C.Kandaswami Naidu College for Men had its initial roots in the main campus of Pachaiyappa’s College, Chetpet, with its inauguration by the then Honble Chief Minister of TamilNadu, Thiru C.N.Annadurai. The college offered the Pre-University course with Arts and Science subjects and a single U.G. degree programme in Economics with Professor T.I. Johnson as its first Principal.