Kalai Kaviri Collegiate Arts

This premier institution Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts, belonging to the Catholic Diocese of Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India, hails from her parent institution Kalai Kaviri, and is the culmination of the vision and dream of her Founder Rev.Msg.S.M.George, a visionary and pioneer in promoting fine arts, realizing academic excellence for Indian traditionalGurukula art forms to the level of Ph.D. programme. This is a matchless march in the Indian cultural promotion. Kalai Kaviri’s cultural commitment and exemplary standard in training gained from the Part-Time courses of Dance (Bharathanatyam) and Music offered for more than 14 years and from the Full-Time Diploma and Post-Diploma courses affiliated to the Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, earned her the status of Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts in 1996. Upholding the cultural cause, with the able guidance of Rev.Fr. L. Anthuvan, the Secretary & Director, with the academic and professional expertise of Rev. Sr. Dr. Margaret Bastine, the Principal coupled with the talents and hard work of the faculty and the administrative staff as well as the feats of the students, the college renders laudable service.Nationally accredited with ‘A’ Grade by NAAC, the College is dedicated, to promote, popularize and perpetuate the Indian traditional Gurukula art forms of Bharathanatyam and South Indian Classical Music in their pristine purity ; To bring these prestigious art forms of the rich and the elite, to the access of the less-privileged and the backward communities ; To utilize the communicative potential of Dance and Music to convey human and social development values to elevate the attitudes of the people through research-oriented performances.