[2] Chengalvaraya Naicker owned a large number of movable and immovable properties, primarily in Chennai and Chengalpet.
In 1870, he bequeathed his properties for religious and charitable purposes, in addition to uplift of the poor and deserving section of the community.
The School owed a great deal to the exertions of Mr. John Adam, who may justly be called the pioneer of commercial and technical education in Southern India.
Manickavelu Naicker, Minister of Madras in 1962 and a new block of buildings including the Jubilee Hall to house the classes was constructed and was declared open in 1962 by Dr. Rajah Sir.
A life size bronze statue of the founder P.T, Lee Chengalvaraya Naicker was unveiled by the Hon’ble Thiru K Kamaraj, Chief Minister of Madras in June 1963.
[4] On 1 September 2006 Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture Veerapandy S. Arumugam paid rich tributes to Chengalvaraya Naicker for playing a stellar role in providing education to the masses to make them self-reliant.