Nallamuthu Gounder Mahalingam College (NGM College), Pollachi, was inaugurated on 12 July 1957 with 160 students in the Pre-University Course on a 26-acre campus. Today it is an autonomous college affiliated to Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, offering undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes in arts, science, commerce and management, and is accredited with the highest grade, A++, by NAAC in its fourth cycle.