The college is managed by DRBCCC Charities.
There are 7 major departments in shift-1( Aided) and 18 UG and 3 PG departments and 1 Research department in Commerce in Shift-2(SF)
There are 17 extension activities including Placement cell.
The two best practices of college are community education programmes and E-Content.
The Dharmamurthi Rao Bahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty's Hindu College was started in the year 1969 at Pattabiram, a semi - urban area of Chennai, to commemorate the birth centenary of our illustrious founder, Dharmamurthi Rao Bahadur Calavala Cunnan Chetty Garu whose services were praised by Dr.Annie Besant and Mahakavi Bharathiar.
Our College is situated in the Chennai - Thiruvallur High Road at a distance of about 25 Kms from Chennai.The college has membership with other institutions like Andhra Chamber of Commerce, Hindustan Chamber of Commerce, Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry, ICT Academy of Tamil Nadu, American Library, British Council Library, Madras University Library and ICSSR.
Sri M.V. Cunniah Chetty, B.Sc., B.Com., became the Secretary of the college on 6th June 1990. He introduced Evening College in the campus in the academic year 1995 - 1996. The Evening College is under self financing stream and it is absolutely service oriented. He was instrumental in introducing B.Sc., Computer Science, B.Com., B.B.A., B.Sc. Mathematics, B.C.A., B.Com. Corporate Secretaryship, B.Sc. Electronics and Communication Science courses.
Sri M. Venkatesaperumal, B.A., F.C.A., took charge as the Secretary of the college with effect from 01-04-2001.He secured affiliation to B.Sc., (Information Systems Management), M.Com. Later B.Sc. Visual Communication, B.Com (Accounting and Finance) and Master of Social Work (M.S.W.), M.A. Economics, M.Phil. in Commerce,M.A. Tamil and B.A.Criminology and Police Administration were introduced subsequently.
Our College memories are collected DRBCC Hindu College photo gallery.













