About five decades ago, in 1952, Sri G.V.G Visalakshi College appeared on the academic map of Tamilnadu as the first Women’s college in Coimbatore District. Set in idyllic environs the stone edifice of the college stands as an eternal monument of the philanthropy and foresight of the founder Sri G.V. Govindaswamy Naidu, who envisioned a futurity of emancipated women hood of the socially, economically and culturally backward rural society of Udumalpet in his days.