1986. Recognizing the key role of Information Technology, the Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application course was started in 1993 and a course leading to the Master of Computer Applications in 1994.

TSM is affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE). Both MBA and MCA programmes have been accredited by NBA, AICTE for a period of three years with effect from January 22, 2008. TSM is also recognised under section2(f) by UGC.

TSM believes that the training imparted to the students would enable them to cope with the fast changing environment and become the initiators of growth, greater productivity and development. The students of TSM realize that, if they are to achieve the objectives of the institution, they must lead by example and every student of the TSM is fully committed to:

• Strive for continuous and constant improvement
• Ethical working and integrity
• Quality
• Respect of values and contribution made by individuals

It is the endeavour of the Institution to instil in the students the values that will enable them to shine not only as dynamic managers and entrepreneurs but also as outstanding human beings as well.

Eminent faculty members in the areas of Marketing, Finance, Human Resources, Production and Systems give wider and deeper insights both in Theory & Practice to the Students of MBA.

Situated in a picturesque location, equipped with a state of the art infrastructure, adorned by energetic and efficient faculty, TSM delivers more than what it promises and it is no wonder that a TSM student is academically sound, professionally proficient and ethically correct.

“Service to Education is Service to God”
Shri Karumuttu Thiagaraja Chettiar affectionately called "Kalaithanthai" meaning "Father of Arts" founded The Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) in the year 1962. This institution was the first of its kind in Southern parts of Tamil Nadu.

The Textile King Shri Karumuttu Thiagaraja Chettiar, popularly known as Karumuttu, was born in the year 1893. After completing his education in India & Ceylon, he started his career as an assistant editor in the Ceylon English daily "Morning Leader".

He fought for the rights of Tamil labourers in plantations in Ceylon. He contributed articles and also brought out a book titled "Indian Immigrant on Ceylon Estates". His persistent efforts initiated the Government to offer better working conditions. He was able to achieve this at the age of 22. He returned to India from Ceylon in 1916 and joined the Congress in 1917 and became president of the Labour Wing.

He setup Meenakshi Mills Ltd in Madurai in the year 1921 and went on to establish as many as 18 textile mills. Besides, he also purchased sugar factories at Pandiarajapuram and Thanuku in South India. The famous P.ORR & Sons Pvt. Ltd, Chennai came under his fold. He also ventured into other industries like Banking (Bank of Madura), Insurance (Madura Insurance, after Nationalisation merged into United India Insurance) and News Paper (Tamil Nadu).

During one of his business trips to Calcutta, he visited Shantiniketan, where he met Sir Rabindranath Tagore. Inspired by Viswabharathi University, he started many Charitable Trusts, like Thiagarajar Endowment, in 1944, Thiagarajar dharma vanigam in 1948, Thiagarajar College Endowment Trust in 1951, the Thiagarajar Charities in 1962, and Thiagarajar Educational Trust.

In 1947, he started "Visalakshi Kalasalai" in his native A. Thekkur. In1959, the then Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated its spacious building with the adjoining hostel accommodation.

TSM MBA starts with an ice-breaking preparatory course of about 10 day-duration to prepare students with varied academic backgrounds for a common learning platform. The preparatory course includes more general "soft skills" such as communication, problem-solving, and behavioural skills, and language/communication modules depending on identified needs of the MBA programme participants.

The TSM approach increasingly emphasises on participant-centred learning as opposed to faculty-driven learning. The pedagogy accordingly includes interactive learning through case studies, group discussions, projects, seminars and business games, besides faculty lectures and presentations. On-going interactions with practicing mangers through guest lectures, focused seminars and workshops, industrial visits and field projects are built into the curriculum.

In addition to regular course work, a certification process may also be simultaneously administered primarily targeting students who may need additional support to strengthen their communication skills and personal profiles.

Amongst the key factors differentiating TSM MBA programme are emphasis on value-based management and conscious efforts at inculcating a sense of broader social commitment amongst our students. TSM's curriculum design and course delivery would emphasise the importance of factoring ethical choices and long-term sustainability as key variables in the managerial decision process. It is also proposed to encourage and facilitate our students actively participating in socially relevant/neighbourhood projects that would help them develop into socially responsible professionals.

TSM has arrived at a process model to achieve the above mentioned objectives in a structured and systematic manner.

Shri. Manikam Ramaswami

Late Shri. Karumuttu Thiagaraja Chettiar founded the Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) in 1962. Thereafter, Late Shri Manickavasagam Chettiar meticulously developed the Institution. By strictly following the high ideals set by its founders, Manickavasagam Charitable Foundation of the Loyal Textiles Mills group manages and runs the Institution today.

TSM has an excellent academic ambience with qualified and experienced full-time faculty and visiting professors as well, many of whom are practicing professionals.

Faculty members are also encouraged to undertake consultancy, training and development assignments.

The students strive to upgrade themselves regularly to keep up to the expectations of the present corporate world. Many of the students are now placed in respectable positions in various companies across the globe.

In this endeavour, we shall continue to offer our services to the society.

Prof. N. Venkiteswaran

“We can make a difference”
We at the Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) are committed to ensure that the young professionals groomed at TSM live up to our motto.

Supported by an excellent infrastructure and a passionate founder group, TSM's highly committed faculty design and deliver academic programmes that seek to offer memorable learning experience. We constantly strive to assure that our curricula remain contemporary. While designing and delivering our programmes we have sought to combine flexibility and rigour - flexibility in design and rigour in delivery and execution. In a recent shift towards empowering the programme participants, TSM's current pedagogy strongly emphasises on participant-centred learning. In short at TSM the participants learn to learn.

Besides imparting the required technical and analytical tools and techniques, TSM programme curricula also include a number of courses that help the participants broaden their perspectives on matters as diverse as the evolving socio-cultural and political environment, business history and contemporary issues of concern even as they unfold. Systematic inputs on communication and soft skills, regular interaction with leading top management and functional experts through on-campus lectures and tightly-guided field-based project courses - all these help groom TSMites into well-rounded, self-starting professionals.

One of the most important differentiators - the one we cherish most - is the emphasis on ethical and responsible managerial behaviour in TSM curricula. TSM's own strong ethical foundations and its constant emphasis in its academic programmes on nurturing robust ethical value system and sustainability involving environmentally and socially responsible conduct would impart in TSM graduates a deeper sense of values and social commitment and responsibility. We believe we can make a difference.

We invite you to be part of TSM. TSM has a verdant and environmentally-friendly campus that offers an excellent ambience to learn - also to dream and reflect. And I am sure the years you spend at TSM would be memorable and transformational.

Dr. Mattapalli Naga Raju

If you have the drive and vision, TSM can provide you with the experience, knowledge, and skills you need to take your career to the desired level. TSM strives to reinvent the career of its students by teaching them learn to learn. This is reflected in its cutting edge curriculum, accomplished faculty, a vibrant student body which is diverse in its academic background as well as national character, and alumni spread all around the globe in leadership roles both in academia and industry. TSM students are part of that rare breed that can excel in both back office analytics and front office leadership.

A Board manages the institution whose members are distinguished professionals, having excelled in their roles in Academics and the Industry Shri Manikam Ramaswami, the Chairman & Managing Director of the Loyal Textiles Group, and a Gold Medallist from IIT Madras is the Chairman of TSM Board of Governors

TSM Board of Governors