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Sixteen institutions. One place to find each other.

The Crescent family has grown across four towns and nearly six decades. Each institution runs itself, publishes its own calendar and keeps its own records — which is exactly how it should be, and exactly why it became hard to see the whole.

Crescent Connekt is the layer above them. One shared calendar, so major events stop clashing. One directory, so a student in Madurai can find an alumnus in Chennai. One place that points outward to every institution's own site and never tries to replace it.

Two trusts, one family

Every institution here is governed by one of two trusts. Crescent Connekt coordinates between them; it governs nothing.

Seethakathi Trust

9 institutions

All India Islamic Foundation

7 institutions

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From one school in Chetpet, 1968

A single school, founded by Alhaj B.S. Abdur Rahman, moved to Vandalur in 1971. Everything since has grown from it.

Our Journey

From one school in 1968 to a global network

  1. 1968

    The first Crescent school

    Crescent Residential Matriculation Higher Secondary Boys School opens in Chetpet, Chennai, sponsored by the Seethakathi Trust. Founded by Alhaj B.S. Abdur Rahman.

  2. 1971

    A permanent home in Vandalur

    The school moves to its permanent home at the Seethakathi Estate, GST Road, Vandalur, Chennai — the campus that would grow into the heart of the Crescent ecosystem.

  3. 1976

    Education for girls

    Crescent Matriculation Higher Secondary School for Girls is established in Nungambakkam, Chennai, opening the same opportunities to young women.

  4. 1984

    Into higher education

    The B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science & Technology is founded, taking the movement from schooling into engineering and the sciences.

  5. 1988

    Reaching the coast

    Thassim Beevi Abdul Kader College for Women opens in Kilakarai, bringing higher education to the Ramanathapuram district.

  6. 1993

    A CBSE school in Kilakarai

    Muthu Zulaikha Public School begins, broadening curriculum choice for families in the region.

  7. 2005

    Training teachers

    Crescent College of Education is established in Madurai to prepare qualified educators for the wider school network.

  8. 2008

    Deemed university status

    The Crescent Institute is recognised as a deemed-to-be university, and the Crescent Yousuf Zulaikha School of Nursing opens in Madurai.

  9. 2013

    Global curricula

    Crescent School on the Vandalur campus adds the Cambridge IGCSE programme alongside CBSE.

  10. 2017

    Innovation and enterprise

    The Crescent Innovation & Incubation Centre is launched to support student and community startups.

  11. 2024

    One connected network

    Crescent Connekt brings the institutions onto a single platform — one calendar, one directory, one place to find each other.