 In 1881, it became a full-fledged college and high school courses ceased to be taught.Notable faculty members included U. V. Swaminatha Iyer (1855–1942) while the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887–1920) who studied from 1904 until 1906 when he dropped out and V. S. Srinivasa Sastri (1869–1946), an Indian politician and administrator, are its notable alumni.The Government Arts College for Women was started in 1963 and had a total strength of 2,597 pupils in February 2006.