TSM was established in 1962 by the doyen of the South Indian textile industry, Kalaithanthai Thiru Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar. This 50 year old institute is located in the heart of Madurai city, in a lush green 17- acre campus with global standard infrastructure. TSM initially offered only Executive Development courses till the year 1971. MBA courses were offered part-time from 1972. Full-time MBA courses were offered from the year 1986. Full-time MCA courses were offered from the year 1994. The last batch of MCA courses was offered for the year 2009 as the same was discontinued from the year 2010.