Thiagarajar School of Management ( TSM ), Madurai has established itself in the Southern part of India as one of the premier citadels of learning, rendering creditable service to the cause of higher education. TSM was founded in 1962 by the doyen of the South Indian textile industry, Mr. Kalaithanthai Thiru Karumuttu Thiagarajar Chettiar - a great philanthropist who also founded several engineering and arts colleges, polytechnics, teacher's training institutes, and primary and secondary schools.