Annai Violet Arts & Science College is a private university established in 1997 by Nesarathinam Educational Trust in Chennai, Tamilnadu. The institute is affiliated to the University of Madras. The college has been ranked 149th under the Computer application category, 189th under the Science category and 193th under the Management category by IndiaToday in 2025. It offers various regular and certification courses at UG, PG & Diploma levels in the disciplines of Humanities, Science and Commerce, with B.Sc being the flagship program of the College. It offers B.Sc in 6 different specializations. Admission in this College is purely based on the Merit or marks obtained in the previous qualifying examination. The college has not released its placement report for 2025, but as per NIRF placement report for 2022-2023 the median package for the UG program stood at INR 3.5 LPA and INR 2.5 LPA for the PG program.