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The '''Muslim Educational Association of Southern India''' ('''MEASI'''), formerly '''Madras Executive Committee of Mohamedan Educational Conference''' and '''Mohamedan Educational Association of Southern India''', is a trust which strives for education among Muslim youth, especially from [[South India]].

==Establishment==
The Association, established in 1902 by Muslims, was registered under the societies act XXI of 1860. It was founded as a fulfillment of the dream of [[Sir Syed Ahmed Khan]] after the annual session of Muslim Education Conference held in [[Madras]] on 28 December 1901. This conference renamed the then existing Madras Executive Committee of Mohamedan Educational Conference as the Mohamedan Educational Association of Southern India, which later came to be known as Muslim Educational Association of Southern India.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thenewcollege.org/pages/MEASI.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-04-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20070928103156/http://www.thenewcollege.org/pages/MEASI.html |archivedate=2007-09-28 }}</ref> The founding members of MEASI are

* Hameed Sait
* Nawab Syed Mohamed (Grand son of [[Tipu Sultan]])
* [[Abdur Rahim (judge)|Justice Sir Abdul Rahim]]
* [[Muhammad Habibullah|Sir Mohamed Habibullah]]
* [[Mohammad Usman of Madras|Sir Mohamed Usman]]
* Trichy Jamal Mohamed
* Malang Ahmed Batcha
* Quaid-E-Millath [[Muhammad Ismail]]

==Function==
The Association is one of the oldest minority educational institutions and is having a multi-level educational system ranging from school to Post Graduate and Research, covering several fields of studies with a sound financial resource-base. The Association is backed by a democratic, participative management system and is under the leadership of individuals drawn from educational, industrial and other walks of life.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.measiit.com/aboutus.html |title=MIIT - About Us |publisher=Measiit.com |accessdate=2012-02-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226101153/http://www.measiit.com/aboutus.html |archivedate=2012-02-26 }}</ref>

The trust manages [[The New College, Chennai|The New College]] in the city of [[Chennai]] along with MEASI Matriculation Higher Secondary School, New College Institute of Management, MEASI Academy of Architecture, Institute of Research in Soil Biology & Bio-Technology, MEASI Urdu Academy and MEASI Institute of Information Technology, MEASI C.A. Academy.

==Leadership==
By 1930, the organisation came under the control of [[Muslim]]s.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QDht7OyOjXMC&q=muslim+tamil&pg=PA116 |title=MEASI comes under the control of Tamil Muslims within a generation |isbn=9788125011927 |accessdate=2012-10-09|last1=Prashant More |first1=J. B. |year=1997 }}</ref> However, the present board of trustees includes Muslims from different background.

==Institutions under MEASI==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Institute !! Year
|-
| [[The New College, Chennai]] || 1951
|-
| MEASI Matriculation Higher Secondary School || 1985
|-
| MEASI Institute of Management || 1987
|-
| MEASI Academy || 1991
|-
| MEASI Charitable Trust || 1992
|-
| MEASI Computer Academy || 1994
|-
| Institute of Research in Soil Biology and Bio-Technology || 1995
|-
| MEASI Institute of Hotel Management and Catering Technology || 1995 (closed in 2001)
|-
| MEASI Academy of Architecture || 1999
|-
| MEASI Urdu Academy || 1999
|-
| MEASI Institute of Information Technology || 2002
|-
| MEASI College of Education || 2009
|-
| MEASI C A Academy || 2016
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Islamic education in India]]

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Muslim Educational Association of Southern India - Revision history