With the vision to transform rural girls into women with potential through academic, value and career oriented teaching ensuring equity, accessibility and excellence, thereby contributing to national development, our institution was started in June 1964, in the “SPA of SOUTH”, Courtallam, in a green, serene environment with an appropriate and powerful name “Sri Parasakthi” by our visionaries Founder, Thiru.A.R.Subbiah Mudaliar. The uphill task of empowering rural women intellectually competent, financially independent and morally sound was taken up and implemented by the dynamic and efficient Founder Principal Selvi.S.Baghirathi, M.A., M.Litt. Since then the institution has achieved many academic milestones through the introduction of various courses.The institution was conferred the prestigious status of Autonomy in the year 1978. The youngest institution to be conferred this honour in the first batch and has been one of the top five Colleges in Tamil Nadu to be conferred autonomy. Then the institution is affiliated to Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. This temple of learning has produced many alumnae who are well placed in various spheres of the economy, thereby actualizing our vision to some extent.The institution which was originated in the year 1964, started Pre University classes with 114 students and 12 teachers has now grown with wide spreading foliage of 11 U.G courses 4 P.G courses and 1 M.Phil course in the aided stream and 6 UG courses, 6 PG courses in the Self Finance. In addition the institution has 6 Research Centres.