PSG Group
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{short description|Indian business conglomerate}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = PSG and Sons
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| founded_date = 1926{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/psg-trust-enters-platinum-jubilee-year/articleshow/805723768.cms|title=PSG Trust enters platinum jubilee year|date=21 July 2001|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=21 November 2023}}
| founder = P.S. Govindasamy Naidu (1856 {{ndash}} 1918)
| location = Coimbatore, India
| origins = Coimbatore, India
| key_people = L. Gopalakrishnan, Managing trustee
| area_served = India
| focus ="Let there be charity so that other people may share my family's prosperity"{{cite web|title= About PSG Charity|url=https://psgsonscharities.org/pages/aboutus.php|publisher=PSG|access-date=2 February 2015}}
| method = education, healthcare and service
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| homepage = [http://www.psgsonscharities.org/ psgsonscharities.org]
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PSG and Sons is a conglomerate involved in education, healthcare and community service in Coimbatore, India.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/to-help-them-lead-a-special-life/article5236275.ece|title=To help them lead a special life|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2 July 2015}}
History
The group was established as PSG & Sons’ charities in 1926 by the four sons of P.S. Govindasamy Naidu namely Venkataswamy Naidu, Rangaswamy Naidu, Ganga Naidu and Narayanaswamy Naidu.{{cite web|url=https://www.psgcas.ac.in/about_psgcas.html|title=Founders of PSG|publisher=PSG Group|access-date=1 November 2023}}{{cite book|title=The Politics of Textiles, The Indian Cotton-mill Industry and the Legacy of Swadeshi, 1900-1985|first=Simon Robert Brough|last=Leadbeater|year=1992|publisher=Sage publications|page=143|isbn=978-8170-3-6296-8}} The trust was established with the purpose of starting a sarvajana ("omniscient") school when a family member was denied admission to existing schools run by British.{{cite news|url=https://simplicity.in/app/education-detail.php?nid=1767|title=Four PSG Institutions feature in the NIRF Ranking|newspaper=Simplicity|date=14 April 2019|access-date=1 November 2023}} The four brothers voluntarily divided their ancestral properties into five parts, reserving the one fifth amounting to {{INR}} 2.01 lakhs to create a charity trust.{{cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/AhE76xU5d45DJmJxp3RAyM/Top-private-engineering-colleges--Industrial-unit-lifts-PSG.html|title=Industrial unit lifts PSG|newspaper=Mint|access-date=2 July 2015}} The trust later established various educational institutions, health facilities and industrial institutes.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/celebrating-60-years-of-topnotch-engineering-education/article2652466.ece|title=Celebrating 60 years of top-notch engineering education|date=23 November 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=1 November 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/education/edex/2011/jul/11/pinnacle-of-excellence-270430.html|title=Pinnacle of Excellence|date=11 July 2011|newspaper=Times of India|access-date=1 November 2023}}
Institutions
The institutions run by the charity include:{{cite web|title=PSG Institutions|url=https://psgimsr.ac.in/about/psg-institutions/|work=PSG IMSR|access-date=2 July 2023}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/psg-launches-new-institution-in-coimbatore/article6146054.ece|title=PSG launches new institution in Coimbatore|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=2 July 2015}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/celebrating-60-years-of-topnotch-engineering-education/article2652466.ece|title=Celebrating 60 years of top-notch engineering education|date=23 November 2011|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=1 November 2023}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/oct/30/navy-psgct-ink-mou-1891688.html|title=Navy, PSGCT ink MoU|newspaper=Indian Express|date=30 October 2018|access-date=21 November 2023}}
- PSG Sarvajana Higher Secondary school (1924)
- PSG Industrial Institute (1926)
- PSG Polytechnic College (1939)
- PSG Primary School, Vedapatti (1941)
- PSG Primary School, Peelamedu (1943)
- PSG College of Arts and Science (1947)
- PSG College of Technology (1951)
- PSG & Sons’ Charities Metallurgy and Foundry division (1974)
- PSG Institute of Medical Sciences & Research (1985)
- PSG Industrial Training Centre (1986)
- PSG Hospitals (1989)
- PSG Centre for Sponsored Research and Consultancy (1989)
- PSG Centre for Non-formal and Continuing Education (1989)
- PSG College of Nursing (1994)
- PSG Institute of Management (1994)
- PSG College of Physiotherapy (1999)
- PSG College of Pharmacy (2001)
- PSG Public Schools (2002)
- PSG High School, Vedapatti (2005)
- PSG Institute of Advanced Studies (2006)
- PSG Children's school (2009)
- PSG Vishnugranthi (2013)
- PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research (2014)
- PSG Centre for Academic Research and Excellence (2015)
- PSG Software Technologies (2017)
- PSG Institute of Architecture and Planning (2021)