Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai has established itself in the Southern part of India as one of the premier citadels of learning, rendering creditable service to the cause of higher education.

TSM was founded in 1962 by the doyen of the South Indian textile industry,
Mr. Karumuttu Thiagarajar Chettiar - a great philanthropist who also founded several engineering and arts colleges, polytechnics, teacher’s training institutes, and primary and secondary schools.

   The initial objective was to provide quality management education for working executives and entrepreneurs. The success of this programme resulted in the inception of a part time MBA programme in 1972 followed by the full time MBA programme from 1986 onwards. With the phenomenal growth in the InfoTech industry, a full time MCA programme  was added to the curriculum in 1994.

The institute offers MBA & MCA Programmes, which are approved by AICTE, New Delhi, accredited by NBA, AICTE and affiliated to Madurai Kamaraj University.

    Right from inception, the school has firmly believed that there is no substitute for good education, and all available resources are used to provide each student with quality education and facilities.

The Promoters

   Thiagarajar School of Management is run by the Manickavasagam Charitable Foundation - an organization that has been actively involved in several primary and higher educational projects. Shri. Manickavasagam Chettiar, the prime mover behind TSM, was its Founder Correspondent.

 
   TSM prides itself on being one of the few institutions that does not accept any capitation fees from students seeking admission. 

The school is fully supported and funded by the Loyal Textiles Group - an export oriented textile mill with an annual turnover of over Rs.360 crores. The Group covers all deficits in the revenue budget, as well as the entire capital budget of TSM. 
The Chairman & Managing Director of the Group, Mr. Manikam Ramaswami, a Gold Medalist from IIT Chennai, is the present Correspondent of TSM.