Welcome to the Chella Meenakshi Centre for Educational Research and Services.
The CM Centre was established in 2008 by Dr. V.A. Vidya, Academic Director, and J. Rajasekaran, Field Director,
as a multi-faceted facility dedicated to the advancement of socio-cultural study and research. CM Centre is
located in Madurai, the cultural centre of the state of Tamil Nadu, in Southern India.
The Centre provides a wide variety of services intended to facilitate the work of international research scholars
as well as undergraduate and graduate students. Both Dr. Vidya and Rajasekaran have had years of experience assisting
international scholars and students, and they are deeply embedded in the community, with an intimate knowledge of its resources.
Currently institutional clients include the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of Massachusetts, Princeton
University as well as scholars and students from a number of U.S. Universities.