In the year 2000, Puducherry saw the dawn of ACHARIYA EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TRUST. It was founded by a young and vibrant educationist, Dr. J. Arawindhan and his beloved mother, Smt. J. Adhilakshmi. With the aim of taking education to new heights and provide world class education to the people of Puducherry, ACHARIYA under the able guidance of the CHIEF MENTOR began with a bang. ACHARIYA aims at building a new society that would be the face of emerging India. ACHARIYA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION was founded by ACHARIYA Educational Public Trust, in November 2000 is duly recognized by the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), and affiliated to the Pondicherry University. This renowned institution is of 13 years old growing stronger and marching ahead under the able stewardship of great visionary and educationalist DR.J. ARAWINDHAN. This institution is certified with ISO 9001: 2008 by BSI in 2007 and ISO 9001:2008 in 2010. The annual intake for B. Ed., is 120 and for M. Ed., is 35 seats.