Dr. A. R. Ponniah M.A., B.L., Ph.D., an eminent educationalist, philanthropist and visionary is the founder of this institution, Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar College, Meleneelithanallur (Affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli) in the year 1970. It is located in a lovely, pleasant, serene area which is of 12 km south of Sankarankoil, on the Tirunelveli main route.