Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar, saw the plight of workers in the plantations and fought for their liberation. His idea of liberation was to set people free and even to a higher level of setting minds free through education. He envisioned an Indian nation that would stand tall in the global stage built on its robust educated society with its traditional values and wealth. He set this idea in motion by establishing Thiagarajar Engineering College in Madurai, and Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem, and sowed the seeds of quality technical education in India. Those seeds now stand as a global brand called ‘Sona’ whose roots run deep into education, textile, IT, research, manufacturing, outsourcing, logistics and many more. The Sona Group’s quest to cater quality higher education has led to its banyan tree like growth with Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Sona College of Technology, Sona School of Business and Management, Sona College of Arts and Science , Sona Valliappa Public School and Sona Medical College of Naturopathy and Yoga.

Shri. M.S. Chokalingam, a textile wizard and philanthropist, who always evinced an abiding interest in professional education as a means to industrial and economic growth and prosperity of the country, founded Sona College of Technology. The vision of Sona’s Founder Chairman was to have a vibrant Engineering and Management Institution that is equal in educational excellence to the best in the world that is why this institution has gathered momentum to reach phenomenal height today.