Ethiraj College for Women

History

Chairmen

• V. L. Ethiraj
• V. T. Rangaswami
• N. Mahalingam
• Justice S. Natarajan
• Justice S. Jagadeesan
• A. M. Swaminathan, IAS
• V. M. Muralidharan
• Chandra Devi Thanikachalam
• V. M. Muralidharan

Principals

• Subur Parthasarathy
• Mona Hensman
• Evangeline Matthew
• K. Vasanthi Devi
• N. A. Qadir
• Keser Chander
• Yasodha Shanmugasundaram
• Indhrani Sridharan
• M. Thavamani
• Jothi Kumaravel
• A. Nirmala
• S. Kothai
• S. Uma Gowrie

Ranking

Notable alumni

• Trisha Krishnan, actress
• Aishwarya Rajesh, actress
• Sreethu Krishnan, actress
• Chandini Tamilarasan, actress
• Dhivyadharshini, TV host
• Dhivya Suryadevara, economist, former CFO of both the General Motors, and Stripe.
• Dipika Pallikal, Indian squash player
• Jayanthi Natarajan, former Union Cabinet Minister
• Joshna Chinappa, Indian squash player
• Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, politician and Thoothukudi Constituency Member of Parliament
• Latha Rajinikanth, film producer and singer
• Leesha Eclairs, TV actress
• Raveena Ravi, Dubbing artist and Actress
• Madhumila, TV actress
• Meenakshi Chitharanjan, Indian classical dancer and choreographer
• Molly Easo Smith, Indian-American professor
• Padma Subrahmanyam, Indian classical dancer and musician
• Preetha Krishna, businesswoman
• Sudha Ragunathan, singer
• Sudha Shah, former Indian cricketer and national coach
• Sujata Sridhar, former Indian cricketer
• Sriya Reddy, actress
• Shvetha Jaishankar, model, entrepreneur, author, beauty pageant title holder
• Tamilisai Soundararajan, doctor, politician, and the Governor of Telangana
• Thamizhachi Thangapandian, South Chennai Constituency Member of Parliament
• J. Vijaya, India's first woman herpetologist
• Srinisha Jayaseelan, singer
• Priyanka Deshpande, television anchor and actress
• Devaki Vijayaraman, television cook and the winner of MasterChef India – Tamil (season 1)
• Roshini Haripriyan, television actress
• Aparna Gopinath, Indian film actress