Cuddalore is a district in the state of Tamil Nadu located in the southern part of the nation with the city of Cuddalore as its headquarters. The district is bounded by the Perambalur District in the west, Nagapattinam District in the south, Bay of Bengal in the east and the Viluppuram District in the north. The total area of the district is 3564 km2 and the district is one among the six districts currently earning funds from the backward region grant fund programme shortly called as BRGF.

The district holds the pride of being one among the top producers of cashew nut in the state of Tami Nadu. When it comes to educational in this district, there are a number of private colleges and a few government college in the district and the names of government colleges functioning in the district are given below:

Arts & Science Colleges:

• Government Arts College, Chidambaram

• Thiru Kolanjiyappar Govt. Arts College, Viruthachalam

• Periyar Government College of Arts and Science

Some of the details regarding these three government colleges functioning in the district of Cuddalore are given below:

Government Arts College, Chidambaram:

Government Arts College is a co-education institution that came into existence in the year 1982. This college offers not only arts courses, but it is also offering courses under science and commerce stream as well with affiliation from the Thirvalluvar University. The list of courses offered by the college is given below:

• Bachelor of Commerce

• Bachelor of Science in

o Zoology

o Physics

o Mathematics

o Computer science

o Chemistry

o Botany

o English

o Economics

• Bachelor of Arts in

o English

o Economics

• Master of Arts in English

• Master of Science in Chemistry

Thiru Kolanjiyappar Govt. Arts College, Viruthachalam:

Thiru Kolanjiyappar Govt. Arts College, Viruthachalam is also a co-education institution that came into existence in the year 1966. This college offers not only arts courses, but it is also offering courses under science and commerce stream as well with affiliation from the Thirvalluvar University. The list of courses offered by the college is given below:

• Bachelor of Arts in

o Tamil

o History

o English

• Bachelor of Science in

o Zoology

o Physics

o Mathematics

o Computer science

o Chemistry

• Master of Arts in Tamil

• Master of Commerce

• Master of Science in Mathematics

• M. Phil in Tamil

• Ph. D in Tamil

Periyar Government College of Arts and Science:

Periyar Government College of Arts and Science is also a co-education institution functioning from the district of Cuddalore. This college offers arts and science courses with affiliation from the Thirvalluvar University. The list of courses offered by the college is given below:

• Bachelor of Arts in

o History

o English

o Economics

o Tamil

• Bachelor of Science in

o Zoology

o Physics

o Mathematics

o Computer science

o Physics

o Zoology

o Chemistry

o Botany

• Bachelor of Commerce

• Master of Commerce

• Master of Science in Mathematics

Thus, these colleges in the district of Cuddalore functioning under the control of Government of Tamil Nadu, strive towards the development of educational scenario in this backward district.