Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women, which owes its existence to the kind munificence of Shri Nanalal Bhatt and for which the foundation Stone was laid on 14/9/67 by His Excellency, the then Governor of Tamil Nadu, Sardar Ujjal Singh under the Presidency of the then Vice-chancellor of the Madras University, Dr. A. Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar, come into being in June 1968. The college was formally inaugurated on 19/6/1968 by His Excellency the Governor Of Tamil Nadu, Sardar Ujjal Singh. 

Named after the revered wife of our Founder Chairman Shri Nanalal Bhatt and owned and managed by the Cork Industries Charities Trust, this College Caters to the needs of women students from chennai to as far away a place as Chengleput. 

Autonomous Status was conferred by UGC and confirmed by University of Madras in June 2006. The Board of Studies designs and develops career oriented and socially productive curriculum, with enriched contents, which is approved by the Academic Council and Governing Body of our college.Besides routine academic work, the college also offers, excellent training in extra-curricular activities, both academic and non-academic.