Realising the long felt need of this educationally backward rural area of Alangudi Taluk in the historical Pudukkottai District, The Thanjavur Christian Educational Society, of Thanjavur established a college in Vamban village in the year 1999 with an objective of providing job oriented education to the rural youth. As per G.O.No.260 dated 26.05.1999 the Tamil Nadu Government accorded permission to start the college in the style to function as “ARPUTHA COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE”. The affiliation was granted by Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli in the same year.