The college which had a humble beginning in 1951 now offers 24 Undergraduate programmes, 15 Postgraduate programmes, 7 M.Phil. programmes, 8 Ph.D. programmes, 1 Community College course (Sericulture), and 5 B.Voc. programmes. The college has been awarded research funds from DBT under Star College Scheme to the tune of 18 lakhs, to strengthen the Undergraduate Life Science programmes (Botany and Zoology) and 1 crore DST-FIST college level category I, comprising all Science departments. The department of Mathematics received 28 lakhs, department of Physics received 38 lakhs and department of Chemistry received 32 lakhs at department level DST-FIST fund.

Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College was one of the first colleges in Tiruchirappalli to opt for autonomous status in the year 1987. This has allowed us to experiment and innovate in curricular aspects. Another first to its credit is that Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College happened to be one of the first 7 colleges in the country to be accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in 1999. In the most recent assessment by NAAC, the college has been re-accredited with an “A+” grade (4^th Cycle) in recognition of its all round academic excellence, research programmes and social outreach activities.