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Periyar Maniammai Institute of Science & Technology (PMIST) named as Periyar Maniammai University and has had its origin from Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women established in 1988, by Periyar Maniammai Educational and Charitable Society, Chennai-7.Named after the great social reformers of the twentieth century, E.V. Ramasamy, fondly known as Thanthai Periyar and his philanthropic wife Annai Maniammaiar, the Periyar Maniammai College of Technology for Women has its credit of being the first Women’s Engineering College in the world.The primary object of the college was on institutionalizing the lofty ideals of Periyar by paving the way for women’s emancipation by providing increased access to higher education in Science and Technology and encouraging their participation in social, national and global development.The College was started with the approval of All India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi and affiliation to Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, and Tamil Nadu. Later, it started functioning under affiliation to Anna University, Chennai from 2001.The College has made several landmark achievements continuously in the field of Technical Education, and in the areas of Women Empowerment and Social Development since inception. In addition to the under graduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in Humanities, Science, Engineering, Architecture and Technology, it has rendered a yeoman service in the area of health and hygiene for rural people and provided viable technology-inputs for their social and economic well being.Gone are days when women were discriminated against on gender bias. Thanthai Periyar wanted women to take up their right role in all walks of life. Women and Men are equal in all respects. Hence Co-education is the need of the hour.In tune with this principle the University has been offering Co-education in all branches of learning.