Our Trust was formed in 1955 to provide education to the rural people in the remote village areas of Pollachi Taluk with the presidentship of Sri. N. Mahalingam of Pollachi and with the patronage of Founder Trustee Sri. K.M. Govindasamy Gounder of Kaliyapuram and Founder Trustee Sri. M.P. Venkatachala Gounder of Marappa Goundenpudhur. Smt. Ramathal Govindasamy wife of Sri. K.M. Govindasamy Gounder and Sri. M.P. Venkatachala Gounder donated 60 acres of river irrigated lands and buildings in memory of their mother late Smt. Palaniammal.
In the year 1955 Palaniammal Basic Teachers Training School was started with the approval of Govt. of Tamilnadu under the able secretaryship of Sri. V.N. Arumugha Gounder of Vettaikaranpudur.
In the year 1973 the basic Training School was converted into a High School with well trained Teachers. Again in the year 1994 the Higher Secondary Course was started to promote higher education in this area.
Sri. K.G. Senthilvel Gounder Grandson of Smt. Palaniammal and trustee of Palaniammal trust was elected as Vice President of our Educational Institutions in the year 1996. In the year 1998 Industrial Training Institute (I.T.I) was started with a donation from Sri. K.G.Senthilvel Gounder Vice President/Trustee, in the name of his father late Sri. K.M. Govindasamy Gounder. Sri. K.G. Senthilvel Gounder also donated a partly amount to the New Higher Secondary block which was built in the year 2000.
Sri. K.S. Sivakumar Son of Sri. K.G. Senthilvel Gounder was elected as Secretary / Correspondent of Palaniammal and K.M.G Institutions in the year 1996, along with him Sri. K.S. Narendrakumar serves as a Joint Secretary / Joint Correspondent of our Institutions.
In the year 1998 a New Hostel block with modern kitchen facilities was built and it was donated by Sri. S.V. Balasubramaniam, Chairman, Bannari Amman Group of Companies.
In the year June 2001, K.M.G. Matriculation School was started with a donation from Sri. K.G. Senthilvel Gounder, Vice President /Trustee, in the name of his father late Sri. K.M. Govindasamy Gounder and it is presently functioning in 3 stairs building.
In the year June 2004, K.M.G. Catering Technology & Hotel Management was started in the name of late Sri. K.M. Govindasamy Gounder with all facilities.
In the year 2005, Palaniammal Teacher Training Institute was started at Angalakurichi near Aliyar with a donation from Sri. K.G. Senthilvel Gounder, Vice President/Trustee, in the name of his grandmother late Smt. Palaniammal. In the year 2006, K.M.G. College of Education (B.Ed.) was started at Angalakurichi near Aliyar with a donation from Sri. K.G. Senthilvel Gounder, Vice President /Trustee, in the name of his father late Sri. K.M. Govindasamy Gounder.
In the year 2009, K.M.G. Polytechnic College was started at Angalakurichi near Aliyar with a donation from Vice President /Trustee Sri. K.G. Senthilvel Gounder and his family members.
Arutchelvar Dr. N. Mahalingam Iyya, the founder President of Palaniammal Trust since 1955 and also the Chairman of K.M.G Charitable Trust since 2006 attained Mukthi on October 2nd 2014. Sri. K.G. Senthilvel Gounder Iyya, Vice Prisident of Palaniammal and K.M.G Institutions and also grandson of Smt. Palaniammal was elected as President of Palaniammal Trust in the month of October 2014. Sri. M. Balasubramanian, M.Com., M.B.A., Younger son of Arutchlvar Dr. N. Mahalingam Iyya was elected as Chairman of K.M.G Charitable Trust in the month of April 2015. The educational edifice established all along these 60 years will forever speak volumes of what ambitious founders can contribute to the society.
To mould competent and well-developed persons who can take up the challenges of the future on behalf of the community, the society, the nation and the world.
To provide all round development and training to generations of men and women who are competent to carry out various functions of nation-building, to equip them with value-based education and training, to empower them with positive qualities and qualifications, to promote research activities and social outreach activities, to provide leadership to persons and institutions for community-empowerment, and to ensure excellence in education and related activities for a better nation and world.
The College is situated in a natural and pollution free environment on Valparai Main Road, Angalakurichi, 15km from Pollachi, surrounded by rural scenic beauty, nature at its best in the Western Ghats at its back drop.
Thiru. M. Balasubramanian, M.Com., M.B.A., - Chairman
Thiru. K.G. Senthilvel - Vice Chairman
Thiru. K.S. Sivakumar, M.A., M.A., - Secretary/Managing Trustee
Thiru. K.S. Narendrakumar, B.A., PGDF., - Joint Secretary
Tmt. S. Shanmugavadivu - Trustee
KMG Polytechnic College, Angalakurichi.
KMG Matriculation School, V. Kaliapuram.
KMG Memorial ITI, V. Kaliapuram.
KMG Memorial Industrial School, V. Kaliapuram.
Palaniammal Teacher Training Institute, Angalakurichi.
Palaniammal Hr. Sec. School, V. Kaliapuram.
